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Bandit

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 02:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought I would get this going to see what REALLY bugs people. I'm sure that I will come up with many as time goes on, but here is what prompted me to start this thread:

I can't STAND it when I am on the phone with someone (at work) and they say "Does so & so have another phone number where I can reach them?" And you start to give it to them and they say "Oh wait, wait, let me get a pen."

AARGH!!!! Don't ask for a phone number if you're not ready to write it down!!!! (My apologies to any of you out there who might do this)

I feel better already. So, tell us, what bugs you?

Mware

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 03:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey, Bandit, I think you may be too critical here. "Does so and so have another phone number where I can reach them?" is a simple Yes or No question.

It's only through your efficiency and generosity that you're prepared with that other number and are ready to offer it to the caller.

Next time that happens, if so and so does have another number, simply say, "Yes they do." and wait to see what happens next.

Just one way to make lemonade out of your lemons...

Pixie

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 03:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
One thing that bugs me:
People who leave their blinker on after changing lanes. You drive for miles wondering if they are really going to change lanes or turn off when you really want to pass them.(Of course I feel really stupid when I realize that I am the one riding down the road with MY blinker on!!!)

Ophiliasgrandma

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 03:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Men spitting! 'Nuf said.

Bandit

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 03:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Mware - Actually, most of the time, they just ask for the number, after which I give it to them. But it bugs me nonetheless! But thanks for the advice anyway.

Hermione69

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 03:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
How about people that don't put their blinkers on at all? That is actually dangerous. What if you are in someone's blind spot? If they signal their intent, you at least get a chance to react. Slow down, speed up, beep the horn. Otherwise, POW!

And tailgaters. Don't get me started on tailgaters.

I know too many people who have died in car accidents. We lost two of the most wonderful 18-year old boys last year. They were on their way home from a BIBLE STUDY of all things, and who were just going too fast, hit some gravel, and lost control. It's not just drunk driving that claims lives. People die from "little" things like running red lights and failure to yield. People need to realize that cars are dangerous weapons. Getting to your destination 2 or 10 minutes earlier is NOT WORTH risking a life.

Okay, I'm done.

Maesin

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 03:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Mware-I do that all the time!! If I am in a mood (or if I don't really like the person) I will answer that way. Then if they ask if they can have it, I again say yes/no. I wait for them to actually say "May I have the number please?". Heaven help them if they forget the May or the Please!

Children running amok in a grocery store drive me crazy. It takes everything I have to not grab that child and hold it in front of the parent and ask that it be put back on a leash.
I am with ya on the blinker thing Pixie!
People that cough or yawn with out covering their mouths.
People who sit down next to me when I am reading and just start talking. Please say "excuse me" or "May I interupt" or something! I need to mark my place.
People who take up more than their fair share at a pet peeves board...<slinking out of room>

Bandit

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 03:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hermione, I SOOOOO agree with you. Especially with the tailgating thing-shoot, that's a whole other thread!!!

Rissa

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 03:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ewww, people who do NOT use cruise control!!! LOL Will qualify by saying that I live outside the city... 'bout 10 minute highway drive once I pass city limits. I don't mind if I need to pass someone whose speed is too slow for me but it drives me nuts if I am behind someone who goes 112, 115, 110, 115, 112, 117, etc. PICK A SPEED FOR CRIPES SAKE!!!!!!! These are always the people who get their backs up when you try to pass them and speed up, like it's a personal insult to them that you won't ride their a$$. :)

Whoami

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 03:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm with you on a few of your peeves Maesin.

I just had a child running amok in the Target store yesterday. He kept banging into me, and shoving me aside, and then squeezing in between me and the check out counter I was in. His mom did nothing to stop him!

I worked with someone who absolutly couldn't stand it when I was reading during my break. She'd come and sit by me and start with, "Hi." I'd say hi back. Then, "what are you reading?" I'd show her the book. "Is it good." yes. Then she'd sit there, and I could see her through the corner of my eye, just desperatly trying to think of something else to say, like, "did you have a good weekend?" or "what are you going to do this weekend?"

I also used to take lunch at my desk so I could read. It was in the warehouse office. Not my office exclusivly, but certainly not a break room, or public gathering place. I had a guy come in and sit down, then stare at me for a few minutes. Then he said, "you know, it's really rude for a person to just sit and read a book when there is another person in the room!" Can you believe it!

Oops, now it looks like I may have taken up more than my fair share of this thread!

Staceyinpa

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 04:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Rissa,
112, 115, 110, 115, 112, 117 ????????????????????

Wow!

Denecee

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 04:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Litter Bugs!! What the heck? I always yell out "Hey litter bug!" when I see someone littering, and of course they turn around and look. I just nod my head.

Hermione69

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 04:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Stacey, that was my first thought and then it occurred to me that I think we are showing our "ethnocentricity"!! Rissa is Canadian so that is probably in kilometers/hour. Am I right?

Maesin

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 04:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ahh Heck, I just figured Rissa was behind one of my local State Troopers who like to mess with your mind like that!
The numbers didn't faze me at all, that's probably not a good thing...

One more since I am here. When on an escalator I walk up/down. People who are not walking should stay to the right. There is no need to hog the whole thing and give me a dirty look when I say "excuse me". The worst part of this peeve is that I work with these people and I have to use that thing at least 6 times a day!

Rissa

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 04:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
RFLOL!!!! I'm sorry, didn't even think about the conversion. :)

Our highway speed limit is 110 KM/H or 70 MPH (not exactly but close enough after converting).

Hermione69

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 04:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP

Twiggyish

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 04:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Tourists who expect everyone to cater to them, because they are on vacation.

Young guys in computer stores who ignore me and talk only to my husband. Yes, it's always young guys who do this..not trying to say ALL guys, just certain ones.

Fluff

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 04:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
People who talk about themselves 24/7. And then, when you say something about yourself, they switch the conversation back to themselves, as if what you say doesn't matter. I can't stand that!

Wargod

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 04:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL, I'm with Maesin...the numbers didn't even phase me, LOL.

Mother of young children speaking up....I absolutely hate to see kids running wild in stores. It never fails that they are always in MY way, but where are the parents?? How can you let your little ones out of your sight????? I just don't get it. Poor Kota still is forced to squeeze into the little seat on shopping carts and she's gotten so big, she pretty much has to pull one knee back by her ear, put the first leg in, then force her second one in, LOL.

Ok, my newest pet peeve....road construction....I'm so sick of it! Everywhere I go these days, I have to deal with it, and the sad thing is, the roads aren't much better when they're done with them!

Rissa

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 04:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well it's a safe bet that you could not pay me enough to get into a car with either Maesin or Wargod now. :)

Hermione69

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 04:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Same here, LOL!

Melfie1222

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 05:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I am becoming known as the fast-food drive-thru nazi to my friends... I hate when I am the driver who has to order for everyone else in the car, and they either take forever to decide (like they don't know what's on the McDonald's menu by now???) or while I am giving 2 or 3 or 4 orders to the cashier they shout out "No wait, I'll have a strawberry shake instead of a small coke!... Oh, I changed my mind I do want fries after all!" Grrrr. Anyone who spends enough time with me eventually comes to realize that they had better know what they want when we get to the order menu and better not change their minds, or else it's "No Soup for you!!"

Kstme

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 06:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ROFLMAO! Maesin is a pretty decent driver...NOW that she's learned 'you do NOT attach your car to the bumper in FRONT of you'!

I get so peeved at people who dial incorrectly and blame me!

We're getting a whole mess of calls for the people who used to have this number (move two months ago). It was a business and they want to buy computer stuff. I had a man YELL at me the other day! I hung up!

Zeno39

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 06:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Mine is a simple one, but still irritates me--when people don't have manners enough to say thank you when you hold a door open for them. I miss good manners. They aren't used much anymore.

Melfie1222

Wednesday, March 26, 2003 - 06:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Good one Zeno... and when I say thank you to someone holding a door for me they often seem surprised. Ever seen "Blast from the Past"? Funny movie...there is a cute scene about good manners.