petty annoyances

[theorangeone]

ok, this is a really petty annoyance, but it bugs the hell out of me.

CEMENT is NOT the same as CONCRETE! do not use them interchangably. you use cement to make concrete. ugh

[Jenny]

I can't stand it when someone says this: "I think I have a temperature." Well hot damn, I hope so! If you didn't, you would be dead! The correct saying is "I think I have a fever." Geez, they aren't the same thing! Temperature is ANY degree. Fever is when you are hotter than 98.6 (or whatever your normal temperature is). Doh!

[topane]

Whenever I'm sitting at someone else's desk fixing/installing something, some joker walking by always says "Wow, (desk owner's name), you've changed!" It's NOT FUNNY ANY MORE, DAMMIT!!!!! GO AWAY!

[styleee]

Originally posted by Jenny
I can't stand it when someone says this: "I think I have a temperature." Well hot damn, I hope so! If you didn't, you would be dead! The correct saying is "I think I have a fever." Geez, they aren't the same thing! Temperature is ANY degree. Fever is when you are hotter than 98.6 (or whatever your normal temperature is). Doh!

i love it when someone in my family says 'touch my head' to see if they have a fever. so what does my mom do (actually, everyone in my family does this now,) we start patting and pinching and poking their head.

:)

[apmiller]

Don't you just hate it when someone says, "Yuck! This is gross! Here you try it."

Why the hell would I want to try it after seeing you damn well near barf it out?!

"Hmm, yes I see you thought it was like eating bile, sure I'll try it. You never know it might be better now since you tried it! Nope, it still sucks but thanks for making me suffer too!" For the love of all thats holy! If it SUCKS don't share it will ME!

[m0j0]

"working hard, or hardly working?"

"what is that smell?" indicating that it smells bad, but yet trying to smell it. "do you smell it?" trying to get you to...you know.

i say, "i'm thirsty (hungry, hot, whatever)." so they gotta say, "hi, thirsty. i'm connie."

"having fun?" when you're working.

oh, and don't forget that freakshow slamming shite around in the cube next door. slurping and breathing like darth vader.

[irwin]

No one in my house flushes the toilet. It's more than petty.

My brother refuses to flush the toilet unless he takes a shit. "It's still clean, I'm saving water."

My dad doesn't flush the toilet unless he takes a shit too. But he doesn't care about wasting water, he just doesn't flush.

And I dunno why my mom doesn't flush. :(

PLEASE USE MORE TACT PASSWIRD IN DEALING WITH THIS SUBJECT! THERE'S NO NEED TO BE SO GRAPHIC. REMEMBER THE DISGUSTING THREAD YOU POSTED WAS DELETED!

[Edited by Got Apex Moderator on 04-11-2001 at 10:26 PM]

[Leon]

"Working hard, or hardly working?" This used to be funny until everyone started to say it.

"I feel nauseous" It's supposed to be, "I feel nauseated". I feel nauseous means you make other people sick.

"mischevious" It's mischievous! NOT Mis-****-vi-ous!

[hapoo]

:heh: way to turn things around leon

[rum]

Originally posted by Passwird
No one in my house flushes the toilet. It's more than petty.



Thats pretty gross man. Doesn't it smell if you leave pis in there overnight?

[eSDee]

Originally posted by topane
Whenever I'm sitting at someone else's desk fixing/installing something, some joker walking by always says "Wow, (desk owner's name), you've changed!" It's NOT FUNNY ANY MORE, DAMMIT!!!!! GO AWAY!

Oh MAN I hate that it happens to me ATLEAST once a day. Sometimes I want to say, "yeah now I have a penis" but then I decide to just chuckle and tell them how absolutely hilarious they are.

[cruelpupet]

This one drives me up the wall....
people who say:

Supposively
or
Supposifly
or
Supposibly


Instead of the proper way... Supposedly

COME ON PEOPLE, IT ISN'T THAT HARD TO SAY!

[m0j0]

Originally posted by cruelpupet
This one drives me up the wall....
people who say:

Supposively
or
Supposifly
or
Supposibly


Instead of the proper way... Supposedly

COME ON PEOPLE, IT ISN'T THAT HARD TO SAY!

:heh: y'all see the episode of "friends" where someone was complaining about this very thing, and joey decides it is the cool way to say it? :heh:

[cruelpupet]

No i didnt! When was it on??? I'd love to see that episode.

[irwin]

Originally posted by rum

Originally posted by Passwird
No one in my house flushes the toilet. It's more than petty.



Thats pretty gross man. Doesn't it smell if you leave pis in there overnight?

Yes, actually it does. I cannot believe my brother doesn't flush. No matter how much I try to convince him otherwise, he continues to think that by not flushing the toilet, he's keeping the water bill lower by a significant amount.

[Hollywood]

Hehe.. you know what is really suck?

People that gulp down their drink and make the most horrific noise with their throat known to man; a gurlgling, gulping, nasty noise.

Can't ya take your time??!

GRR....

[m0j0]

Originally posted by cruelpupet
No i didnt! When was it on??? I'd love to see that episode.

it was in the last 2 seasons

[zenbooty]

People who scrape their fork across their teeth when they eat. Ayeeee!!!

[Leon]

ETC...

Is supposed to be et cetera.
NOT Eck Cedra

[coleslaw]

No offense to the man or anything (honestly), but a petty annoyance of mine is the number of spelling, grammatical, and punction mistakes made by Crazyace on the news page. It almost makes me want to not read the news sometimes. :(

[Jeffbx]

A couple of common spelling errors that drive me up the wall:

'Alot' is NOT a word. A LOT is two words.

'Guarantee' and 'warranty', not 'guaranty' and 'warrantee'.

I'll let it slide for those who are using english as a second+ language. For everyone else, please get a clue. The line forms here...

[styleee]

i HATE IT when people misuse they're / there / their!

ahhh

they're = they are
there = a place, like, over there
their = something belonging to a group 'their house.'

it's not hard people.

[m0j0]

Originally posted by styleee
i HATE IT when people misuse they're / there / their!

ahhh

they're = they are
there = a place, like, over there
their = something belonging to a group 'their house.'

it's not hard people.




there just learning. their, i said it.

[hapoo]

I think you people just need to relax a bit. Some of you have huge metal rods up your ass that you need to pull out.

[m0j0]

it's the bad times that let us know to appreciate the good times

[StonedWheat]

I can't stand when someone looks over my shoulder while i'm surfing the web. It's somehow worse then sharing a newspaper with someone.

[styleee]

Originally posted by StonedWheat
I can't stand when someone looks over my shoulder while i'm surfing the web. It's somehow worse then sharing a newspaper with someone.

OH NO!!!

666 posts on FRIDAY THE 13th!!

[Jeffbx]

I also hate it when people want to 'axe' me a question.

[apmiller]

I just hate people in general. Who needs them. They just get in the way of the things I want to do.

Like when I'm home playing a video game and the boss wants me to GO TO work and do something because I'm supposedly LATE for work.

And when I'm driving in my car and the cops say it WRONG to use people as speed bumbs. Then the OTHER cop said it was WRONG to run down the first cop! What is this word coming too? When I guy can't...Sorry but the doctor says I have to go back to my room now.

[Butch]

2 Annoying things -

1. Short people who use umbrellas - I'm always afraid I'm going to get poked in the eye. It's one thing if it's POURING out . . . but seems like the vast majority of them will use 'em even if there's a slight mist. Being that I work in midtown Manhattan, the worst is a short family of tourists doing some sight seeing in the rain. They all have umbrellas and they all walk in a line across the damn sidewalk - essentially forming a barrier of umbrellas.

2. That Kelloggs Raisin Bran Crunch commercial where they're on a farm and a guy goes to get milk from what he thinks is a cow . . . A girl seeing this asks her friend, "Are you going to tell him that's a boy cow?" . . . a BOY COW?? There's no such damn thing as a boy cow . . . it's called a BULL!

[Jenny]

I take offense at that one about short people. I'm only
4' 10 1/2" tall. I use an umbrella if it is raining outside... ?? :disa:

[irwin]

Oh another annoying commercial is that Taco Bell one.

You know, the one with those 2 guys going "ZESTY!" "Uno, Dos, ZESTY!"

MAKES ME GRIND MY TEETH

[m0j0]

Originally posted by Jenny
<snip> I'm only
4' 10 1/2" tall. <snip>

hubba-hubba :naughty:

[cruelpupet]

ummmm why is 4'10" exciting to you???

[Jenny]

Originally posted by cruelpupet
ummmm why is 4'10" exciting to you???

Umm, no no. You forgot the 1/2" ;) That makes a big difference!

[cruelpupet]

hey jenny why dont you post a pic in the Off topic: Pictures thread

[Jenny]

Just ask Nice & hapoo. They've seen my picture. No way... :(

[Rain]

Wow, 4-10 1/2? Nice to meet you, I'm 6'6". :)

[Jenny]

Would you give me 6 inches??

[ArkiStan]

yeah, for a moment I thought she was saying "can you give me 6" of your height so I can be 6"taller?" haha...silly me.

anyway, let's see a pic Jenny. Wasn't there a pic of you a long time ago? I think you were in some kind of animal suit and you were holding the head by your side...or maybe that was someonw else...

[Jenny]

Nah, that was Leon. :) But yes, I've had my picture on here before.

[Rain]

Women in animal suits are sexy.

Wait. Was that my out loud voice?

Damnit!

<hides head in shame>

[ArkiStan]

you know what's sexier? Animals in Women suits...yeah....and yes I said that out loud.


Hey Jenny, it seems like you don't hang out in the Off Topic forum as much as before. So this is where you've been.

[Jenny]

Actually, I'm in off-topic most of the time. Just don't post as much. Been busy with this site working! :P

[OC]

My pet peeves -

Unflushed toilets and urinals in public rest rooms.

People that don't use turn signals.

Not using the correct word when typing - like your, you're, there, their, and they're. This is either really hard to get right, or education just sucks in this country.

Bathroom humor (WHY is it so popular?!?)

Big SUVs with only one person inside. The smaller SUVs don't really bug me much.

People that just refuse to admit they're wrong.

Pop up windows (AAARRRGHH!!!!). There oughtta be a law....

People that talk openly and frankly about private (and sometimes gross) bodily functions. I really don't freaking care, you know? That's between you and your doctor, and the last time I checked I was neither.

That's all I can think of right now.

-OC

[styleee]

Originally posted by Butch


1. Short people who use umbrellas - I'm always afraid I'm going to get poked in the eye. It's one thing if it's POURING out . . . but seems like the vast majority of them will use 'em even if there's a slight mist. Being that I work in midtown Manhattan, the worst is a short family of tourists doing some sight seeing in the rain. They all have umbrellas and they all walk in a line across the damn sidewalk - essentially forming a barrier of umbrellas.


so much worse are the bozos who need to use freakin' golf umbrellas! those things will really poke yur eye out! and of course, i work in SOHO where the sidewalks are pretty narrow, so it makes it even worse. when my office was in midtown at least the sidewalks were wide, you could navigate around them. now, i just have to jump into the street when someone is walking by me :( and like you said, it would be one thing if it were pouring out, but usually they are just afraid of getting a little water on their $4000 suit. bastards

[OC]

Thought of more -

People that call wheels "rims". Wheels are not rims. They have rims, but so does my coffee cup.

Referring to free hard drive space as "memory".

Walking into a house that reeks of cigarette smoke. That's just disgusting. Open a window already. Menthol cigs are the worst when it comes to the smell of smoke.

Carburetors.

Pro wrestling. It's all fake, and it's a soap opera.

The two guys on Crank and Chrome. Has anyone else noticed just how often they say "pretty good shape"?

TNNs "pop" campaign. God, how stupid this is.

Commercials that yell at you. And those that have "But wait - there's more!" in them.

Rich people in commercials telling me what a bargain something is. Like they have to worry about bargains.

That Starblazers is not readily available on DVD.

That Star Wars is not available on DVD.

Ok, that's enough.

-OC

[cruelpupet]

Originally posted by overclocked

Referring to free hard drive space as "memory".

-OC


Well part of the hard drive is used for virtual memory

[Rain]

Then you've got RAM Drive, which is memory used as hard drive space. :)

[Jeffbx]

People who say 'irregardless'. It's 'regardless'. 'Irregardless' is NOT a word.

Boy, I'm pretty damn picky....

[zero2dash]

I agree with most of them up to this point, and I have another one...forwarded email. It's the WORST. What's even 100x WORSE is when it's a family member, with AOL (like my sister). Good grief. I get a forward from her at least once a week. (Also from my aunt/uncle, who also have AOL) And the forwards are ALWAYS the damn dumbest things in the world. It's either a) a stupid joke, b) a stupid chain letter, or c) some dumb paper i.e. "write down the first things that come to mind" etc. I'm still wondering how the hell to tell them to stop; I'm about to MASS-email everyone in my address book and say "Friends don't let friends send forwarded email...so please stop." Sheesh. :P

Heh...AOL itself is a petty annoyance, actually. All those dumb idiots on the commercials are the worst. "It's so easy to use!" Gee, is it really? So is Internet Explorer. And Outlook Express. And MSN Messenger. Hell, even MSN Explorer is a decent app (if those people are too stupid or lazy to open 3 programs), and it beats AOL because it doesn't censor sites or cut them out (from what I hear, AOL does that). It also doesn't give you a GUARANTEED spam box every day. :splat:

Thank God for Earthlink DSL...:heh:

[brain]

Along the lines of people who like to "axe" questions... What about people who like to take "pitchers"? Do they walk into bars and steal pitchers of beer?

[irwin]

People who chew with their mouth open, especially with gum.

[OC]

Pokemon. Barney. The buzzer on my clothes dryer. Mornings. The Icy Hot Stuntaz.

[Edited by overclocked on 05-05-2001 at 03:40 PM]

[Black Francis]

People who use the word motor instead of engine......

Motors are battery powered.....
Engines are gas powered.....

I really don't know why this bothers me.

[OC]

I really hate websites that have a first page that says "Click here to enter". I've obviously already clicked on a link or typed in a URL, so why not just show me the GD website?!? This ranks right up with pop-up windows on the annoyance scale as far as I'm concerned.

Oh, and e-tailers that don't post prices. I don't mind the occasional "please call for prices" but when the entire online catalog is like that I go elsewhere.

[irwin]

Originally posted by overclocked
I really hate websites that have a first page that says "Click here to enter". I've obviously already clicked on a link or typed in a URL, so why not just show me the GD website?!? This ranks right up with pop-up windows on the annoyance scale as far as I'm concerned.

Oh, and e-tailers that don't post prices. I don't mind the occasional "please call for prices" but when the entire online catalog is like that I go elsewhere.

Why do they do that call thing anyways?

[OC]

Originally posted by Passwird

Originally posted by overclocked
I really hate websites that have a first page that says "Click here to enter". I've obviously already clicked on a link or typed in a URL, so why not just show me the GD website?!? This ranks right up with pop-up windows on the annoyance scale as far as I'm concerned.

Oh, and e-tailers that don't post prices. I don't mind the occasional "please call for prices" but when the entire online catalog is like that I go elsewhere.

Why do they do that call thing anyways?

I can see if it's a brand spanking new item or something like that, but otherwise I can only see two possibilities - either they are too lazy/dumb to realize the real nature of the Internet, or they want you to talk to a high-pressure salesperson to wring the most money from you. Hence my shopping elsewhere.

[topane]

I hate it when people misuse "s" and "'s"--the "s" is plural and the "'s" is possessive or contraction, dammit!

[Burzhui]

Posted by Jenny


Would you give me 6 inches??


I have 8 inches that are up for grabs :):):)
No offence was meant to Jenny,other members of the group etc. Void where prohibited(everywhere), some restrictios may apply.

Nah but i'm just kidding all respects go out to jenny for keeping a sweet database of coupons.

Main pet peeve is when people say axe instead of ask... may god those people should be shot