New peeve thread???

[Cataholic]

I'm sorry, but this is a peeve of mine. on a cell phone while backing out? Hello? I even see people on cell phones while triyng to parallel park in rush hour traffic ...

See? Even when I explain it fully, it still isn't understood- I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG! EVEN WITH THE CELL PHONE! Uh, hello, MCFLY? The adult lady RUNNING through the parking lot was/is and forever will be, the idiot here...NOT me with a cell phone.

It is called cause and effect, proximate cause, in the legal field. My actions must be the proximate cause of the 'injury'. My actions (being on the cell phone while backing up) must be the CAUSE of the (here, potential)injury- her getting ran over by my vehicle. My being on the cell phone was NOT the proximate cause- but her (and apparently, yours, too) knee jerk reaction. Oh, the driver was on the cell phone, THAT must be the problem. Not. The problem was her running through the parking lot without looking. I, the driver, saw her (yes, even while on the cell phone, as I was looking carefully while backing). I was the one that slammed on my brakes.

Radios used to cause that same amount of flutter that cell phones do today. I see plenty of bad driving every day that is unrelated to cell phone use. People just can't grasp that there are people that can do two things at once.

Whether my call is 'important' or not is not the point. Fine if someone wants to maintain their cell phone for 'emergency use only'. Great. Or, pull over every time it rings, Great! And, maybe that person is not the type of person that can handle multi-tasking. Maybe that person is not a confident driver. Not me. I use it for every use...on my way to and from work. As it allows me 45 minutes of extra work time both ways.

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.

As for statistics? LOL. You know what they say about statistics...98% of them are wrong, or made up on the spot.

[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/

[Cataholic]

LH- I stand by my statistical analysis! 98% of statistics are made up (I didn't mean that YOU made it up, LOL).

[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.

[CathyBogart]

My pet peeve involving phones is different from most people's. MY cell phone exists for MY convenience, not everyone else's. There are a lot of times during the day (when I'm getting ready for work, or an hour or so after work, when I'm getting ready for bed, etc) when I don't feel like talking on the phone. Leave me a darn message and I'll call you back!!

Don't call me half a dozen times and then demand to know why I didn't pick up. It's nothing personal, I just didn't feel like talking to anyone. ANYONE. If it's an emergency, you can send the voicemail through as "urgent" and I will check it, but don't expect me to drop everything just because the phone rang.


Yesterday, I was driving over Hwy 17, which is a very twisty and dangerous road. I witnessed the results of a horrifying four-car crash that happened bcause someone was in a huge hurry and cut someone else off on a blind curve, slammed into the car in front of them, etc. I really don't like unsafe drivers, especially on a road that's already dangerous. A lot of people around here thing it's cool to go as fast as possible over 17. It takes me 35 minutes to get over it, but some of my friends have done it in twelve.


I think everyone here knows that almost all of my other pet peeves are related to little kids being noisy or rude or being where they shouldn't.

[Kfamr]

One that just came to mind because it happened today.

It seems as if i'm the only one who put the toilette paper on the hanger thing. Everyone else sits it on the edge of the sink (when they then splash water all over it.) or on the back of the toilette. Is it really that hard to put it up and dispose of the empty roll!? NO!

[finn's mom]

Is it really that hard to put it up and dispose of the empty roll!? NO!

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.

[ILoveMyAbbyGirl]

-Cell phone users DRIVING-- doesn't bother me if they are driving safely.

-People on cell phones as they come through my line at the grocery store and don't ask the person on the other end if they can call back-- and talk the whole time, I'm sorry. If you can't respect me enough to talk to that person later, ugh. You won't get my respect either. No, I won't put your bread on the bottom, you just won't get a choice of paper or plastic.

-Litterers.

-People who spit. Spitting makes me want to vomit. Some kid spit a loogie (sp?) on the WALL at school. Hello, trash cans and bathrooms ten feet away. *gag*

I could go on foreverrrr...

[finn's mom]

-Litterers.

Yeah, same here. All litter, including when people throw cigarette butts out of their car windows or really anywhere outdoors for that matter.

[Lobodeb]

Speaking of smokers...

Why must you smoke in the doorway of a public building? Do you REALLY think I want to smell your exhaust as I'm entering/exiting a building?

At my work, people do this all of the time. Then the foyer reeks of smoke. YUCK!!! I don't want to smell it and neither does my unborn child.

[wolflady]

Yeah, same here. All litter, including when people throw cigarette butts out of their car windows or really anywhere outdoors for that matter.

Oh gosh, yes. This is a HUGE peeve for me too. Just because you want to pollute your own body, it's rude to throw cigarettes out the window, on the ground, etc. Use an ashtray or trashcan people! The world/earth is not a trashcan! Any kind of litterer irrates me to no end. I can't believe how inconsiderate people can be.

On my commute home during the summer (incidentally, fire season), I witnessed this very rude person throw their cigarette out the window...and lo and behold...it started a roadside fire. Nice, huh? Unfortunately, I couldn't get the license plate number, and even if I did...I don't know if you can report stuff like that...

*sigh*

[Kfamr]

-Litterers.

I was going to post this. On my way to a Christmas party the other day there was trash just piling up on the sides of the road.

It's disgusting,

[RICHARD]

Guys who buy the motorcycle jackets that have the brand name of the bike on the back, in huge letters.

People who race to merge onto the freeway, then slow down, while you slow down to let them in.

People who HAVE to read the email that you are typing!

[buttercup132]

When people who pretend to be really nice but are truly really mean ...theres some people like that on here. But I guess theres a few bad ones in the bunch with all good things...
Oh and before I get attacked this isnt ment for a certain someone it's ment kind of in general I just said theres a couple people on here that are like that...