The Pet Peeve Thread.

[thejerseyminx]

Ha.

On a related note, I love that the No Smoking sign on aircraft--even aircraft made well after smoking inside of aircraft became illegal--is always a light. Presumably, this means that there is a button in the cockpit that turns off the no smoking light. I've always kind of figured that it would be code for we're going down. "Er, folks, this is your captain speaking. I've...uh...turned off the no smoking light. Feel free to smoke 'em if you got 'em."

Also, a friend of mine used to joke that if he ever felt the need to use an alias, it would be "Nosmo King."

Late to the convo but, I can see some smart ass doing this as the plane is crashing.


As for smoking bans. I don't smoke. I don't like people smoking around me most of the time. I don't let people smoke around my kid. I think it is absolutely stupid beyond belief that the government dictates to business owners whether or not they can allow smoking in their business. If I'm in a bar I'm pretty much expecting it to be smokey. If I don't want to be around smoke then I can just, you know, leave.

[collegestudent22]

Tutorial mission limits in games. Seriously. If I already know the sprint button, why don't you just let me fucking sprint? Why do I have to wait for a popup that says "press the left stick to sprint" before it works?

[ampersand]

I may have mentioned this once before, but I hate closed caption and when subtitles or captions are used in movies and videos that you actually can comprehend. Then I noticed my sister have this habit of having the subtitles on for every Netflix item they have, even the children's videos.

She and I had the same handicap where we can hear out of one ear and the cochlea works only works in the other ear, and both ears are probably deteriorating to the point where hearing aids and learning sign language are essential. Although I think in her case, she also has the habit of wanting to know exactly what is going on in every moment of the film and will rewind portions of it if it doesn't make sense or she missed something. It took her a week to get through the first episode of Lost.

I don't watch a lot of television, just the live events like sporting events. So I really don't want any extra words blocking any possible views of the action. Although I am starting to prefer internet streaming of live sporting events over television.

But I really don't want to end up where I need to have the closed caption on because I'm lousy at reading mouths.

[The Cid]

I just went into an establishment whose sign declared it to be a "yogurt and smoothie bar," hoping to get myself a smoothie. The store appeared empty, being that there were no customers or employees. I stood at the counter for close to five minutes before somebody finally came out from the back. He looked at me, very confused, when I attempted to place an order with him.

"Uh, no, that's not how this works." Actually, I beg to disagree. I've been to food service establishments in the past, and yes, you usually do place an order with an employee. "You serve yourself, see, over there where all those machines are."

I'm not mad at the idea that I would serve myself in a restaurant. What bothers me is how was I supposed to know that? I walked into what seemed like an empty store with no signage telling me to help myself. Most people's first instinct in that situation is not to grab a cup and start pouring yourself out some yogurt. If you're going to change the relationship between customer, employee, and food, you can't very well expect me to just know that somehow off the top of my head. It's not like smoothie bars are common around here. There's not a "Dunkin' Smoothie" that would have prepared me for this kind of situation.

Also, I kind of figured that eight dollars' worth of yogurt would require a pallet jack to move. I didn't realize you could fit eight dollars worth of yogurt into a self-serve cup. Disappointing though that may be in terms of my wallet, that's actually pretty impressive.

[Rorschach]

Sense and business can be uneasy bedfellows.

I went to an Italian restaurant in Scarborough in the summer - Scarborough is a glamorous resort in England, Americans, think Monaco or Nice - with Nicola and Cara. The place was about half full but instead of seating us at a table, they insisted on seating us at a 'waiting area' at the back, which was several seats around a coffee table.
Even though we said we would wait until we were seated at a table before we ordered drinks, they kept us there for about fifteen minutes - with an impatient and hungry toddler - before eventually putting us into one of the tables we'd passed on the way in.

This is new to me, and I haven't seen it elsewhere. Is this poor management or clever wet-sale strategy?

[Deacon]

It's terrible management, with the very real possibility of the delusion of genius regarding wet-sale strategy.

[janettejin]

when I’m talking to someone or excited telling a story and yet you get no response, even a single one T_T

[Rikku_Chan]

My Little Ponies are dumb, and everyone who pretends to like them are dumb.

DO SOMETHING!

[collegestudent22]

[FireAza]

My Little Ponies are dumb, and everyone who pretends to like them are dumb.

DO SOMETHING!

[BtEO]

My Little Ponies are dumb, and everyone who pretends to like them are dumb.

DO SOMETHING!

Well that took a little longer than I expected.

[tnitnetny]

Pet Peeve - When talking about getting married almost everyone asks "So are you going to have kids" or "When will you start having kids". This really is not an acceptible question. You really think I am going to respond with "Oh, never, because I am physically incapable of having children." I was so sick of that question I actually said that to someone and the the next question was "Oh, why?"

Why is it when people talk of marriage they always jump to the kids and think it is any of their business? /Head desk

[Rorschach]

You should answer 'No, I'm a convicted paedophile so it's probably not the best idea'. That'd shut 'em up.

/patpat

If it's any consolation, it works the other way too. The amout of people who assume I'm married because I'm a father. Or assume that I'm getting married. Um. Hello? This is the 21st century? Alcohol and clumsiness are rife, y'know.

[Arres]

Next time someone asks you should answer with a simple "nope!"
"Why not?"
"Because I don't like intrusive questions, and children ask a lot of them too..." Pointed glare

On a seperate note: If you're getting married soon, I can't recommend the Project Wedding website enough! They have a ton of links, and let you create a website with maps, hotels, events, guest lists, registries, engagement photos, etc. I really like the way the one we made turned out (Shameless plug, sign the guestbook!), and it's free too!

Congrats on your upcoming nuptials!

[ampersand]

Arres: Your hat is too big. And congrats to you. Aren't you a little worried you wouldn't have an excuse to forget your anniversary? The website looks very slick.