Sometimes, I ask them to remove speakerphone but they just say "OK, is this better?" but are still on speaker - NO, please remove speakerphone. Then they talk a little louder. NO, please remove me from speakerphone.
Elderly will claim they can't hear without it but when push comes to shove, they can hear just fine.

Then there are customers who can barely speak English worth a darn but when I apologize and politely ask them to repeat themselves they get irate and say "What's the matter with you? Don't you understand English. It takes a lot of self-control to not say "absolutely but you ain't speaking it"

I wish my company had an option for "If you speak Spanish, press 3 to be disconnected and please call back when you can speak English."

Was at a store. A boy was sitting in a lawn chair that was on display just swinging his legs. The Dad, in line in front of me yelled at the kid to get off the chair and come to him. No response. The Dad then yelled, I'm going to count to 10, then started counting getting angrier with each number. Again no response, until the Dad got to 9, then the kid hopped out of the chair and came over. I asked the Dad what would have happened if he said he was going to count to 2? He told me not to tell him how to raise his kids. Told him I was never given any sort of time to respond. When my Dad told me to do something if I didn't respond immediately I got in trouble.

Pulled the curmudgeon card yesterday.
Wife and I were in a restaurant for lunch. It was moderately busy- not empty - not full. We were shown a seat by the hostess and then no one came to serve. Prices were slightly higher than I wanted to pay for a lunch, nothing on menu really appealed, and we were in a cold drafty area of restaurant. Not huge biggies, but at those prices, service becomes expected.

After some time, it was evident no one was coming to help. The hostess was on her smart device across from us at the bar texting away. The busser had cleaned several tables around us, giving inquisitive looks, yet did nothing to alert the wait staff that we needed service.

"Let's just go somewhere else" I suggested, thinking my wife would call me out on being a jerk. "Sure" she replied.

As we left, the hostess opened the door for us and stated she "hoped we had enjoyed our meal." She really had no clue.

I have done that many times when travelling for work. Walk out and try somewhere else. When you are by yourself, it is obvious (or should be) that you are there to eat and to GTFO....

Another thing that gets to me in restaurants is when the server doesn't clear your plates after your meal is finished.
If the bill is brought with the dishes still on the table, the tip automatically is reduced.

A couple of pet peeves related to restaurant wait staff are getting a "No problem." after ordering or a request. The other is when a waiter or waitress comes by and asks, "Are you still workin on it?"

I may have already posted this but it happened to me again recently...
Four lane freeway speed limit 70 and you roll up on a person in the left lane doing 60 {wait for it... this is not about the slo-mo's in the left lane}
So I slip to the right and try to pass... and as I pull alongside slo-mo... and sure enough they stomp on the gas petal... I hate to road rage but sometimes I stomp on the gas and often get up to 80 just to pass some dufus that was content at doing 60 until someone tried to get in front of them.

I get the same thing on a State Route 2 lane road. These idiots will be tooling along at 45-50 mph (probably on their phones) so I go ahead and pass them and run about 65 MPH....for some strange reason, they always seem to keep up with me after I pass them.

I've ended a friendship due to this very thing. Worst of all was the woman cutting me off in my own home.

You hit the nail on the head with this one.

There is a family that attends the same church that we attend. They are always late and go to the front row. One Sunday they actually made people move as if it were their reserved seat. They have 2 young boys under age 4 and a newborn. Those two boys are wild animals. I've seen them actually hit the dad when things were not going their way. The mom usually brings a bottle of water for herself in case she gets thirsty.

One time when the kids were off the chain, I ssshhhed them from about 5 rows away. I got some looks from other people as if I were in the wrong. The dad actually took the kids out. Miracles do happen...

Not only older people, soccer mom with three kids in tow who spread out to block the isle. Young lovers who walk side by side with the cart in one hand blocking the isle.

I have taken to parking my cart on the end of the isle, scoot down the isle weaving through the browsers, grab what I need and return to the cart.

The people that get in the check out lane and send one of their lot off to get more stuff. Either you are ready to check out or you are not.

Then there are the old people that still write checks, which of course is still in the purse or pocket when the total is announced by the clerk.

I do the same thing....park my cart somewhere out of the way (unlike where everyone else parks their cart) and scoot around to get what I need.

I just had an idea - and I think it's worth further study - and perhaps implementation. How about bringing one of these with you in the store with a clamp you can attach it to your cart....

http://www.bicycle-riding.com/wp-con...le-horns-1.jpg

I'm tired of having to say "Excuse me - sorry to bother you - would it be possible for you to accommodate my needs to get by? Oh...thank you so much!"

With this you just give it a couple toots.....:p

Add to that the newer auto-flush toilets.
Sit down? It flushes.
Move around? It flushes.
Drop your car keys? It flushes.

That little 1.6gal ceramic thing ends up cycling about 30 gallons by the time I am done.
So much for ecological progress.

Just say "Beep Beep, vroom vrooooom" then grin really big. Everyone will give you plenty of space.

Woah, woah, woah!
BIL and the inlaws are doing this.
BIL with his family gathered around the table.
I f**king HATE it! :mad:
The called like that to congratulate on my birthday. I did not understand 20% of what they where saying.

They put speakerphone option on cell phones so it's not obvious you are talking on the phone while driving by holding the phone up to the side of your head.

what??

Darned Flu.

^^^
Actually, I have a pet peeve with the medical world PUSHING the flu shot every year and then later admitting "oh well, we didn't expect that strain" and admitting that the shot they guessed at is only 33% effective.
https://www.vox.com/2018/1/12/16882622/flu-season-epidemic-prevention-vaccine

For me the worst are the Bluetooth Ear Piece. In public can't tell if they are starting a conversation with me . Have a friend who in the middle of a conversation with me will start talking to his caller it takes a second for me to realize his conversation is somewhere else. So I just keep talking and when he hangs up and asks what did I say I just reply I just lost my train of thought.

Speaker phone - If it is someone with all that background chatter or have the phone too far away I will start using some profanities casually. A round or two of that and whenever they see my caller ID will always keep it off speaker.

The Bluetooth, or just talking on the phone, pi##ses me off from customers at work.
They walk in while talking on the phone and expect you to stand there like an idiot waiting for them. I just sit at my desk and ignore them when they do that and some expect you to know when they are off of the phone.

Since we're on the work pet peeves, I have had customers that ask to put me on hold (sometimes for several minutes) but when they get back are upset that it takes time to finish things because they are in a rush. Really?
Along those same lines, customers that have a zillion questions but then huff and puff when I need 2 minutes to finish our transaction.

Bluetooth ear pieces are sorta like having a big ring of keys and two cell phones on your belt. They're people that aren't really that important but they want you the think they are.

We had one architect in town that always calls on a speakerphone. I always put my phone on speaker phone as well and then roll back away from the phone. After several exchanges of WHAT? and "could you repeat that" he picks his phone and so do I. All better.

that's awesome. Connect it to some sort of clamp so you can actually clamp it to the pushbar on your cart.

I have "a voice that carries", so when I run into that situation I try to really "project" a quality "excuse me." My voice works a lot like the horn you have as far as getting peoples' attention, but with less mirth. They usually jump a little and then GTF out of my way.

One that I run into frequently, but ran into twice today that really bugs me is people that think the lines on the road for lanes are just a suggestion.

I work in downtown Houston and drive into work. Like they say, everything's bigger in Texas, which includes most traffic lanes. Most lanes are wide enough for 1.5 cars a least. Driving into town this morning (which I did twice, don't ask) as I pulled up to a light where the 2 left lanes were blocked with barriers, the twit that's in what would normally be lane #3 is over the line into lane #4. There's easily 3' of space to the left of their car. I was able to squeeze the boxster in between the curb and their truck and slip right up along side them and a little out in front so they could see me. I also put it in sport mode to trigger the sport exhaust into loud mode and gave it a couple of blips. The next time I went downtown 2 hours later, when I pulled up to the same light, some doofus is completely straddling the center line (There are 2 full lanes that could easily fit a city bus and a full size pickup side by side). Not only was he straddling both lanes, but he was a car length back from the stop line in the intersection. I was a little testy (I did mention going downtown twice, right), and laid into the horn. He did move up but didn't move over. When I light turned, I was able to get around him and would have liked to stop sideways across both lanes and ask them WTF, but that's not me. It was however thoroughly irritating, and not that uncommon.

How about the folks that regardless of how big or small their car is, have to swing out wide to turn? Really, you've got an entire lane, but you need to pull to the left onto or over the center line in order to turn right even though you're only driving econobox du jour?

All these comments about phone issues.....spot on.

Which is why I have cultivated an "email only" relationship with my clients. Obviously there are scenarios where a phone is necessary. But they all know they will never get anyone live when they call.....and I am usually fairly prompt on returning emails. And thorough with my responses.

In order to make this work I try to be very pro-active on any issues I foresee so we don't have any urgent situations where people think a phone call will be needed.

I realize this isn't possible for many - but I own my own business and as such have certain advantages... :)

Not to change the subject but let's talk elevators..........

PLEASE let me off the freakin' elevator BEFORE you start to get on. Thank you.

I work at a museum and use the elevator a lot, never ceases to amaze me how people can't grasp this simple concept.

This ticks me off too, especially when they are in a turn lane and you are going on through the intersection to pass them then they start to swing into my lane.

Watch football last Sunday.
Peeve = Player that bounce around playing referee making hand signals indicating what they think the call should be.

People that turn left or right at a 4 lane intersection and think they can turn into whatever lane they want.

Good one!

Yeah, but totally legal here in Texas. It took a while for me to realize that when I moved from FL where it's only legal to hit the closest lane.

The worst part is that here in Texas, you can turn into any lane you want. But they also have dual turn lanes, and when people aren't paying attention, they can hit you or run you off the road (I've had both happen).

The concept they are not grasping, of course, is the same concept not being grasped by those guilty of every single pet peeve offense in this entire thread.

They feel they are the center of the universe and the whole world revolves around them....:rolleyes:

Suffice to say those responsible for raising these barbarians did not do their duty to teach them to respect others at all times.

Sad, disappointing, and frustrating....but a reality we all face every single day. :(

Roman wedge. Big guy at center.

Roman wedge.
Big presence guy/gal at center.
Not an inch surrendered.

I tell people it is a local tradition to let people off the elevator first when that happens.

Yep. I try to educate young people - "You need to let the people who are IN the elevator out before you get in. That way there is enough room for you." Adults are hopeless. If you can't intuit this simple truth there is no hope for you.

That's the way it is with you museum people. Always up and down and down and up. It would make my head hurt.

Similar to the elevator concept, I used to fly a fair amount, and one of the places that I flew through had a tram from one terminal to the other. In this particular location only the doors on one side of the tram opened for both the folks exiting and the folks getting on. It was always a little bit of an issue, but the folks getting on usually "got it" when they saw the hoard of folks getting off and realized that they couldn't get on until we were done getting off. One time, it had been a particularly long day of travel, and when the door opened, there was a semicircle of folks completely blocking the door and pushing forward. I plowed between the two in the center with my carry-on being dragged behind me. I definitely made contact on both sides and felt my suitcase rumble over the toes and past the shins of at least 2 people. I felt a little bad afterward, but not that bad.

After 15 years or so of not going to IKEA, I went in yesterday to try and find a simple shelf unit. Finally found a couple of locations where they had shelves and then gave up. I was not able to easily and quickly exit. I asked to get an escort to get me to my car and after going through some secret doors/etc. got out. A lady working there said that the two most common questions are "HTF do I get out of here and where's the bathroom?" They have good stuff there but the manipulation they put you through is too much for me. In another 15 years I'll probably forget and give it another go.

People that walk on the left.

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