Pet peeves

Guys who put the lid down as well as the seat. I mean, what's up with that? Pun intended.

Forums (not this one) where 300 people read a post and only 3 reply to it. Especially when it's on a serious topic.
 

Debby said:
Scots are chatty!!! Oh my goodness, that explains so much. I moved to Nova Scotia (New Scotland) 8 years ago and coming from British Columbia, I was amazed to see how many folks stand patiently in line while the guy at the check out or bank teller have no issue with stopping to chat, and chat and chat......and no one in the line up looks fed up or impatient. Maybe because they all do the same thing!

And Falcon, here it's not unusual to see the following: You're in the turning lane to make a left turn at the light. The light changes to green and you wait for the lineup of oncoming traffic to come through the light and your plan is to turn after the lineup has moved through.....and then someone in that line up just sits there and sits there, until you realize that they are waving you through ahead of them. Do you take advantage of their helpfulness and make your turn, or do you sit there and wait until the correct time to turn. Nova Scotians do seem to be a different breed even when it comes to driving!
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Deb, I make my turn and wave a thanks to all of them.
 
A typical women's rest room. No you will not catch leprosy from the seat. If you choose to hover clean up after yourself. Yuuuck
 

People who stop 1 1/2 car lengths from the intersection at a red light because they are busy texting, head down oblivious of all around them, then hesitate just long enough to travel that distance and make the light to leave everyone behind them waiting for another cycle. People who wander the stores ignoring everyone around them because they're having a long conversation (sometimes heated) on their cell phones. Basically, any rude or unsafe use of cellphones in public.
 
Gals can hover huh ?

That must not be a Okie thing......I just ask mama if she would go hover for me and she just shook her head, rolled her eyes and looked at me like I was nuts.

I don't think she's aware that she can fly.
 
SeaBreeze said:
People who stop 1 1/2 car lengths from the intersection at a red light because they are busy texting, head down oblivious of all around them, then hesitate just long enough to travel that distance and make the light to leave everyone behind them waiting for another cycle. People who wander the stores ignoring everyone around them because they're having a long conversation (sometimes heated) on their cell phones. Basically, any rude or unsafe use of cellphones in public.
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Add LOUD to rude or unsafe. Must they really have a discussion at the top of their lungs about what they did Friday night in graphic detail??? I don't really understand why people must have long loud conversations in grocery stores, etc. Do what you're here to do and then go have your conversation. Geez -- not being on your cell phone for a few minutes is not going to cause your world to implode!
 
Among my pet peeves, women TV 'presenters' who are easy on the eye but ruin it by plastering on eye make-up, giving the impression they are recovering from 2 black eyes.

Then they wear a nice top, but insist on draping their curtains round and round their neck looking as if they are part way through embalming = hideous
 
fureverywhere said:
A typical women's rest room. No you will not catch leprosy from the seat. If you choose to hover clean up after yourself. Yuuuck
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Ugh!!! Why do they pee all over the seat and then just leave it like that? I read a survey recently that said 80% of women put toilet paper down on the seat before they sit. I haven't done that since my mother made us do it as kids. My sister still does. I wipe the seat to make sure it's dry. And I do not hover.

I read an article on this recently and the chances of catching a disease from a toilet are nearly impossible.
 
Murphy said:
Among my pet peeves, women TV 'presenters' who are easy on the eye but ruin it by plastering on eye make-up, giving the impression they are recovering from 2 black eyes.

Then they wear a nice top, but insist on draping their curtains round and round their neck looking as if they are part way through embalming = hideous
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We've been watching CNN lately to find out about primaries, etc. and they seem to have imported from Fox. Some of them look like exactly like a Barbie doll. The skin on their faces look plastic and far too perfect to be real.
 
We've been watching CNN lately to find out about primaries, etc. and they seem to have imported from Fox. Some of them look like exactly like a Barbie doll. The skin on their faces look plastic and far too perfect to be real.

I call it Dick Clark Syndrome. Now I mean Dick Clark himself was probably a real nice guy. But those last few years he was on TV it was sad. When you get to a certain point, especially with men...you just start to yeah...look embalmed. Or all the pasty face political people. Put them under bright lights and eeeeeeek.
 
fureverywhere said:
We've been watching CNN lately to find out about primaries, etc. and they seem to have imported from Fox. Some of them look like exactly like a Barbie doll. The skin on their faces look plastic and far too perfect to be real.

I call it Dick Clark Syndrome. Now I mean Dick Clark himself was probably a real nice guy. But those last few years he was on TV it was sad. When you get to a certain point, especially with men...you just start to yeah...look embalmed. Or all the pasty face political people. Put them under bright lights and eeeeeeek.
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These ladies look like 30's and the skin is just too perfect. How do they get it like that? Very thick makeup? I had a peaches and cream complexion as a teen but never looked like that!

I've seen so many women who have had bad facelifts. It doesn't look real!
 
TV commercials. Especially on cable TV. Yeah, they pay for the programming, so they get some time to sell you stuff. But on cable, 1 out of every 3 minutes is a commercial. So an hour show has 20 minutes of commercials.
 
Drivers who turn their turn signal on the second before they turn.

Then they attribute that to the old folks, signal five miles ahead of a turn...
 
People who your are face to face with & they look straight at you & jam their finger up their nose like they're digging for gold. YECH!
 
Guitarist said:
Guys who put the lid down as well as the seat. I mean, what's up with that? Pun intended.
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We always put the lid down in our house. It saves having to go fishing for things like your toothbrush that may have been dropped accidentally.

It also ends the seat up, seat down arguments that some folks have.
 
Two things-Celebrities doing Botox and fillers even in their twenties. Promoting that as a beauty ideal is irresponsible. Not to mention unneeded. It's like the lead face creams of the old days. Future generation will look back and say why? You look through the scandal rags and everyone has puffy lips and a frozen face.

The other one is allowing small dogs to be monsters. I think little dogs are cute, I just prefer to own the big boys. But even if your pup only weighs ten pounds, teach him some manners in public. A tiny dog growling and showing teeth isn't "cute". It's obnoxious...if my dog was doing that you'd be scared witless, so show me the same courtesy.
 
People having moments of meditation during the green left turn arrow causing those behind to sit through another light.
 
People having moments of meditation during the green left turn arrow causing those behind to sit through another light.

Guilty as charged, I'm probably reading a book:p Comes in handy during hour long traffic jams though...
 
fureverywhere said:
Two things-Celebrities doing Botox and fillers even in their twenties. Promoting that as a beauty ideal is irresponsible. Not to mention unneeded. It's like the lead face creams of the old days. Future generation will look back and say why? You look through the scandal rags and everyone has puffy lips and a frozen face.

The other one is allowing small dogs to be monsters. I think little dogs are cute, I just prefer to own the big boys. But even if your pup only weighs ten pounds, teach him some manners in public. A tiny dog growling and showing teeth isn't "cute". It's obnoxious...if my dog was doing that you'd be scared witless, so show me the same courtesy.
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The small dog thing just drives me nuts. Just yesterday, Bonnie (65 lb Staffie cross) were walking around my neighborhood. She was on a leash of course, and is a good loose leash walker, very calm. Out of nowhere comes this tiny, tiny chihuahua from across the street, charging Bonnie. The chi's owner finally comes out of her stupor and takes an interest -- meanwhile I am trying to keep the little dog from biting Bonnie on the ankles -- and hollers at me for letting my "horrible dog" attack her dog. Bonnie was just standing there, never even said GRRR. I said "Control your dog!" and she told me how we didn't have a right to be there threatening her dog. It's a public residential street. My dog is on a leash, hers is not. My dog is just standing there, hers is attacking. We are on the other side of the street from where her dog came out of, and WE are threatening?

Why do people let those little dogs off leash out in public to charge much, much bigger dogs -- does it ever occur to them that their dog might end up a snack??
 
Butterfly said:
The small dog thing just drives me nuts. Just yesterday, Bonnie (65 lb Staffie cross) were walking around my neighborhood. She was on a leash of course, and is a good loose leash walker, very calm. Out of nowhere comes this tiny, tiny chihuahua from across the street, charging Bonnie. The chi's owner finally comes out of her stupor and takes an interest -- meanwhile I am trying to keep the little dog from biting Bonnie on the ankles -- and hollers at me for letting my "horrible dog" attack her dog. Bonnie was just standing there, never even said GRRR. I said "Control your dog!" and she told me how we didn't have a right to be there threatening her dog. It's a public residential street. My dog is on a leash, hers is not. My dog is just standing there, hers is attacking. We are on the other side of the street from where her dog came out of, and WE are threatening?

Why do people let those little dogs off leash out in public to charge much, much bigger dogs -- does it ever occur to them that their dog might end up a snack??
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We have a 70 lb. black lab. Took Abby to the dog park a week or so ago. Early on a weekday morning so only two ladies there with two dogs. One dog was similar size to Abby. Immediately, those two began romping and playing... exactly what dogs at a dog park are supposed to do. The other lady had a small Cocker Spaniel puppy... and a 1/2 to 2 year old kid. The puppy was scared of the larger dogs so she held it. She wanted the kid... barely able to stand/walk... to "play" with the big dogs. I told her the baby would get knocked over. "Well, if you can't control your dog any better than that!!" Between holding a "fluff toy" little puppy that the bigger dogs really wanted to sniff/see/grab... and her little kid standing right out there where 70 lbs dogs were running full bore across the park... she continued to get madder and madder. Finally, I had all of her I could take. Abby and I went home. The lady with the other larger dog was also packing up. One spoiled brat lady ruined the entire day for the rest of us. Yet, had one of our dogs severely injured the baby..............
 

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