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At work: People talking on their cell phones in line, when they should be giving me their damn order. Double threat if there's a lot of people behind them.

Elsewhere:
--Holding doors for people who never say thanks.
--Barking dogs.
--People who don't clean up after their dogs.
--Loud music at 3 a.m.
--Ice cream trucks.
--Any phone call that isn't from someone I know or need to talk to.
--Infomercials.
 
Damien said:
Oh, hey, I have a new one. I ordered something form the internet and for the first time ever I received my envelope, opened, and sealed inside a plastic bag that said something along the lines of "Your mail got fucked with, sorry". So I am pretty pissed but it's after 5 PM on Friday so I figure I will wait till Monday to call and file a claim, which I have a feeling will do jack shit. So I call today and all I can get is automated lines that don't even have an option for filing a claim. Even calling the local branch that it was delivered from I get a voice mailbox telling me to leave a message. That really sucks. Why should USPS be a gamble? FNA
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don't be mad at the post office; be mad at the sender. they're the ones that sent it inappropriately packaged, most likely in an attempt to cut costs. the PO has sorting machines that completely mangle items in regular envelopes which should have been placed in padded ones or a box, and if you actually take something up to the desk in person, as opposed to dropping it off in one of their boxes, the clerks tell you if better packaging is required. they also offer shipping insurance and have everything there that you need to properly package items, if you're willing to pay for it. if you still have the sealed bag, return it to the merchant, and insist that they properly re-send your stuff.
 
entheo said:
I hate it when naive and ignorant people talk about drugs and say things that are completely false. I can't stand it when drug users don't know their shit, yet they go on and on about how much they know.
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this reminded me of a time right after I first started smoking weed. I was at a "party" with a bunch of kids who didn't drink/do drugs and we started talking about pot. Some guy about 2-3 years older than me tried telling everyone that the high you get has nothing to do with the quality or quantity of the weed you smoke, but what you smoke it out of. He was saying that a bowl gets you the least high and a joint gets you like, double as high and a bong gets you five times as high and I was the only one there that knew anything about pot at all so everyone else was like, oh really? cool. and I was like, WTF!? are you serious?

okay sorry that was a little off topic.

my pet peeve is when people try to sing along with a song playing and they don't know the words.
 
GanjaBabe said:
this reminded me of a time right after I first started smoking weed. I was at a "party" with a bunch of kids who didn't drink/do drugs and we started talking about pot. Some guy about 2-3 years older than me tried telling everyone that the high you get has nothing to do with the quality or quantity of the weed you smoke, but what you smoke it out of. He was saying that a bowl gets you the least high and a joint gets you like, double as high and a bong gets you five times as high and I was the only one there that knew anything about pot at all so everyone else was like, oh really? cool. and I was like, WTF!? are you serious?

okay sorry that was a little off topic.

my pet peeve is when people try to sing along with a song playing and they don't know the words.
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I saw a stencil on my way home today: "It's too bad that stupidity isn't painful." It's also a shame that the most ignorant about any subject also happen to think that they know the most about it (usually).

When I worked in foodservice, I flat out refused to take someone's order if they were on a phone. I would ignore them and take the next person in line's order, and if there was nobody else in line I would either completely ignore them or turn around and busy myself with doing something else. Pissed a lot of people off, especially since I was in a downtown foodcourt (lots of lawyers, professionals, business fuckers, etc... ).

Now however, my pet peeve is bad service. I do my best to be a kind, pleasant customer, and it really pisses me off when some 16 year old can't be bothered to do his/her job and serve me properly. It doesn't take that much effort, and no you are not too good to be working in a place like this. If you were, you wouldn't be there now would you?

Ah that felt good. :)
 
People who brag about their manipulating skills
People who talk on thier cell phones in front of a group
90% of my incoming phone calls
Being woke up in the middle of the night for a non-emergency
When outside, non smokers who complain about people smoking
People who are dependent on other people for the most minimal things
 
when smokers smoke outside then put out the cherry on the cig and throw the smelly cigarette butt in the trash can inside. especially when a few people do it... makes the whole place smell like a fucking ashtray. you may as well have just smoked your damn cig inside.
 
When someone makes a serious thread with what seems like a legitimate problem then doesn't bother to go back and give and update or say thanks or respond at all in anyway. It makes me feel like that those who wrote well thought-out responses were just wasting their time because the OP just made a thread then forgot about it...
 
people who don't evacuate during the storm because they don't believe the reports and then expect people to come save them
 
When people use the line "You only live once!" when trying convince someone to do something they don't want to.
 
spork said:
"prolly"

That's just one example, but there's many, many more!
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I'ma. Nothing makes someone sound like a subliterate moron than saying I'ma.
 
Grammar nazis! I don't mean people who like grammar or point out usage issues in a friendly way in a social context. I mean people who correct wait staff, clerks, and others who aren't talking to someone to refine their language skills but are just trying to get through a transaction because its their job.

That leads to another peeve, if there is a long line somewhere and one has a compulsion to give exact change, have it ready. Drives me nuts to have someone add extra time to the transaction to dig in every pocket so they can produce an exact 42 cents when they've got quarters and a dollar bill in their hand.
 
you mean people actually pre-write the other shit sometimes? b/c i never see that happen :D
 
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