What's your pet peeve in RL?

[DakAttack]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

Get your boob on, girl, haters gonna hate.

[Aksannyi]

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I know right.

[KingOfZeal]

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Pics or it didn't happen?

I've been holding onto this for a while, mostly because I know it's been said before (by me even): People who don't understand how to drive.

I've even thought of a few rules that people need to remember while driving:

1. When merging onto an on-ramp for a freeway, the purpose of said on-ramp is to get up to speed for the freeway. It's not to get up to 30 when the speed limit is 65, then spend the next mile getting to 65. This also helps a lot when merging into oncoming traffic, since nobody has to slow down to let you on.

2. Speaking of merging into traffic, keep one rule in mind: I am in no way obligated to shift left to let you on. Doing so it only an act of being nice. That's right, merging traffic always has the yield. So don't yell at me when you almost broadside me because you don't know how to merge.

3. Just because a cop is going less than the speed limit does not mean you have to. I can't count how many times I've seen a mile long line of cars in the right lane (and only in the right lane) with a cop car at it's head. Going the speed limit will not get you pulled over. Trust me.

4. It is not required to slow down to half the freeway speed limit as you approach your off-ramp. They are generally long enough that you too can brake before you reach the end. If I have time to pass you before I have to take the same off-ramp, something is wrong.

5. Finally, when driving on surface streets, don't get mad if I insist on 'only' going 2-3 over the limit in a school zone (or a residential zone for that matter), especially when school is letting out. I don't care what you think, I'd rather not be the one responsible for running over a 4th grade kid. I'll leave that to you.

[Aksannyi]

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1. When merging onto an on-ramp for a freeway, the purpose of said on-ramp is to get up to speed for the freeway. It's not to get up to 30 when the speed limit is 65, then spend the next mile getting to 65. This also helps a lot when merging into oncoming traffic, since nobody has to slow down to let you on.

You have been driving Florida lately, haven't you? I swear I never had this fucking problem until I moved here.

2. Speaking of merging into traffic, keep one rule in mind: I am in no way obligated to shift left to let you on. Doing so it only an act of being nice. That's right, merging traffic always has the yield. So don't yell at me when you almost broadside me because you don't know how to merge.

Are you reading my mind? You must be reading my mind.

3. Just because a cop is going less than the speed limit does not mean you have to. I can't count how many times I've seen a mile long line of cars in the right lane (and only in the right lane) with a cop car at it's head. Going the speed limit will not get you pulled over. Trust me.

FUCKING SERIOUSLY. Half the time, going over the speed limit to pass a cop won't even get you pulled over. But my favorites are the idiots who are behind a college security guard (or the like) whose cars are similar to cop cars but not the same. Idiot, no fucking rent-a-cop is going to pull you over.

4. It is not required to slow down to half the freeway speed limit as you approach your off-ramp. They are generally long enough that you too can brake before you reach the end. If I have time to pass you before I have to take the same off-ramp, something is wrong.

You are totally reading my mind. This drives me fucking crazy. This is why I prefer to cruise in the middle lane until right before my exit.

You forgot blinkers. Dude it's not hard, you really don't have to do anything except put down your fucking phone for two seconds to flip a lever. Please indicate which way you are going.

Though the other day, someone blinked right and went to the left lane, then blinked left and went into the right lane ... they did this so many times I'm convinced they honestly didn't know the difference, and it scares me that there are these types of drivers even present. I wasn't close enough to him to read his tag number and possibly call the DoT or whoever, but wow. I didn't know if I should laugh or be really concerned. I just kept my distance.

It also astounds me how many people drive with tail lights/headlamps out. I check my lights every few months or so. I really don't need someone ramming my ass end (yeah go and say it, I know you want to) because they didn't know I was stopping. Headlamps and tail lights are very cheap and pretty easy to install (and if you don't know how AutoZone will usually do it for you). I don't understand why people don't check up on something so simple. And heaven forbid I try to tell you about it, you'd think I told you that you were ugly as sin and that I did horrible things to your grandmother. And your puppy.

All this of course is compounded by the fact that it's a 45 minute commute both to and from work every single day. I'm almost certain that Florida roads will be my demise. Whether that comes from an actual accident or giving myself a coronary from the sheer blinding rage, I'm not sure, but I'm predicting a traffic-related death.

[KingOfZeal]

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I learned to drive in Memphis, and doing so you learn how to drive VERY fast: people there are unmerciful. They're idiots, but unmerciful. I've also seen people turn right from the left lane, and turn left from the right lane. Never seen anyone going the opposite direction of the turn signal more than once though. And honestly, I use blinkers but I've learned enough about the habits of people around here (thanks to delivering pizza for several years) that I can more or less predict what people are going to do without them actually using them. So, I tend to ignore them anyway.

However, I did miss something related to headlights:

First, if you insist on having those 'true white' headlights, as I call them (you know, the ones that let you see farther), expect to have people flash their hi-beams as you. A lot. Including me. I hate them -- sure, they might help you see farther, but they help me see less, seeing as they leave me blind for 30 seconds after you pass me.

Second: If you can see my headlights (or taillights for that matter), don't use your hi-beams. I don't care if it helps you navigate a 2 mile straight run better or not, don't do it. Light, unlike sound, doesn't dissipate as quickly. What does this mean? I'm blinded. So unless you want me to hunt you down and kick you (or your significant other) in the nads, don't do it. On freeways this goes double time, since they're even less necessary -- IT'S THE FREAKING FREEWAY.

Finally, to the people who obviously don't know how to replace your headlights (we know who you are because one light is always much brighter than the other)... just die.

[cidbahamut]

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Pet peeve: needing to update my warddrobe.

I've got an interview tomorrow and today I discover that my suit no longer fits. Luckily I've got a blazer and enough proper slacks and shirts to cobble something together that looks nice, but it's still frustrating. I liked that suit, and more than that I absolutely hate shopping for clothes. It's always a pain because I'm extremely picky and don't particularly care for anything that isn't 'shuffle around the house on a weekend' comfortable...and most business attire fails to provide that level of comfort.

Also I probably need new shoes at some point that aren't sneakers, and after my last attempt to find any sort of shoes that fit I'm not eager to return to the grind of tediously trying on every shoe in five stores only to find that none of them fit...again.

TL;DR: Monkey suits don't fit and I hate shopping for them.

[DakAttack]

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Pet peeve: needing to update my warddrobe.

I've got an interview tomorrow and today I discover that my suit no longer fits. Luckily I've got a blazer and enough proper slacks and shirts to cobble something together that looks nice, but it's still frustrating. I liked that suit, and more than that I absolutely hate shopping for clothes. It's always a pain because I'm extremely picky and don't particularly care for anything that isn't 'shuffle around the house on a weekend' comfortable...and most business attire fails to provide that level of comfort.

Also I probably need new shoes at some point that aren't sneakers, and after my last attempt to find any sort of shoes that fit I'm not eager to return to the grind of tediously trying on every shoe in five stores only to find that none of them fit...again.

TL;DR: Monkey suits don't fit and I hate shopping for them.

What size are you? I'm 6'6'' and my idea of dressing nice is jeans with a casual pair of leather shoes. Laceless, of course.

[Aksannyi]

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Looking at the bus schedule, just in case ... wow, I did not realize the bus had gotten so expensive. And of course, it's going to take me three transfers to get where I need to go, on top of leaving my apartment 3 hours before I have to be at work.

Yeah, but we don't need a light rail system here in the state of Florida. >.>

[NightShayde]

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Migraine for two days ... then the Santa Ana winds kicked up late last night. Whenever the winds kick up, my allergies go into hyper-drive. I'm now keeping the migraine at bay with meds & really really hoping that I don't get a sinus headache on top of it. I can't freakin' breathe because of my allergies ... and now I'm trying to figure out if I'm getting another cold.

Mind you, one of my best friends is getting married this weekend. My daughter is a flower girl in the wedding, so I'm involved in a lot of pre-wedding activities (tomorrow lunch, then mani/pedi for the child & possibly for me as well, rehearsal, rehearsal dinner; Saturday gathering a few hours before the wedding for pre-wedding pictures ... then the wedding itself; Sunday brunch at bride's relative's house). I don't have time to be sick or to be in an allergic haze.

Stupid allergies & stupid sinuses.

[Aksannyi]

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Gas. The flatulent kind.

I sit at my desk and I feel like I really have to let one rip, right? Naturally I'm gonna hold it, make my way to the bathroom, but do I rip a big reliever right there in the bathroom? Fuck no, but the second I get back to sitting at my desk I feel like I have to lay a massive fart again. That's fucking annoying.

LOLLLOOOLgurlz don't fart. Yeah bullshit we don't. Now pull my finger.

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Oh, and it should be painfully evident by now that there's very little I won't talk about. It has gotten me in trouble in the past, which is why I confine this kind of shit to the internet nowadays.

[DakAttack]

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Never hold in a fart, or else you'll reverse-fart back into your stomach and it'll feel uncomfortable for the rest of the day.

[Aksannyi]

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If I could guarantee absolute silence I'd let 'em rip all the time. Lol.

[DakAttack]

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But the loud ones feel the best!

[Aksannyi]

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They most certainly do, but work is not the appropriate place to let them out unless I happen to be in the bathroom. And since my farts have stage fright in the bathroom as I previously noted, it becomes rather uncomfortable. Sometimes if I have to sneeze though (I sneeze very loudly) I'll do both at the same time. Lol.

[Aksannyi]

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Attention coworker:

Quit bitching that it's cold in here. It's not. Maybe if you would actually do some work, you wouldn't be cold.

Oh more peeve goodness: WHO THE HELL wrote "Sweet 7" instead of "Suite 7" in an address? And can I smack them for being a FUCKING RETARD? And this is on a correspondence that we sent, to a customer. (It was returned, but not for that reason, turns out the guy moved.) But this makes the whole company look like retards. For god's sake.