New peeve thread???

[Lobodeb]

I have a co-worker peeve. My co-worker's kids call her non-stop!!! I know their voices over the phone now. I feel like her secretary sometimes. Mind you the son is 16 and the daughter is 22/23. She spends more than enough time speaking with them on the phone. I don't mind personal calls, but these calls are daily and very consistent. Then her son's father also calls to discuss the son. Son lives with Mom and Mom and Dad were never married. Uuuugggghhhhh......leave it all at home. She sometimes will leave work very late so she doesn't have to go home to the kids, yep both are at home. Work is work!

My boss' husband is like that. She's a control freak and he's afraid to make any decision on his own. The two fuel each other big time. Once, I heard her tell him step by step how to take their baby daughter out. I mean, this is what I heard:

First, strap the baby in her car seat, then go outside and start the car, make sure the garage door is up. Wait 5 minutes, then take the baby out to the car and fasten her in....

I couldn't tell if she was speaking to her husband or a 2 year old!

Then, if we're on a conference call, he'll call the office, the receptionist will tell him that she's unavailable, so then he'll call her cell phone, EVERY 5 MINUTES!!!

Another peeve of mine. If I'm driving down a 2-3 lane road, a car wants to make a turn to go in the same direction as me and the other lanes are completely clear, why must you pull out into my lane and go 5 mph??? Are there not 1-2 empty lanes?

[RICHARD]

Here's on that irks me....

THE PZEV engined car.


Partial Zero Emission Vehicle.

What the hell is a partial zero?

I didn't do well in algebra.

[Lady's Human]

Richard, it was named by Caleeforniay regulators. No one ever said they had to take math or science classes to get their jobs.

ZEVs (zero emissions vehicles) should actually be deferred emissons vehicles anyway. All the electricity to run them has got to come from somewhere.

[RICHARD]

ZEVs (zero emissions vehicles) should actually be deferred emissons vehicles anyway. All the electricity to run them has got to come from somewhere.

Why are we arguing then?

LOL, as a Cah lee fuh nee ahn, I stand corrected and wish to be called
professor from now on!

[gini]

PRO fessor - as opposed to CON fessor..................

I don't know, Richard, it is missing that "ring" of truth - California or not.

[Lady's Human]

On a Kindergarten prep sheet sent out by my daughter's school:


encourage your child by developing the following skills:

and in the middle of the list,

Motor: Climbing, jumping, balancing, hopping, running using scissors,
a paper punch, crayons and markers.


Running with scissors? I thought that was BAD thing!

[slleipnir]

People with no respect. People who think they're better than everyone else. People who act like someone else just so other people will like them. People who are really full of it (in a bad way). People who don't appreciate the small things...like a gift I have someone once. I put a lot of thought and effort into it, and I honestly feel the person just tossed the gift aside. What ever happened to "it's the thought that counts?" lol XD