Now that's funny right there.



I thought I was a grumpy old curmudgeon until I read some of the posts here, I respectively bow to the true kings ..........................

People who post pictures on car forums.

Here are mine:

1. People who say "like", "actually" or "basically"
2. Smokers
3. Cat owners who leave their cats out, instead of in the house
4. People who drive with stereos so loud I can hear them from my basement
5. Hondas/Toyotas/Scions with wings, neon lights, spinners, racing stickers, body kits, etc...
6. People who are afraid of guns
7. Druggies and drunks
8. Rude, mean and inconsiderate people
9. Chiropractors
10. Diet books
11. Television
12. Talk radio
13. All politicians
14. All athletes

Ten paragraph ads for vehicles accompanied by a 0.1 megapixel cell phone image taken at midnight. C'mon, man.

yeh - some guys use a highly polished shoe to visually investigate... ah, things above their feet

Drivers who hog up both turn lanes while trying to make a left turn onto a 6 lane intersection while people like me making a right turn are forced to wait 10 to 15 minutes.

There's not enough storage on the Internet for my list.


People who say Dat-ah instead of Date-ah

Dog owners with no control over their mutts - that seem to be under the distinct impression that their critters have a higher value than other people, their children and pets - that hardly seem bothered when their animals attack, scare and bite nearest available victim. An utter pest of society.

I think this is going to be a really long thread.

People who park in front of my house when they have an open driveway.
Food served lukewarm or cold in a restaurant when it is supposed to be hot.
Neighbors' dogs bark at me when I come out of the house. No I did not shoot at them first.
Indifferent customer service. US is way ahead generally than Canada in this, meaning the US has better service overall.
Hair in my restaurant food. Had breakfast yet?:eek::eek:
People that tell my wife and I are sick because we are thin and they are grossly overweight. Do I have to tell the perp the risks of being overweight - hi blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, heart attack etc etc

Thanks for reading and listening.

People who spell "ridiculous" with an "e."

Unnecessary usage of quotation marks.

I'm starting to be a grumpy old man. I nodded too many of these. A lot of mine can be boiled down to people being unaware of their setting or situation.

Here are some I noticed when i went out to dinner last weekend.

Waiters not serving children and woman first.
Waiters serving drinks by holding on to the rim.
Not clearing dirty plates.
Waiter standing over shoulder while write out tip.

The new improved U.S. Post Office, where the employees who work the counter can't communicate in English and don't understand the monetary system, but instead try to make small talk with every customer, because the new improved Post Office thinks people appreciate such sincere personal service.

The inexorable passage of time. Definitely a pet peeve. :(

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People who live on islands. ;)

My pet peeve weighs 300 pounds and sleeps by a door.

My ass hat neighbour who puts his dog outside at sunrise and lets it bark as much as it wants.

"+1"

"^"

People who enter or exit a building and stop, blocking the ingress or egress of everyone else, apparently suffering decision paralysis over where to go next.

I use the phrase "Irresponsible dog owners" to include all facets (and there are many many many of them for those of us dog owners who do care).

An analogy might be Porsche car owner/drivers....all it takes is a few "irresponsible" ones....

My pet pees.

The appropriate phase describing this scenario is "Bottlenecking".

A bottleneck is a phenomenon where the performance or capacity of an entire system is limited by a single or limited number of components or resources.

Bottleneck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The context for me is more outdoors....specifically landscaping jobs I am working on where traffic flow and logistics are key to efficiency. "Excuse me.....would it be possible for you to pull your vehicle up and over to one side so you do not bottleneck the driveway?"

Now I also experience this inefficient behaviour in grocery stores - just tonight in fact I experienced it...

Is this peeve?



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I'm picking up what your layin down brother....how's your weather?SmileWavy

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People you live in Hawaii and make fun of those that don't.
It's raining here.:(

People who bring me 'stuff' and say "it's brand new".
There's no fine line between new and used, either it is or it isn't. If it's new, you can take it back where you bought it and get your money back. If I have to sell it, it's used. Perhaps it will be 'low mileage', but it's still used.
Jim

When someone asks me something at work, I make a decision, and then they forget to do it. Why the hell did they bring it up in the first place?

The other version of this is when I anticipate a problem with something and go out of my way to avoid it, and it happens anyway like I'd never talked to anyone. I'm looking at you AT&T.

Another vote for irresponsible dog owners, we have a slew of them around here. Your large unleashed dog scaring my infant is not "cute", and despite the fact that my yard is made of grass it does not give your dog the right to use it as a restroom.

People that camp in the left lane.

People that can't use cruise control on the highway, and can't maintain a constant speed. After I pass you for the 5th time you should get the hint.

Lazy people.

Inconsiderate people without manners.

Piercing the toilet paper.

When the highly trained customer support person on the telephone asks me "Sir is there anything else we can help you with today?" when they have been completely incapable at solving the problem that caused me to call in the first place. What makes companies think politeness is more important to the customer than knowledge or ability?

Re cruise control...traffic must be light where you are. Can't use it on my I-5 runs to the pool hall, too much jammed up traffic. Most days it is constant speed changes. It would be heaven if I could just set cruise control at 80 and go...

Also, when I slow? Go ahead and pass..but it's often because my V-1 is warning me of a threat ahead...

My pet peeve on the highway is the ones who think they are the speed police...the ones who purposely follow the 65 Oregon limit while staying in the left lane. By purposely I mean that they do this to slow traffic down while thinking they are promoting safety. With the jam-ups they create, they are doing just the opposite.

I live in KS, I can drive for hours without touching my cruise control.;). The only excuse for not using it is stupidity.

Gum smacking or snapping..

People...yep pretty much the root of it all.

politeness is a LOT cheaper than actual training

Paul - get a new Mustang with adaptive cruise control

I am not going to advise you to run up on the bumper of the lane hogs...

But, I'll say that, as usual, my most recent jaunt up I-5 (for wine & cheese BTW) once again showed that Oregonians are better than others at getting out of the passing lane.

DUDE!, you just added to my list, that is SO true, `yes I am useless sir, and cannot do my job whatsoever, would you like me to not do it again for you?"
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People who drive at night with no lights on. I see it EVERYNIGHT.

They probably think I'm nuts when I pull in front of them, and turn off mine. :)