My list of THINGS THAT MUST GO.

[jasonhoggan]

This local Radio station X96 Salt Lake City has this segment. Thigs that must go. They do this every couple of weeks and i enjoy it. So I thought as a tribute to them I wanted to make my own list. Feel free to add your own.

1 the "mullet" hair cut. - Business in the front and party in the back. It's just a ugly hair cut.

2 People who don't wash their hands after using the rest room.

3 People who go to the 10 items or less checkout and have more than 10 items.

4 Writing checks and taking a extreme amount of time to do it.

5 The phrase "You know what I mean"

6 Drive up Liquor Stores. Really how many more Drunks do we need on the road.

[Canice]

Entering a freeway on-ramp at 35 MPH.

Asking for sautéed chard instead of potatoes when the menu says "no substitutions".

[KimK]

The phrase "That's what I'm talkin' about!"

Men and boys calling each other "Dude" all the time.

[Laura]

Super low-waist jeans on women. Only .001% of the population can wear them, and even they shouldn't.

Super baggy jeans on young men. Seriously, just buy a size that fits. You look like an idiot.

Goodness -- I have turned into my mother. :eek: :p :D

[olchik]

Super baggy jeans on young men. Seriously, just buy a size that fits. You look like an idiot.

That works for me too! just I can't understand what for they do it!!!

[JHaris]

A person leaving a supermarket shopping cart right in front of products that you are very obviously trying to see to select an item and not moving it until you have to ask or you move it yourself.

[stefania4]

Midriff-baring shirts on the over-30, not-Heather-Locklear-or-Halle-Berry crowd (note: I'm 36)

Wedding invitations with registry info (I've only gotten one, but still...)

TALKING ON CELL PHONES IN THE RESTROOM

SUVs parking in spaces designated for compact cars

Supermarket cashiers looking confused when I pay with those green pieces of paper and small pieces of metal.

Weird celebrity baby names

[Jessica]

Tailgating.

People who turn on their turn signals after they turn.

[Beth H]

4 Writing checks and taking a extreme amount of time to do it.

Agreed! I wish big chains would stop taking checks as forms of payment.

How about talking at movie theaters (during the movie)?

[HDgirl]

People who throw their cigerette butt out the car window. The world is not their ashtray!!!

[Cookin4Love]

Super baggy jeans on young men. Seriously, just buy a size that fits. You look like an idiot.


That's one of my peeves, too. My personal theory is that those jeans are why teenage males are one of the most aggressive demographic groups in our population. After all, they go around all day with several pounds of denim hanging from their test!cles! :p

[SandyM]

People who throw their cigerette butt out the car window. The world is not their ashtray!!!

This one bugs me BIG time. :mad:

What about the person who changes lanes right before arriving at a stop light, moving into an open lane (and cutting me off), presumably because they don't want to wait behind another car when the light turns green, and then toddles through at 20 miles an hour when the light DOES change. Argh.

One more add: Kellie Pickler. ;)

[HDgirl]

[QUOTE=SandyM]This one bugs me BIG time. :mad:

Me too. So far I've been lucky and haven't experienced it with out having lots of metal around me. ;) 'Cuz that might hurt. I pray I'll be able to keep my cool.

[Leslie Ferguson]

Agreed! I wish big chains would stop taking checks as forms of payment.
I don't agree - checks should be allowed. I'd rather see them limited to certain lines or better yet, making lines just plastic, no checks or something like that. Call me old fashioned but I like being able to write checks in certain places - makes it easier to track for budgets etc. Plus, in my line of work I see folks who purchase things with their credit cards (groceries) on time and get themselves into terrible debt.

Off my soapbox
Les

[Beth H]

Plus, in my line of work I see folks who purchase things with their credit cards (groceries) on time and get themselves into terrible debt.

Well, I was thinking more of debit cards which link to your checking account exactly like checks - except that every store now has a fast and convenient key pad by every check-out. Sorry, I just cringe when I'm standing in line at the grocery store (and have been in the line for a few minutes), and then the person in front of me pulls out her checkbook, painstakingly writes the check, records the transaction in the check register, puts her checkbook in her purse, then *wow* realizes that she has to show ID (not like that's the first time she's been asked), then has to pull out her wallet from the huge purse, and then the clerk has to write down all of the personal info.

I have to believe that in five to ten years, checks will be a thing of the past as electronic banking becomes more convenient and more secure.

[LakeMartinGal]

How about talking on cell phones with a headset? That irks me, because I think the person is talking to me, or is just crazy! :rolleyes:

I agree about the young men with droopy drawers! My friend, a high school principal, makes them wear the wool band uniform pants if they come to school 'with their panties showing.' LOL They only do it once! :D

People who won't get over for a flashing red on a private vehicle -- we're FIREMEN, trying to get to the station to save your house, or give CPR, dummie! :(

[myredcactus]

I have to believe that in five to ten years, checks will be a thing of the past as electronic banking becomes more convenient and more secure.




I honestly think that cash in general will be a thing of the past. And I personally can't wait. I despise going to the ATM. My check is direct depositted and I use my debit card for everything. I have an EZ Pass for tolls which links to my card. Taxi's in NY are even starting to take cards. I just don't like cash.

In Japan, they use their cell phones as a credit card to pay for everything. You go to the vending machine and hold up your cell phone - which is scanned and goes to your credit card. You can even use it for parking meters

In London, your car has GPS installed and you're tolls are changed to your card as you enter and leave the city. No stopping to wait at toll booths.

I love the future =)

[Dahlia]

Things that should just go away:

1) TomKat - congrats on the TomKitten. Now, go away!
2) Brangelina - Just go away!
3) Paris Hilton -
4) Most reality shows
5) An extreme foreign accent whenever I call customer service, followed by "Please repeat?" or "I don't understand..." or "Pardon?"
6) Idiot cashiers who ask to see your I.D. AFTER you've already put it away.

[zippy478]

I'll play....

People who leave their carts outside of the cart corral when they are parked RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

Celebrity name combining (brangelina, bennifer, etc).

Baggers at the supermarket that put one thing in each bag. I know they have certain ways to do it but still, all my produce is allowed to co-mingle...the produce doesn't mind.

Fax machines that call my home number in the middle of the night...three times.

People on cell phones driving in the fast lane going 5-10 miles slower than the speed limit because they are distracted. Is it really THAT important that the phone call can't wait?

[Peggy]

TALKING ON CELL PHONES IN THE RESTROOM

That drives me nuts, especially when they are inside the stall doing their "business"!!!! :mad: Also people having a conversation on their cell phone while they have are standing in the exact middle of the grocery store aisle so no one can pass them and they are too involved to notice they are inconveniencing others! So inconsiderate!!!!!

Peggy

[Dahlia]

Celebrity name combining (brangelina, bennifer, etc).


Hmphhh! Was this a response to my list?? :mad: :D :D

[AndreaU]

Baggers at the supermarket that put one thing in each bag. I know they have certain ways to do it but still, all my produce is allowed to co-mingle...the produce doesn't mind.

Or those who put ALL the heavy things (a gallon of milk, 1/2 gallon orange juice and 5 pound bag of potatoes) in one bag!


Also...

Leg warmers and gauchos (for the second time- weren't they bad enough in the 80s???)

Those scary-@$$ Burger King commercials with that freaky king!

[zippy478]

Hmphhh! Was this a response to my list?? :mad: :D :D

:D :D nope....just responding at the same time.....LOL

[Gumbeaux]

People that use two different usernames on a forum and respond to their own posts with comments such as "good point", "brilliant", "you're great", etc.

[BarbaraL]

Those scary-@$$ Burger King commercials with that freaky king!

ROFLOL! I agree!

Also, people who get to the end of the escalator, step off, and STOP. Or people who stop and gab in doorways, at the bottom/top of stairs, or any high-traffic location where they form a human roadblock.

[cookieee]

Doctors office that calls you bright and early in the morning, to remind you of your appointment the next day. YAWN, can't you wait till later in the day?

Also, I can't stand it when someone wears their cap off to the side or backwards. I thought that "style" was over.

[Chefzhat]

People that use two different usernames on a forum and respond to their own posts with comments such as "good point", "brilliant", "you're great", etc.

hee hee hee!


Shopping carts with the cute widdle car in the front for kids and the bench seats in the back for more kids - basically a tractor trailer shopping cart - approximately 6 1/2 feet long. Ditch em. It's hard enough to shop without having to work around those roadhogs.

[zippy478]

ROFLOL! I agree!

Also, people who get to the end of the escalator, step off, and STOP. Or people who stop and gab in doorways, at the bottom/top of stairs, or any high-traffic location where they form a human roadblock.

Another human roadblock is the one where the law says you can't smoke within 50 feet of an entrance and people are standing right in front of the door puffing away and completely oblivious to the fact that I'm trying to get by with a toddler in tow. :rolleyes:

[BarbaraL]

Another human roadblock is the one where the law says you can't smoke within 50 feet of an entrance and people are standing right in front of the door puffing away and completely oblivious to the fact that I'm trying to get by with a toddler in tow. :rolleyes:

Thus forcing you to walk through a cloud of smoke - the situation the law is supposed to prevent. AND, lit cigarettes in the hand are at a perfect height to burn a child in the face or eye.

As someone earlier had mentioned, I object to the attitude "the world is my ashtray" - people who toss their butts out the window or on the ground, or empty their car ashtrays on the ground in parking lots (ever run into that?). Perfect way to start a brushfire or forest fire. Also, there's enough nicotine in a smoked cigarette butt to kill a toddler. When DD was a toddler, and trying to put everything in her mouth, I became acutely aware of how many cigarette butts were lying around on the ground. Just because you smoke doesn't mean you have to be a slob.

[tbb113]

I write checks ALL the time. I don't think it is any slower than using my debit card since by the time I answer all the prompts on the display, I could have written my check. Stores like Safeway have my information recorded, I don't need to show ID. Other stores just ask to see my license (and they would for a credit card as well since I don't sign the backs...I write ask for id).

Why is this any slower? I still need to record the debit in my checkbook (and yes, I do it in line so I don't forget). Plus it is more of a pain to balance my checkbook with the debit cards since I have to search for the transactions since I don't have a check number.

And yes, I pay in cash as well. I do this to help budget my money.
vent over

People who get in line and don't know what they want to order (fast food for example)

Parents who figure that basic courtesy doesn't apply to them. No, you don't park your car in the pick-up lane at school during school dismissal time. No, you don't bypass the drop off line and let your kid out somewhere else.

[greysangel]

1) another human road block - subway car entrances. Inevitably it's always like a 7 ft tall man standing right at the doors at rush hour when people are trying to get into or out of the car.

2) conversely, people who nearly run you over to get on the train in case there is a spare seat. :rolleyes:

3) drivers who park in the middle of the front of my house and take up two potential spots with their one vehicle.

4) babies who insist on rubbing their little hands all over your face

5) dogs who think they need to bathe your entire face/head/feet (molly is really bad with this and nothing stops her..believe me I've tried)

[Valerie226]

People who toss all their cans and fast food wrappers in the open back of their pickup truck, knowing full well the stuff will all blow out on the highway, making it all someone else's problem

People who leave their fast food cups, wrappers, and left over food sitting on the sidewalk or the ground in the parking lot or in the rest room ... there is no reasonable excuse for slobby behavior like this :mad: :mad:

Public facilities (like rest stops ) without trash receptacles... come on, most people will do the right thing given a reasonable chance..

[Beth]

Men and boys calling each other "Dude" all the time.

My sons occassionally forget and call me "Dude." :D

I figure they wouldn't do that if I wasn't "cool" enough to be a friend too. I could live without the "Dude" thing, but as long as they are going to do it, I can live with that. ;)

Personally, my life would be happier if I could just get rid of the folks calling to ask for money or opinions when I'm trying to do other things I do care about (and yes, I have signed up for all the no call lists. It helps, but it doesn't solve the problem).

[Farhana]

1. SMOKING.
2. Spitting/ trashing sidewalks and parking lot.
3. Super short shorts, low rise pants that people wear to show their colorful thongs.
4. Tops- see thru or low cut enough to reveal most if not all.
5. Leave shopping carts in the middle of an isle or in the parking lot.
6. Using washer/ dryer where you are not allowed to and dry clothes in the furnace :eek:.
7. People show up at my door to tell me why their religion is better than mine.
8. People who tear pages from library books/magazines.
9. The pity and/or funny look I get sometimes for wearing hijab :confused::mad:

[Minky]

[QUOTE=Beth]My sons occassionally forget and call me "Dude." :D
QUOTE]

Ha! My boys have done this too! And I'm not wild about the "dude" thing either, it certainly beats some of the other stuff that could spout from their mouths :eek:

Multi-tasking While Driving. Just this week saw a teenage girl applying mascara while driving; couple days later, guy nearly rear-ends me because he is FLOSSING HIS TEETH while driving. Gag...

Dirty Diapers Left in Places Other Than Trash Cans. Dear Idiot, If even you don't want to handle throwing that thing away, what makes you think one of the rest of us will be happy to do so?

"The Rules Are For Other People" people. I could go on and on about this one, but I won't ;)

[colleency]

Much of my list has already been covered, including talking in theaters, smoking, and tossing cigarette butts and other trash. But I'll add:

People who think you want "baby time," especially when said child is spitting up or covered with goo.

Adults who insist on having a birthday party every year.

People who insist that they used to be allergic to cats before they got one, so you should just spend more time around cats, and you'll be fine.

Politicians.

Spam.

Spam from politicians.

[Wendy w]

Good and funny thread. So many of my issues have been addressed here.

"Aisle hogs." I don't care whether it is in Marshall's or the grocery store, I hate it when someone blocks the aisle with their cart. I also hate it when I put my cart at the end of an aisle to avoid blocking it and come back to find it gone or my stuff taken out of it because someone is too lazy to get their own dang cart. :mad: Also, I hate it when they leave their carts in the parking spaces.

Turn signals and turning. When I'm trying to make a left hand turn out of the parking lot at 5 pm, the students arriving for night class are making right turns without their signal. I wish they would use them, I have missed turning opportunities because I didn't know that they were going to turn. And while I'm at it, I hate waiting behind someone in the right lane who is going straight and I can't turn.

I hate it when women who are of a certain age or weight, t wear midriffs, see through, tight, low cut or something made for a teenager. They look ridiculous or like 10 lbs. of sh^t in a 5 pound bag. While you don't have to dress like you are 117, please exercise some decorum.

Lastly, the street that I live on is narrow, very narrow. There are signs posted up and down it saying No parking anytime and the curbs are red. They are there for a reason, and I hate having to wait or go around. The trash trucks, moving vans, and UPS trucks are the worst offenders.

[stacy7272]

SUVs parking in spaces designated for compact cars

And any parking lots built AFTER the 1980s that actually still have compact spots. Hello - there are no more compact cars! (at least not enough to warrant compact spots still being created.)


No petite clothes in the petites section. I know there is all this talk about "real" clothes for "real" bodies but I am an actual real person who needs petite clothes and when the smallest size in that section is a 16 there is a problem.

In the same vein - when small sizes are made bigger to make people feel better. Okay, now what do the people who used to fit in the old size do? Are they going to start making clothes in negative sizes? :rolleyes:

[CompassRose]

And any parking lots built AFTER the 1980s that actually still have compact spots. Hello - there are no more compact cars! (at least not enough to warrant compact spots still being created.)
Really? Those weensy little Smartcars are multiplying like rabbits where I live; I see 'em all the time.

My current list:
Brad, Angelina, Jennifer. I know, they've been mentioned. But I can't TELL you how sick I am of hearing/seeing mention of their omnipresent, bathetic and mundane little love triangle.

Sequins as officewear.

Automatic flushing toilets (which go off at random and splash your a$$) and automatic faucets (before which you must supplicate and perform a rain dance before they'll condescend to rinse the soap off your hands)

People who pass on the right. People who pass on the right without signalling. People who pass on the right, without signalling, in a residential (granted, four-lane) road, doing seventy or eighty klicks an hour in a fifty zone.

Any kind of music that can be described as "soft", "lite" or "easy-listenin'" paired with the word "hit" or "favourite".

[Gumbeaux]

Dirty Diapers Left in Places Other Than Trash Cans. Dear Idiot, If even you don't want to handle throwing that thing away, what makes you think one of the rest of us will be happy to do so?

How about sitting down to eat at a table that has just had poop and pee smeared on it? :rolleyes:

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[erinsue]

In the same vein - when small sizes are made bigger to make people feel better. Okay, now what do the people who used to fit in the old size do? Are they going to start making clothes in negative sizes? :rolleyes:

Exactly. The whole idea of a size zero just kills me. Air wears a zero. People wear a size. :rolleyes:

[greysangel]

Automatic flushing toilets (which go off at random and splash your a$$) and automatic faucets (before which you must supplicate and perform a rain dance before they'll condescend to rinse the soap off your hands)



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[MNGirlTX]

People who get all the way to the cashier - and still haven't finished their shopping. "I'm just going to run back and get xxx."

[Jazzmatazz49]

Parents of my students who send notes after report cards come home..."I would like to be informed when my child isn't doing well in math BEFORE I see it on the report card." I send home all graded papers every week along with conduct grades for that week in a folder that is signed and sent back. What, are you signing this folder without looking at the graded papers and going over the problem areas with your child? Please.

Automated phone answering in my local dr.'s office. It is almost impossible to talk to any human, and half the time messages are never answered later in the day. I actually changed drs. because of this when I was waiting for test results and could not find out why I hadn't heard.

[Gail]

1. Drive up ATMs with instructions in braille.

2. All the people at my gym who sit in their cars waiting for parking spaces rather than walking a few extra feet.

3. Neighbors who blithely assume if they're awake, EVERYONE must be.

4. "Free" gifts in solicitations for donations.

5. People who've abandoned the use of "please" and "thank you."

[jilliniowa]

Grocery store baggers that put fresh produce in the same bag as the drippy package of pork chops or ground beef.

[colleency]

People who get all the way to the cashier - and still haven't finished their shopping. "I'm just going to run back and get xxx."

OMG! Guilty! But I do tell the person behind me to go ahead if I don't get back in time, and I only do it when I've forgotten something and it's a long line.

I'd like to add to my list people loudly inhaling and swallowing to clear their nasal passages when they have a cold. *shudder*

[mommycook]

Parents of my students who send notes after report cards come home..."I would like to be informed when my child isn't doing well in math BEFORE I see it on the report card." I send home all graded papers every week along with conduct grades for that week in a folder that is signed and sent back. What, are you signing this folder without looking at the graded papers and going over the problem areas with your child? Please.

Oops, I am guilty of that. But my child has mastered the art of hiding the papers that were supposed to be in the folder before she gets home from school. Now I sign it and write down how many papers I saw and hope the teaches notices if that is different from the number she sent home.

Things that must go:

1. People who are behind me in the grocery store and do irritated sighs when I pay by check, even thought I write it out (mostly) when my groceries are being rang up AND have my ID ready. I should skip writing down a check because someone behind me is in a rush????

2. People who make that horrible throat noise and spit near me.

3. Telemarketers and solicitors.

4. People who boom their car music at top volume.

5. My husbands favorite, 40 year old leather 'luxury' couch.

6. My husbands big, huge, ugly Lazy-Boy chair.

[Loremma]

Madonna and Jennifer Aniston. Enough already! I don't want to hear from either of you again.

[memartha]

All those people who think their time is MUCH more valuable than mine... ie. the man in the post office who announces he's going ahead of me because I'm mailing a package and he just wants to pick up a registered letter; the parents who blow by me when I'm in the car line dropping off my son at school; the people in line at the restaurant or deli who barge ahead of me, regardless of the fact that I've been waiting longer. GET A LIFE!!!

[Kayaksoup]

And any parking lots built AFTER the 1980s that actually still have compact spots. Hello - there are no more compact cars! (at least not enough to warrant compact spots still being created.)




Really? Our car is compact and so are more than 80% of the cars currently parked on my block!


THings that must go;

people who butt in line
people too distracted by their cellphone to drive properly
Jade from ANTM :o
snobby sales clerks
litterers
The War at Home
low rise jeans on anybody.

[tamawrite]

People who leave a message to say "I called, but you didn't pick up." Ya think?

People who aren't sure what those little flashing lights on the back of cars are for, and don't bother learning to use them.

[tamawrite]

People that use two different usernames on a forum and respond to their own posts with comments such as "good point", "brilliant", "you're great", etc.

Good point.

;) :D

[MusicMom]

Parents who figure that basic courtesy doesn't apply to them. No, you don't park your car in the pick-up lane at school during school dismissal time. No, you don't bypass the drop off line and let your kid out somewhere else.

Yes!! As well as talking during school plays, etc.

My nomination: the expression "Sweet!"

[jasonhoggan]

I don't agree - checks should be allowed. I'd rather see them limited to certain lines or better yet, making lines just plastic, no checks or something like that. Call me old fashioned but I like being able to write checks in certain places - makes it easier to track for budgets etc. Plus, in my line of work I see folks who purchase things with their credit cards (groceries) on time and get themselves into terrible debt.



I use platic but it is not a credit card. Its a debit card that is just like writing a check. My bank gives me a report of what kinds of things i have spent my money on. :) Checks just take too long to write. Maybe I'm just slow at it.

Other things that must go.!!!

GAS PRICE INCREASES!!!

[melfitz]

hee hee hee!


Shopping carts with the cute widdle car in the front for kids and the bench seats in the back for more kids - basically a tractor trailer shopping cart - approximately 6 1/2 feet long. Ditch em. It's hard enough to shop without having to work around those roadhogs.


These shopping carts are a must for me. I have 4 kids (6y, 4y, 2y, 1y), pregnant with my 5th, and a regular cart will not work for me. I'd rather confine them to a monster cart then have them running around the store.

[greysangel]

I cannot believe I forgot this one:

ALL PAGER CELL PHONES I.E. NEXTEL MUST DIE!!!!! Especially in public places. I cringe and have to hold down Chaz everytime we're on the train and hear the infamous Be-BEEP! And the conversations always go like this:

1) Be-BEEP! Yo dawg what up?
2) Beep: wa WA wa wa, wa WA wa.
3) Be-BEEP! What?
4) Beep: (louder) WA WA WA WA-WA WAAAAA
5) Be-BEEP! I still can't hear what you're saying
6) Beep: I SAID YOU WERE NASTY IN BED LAST NIGHT

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[stefania4]

People who leave a message to say "I called, but you didn't pick up." Ya think?

In that same vein, people who are too important to pick up a phone and punch in 10 numbers. They're the ones who say "Have Bill call me." Why? Your outbound dialing doesn't work? If you want to talk to Bill you can't call him yourself?

And while we're on the Stupid Office Games thing, I nominate the folks who see the copier has run out of toner or paper and... go find another copier. I'll do my own grunt work (copying, replacing paper if I've used it all), but I won't do someone else's.

[Gumbeaux]

And while we're on the Stupid Office Games thing, I nominate the folks who see the copier has run out of toner or paper and... go find another copier. I'll do my own grunt work (copying, replacing paper if I've used it all), but I won't do someone else's.

This is one of my pet peeves. People that use the copier in my office because the one in their office is jammed. They are quick to point out that the copier is not mine but belongs to the company. Then, when they jam the copier in my office, the copier suddenly becomes mine and they say that "my" copier is jammed and that "I" need to unjam it. :mad:



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[tamawrite]

And while we're on the Stupid Office Games thing,


How about executive directors who apparentely never learned to dial a phone, and therefore grab the nearest underling -- manager or otherwise -- to dial in to their teleconference calls?

[DeeK]

I cannot believe I forgot this one:

ALL PAGER CELL PHONES I.E. NEXTEL MUST DIE!!!!!

Amen to THAT!!!

People that don't clean up after their animals or that let them roam all the time.

[sharris315]

People that don't clean up after their animals or that let them roam all the time.

...or who don't realize that not EVERYONE enjoys hearing their adorable dog bark for hours at a time. This is not endearing...


Shar

[Valerie226]

[QUOTE=Gail.

3. Neighbors who blithely assume if they're awake, EVERYONE must be.

[/QUOTE]

There is no earthly reason why anyone ( at least in this climate zone) should be mowing their lawn at 6 am or 10 pm. This applies to bulldozing, leaf blowing, or air compressor running, accompanied by any kind of music and/or sports event cranked up to carry over the sound of above offenses. Weekends are NOT an exception! This applies to neighbors AND people they hire! If you want to go deaf before you turn 30 that's OK by me. I don't. Show some respect for when most others need to sleep and buy an Ipod.

[DeeK]

There is no earthly reason why anyone ( at least in this climate zone) should be mowing their lawn at 6 am or 10 pm. This applies to bulldozing, leaf blowing, or air compressor running, accompanied by any kind of music and/or sports event cranked up to carry over the sound of above offenses. Weekends are NOT an exception! This applies to neighbors AND people they hire! If you want to go deaf before you turn 30 that's OK by me. I don't. Show some respect for when most others need to sleep and buy an Ipod.

and this quote << ...or who don't realize that not EVERYONE enjoys hearing their adorable dog bark for hours at a time. This is not endearing...>>

Oh my golly ... do you folks live in my neighborhood??? I totally agree with both.

Add to it ----- little kids running through my backyard because it's a shorter route than walking on the sidewalk. (Sheesh --- I sound like the crabby old neighbor lady that nobody liked. :eek: :D )

[Gumbeaux]

There is no earthly reason why anyone ( at least in this climate zone) should be mowing their lawn at 6 am or 10 pm. This applies to bulldozing, leaf blowing, or air compressor running, accompanied by any kind of music and/or sports event cranked up to carry over the sound of above offenses. Weekends are NOT an exception! This applies to neighbors AND people they hire! If you want to go deaf before you turn 30 that's OK by me. I don't. Show some respect for when most others need to sleep and buy an Ipod.


It seems like a lot of people's pet peeves are also mine.

Why do people who are retired and can mow their yard weekday choose to mow on late Saturday afternoon when I, and a lot of other people, have guests over for a patio party? :mad:

[doggerham]

Why do people who are retired and can mow their yard weekday choose to mow on late Saturday afternoon when I, and a lot of other people, have guests over for a patio party? :mad:

I think the corollary of this is people, who don't work 8-5 M-F, who shop Saturday morning. I used to tell my mother if I ever saw her in Kroger on a Saturday I would personally run her over with my cart (just kidding..) Now that I'm NOT working, shopping is FUN again since I can go and not have to fight the hordes!

[boisewinesnob]

Why do people who are retired and can mow their yard weekday choose to mow on late Saturday afternoon when I, and a lot of other people, have guests over for a patio party? :mad:

Last October our oldest son got married and we had the reception at our house. Our wonderful neighbor was kind enough to choose those 2 hours when we were enjoying the late autumn sunshine outside to mow his lawn. How nice to have to shout in order to hear each other :rolleyes: . I guess the several cars and decorations were not indication enough that we were having a celebration that day.

[mbrogier]

People who think you want "baby time," especially when said child is spitting up or covered with goo.


People who insist that they used to be allergic to cats before they got one, so you should just spend more time around cats, and you'll be fine.

Politicians.

Spam.

Spam from politicians.

I completely agree with the "baby time". My SIL is the worst with that. It's suddenly "baby time" for me when the baby needs to be changed or is crying. Nah, she's not passive agressive. :rolleyes:

I may be out of my mind to be allergic to cats and still have one, but I wouldn't insist that you need one. Stay away from the kitties! :o

I'm pretty sure that everyone agrees about the politicians--except politicians. :D

Automatic flushing toilets (which go off at random and splash your a$$) and automatic faucets (before which you must supplicate and perform a rain dance before they'll condescend to rinse the soap off your hands)

Yup. Some of those faucets require some sort of semaphore flag signaling that no one except the engineer that designed the thing understands.


I cannot believe I forgot this one:

ALL PAGER CELL PHONES I.E. NEXTEL MUST DIE!!!!! Especially in public places. I cringe and have to hold down Chaz everytime we're on the train and hear the infamous Be-BEEP! And the conversations always go like this:

1) Be-BEEP! Yo dawg what up?
2) Beep: wa WA wa wa, wa WA wa.
3) Be-BEEP! What?
4) Beep: (louder) WA WA WA WA-WA WAAAAA
5) Be-BEEP! I still can't hear what you're saying
6) Beep: I SAID YOU WERE NASTY IN BED LAST NIGHT

You know, those phones do have a "private" talk button. You don't have to use it on walkie talkie. I HATE those phones. Why is it that people use them on private to go over their grocery list, but then use the walkie talkie feature to discuss the STD they went to GYN about? :eek:

I also agree about avoiding Saturday rush shopping. Going during the week or at night is so much more relaxing.

My pet peeve: people that will run you over to get into a crowded elevator. Let me get out FIRST, please.

[stefania4]

People who insist that they used to be allergic to cats before they got one, so you should just spend more time around cats, and you'll be fine.

This reminds me of my Dad's peeve, so I'll take his voice for a minute and post this for him:

I hate liver. No, your way of preparing it is not going to make me like it. It WILL TOO still taste like liver. Yes, I'm sure other people who hate liver like it the way you cook it, but save yourself the trouble because I will hate it. I'm 61 years old and stop pushing it on me.

[BucknellAlum]

I'll echo some others:

People who tailgate!!

Cigarette butts anywhere but an ashtray!

And add some of my own:

Parents who let their kids ride bikes without helmets.

Clothing retailers who design inappropriate clothing for kids, especially girls (spaghetti strap midriff tops, low rise jeans for 6 year olds, high heeled clogs in size 1, etc.).

People who buy aforementioned clothing.

UV Tanning booths.

People who treat waiters/waitresses poorly.

People who give their kids soda for every meal and never buy any food that does not come mass-produced and sealed in plastic. They would not know what to do with a fresh head of lettuce if their lives depended on it.

[GingerPow]

Neighbors who walk their dogs throughout the neighborhood to dump on everyone else's grass and NOT even pick it up.

People (SIL) who are invited into your home and then proceed to criticize what is in the home. (She doesn't get invited anymore).

People who interrupt. Constantly. Chronically. As if it is not even worth talking until you start.

People suffering under the delusion of superiority. (Which by it's own definition demonstrates a need for further self development).

So-called adults who are mean to children.

Botoxed mask-like faces. (Surprise - you do not look younger. You look frozen in time. Like the wooly mammoth.)

Breast implants. (Woman, love thyself).

Spitting in public.

People accepting whatever they are told and not thinking for themselves.

The mindless dumbed-down drivel that fills today's media.

Uh-oh, look at that list. I guess I'm a curmudgeon... :(

[boisewinesnob]

People (SIL) who are invited into your home and then proceed to criticize what is in the home. (She doesn't get invited anymore).


Ah yes. My list would include relatives who invite themselves, then expect to be entertained ("oh, you have to work today?") and cooked for, and contribute nothing.

[beacooker]

--The hundreds of times a day the word 'poop' comes out of my 4 yo DS's mouth! It seems to be an all-purpose word that can be fit into every sentence and every song. I sure hope this phase doesn't last too long.

[Gumbeaux]

People who treat waiters/waitresses poorly.

This interesting article (http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2006-04-14-ceos-waiter-rule_x.htm), which was in USA Today this week, should make people think twice before treating wait staff poorly.



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[tamawrite]

This interesting article (http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2006-04-14-ceos-waiter-rule_x.htm), which was in USA Today this week, should make people think twice before treating wait staff poorly.



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Great article -- thanks for posting!

[DanaSD]

SUVs parking in spaces designated for compact cars



Parking lots made up of mostly compact car parking spaces (then I won't do the above, :) )

[Dfen911]

My thing(s) that must go -

Neighbors who park their cars in front my house instead of theirs. I have 2 cars in my driveway they have 2 cars in theirs and park their 3rd in front of my house.

People who wait for the movie to start and then open their candy. Why can't they do it before? Heck how about during the previews?

People who don't keep control of their kids in stores and they're running up and down the aisles or playing in the clothes rack where I'm trying to shop.

Movie Theater employees who don't check ID for 'R' rated movies. 17 or older...I've seen kids who I know are 13 go up and get tickets without any problems.

Oh! Men who do not remove their hat when entering a building. These same men don't open doors for women either. The age of the gentleman is dead. My husband always removes his hat and one time a young boy asked his dad "How come that guy took his hat off" and his father responded "No clue maybe his head is hot" OMG!

[Loremma]

My thing(s) that must go -

Neighbors who park their cars in front my house instead of theirs. I have 2 cars in my driveway they have 2 cars in theirs and park their 3rd in front of my house.

Do we share the same neighbors? My neighbor would park his car in front of my house on trash pick up day so he could put his cans in front of his house while I had to put my cans in front of my driveway. He even had the nerve to put my trash can on my sidewalk so he could pull out instead of driving around the can. So glad he moved.

[mbrogier]

My thing(s) that must go -

Neighbors who park their cars in front my house instead of theirs. I have 2 cars in my driveway they have 2 cars in theirs and park their 3rd in front of my house.



My neighbors park their car in front of my house, too. I park in my driveway or in my garage, but I don't understand why they can't park in front of their house or in their driveway or garage. Rob says it's because they don't want to have to turn around. :rolleyes:

[615bride]

Not to hijack but Dfen911 hit the nail on the head for me too! We have two cars which go in our garage. Our neighbors have three cars and a motorcycle (two drivers) and a basketball hoop in their driveway. They don't use the driveway so the kids can play basketball and they can get the other two cars out so they park in front of our house. Ugh...

[SusanL]

printed out your article for DH, he is taking it to work tomorrow. thanks so much, some people just don't get it!!

[LakeMartinGal]

Here's another one -- what about parents/sitters who tell their kids to 'go play on the escalator while I shop!' Those things are dangerous! Clothes can get caught, and fingers, too! :eek:

[Jazzmatazz49]

I saw the scariest documentary about injuries on escalators once. I am almost afraid to get on one, even though I know I won't get caught in the side.

This is a minor thing, but the last 3 DVDs I've rented from Blockbuster had problems and froze. So rental DVDs must go. I've sworn off Blockbuster for life.

[jasonhoggan]

Going through a drive through and not getting any napkins or straws with your order.

Hornets and wasp. I was doing some landscaping around my house and bumped the side while moving some rocks and a dang wasp stung me on the arm. The stupid thing made my whole arm go numb for a couple of hours.

Allergies- I love spring but it can give such a head ache. :D

[Valerie226]

This is a minor thing, but the last 3 DVDs I've rented from Blockbuster had problems and froze. So rental DVDs must go. I've sworn off Blockbuster for life

Jazzamatazz, not to change the subject but we started looking at DVD's before we stick them in the player. most are smudged and fingerprinted. spray them lightly with windex and gently wipe outward from the center of the disc with a soft towel. I was told this is the best way to clean them by the mgr at Hollywood. (I wish they cleaned every disk but they don't) This has solved the "freeze up" part way thru a movie and worth the couple seconds it takes. unfortunately renters don't treat discs very carefully.

[hlao23]

This reminds me of my Dad's peeve, so I'll take his voice for a minute and post this for him:

I hate liver. No, your way of preparing it is not going to make me like it. It WILL TOO still taste like liver. Yes, I'm sure other people who hate liver like it the way you cook it, but save yourself the trouble because I will hate it. I'm 61 years old and stop pushing it on me.

I am this way about artificial sweetner. It does NOT taste just like sugar. Sugar is not bitter and horrible.

[LakeMartinGal]

It does NOT taste just like sugar. Sugar is not bitter and horrible.
No, it doesn't... but you can get used to it if you have to! :rolleyes: :p ;) :D

[SaraInWisc]

Kids either not wearing seat belts or in the front seat and too young to be there.
TV stations keeping their ID on in the corner of the screen all the time.
Oblivious people cursing so my kids can learn some new vocabulary.
Victoria's Secret window display in the mall. If I wanted to buy a thong I already know they sell it. Can't they put something else in the window?

[stacy7272]

Kids either not wearing seat belts or in the front seat and too young to be there.

I was going to write exactly that! A surprising number of kids from my children's school are in the front seat (preschoolers :eek: ).

Add to that kids that are turned to front facing too soon because it is "easier" or put in booster seats too early because it is "easier". I heard something about car seats not protecting kids any more than regular seat belts after age two because PEOPLE DON'T USE CAR SEATS PROPERLY! The straps are too loose and the clips are too low - besides the fact that they may be installed improperly.


Something else that I would love to have go...the GOT MILK slogan used in any form other than for milk. Got keys? Got mini blinds? Got XXXX.... too many people/companies use this darn slogan! STOP!

[mayre]

I write checks ALL the time. I don't think it is any slower than using my debit card since by the time I answer all the prompts on the display, I could have written my check. Stores like Safeway have my information recorded, I don't need to show ID. Other stores just ask to see my license (and they would for a credit card as well since I don't sign the backs...I write ask for id).



Not to pick on you, because lots of people do this, but the not signing the card is one of my peeves. On the sticker they put on the card to call & activate they tell you to sign it, and the card says on the back "not valid unless signed". Why don't people just do this? With Mastercard & Visa it is NOT more secure, but far LESS secure to leave your card unsigned. If you lose your card and it is not signed, ANYONE can sign THEIR name to the back of the card & according to Mastercard & Visa's merchant agreements is VALID. The signature is not required to match the name on the front of the card, only the signature of the presenter needs to match the card. You've just given a thief no questions asked access to your credit card, and they can use their own ID and YOUR credit card.

[sarah2397]

Lot's of mine covered but one to add:

- When you phone in to customer service and the automated attendant prompts you to enter your account information via the keypad. Then as soon as you finally get a live person the first thing they do is ask you to provide them with this same info. Why did I go thru all that if you don't have my account info ready on your screen???

[HejazSunKat]

Pants with writing across the @ss. Won't a T-shirt do? I just saw this again today. I don't care what the message is (and today's @ss communication to the world was "PINK" - what the heck is that supposed to mean? I don't think we're talking about the singer) how large (the better to express yourself?) or small your behind is you look like an eejit.

I must mention another of my personal favorites: Thongs showing above your super low rise jeans. That is a major, major ewwwwww to me. The definition of cheap.

[tbb113]

Not to pick on you, because lots of people do this, but the not signing the card is one of my peeves. On the sticker they put on the card to call & activate they tell you to sign it, and the card says on the back "not valid unless signed". Why don't people just do this? With Mastercard & Visa it is NOT more secure, but far LESS secure to leave your card unsigned. If you lose your card and it is not signed, ANYONE can sign THEIR name to the back of the card & according to Mastercard & Visa's merchant agreements is VALID. The signature is not required to match the name on the front of the card, only the signature of the presenter needs to match the card. You've just given a thief no questions asked access to your credit card, and they can use their own ID and YOUR credit card.

I was told that by stating 'see id' on the card, I have in essence signed it and I have not left a place for the theif to sign my name (or have my name to copy from). I can prove a forgery much easier....

[CompassRose]

Pants with writing across the @ss. Won't a T-shirt do? I just saw this again today. I don't care what the message is (and today's @ss communication to the world was "PINK" - what the heck is that supposed to mean? I don't think we're talking about the singer) how large (the better to express yourself?) or small your behind is you look like an eejit.

I must mention another of my personal favorites: Thongs showing above your super low rise jeans. That is a major, major ewwwwww to me. The definition of cheap.
oo, yes, I hate both of those.

We had a cute l'il Irish exchange student at WORK a year or two ago, and her thongs always showed above her pants -- but get this, they were meant to. They had little jewelled whatsits on the "whale tail." Gag.

[badunnin]

I was told that by stating 'see id' on the card, I have in essence signed it and I have not left a place for the theif to sign my name (or have my name to copy from). I can prove a forgery much easier....

I used to do this until my card was refused. The clerk gave me a pen, I signed over it, then signed the bill. He compared the signatures. Surprisingly, they matched. :rolleyes:

[Gumbeaux]

People who pronounce the name "Tina" as "Tiner" like on that stupid Bayer aspirin commercial. :mad:

I think I'll start buying Advil.

[mbrogier]

I used to do this until my card was refused. The clerk gave me a pen, I signed over it, then signed the bill. He compared the signatures. Surprisingly, they matched. :rolleyes:

I used to write "ask for ID". The only place that insists on a signed card now is the Post Office. I signed my card and then smeared the signature so it can't be forged. I do not sign my name the way it appears on the front of the card. My card also has my photo on it. The PO accepts it and everywhere else doesn't even look at cards anymore. You just swipe the cards at the little debit card stations. I've used my dad's and my husband's credit cards and no one notices or cares.

I bank at BOA and asked them about signing the cards. They said they don't care. No one compares the signatures. My signature never looks the same twice. It was never close and since my stroke it is way off from day to day.

[jasonhoggan]

Sorry, I just had to add another Item to my list that must go. Many of you probably think that it is time for this list to go. But here is one more thing that really needs to go.

Dial up internet. Recently i moved to an area that High Speed is unavaillible. And i had to resort to dial up. It is torture having to use it. I wait and wait and wait and wait for damb pages to load and then i have to wait and wait and wait some more. So dial up needs to go !!

[Peggy]

People who pronounce the name "Tina" as "Tiner" like on that stupid Bayer aspirin commercial. :mad:

In mild defense of these people... My DH is from Boston and has learned to cover his regional accent. However, every once in awhile a "Vaniller" will come out of his mouth instead of "vanilla". ;) His relatives would drive you absolutely batty!!! I have a niece that is called "Tiner" and sometimes I can't understand what they are saying!!!!!!!

Peggy

[SheRa]

-people who don't understand that not everyone spends their money the same way (i have a friend that drops money on trips EVERYWHERE all the time. she ALWAYS tries to get me to go with her, and i have to explain EVERY TIME that i'm saving up for a wedding, just got a mortgage, and don't have the money to spend on travel right now. she NEVER gets it, and it's so annoying! just because you spend money on something doesn't mean i have to, and you should understand that instead of guilting me or telling me i'm too worried about it. i'm only 23 and i have a lot going BECAUSE i save for things. she's 24 and rents an apartment and job hops. it's just not my thing. i'm supportive of her choices, but she can't be of mine. LAME!)

-having to sit through a million menus to talk to a PERSON with your credit card company.

-traffic. especially when caused by rubbernecking. this has worsened since i moved to NY.

-poor cell phone etiquitte AND ringtones. especially when they're REALLY loud. and don't EVEN get me started on Nextel and chirping!!

[stacy7272]

Birthday parties scheduled on Mother's Day. I just received an invitation to a birthday party on May 14th. Are you kidding me?

Not only that but this kid's birthday is in August. My only guess is that the Mom is joining her two sons birthday parties into one since I saw her handing out invitations to her older son's classroom as well. Her other son's birthday is in April! A special shout-out to any woman who can join two birthdays that are 4 months apart! :eek:

Unfortunately this isn't some random classmate where we could just not attend but one of DS's good friends. Arrrgghh.