Pet peeves

[Ed62]

What are yours?

One of mine is when I'm behind the lead car at a stoplight, and we're both turning right, but he/she won't turn until the light changes green regardless if there is traffic coming or not. I remember when it was against the law to turn on red, but that was many years ago.

Probably even worse than that is when I need to call a business, and I get someone in India or a machine to talk to. Whatever happened to real people who actually have English as a first language? Arrrrrrrgh!

Ed

[gerti]

cell phone use while driving...

But my biggest pet peeve probably is the blinking 00:00 all over the house after the power goes out... In Germany, where the power never goes out, you can't find any device that doesn't keep the clock going for at least a few hours. Here in the US where the power frequently goes out it is just the opposite. Why? Less informed consumers, and $0.06 times 1 million adds up! Manufacturers can get away with it!

[cabinetman]

OK, one (got that - just one of the many) peeve is being behind a car at a red light, one of those real looooooooooooooong lights. Just when the light turns green for us, that person decides to look for something in the car, or rummage through the stuff on the back seat, or all of a sudden they disappear and are crawling around on the passenger floor. I'm thinkin' - what the heck did he/she do - drop a balogna sandwich or what. Or, they decide to rummage through the glove box. So there I am still just sitting there thinking I should yell out to the car something like - "HEY - AZZ H**E, IT AIN'T GETTIN' ANY GREENER.



A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER - John Keats

[crokett]

I have too many to list them all but here a couple.

Drivers in acceleration ramps on the interstate who don't.

Drivers in decceleration ramps who slow down in the travel lane and then slam on their brakes as soon as they get on the ramp.

Slow drivers in the fast lane who are there for no reason.

People who leave carts in the middle of the aisle in grocery stores.

People who are standing more than two back from the cashier at checkout and after their stuff is scanned through only then do they start digging for their money.

[MilDoc]

People who turn onto a cross street by turning at the corner and cutting across the left lane before getting into the right lane. Too many time I'm in the left lane and they almost hit me!

And BORG "sales assistants" who can't answer a simple question (Yeah Lowes!).

[JSCOOK]

Mine? ... pretty much anything to do with Salesmen or Telemarketers ... if I want to buy something I will ask ... if I don't ask, leave me ALONE!!!!!

... then there is those american companies that won't ship to Canada (I won't mention Amazon) or treat us Cannucks as if we're North Korea or something ...

... gas prices jumping just before very long weekend.

... the whole "Made in China" thing, sheesh, do we have to make almost everything over there and so cheap, cheap, cheap!!!!

.... Customer Service Agents that can't speak CLEAR english and be understood.

.... those people who think its cold up here 365 days a year, that we all have dog sleds, our money looks funny, and that we all live in Igloos ... ten there is the one's that think we're the ones that have funny acents, eh?

[MilDoc]

...our money looks funny...

Personally I think it's a lot prettier than ours, eh!

[crokett]

.... those people who think its cold up here 365 days a year, that we all have dog sleds, our money looks funny, and that we all live in Igloos ... ten there is the one's that think we're the ones that have funny acents, eh?

Of course you live in igloos! It is cold up there all the time. I know you don't use dog sleds though - snowmobiles are faster than all the polar bears.

[newood2]

While working on a project, someone who knows nothing about what you're doing comes up and ask a question pertaining to said project. Your answer triggers a blank stare and further explanation of your answer. Nowadays I just say "don't ask"

[TheRic]

I've talked to several Canadians that have told me their pet peeve is:

While talking to someone from the USA they mention they are from Canada, the USA person replies something like "Oh do you know Jim Smith? He's from Canada. " It's like the people from the USA think the whole country lives in one small town where everyone knows everyone.


My pet peeve is people who say "Hi, how are you?" I respond back with with some stupid answer like "Moderately OK", "Lousy", "Hanging on OK", "Got a hangnail on my thumb", Left knee's hurting", etc they reply, if at all "That's nice.", or "I'm fine also." They are not looking for you to really tell them how you feel, nor looking for an answer other than "Fine, and yourself", or some other mundane response, they are not even listening to what you say, nor could care less. If you don't care how the person is, or what the person if saying, then why are you asking!!!!!

[Mrs. Wallnut]

I am the same as anyone here it seems that I have quite a few now that I think about it. But here are a couple that really bother me.

1. I hate it when someone puts back anything in the refrigerator that only has not even a teaspoon left in it, like milk, or jam, or even mayo.

2. Those people who travel behind you at night and you can't even see their headlights, IMO they are following to closely and I can't stand that.

There are more that I might add later on but right now those are the top two.

[JSCOOK]

I've talked to several Canadians that have told me their pet peeve is:

While talking to someone from the USA they mention they are from Canada, the USA person replies something like "Oh do you know Jim Smith? He's from Canada. " It's like the people from the USA think the whole country lives in one small town where everyone knows everyone.

I've got to the point that when I get asked that, I usually make up something shocking like "Yes, but too bad he was killed by a rogue polar bear in Toronto" or "No, but do you know Billy Joe Smith in California" or "No, they haven't legallized telephones in his area yet" ... usually stops them dead in their tracks ...

... another one that drives me nuts, it when ordering something from the US and they get to the part were they need a State for my shipping address, and I say I'm in Ontario, Canada ... and they can't figure out why its not a state when we refer to it as a Province ... or why our when asked for our Zip Code it contains Letters ... for us it's called a Postal Code

BTW, this will get some of ya's ... I can drive North for the same amount of time it would take me to go South to get to Florida, and still not leave the Province of Ontario!

We've even made a TV Beer Commercial about these Pet Peeves ...

I AM CANADIAN!

No harm intended ...

[LCHIEN]

What are yours?

One of mine is when I'm behind the lead car at a stoplight, and we're both turning right, but he/she won't turn until the light changes green regardless if there is traffic coming or not. I remember when it was against the law to turn on red, but that was many years ago.

...Ed

there are a handful of states that don't allow right turn on red.
It could be that they are from those states.

Also when in another state i try and ask the car rental counter if they allow RTOR in that state but sometimes i forget. I then drive carefully and don't make RTOR until I note that other drivers are doing it.

I wish they'd put that info on the maps they give out. E.g. "Texas allows (or does not allow) right turn on red" on the maps they give out in texas rental locatoins.

[maxparot]

Parents that want schools and society to raise their children instead of doing it themselves.

People that believe the police can protect everybody 24/7 and that no one should have anything that resembles a weapon.

People that believe that criminals wouldn't have guns, if guns were banned.

Uninformed complainers that don't vote.

For that matter anyone that doesn't vote when they can.

People that won't get out of the left lane for faster traffic.

The list could go on and on

[Warren]

Slow paying customers.