What's your pet peeve in RL?

[Feba]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

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[TheGrandMom]

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[Murphie]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

I have a few that have been bugging me lately. I'll try and keep it brief, but doubt I'll succeed.

Work Related:
I have a stupidly easy job that they pay me way too much to do. But this place is so poorly run that it's kind of an embarrassment, and I often wonder how long they can honestly keep it up before someone notices. I'm not too concerned, because I'm still looking for something better, and in the interim, I'm making excellent money doing next to nothing for a few hours a day. This job has always just been a stop-gap, so no worries.

But I mean, seriously. Part of my job requires dealing with our Hawaiian customers. Except that the database for Hawaii has a host of problems. Usually only the last initial and phone number of the customer is available, which is next to useless. These people are supposed to be new customers for our company, but when I call them, most of them tell me they have already moved on to another company. So clearly they aren't new.

The person who forwards this information to me was off for several days last week. As a result, I didn't get any Hawaii information until yesterday. At which point I was slammed with a week's worth of it. I asked if this person had a backup or something, and apparently she does, but that person "didn't feel like" doing it, so she just waited until the main person returned. That's...efficient.

Also, I get done when I finish my work for the day. Whether I've worked for three hours or eight. I thought when I started that this was just the way of things, but apparently it's actually just something that we do without telling anyone. My concern is that at some point someone will find out about this, and I'll be the one who ends up paying for it. Because I'm an easy scapegoat. Even though it isn't my call at all.

Dating, online or otherwise:
Online, no one reads your profile. They just contact you because they like your pictures. Which, thank you. I'm glad you find me attractive. But we have virtually nothing in common, and you clearly didn't read anything about me, because you'd know that if you had. Also, thanks, person from Denver, Colorado, or Orlando, Florida, or fucking Spain. I am glad you find me so interesting. But no. I do not often find myself in your neighborhood. So why do you ask? If you lived in the tri-state area, then, yeah, possibly. But several states or countries away? No, not so much.

Locally, it's just as bad. I am not actively looking for a relationship, because that's a one way ticket to Frustration, Population: Me. But if we meet out, and you want to grab a cup of coffee or a bite to eat or something, I'm down with that. That said, know what you want. Don't clearly state that you aren't looking for a relationship or anything serious, and then when I am not at some event that you casually asked if I'd be at, and I said "Maybe, I'm not sure," get pissed at me, because you feel I'm shunning you. If you aren't looking for a relationship, and we aren't in one, then you don't get to be angry that I'm not hanging out with you all the time. Also, if you pursue me, you don't get to say "I think you like me more than I like you." because guess what? No, I don't. You pursued me. I was just playing along.

Misc:
Hey neighbors, I can hear you. And your loud ass friends. We pay too much damn money to live in this building to listen to your crap at 4am. Also, the elevator looks like you performed an emergency Cesarean or something in it. That's gross. I don't know how you managed to get it so filthy, but maybe be less nasty, and if you do spill something, clean it up, don't let it sit there all weekend, because you know the cleaning crew won't be back until Monday. Gross.

[Takelli]

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Hey neighbors, I can hear you. And your loud ass friends. We pay too much damn money to live in this building to listen to your crap at 4am. Also, the elevator looks like you performed an emergency Cesarean or something in it. That's gross. I don't know how you managed to get it so filthy, but maybe be less nasty, and if you do spill something, clean it up, don't let it sit there all weekend, because you know the cleaning crew won't be back until Monday. Gross.

I live with neighbors like that. All day long playing their jamacan music, and being loud as hell, cussing while playing basketball. This neighborhood used to be anice place to be, and now its turning to crap. Even the property value of this place is going down just because of a few neighbors, but they are loud as hell blasting their bass all day long and shit.

[Murphie]

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I blame our leasing company. It used to be really tough to get into this building, but I guess now with more competition in the area, they have lowered their standards. For the most part it isn't bad. It's mostly young professionals or older empty nesters looking for a change of pace. But some of the newer additions have been odd. This one couple moved in last week, and I've seen the husband sleeping in our recreation area several times. Is your marriage that bad?

Also, I live downstairs from the chief meteorologist for our local NBC affiliate. He is the loudest, most inconsiderate asshole I've ever had the displeasure of living near.

On the other hand, right across the hall are two interns with Procter and Gamble. One of them gave me a year's worth of toothpaste and mouthwash and toothbrushes, because he had cases and cases of the stuff. Saved me some money, and who doesn't like good dental hygiene?

[DakAttack]

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I live with neighbors like that. All day long playing their jamacan music, and being loud as hell, cussing while playing basketball. This neighborhood used to be anice place to be, and now its turning to crap. Even the property value of this place is going down just because of a few neighbors, but they are loud as hell blasting their bass all day long and shit.

My neighborhood used to be really nice, and really white, when I was a kid. I'm not really sure why it was such a white coomunity, but the neighborhood wasn't completed at that point and construction was ongoing until I was much older. My neighbor of about a dozen years moved out, and a hispanic family moved in. There was about fifteen people living in that three-bedroom house, and they kept getting pregnant and letting their kids run around free range in the back yard. At one point I suspected they were running a prostitution operation, because a van would occassionally pull up to their house, and one of the fat ones would come out to the van. A few hours later she would get out and go back inside.

Our current neighbors have had their house raided a few times by both the FBI and local police. This is all in the same house as the hispanic neighbors. Luckily, the neighbors to the other side of us are much quieter. Their family has its quirks, but they're much more tolerable.

The problem with our neighborhood is that they reserve a small area on every street for low-incoming housing. Most of the people in these houses deserve to live in a nice area, but some of them take it for granted. Their kids are the worst, they just don't understand the situation they're in and act like idiots.

[TheGrandMom]

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For the most part it isn't bad. It's mostly young professionals or older empty nesters looking for a change of pace.

Hubby and I are going to sell the house once we get rid of our last nestling and would love to find a loft. But that's my issue with it, I want a place that polices their tenants and doesn't let things get out of hand. And yes, I do live in a dream world.

Also, I live downstairs from the chief meteorologist for our local NBC affiliate. He is the loudest, most inconsiderate asshole I've ever had the displeasure of living near.

OMG...we used to have the local news guy next door. He was a total douchebag! One summer night I was dozing off on the couch when I hear a lawn mower. I look at the clock and it's 11:30 PM! I go outside and yell but he can't hear me or is ignoring me. So I call the police, they come out, it gets blessed quiet for the couple minutes that they talk to him, and what happens next!? THE GD LAWN MOWER STARTS UP AGAIN! Yes, they let him finish his lawn.

On the other hand, right across the hall are two interns with Procter and Gamble. One of them gave me a year's worth of toothpaste and mouthwash and toothbrushes, because he had cases and cases of the stuff. Saved me some money, and who doesn't like good dental hygiene?

I love free stuff! We have a family member that drives truck for Tyson. This weekend he calls and says he has a load of chicken to get rid of. When the boxes get damaged, they tell the drivers to get rid of it so he calls us. While I love free chicken, when I get there he has an assload of it! I took as much as I could stuff in the car and distributed it to a couple pantries. It was funny though because it looked like I was driving a low rider! lol

[Aksannyi]

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My new neighbors are so much better than my old roommates. There's one somewhere (I think the apartment below mine) who has a baby, a new baby, and he/she cries a lot. That's kind of annoying, but babies don't cry like that forever, so I'm dealing. Besides, I have kids of my own, I know how it is.

Today the weirdest thing happened, I came up to my apartment and this old woman, Cuban, apparently, came up and started yammering to me in Spanish. Problem is, I don't speak Spanish that well, and if you talk extremely fast, I can't understand you at all. I think she was talking about my neighbor across the hall, who I've never met and probably never will. And then at some point I think she was asking me if I was Cuban. Um, my Spanish is shitty, broken, and I have an American accent. Plus, I'm extremely white. Do I seem Cuban? It just struck me as odd. I have no idea what she was going on about, but I think she sensed my "deer in the headlights" look when she was just going on and on and finally (seemed like an eternity, probably was less than two minutes) let me go. Well, I could have gone any time but I was too polite to just brush an old woman off.

Not really a peeve. Just, we're on the topic of neighbors and I thought I'd contribute.

[Nandito]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

I hate my professors.

No, that's not right. I actually like them. They're making my first year of college wonderful.

What I don't like is what they did this week. I have nothing to do! No assignments, no tests to study for, one teach even canceled class today. Now considering I don't have a job to go to at the moment, four days of free time till Tuesday class.

Except Halo: Reach comes out on that Tuesday, and in that week, I'll probably have more work than usual.

Not fair. :<

[cidbahamut]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

Being really goddamn picky when shoe shopping, purchasing shoes, wearing said shoes for a few weeks and then finding out one weekend when you take a longer walk than usual that your shoes don't actually fit as they have decided to devour the back of your heel.

I'm about ready to just give up on shoes altogether.

[Raydeus]

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Saturday and Sunday should have 48 hours each.

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[TheGrandMom]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

Being really goddamn picky when shoe shopping, purchasing shoes, wearing said shoes for a few weeks and then finding out one weekend when you take a longer walk than usual that your shoes don't actually fit as they have decided to devour the back of your heel.

I'm about ready to just give up on shoes altogether.

Do you wear an odd shoe size? And how picky is picky? lol

[Murphie]

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My roommate is being infuriating again. Or maybe I am. I can't even tell anymore.

I have a bunch of crap. Well, probably not by most people's standards. I mean, before I moved to NE Ohio in 2008, I had an entire apartment full of things. Furniture, books, clothes, cooking implements, office supplies, etc. Before I moved I sold all of my books (save a handful of ones that had sentimental value), sold my living room, dining room, and office furniture, and gave away a fair amount of clothing, games, etc.

When I left NE Ohio, I sold my bedroom furniture, most of my appliances (save my super pricey blender), and a few other items to my Ex. Upon returning to Ohio, I had little more than a dozen boxes and totes of stuff. I picked up a bed, a dresser and a desk, and put everything else in storage. Soon after that I sold my 360 and all of its games, so that freed up even more room (and was necessary from an economic perspective).

Since then I've lost even more weight, so I've bought new clothes that fit my new body, and I have all this stuff that I just can't or won't wear anymore (a lot of it is left over from 8+ years ago when I was this size or at least close to it), either because it's too baggy, too worn out, or simply isn't in style any more (yes, I care about style, shoot me). So, I decided today to bag it all up for donation. I tossed the stuff that no one would want, but a fair amount of it is really nice stuff that simply isn't right for me anymore. It fit into five trash bags that I'm planning on taking to Goodwill as soon as possible. Right now they are in the hallway, because my room is fucking tiny, and besides I'm still cleaning in here. My roommate threw a fit about it. It doesn't matter that I plan on dropping them off tomorrow morning. Apparently even one evening with clutter is one too many for him. So now he's not talking to me. Ugh.

The fun part is that I haven't even begun on the boxes of assorted crap that I still have go through, most of which will likely be donated as well. I guess I'll just do that in the storage area and leave it there until I can donate it so this poor soul doesn't have to look at it.

tl;dr - I have a few bags in the (six foot wide) hallway of our apartment for the evening and my roommate who is a neat freak is, true to form, freaking out about it. I think he's over-reacting, he thinks I'm an insensitive asshole.

[TheGrandMom]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

If they had been there for more than a day, I'd say he has a point. If you put them there and said you were going to take them to Goodwill next weekend, he has a point. If they are just sitting there until morning, he's being a dick and you have absolutely nothing to apologize for. He'll get over it, just continue with what you are doing and ignore him.

[Murphie]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

I went outside to smoke and came back to find them in my room. Awesome.