New peeve thread???

[RICHARD]

I am tired of the cell phone 'ring tones'- Why hasn't someone done the "Close Encounters of a Strange Kind" tones yet???

When you go thru a drive thru for food or the parking booth in a lot-MAKE SURE YOU CAN AFFORD IT!! Please? I am tired of watching car gymnastics while you look for change.

Why do we accept poor language skills?
I saw a program while I was surfing last night, A man in a cleric collar was talking to a group of kids about respecting women....he said something like,
"don't do what I've did..."

I like music, but not your music while I am at the intersection.

When you cut me off in traffic please look at me while I curse. Nothing hurts my feelings more than being ignored.

You cannot take a phone call, push a stroller and hold a baby when you cross the street, something has to give!!

When I make eye contact with you and say "Good Morning" at least nod.

I didn't run up your credit card.
I didn't break up with you.
I didn't cheat, not make you breakfast or poop on the kitchen floor.
I didn't claw the couch or bring home an "F" on my report card.
I didn't park in your spot or wake you up with the leaf blower this morning..

I just work with you....You can go back to your miserable life after I smile and acknowledge you!!!

[RedHedd]

You cannot take a phone call, push a stroller and hold a baby when you cross the street, something has to give!!

Especially when they do this against the red light in rush-hour traffic!

[Pam]

Richard I have no peeves to add to your list right now but I just wanted to say thank you for the smiles tonight. Good thread and funny and TRUE!

[RedHedd]

I am tired of the cell phone 'ring tones'- Why hasn't someone done the "Close Encounters of a Strange Kind" tones yet???

Cingular has these - I just checked

When you go thru a drive thru for food or the parking booth in a lot-MAKE SURE YOU CAN AFFORD IT!! Please? I am tired of watching car gymnastics while you look for change.

I deal with these idiots everyday when I exit my parking garage. Please, people, you KNOW you're going to have to pay, so why not be ready?

Why do we accept poor language skills?
I saw a program while I was surfing last night, A man in a cleric collar was talking to a group of kids about respecting woman....he said something like,
"don't do what I've did..."

I'm with you on this one ....

I like music, but not your music while I am at the intersection.

.... this one too ...

When I make eye contact with you and say "Good Morning" at least nod.

.... and this one ... you're on a roll, Richard!

I just work with you....You can go back to your miserable life after I smile and acknowledge you!!!

.... and this one

[Kfamr]

People who talk on their cell phones while at the drive-thru window. (I work Drive-Thru cash at my workplace.) Not only is it RUDE but it holds up our line. Especially when we ask you if you'd like and condiments numerous times then finally get fed up and hand you the bag with no condiments and you ask for ketchup. "Hey, I'll call you back in a few minutes..." EASY!

People who butt their noses into other people's business.

Slackers at work.

"When I make eye contact with you and say "Good Morning" at least nod."
-This especially pisses me off.

[buckner]

People who talk on their cell phones while at the drive-thru window. (I work Drive-Thru cash at my workplace.) Not only is it RUDE but it holds up our line. Especially when we ask you if you'd like and condiments numerous times then finally get fed up and hand you the bag with no condiments and you ask for ketchup. "Hey, I'll call you back in a few minutes..." EASY!

I'm guilty with this one, but it's for a justified reason AND I know how to deal with the people I'm talking to and the people in the window. I know to let the people hang on while I'm on the phone AND I always pay attention to the drive-thru window people. If I ever get a call from someone while going through a drive-thru, it's my mom or dad asking me to pick up something on my way home or forgetting they left off something on the order.. in which case, I drive back around and give the resturant MORE business. Remember, the annoying people pay your salary, too.

[Kfamr]

Remember, the annoying people pay your salary, too.

Uh, I'm well aware of that but when the "annoying people" hold up our lines with their rude behaviors, it's not something I enjoy (or probably anyone else who works drive-thru, OR the customers behind them.)


You're one out of 42478923742389742479284723472384723984723894723 that may possibly be able to do that, in which in this case my post had no reference to you.


*edit* And I can understand if it something absolutely important but you won't believe some of the conversations i'm forced to hear.

[Lady's Human]

Frankly, there are very few, if any, conversations that need to take place while driving a vehicle. People driving while using a cell phone is a pet peeve period. If it's that important, pull over to the side of the road and talk there. There are too many people who have trouble driving without trying to do something else. Guiding a 3000+ pound vehicle should get all your attention.

[Oggyflute]

*edit* And I can understand if it something absolutely important but you won't believe some of the conversations i'm forced to hear.

I've been managing retail business's for 18 years, so yeah I can Kay.

[gini]

I go to the post office almost every day in my business. I went the other night and a young man ON A CELL PHONE drove into the parking lot. I was turning left into the lot, but waited. What he was doing was turning around - not entering the lot at all. Behind him another car was waiting to turn right into the lot. Just then another woman was exiting the lot - and she wanted to turn left in front of me and behind the guy on the cell phone.

What happened? Everyone had to come to a complete halt - because he was now boxed in.

What did he do? He just kept right on driving in reverse - so everyone had to back up to get out of his way. He never shut up on that phone - and all of us were honking our horns at him.

All of us gave way so this idiot could continue rudely blocking everyone.
Did he care? Not a whit - in his mind - HE WON!

There is also a sign at each window at my post office that I couldn't believe had to be posted. It reads:

PLEASE COMPLETE YOUR PHONE CALL BEFORE APPROACHING THIS WINDOW!

[mruffruff]

Our library has a sign posted that requests that phone calls be conducted outside and ringers be turned off while in the library. But it doesn't stop some people.

Any kind of rudeness bugs me. And cell phone rudeness is at the top of my list.

[momoffuzzyfaces]

I like music, but not your music while I am at the intersection.

Way to go Richard!!! I just want to add:
Nor do I enjoy your music when I'm in my own home trying to watch tv or nap or doing whatever I want to do. Please, keep your booming stereo basses to yourself. Just because you have made yourself deaf by all the racket, doesn't give you the right to ruin MY hearing!

I think that has to be my peevish pet peeve of all time!!!

[wolflady]

...There is also a sign at each window at my post office that I couldn't believe had to be posted. It reads:

PLEASE COMPLETE YOUR PHONE CALL BEFORE APPROACHING THIS WINDOW!

OMG! It's pretty sad when messages like this have to be posted. I have a lot of cell phone pet peeves also. I mean, how important can the conversation really be? Unless someone is dying, in an accident, etc...people don't need to be on the damn phone...especially when it makes their bad driving worse! If someone can drive well and talk on the phone, that's one thing, but it always seems like the bad drivers are the ones talking on the phone!
I can't even count how many times I've seen bad driving (speeding, cutting in and out of traffic, tailgaiting, cutting people off, etc.), and when I looked at the driver, they were on the phone! *sigh*
I've been guilty of driving while on the phone, but then again, I'm lucky if the traffic is moving faster than 10 miles an hour, and I'm one of the few that can drive normally! If the traffic is moving at a good clip, I usually tell the person I'll call them back, because it's the bad drivers I need to watch out for just to make it home alive...heh...
I also love it when people get calls in the movie theatre! Even after seeing the bit about not adding your own soundtrack to the movie!

[Cataholic]

Until the bitter end, I will defend my right to use a cell phone while driving, while walking down the street with Jonah, while sitting in a coffee house, etc. I **can** do both things at once. I have done both things at once for 6 years now, all without incident. So, maybe there are **some**people that can't, or, maybe **most** can't? I don't know, but, I can. And, I do.

My incidents involving car accidents/near misses are two: one time I backed up into an off duty police officer. I wasn't on the cell phone. Shoot, I didn't even have the radio turned on.

Second time: I WAS on the cell phone, in the library parking lot, backing out of a space, carefully. And an adult woman (not a child, teenager, etc, but an mature adult woman) RAN behind my car, despite me being in motion, with visible brake lights. SHE had the audacity to yell at ME for being on a cell phone! Uh, HELLO? I saw you, you idiot. YOU ran through a parking lot (bad idea), YOU ran behind a moving vehicle (bad idea)- I was the one that saw YOU behind my vehicle, cell phone and all! I was the one that avoided the accident, not you.

My point? Often times, the stupidity of the cell phone user is not directly related to the use of a phone. They just might be stupid all on their own. (note: I am not stupid ). Maybe they shouldn't be driving, walking, living, etc., regardless of the cell phone usage. Just a thought.

[finn's mom]

It drives me nuts when people behind the counter at a fast food place or the hostess at a restaurant can't even greet you properly. When the first thing out of their mouths is "for here or to go?" or "smoking or non smoking?", that drives me batty. Or, on the flip side, when a customer sticks a cup in the employee's face and says "coke, please." Yeah, it's awesome that they said "please," but, just saying "hey, can i have a refill?" or something before just saying the type. I don't know, just a personal pet peeve...

when you hold someone's door, and, they don't say thank you.

two-faced people