Poll: Pet Peeves

Passanie

Something I'm seeing more and more in our neighborhood: A person is stopped at 4-way stop. I come driving along, slow down for my stop and then stop. All the while the person is still there, stopped, waiting for me. WHY? You don't need to wait for me to come to a complete stop before leaving the stop sign! I don't want to wait for your slow ass to get moving again, MOVE!

DR: People who obsess about everything being perfect. Dude. We have a garbage can out in the open, we've got clutter on the table, a cat tree in the living room and curtains that aren't hung high and wide -- GASP!

mrs.jacinthe

emoflamingo:

Aaaaand, if it's me, I'm sorry. I will try better.

LOL.  I'm so forgetful I can't remember any one person in particular who is guilty.  It was more a generalized complaint.  (I've seen it a LOT on other boards lately.)  So I'm pretty sure you're good. 

tbridetobe

TheWop:

nsfw:

mrs.jacinthe:

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.

I don't exactly know who you are talking about, but someone comes to mind for me. 

I've got someone in mind too.  I stopped responding to this person's posts because all she ever does is ask for advice then shoot down all the replies.  Would it kill you to 1) comment on someone else's projects or requests for advice in another thread instead of just using the board as your free interior decorator and providing no other contribution, or 2) at least pretend to like some of the advice you're given?  It's not as if anyone from the board is going to drive to your house and check if you've actually used the advice or not.

nsfw

tbridetobe:

TheWop:

nsfw:

mrs.jacinthe:

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.

I don't exactly know who you are talking about, but someone comes to mind for me. 

I've got someone in mind too.  I stopped responding to this person's posts because all she ever does is ask for advice then shoot down all the replies.  Would it kill you to 1) comment on someone else's projects or requests for advice in another thread instead of just using the board as your free interior decorator and providing no other contribution, or 2) at least pretend to like some of the advice you're given?  It's not as if anyone from the board is going to drive to your house and check if you've actually used the advice or not.

I'm about 98% sure we are thinking of the same person. I am going to PM you a name. lol.