New peeve thread???

[Sevaede]

Judging by what Attorney General Gonzalez told the senate the other day.....Washington and Lincoln used electronic eavesdropping during wartime....electricity must have been around before old Ben discovered it!

Normally I don't mention peeve, but.....my husband has the habit of responding ...."what do you mean _________." Example. When I was sitting up at 4:30 in the morning reading a book I answered his question as to why. He responded..."what do you mean you can't sleep?"

How do I answer that??????? How many different things can "not sleep" mean????

I'm sorry, I had to laugh. But trust me, it was a laugh of experienced understanding!

Exactly! That's all you can say. And then, you fumble around and in your head you're thinking "What the crap? How am I supposed to further explain, or define, my lack of sleep? This is not making any sense." (That's what goes through my head.) Also, it irritates me when I say something and people repeat what I just said. Like, if I said I can't sleep and my husband says, "You can't sleep?" as if he has to double check. Um, yeah. That's what I just said.

[Sevaede]

In a college dorm I'll grant you your peeve. It's just that I've run into people complaining about that in situations where there was a reason for it, especially in hotels.

My peeve of the week? To all cashiers in stores.....I'm in the store you work for to purchase items and check out in a timely manner. I don't need to wait in line while you gossip with the other three cashiers about the latest events in the soap operas, and I'm sure the other 15 people in line at the three registers didn't need it either.

You read my mind! This has happened to me so many times. I'll go to the grocery store and all the cashiers and baggers (I don't know their title.) will be sitting around, hanging all over their station, blabbing for a good ten minutes (or more) and not actually doing what they're getting paid to do.

It also irritates me when I am at the store and they ring up my items and just set them down (that part isn't irritating. I prefer to bag my own groceries, anyways.) but get irritated when I start bagging my own groceries! Most of them can't even do it right! They either overload the bag so it starts ripping before I can even double bag it or, for example, put my milk on top of my bread or eggs. Or, when I have breakables and they just toss or slam them.

[Sevaede]

More science....

Objects fall at the same speed, no matter what their weight is.

If you watch a piece of paper, trash or ???? fall out of your hand it will not fall any faster....


So why drop it, observe it fall and leave it for someone else to pick up?

That reminds me! Troy and I had a conversation concerning this subject kind of except that it had to do with velocity. He argued that a bullet shot out of a gun would not fall at the same speed or time as one dropped from a persons hand (equal in every other aspect, though, such as heigth). It derived from a passage from The Rule of Four. He also said the same thing about an arrow.

[IRescue452]

I think there was supposed to be a comma between running and using scissors.

[dogzr#1]

Yea it was probably a typo, because after that it listed a paper punch, crayons and markers.

[Lady's Human]

Motor: Climbing, jumping, balancing, hopping, running using scissors,

The point being that the school can't even proof read their own documents.

[dogzr#1]

Yeah. It could've caused a big argument of some sort.

[finn's mom]

If I'm in the middle lane of a three lane road, don't ride up my arse. If you want to go faster than the speed limit, by all means, get in the "fast lane." And, that in itself is annoying as crap, because people tend to think that it's for people speeding. When, it's not so much that it's for people going over the speed limit, as the right hand lane is for people possibly going under the speed limit. It's still illegal to speed, even if you are in the fast lane. And, the left lane is supposed to mainly be used for passing, anyway. Ugh. It just irks me when people get upset at you for going the speed limit. Glad they can afford to get a ticket, I can't right now! (Not that I don't speed sometimes, because I do, but, I don't ride up people's butts, either.) Ok, done.

[IRescue452]

I do speed too sometimes, but it does make me laugh when somebody passes me going 10 over and then I meet back up with them at the next red light. I have to laugh because they wasted gas, risked a ticket, and didn't save a second.

[slick]

FM: That happens to me all the time. I used to speed alot but have really slowed down lately. Especially with the price of gas, I don't want to waste any....and like IR says, I just meet them at the light anyway.

My big pet peeve for this Monday are people that spit. Yes, I said spit. It's true that the majority are men but I've seen a few women do it to. I was at a stop light on the weekend and this "macho man" in a pickup truck was ahead of me and he leaned out the window and shot out a gob. It was disgusting. What prompts them to do that....and don't tell me "it's a man thing."

I've also seen people spit on the sidewalk as they are walking along.

[finn's mom]

I do speed too sometimes, but it does make me laugh when somebody passes me going 10 over and then I meet back up with them at the next red light. I have to laugh because they wasted gas, risked a ticket, and didn't save a second.

Yeah, that happens all of the time! I caught up with a jerk today (which prompted me to write on this thread to begin with) in an escalade that seriously rode my butt for a good three miles, with clear lanes on both sides of me. Sorry, just because you have more money and drive a bigger vehicle isn't going to intimidate me in the slightest. I was on cruise control and singing away. The front end of his truck literally filled up my rear view mirror, it was ridiculous. He finally went around me, and, I met him at the very next light. It was very satisfying. I love driving fast, but, it's rarely because I have to. I do it because I enjoy it. I don't do it often and I almost never do it on roads going through towns or high traffic areas. I like fast highway driving, when there's little to no traffic and no turns or anything. Just driving. Of course, I have gotten a speeding ticket, but, sometimes, the risk is almost worth it. But, I am never rude behind the wheel if someone is going the speed limit or slower, **that** is certainly not worth it.

[finn's mom]

FM: That happens to me all the time. I used to speed alot but have really slowed down lately. Especially with the price of gas, I don't want to waste any....and like IR says, I just meet them at the light anyway.

Yeah, I know what you mean. I almost always use cruise now, to avoid my lead foot! Gas is too pricey for craziness like that!

[slick]

The front end of his truck literally filled up my rear view mirror, it was ridiculous.

When that happens to me I purposely slow down a notch or two, set my cruise control, and like you..keep singing.

[finn's mom]

When that happens to me I purposely slow down a notch or two, set my cruise control, and like you..keep singing.

I do all that, except slow down. I've seen road rage at it's best, and, I try not to aggravate too much. I use cruise control whenever possible, though, or I turn into speed racer! Most of my body weight is apparently in my right foot.

[Tubby & Peanut's Mom]

Professional apologizers.

I've spent way too much time on the phone with places like Comcast, the phone company, etc. lately and it grinds me to no end when they continue to apologize <my snotty attitude inflected in voice here> "I'm so sorry Mrs. Hanson." "I apologize for the inconvenience Miss Hanson." "I understand Ms Hanson, but that is the earliest appointment we can schedule."

First of all...Bull Sh*t you're sorry and you understand! You really don't care, you're just giving your trained response to my rant, which is only going to make me rant more! Do they realize they sound like robots...and that they act like it too? Not a one of them is capable of making a decision or coming up with a non-canned response.

The other thing that really grinds is the "Mrs. Hanson" part. How dare you assume that just because I don't sound like a teenager I'm married and there is a "Mr. Hanson" at home. "Mrs. Hanson" is my mother and my grandmother and they have absolutely NOTHING to do with this call, so LEAVE THEM OUT OF IT!

OK, ok, I really need to calm down here. I swear big corporate America is going to be the death of me yet.