Thread: Pet Peeves?

Use of the words on the News "We have a very Fluid Situation" instead of "We have no freaking clue but we gotta be first"

Entitlement attitude - This can be a stupid as going to the "Fast lane" with a full cart because "Your Special"

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Entitlement attitude - This can be a stupid as going to the "Fast lane" with a full cart because "Your Special"

Ah, yes. Or double parking or parking in a loading zone because....you're special.

I have one that's right up your alley, Glen and will, I'm sure make you chuckle. I know I did:

We have a local doctor in town who through the years has invested in commercial real estate mainly buying old dilapidated downtown buildings, some of which have been a bane to the city (e.g. housing a dive bar and flophouse with tons of crime and finally arson). According to the local news recently, he apparently owes over $2 million in back taxes to the IRS over a 7 year period. His explanation for not paying taxes? 1) His accountant retired 2).......He's a very very busy person (because, you know, the rest of us are just sittin' around). Yup, entitlement attitude comes in many forms.

I hear ya Chris

One of my favs is coming up soon

Every year we have a local music festival up here Festival at Sandpoint

It only runs because so many of us volunteer to help each year, I work Stage Security ie stand at the corner of the stage and look pretty hehehe been doing it for 10+ years now

We have ushers that help get people seated and keep certain aisles clear, as per fire code... Seating is first come first serve and a big deal to get front row

Without fail nearly every popular show the Ushers will come get me to move some "Special" person that has decided that standing in the aisle blocking everyone else's view is their right to do..

I have actually had people tell me "I don't care about them" when I explain that they are in the wrong area and blocking other people's view of the show..
Some get really twisted when you explain that they are not special and have to actually move, Honestly I giggle every damn time

Corporate bullshite speak....every time I hear it, I want to spew a mouthful of coffee at the speaker...was a great article about it.

Winners are,"“In the wholesale channel, Burberry exited doors not aligned with brand status and invested in presentation through both enhanced assortments and dedicated, customised real estate in key doors.”

Or, Starbucks CEO, that the new Starbucks Roasteries were “delivering an immersive, ultra-premium, coffee-forward experience”.

And this gem, CEO of Cisco, fired off an email to underlings beginning “Team”, and ending: “We’ll wake the world up and move the planet a little closer to the future.”

This type of crap, akin to the famous, "That's unacceptable" and, the finger waving, "Fix it", hot air filled with no meaningful contribution to the discussion or really any relevance to solutioning - reminds me again why I bailed on the Corp world and stick to consulting...

But alas, there is still no escape from it, as I find out on a daily basis, senior execs smiling while the ship lists heavily to starboard, taking on water, most of the crew and passengers long gone, but it's all good.....

Sense i cant spell big words and dont read anything i dont have too, i dont have the same kind of word issues as you guys. Mine is the guy that has just got to be in front of the big truck then realizes hes going too fast then slows down in front of the big truck. Then i move over to pass and he speeds up because he just cant be behind a big truck. I do my best to not play bumper cars with these idiots but sometimes its very hard not to just bump them off the road.

sorry Jerry but my big peeve is trucks side by side on the highway on an Interstate, one trying to pass the other , at 62 MPH while the other guy is doing 61.5 and 3 miles later gets over, its a 70-75 MPH and I cant even figure out why they are even attempting, just saying Tc

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

sorry Jerry but my big peeve is trucks side by side on the highway on an Interstate, one trying to pass the other , at 62 MPH while the other guy is doing 61.5 and 3 miles later gets over, its a 70-75 MPH and I cant even figure out why they are even attempting, just saying Tc

Oh yeah...like a rolling road block, or the trucks who drive in the left hand lane on the highway.

My big one here, urban street, 4 way intersection, two northbound lanes at the stop light, two 18 wheelers, side by side, so they can drag race each other through 16 gears, like a slow moving wall, so instead of 150-200 cars making it through the intersection, 30-40 do....that makes me crazy.

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

sorry Jerry but my big peeve is trucks side by side on the highway on an Interstate, one trying to pass the other , at 62 MPH while the other guy is doing 61.5 and 3 miles later gets over, its a 70-75 MPH and I cant even figure out why they are even attempting, just saying Tc

I've always wondered if this is done on purpose? I'm not trying to start a battle here, but I've just always wondered that... is it on purpose or can they really not see the truck beside them and 50 cars lined up behind them
(honest question to the truckers out there, I dont know any to ask in person)

English is a complex language. However, it does amaze me when I see folks with a far higher education level than I, manage to mangle it so badly.

While we're on the subject of road pet peeves. Here's one for me:

I'm in the right lane on a freeway behind a slower moving vehicle. I signal and move to the the left/passing lane. There's a car waaaaaaaaaaaayyy back there already in the passing lane far far behind me. That driver hits either the button for nitrous or flips the switch to engage to light speed, I'm not sure which, and is instantly on my bumper even though when I changed into that lane the driver was four football field lengths behind me......