Pet Peeves ver. Fjones vs Redleader

[Fjones]

commercials that don't give you any hint really as to what they are about but then give you a website...as though you will not be able to continue on until you have figured out what jdhfsdjhskhf.com is!

Especially when these are played on the radio and you are nowhere near a computer and by the time you are, you don't even remember the commercial to begin with.

This is hilarious. I agree completely, and I laughed out loud (seriously) when I saw the fake website you created.

I think I had about two dozen pet peeves in the last week since I last posted, but I forgot most of them. Here is what I remember --

1) Moving has lots of pet peeves, but U-haul is the WORST. That company is one giant pet peeve. They screw something up every time, and moving as much stuff as I have requires planning, friends, etc. I cannot just reschedule it because they gave my fucking truck to someone else!

2) Microsoft word. When I go to the desktop and right click "create new word document," why doesn't it actually OPEN the document so I can write in it? Did it fail to occur to the Microsoft folks that I want to actually TYPE in my newly created document?

3) Wall moldings (I think that is what it is called -- The things at the base of the walls that come out an inch or two). These things piss me off to no end. They limit the amount of furniture you can put in a room and prevent the furniture from being flush against the wall. Do they add some kind of functionality? Why do they exist? I want to destroy them all!

4) People who do not know how to go around a car. When someone is making a left turn, and cannot because oncoming traffic is too thick, anyone stuck behind the turning car should GO AROUND HIM! What is so fucking difficult about this??? When people finally DO go around, they go 3 MPH! Just fucking go already!

5) Another driving pet peeve -- Why do people "accelerate" out of an intersection at a pace that would take a few days to reach the speed limit? If you want to be a goody-goody "safety first" jerkoff and go the speed limit, could you at least ATTAIN the speed limit within 45 seconds of leaving the intersection? (Preferably much less than 45 seconds).

6) Facebook IM. This is an absolute failure. Can’t I open a facebook browser without being IMed by someone who I don’t really want to talk to on IM? Send me a message or a wall post or something. If you have my AIM name, use it, if not, there is probably a reason!

7) Really stupid cashiers or store employees. I was at the supermarket and the scanner wasn’t working well.
(ARGH! That is another pet peeve. The scanners for the self checkout are TERRIBLE! They don’t scan well and say EVERYTHING out loud! “Please enter your … KIWI … Quantity now … Move your … KIWI … to the Belt. SAVINGS! 19 cents!” Then for no reason, it will hesitate, then say, “Please remove all items and try again. CREDIT! $2.19!” AAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH! Shoot me now please!

Anyway the scanner was failing to scan my yogurts. It wasted a lot of time. Finally we get to the broccoli and red pepper. The scale is not working AT ALL! It took me ONE try to figure this out. The weight came up as / / / or something like that. After this lengthy delay already, I should have just put the pepper and broccoli in the bag. But noooooooooo, I have to try to be honest and “do the right thing” so I ask for help, explaining that the scale isn’t working.
The fucking brain donor who came over to “help” then proceeds to try to weigh the red pepper SIX FUCKING TIMES, looking equally puzzled by each successive failure, even though the scale said the same thing each time. Finally she says, “The scale is broken.”

NO SHIT, you think !???????? When you came over and I said “The scale is broken,” did you somehow interpret that as something other than THE SCALE IS BROKEN!???”

So I said, look, my friend is already late, can you just put it in my bag please, this has already taken a lot longer than it should. She says, “no, I am not authorized to do that, you have to speak to a manager.”

Fucking hell!! If I had just TAKEN the damn thing I would have had broccoli and a rep pepper AND gotten out of there ten minutes sooner, but instead I get penalized for trying to pay for my things.

 

[xxkcxx]

3) Wall moldings (I think that is what it is called -- The things at the base of the walls that come out an inch or two). These things piss me off to no end. They limit the amount of furniture you can put in a room and prevent the furniture from being flush against the wall. Do they add some kind of functionality? Why do they exist? I want to destroy them all!

LOL...I believe they are there the same reason chair rails are--so the furniture doesn't flush against the wall and scrape the paint.

 

[ThaiDie4]

The anti-smoking commercials on MTV. Especially the one with the crying babydolls.

OMG redleader, you are my hero for mentioning this!! I HATE that commercial with a passion. It ruins my day whenever I have the TV on and I hear those obnoxious fake babies wailing.

Anti-smoking commercials, in general, are annoying. The dangers of smoking are no secret. We've known for years all the harm that they do. I doubt these warnings are news to anyone who sees them.

 

[xxkcxx]

^ oh yeah also that lame, very poorly acted one about "I'd like to mail these cyanide and arsenic spreading instruments"

 

[mariacallas]

6) Facebook IM. This is an absolute failure. Can’t I open a facebook browser without being IMed by someone who I don’t really want to talk to on IM? Send me a message or a wall post or something. If you have my AIM name, use it, if not, there is probably a reason!

On Facebook:
Click the lower right box with the green button indicating you are online.
When it opens you will see:

"You are Online. Go Offline"

Go offline.
Your Facebook remembers this setting and you will not be logged in chat forever after
unless you change your settings again.

 

[Dave]

Ah! Welcome back Fjones!

 

[lil angel15]

• People sniffing and snorting (not the good stuff mind you)
• People chewing so I can hear them
• People eating with their mouth open
• People not covering their mouth when they sneeze
• People sneezing loud.........continuously

Trust me..... The list goes on, and on, and on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Tupac777]

honestly,I dont like babies.Theyre annoying.Actually,i dont like other peoples babies,dont mind ones in my own family

 

[spork]

Commercials, TV show, movies, or anything that have the sound of an alarm clock in them. That sound instantly gets me in a cranky mood.

 

[n3ophy7e]

^^ Yep! On a similar note, songs that have a police siren sample in them. When I'm driving and such a song comes on the radio I freak out and expect to be pulled over any second!

6) Facebook IM. This is an absolute failure. Can’t I open a facebook browser without being IMed by someone who I don’t really want to talk to on IM? Send me a message or a wall post or something. If you have my AIM name, use it, if not, there is probably a reason!

I don't have many pet peeves but I completely and utterly agree with this one!! I go on facebook at work for a quick cheeky update on photo comments and wall posts, and some random person from my distant past IM's me and expects a chat?! Very odd indeed.....

 

[claire22]

Bad coffee makes me mad. And bananas. I don't like them at all.
People who do not colour coordinate. No your pink shoes do not match your green outfit.
Babies crying ..
When people think their babies are smart. They aren't - they're babies.
People who do not understand very obvious hints ie if I never answer your calls/messages for over 4 months... just stop. Please.
Private numbers. No I shan't answer your call if it's a withheld number

 

[AmorRoark]

^^ Yep! On a similar note, songs that have a police siren sample in them. When I'm driving and such a song comes on the radio I freak out and expect to be pulled over any second!

Thank you.

There is one that is especially popular right now that has multiple sirens in the background. It scared me half to death the first time I heard it.

 

[claire22]

Also immature people who flash those small flashing blue and red lights at the back of your car at night. I shit myself thinking it's the cops, look back and it's half wits flashing them from the car behind you.

 

[xxkcxx]

awkward people.

i am considering writing a book on how not to be awkward because it bugs me so much.

i mean, i'm not heartless. i feel for them. i just hate it lol

 

[Fjones]

awkward people.

i am considering writing a book on how not to be awkward because it bugs me so much.

i mean, i'm not heartless. i feel for them. i just hate it lol

Please mail me a copy as soon as it is ready

I am only half joking.

 

[**hAyzzZZ**]

^^ Yep! On a similar note, songs that have a police siren sample in them. When I'm driving and such a song comes on the radio I freak out and expect to be pulled over any second!



I don't have many pet peeves but I completely and utterly agree with this one!! I go on facebook at work for a quick cheeky update on photo comments and wall posts, and some random person from my distant past IM's me and expects a chat?! Very odd indeed.....

I agree with all of it, except i just fucking hate facebook and all myspace associated bullshit. Twitter as well.

 

[mariacallas]

^^ Yep! On a similar note, songs that have a police siren sample in them. When I'm driving and such a song comes on the radio I freak out and expect to be pulled over any second!



I don't have many pet peeves but I completely and utterly agree with this one!! I go on facebook at work for a quick cheeky update on photo comments and wall posts, and some random person from my distant past IM's me and expects a chat?! Very odd indeed.....

Like that stupid Beyonce song with sirens GOD I hate that one!
*makes note to bug Neophyte on FB right now....*
Just kidding luv!!!!

 

[AmorRoark]

I wasn't even aware of those lights. I hope someone gets in an accident related to being distracted by those lights and sues the makers. Yeah, yeah, they probably wouldn't win but good God what a worthless invention.

 

[Khadijah]

People who preface "bye" with an "mmmmm." This seems to happen a lot over phone conversations.

Redleader: "Thank you your help."
Operator: "No Problem. mmmmmbye."

Am I alone here, or do others notice this too?

AAAHHH!! OMFG!! I FUCKIN HATE THIS!!

I only ever heard one person do it and it make me wanna shoot them anytime im on the phone with them. It sounds so fuckin condescending and patronizing. Talk to you later.....Mmmmmbye. IDK why it just makes me feel like they are talking down to me. I never knew that other people hate this too. I wanna strangle the bitch i know that talks like that.

Well im done with my post now so, Mmmbye



Edit I thought of some shit to add.


I hate it when i type shit out the way its said, I dont mean like typing the way I talk which i guess we prolly all know by now that is wat I do, But Im talking about when I spell shit wrong, when i KNOW the spelling , the way its pronounced. Like if i dont pay attention, I will constantly type "Ov" instead of "Of." ust before i wrote somethin like "Alot ov the bags had a short count" or somethin like that, n then i was like huh? Ov? I mean i clearly know how to spell of. But if i dont pay attention my brain just tells my hand to type the sound istead of the word. Thats how i end up sayin "could of" instead of could have , or even worse "could ov" lol. Iunno but i do it alot. and its always shit that i know how to spell Iunno maybe I got a learning disorder or somethin. =P

 

[Khadijah]

Aight, Now I want to have a nice lil rant here.

I fuckin hate all the people bitchin about this recession shit like its somethin new. Cuz it aint new to some of us. SOME OF US BEEN LIVIN A DAMN RECESSION OUR WHOLE LIVES. And it pisses me the fuck off hearin all these people who been havin comfortable, cozy upper middle class or middle class lives, and now they are FINALLY FEELING the pain and loss that millions of ppl have been dealin with their whole life, and only NOW is it a problem now that it affects people other than the "lower class." Oh it was just fine when all those lazy dirty no-wanna-work POOR PEOPLE lived in poverty and had to worry where their next meal is comin from. But now that the people with nice houses and cars are finally beginning to have the SLIGHTEST FUCKIN HINT of understanding of loss and financial struggle, is goin on and on about how bad it is these days becuz they couldnt afford their 300 dollar a month car payment on their 08 charger and bla bla bla. I got a friend like this who I love alot, but her man just lost his job, and he got a super nice house, a 08 charger (lol) and all this STUFF. Just SHIT. the stuff that people accumluate when they got the money to spend on it. And shes sayin how he just lost his job today and he been sittin at home depressed as eeyore on suicide watch, and he was like "How are we gonna make it? How are we gonna surviiiive?!"

When i know as a FACT (Becuase I am helping them file since I been in the system for a while and know my way around the unemployment thang) that they are BOTH eligible to collect unemployment, and since they both worked at the same job which made good money, they will be collectin a pretty damn decent check between the two of them every two weeks. She lives at home with her mom and dont pay rent or tuition for her school or nothing like that, and he lives in a real nice house with room mates, and they are carrying on, bitchin whining and moaning about how they JUST DONT KNOW WAT WERE GONNA DO and HOW ARE WE GONNA MAKE IT.....Acting like they are fuckin homeless on the streets or some shit! He lost his job TODAY!! He aint even go out to LOOK for a job yet and he already cryin about how its so hard to get a job and this that n the third.

Like damn yo, you really dont even know how good you got it. SHE aint even got to worry, since her man dont support her anyways her moms does, so it really dont have no effect on her anyways so i dont evne know wat she so worried about. i understand bein sad for him n all that, empathy is fine i wouldnt expect her not to feel upset for him but my point is financially she is totally covered so it aint no thing to her. But she was goin on about how its "A New world order" now, and its gonna be all chaos and the end of the world, and she thinks its the end times cuz of the economy in the US right now, and it just irritates me so much that they are feelin so bad for themselves, like they are victims of the economy, and everything is so terrible and bla bla bla, when he just lost his job, he has guaranteed money coming to him in the unemployment checks, and most likely everything will be just fuckin peachy. They might have to actually live within their means for once, ZOMG!! Cuz, you know, a young twenty somethin year old kid ABSOLUTELY MUST HAVE a brand new car, those other things with wheels that brings you from place to place simply wont do.

Meanwhile I still aint got no fuckin hot water and I got to boil water on the stove everytime I wanna wash up Or i got to go to friends houses to take a shower, food shopping happens once a month and at the end of the month its rice time cuz my parents aint got their check yet so we got to wait, my moms still pretty much lost her job but they wont actually lay her off, so she is employed but they dont give her no hours (How about a pay check that is 54 dollars for two weeks of work? That should feed your family right?) so she cant collect unemployment since she technically employed, my pops hours got cut, the collections people is ringin my phone off the hook all day every day, there aint no money in the bank account to cover us if god forbid somethin unexpected was to happen, I got court fines out the fucking ass to pay, and I aint got the money (I took the 600 dollars I had from my tax return to finish paying off the fines from my first arrest, which still leaves two more fines in the multiple thousands of dollars each we have to pay for, which I get locked up if we dont so there aint no choice but for them to pay them cuz they dont want me in jail) Which then takes just about every goddamn penny out of the money we do have to work with (Which I pretty much want to kill myself over from the guilt of draining every penny my family has on my legal fees) Moms is constantly havin to plan and scheme and move money around so she can make sure that her checks to pay the bills dont bounce AND -- I KNOW that we are better off than millions of other families! I aint bitching by saying this my point was to show and put in perspective that my situation is pretty good compared to many but yet her situation is faaar better than mines is and she is acting like its the end of the world when she got it pretty damn good.

Like damn for those of us who been thru it , times are even worse now, but we used to it, so now its just one more blow to the already struggling people. But now that comfortable people get just a taste of wat it feels like to be "poor" its a fuckin national emergency cuz they cant afford their brand new lexus and have to reduce themself to buying a "luxury pre owned vehicle"...I could go on but i doubt anybody gonna read but i had to get that off my chest becuz every time i hear a formerly rich and now only normally comfortable person bitch about the economy and the trivial shit they are losing its a slap in the face to the people who been struggling the whole time, and still even then, the ppl in poverty are STILL the people who are only that way becuz they are too lazy or picky to work, right? and all the "GOOD" people who had jobs and lost them was just victims of circumstance. cuz, you know, it couldnt possibly be that sometimes good people get shitty cards in the game of life and they are poor because of things that have happened. 8( No, no. The middle class people feeling the burn, are the good people who are victims of the economy. those 'lower class' poor people tho, theyre tooootally different and dont deserve nothing. Let it go to all the middle class people who need bailouts and shit, becuz, the poor will always be poor so fuck tryin to help them, might as well put the money where it counts and give it to people who could easily afford to live if they would change their lifestyle.....

It makes my blood boil when i see people reduced from the status they had by the situation the economy is in, who still think of the TRUELY poor people as bein beneath them. yall better wake up, becuz soon you either gonna be poor or you gonna be rich,the inbetween ground is disappearin realll quick, and dont expect no fuckin sympathy once youre down here on the bottom with us cuz i dont know about everyone else but i dont forget the ways i been treated by people with power and money and you dont get a pass just becuz youre in the club now too.