What is your pet peeve of the day? -- 2021

I don't know if it's still popular, but for years the preferred word in England was "Brilliant!"
Used to describe absolutely anything that was anywhere close to good.
 
Quite so.
 
So many articles have simple typos that should be caught by a junior high school English student. Today, DW forwarded me an article about preventing frozen pipes. One of the sub-headings was "Severe Signs of Frozen Pipes to Be Weary About." Well, I suppose frozen pipes do make me tired.

But auto-correct said that was the correct word!
 
Auto-correct just looks at spelling, it recognizes weary as correct. But I totally agree with you. As a part time proofreader it just drives me nuts to see such horrible misuse of the English language.
 
I do a lot of thrift store shopping for my reselling business. Several chains have an annoying habit of putting the price tag directly over the brand name and pattern of china and dinnerware and other items. They do it on purpose but I have no idea why. If you have a 10” dinner plate there is plenty of space for the tag. Why put it in the one spot that most inconveniences customers? I often leave stuff behind because I simply can’t be sure what it is. I would buy way more from them if they placed the price tags better.

A related thrift store pet peeve is that some of them will bundle items together, like a stack of 8 dinner plates. The problem is sometimes not all 8 are the same. Why would I want to buy a bunch of mismatched plates or 4 different mugs?
 
So many articles have simple typos that should be caught by a junior high school English student. Today, DW forwarded me an article about preventing frozen pipes. One of the sub-headings was "Severe Signs of Frozen Pipes to Be Weary About." Well, I suppose frozen pipes do make me tired.

But auto-correct said that was the correct word!

Auto correct has become my worst enema.
 
I do a lot of thrift store shopping for my reselling business. Several chains have an annoying habit of putting the price tag directly over the brand name and pattern of china and dinnerware and other items. They do it on purpose but I have no idea why. If you have a 10” dinner plate there is plenty of space for the tag. Why put it in the one spot that most inconveniences customers? I often leave stuff behind because I simply can’t be sure what it is. I would buy way more from them if they placed the price tags better.

A related thrift store pet peeve is that some of them will bundle items together, like a stack of 8 dinner plates. The problem is sometimes not all 8 are the same. Why would I want to buy a bunch of mismatched plates or 4 different mugs?
At a Goodwill a few years back, I ran across a short piece of a 2X6 (lumber) with a 99 cents sticker on it. Evidently someone doing the pricing thought it was a table ornament.
 
A bottle of Rescue Remedy anti-stress drops for my cat arrived today.

Note the helpful placement of a sticker that covers the directions for use; the warnings; the active and inactive ingredients, and a phone number to call with any questions. Said sticker appears to have been affixed with super-glue.

I.Give.Up.
 

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A bottle of Rescue Remedy anti-stress drops for my cat arrived today.

Note the helpful placement of a sticker that covers the directions for use; the warnings; the active and inactive ingredients, and a phone number to call with any questions. Said sticker appears to have been affixed with super-glue.

I.Give.Up.
Oh, you caught a nerve! I see this all the time from Amazon and it Drives. Me. cRaZy!
 
Just me, but if you hate tourist then why live in a place that attracts so many?

It is not like nobody knew there were ski slopes when you bought... and that attracts skiers...

Now, if this is your lifestyle (skiing) they you will want to be there during the season... if you like it when there is no snow, then why not relocate to a warm place during ski season?
When we moved here, it was a nice family owned ski hill. About 5 years ago a giant ski conglomerate bought our resort and the locusts quickly followed.

My lifestyle is skiing in the winter, and I just avoid the resort on busy days by going to the backcountry to ski. We also have plans to move in a few years, so for now it's just a matter of making the best of an overall pretty good situation. Our home value has increased over 300% since the resort was purchased, so there are definitely some upsides.
 
A bottle of Rescue Remedy anti-stress drops for my cat arrived today.

Note the helpful placement of a sticker that covers the directions for use; the warnings; the active and inactive ingredients, and a phone number to call with any questions. Said sticker appears to have been affixed with super-glue.

I.Give.Up.
RESCUE REMEDY® PET
 
@homestead

Bless your heart; thank you so much! I was planning to visit the item description page on Amazon to get this info, but you saved me some time. It was very kind of you. :)

If you are giving this to anxious pets I hope it's working for you/them.
 
Telling people you're doing okay when they ask how you're doing when you're not doing okay. One time someone asked me this and I told them I felt lousy. They looked at me like I had 2 heads!
 
I made a reservation for a few days this summer in a town near a popular national park. I used the website of a well known hotel chain with properties all over the country. Long story short, when I tried to change my reservation I found that the hotel was no longer part of the chain yet the reservation shows up on my online account display. To make matters worse, nobody, not me, not the customer service people at the chain can change it or cancel it. Customer Service says they can’t do anything since the hotel is not part of their organization.

I was given no notification of this change and have no idea how to reach whomever now runs this hotel. The old phone number is not connected.

Nobody at the hotel chain ever notified me of the change and how it might affect my reservation. I’m not even sure I still have a reservation. I could show up and be refused a room, or not show up and be billed since I never was able to cancel the reservation. This is true Customer No Service.

Needless to say I have documented all of this in the event I have to dispute the charge to my credit card.
 
I made a reservation for a few days this summer in a town near a popular national park. I used the website of a well known hotel chain with properties all over the country. Long story short, when I tried to change my reservation I found that the hotel was no longer part of the chain yet the reservation shows up on my online account display. To make matters worse, nobody, not me, not the customer service people at the chain can change it or cancel it. Customer Service says they can’t do anything since the hotel is not part of their organization.

I was given no notification of this change and have no idea how to reach whomever now runs this hotel. The old phone number is not connected.

Nobody at the hotel chain ever notified me of the change and how it might affect my reservation. I’m not even sure I still have a reservation. I could show up and be refused a room, or not show up and be billed since I never was able to cancel the reservation. This is true Customer No Service.

Needless to say I have documented all of this in the event I have to dispute the charge to my credit card.
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Whenever I stay in a hotel while traveling, my preference is always a room on a high floor far away from the elevator.

Tonight I'm in a hotel and the room I'm in is literally directly across from the elevator bank. "Ding Ding!" Glad I brought earplugs.
 
Whenever I stay in a hotel while traveling, my preference is always a room on a high floor far away from the elevator.

Tonight I'm in a hotel and the room I'm in is literally directly across from the elevator bank. "Ding Ding!" Glad I brought earplugs.
I stay away from high floors because of the fire risk, and a fear of heights.
 
Whenever I stay in a hotel while traveling, my preference is always a room on a high floor far away from the elevator.

Tonight I'm in a hotel and the room I'm in is literally directly across from the elevator bank. "Ding Ding!" Glad I brought earplugs.
This is when I go right back down to the front desk and get a different room. I don't unpack.
 
This is when I go right back down to the front desk and get a different room. I don't unpack.
I've done that before at this same hotel, but I requested a mountain view room, which is what I was given. It's at a ski resort, so mountain views are prized. The other side of the hotel faces a state highway at the bottom of a large hill, so elevator chimes are minor compared to listening to tractor trailer Jake brakes all night.

If I was here more than one night, or with my dogs, I wouldn't have stayed in the room.
 
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