New peeve thread???

[Lady's Human]

Cataholic, that number came from the NHSTA study, and is backed up by other data as well.

http://www.iii.org/media/hottopics/i...ce/cellphones/

[Cinder & Smoke]

As for keeping two hands on the wheel? ... LOL.
I drive a stick.
More often than not,
my right hand is on the gear shift, not the wheel.

So, we've got the Right handpaw on the shifter,
Left handpaw on the cell dinger ...
And we *steer* with what?


ME?
I can manage a one-handpaw cell dinger OK ...
It's those darn 2-Fisted WHOPPERS that cause the problems!
I use my Left KNEE most often!

[Pam]

As for keeping two hands on the wheel? LOL. I drive a stick. More often than not, my right hand is on the gear shift, not the wheel. :

Just wondering if your right hand is on the gear shift and your left hand is holding a cell, what hand is on the wheel? (I assume you are not talking about a hand held phone). If you were in NJ you could be pulled over and wind up paying a hefty fine.

My pet peeve with cells came to a peak a few weeks ago. I was in church and the choir had just begun to sing. A little old white haired lady in front of me answered her cell phone in church!! Did she go out and have her conversation in the narthex? Noooooo.... She sat and talked during the entire song that the choir was singing and hung us just as they finished. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

[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

[BOBS DAD]

I hate it when People Hate Things!!!

No Really... I hate it when two people post consecutive posts (sometimes as many as 5 each) discussing a private matter in a public thread. UNLESS of course, THEY ARE FIGHTING - in which case, I LOVE IT!!!

[QueenScoopalot]

I'm not the type to use checks, or credit cards in most instances, but it irks me to no end when I'm in a line that I THINK will move fast, only to find the person in front (often a woman) has to fidget in her purse to figure out which method of payment will be used! By the time I'm at the register I've figured out what my bill will come to, and have my money & coupons in hand! I have found through trial and error, that men tend to pay in cash, so I try to find lines with men in front of me. I was stuck behind a woman at the grocery store last night who had maybe 10 items, and at first her credit card didn't go through, #2 card didn't work...... she finally wrote out a check. After patiently waiting for well over 10 minutes, I picked up my items, and took them to another register. The person in that line was bagged up and leaving as my stuff was rung up. The woman at register I left was STILL attempting to pay. *sigh* Why aren't there CA$H only and X amount of items lines????

[Lady's Human]

QS, in one of the grocery stores here there ARE cash only lines, and I love them. Giant supermarkets is a very customer oriented chain (a small chain, but nonetheless a chain). My wife won't go to any other store now to do grocery shopping, as they bring your bags out to your car for you if you look like you might have problems (as in a minor disability, or with small children, seniors, etc) and they don't allow their employees to take tips for doing so. It's just part of their service. I wish more supermarkets and stores in general would do that.

[Cataholic]

Oh, another thing...Richard, were your ears burning about 550 am your time on Saturday? I was walking with Jonah in the stroller, with a coffee, while on the cell phone, and I thought, "Oh, Richard would NOT like this now, would he"?

(and, I did make it safely home, across a street, didn't spill anything, enjoyed my coffee, no animals were injured, nobody lost an eye, I didn't almost cause an accident.... )

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

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? 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.

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?

[Lobodeb]

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.

I was on hold for 23 minutes with the CTA customer service to report that grasspole.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

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! Gotta love the city!

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.

[RICHARD]

Another way a cell phone can distract you.

http://www.petoftheday.com/talk/newt...newthread&f=18

[Lobodeb]

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.

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.

Oh well.

[dukedogsmom]

This one should be pretty much self explanitory: Men! They are so hard to figure out.

[Cinder & Smoke]

camera in it so you could have snapped a picture
- yes, while you were driving -

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 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*!

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.