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

[Andre1969]

I took driver's ed back in high school, in 1986, and at that point they definitely did NOT teach anything about keeping right except to pass. I ended up learning it from my grandparents.

For spring break, 1987, they took me down to see my Dad, who was living in Florida at the time, and let me do some of the driving. On highways with three lanes I'd stay in the middle lane, to make it easier for drivers merging in. But, where there was just two lanes, I'd tend to stay in the left lane, wit the same rationale...it would make it easier for drivers merging in on entrance ramps.

At the time, I thought it was being polite, but both Grandmom and Granddad were looking at me like I lost my mind, and explained to me the lost art of left lane discipline, slower traffic keep right, etc.

I think left lane camping got worse once cell phones became more common. I'd often see drivers going all the way over to the left, and then getting on the phone, that way they could drive without paying too much attention to slowdowns from merging and exiting traffic...even though they'd often be a rolling roadblock, themselves.

 

[ArmchairMillionaire]

I think left lane camping got worse once cell phones became more common. I'd often see drivers going all the way over to the left, and then getting on the phone, that way they could drive without paying too much attention to slowdowns from merging and exiting traffic...even though they'd often be a rolling roadblock, themselves.

I think left lane camping got worse once cell phones became more common. I'd often see drivers going all the way over to the left, and then getting on the phone, that way they could drive (stare at their phones) without paying too much attention to slowdowns from merging and exiting traffic... (driving) even though they'd often be a rolling roadblock, themselves.

Fixed it for you.

 

[JoeWras]

I think left lane camping got worse once cell phones became more common. I'd often see drivers going all the way over to the left, and then getting on the phone, that way they could drive (stare at their phones) without paying too much attention to slowdowns from merging and exiting traffic... (driving) even though they'd often be a rolling roadblock, themselves.

Fixed it for you.

I now avoid the left lane in urban areas because of this. The left lanes are dangerous, with a higher degree of rear end incidents. In the right lane, there's a better chance people are awake and engaged because, you know, they actually have to drive and interact with merging traffic.

 

[folivier]

Yesterday had someone wait until I was about 200' from them to pull out in front of me and proceed to very slowly get their speed up to 50. In a 65mph zone with NO one behind me. In a no passing zone.

 

[frank05]

I have a weeks worth of motel stays coming up in Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin. I have the reservations and confirmation numbers printed out and in our travel folder that we'll keep in the vehicle.

When we get to the hotels, I just bring the paper with the conformation number in with me to the front desk. I usually don't need it. I just tell them that I have a reservation and give them my name and the number of rooms and the number of nights. They then thank me for being a loyalty member and proceed to check me in and give me the keys after I initial and sign some papers and hand over my ID and credit card.

This is the way I've been doing it since I started travelling 30 years ago. The only difference is going from actual room keys sometimes to magnetic-stripe room keys, to those newfangled ones where you just hold the key up to the sensor to unlock

I ran into this a couple of times recently with my Hilton rewards app. I have a 6 month old Pixel 10 Pro XL, Google's flagship phone model. Using the app, I'm supposed to be able to check in and even pick my room with the app, but I couldn't figure out how to do this. (And I build custom PC's as a hobby, so I feel I'm qualified to check into a hotel with my phone.) I'm on my way to the hotel in an Uber and couldn't figure it out. I get to the hotel and spend another minute or two trying to get it done, give up, and go to the front desk.

I explain to the front desk worker I tried to use the app to get my room but couldn't figure it out because the app wouldn't let me do it. The clerk is a mid 20's woman that probably figured this oldster is phone illiterate. Oh well.

Since most Hiltons are owned by franchises, it is up to its owner if they want to require you to stop by the front desk to check your id before checking in.

 

[COcheesehead]

We just stayed at a bunch of Hilton properties and the front desk never saw my face. I picked my room, checked in, used the digital key and checked out all on my phone.

 

[Chuckanut]

Let me add this pet peeve. Mike and Molly Motorhomers are doing 35 mph in a 50 mph zone. They never pull over to let anybody pass, despite the 5 car rule in many states.
However, when the passing lane finally appears, usually going down hill, they suddenly get their gas-hog motorhome up to 70 mph making passing them a truly speed maniac experience.

 

[COcheesehead]

Let me add this pet peeve. Mike and Molly Motorhomers are doing 35 mph in a 50 mph zone. They never pull over to let anybody pass, despite the 5 car rule in many states.
However, when the passing lane finally appears, usually going down hill, they suddenly get their gas-hog motorhome up to 70 mph making passing them a truly speed maniac experience.

I just drove hwy 1 and they had the 5 car rule signs in places. What they didn’t have signs for though was for the folks that thought they could stop in the middle of the road and let people out at the popular view points and then proceed to do a 3 point turn so they could park.

 

[Chuckanut]

IWhat they didn’t have signs for though was for the folks that thought they could stop in the middle of the road and let people out at the popular view points and then proceed to do a 3 point turn so they could park.

Come now COcheesehead, don’t you want to “live life dangerously”?

 

[COcheesehead]

Why is it when a big city wins a sports championship some people feel a need to riot?

 

[disneysteve]

I frequently see food handlers wearing rubber gloves but then proceeding to touch everything while wearing the gloves, totally defeating the point. Like when they move from preparing sandwiches to working the register, taking people's money, while still wearing the same gloves, and then going right back to working with the food.

 

[COcheesehead]

I frequently see food handlers wearing rubber gloves but then proceeding to touch everything while wearing the gloves, totally defeating the point. Like when they move from preparing sandwiches to working the register, taking people's money, while still wearing the same gloves, and then going right back to working with the food.

Our local board of health publishes their restaurant inspections. Some are pretty egregious and they have to shut places down for a few days. I take particular note of those.

 

[disneysteve]

Inpatient drivers who react despite being unable to see the situation.

1. Drivers who are 3 or 4 cars back at an intersection and blow their horn because the lead car isn't making a right on red. That horn blower can't see that there is oncoming cross traffic which is why the lead car isn't moving. Besides the fact that you aren't required to turn right on red; you can if you would like to and the path is clear.

2. Drivers who blow their horn or use the shoulder to go around cars that are stopped despite being unable to tell why the cars are stopped.

Apropos of #2, I just witnessed a very close call that would have ended very badly. We were on a road that is one lane in each direction. The car ahead of me was stopped waiting to turn left at an intersection. I was stopped behind them. On the left sidewalk was a guy on a bicycle waiting to cross the street. There was no oncoming traffic so he proceeded to cross. Guy ahead of me started to made his turn. I was waiting for the bike rider to get across. Suddenly an idiot came up on the right shoulder passing me and the guy turning and coming within inches of ramming full on into the guy on the bike. Thankfully the bike got clear of that moron but it should never have happened.

If cars are stopped ahead of you, just assume that they are stopped for a good reason and wait for traffic to clear.

 

[JoeWras]

If cars are stopped ahead of you, just assume that they are stopped for a good reason and wait for traffic to clear.

Recently had a bozo pass a few of us on the shoulder only to nearly hit the emergency vehicle the line of cars was waiting for. Fortunately, the emergency vehicle driver was cautious and astute and avoided tragedy. They've seen this before and probably saw the bozo coming.

 

[COcheesehead]

I-15 was closed south of Cedar City. GPS told us it was a 36 minute delay. So we sat. Of course we saw several people drive up the right shoulder including semi trucks. We were stopped for an accident. What are people thinking?

 

[Gumby]

...What are people thinking?

That they are more important than you or whatever else is holding things up. Simple unchecked egoism.

 

[disneysteve]

That they are more important than you or whatever else is holding things up. Simple unchecked egoism.

Any time I see someone acting that way, which is pretty much a daily occurrence, I tell DW, “It’s okay because they are the only person in the world” because that’s exactly how they are behaving. Nobody else matters. Rules don’t apply to them.

 

[skyking1]

Supposed trade professional who takes a sharpie to my finished painted wall WAAAAAAY outside of his scope of work.
I'll have to Killz primer it and repaint that stripe because KEEP your dang sharpie off my jobsite and use a pencil!!

 

[JoeWras]

Supposed trade professional who takes a sharpie to my finished painted wall WAAAAAAY outside of his scope of work.
I'll have to Killz primer it and repaint that stripe because KEEP your dang sharpie off my jobsite and use a pencil!!

I'm not sure many here will care about this peeve, but I'm right with you skyking! That really gets me irked -- especially when I'm the one who did the sharpie outside of bounds.

 

[skyking1]

I'm not sure many here will care about this peeve, but I'm right with you skyking! That really gets me irked -- especially when I'm the one who did the sharpie outside of bounds.

I use a faint pencil mark and wear a headlight and my readers if I need to. A magic eraser will take it off and leave the paint.

 

[disneysteve]

Supposed trade professional who takes a sharpie to my finished painted wall

What was being done that made him write on the wall with a Sharpie?

Unless the job involved removing or at least repainting that wall, what was he thinking?

 

[skyking1]

What was being done that made him write on the wall with a Sharpie?

Unless the job involved removing or at least repainting that wall, what was he thinking?

Wainscoating the bathroom corner for the toilet. Two guys and the one I communicated with did not make it clear. My point is, anyone with a couple of brain cells would know that this is the final paint. They started mumbling about it maybe being primer.
Nobody goes to the trouble of masking everything and then just shooting primer. Keep your sharpie in your truck if you don't know how damaging it can be.

 

[skyking1]

Wainscoating the bathroom corner for the toilet. Two guys and the one I communicated with did not make it clear. My point is, anyone with a couple of brain cells would know that this is the final paint. They started mumbling about it maybe being primer.
Nobody goes to the trouble of masking everything and then just shooting primer. Keep your sharpie in your truck if you don't know how damaging it can be.

 

[Qs Laptop]

Buckle up for a tale of woe like you've never heard before.

My small business has a P.O. Box that I've used for the past 34 years. Rent is due every 6 months. The USPS puts an invoice and a prepaid envelope in your P.O. Box a month before the rent is due. My most recent rent payment was due on May 31st.

On May 22nd I sent payment to them by dropping their prepaid envelope with payment into the mail slot inside the post office where my P.O. Box is located. I picked up my mail last week as usual. Today, I attempted to get my mail and my P.O. Box was locked. The clerk at the front desk explained that payment had not been received yet.

You see the irony here, right? Payment for a postal service product using their prepaid envelope was lost in the mail!

I am in danger of losing the P.O. box I've had for 34 years. I MUST make a rent payment in person ASAP. (The rent is $125 for 6 months) There is also a $27 "handling fee" and a $5.50 key deposit fee. I was told I better come in today or Saturday (they are closed tomorrow, Juneteenth) or I could lose the box. Bring two forms of ID and a valid credit card, I was told.

In the event they receive my check payment after I make a credit card payment, they will issue a refund for the double payment. The refund payment is in the form of a money order, which means I get to go inside a bank (fun, huh?!) I neglected to ask whether or not I would get a refund for the $27 handling fee and the $5.50 key deposit fee.

I just don't understand why the Post Office gets such a bad rap!

 

[JoeWras]

Wainscoating the bathroom corner for the toilet. Two guys and the one I communicated with did not make it clear. My point is, anyone with a couple of brain cells would know that this is the final paint. They started mumbling about it maybe being primer.
Nobody goes to the trouble of masking everything and then just shooting primer. Keep your sharpie in your truck if you don't know how damaging it can be.

Yeah, that looks like primer, with the switch cover installed already. /s

Sharpies can be handy. I usually get in trouble with it on gray colored flooring where you can't see a pencil so I use a sharpie. I mark something I expect to be covered by quarter round, and then, oops! There it is. I went too far.