Do you have a Pet Peeve (Part II)

[BamaNation]

I hate incompetence. I dropped my car off to get new tires. I did not want to wait around in their waiting area for 2 hours so I biked home to wait. I dropped it off 5 hours ago. They are "just finishing up". Why the hell did it take over 5 hours to change 4 tires?

Because you weren’t waiting there looking at them

 

[Bamabuzzard]

This is going to sound about as petty as it can get, but if you've worked in an office environment for a long time you will understand. Most office environments require working in close proximity to people, which means getting very close to someone's "personal space", where noise, smells, etc. become very noticeable. So, being aware of this and exercising some office etiquette is a must or a wonderful professional courtesy.

We have this lady in our office who wears wrist "trinkets"/bracelets that clang together and on top of that she is a "gum popper". So while she is talking trying to explain and/or show something to you her bracelet "trinkets" are clanging together and in between her talking she is popping gum in her mouth. I've hinted subtle things to her to try and let her know with zero success. I really don't want to have to directly call it out, but it's to the point that I literally cannot even hear what she's saying or focus on what she's showing me because of all the noise.

 

[Bazza]

This is going to sound about as petty as it can get, but if you've worked in an office environment for a long time you will understand. Most office environments require working in close proximity to people, which means getting very close to someone's "personal space", where noise, smells, etc. become very noticeable. So, being aware of this and exercising some office etiquette is a must or a wonderful professional courtesy.

We have this lady in our office who wears wrist "trinkets"/bracelets that clang together and on top of that she is a "gum popper". So while she is talking trying to explain and/or show something to you her bracelet "trinkets" are clanging together and in between her talking she is popping gum in her mouth. I've hinted subtle things to her to try and let her know with zero success. I really don't want to have to directly call it out, but it's to the point that I literally cannot even hear what she's saying or focus on what she's showing me because of all the noise.

Maybe take the sarcasm route...women LOVE it!

 

[Bazza]

"I love that sound your chewing gum makes. Have been searching for something like that for years! Would you be willing to share with me where I can find such wonderful chewing gum?"

"One of my former girlfriends wore bracelets like that - but she had them on both wrists and sometimes even on her ankles. I really loved how loud they were - especially on those days I had a headache..."

Etc. etc.....

Just make sure you keep smiling the whole time....you'll be fine.....

 

[Bazza]

Get it right, peoples.....

Gregg Allman.........2 g's...not 1.

And Dickey Betts......not Dickie......

 

[Bazza]

People yakking away on the cell phones....while sitting in a waiting room full of other people.

A quick phone call is OK. But going on and on......blah blah blah blah blah.....news flash.....no one wants to hear your incessant blabbering!

 

[Toddrn]

People yakking away on the cell phones....while sitting in a waiting room full of other people.

A quick phone call is OK. But going on and on......blah blah blah blah blah.....news flash.....no one wants to hear your incessant blabbering!

With their phone on speaker for the whole world to hear!

 

[TexasBama]

On new cars
1) The disclaimer screen that comes up on the screen that has to load and you have to acknowledge prior to being able to operate any of the controls.
2) The auto shutoff when you're stopped at a light. You have to turn it off every time you start the car. If you're worried about burning gas when stopped, get a Vespa.

 

[AlistarWills]

The water faucets in public restrooms like Walmart. You pretty much can’t wash your hands. How does the electronic eye that turns the water on even work? It rarely sees your hands and once it cuts on it only stays on for about 1-2 seconds.

 

[Bazza]

The water faucets in public restrooms like Walmart. You pretty much can’t wash your hands. How does the electronic eye that turns the water on even work? It rarely sees your hands and once it cuts on it only stays on for about 1-2 seconds.

Try this, Alistar........

Touch the very top of the faucet on the end where the water comes out. That always works for me.

 

[AlistarWills]

Try this, Alistar........

Touch the very top of the faucet on the end where the water comes out. That always works for me.

Walmart has a sprinkler head….under a shelf. I can try that in other places though!

 

[Tidewater]

A few of my Pet Peeves :
1. People who talk too loud at restaurants, etc. I can hear their entire conversation several tables away.

And the corollary I had to deal with last night at a restaurant: the screaming baby.
The next table over from mine had a baby, probably a year and a half old. That child was not crying but spent the entire evening screaming "pterodactyl," just yelling because she wanted to yell and screech at the top of her little lungs.
Mom and dad sat there the entire time doing nothing to silence the little monster. Ruined my enjoyment of the meal.

For those with little kids, consider a baby sitter or go someplace where screaming kids are normal. If your child is screeching pterodactyl and you do nothing, even if those around you are not scolding you for it, they are thinking you are a horrible person for inflicting that on others.

 

[Bazza]

And the corollary I had to deal with last night at a restaurant: the screaming baby.
The next table over from mine had a baby, probably a year and a half old. That child was not crying but spent the entire evening screaming "pterodactyl," just yelling because she wanted to yell and screech at the top of her little lungs.
Mom and dad sat there the entire time doing nothing to silence the little monster. Ruined my enjoyment of the meal.

For those with little kids, consider a baby sitter or go someplace where screaming kids is normal. If your child is screeching pterodactyl and you do nothing, even if those around you are not scolding you for it, they are thinking you are a horrible person for inflicting that on others.

I mentioned the importance of parenting in the other NT forum.

Didn't get much response.

I will always maintain that while proper parenting is not always possible for a variety of reasons....we've gotten away from prioritizing this, as a society.

As for your experience, TW.......while I empathize with you......going out to eat is always going to be a gamble on a number of levels.

Which is why I'm a "take-out" guy, if and when I don't make it myself, which is the norm.

 

[Tidewater]

I mentioned the importance of parenting in the other NT forum.

Didn't get much response.

I will always maintain that while proper parenting is not always possible for a variety of reasons....we've gotten away from prioritizing this, as a society.

As for your experience, TW.......while I empathize with you......going out to eat is always going to be a gamble on a number of levels.

Which is why I'm a "take-out" guy, if and when I don't make it myself, which is the norm.

This is my favorite Tex-Mex place and they make their own chips and salsa, and it is really good. Can't get that with their takeout.
Is it normal for a one and a half year old to screech like a pterodactyl? Sure. That does not mean it is polite to take the little pterodactyl to a restaurant so she can ruin everyone'e meal.
I wish people were more cognizant of those around them and realized that impolite behavior is annoying to those around them.
Politeness is a social lubricant. It helps society go.

 

[Bazza]

This is my favorite Tex-Mex place and they make their own chips and salsa, and it is really good. Can't get that with their takeout.
Is it normal for a one and a half year old to screech like a pterodactyl? Sure. That does not mean it is polite to take the little pterodactyl to a restaurant so she can ruin everyone'e meal.
I wish people were more cognizant of those around them and realized that impolite behavior is annoying to those around them.
Politeness is a social lubricant. It helps society go.

Politeness is a social lubricant. It helps society go.

Love it! Well said, TW!

Not to belabor your point, but are you saying that restaurant does not offer their chips and salsa to go?

The place I get take out from here gives their chips and salsa with every order....and many times I but an extra large container of their salsa as a side order, because it's so good.

 

[AlistarWills]

Smokers throwing their nasty cigarette butts wherever. Those things don’t rot. So you leave the nasty things for someone else to deal with.

Theres a traffic light at the end of an exit ramp not far from me. While waiting at the light, apparently people like to flick em out the window or empty their car ash trays. There’s a mound of nasty cigarette butts.

 

[AlistarWills]

People who are turning from a 2 lane road on to a 4 lane and choose to turn in to the farthest lane from them instead of the nearest bungling up the flow of traffic.

 

[Bazza]

Made a deposit at my Mom's bank today. Had to go inside because their drive through still isn't working after damage from the hurricanes in 2022.

But my pet peeve is they only unlock one of the two entry doors. And there's no "Use other door" sign telling you which one to use.

I mean.......how hard would it be to make one?

I told the teller they better get their drive through fixed because I think we're going to get another Covid pandemic....and then where will they be. The look on her face......priceless.....

 

[Bamabuzzard]

I fully understand finding a balance between sanity and monitoring the access people have to you wrt digital communication aka cell phones (specifically text messages in this case). However, digital communication has become a very common and accepted means of communication in our society in both the workforce and social arena. There are a lot of people who would rather communicate via text than a phone call.

Unfortunately, I decided to "rip someone a new butthole" yesterday about something I should have addressed a long time ago and I probably wouldn't have been as harsh. A friend of mine has a really bad habit of completely ignoring text and phone calls altogether or waiting so long to answer a text that the information in it has become irrelevant. Yet, anytime he needs something or is trying to get in touch with me or anyone, he expects prompt responses. Unfortunately, we are involved in some common circles that require informal "business" to be done which requires communication with him.

Last summer he put me in a bad spot due to not responding to something that I needed information from him. So I made my mind up that I was going to start giving him some of his own medicine. Apparently my ignoring one of his text put him in a bind and he didn't like it. So he sent me a very snarky and overly direct text letting me know the inconvenience I caused him. So, I decided to call him and sure enough, he was ticked off enough to answer the phone and there we went. I let him complain and "chastise" me for ignoring his text knowing I needed the information. Once he was done I lit him up like a Christmas tree and told him he had been doing that to me and others for years, but people have been mature enough not to do it to him. But I decided last summer (and cited when he did it to me and highly inconvenienced me) that I was done and I was going to start "doing unto him as he does unto me".

So I asked him "How do you like it when it's done to you? Because you have zero problem doing it to me and other people we know." Dude got real, real quiet because he knew he couldn't say anything. After all, he was fully aware he did this to people all the time. We just decided the best thing to do is to hang up and cool off.

 

[Toddrn]

I fully understand finding a balance between sanity and monitoring the access people have to you wrt digital communication aka cell phones (specifically text messages in this case). However, digital communication has become a very common and accepted means of communication in our society in both the workforce and social arena. There are a lot of people who would rather communicate via text than a phone call.

Unfortunately, I decided to "rip someone a new butthole" yesterday about something I should have addressed a long time ago and I probably wouldn't have been as harsh. A friend of mine has a really bad habit of completely ignoring text and phone calls altogether or waiting so long to answer a text that the information in it has become irrelevant. Yet, anytime he needs something or is trying to get in touch with me or anyone, he expects prompt responses. Unfortunately, we are involved in some common circles that require informal "business" to be done which requires communication with him. Last summer he put me in a bad spot due to not responding to something that I needed information from him. So I made my mind up that I was going to start giving him some of his own medicine. Apparently my ignoring one of his text put him in a bind and he didn't like it. So he sent me a very snarky and overly direct text letting me know the inconvenience I caused him. So, I decided to call him and sure enough, he was ticked off enough to answer the phone and there we went. I let him complain and "chastise" me for ignoring his text knowing I needed the information. Once he was done I lit him up like a Christmas tree and told him he had been doing that to me and others for years, but people have been mature enough not to do it to him. But I decided last summer (and cited when he did it to me and highly inconvenienced me) that I was done and I was going to start "doing unto him as he does unto me". So I asked him "How do you like it when it's done to you? Because you have zero problem doing it to me and other people we know." Dude got real, real quiet because he knew he couldn't say anything. After all, he was fully aware he did this to people all the time. We just decided the best thing to do is to hang up and cool off.

Now the two of you can move forward and work well together. But if the both of you were female, well you know.