New peeve thread???

[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

[slleipnir]

Jo is going to hate me because my peeve today happens to be child-related...


Sometimes working in an establishment with a playground REALLY stinks especially when you are trying to concentrate on your job and all you hear is little kids screaming their heads off!!

Okay lady.. I helped you bring your order to your table... you didn't even ask.
Seeing as you had a toddler on each hip, and one trailing along) after sitting them on my CLEAN COUNTERSPACE, WHICH I HAD TO THEN SANITIZE DURING A RUSH, the least you could do is keep your children from screaming their heads off, throwing food around my clean diningroom, and running around like maniacs. We have a playground, yes. But, our diningroom is NOT for playing. Oh, by the way... barbecue sauce does not double as finger paints on our windows.

Not cute.

Parents really need to learn to control their children. I see a lot of this in the bar I work at. I don't understand why parents want to bring children into a bar in the first place...but many, many do. I've had kids run around and collect ALL my menu's off every table. When I put them all back, they went right behind me and did it again. People came in and had no menu's. I went and told the father that I needed the menu's to stay on the tables for guests. He said "Oh, well sorry kids. I guess you can't play waiter any more......." It's like...uh, excuse me, this isn't a day care. I feel some parents really aren't doing their jobs. It's the parents fault those children act up or misbehave. The parents honestly didn't care they were doing something they shouldn't be. They were running around yelling too. It bothers the other people. I think the parents were glad to have the kids out of their hair. Honestly.....that really bugs me. If I had done this as a child...no, wait...I WOULDN'T have done that as a child...that's why I'm still alive *sigh*

Ok, so maybe they wouldn't have killed me, my parents weren't that mean, but I just knew better.

I just wish people wouldn't let kids run around like that in a public place where people are trying to work.

[RedHedd]

Staffing at retail stores on a Saturday. This happened to me at both Petco and Walgreen's this past Saturday. What does a store manager do these days? Isn't Saturday one of the busier retail shopping days? Almost everyone is off work and running errands, picking up stuff, etc. One would think the store manager would staff their stores to provide the highest level of service to bring in the $$.

At both stores they only had ONE register open, a LONG line of customers (at Petco there were pets in line too - which I love, but even they were getting impatient). and invariably the staff that's working on Saturday are the newest, least trained people and no supervisors available when problems arise which delays the line even more.

It was all I could do to restrain myself from having a fit (I was having a bad day too) and the delays and incompetent staff weren't helping my mood.

[Lobodeb]

IT GET'S ME P.Oed that people who have no regard for the laws of the US demand that the law give them citizenship....


Nope, no way, no how.

Especially when they get put ahead of the people doing it the "right" way.

Richard, I thought of you when I read this. I aplogize if you've already received this:

Dear President Bush:

I'm about to plan a little trip with my family and extended family, and I would like to ask you to assist me. I'm going to walk across the border from the U.S. into Mexico, and I need to make a few arrangements. I know you can help with this.

I plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas, passports, immigration quotas and laws. I'm sure they handle those things the same way you do here.

So, would you mind telling your buddy, President Vicente Fox, that I'm on my way over? Please let him know that I will be expecting the following:

1. Free medical care for my entire family.

2. English-speaking government bureaucrats for all services I might need, whether I use them or not.

3. All government forms need to be printed in English.

4. I want my kids to be taught by English-speaking teachers.

5. Schools need to include classes on American culture and history.

6. I want my kids to see the American flag flying on the top of the flag pole at their school with the Mexican flag flying lower down.

7. Please plan to feed my kids at school for both breakfast and lunch.

8. I will need a local Mexican driver's license so I can get easy access to government services.

9. I do not plan to have any car insurance, and I won't make any effort to learn local traffic laws.

10. In case one of the Mexican police officers does not get the memo fromPres. Fox to leave me alone, please be sure that all police officers speak English.

11. I plan to fly the U.S. flag from my house top, put flag decals on my car, and have a gigantic celebration on July 4th. I do not want any complaints or negative comments from the locals.

12. I would also like to have a nice job without paying any taxes, and don't enforce any labor laws or tax laws.

13. Please tell all the people in the country to be extremely nice and never say a critical word about me, or about the strain I might place on the economy.

I know this is an easy request because you already do all these things for all the people who come to the U.S. from Mexico. I am sure that Pres. Fox won't mind returning the favor if you ask him nicely.

However, if he gives you any trouble, just invite him to go quail hunting with your VP. Thank you so much for your kind help.

Ed Foster

[Kfamr]

This one has been brought up again, and again, and again...

Recently been put into my head.. I DESPISE LIARS!!!

[RICHARD]

Deb,


I think I am going to run with some scissors now...

[Lobodeb]

How about people who go out of their way to reach out to you, offer to do something for you, then disappear when you take them up on it?

I didn't ask you for anything, you offered, why do I feel like I'm hunting you down???

[Lady's Human]

People in training courses who think they know more about the subject matter than the instructors and insist on sharpshooting the lecture. (But then eat up training time because they can't do the lab tasks without 2 instructors helping them)

[RICHARD]

The idiots who need to label a shelf in a cabinet.

The go to the computer
spend 15 minutes 'desiging' a label
print it out in color
print it to paper
cut it out
and toss the other 10x8 piece of paper in the trash.


What ever happened to a magic marker and a scrap piece of paper?

[DJFyrewolf36]

Something that came up today...

People who renegotiate agreements after the deal is done. Make a long story short, I bought some computer components from someone in some need of money. I paid him the agreed ammount. For about three months now, he calls me right around the first of the month saying I owe more money and that if I don't pay him what I owe (the ammount changes each time he calls) I'll "be sorry" He's threataned to call the cops "to get his stolen property back" Nothing can come of it, it was component parts half of which I had to trash due to failure, and what I am using now he has no proof that he purchaced them in the first place. He's quibling over about $35 (the average of the ammounts he keeps saying I owe). No small claims court would even bother. As is, he delivered the parts to me, and I have witnesess who saw him deliver the parts and payment being made. He has no witnesess and nothing on paper. I don't either, but the computer parts have been here (the ones that work) for about 5 months now. He is a known gang member (facts that I got after I bought the parts...I'm kind of questioning where they came from. Luckily I didn't buy the hard drives from him) and has been in and out of jail (juvinile offenses, nothing adult but he just turned 19) and has been connected with a recient drug case. The guy has proven himself very untrustworthy since I got the parts. Sigh...and he presented such a different front than a teenaged gang banger.
Fool me once I guess they say...
Sorry to rant

[dogzr#1]

People who brag. Than annoys the heck out of me! My step- brother does this a lot. He is always trying to say that his school is meaner, bigger, more misbehaved than mine. It might be so but they way he does it bothers me. Also he brags about his character in a game we are playing. I was watching him play and then he says "Wow, I've beaten 3 guilds already?", and he knew I hadn't done that and I could tell he was trying to brag.

Also unfair treatment just because you are a girl and age. My mom told me to go to bed yesterday at 12 o' clock. I was ok with that, but then she didn't tell anything to me step-brother who is only 9 months older than me. I found out that he stayed up until 5 am one day and they didn't do anything! I can't stay up that late, but I wanted to stay up a little later. I was so mad because they let him get away with so much more just because he is a boy, and 9 months older. I cried myself to sleep thinking about it. I wish I could tell my mom or step-dad something, but i know I don't have the heart or guts to.

sorry to turn this into a rant

[Sevaede]

I hate being in line at the grocery store, and while the cashier is ringing up my groceries the person in line behind me is right on top of me! Give me my space! I swear this happens to me every time I go to Shop N Save (although it doesn't really happen at Wal-Mart). I usually use a debit card and I feel like there's always someone peering over my shoulder while I punch in my pin. ARHHH!

I know!! This happened to me the other day, kind of. I was at the grocery store and had four items with me one of which was rather large (a bag of cat food). I had just put my stuff down and I swear the guy in back of me is practically *touching* me and shoving my stuff out of the way so he can put his crap down. The lady in front of me WASN'T EVEN DONE YET. I mean, arrggha;skhfsdjf.

[Sevaede]

Yesterday Winston was at the vet for just a check up and I don't think anyone in there didn't say this to their dog...

"Oh you better be careful, that big Dobie wants to eat you!"

Yeah right, he was sitting nicely beside me just looking around, waiting for his turn to see the vet.

I always get these comments or similar ones refering to how vicious they are with the Dobes and Rotts.

That highly aggravates me as well. Firstly, like they even *know* the dog at all. Secondly, does it look like it's trying to eat you? Thirdly, nice way to perpetuate a stupid stereotype.

That's happened with my moms GS/Rottie mix and her RB Treasure who also happened to be very well behaved.

Treasure: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...e/PICT9631.jpg and Trixie: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...pingttrix1.jpg

[Sevaede]

It's better if I just use the example that came to mind:

My mom and I were standing at the counter a couple of feet away from a lady who was at the counter as well. She had a standard poodle (although, not full grown, I don't think) on a leash. (S)He was a very friendly pooch. It wagged and ran over to us and was jumping on me and when I started to pat it on the head the lady gave me a pissy look and yanked the dog away as if I offended her or something. She was watching everything that went on, as well. She wouldn't let the poor puppy near us, after that.