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

Can't say much for the folks keeping 'fluencers in the money.
 
athena53 said:
One of our group was always behind or in front of the camera. Everywhere she was posing, making funny faces, hugging the staff on the cruise ship, doing the gimmick shots.
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I remember that we used to describe such people as “being full of themselves.”
 
Chuckanut said:
Dark light traps in already dimly lit hotel rooms.
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For me it's a bright hotel room. Always have to put towels on the alarm clock (after making sure the alarm isn't set), microwave, etc. then put up with all of the other lights. I'm pretty good at stumbling around in a dark room.
 
Badger said:
I have never understood what influencers are good for or why anyone would support them.
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I don't- I don't even have a TikTok account and have never watched a TikTok video- but from what I can tell, influencers are always posting content about their latest outfits, make-up, supplements, where they travel, what restaurants they visit, etc. so people will ape them. The manufacturers, restaurants, etc. will ply the influencers with a ton of followers with freebies and cash.

I remember one woman in Germany whose outfit included black fishnet stockings and black work boots. I bought neither.
 
athena53 said:
I don't- I don't even have a TikTok account and have never watched a TikTok video- but from what I can tell, influencers are always posting content about their latest outfits, make-up, supplements, where they travel, what restaurants they visit, etc. so people will ape them. The manufacturers, restaurants, etc. will ply the influencers with a ton of followers with freebies and cash.

I remember one woman in Germany whose outfit included black fishnet stockings and black work boots. I bought neither.
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Influencers are on many platforms: YouTube, Instagram, X, FB to name just a few.
 
Beyond the ER forums and LinkedIn, I don't have any social media accounts. No Instagram, TikTok or X. Never had a FB account or a YouTube channel. Not a "Yelp-er" and I don't leave Google reviews.

I've had HR-type folks tell me that's a problem. For them maybe, but not for me.
 
YouTube is my favorite media account. We get to watch micro interest videos on travel destinations, cycling, food, mysteries….
 
Chuckanut said:
dimly lit hotel rooms.
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I second this. I clearly take after my father in this regard. He used to travel with a couple of 100 watt bulbs packed and when we'd check into a hotel, he would replace the dim lamp bulbs and then switch them back when we checked out.

It's no better today, and you would think with LED lighting it would be. But I still find myself in hotels where even if I put on every light in the room, it's still way too dim in there.

And then there's the flip side. We were in a hotel recently and the bathroom was lit up like a sports stadium. Just one switch controlled everything too so you couldn't moderate it at all. Way too bright. I prefer when there are two switches so you can do one or the other or both.
 
folivier said:
For me it's a bright hotel room. Always have to put towels on the alarm clock (after making sure the alarm isn't set), microwave, etc. then put up with all of the other lights. I'm pretty good at stumbling around in a dark room.
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I once wrote short story about 'An LED haunted world'.It started with the LED clock in the bedroom and the LED on the TV, then as I enter the living room, a TV and a streaming device, the router and the modem with 12 LEDs, the two monitors and computer LED, the Paper shredder, two different battery chargers, When I enter the kitchen, two on the fridge, a display on the microwave, the clock on the stove and the extra bright blue ones on the air fryer. Now at 71 with cataracts that I think may be to the point of needing surgery, I appreciate all the extra light when I walk around without the lights on.
 
Markola said:
Passwords!!! I rest my case.
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Tell me, I'm right in the middle of setting up and ID.ME account I must upload 3 pictures, ID and a selfie plus one other paper something. after an hr of mucking around, I think I got it, but won't know for 2 or 3 days, when they OK it. I have a LOGIN.GOV ID, but noooo! they want only the ID.ME log in.
 
athena53 said:
One of our group was always behind or in front of the camera. Everywhere she was posing, making funny faces, hugging the staff on the cruise ship, doing the gimmick shots.

Enough!
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Serious question. Has this particular woman not aged well, or does she have a difficult time with getting older?

I know three different older people who cannot for the life of them take any photo serious. Dumb faces, always talking during shots. Those same people have had a difficult time with accepting the fact that they are old, and they look old.

As a matter of fact, two of them are father/son. Father is 90ish, son is low 70s. They've struggled with photos for years. The son was usually the one taking the pics.
 
Today's pet peeve:

TwinXL mattresses.

We have two regular twin beds upstairs. It's getting difficult to find standard twin bedding, especially sheet sets.

So many places around here (and within 120 miles) have replaced their twin sheet sets with TwinXL sheets. TwinXL sheets are made for 80-inch mattresses, while standard twin sheets are for 74-inch mattresses. We inadvertently bought two sets of TwinXL sheets, but they bunched up and would not pull tight over the mattresses.

We cannot replace the bed in one bedroom due to size limitations. A full/queen would be too wide, while a TwinXL would be too long and the door would hit the bed when opened. The other bedroom could fit a full/queen or a TwinXL, but just barely, and making the bed would be difficult.

DW asks, "Why can't they just leave things be?"
 
ArmchairMillionaire said:
Today's pet peeve:

TwinXL mattresses.

We have two regular twin beds upstairs. It's getting difficult to find standard twin bedding, especially sheet sets.

So many places around here (and within 120 miles) have replaced their twin sheet sets with TwinXL sheets. TwinXL sheets are made for 80-inch mattresses, while standard twin sheets are for 74-inch mattresses. We inadvertently bought two sets of TwinXL sheets, but they bunched up and would not pull tight over the mattresses.

We cannot replace the bed in one bedroom due to size limitations. A full/queen would be too wide, while a TwinXL would be too long and the door would hit the bed when opened. The other bedroom could fit a full/queen or a TwinXL, but just barely, and making the bed would be difficult.

DW asks, "Why can't they just leave things be?"
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Do you live in a college town? Dorms typically have twin xl beds so local stores tend to stock those sheets more as a result.

We haven’t bought sheets in a store for a very long time though. We always get them online where it’s easy to find any size you want.
 
Chuckanut said:
I never understood why anybody would seriously take the word of a person being paid millions to do a short commercial.
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"When I'm watchin' my TV
And a man comes on to tell me
How white my shirts should
But he can't be a man 'cause he doesn't smoke
The same cigarettes as me"
 
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