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Pet Peeves v. 5.0

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When you lose two items in a moderately short timespan, and someone busts out a line such as "haha maybe it's with the [first item lost]." For example:

RL: ::loses flashlight::

::2 weeks pass::

RL: "Oh shoot, I think I lost my wallet."
Friend: "Seriously?"
RL: "Ya, I cannot find it. I looked everywhere. This !#$!ing sucks."
Friend: "haha, it's probably sitting right next to your flashlight!"

Okay, I am obviously in a bad headspace because I've lost my wallet and a joke like that does NOT help. I had my wallet during the two weeks I could not find my flashlight. Going with that, in the process of losing my wallet, I would have found my flashlight.

I know it's not meant to be taken literally, but still it drives me mad when people do that.
 
amanda_eats_pandas said:
When people leave the foil cover under yogurt/sour cream/cream cheese lids on the container even after using it.[...]Remove the foil cover all the way please and throw it away.
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That used to bug the fuck out of me on the dog food we get our Pom. (Yeah, refrigerated dog food is a bit much, but this dog's old.) I'd go to feed her, take the plastic lid off the container, and there'd be the foil, partially pulled back, still on the container. Well, I figured out why it's still on there: Poor design on the company's part: If the foil is removed, the plastic lid doesn't fit snugly and is prone to coming off. Sure, that's not the case for 99% of products, but still.
 
RedLeader said:
When you lose two items in a moderately short timespan, and someone busts out a line such as "haha maybe it's with the [first item lost]." For example:

RL: ::loses flashlight::

::2 weeks pass::

RL: "Oh shoot, I think I lost my wallet."
Friend: "Seriously?"
RL: "Ya, I cannot find it. I looked everywhere. This !#$!ing sucks."
Friend: "haha, it's probably sitting right next to your flashlight!"

Okay, I am obviously in a bad headspace because I've lost my wallet and a joke like that does NOT help. I had my wallet during the two weeks I could not find my flashlight. Going with that, in the process of losing my wallet, I would have found my flashlight.

I know it's not meant to be taken literally, but still it drives me mad when people do that.
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You may have left it with your sense of humour ;)
 
There hasn't been a post in this thread in 11 days. So, I think a post is long overdue. I am only allowed to post one peeve per day, as per some new bullshit invented imaginary rule, so I'll be posting a series of pet peeves over the next few days, one per day. Most of them have to do with driving.


10) People who move at a snails pace making a left turn.

Why the fuck don't people GOOOOOOO when the light turns green !????? We just waited here for 3 minutes at this interminably long cycle and now you are going to ensure that only 5 cars make it through before the light turns? Are you afraid your car will explode if you accelerate from 0 to 20 MPH in less than 8 seconds? GET THE HELL OUT MY MY WAY! I am trying to GET SOMEWHERE! :X:X:X
 
^ I hear ya. People who are slow while making a left hand turn suuuuuck, esp. at this light near campus: the line is 20 cars deep and everyone could go if everyone accelerated at a decent speed. But nooo, instead, only a couple cars are gonna get to go. So frustrating.
 
the automatic spelling thingy insists on capitalizing "internet". wth did "internet" do to deserve mid-sentence capitalization? and if that's right, why aren't we capitalizing "newspaper", "television", "speech", and any other word that names a mode of transferrring information?
 
^Automatic spelling thing with which program? If firefox were doing that I'd spell internet capitalized as I wanted, right click it when its underlined and choose add to dictionary and that manifestation of your peeve would be gone. I also see no reason for internet to be a proper noun.
 
I know fresh pasta is the way to go, so I don't need the lecture. Kids, work schedules, time constraints blah blah blah :p

Why are the bags you get dried pasta in are so fucking abnormal? They always seem to be made of brittle plastic & always tear the wrong bastarding way 100% of the time :X

While we are on the subject of pasta. WTF is the score with spaghetti? Why do we have a retarded strain of this type of food that's so damn annoying to eat. It all tastes the same to me no matter what shape it is, so why have such awkward crap on your plate?

Not looking for answers, just wanted to rant =D
 
I agree on the pasta packaging. They tear awkwardly thus rendering the little re-seal sticky bit useless. Thats why more sophisticated types than us use storeage jars and keep crappy companies like Lakeland plastics in business. The only thing I've ever used a storeage jar for is curing weed.
And I know you don't want an answer, but i'm going to obnoxiously give one anyway. Italians take pasta in all it's shapes and sizes very seriously. It's all to do with matching the consistency of the sauce to shape of pasta, its an art and a science!
 
My peeve today? Idiots who don't realise that different size pasta's allow different textures of sauce to be carried to the palate. Big tubes are great for thick tomatoe sauce while a thin spaghetti is perfect for a oil chilli and garlic infusion. Sometimes you don't want a large mouthful of pasta to fill the mouth when you want the sauce flavour to dominate the flavours in the mouth. ;)

As badandwicked said, Serious fucking business!
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9) People who wait an extra 5 seconds because someone made a late turn on yellow/red.

Okay, someone going the crossing direction made a late turn. Big fucking deal. Is there some reason why you need to now sit here at the green light for an additional 5 seconds before turning? GO!!!!!!!!!!!! Do your eyes not work? Take a glance, and if there is no car behind him making a similarly late turn, IT IS SAFE TO GO!!!!!!!!!!! :!:!
 
My minor one as someone who has worked as a cashier/clerk for years:

When people throw their money at you, or worse, throw it on the counter. Fuck you, don't have a nice day.

My major one as a sane human being:

MOTHER FUCKERS WHO DONT USE THEIR FUCKING TURN SIGNALS WHEN DRIVING!!!
 
SirTophamHat said:
My minor one as someone who has worked as a cashier/clerk for years:

When people throw their money at you, or worse, throw it on the counter. Fuck you, don't have a nice day.
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ah i HATED this! i also hated when they talked on their cell phones and made hand motions to me instead of asking the caller to "hold on" and verbally telling me what they wanted/needed. i haven't been in that industry in years but to this day when i see it, i'm infuriated. :X
 
The pasta packet ripping bizniss is probably the same as trying to tear a piece of fabric across the grain. Rips better one way than it does the other.

Pet peeve: Being so super motivated yesterday - did some baking and lots of drawing. Today. Can't be fucked. Just want to bludge on the internet and read. Why can't do I give myself such a complex about drawing?
 
Busty St Clare said:
My peeve today? Idiots who don't realise that different size pasta's allow different textures of sauce to be carried to the palate. Big tubes are great for thick tomatoe sauce while a thin spaghetti is perfect for a oil chilli and garlic infusion. Sometimes you don't want a large mouthful of pasta to fill the mouth when you want the sauce flavour to dominate the flavours in the mouth. ;)

As badandwicked said, Serious fucking business!
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Haha, yeah there are some right fucking idiots out there....wait a minute...ah...ok. :(

As much as I understand there are varying reasons for pasta to be used for different dishes, when it comes to spaghetti, you can still fucking ram it where a monkey shoves it's nuts =D
 
My peeve is those crappy wire shelves for holding shampoo bottles in the shower. The bottles always fall over and all they do is rust & collect grime and mold. Recessed shelving is the way forward.

Also mods (not necessarily BL mods) who close threads for being inappropriate or misplaced, but can't resist getting their opinion in first. As in 'This is inappropriate so I'm gonna close it so no one else can respond, but first i'm going to respond. Here's my opinion. Closed.'
 
badandwicked said:
Also mods (not necessarily BL mods) who close threads for being inappropriate or misplaced, but can't resist getting their opinion in first.
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That is much harder to resist than you may realize. Plus its super encouraged, almost required, that a reason for a thread closing be in the last post or on the top of the page. Once you get going on why you closed you have pretty much responded. The only way around it is to just state the principle involved but you might not be sure everyone reading will see the principle as relevant without talking about the thread.

Mine.Being served coffee with burner rot in a restaurant. Happens a lot if you like to go to places after the lunch rush and before dinner. I understand how it happens and I'm sure I've done it to people but were I a manager it would be one of the things I'd remind people about over and over because it happens too much.
 
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