Pet Peeves

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  trumps4 said:

I will give one general and on golf related.

I do this all the time, and it has nothing to do with trying to remind the waiter about a tip. Every restaurant has a few dishes that stand out from the rest (for some reason the chef just does a great version of that one dish.) If I'm at a restaurant I've never been to before, I figure the waiter knows what they are.

[GDWindowpane]

pet peeve threads...

and actually golf can be an intransitive verb, according to Merriam-Webster...

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  DBake said:

+1!!!

Double entendre alert.

[walk18]

  trumps4 said:

Golf:

Uh oh, that's me!

[clearwaterms]

another one:

people that insist on walking in the street instead of the perfectly fine sidewalk. especially when they are wearing dark colors at night.

[munky]

  clearwaterms said:

another one:

A variation of this one:

Cyclists who pick and choose which rules of the road they're going to follow. Some shmuck on a bike will be in the flow of traffic with cars then when they come to a red light they decide they're a pedestrian and use the sidewalk or crosswalk so they don't have to stop and wait. I remember following behind a guy on a bike in traffic not long ago, we came to a crew doing roadwork and suddenly Mr. Schwinn wasn't riding a vehicle anymore - he pulled up onto the sidewalk and carried on while the rest of us had to wait. I have never wanted to commit vehicular manslaughter so much in my life.

[clearwaterms]

  munky said:

A variation of this one:

what are your thoughts on motorcycles that lane split?

[zeg]

  munky said:

Cyclists who pick and choose which rules of the road they're going to follow.

Agree completely. If you're on a bike, you're a vehicle. Red lights mean stop for you, too.

Of course, another of my peeves is motorists who don't respect bicyclists' right to use the road. The road ain't just for cars. I know it's annoying to be slowed, but sometimes a bike needs to make a left turn or take over a lane for a legitimate safety reason. If everyone follows the rules, things work out pretty smoothly. Unfortunately, the idiot bicyclists you describe make it that much harder for the "good ones" to get any respect. Another one is bikes on sidewalks. Where I've lived, on a few of the major streets, the law explicitly states that bikes belong on the sidewalks. These sidewalks are wide enough that it's relatively safe. Other than that, bikes are vehicles and belong on the street.

  clearwaterms said:

what are your thoughts on motorcycles that lane split?

I know you're not asking me, but I think it's absolutely insane. It's legal here in California, and I honestly don't know why. I try to be as conscious as I can about motorcycles and when I do see one coming up behind, I try to move to the other side of the lane to make it as safe as I can, but there are times when you get caught by surprise. Usually it's an idiot racing between tightly packed, slow-moving traffic. Just because it's legal doesn't make it a good idea... wow.

[munky]

Lane splitting is illegal up here, I've never seen anyone do it. Pretty risky if you ask me.

[clearwaterms]

  munky said:

Lane splitting is illegal up here, I've never seen anyone do it. Pretty risky if you ask me.

its not legal here, and I have done it.

It isn't that dangerous when done properly. To be legal you have to be traveling less then 15MPH and the traffic has to be moving less then 5MPH. Studies have shown that lanesplitting when done within those constraints is safer then sitting in traffic. The reasoning behind this is because a motorcycle is a small object and in traffic might blend in, and the person might not see it when coming to a stop. These studies are probably written by pro lanesplitters.

[iacas]

Here's one I hate...

When you let people play through you, for the love of Pete, just sit still. Let them get well out of your way before you play. If your ball's ahead of theirs, don't follow the people you let through up the fairway. Don't converse loudly. Don't rush them any more than they probably already are to get through you.

I had a twosome follow my twosome all the way up the fairway today - they were never more than 15 or 20 yards away from us. I rushed my second, fatted it, and managed to get up and down for par when I had a 9-iron in my hands on a 460-yard hole and was looking to make a birdie.

[enarhi]

  iacas said:

Here's one I hate...

I couldn't agree more. This bugs the heck out of me.

[jet pilot]

My biggest pet peeves are

1. Bad drivers
2. Harley-Davidson motorcycles
3. Slow foursomes

[Fraser]

I really could be here all day!

A few randoms that spring to mind: -People who dawdle down the street/mall/pathway blocking the way so you can't get past. Don't get me started on moving walkways at airports and the like. -People who understand nothing about flying (especially frustrating as I contribute on a number of frequent traveler forums) and blame XYZ airline because they were stuck in security, or don't know the difference between customs/immigration/security. -Those who ask for a question then when they hear an answer they don't like chew you out. -Obnoxious sneezers. One person at work rattles windows! -People who chew gum with their mouths open.

  Bump-n-MI said:

but I CANNOT stand when people do not wash their hands after using the bathroom.

Same here...and people look at me weird when I grab the door handle with a paper towel. Yeah, that's because you didn't see Mr Diarrhea walk from the stall right to the door!

  cstorms said:

bad driving, but in particular bad highway driving...

OK, here's my bad driving list:

-Running red or late yellows. I've lost count on the number of times I've had the green arrow allowing me to cross the street and have still had a stream of cars passing in front of me. -People who hang out in the middle or left lanes. -People who hang out in the middle or left lanes and then get pissed off when you flash them and refuse to move over. -People who don't use indicators. -People who use cellphones and then can't drive properly. -People who cut across multiple lanes at once. -People who don't turn their lights on when it rains/is getting dark/is dark/is overcast. -People who can't park. -People who park their trucks obnoxiously across multiple parking spots.

  Voiceontapex said:

lol my gf is from new jersey and she doesnt use her blinker at all and gets mad at me if i "over use" my blinker lol

Funny you mention this, on my drive home from work a minivan was stopped in the right lane about 100yrds short of some traffic lights. I rolled right past it and then it moved in behind me with the woman waving her arms about and flashing me. Maybe people round here are telepathic but if she had her indicator on I'd have known you were trying to change lanes.

  trumps4 said:

General: (this one is silly but for some reason it drives me crazy)

Are we related? My MIL does this all the time. Drives me nuts.

  munky said:

I could be here all day...

OMG. This absolutely kills me, seems to be done less in the US than back in my home country.

I did once get some odd looks, I was at a party soon after I moved over to the US and a guy I didn't know turned up wearing a jersey of some sports team and was talking to someone else about his team in that 'we' manner. I'd had a few drinks and for devilment sake said to him how impressed I was to have a professional sports star at the party. I never saw him again!

  munky said:

Peddling religion door to door. I don't care what

Freudian slip?

  munky said:

Lane splitting is illegal up here, I've never seen anyone do it. Pretty risky if you ask me.

In the UK it isn't and lane splitting is seen as one of the benefits of having a bike...

[clearwaterms]

  jet pilot said:

My biggest pet peeves are

Why Harley-Davidson Motorcycles?

[sp33d]

WOW I have so many...

Lowered 4x4 trucks/suv's
Ebonics, more so when a 17 year old white kid is doing it.

People that have political bumper stickers on from 12 years ago.

Apple computers and the users. Sorry, however you are normally smug, wear wool skull caps in the summer and drink star bucks coffee you trendy wh0res. :) But i do have an iPod so i cant be so critical. Oh iPhone users fall in to the same category.

Star bucks, why people drink this crap is beyond me.

Any one who wears TaPOuT or affliction shirts, you are a grade A douche bag, please jump off the tallest structure nearest your current location. You have probably never been in a fight, let alone a UFC/WEC cage. You don't look tough, you look like a tool.

Redbull sugar free, enough said.

People at the gym who only work out their arms, you know who you are.

People that think doing crunches, sits ups, etc is going to make you have a 6 pack.

Any show on MTV

Aviator sunglasses, and members only jackets. This stuff was "cool" when I was 5. stop doing it.

White belts, that goes for men and women, unless you are in miami and wearing a white suit with white shoes.

People who think Poker is a sport.

Obama

Tree huggers, PETA, hippies.

I'll end there.

[Fraser]

  sp33d said:

WOW I have so many...

What about the raised trucks and SUVs? The ones where you half expect the door to open and a rope ladder to be thrown down from the cab?

I hate to disagree on the workout thing but I managed to get myself a decent 6 pack by doing pressups alone. 300 per day did the trick. The amusing thing was that although I could our pressup any Royal Marine Commando (they used to come and train the cadets which I was part of) my mother would still beat me at arm wrestling. That's what happens when you start out as a rake and just concentrate a couple of specific muscle groups! in my defence I was just trying to get good at pushups more than anything, the six pack was a by-product of the process.

[pxc]

  munky said:

People who talk about their favourite sports teams and use terms like 'we' and 'us.' You didn't have anything to do with whatever happened, don't try to involve yourself in something you were a bystander to.

Your pet peeve is one of my few pet peeves. Why do you care how people talk about their favorite team? Are you really so dense that you think the person is trying to convince others that they are somehow a player or part of the management of that team?

It's a way to communicate that you are a fan of the team. It's a hell of a lot easier to say "We had a good draft this year" than "The Indianapolis Colts, whose city I share and whom I happen to enjoy watching, had a good draft this year." If I said "we" to you in this context, would you really assume I was trying to pass myself off as some member of their front office? Give me a break. This pet peeve is one of the dumbest I've come across, and it's usually washed-up, self important ex-jocks that spout this garbage. I've lived here my whole life, I pay for season tickets, I was a fan before they became annual contenders, I'll say "we" if I want to. If you don't like it then mind your own damn business.