What is your pet peeve of the day?

[MRG]

Yahoo mail.

After 20 years of the same email address it's fubar!

Somehow the passwords changed, the challenge questions and I apparently used have a spelling issue. I unconsciously hit the send me a new password link, to discover I'd sent it to the email I can't get in!

 

[CRLLS]

Recent snowfall had me out at the end of the driveway clearing out the "Stuff" that the plows left me. As I'm out there working, car drivers do not give enough clearance as they pass by. They do not give a thought that the slush in the roads sprays off to the side as they drive.

A little bit of consideration for pedestrians has been lost, I'm afraid. This is on a dead-end road where we are all neighbors!

 

[aja8888]

I have a long time friend that retired 10 years ago from an oil company and he got a sweet deal going away (a few Million or so).

We see each other at ROMEO coffee each morning. What irritates me is that everything he or his wife purchases is publicly stated to the group and each time he makes sure he stresses how much it cost. Examples

We are going to buy a new bed and it will only cost $8,000.

We are going to rent a house for the summer vacation in North Carolina and the cost will be $5000 a week, but no big deal.

Etc.

It seems like everything he or his wife does has a dollar sign attached to it and he states it in a boasting manner as to make sure we all understand his ability to spend without much research on price and how that doesn't matter.

 

[Nemo2]

each time he makes sure he stresses how much it cost.

Read this out to DW who said that "We're the exact opposite.....we tell people how little we paid for things".

Yin & Yang.

 

[daylatedollarshort]

People who thrash around on a crowded dance floor like there isn't someone one foot away from them on all sides.

 

[Moemg]

Pet peeve of the week:
1. Difficult house guests who overstay their welcome.
2. People who talk constantly.
I had both this week-same people.

[emoji20]

We have a friend who talks continuously .We invited her along with another friend to dinner at our house . She talked non stop for 6 hours .The next day Gary & I were exhausted . I think we burn calories just listening to all that chatter .

 

[Marita40]

Bored at work today, which is the worst type of boredom there is because you still have to look like you are working...

 

[razztazz]

We have a friend who talks continuously

Why would anyone have a friend who talks too much? That's one of my barriers to entry for friends

 

[Meadbh]

We have a friend who talks continuously .We invited her along with another friend to dinner at our house . She talked non stop for 6 hours .The next day Gary & I were exhausted . I think we burn calories just listening to all that chatter .

Time to unfriend her, I think!

 

[TromboneAl]

The term, "Perfect". I hear it all the time when I'm dining. I'll order and the waitstaff will say, "perfect". Seems any time I am making a choice, the help will say "perfect". It's not perfect, or, if it is for me, how would they know. I think it's a replacement for, "very good, sir". Me; I'll have the Cobb salad. Waitress; Very good sir. See? So much better that PERFECT. Uggg!!!

Better than "No problem."

 

[Milton]

The term, "Perfect". I hear it all the time when I'm dining. I'll order and the waitstaff will say, "perfect". Seems any time I am making a choice, the help will say "perfect". It's not perfect, or, if it is for me, how would they know.

How would they know, indeed?

I hope you don't leave a tip when they speak to you like that.

 

[FIREmenow]

The term, "Perfect". I hear it all the time when I'm dining. I'll order and the waitstaff will say, "perfect". Seems any time I am making a choice, the help will say "perfect". It's not perfect, or, if it is for me, how would they know. I think it's a replacement for, "very good, sir". Me; I'll have the Cobb salad. Waitress; Very good sir. See? So much better that PERFECT. Uggg!!!

How would they know, indeed?

I hope you don't leave a tip when they speak to you like that.

Pretty self-centered of you to think they are talking about YOU

Maybe the wait-staff's penmanship writing it down turned out.....PERFECT.
Maybe you ordered the very last of some dated inventory they were trying to get rid of.....PERFECT.
Maybe your order was exactly the right number of items to get into the kitchen to make some sort of time schedule.....PERFECT.

I agree ---- still way better than "No problem".

 

[TromboneAl]

Soon after a company convinces you to buy their appliance because it's so reliable, they try to convince you that it's so unreliable that you need to buy an extended warranty.

Maybe I should post that image as part of an Amazon review.

 

[kcowan]

Read this out to DW who said that "We're the exact opposite.....we tell people how little we paid for things".

Yin & Yang.

DW gets upset when I expound on how I saved money! But Mom taught me how to do that at an early age.

 

[GalaxyBoy]

As soon as a company convinces you to buy their appliance because it's so reliable, they try to convince you that it's so unreliable that you need to buy an extended warranty.

I've used that line of reasoning to get a salesman to stop trying to sell me the extended warranty. "Oh! Since you're trying to sell me a warranty for 20% of the cost of the item, then one in five must fail?"

 

[kcowan]

Why would anyone have a friend who talks too much? That's one of my barriers to entry for friends

We have a friend like that. High strung and very nervous about silence. She morphs from one topic to another leaving no room for conversation. We see them once a year and Friday is the day.

 

[Nemo2]

We have a friend like that. High strung and very nervous about silence. She morphs from one topic to another leaving no room for conversation. We see them once a year and Friday is the day.

I've noted on our calendar that Friday is, (or will feel like to some), an 84 hour day.

 

[MRG]

We have a friend like that. High strung and very nervous about silence. She morphs from one topic to another leaving no room for conversation. We see them once a year and Friday is the day.

I had two co-w*rkers like that. Unfortunately they were both on the same project I was responsible for. I tried to get my buddy to come in for part of one meeting for lunch, he refused. He didn't think the air carrier could keep up with the demand on O2. I know after those meetings I was beat.

 

[splitwdw]

Ugh, seems many of us have family/friends that are talkers. My sister doesn't even pause so you can add to the conversation. I have to laugh because I've heard her complain about one of her classmates that does the same thing. She doesn't think she talks too much. What's really a shame is, I don't even listen to her because she talks so much.

 

[Meadbh]

I used to work with a guy who never stopped to take a breath while talking constantly at high velocity and tripping over his sentences. He couldn’t answer a simple yes or no question without spewing out minutes of verbiage. He was exhausting to be around. He told us his wife talked just as much as he did. When we finally met her, she was a quiet dormouse in his presence, but quite normal once you got her on her own. Poor woman! I think it was an arranged marriage. I don’t think this guy would have made it to the second date otherwise.

 

[Nemo2]

As was said about someone I once worked near - "If you ask him the time, he'll tell you how to build a watch".

 

[braumeister]

I have a very good friend I've known for 47 years. I love him dearly and he has the proverbial heart of gold.

But he is one of those nonstop talkers and it is truly exhausting to be around him.

The positive side is that what he talks about is actually interesting, and he has the best stories. He seldom repeats any of them and is often simply fascinating to listen to.

The negative side is that after spending a day with him I am more than ready to call it quits. A few years ago he wanted to visit an attraction that is relatively local to me, so I invited him to visit and stay. The two of us embarked on a four day auto trip (DW had other plans so she stayed home). Spending 24 hours a day with this guy for four days straight had me ready to commit hara-kiri. I thoroughly enjoy his company and his ability as a raconteur, but enough is enough. He never, ever shuts up!

 

[Milton]

Soon after a company convinces you to buy their appliance because it's so reliable, they try to convince you that it's so unreliable that you need to buy an extended warranty.

^^^ THIS! ^^^

Reminds me of car dealerships, where they have impressive videos extolling the corrosion-resistance of their current models but when it comes time to sign the salesman implies you're crazy when you decline the $700 rustproofing ad-on.

 

[Milton]

We have a friend who talks continuously. We invited her along with another friend to dinner at our house. She talked non stop for 6 hours. The next day Gary & I were exhausted. I think we burn calories just listening to all that chatter.

 

[splitwdw]

As was said about someone I once worked near - "If you ask him the time, he'll tell you how to build a watch".

YES, what's up with that? I can tell the same story as my sister in one minute, she takes 15 minutes for the same story. Wasn't there an old time detective show where they asked for "just the facts". I hate all the minutiae. I don't know your girlfriend's brother's in-laws, and I don't care what they had for dinner or your dinner for that matter.