What is your pet peeve of the day?

[MRG]

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Originally Posted by 97guns The post office on tax day, I couldn’t believe how many people are filing by mail still, I thought i’d be one of very few but the line was out the door. Which brings up another peeve, you can’t find tax forms anywhere, used to be able to get them at the post office and libraries but now you have to go to the IRS office and they don’t even have all of them on hand, then you order them online and they don’t have them either

Cause nobody uses paper forms anymore. Read your post.[emoji23]

[John Galt III]

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Originally Posted by 97guns The post office on tax day, I couldn’t believe how many people are filing by mail still, I thought i’d be one of very few but the line was out the door. Which brings up another peeve, you can’t find tax forms anywhere, used to be able to get them at the post office and libraries but now you have to go to the IRS office and they don’t even have all of them on hand, then you order them online and they don’t have them either

My IRS office will print them off for you. Max of 2 copies per form. Of course you have to wait in line with a numbered ticket. And you're right, half of the bins for the forms are empty but have a notice inside instructing you to to irs.gov to get the form !

[ownyourfuture]

Address Labels: About 3.5 years ago, I started making annual contributions to St. Jude's children's research, & the March of Dimes. At the time, I may have had as many as 200 labels from other organizations that I had contributed to in the past.

Earlier this week, I decided to start cleaning out the bottom drawer of my file cabinet. I now have 2,071 labels. I'll make a call & try to opt out.

[John Galt III]

The 'new' usage (misuse, imho) of the word 'inform'. Why, for God's sake? Example : The XYZ Journey is a trauma informed program integrating restorative, holistic blah, blah, blah.

[GalaxyBoy]

Sitting in the waiting room at the vet waiting for cat’s fluids to be done. Only two other people but one is BELLOWING at the top of his lungs with chit chat, including how cats with kidney disease should just be put down. Shut up! Shut up!

[MRG]

Sitting in the GM dealership for a recall on my truck to be done. Only an hour job they said a couple hours ago.

Nice lounge, I can hear pop on the radio and a boring TV show. Oh yeah 3 salespeople are calling potential customers.

[folivier]

Go to a website to research or buy something and there is a popup before you can even enter the website to "like us on facebook, etc."
How do I know if I like you? I haven't even gotten to your darn website yet.
I guess the current cool thing is to "like" something, but darn-it my likes matter! I don't just give them away unless it is meaningful to me.

[97guns]

Call centers located in India, to save money but AT&T is gonna lose me the next time I have to call there

[Koogie]

Small dog owners (it's always small dogs)

What makes them think other people want to listen to their precious little Fifi "yip, yip, yip" all day and all night at the top of their lungs.

Get a real dog. Train it.





p.s. Fifi doesn't speak bl**dy English. Cooing and saying over and over again "please be quiet Fifi" is about as effective as pi**ing into a hurricane.

[braumeister]

Highway signs today were reading "Reign in your horsepower -- Slow Down".

If you're going to put something out where thousands of people have to read it every day, is it asking too much to use rein and reign correctly? Apparently so.

[redduck]

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Originally Posted by Koogie is about as effective as pi**ing into a hurricane.

Would make an all-time great movie scene with either Leonard DiCaprio or Rosanne pi**ing into the hurricane.

[Moemg]

People who criticize people with handicap stickers . How do they know who is handicapped and who is not ? Lot's of people have handicaps that are not visible and have to deal with jerks who glare or make remarks or even leave notes. Seriously just thank God you are able and move on.

[Dash man]

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Originally Posted by Moemg People who criticize people with handicap stickers . How do they know who is handicapped and who is not ? Lot's of people have handicaps that are not visible and have to deal with jerks who glare or make remarks or even leave notes. Seriously just thank God you are able and move on.

I just wish with my bad back and heart disease I could get one. When I see someone get out of a sports cars and jog into a store, I suspect they are using one intended for another family member.
I do get frustrated when we can’t find a handicapped parking spot when with my nephew, who is wheelchair bound with spina bifida and only has one leg. He’s also waiting for a kidney transplant.

[bclover]

Warehouse stores. I'm quickly coming to the realisation that any thing i save is not worth The aggravation of going to one. BJs is horrible.

[CoolRich59]

I didn't think I'd ever say this, but my pet peeve is Consumer Cellular.

They tout their great customer service, but right now they are jerking me around and it is p***ing me off.

I won't bore you with the details of how I spent a frustrating hour plus with them on the phone yesterday, or how they then reneged on what they said they would do. I tried calling today to see if I could get a manager to intervene, but "due to heavy call volumes" I was not willing to wait 20+ minutes just to get back on the phone with them.

I was able to "schedule" a call Monday morning. I'll have cooled off by then and hope that a human being can intervene and not simply keep insisting "That's the way our system works. There's nothing I can do."

[W2R]

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Originally Posted by Moemg People who criticize people with handicap stickers . How do they know who is handicapped and who is not ? Lot's of people have handicaps that are not visible and have to deal with jerks who glare or make remarks or even leave notes. Seriously just thank God you are able and move on.

I agree. Also for me this pet peeve extends even further. It seems like some people have little or no empathy for others in different situations from their own. We all have problems and obstacles to overcome, and some people face obstacles that are so difficult (like the handicapped person who needs that parking spot and then gets a nasty note for using it, adding more to their already tough burden that day).

When we were kids, people talked about not criticizing someone until we had "walked a mile in his moccasins". I don't hear that phrase as much any more as I once did.

[easysurfer]

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Originally Posted by CoolRich59 I didn't think I'd ever say this, but my pet peeve is Consumer Cellular. ...

Oh no! Say it ain't so. Consumer Cellular is my safe harbor from the terrible experience I had with tracfone.

[travelover]

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Originally Posted by W2R ............When we were kids, people talked about not criticizing someone until we had "walked a mile in his moccasins". I don't hear that phrase as much any more as I once did.

There used to be a lot of expressions attributed to or referring to native Americans that are rarely used anymore.

[6miths]

Traveling this past week. So when in America did pressed meat paddies replace real sausages and bacon at hotel breakfast buffets?

[CoolRich59]

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Originally Posted by easysurfer Oh no! Say it ain't so. Consumer Cellular is my safe harbor from the terrible experience I had with tracfone.

I hope to be able to retract my pet peeve. Before yesterday, my experience was uniformly positive. I hope this is an aberration. I will find out on Monday when I have a follow up call with them.

I will be sure to post an update!