2C Etc. Top 10 Pet Peeves

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  Charlie on March 28 at 7:55 a.m.

  1. People who tail gate you when you’re doing the speed limit.

  2. Groups that block aisles in stores and get indignant when you ask them to please move aside.

  3. Parents who let their little urchins run rampant.

  4. Cell phone conversations, to loud, to explicit and annoying to others.

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  Me on March 28 at 10:26 a.m.

  1. People not using their blinkers, or turning them on AS they are actually making the turn.

  2. People slowing down because they see a red light ahead, blocking those behind them how will be making a right or left turn.

  3. Charlie - totally with you on number 2. If you say excuse me to try to get by they tsk tsk you.

  4. Kids in Vegas! (SUV strollers run up the back of your ankles)

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  florined on March 28 at 1:12 p.m.

  Am I the only one who thinks being put on hold because the person I’m speaking with has “call waiting” is rude? I’m not talking about the rare person who has a dying relative or other crucial situation. I’m talking about those who assign a higher priority to whoever might be calling (including the taped political call, the siding salesperson, the donation coldcaller.)

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  Charlie on March 28 at 3:30 p.m.

  5. People who are to lazy/stupid to return shopping carts and leave them in the parking stalls for YOU to move.

  6. Drivers who take 2+ spaces when they park.

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  JBelle on March 28 at 3:46 p.m.

  My pet peeve, that puts me in a snarl in an instant, makes the logger poetry ERUPT from my mouth and all around irritates me to an extent that is unwholly pretty is when other drivers motion me. They motion me through the intersection. They motion me in and out of parking places. THEY MOTION ME TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN! So when did they go to the academy and graduate a traffic cop? Who put them in charge? When did I sign up to be subserviant to their commands?

  I have never been agitated in traffic in a manner that would tempt me to use a certain motion myself. Except when I get the motion. And now, I get it a lot. Where did the motion come from????

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  Kage_Mann on March 28 at 3:48 p.m.

  (1) People who let their dogs run at Tubbs Hill w/o a leash.

  (2) people who still tailgate, even after going over the speed limit.

  (3)Call waiting is rude, if you wait for over a minute.(After that just hang up.)

  (4) seniors who inadvertedly,ram you with their shopping cart at
  the grocery store, while in the checkout line.

  (5)people who are talking on their cell phone, while blocking your path at the grocery store.

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  florined on March 28 at 4:01 p.m.

  lol, Kage, is it ok if a non-senior rams you with their cart?

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  hmoffsuite on March 28 at 4:18 p.m.

  JBelle >> ” Where did the motion come from????”

  Here is my thesis: The heavy cell phone use in cars these days. Driving down the street, I have noticed a majority drivers on the phone. That leads to inattentive driving in many cases and is the primary reason that there are so many people that don’t use turn signals. You can’t steer, hold the phone AND use the blinker switch all at the same time. Anyway, inattentive driving shows up when at a 4 way stop intersection and people don’t take their turn when it comes up at the intersection. That, after having been thru it many times, prompts one to use motion signs. Its all the fault of the cell phone. And, imo, hands free phones aren’t much better. (It is the mental distraction more than the physical distraction), imo.

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  Kage_Mann on March 28 at 4:18 p.m.

  florined, I don’t care about getting rammed by someone if they feel sorry about it and I am a big guy anyway.But, I’ve seen some senior males who have copped an attitude.Maybe, it was because I beat them to the checkout line? I don’t know.

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  Stickman on March 28 at 5:20 p.m.

  Kage: Half the people who walk Tubbs Hill have their dogs loose. It’s a fact of life. I actually enjoy that fact, as every animal gets to meet on their own terms. But, as we are talking pet peeves, please pick up after your pet, as if you don’t, the pooh fairie has her job cut out for her, daily.

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  Escapee on March 28 at 10:31 p.m.

  I “motion” other drivers when I don’t know what the hell they’re gonna do next; so that they’ll leave the intersection or otherwise go past me, so I can proceed safely. I do not trust ANY Other drivers. Most of the time, other drivers seem okay about being motioned. I find it alleviates confusion. So, Jbelle, if I ever motion you, I do so in order to make things EASIER for everyone concerned.

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  mamac on March 29 at 6:51 a.m.

  I must be getting mellower as I slooooowly age. I only have four that really get me rockin’.

  4. People that Just Have To Have that cute little doggie in the window, and then keep it chained up all the time, or in a dog run 24/7.

  3. People that turn ANY subject into a religous debate.

  2.People that are just plain too lazy to work as a team. ” I didn’t get that done, cuz it’s not my job” can send me into the stratophere.

  1. And my #1 pet peeve…….. Cell Phones! They have become an extension of people, like an arm or something. I personally don’t own one, and as we are moving back to the spokane area, I am already being told by family and friends we Have To Get One! No Thanks.

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  marmitetoasty on March 29 at 7:15 a.m.

  One of my pet pissing off things is those that talk loudly on their mobile phones…. it well does me head in….. what I find me and me maties doing now is joining in with the conversation that the person is having LOL….. it gets so many reactions…… we just join in as if the person is having the conversation with us lol……. sometimes it is to dam funny…… other times we get rude words thrown our way, to which I usually just say ‘HOW RUDE’ ……. :)

  x

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  Fishwife on March 29 at 8:53 a.m.

  Middle age men on their Harley’s looking stupid in their wanna-be leathers…especially ridiculous flabby upper arms in those sleeveless leathers. Keep your Harleys parked until you work out for say.. 2 years. Same for the women.

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  inlandempiregirl on March 29 at 6:39 p.m.

  Kage Mann… I am not a senior, but sometimes I do the cart thing because I am distracted and don’t notice… I do apologize nicely! My pet peeves….
  1. A large group of young adults that think a semi -remote campground should be their priced location for a week-end party that includes a big bonfire, loud trucks, and louder music.
  2. Rookie sports analysis guys… the ones that sit behind you at a sporting event and do play-by-play while inserting their own color commentary professing they know every player, every stat, and can read every coach’s mind during the game. They usually do it very loudly also.
  3. The dentist that suggests twenty new procedures he could do to improve your smile just because you don’t need expensive dental work at your check-up…. braces at age fifty? I am thinking not.

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  Stickman on March 29 at 6:40 p.m.

  Marmite and fishwife: I loved your comments, made me smile

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  Nick_Adams on March 29 at 7:19 p.m.

  1. Texting. I’d rather have a short conversation than text responses requiring more than five words. Also, people who join you for lunch/dinner/drinks and then spend a good part of the time responding to texts.

  2. Bartenders who don’t sqeeze the lime before dropping it into my gin & tonic (leaving the lime on the rim of my glass for me to squeeze is ok).

  3. People who are rude to servers. Someone once said that you can judge a person’s character by the way they treat waiters/waitresses. I’ve found that to be very true.

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  cantyoureadthesigns on March 29 at 10:45 p.m.

  “1. A large group of young adults that think a semi -remote campground should be their priced location for a week-end party that includes a big bonfire, loud trucks, and louder music.”
  -inlandempiregirl

  Totally agree!

  Oh, as I experienced once on camping trip to Priest Lake. We’d hiked and canoed in about a mile or so. Widely separate campsites in the bay, and the campers were quiet and happy.

  A gigantic houseboat dropped anchor in our little bay for a couple of days. Appeared to be about 8-10 folks on board. They almost NEVER came out of the ship’s cabin, but blared their music, and the DVDs they were watching, almost constantly. At night the giant RV with a hull was practically lit up like Vegas, and then their noisy electrical generator cranked up.

  Ummmm, they could have done most of that at home. What’s the point of boating on a beautiful, scenic lake in North Idaho, and then spending the whole time INDOORS consuming crass entertainment, while just about ruining all us campers’ natural experience. They never even used their world-class shiny BBQ on their ample aft deck. Probably microwaved TV dinners, now THAT’S camping!

  Boorish idiots.

  If I’d only had a torpedo…
  :)

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  jazzyvandal on March 30 at 8:43 a.m.

  I really am hating cell phones these days. I have one, but I am not attached to it all the time. I hate text message conversations (just pick up the damn phone), fiddle on their phones during dinner, or loud public phone conversations. Ugh.

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  JeanieSpokane on March 30 at 9:14 a.m.

  We could do a whole thread on “reasons why I hate cell phones.” I have one and I got rid of my land line. However, I don’t use it in restaurants or in public places, other than the store and only to call and see which brand of what product I should get. I absolutely hate seeing people on their cell phones while driving. And I’m starting to be annoyed by people crossing the street while on a cell phone. (And I mean, jay walking.)

  More annoying are bluetooth operators who look at you and talk - but they aren’t talking to you! AAACKKKK.

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