pet peeve thread
#22
Posted 2012-January-17, 18:22
jjbrr, on 2012-January-17, 18:17, said:
Huh? We had a thread on this ages ago, and I think no single American thought there was anything wrong with the majority of someone's wage depending on tipping...
#23
Posted 2012-January-17, 18:27
jjbrr, on 2012-January-17, 09:15, said:
Were they guilty of any of these things? If not, what exactly is your problem? If so, would you say it peeves you?
bed
#24
Posted 2012-January-17, 18:38
mycroft, on 2012-January-17, 11:52, said:
Jillybean: on hold for N minutes - yeah, and they play music, so I can't just ignore it and work on something else (and usually the music is "inoffensive" - i.e. mush muzak crap). Although I've found something that's worse - one meeting provider I use says "the moderator has not yet started the conference. please hold. You will hear some silence while you wait." Great! I can do something, and when I hear someone talking, we're on! No - every minute or so, the silence stops while they tell me this again. WTF?
I should add, I ♥ the companies who invite you to enter your telephone number and then call YOU back
#25
Posted 2012-January-17, 20:02
Winner - BBO Challenge bracket #6 - February, 2017.
#27
Posted 2012-January-17, 21:32
JLOGIC, on 2012-January-17, 21:01, said:
When used correctly, for example by Joseph Conrad, semicolons are awesome; they add a certain flavor to sentences. The semicolon gives the ability to convey thoughts in a free-flow without using run-on sentences; the semicolons connect them so that the grammar is correct, but the thoughts are not cut short.
Never tell the same lie twice. - Elim Garek on the real moral of "The boy who cried wolf"
#28
Posted 2012-January-17, 22:22
#29
Posted 2012-January-17, 22:31
JLOGIC, on 2012-January-17, 21:01, said:
Under-use of punctuation & failure to use capitals.
London UK
#30
Posted 2012-January-18, 00:09
Never tell the same lie twice. - Elim Garek on the real moral of "The boy who cried wolf"
#31
Posted 2012-January-18, 01:29
As for tv, screw it. You aren't missing anything. -- Ken Berg
I have come to realise it is futile to expect or hope a regular club game will be run in accordance with the laws. -- Jillybean
#32
Posted 2012-January-18, 02:37
jjbrr, on 2012-January-17, 07:40, said:
People who block traffic in the supermarket by leaving their shopping carts in the middle of aisles or even intersections. Why don't they park to the side of the aisles?
Rik
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds the new discoveries, is not “Eureka!” (I found it!), but “That’s funny…” – Isaac Asimov
The only reason God did not put "Thou shalt mind thine own business" in the Ten Commandments was that He thought that it was too obvious to need stating. - Kenberg
#33
Posted 2012-January-18, 02:58
George Carlin
#34
Posted 2012-January-18, 06:54
jjbrr, on 2012-January-17, 18:00, said:
As a 300lb ex nose tackle in lowish level Euro American football (who has played it with and without pads) I can testify that the NFL players are great explosive athletes, BUT the same degree of aerobic fitness combined with the athleticism is not required of the linemen as is required in say Rugby Union. Some of the linemen require oxygen after returning an interception 50 yards, the equivalent rugby player might have to run around for several minutes without a break, hence is a very different sort of athlete.
I actually preferred playing without pads/helmets. People were sensible about where they put their heads (unlike the invincible feeling you get from a helmet), and you got a lot less sprains and the like as the padding can give longer levers to twist things.
My pet hate, people in front of me who recline their seats on aircraft without looking or warning. If I have the fold down table in the down position when they do it, this will a) cut me in half as it will be resting against my stomach b) probably deposit my drink all over me.
#35
Posted 2012-January-18, 07:27
Elianna, on 2012-January-17, 22:22, said:
You might enjoy this true story.
I was a new faculty member at the University of Maryland and I needed some work done by the office. Things were not moving very fast. Someone came in and addressed me as Dr. Berg, at which the secretary said "Oh my God, I have been treating you like a graduate student".
#36
Posted 2012-January-18, 07:29
BunnyGo, on 2012-January-18, 00:09, said:
I wonder about that sometimes. I see two possible explanations:
1. They do that on purpose so they can later claim or deny that they said whatever is convenient at the moment. Or so they can make polls results mean whatever they want.
2. Many politicians don't understand consumer arithmetic.
-gwnn
#37
Posted 2012-January-18, 15:28
Trinidad, on 2012-January-18, 02:37, said:
Rik
In London there is a solution to that. Space is usually at a premium, so shopping carts cannot reasonably be left all over. Unless the supermarket is very large or has a car park, you have to put £1 coin into a slot to get the trolley, and return it to a specified place to get the coin back. It seems like a tiny amount of money to worry about, but for some reason pretty much everyone (including me) cares about getting their £1 back.
Cyberyeti, on 2012-January-18, 06:54, said:
My pet hate, people in front of me who recline their seats on aircraft without looking or warning.
I think it is obnoxious to recline the seats, period. There is just not enough room. I recline my seat only a little and only when the person behind me seems to be asleep. And not at all when the flight is only, say, 2 or 3 hours.
#38
Posted 2012-January-18, 15:30
"...we live off being battle-scarred veterans who manage to hate our opponents slightly more than we hate each other.” -- Hamman, re: Wolff
#39
Posted 2012-January-18, 15:52
I also find a lot of people over the net (mostly teenagers I guess) who contact to you in french while playing some web game assuming you should understand it. I always reply in english that I am sorry, but I have no knowledge about German.
#40
Posted 2012-January-18, 15:53
gwnn, on 2012-January-18, 02:58, said:
Keep practicing your Dutch. If they want to speak English, let them.
As for tv, screw it. You aren't missing anything. -- Ken Berg
I have come to realise it is futile to expect or hope a regular club game will be run in accordance with the laws. -- Jillybean