What is your pet peeve of the day?

[GalaxyBoy]

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Originally Posted by IrishMoss My pet peeve is the guy in the office 2 cubicles away who makes that hock a loogie sound about every 45 seconds. It turns my stomach and makes me nauseous. I even offered him an antihistamine and some kleenex one day. He said, "I don't have a cold." I've been telecommuting a lot since then.

I think I used to work with that same guy!

[HappyMinimalist]

When Netflix downloads to 99%, pauses for what seems like an eternity and then pops up a message that the video I want to watch is current unavailable. Oh realllly.

[athena53]

Another pet peeve- crowded gas station, nearly every bay full, trying to find a spot I can use knowing that I have to have the passenger side facing the pump. There are always 2 or 3 bays taken up by parked cars with no passengers- driver filled the tank and was too lazy to move the car while he/she went into the store for pork rinds and a cold brewski (boggles my mind that you can buy liquor at convenience stores in my state).

[pb4uski]

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Originally Posted by aja8888 Without going into details, trying to get the hospital to refund monies you paid to them and were overcharged. (hospital: no problem Sir, we will reverse the charge on your credit card (NOT!!)).

What is the problem with them issuing you a credit on your credit card? Assuming that you paid the bill that included the overcharge with a credit card, that would be a typical practice.

If you paid them by cash or check, then agree it is strange that they would offer a credit card credit as a remedy.

[Texas Proud]

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Originally Posted by pb4uski What is the problem with them issuing you a credit on your credit card? Assuming that you paid the bill that included the overcharge with a credit card, that would be a typical practice. If you paid them by cash or check, then agree it is strange that they would offer a credit card credit as a remedy.

Not sure if the OP had the same problem as me, but they just do not want to do it.... not a problem with a credit back on the CC....

It took them 9 months to get me my over payment back to me...

[FI by 2024]

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Originally Posted by Souschef BUT do NOT throw it in the engine of the plane you are going to board. Woman throws 'lucky' coins into engine, delays flight - CNN.com

I laughed for about 2 minutes straight when this story came out.

[Blue Collar Guy]

She might have read my post about good luck "coining" cars, and figured it applied to planes too!

[pb4uski]

LOL! My first thought was "and we let such people vote" and then I opened the link and saw the story was from China... whew! What a relief!

[ivanl3]

Overly frugal people.

[6miths]

Spending the week in Malta. Pet peeve of the day and one for all time is litter and people not picking up after themselves. Have been to a couple of the beaches here which are like the world's largest ashtrays. I know it's Europe and all but come on. Also the quaint fishing village we are staying in has a beautiful harbour that is teeming with aquatic life but also with floating refuse - mainly plastic water and other beverage bottles. A great shame.

[aja8888]

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Originally Posted by pb4uski What is the problem with them issuing you a credit on your credit card? Assuming that you paid the bill that included the overcharge with a credit card, that would be a typical practice. If you paid them by cash or check, then agree it is strange that they would offer a credit card credit as a remedy.

Paid with a CC, they said they will credit back, but somehow they JUST DIDN'T DO IT! And if you wait more than 60 days, then you are out of luck getting the CC company to handle the dispute.

Maybe you have better luck than most folks who try to get medical facilities to return the overcharge be we certainly don't.

[Blue Collar Guy]

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Originally Posted by 6miths Spending the week in Malta. Pet peeve of the day and one for all time is litter and people not picking up after themselves. Have been to a couple of the beaches here which are like the world's largest ashtrays. I know it's Europe and all but come on. Also the quaint fishing village we are staying in has a beautiful harbour that is teeming with aquatic life but also with floating refuse - mainly plastic water and other beverage bottles. A great shame.

Yeah, Im depressed just visualizing what you posted

[GalaxyBoy]

Pet peeve today is that I didn't retire earlier!

[Meadbh]

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Originally Posted by 6miths Spending the week in Malta. Pet peeve of the day and one for all time is litter and people not picking up after themselves. Have been to a couple of the beaches here which are like the world's largest ashtrays. I know it's Europe and all but come on. Also the quaint fishing village we are staying in has a beautiful harbour that is teeming with aquatic life but also with floating refuse - mainly plastic water and other beverage bottles. A great shame.

I visited Malta in 2016. I didn't see as much litter as you are seeing, but it was untidy.

This year I visited Croatia. Crystal clear waters. Much cleaner. They take their tourist industry very seriously.

[6miths]

Yes very 'untidy'. Some seem to have a mentality that the sea or the desert or the forest can absorb the waste. Up to 150 years ago this may have been true but with dramatically increasing population densities and now so many essentially non-biodegradable plastics in use things are getting ugly pretty fast in many places. I was somewhat surprised to find such conditions in an EU country what with the leadership role that the EU has in environmental issues.

[HFWR]

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Originally Posted by 6miths Yes very 'untidy'. Some seem to have a mentality that the sea or the desert or the forest can absorb the waste. Up to 150 years ago this may have been true but with dramatically increasing population densities and now so many essentially non-biodegradable plastics in use things are getting ugly pretty fast in many places. I was somewhat surprised to find such conditions in an EU country what with the leadership role that the EU has in environmental issues.

Which brings to mind one of my peeves: "No Dumping Allowed" signs. Do we really need to be told not to dump our stuff in random places?

That was a rhetorical question...

[folivier]

Visited Fez, Morocco a couple years ago and was surprised at the amount of trash in the smaller towns on the train route.

[Germonico]

Watching English subtitled foreign movies or TV series via Amazon Prime and the subtitles do not appear long enough on the screen to read in its entirety. Recently started watching "Trapped", a "who done it" mystery with a lot of underlying sub-plots. For me, at least, it requires a lot of concentration to observe any given scene's actions. but before I know it, the subtitle is gone. I guess that is why Roku has an instant replay button.

[redduck]

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Originally Posted by braumeister I would disagree. I'm happy to see threads like that disappear.

redduck note: this quote is regarding the early childhood memory thread

I am not understanding when you say, "threads like that..." What sort of thread do you see it being? And, why would you like it to disappear? (Although, the second question may have an obvious answer imbedded in the first answer).

[braumeister]

Sorry, it was clear to me that I meant those started by bots, trolls, or spammers.