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Poll: Pet Peeves
They can be NDR or DR or Nest/online related - or whatever else irks you on the regular.
Annnnd GO!
Re: Poll: Pet Peeves
NDR
There is always that big douche watching a gold tournament that yells "In the hole!" whenever someone is putting. I want to throat-punch that douche. There is no reason on earth he needs to yell it. He just wants to hear himself. I fukcing hate that so much.
Now that I'm talking sports peeves, another one is how much tennis players have to grunt and yell when they play. It's ridiculous. I can't watch tennis because of all the stupid grunting and yelling.
Your and You're. Learn it people.
OMG. ITA. I canNOT stand it when people drive well under the speed limit. It's 55 on the road into work. Most people are putzing along at 45 or less. Hello! Read the speed limit signs! It's a two lane road too, with no passing, so it's maddening!
To keep with the theme going on here..
It bothers me when sports figures (coaches, etc.) make ill-advised choices and get fired because the rabid fan base thinks the fault lies with the person making the firing decision. (Brought to you by the fact I was forced to watch the Arkansas presser last night on the firing of the football coach, who was fired for having a extra-marital affair, hiring said mistress without disclosing their relationship and then lying to his boss about it. He was in a motorcycle accident and she was involved, he lied for like 4 days and then it came out somehow. Oh, and he gave her $20,000 too.)
And also, it bothers me when people wait until the last second to pull out in front of me. If you waited this long, why not just give me 2 more seconds to go past you and THEN you can get behind me. Nope, instead, I have to slam on my brakes to avoid hitting your dumbass. This also applies if you are trying to turn to go the opposite direction and you are unable to keep your turn radius in your VW TDI to your lane only. (I have never understood why people with tiny cars MUST have a wide radius. Do you drive a truck for a living and you're just doing it out of habit? Or are you that inept at turning?
TTC Baby #2 - BFP on 12/14/11 @ 10DPO - CP confirmed 12/18/11
BFP #2 on 1/13/12
DR/semi-board related: I may be getting old and crotchety, but it really annoys me when people post a huge description of their room instead of a photo and then say "what colors should I paint?" or "what would you do?" Dude - I'm not psychic and I can't see it, so don't ask me to pull the exact right answer out of nowhere.
Also, I cannot STAND when people use less common words and misspell them. Not in a typo sort of way, but in a "I clearly never actually looked up this word" sort of way. The one that immediately comes to mind is "eek" instead of "eke". One is an interjection for surprise, the other is a verb about getting something with difficulty. There are several users on TN (although I don't necessarily think on this board) who commonly use the phrase "eeked out" and it makes me want to throw things.
Related: I hate it when people pass me and once they're in front, they drive slower than I was going to begin with.
People who drive with their turn signal on for 10, 20, 30 minutes. It's like that George Carlin joke - are they driving around the world to the left?
And now I'm building up a head of steam, so I'll just keep the momentum going ...
ALSO: I want to shake people who briefly describe their situation/scenario and ask for opinions/WWYDs/etc, then spend the rest of the post explaining to each poster who offered an opinion/solution why it won't work. DUDE - either elaborate more in your initial post or don't ask for help at all. I get really frustrated when people are all "Oh, well that won't work because of x" after every helpful solution. It's worse when said OP won't accept what they need to do because it's not the solution they want. If you want confirmation/rainbows/puppies all the time, TN is probably not the boards for you.
There is one semi-regular poster who comes to mind that does this pretty much every time she posts a WWYD (and most of her posts are WWYDs).
OP: wdyt of this? can you suggest a _____ that meets x, y, z criteria?
Everyone: decent, workable opinions/suggestions given
OP: oh, no! that would NEVER work because of a, b, c reasons.
Everyone: how about d, e, or f instead?
OP: no, no. I really need something exactly the same but totally different than x, y, z!
I haven't seen her on here today. So if you are reading this, you are probably not that person.
Multiple tickers for the same pregnancy. I see this ALL the time on TB. Ok we get it, you're 28 weeks and 6 days pregnant, baby is the size of a cantelope and you have 90 days to go! Pick ONE and be done.
People on this board who are surprised by things normal people do.
I don't exactly know who you are talking about, but someone comes to mind for me.
Word.
I also hate, "But it has deep meaning in some far off culture..that's why we chose it." Fine but be strong in your choice and don't come back and b*tch when people can't spell it right, say it's weird or pronounced wrong all the time. Dude. It IS impossible to spell, it IS weird and yes no can say it right because aren't from the LANDOFSOMELITTLEKNOWNCOUNTRY here.
Uh, no.
There is no door.
You are not being polite. You are being obnoxious.
I already know you are here. It's not cute or funny. It makes me want to punch you in the face.
Like, punch you in the face more than I already want to punch you in the face.
Hard.
We were meant to be friends! Somedays I can't get over the stuff people find weird on here. I'm either completely white trash (And hey, I rock that label well if so!) or posters lie about how "high end" their lives really are!
My personal fave: People who find it appalling go to Target in a hoodie and jeans or yoga pants. I go to Target because it's the one place no one cares what I look like..lol.
Or, "I only drink beer that costs $35.00 a case and and never waste my time on a $10.00 bottle of wine." Meanwhile, the rest of the world has mortgages and a beer fridge with McGolden and Arbor Mist.
Lastly, I love the posters that look down on fast food and would die before they touch it. Apparently I'm not organized enough to remember my cooler of organic granola, hand rolled fruit leather and artisan water so it has to McDonald's sometimes.
I don't eat fast food often either, but I don't exactly find scorn and disdain in the occassional trip through the Subway or Hardees. Same for chain restraunts. Not my first pick either, but here in the rural Midwest, that's all there is, esp. if I need to keep a group happy!
People who throw their cigarette butts out the car window when driving. Drives. Me. Crazy.
Mr. Sammy Dog
For serious. All of it.
If you're ever in Michigan, dude look me up. We need to drink together.
YES! I want to rear end these people and tell them to pick up their nasty trash. I get SO angry when I see this. Like irrational rage angry.
I see people like that on the boards and I tell myself, they all pooped when they were giving birth, and they'll all poop their pants when they die.
Pooping your pants is the great equalizer of the universe.
I bet Heath Ledger even did it. And Whitney Houston. And JOHN LENNON! Zomg, John Lennon. Amy Winehouse, not so shocking. I bet she did it all the time anyway.
nsfw you crack me up. For real.
And not everyone poops when they give birth (vag).
I couldn't agree more!
I hate it when people do not keep up-tp-date phone numbers on their resume and then act peeved that WE can't get a hold of them.
I hate it when people act like martyrs AFTER they reject my help on something and act like they are a hero for doing EVERYTHING. (rolls eyes)
Because I am fresh off the phone with one......telemarketers. Nothing personal, I know people need to make a living, but I am specifically annoyed by the calls that I get where the person isn't even there when I say hello, and then they come on and say hello as if they are answering a call from me. If I say hello again because I wasn't sure that they heard me, since their hello sounds like a question, they either hang up or get surly. Either way, it is annoying.
I am polite and ask people nicely to remove me from their lists, but they have to actually get on the line for me to do that, and if they are calling me, I shouldn't have to wait for them to get there.
I often work from home, and I do answer my phone, but that doesn't mean that I have all day to listen to a spiel. I think that a polite 'no thank you, please remove me from your list' entitles me to hang up on them when they refuse to accept my response and keep talking. Also, I realize that they might be calling from another part of the country (or world), and may not realize the time where we are, but DH is never home during the day and is often not home at night since he travels a lot. I try to tell people that, but the same people will call him during the day, same time each day for a ridiculous number of consecutive days before actually listening to what I am telling them.
D&R related- I don't understand why people answer without actually reading the OP. It is obvious that you didn't read it when you suggest replacing the one thing that the person is planning to keep, or you suggest using the one color that they say is the only color in the world they despise.
People who don't use google for simple searches. You don't understand a term? Look it up. Between google and the other search engines, wikepedia and the zillion dictionaries online, you can get an answer in less time than it takes to post here.
I hate when people give a product a crappy online review because of a mistake that was clearly their fault, like "I only give this shirt two stars because I thought it had long sleeves"...meanwhile, the item's title's "Such-and-Such Brand 3/4 Sleeve Tunic".
I see that all the time.
Totally! Or on a recipe site when something gets bad reviews from a poster but they modified the recipe/changed so many ingredients that it doesn't even remotely resemble the original. Umm...duh...no wonder it's bad...it's not what you were supposed to make at all!
This makes me CRAZY.
My pet peeves seem to change all the time, but I tend to obsess over them to the point of explosion.
For now, my biggest peeve is my DH's couch hog tendencies. We have a three cushion couch. I typically sit on one cushion, DH takes the other two, then after a half hour or so he will either stick his feet on my lap (is he trying to be cute?!) or wiggle them under my legs. I've mentioned MORE than once that this drives me insane but he keeps claiming that he doesn't mean to do it, he just slides "down" because we're on leather. Yet somehow I manage to stay upright? I love my husband, but I daydream about karate chopping him in the knees every time he does it.
UGH. I needed to get that one out.
I have two current DR pet peeves. One, I am really sick of everything having a number painted on it. It was kind of fun the first couple times I saw it, but the more I think about it, the more it drives me crazy. Can people really not remember how many drawers are in their dresser without a visual reminder?
My other DR pet peeve is when people take beautiful piece antique furniture and paint it neon colors just for the sake of a project. No big deal if it's a piece of mass produced junk, but I've seen a few projects in blogland lately that were beautiful before, and completely ruined after. It makes me feel sorry for the skilled person who's weeks of labor were nullified by a cheap can of spray paint.
I feel like I have more, but that's all I've got for now.
I'm guilty of this (probably on more than one occasion, especially recently) because I am forgetful. I make lists to try and not forget things. I have two calendars, yet I still forgot my last dentist appointment less than 12 hours after they reminded me of them lol.
Aaaaand, if it's me, I'm sorry. I will try better.
TTC Baby #2 - BFP on 12/14/11 @ 10DPO - CP confirmed 12/18/11
BFP #2 on 1/13/12