RANT

[mellison24]

Simply list your everyday grievances with like-minded others (hopefully with some funnies thrown in). My first major gripe:

People who swing their arms too much when walking and you have to half-twerk behind them just to avoid getting punched in the nuts. Or worse, get cupped.

[saevel25]

People who smoke while walking along a crowded side walk

People who use a ton of change to buy something, go to the bank and get some bills

People who don't use their blinker

People who ride your bumper, then pass you only to slow back down

Golfers who don't yell FOUR

[Augustabound]

People who smoke while walking along a crowded side walk

People who use a ton of change to buy something, go to the bank and get some bills

People who don't use their blinker

People who ride your bumper, then pass you only to slow back down

Golfers who don't yell FOUR

..............people who misuse the word four, for fore.

[Augustabound]

I'm not sure if it's common in the States but left lane drivers here (at least in Ontario) are maddening.  Just outside the town we live in has a regional road where the old farts get out in the left lane and just sit there.

We also have round-a-bouts in our new sub-division which apparently cause people here to just totally lose all common sense. It's like they just suddenly drove into a foreign country and don't know how to drive. Even if you've never driven in one, everything you need to know is right in front of you.  A yield sign entering and a one way sign. What more do these people need?!

[Hammer 4]

People who whine........

[Augustabound]

People who whine........

Oh, I can't stand whiners either, complaining all the time.  There's always something that annoys these people................................ wait, what?

[Meltdwhiskey]

I'm not sure if it's common in the States but left lane drivers here (at least in Ontario) are maddening.  Just outside the town we live in has a regional road where the old farts get out in the left lane and just sit there.

I once had a big discussion with a guy about this.  There definitely seems to be two schools of thought.  So - at what speed does this become maddening?  That is to say, what if they are driving slower than you, but they are at or above the speed limit?

[butt3r3dt0ast]

I once had a big discussion with a guy about this.  There definitely seems to be two schools of thought.  So - at what speed does this become maddening?  That is to say, what if they are driving slower than you, but they are at or above the speed limit?

It's all relative. The right lane is for cruising, and the left lane is for passing. If you are not passing someone or about to in the near future... get out of the left lane.

[nevets88]

People who park in front of my parents' house - they or one person in particular, probably a neighbor, dumps his cigarette butts on the lawn. Sometimes an empty pack (Marlboro wimp), sometimes a muscle drink container. Hey, thanks for treating your neighbor's property like a garbage dump. A***ole.

[Meltdwhiskey]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meltdwhiskey

I once had a big discussion with a guy about this.  There definitely seems to be two schools of thought.  So - at what speed does this become maddening?  That is to say, what if they are driving slower than you, but they are at or above the speed limit?

It's all relative. The right lane is for cruising, and the left lane is for passing. If you are not passing someone or about to in the near future... get out of the left lane.

If it is wide open, I think almost everyone would agree on that - and we're all mad at the old farts.  But the part in bold is very subjective and probably where most of the problems come from.  Possibly an endless argument with no clear solution.

[Meltdwhiskey]

People who park in front of my parents' house - they or one person in particular, probably a neighbor, dumps his cigarette butts on the lawn. Sometimes an empty pack (Marlboro wimp), sometimes a muscle drink container. Hey, thanks for treating your neighbor's property like a garbage dump. A***ole.

That's terrible.  I take it they live in an urban situation?  I can't imagine that near where I live.

[nevets88]

That's terrible.  I take it they live in an urban situation?  I can't imagine that near where I live.

This is suburbia, in a good neighborhood, good schools, average value of a house on their block is well above 500K USD. I guess people feel entitled.

There's always some bits of garbage (and traces of discarded dog cr@p) in front of my place but I'm in the urban situation - Manhattan. Don't get me started on the dog poop. It's a land mine out there sometimes. More so in front of some of the $1M+/unit buildings.

[Augustabound]

If it is wide open, I think almost everyone would agree on that - and we're all mad at the old farts.  But the part in bold is very subjective and probably where most of the problems come from.  Possibly an endless argument with no clear solution.

I think if you're in the left lane and someone approaches, you need to move right. As soon as you see them in your rear view mirror.

Maybe that's part of the problem, they don't use their mirrors?

[phan52]

It's all relative. The right lane is for cruising, and the left lane is for passing. If you are not passing someone or about to in the near future... get out of the left lane.

I don't know about other states but it is the law in PA on divided highways, yet I spend my life passing drivers on the right.

And why don't some people make a left turn from a turning lane when there is nobody coming from the other direction? WTF is up with that? TURN, DUDE! Some of us have somewhere to go!

Originally Posted by nevets88

People who park in front of my parents' house - they or one person in particular, probably a neighbor, dumps his cigarette butts on the lawn. Sometimes an empty pack (Marlboro wimp), sometimes a muscle drink container. Hey, thanks for treating your neighbor's property like a garbage dump. A***ole.

When I first moved into my neighborhood, I noticed cigarette butts on my front lawn when I was cutting the grass. It was 5-6 of them in a pile every week. One day, my wife was home and she saw my neighbor's mother smoking and leaving her butt on our lawn (she was watching their kids while they worked). I had to tell my neighbor (he didn't know she was smoking) and got the stinkeye whenever I saw his Mom after that, but at least she stopped doing it.

Golf related...People who stand around and crowd the first tee while your group is up, like you are somehow holding them up.

[nevets88]

I don't know about other states but it is the law in PA on divided highways, yet I spend my life passing drivers on the right.

And why don't some people make a left turn from a turning lane when there is nobody coming from the other direction? WTF is up with that? TURN, DUDE! Some of us have somewhere to go!

When I first moved into my neighborhood, I noticed cigarette butts on my front lawn when I was cutting the grass. It was 5-6 of them in a pile every week. One day, my wife was home and she saw my neighbor's mother smoking and leaving her butt on our lawn (she was watching their kids while they worked). I had to tell my neighbor (he didn't know she was smoking) and got the stinkeye whenever I saw his Mom after that, but at least she stopped doing it.

Golf related...People who stand around and crowd the first tee while your group is up, like you are somehow holding them up.

Well, while you eliminated the butts, you may have helped stinkeye's health.

Close standers on the golf course are the worse. Especially those with carts when they drive right up with their cart right in front of you. There are acres and acres of land around and they drive up right next to you. Sometimes I hope the dirt spray pegs them right in the eye. I bet they're the ones who use the spot right next to you at an empty range.