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Originally Posted by Kfamr
Apparently it is, I'm always having to put the roll on the holder. It's not so much an issue at my parent's house where I'm living, but, my friends are a different story! ;) And, one thing along the same lines...I always put the toilet paper with the paper going over the top, and, it's a peeve of mine when the paper is under the bottom. I'll change it if I'm able to. :rolleyes:
I don't even attend church and I find that horrible. :( People are so inconsiderate. :( Especially someplace like church. Geez.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pam
Johanna. :D:D You remind me of my brother, who will use any and every reason to justify his constant cell phone usage. He he he!!!
That being said, what's hand's free for? You can talk and drive, all at the same time, without diverting your attention to 'holding' a phone. Its no different than talking to someone sitting in the passenger seat with you. Guess people shouldn't have a passenger with them either. :D
PCB, from the research listed in the link I posted, it isn't the act of holding the cell phone that distracts drivers, it's the conversation. Some people should not have passengers in the car with them, as some conversations with passengers can distract the driver as well, hence the law in Massachusetts that prohibits teen drivers from having passengers in the car with them other than their parent or legal guardian.
One of the German rules of the road I cited gives the polizei the lattitude to determine if the driver is being distracted or not, allowing them to concentrate on truly distracted driving rather than making them pull over everyone talking on a cell phone/drinking coffee/etc while driving.
:confused: I don't feel the need to justify it at all. I will talk on my cell phone while I drive for whatever reason I want, regardless of some people's peeves about it. It is legal here, and I like it. What gets me is people not looking behind the cell phone to see that maybe there is a reason the person is driving erratic. Maybe they just stink at driving!Quote:
Originally Posted by popcornbird
And, to whomever asked what I do when I am shifting, I either use my shoulder to hold the phone, or, more often, I have a hands free adapter in my ear. Like Phred, it really only gets difficult when I am drinking a cup of coffee, talking on my cell phone, and handing Jonah his sippy cup and snacks, and shifting. That is when the knees come in handy. :D
Johanna, I didn't mean you need to justify it! I don't see anything wrong at all with talking on the phone while driving...I do it myself. :D It is not a pet peeve of mine. I was refering to my brother justifying it (to my dad) because my dad always tells him to concentrate while driving and not yak so much, so I meant that he justifies his cell phone usage when someone tells him he shouldn't. Not that he needs to justify it...I don't see anything wrong with it. Perhaps I should've used another word, as I didn't quite mean 'justify' as it seems. I talk on the phone while driving myself. Just not that much. Its just what you were saying totally reminded me of my brother. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Cataholic
Another peeve of mine?
People who are so engrossed with their cell phone calls that do not realize they cut someone off...
They look at my middle finger like this....
"What????" ;)
Peeve #2.
People that attend events and do not use common sense, then get pissed off at the event organizers..
At the airshow last weekend a couple showed up with their chihuahua.....
NO PETS ALLOWED.......
Then you have to listen to them whine about the rules, government, tax dollars..... :rolleyes:
Since this had sort of turned into a on-the-cell-phone-while-driving bash session, how about this one:
I was on my home from work Friday night. Beautiful evening, lots of people out and about in the city and of course, lots of traffic. I'm at a red light, maybe 4 or 5 cars back. I faintly here the wail of a siren off in the distance. The light turns green and the siren gets closer, but it's the "winding down" part of the siren, no "winding up" part. In Chicago this usually means that a cop is coming upon a red light that he doesn't want to wait for and he's really not speeding on his way to an emergency, so the first few cars go. Then the ambulance comes into view. Red lights flashing but still the "winding down" sound with no "winding up." People finally stop because the ambulance is right there. There's only 1 car in front of me at the intersection now....so I can clearly see that the ambulance driver is on his cell phone....and we're not talking hands-free here either! Don't you think it it's a law in the City of Chicago that cell phones only be used hands-free while driving that they would equip the ambulance drivers with headsets? :rolleyes: And yes, it was a CFD ambulance, not a privately owned own. I really have no idea, but I'm thinking there are different switches to flip depending on the kind of siren you wish to use, so this guy couldn't flip his "yes this a real emergency" siren because his hands were full. :rolleyes:
Anyway, couldn't help but comment since the subject is at hand. ;)
Oh, amazing how often daily events make one think of PT. I thought of you, Kay, when I was in the drive through at a McDonald's the other day. I noticed a nice big sign right before the order board "PLEASE DO NOT USE YOUR CELL PHONE IN THE DRIVE THROUGH" and it had a little picture of a cell phone with the circle and red mark across it for those who couldn't read the sign. Maybe an idea for your restaurant? ;) :)
Good one. Now let's bash the Chicago Transit Authority.
This happened to me last night.
I'm on the expressway heading home, it's a terrible cold and rainy night and the traffic is just as bad. I'm in the express lane minding my own business and there is a CTA bus to my left. I'm probably right about the half way point of this bus when it decides that it wants to be in my lane. HELLO! I'm driving in the lane here! I honk and swirve luckilly, there was no one to my right. But the bus keeps coming. Like I'm supposed to move for it. I get in front of the bus and realize that he's on the phone. No hands free device and he's using his elbow to steer the bus! Can this be why he didn't bother looking in the mirror to make sure the lane was clear before he tried changing lanes?
Anyway, it gets right behind me, and I mean close enough that I should have just had him in my back seat. It stays that close to me then puts his high beams on because how dare me make him wait until I pass. I'm coming up on my exit now, so I change lanes, and the MF turns off the brights. :mad:
I was on hold for 23 minutes with the CTA customer service to report that grasspole.
Boy, that one sure trumps mine, Lobodeb! And how much would it have cost the city....errrr....city taxpayers...in law suits if he had actually hit you and you and some of the passengers were hurt! :rolleyes: Gotta love the city! :rolleyes: ;)
Almost time to carry your digicam or get a cell phone with a camera in it so you could have snapped a picture - yes, while you were driving - and turned that in to the news media. ;)
Another way a cell phone can distract you. :confused: :rolleyes: :eek: :mad: ;)
http://www.petoftheday.com/talk/newt...newthread&f=18
What frustrates me most is that probably nothing will happen to this bozo! I made the complaint with CTA, but they kept asking me what route it was. I told them I couldn't see because he was too close to me, but I did get the bus number. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tubby & Peanut's Mom
Oh well.
This one should be pretty much self explanitory: Men! They are so hard to figure out.
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Originally Posted by dukedogsmom
My peeve?
Women treating men like a column of numbers to be 'figgered out' :eek: :confused: :rolleyes: :p :)
My number one Pet peeve is when people walk*really* slow and I'm stuck behind them. IT DRIVES ME NUTS :p
1. I just can't stand it when on the bus some people push and shove their way to the front of the line so they'll be able to make it out the door first at a bus stop :mad:
I don't know why they're in such a hurry because EVERYONE is headed that way! :rolleyes:
2. Bus drivers with attitude. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
I was at an airline ticket counter checking in with one of our consultants from work. She asked if we could get seats toward the front of the plane and the agent told her, "ya know, the WHOLE PLANE is going to the same place!" :eek:
Peeve 172-
Showing a person, who has more initials behind their name than you will ever have, how to use a fax machine, over and over and over and over again. :eek:
Got one.
Total incompetence and total lack of willingness to help.
I just had to make a call on an order my boss placed with his friend. My boss probably talked directly with his friend to place this order - there is no PO, I don't have an order number, I know nothing except that the order was placed, a general idea of what the item is and where it was supposed to be delivered. The friend is out of town - as is my boss - so I had to talk to one of the girls in his office. She kept repeating over and over and over "I can't look it up unless I have a PO number." "You mean you placed an order and you don't even know who your sales rep is?" in a snotty tone of voice of course. :rolleyes: "I can't help you unless I know the PO number."
I'm thinking come on lady, can't you look at our account and see if there are any open orders on it? Or even look at the deliveries going out and see if there is one going to Northbrook. Sheesh, give me access to your friggin computer and I'll find the friggin order!
Finally, about an hour later - after she got it through her head that I really couldn't give her a PO number - she called me back with exactly the information I was looking for! Now really, was that so hard? :rolleyes: :mad: :rolleyes:
Oh, but let the end of the month come around when they have to reconcile their purchase orders and they can find ANYTHING!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tubby & Peanut's Mom
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Lobodeb,
Vindication??? :eek:
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_306174843.html
Yikes!!!! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
The new bus line in Los Angeles has been open 3 days and already has had two accidents....
The lady that t-boned the bus was...
On her cell phone!
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Other peeves of mine....
People, from outside an office area, that go to meetings and ALWAYS have to get a cup of water out of the office cooler.......(each office has a water budget.....) If I walked into your office and helped myself to your stuff --you wouldn't be pleased.
Right before that they put on lipstick that ends up all over the cup.....
EWWWWWWWWW...
Then they pitch the half-filled cup into the trash, the housekeepers get ticked off at us because of the spillage when they go to empty the cans....
Richard, you have a water budget? I think that would peeve me too! I mean really, I understand budgets and all, and understand that they need to be complied with, but what....was somebody drinking too much water at one time and the company didn't want to pay for it? :confused: I'm usually so glad I work for a small company - no water budgets to deal with here. ;) Although....since you do have a budget, I think what you describe would peeve me too, especially since they take one sip then throw the rest away! No wonder they have to come to your department to get water - theirs is all in the trash can! :rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by Tubby & Peanut's Mom
Reminds me of the Doggie Transport with thee mutts in mid-SNOW-storm ...
On the Ohio Turnpike, we got to a bare road section with almost no traffic ...
Tyme for a Photo!
I tried a few over-the-shoulder shots and keep *missing* the Dawgs.
Check traffic (none) ...
Wedge steering wheel wiff kneebone ...
TURN around (almost facing the BACK window) ...
Aim ~ *snap* ~ *FLASH* ... GOT em!
As I turned back to a more eyes-FORward position -
I spotted the http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/eek.gif Lady State TROOPERETTE sitting not 100 feet away
in her Troopermobile at the end of a Maintenance Outpost driveway!
(The flash had *fired* almost directly in front of her!)
*Oooopsie*! http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/redface.gif
I swear our eyes locked as I Zoomed past ...
I drove the next 30 miles looking in the mirror - expecting to see *flashin* lights ...
I was rehearsing my answer to WHAT the bloody heck were you DOING!?"
She musta figured the Judge would never believe her - she never gave chase.
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Yes, the individual depts have a budget for water....Quote:
Originally Posted by Tubby & Peanut's Mom
There is a doctor from the cardiac department that brings a dolly over and takes three bottles every 'fill up' day. I guess he sees the truck parked on the street and walks over with his hand cart-from across the street.... :mad:
I don't drink the water or the coffee in the breakroom-as a matter of fact I have been in our breakroom 3 times in six years....That's another peeve for another time...
How about this one....
No-good-Co-workers, anyone?
Today, Going on my break. Under the age of 18 you HAVE to clock-out and go on break at a certain time. It was my break time, so I got my food and sat down. Noticed my co-worker who was manning the front counter and drive-thru was busy at the drive-thru and had customers at the counter. Got up, left my food and waited on the customers while on break.
Got done with that, about 10 minutes into my break and finally got to sit down and eat my lunch.
I come back from break and it's her turn to go on break. We're now at a more busy time of the day. There's now 2 other people up front but they are manning the drive-thru which at the time was completely wrapped around the building. There were probably 10 or so customers at the counter and I was the only one at the counter. Going crazy with no one to bag/get my orders, my co-worker who *I* had previously helped just leaves and goes on break! No help AT ALL. Not even with the few customers who only wanted re-fills.
If that's no-good and inconsiderate I don't know what is.
At my work place, we have the mind-set as being a TEAM. She certainly was not a part of the team today.
Ahhh...pet peeves at work? I have a list, but I just encountered one of my biggest pet peeves...people who go to the bathroom and walk out without flushing or washing their hands! :eek:
How hard is it to flush a toilet anyway? Especially since there are other people who use them. Be considerate, folks! :rolleyes:
Yuk...
:p
A few of the threads in the dog section lately have stuck a nerve with me. PEOPLE WHO TREAT PETS AS DISPOSABLE PROPERTY!!! :mad: :mad: :mad:
If you can't pay the vet bills, don't get 'em.
If you can't pay the vet bills, don't breed 'em.
If you need contact with animals that badly volunteer at a shelter.
Ditto, ditto, ditto, ditto!!!
I had a co-irker who showed up at work yesterday so stoned he couldn't speak a coherent sentence. He was an hour late, and he stank of pot. He spent the entire day staring vacantly down the aisle, but he's buds with the owner's son so nobody would think to fire him or anything. :rolleyes:
My pet peeve people yacking on cells in the bathroom . I really don't care to share my experance with your freinds.
Kay, you are the exception, not the rule, IMO, with employees. Good on you, it is a trait that will serve you well over the moron slacker.
Pet Peeve? The person in the food industry that seems to think the plastic gloves on his/her hands are to protect him/her from my food, not the other way around. This guy at the bagel shop touched everything in the world with his goves on, while handling my food.
Hey, moron, the idea is to protect MY food from germs, not YOUR hands!!!
Oh, here I go again.
I bought a can of "Spicy Thai tuna w/crackers" The tuna was so sweet/sugary I wanted to spit the first bite out.....
WHAT IS IT WITH THE SUGARY TASTE OF FOOD LATELY?? :rolleyes:
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There is a 'float person' (a person who fills in when someone calls out sick, if everyone shows up, they send her home) She complains about the money, the job and the fact that she has to work in the unit.....she gets MORE ticked off when I tell her that if she is not satisfied, to talk to a union steward to get her out of this work detail...
How hard is it to realize that if you do not work, you can't pay your rent???
Or eat??? :mad:
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Ugh.....
Today on the elevator I got hit with two of my most major PEEVES..
Men who wear white ribbed wife beaters in public and men who hang all over women while they are in public.....double loser!
LOSER!!
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And the next big one is......
People who are in the area who talk to their computers (they are setting up an attack on my politics).....so that you can ask, "what's bothering you?"
Then they deliver a rant about the prez, the country and all else that bugs them, then when they can't bait you-- they make a snippy comment as they walk out of the room....
LLLLOOOOOSSSEEEERRRRRSSSSSS!!!
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And two fast rants about video games.....
A "steal a car, hit and run, shoot the cops" and "Let's play WWII" video games are rated "TEEN"....
Hey, life's a video game!! Resolve your problems with a game controller or a gun!!!!
And the other is the "Urban Shoot Em Up" game with that moron, 50 "NO" Cents??
What's up with that???
A video game where people shoot at each other in the 'hood!!!!!
Where's Tookie when you need him???? :rolleyes:
Can I be a tad disgusting for a bit and add...turn on the fan!!! I understand that people have issues somedays, or for others, everyday, but there is a fan in there for a reason!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by wolflady
Might I add the people at work that have those bad habits, plus don't clean their keyboard, etc with alcohol for the next person? I keep my own alcohol and clean the desk as soon as I sit down.
ok heres one: so i'm standing in my kitchen (windows that face the street) and i see this lady walking down the street on the other side drinking a cup of coffee. and theres kind of a cement wall next to the side walk (the nieghbors house is kind of raised up) and she stops and starts staring at the neighbors house and i'm like 'hah... she's stalking the nieghbors' and then she sets down the cup fo coffee and starts walking off. so i open the door and i'm like hey! wanna pick up your cup? and she's like 'ooooh its not mine' and i'm like "uhhh i just saw you drinking out of it" and then she just kinda looks at me and says "yeah, i just drank the Sh*t out of it" and then walks off like she just sooo cool. and she was a grown woman, not a teenager, not even close. :rolleyes:
I just hate mean people .....
Ditto! :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by just me
My other major pet peeve is advertising. I find that it's getting out of control.
These days you can find it EVERYWHERE, :mad: on the bus, on the subway and in bus/subway stations, on billboards, as pop-ups on the computer, etc, etc...
It's found even in public bathroom stalls and it will be coming soon to cellphones!
Give us a break! The more a product or service is pushed at me the less I'm interested in it!!!
Here's another one...
When people walk down the middle of a parking lot row....
and keep looking over their shoulders to see if you are gonna hit them...
MOVE TO ONE SIDE AND LET THE CARS GO BY!!!
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