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WinkAway
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posted January 14, 2010 05:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for WinkAway     Edit/Delete Message
Okay I have to vent.
I hate when I go to the women's bathroom and the woman in the next stall next to me is on her cell phone! Seriously, does the person on the other end of the phone want to hear the toilet flush? Or other not so nice bodily functions? So do I hold in my pee till I can tell she hung up the freaking phone?
Ugg!... or am I just being anal (pun intended)?

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vapor-lash
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posted January 14, 2010 06:03 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for vapor-lash     Edit/Delete Message
LOL ^

Ok I hate when that ^ happens to me.. If I'm in the stall and someone rings.. I usually hang up - unless it's important. Sometimes I had to pick up though lol

Winkaway - what if you were about to meet a friend.. and you missed each other 3 times, and she's calling to figure out where you are.. for example.
Wouldn't you pick up and say "Sorry I'm in the bathroom.. I'll be out in a sec"..
so that she doesn't leave - and you miss each other *again*?

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WinkAway
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posted January 14, 2010 06:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for WinkAway     Edit/Delete Message
LOL... Yeah I've actually done that.
And I think that's okay.
But this lady today was talking casually about what they were going to have for dinner...come on!

eeeewwwwwwwww

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Dervish
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posted January 14, 2010 06:50 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Dervish     Edit/Delete Message
I've ran into this a few times. I figure it's on the one with the phone's head if the other one is offended or whatever. I'll give it a few moments, but after that I just don't care.

What really bugs me about it is that it startles me to hear talking. I know I should be used to it, but I can't help but wonder what if it's a schizo in there who might get violent?

There's a guy I do biz with who likes to call me while he's on the toilet, though he hasn't in awhile now (at all). Sometimes I think I should ask him if that's the only time he has to call people or if he has some weird fetish/kink (similar to a flasher). I guess my time living on the streets & such has left me more exasperated than offended or disgusted by his behavior, but there's no way I could do that myself...even if I did crack a smile once as I thought about calling HIM from the toilet.

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Dervish
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posted January 14, 2010 06:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Dervish     Edit/Delete Message
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But this lady today was talking casually about what they were going to have for dinner

Ah yes, a Discordian (and Aquarius) friend and I were at an art exhibit once that featured huge pix of feces, and I asked her as we (and others we didn't know) were looking at it, "So, feel like Mexican?" She got into the game real fast. She just likes playing with people that way. I have no idea what others around were thinking.

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vapor-lash
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posted January 14, 2010 07:38 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for vapor-lash     Edit/Delete Message
Oh God! ^ that reminds me of two things actually lol

One is a girl who used to answer her phone while she was having sex with her bf - they both thought this was kinky. It was SOOOOOO awkward when I realized what she was doing lol
I had to laugh about it later though..

The second is an Aquarian friend of mine who went a little crazy while we were shopping. She was trying something on and started throwing all of her clothes out around the shop and yelling at the shop assistant to bring her different sizes. It was quite a small shop and it was pretty embarrassing for me & her other friend..

AND - talking about shop assistants.. they are often a pet peeve of mine. I generally know what I'm looking for and I don't need all that much assistance. In some shops every 5 minutes you get someone asking if you need help.. When you try something on - again - every few seconds "do you need any help" etc..

It's like - LADY! If I needed help - I'd let you *know*..

It gets even more annoying when they try to get you to buy something that you know looks bad or ridiculous.. "oh it really makes you look a million dollars".. lol me: "oh it really costs a million dollars to... and it kind of looks like I got it from a futuristic sci-fi geek carnival.. so no thanks."

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GypseeWind
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posted January 14, 2010 08:46 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for GypseeWind     Edit/Delete Message
GAH! Pet peeves, I've got a mil..

Double Dippers should be shot on site.

and people who cannot control their children. Seriously, I have left a cart full of groceries to save the other customers when my kids were acting up. I mean how do you just ignore a kid screaming so loud I can actually SEE HIS UVULA FLAPPING? (I probably spelled that wrong, but you know what I mean, err, I hope!)

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koiflower
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posted January 15, 2010 06:59 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for koiflower     Edit/Delete Message
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The second is an Aquarian friend of mine who went a little crazy while we were shopping.

You have to watch those Aquarians

My peeves:

*** Barking dogs.

*** Loud people talking on their mobile.

*** Shop assistances that cough into their hand before they hand back change.

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blue moon
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posted January 15, 2010 07:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for blue moon     Edit/Delete Message
Pet peeves => people listening to my ablutions when I am in a public toilet cubicle.

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vapor-lash
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posted January 15, 2010 08:18 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for vapor-lash     Edit/Delete Message
Lol BlueMoon - Actually that doesn't always bother me.. But occasionally I'll get an awkward moment lol

Once I walked into a toilet - and there was just one other person there. When I walked in I could hear them peeing.. But all of the sudden it stopped - almost as soon as I opened the door.. like they were holding back.

So I walked into a cubicle.. The person was still there and still holding back.

In my mind I was going: "OMG please just pee Lady! Please pee! Lol" how annoying..

So yeah I felt bad and - I couldn't pee myself and there we both were.. waiting for someone to pee first.

Anyway I realized this could take some time LOL
So I got out and turned a water tap on..

Then went back and peed. I think she peed also.. I don't know because she waited for me to exit the bathroom.

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posted January 15, 2010 08:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for vapor-lash     Edit/Delete Message
lol BTW have you girls ever had a man accidentally walk in?
This has happened to me twice - both honest mistakes (not a jerk - slash - rapist) but it was just hilarious how embarrassed they were!

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Dervish
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posted January 15, 2010 08:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Dervish     Edit/Delete Message
A pet peeve of mine is when something is mislabeled. For example, a sad movie that's listed as a comedy (which I find happens quite a bit). I also don't like it when a so-called news show acts more like a tabloid (it's the mislabeling that annoys me).

And where I last lived before here, a lot of people were into yelling, especially when another drug dealer moved in (with enough signs that they might as well put up a flashing neon sign on what they were doing, but would still take the cops several months at least to raid it, even with neighbors calling in to complain). The most annoying were those who'd say "**** " (or some variant thereof) every other word, which I presume was to give their brain precious seconds to think of the next word they wanted to use. When my AC broke down last summer I had the windows open a lot and I got to hear a lot of that in stereo.

Oh, yes, in that area was A LOT of litter & worse. One of the worst to me was where a child was climbing in a tree and other children were skateboarding over thick amounts of broken glass. I asked some of the moms who were out why they didn't clean that up and they said it was someone else's responsibility (just whose exactly I suppose they'd figure out once they needed to sue someone for the bills generated by taking their child to the hospital). (I ended up doing it myself, as I'd done repeatedly, for fear of animals licking shards off their paws if nothing else.) Oh, yes, a cleaning crew for a Catholic Church ignored dog droppings because it was a couple of inches or so off their property (close enough it would've been easy to reach over and scoop it up with the tools they had). Just not their responsibility.

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LEXX
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posted January 15, 2010 09:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for LEXX     Edit/Delete Message
My goodness but folks sure get freaked out over natural bodily functions!

Peeves?
Long finger nailed women (or men) preparing food. Especially gross is helping at a social dinner, going to the bathroom and hearing women with long painted nails b!tching about being on the rag, and then leaving the bathroom after changing pads or tampons, not washing their hands, and going back out to handle food preparation.
big ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

Window rattling boom boxers.
Butt crack a$$ dragging pants.
People who let their damn dogs loose to sh!t in my yard and or attack me.
Religious morons banging on my door and leaving their crap.
People who tell kids to cover their mouths when coughing and or sneezing...wtf you idiots! Yeah get them to snot on their hands and smear it everywhere they can! Yuuuucky!
Snot nosed kids...someone please wipe the greeny boogers off or teach those kids some hygiene! Or leave the little disease vectors at home!
Yeah, double dippers are gross too.
Statistically it is said in some polls that 90% of folks do not wash their hands after using the bathroom. That really is disgusting.
Women trying to use the toilet without sitting who pee and worse on the lid and floor, or leave shoe prints as they try to squat like a gargoyle on the toilet seat. At least clean up your mess b!tch!And flush for crying out loud when you are done!
People with hellspawn spoiled loud screaming brats in public.
Jerks who park partially in my yard visiting neighbors. I am considering putting tire puncture booby traps in or sink holes since they are leaving big trenches anyhow.
With houses so close together stupid neighbors who put stinking garbage cans within 3 feet of my bedroom window.
Trash pick up guys who leave my cans in the street or throw them and break them.
Non disabled folks using the handicap parking, especially fit folks cheating using a handicap parking space when no one disabled is with them.
Courthouse without handicap access, only stairs.
Ok...enough rants for now...

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posted January 16, 2010 04:01 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for PeaceAngel     Edit/Delete Message

I'm yet to encounter the toilet phone issue. Never thought about that one.

Pet peeve - can't stand hearing other people drink, chew or swallow.

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koiflower
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posted January 16, 2010 05:27 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for koiflower     Edit/Delete Message
LEXX - I'm envious of your list. Mine pales in comparison!!!

The toilet thing - where people hold on because someone else is there. I don't care if someone comes in while I'm peeing, BUT.......

.... it's weird how I can't pee when we enter at the same time and then both are sitting there, silently whistling, trying to relax while tensing the thigh muscles while we balance over the porcelain.

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blue moon
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posted January 16, 2010 09:50 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for blue moon     Edit/Delete Message
I confess that I prefer to do my bowel movements in the privacy of my own home.

The other, no, I don't worry if that gets heard.

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Cheshire Kat
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posted January 16, 2010 11:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Cheshire Kat     Edit/Delete Message
-Guys who are strongly into the "bros before ho's" mode, wow I feel sorry for your mother, sister, aunt, grandma, niece, daughter, and girlfriend lol

-Girls who talk bad about a another girl's hair, especially when they themselves are wearing fake hair extentions, dye and what not.

-People who talk about people they barely know as if they actually sat down and had a serious conversation with that person, only to find out that they just pass that person in the hallways.

-When you accidently make eye contact with someone and all of the sudden they make a big deal out of it, like you were trying to start something.

-People who leave unpurchased clothes and hangers littered on the dressing room floor, it makes me feel bad and I feel have to gather them up and give them to the dressing room attendant, just so the don't have to come and clean it up.

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posted January 20, 2010 04:59 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jane     Edit/Delete Message
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What really bugs me about it is that it startles me to hear talking. I know I should be used to it, but I can't help but wonder what if it's a schizo in there who might get violent?

That reminds me of something that happened last weekend. I called my sister in the morning. She was in the Dunkin Donuts drive thru. Turns out she was getting breakfast there - sandwich & a coffee - and had just come from Starbucks and hadn't yet drank her White Mocha from them. My sister spends a fortune on coffee. I tease her for it, and she hates when I do that. (She hates it so much she'd probably put it on her pet peeves list.)

So when I learned that she hadn't even finished her Starbucks drink yet and was waiting for another coffee, I teased her, "That's just demented." She yelled at me with all the fury of her Mars cnj Mercury square Pluto, "You're demented!!!" (She's great with comebacks. ) Right when she was yelling that, the drive thru guy opened his window and handed her her coffee.

Her cell was on speaker and was sitting in her bag on her lap, so he didn't see the phone. He must've been terrified to see a woman alone in her car screaming those words. He even had someone else hand her the sandwich, probably too scared to face my sister again.

Although quick to yell at me, my sister makes up for that with a good sense of humor because even she found all that hilarious.

Btw, I've experienced the reverse of that quote. I've assumed someone was on their phone, only to learn later that there in fact was no phone.

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posted January 20, 2010 05:03 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for jane     Edit/Delete Message
Pet peeve
I hate when I'm in a public place - restroom, movie theater, subway - and even though the place is filled with slabs of available seats, someone takes the seat right next to me. I'm often tempted to act like a freak to get them to leave, like turn to them and hiss.

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posted January 20, 2010 05:31 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for WinkAway     Edit/Delete Message
LMAO Jane :-)
Thanks I needed a good laugh today.

Okay, the day I posted this about the lady in the stall next to me on the phone. Let's just say I had some tummy trouble that day and was a little loud....lol.
And all I could think was.. what would I think if I was the person on the other end? I'd probably be laughing, but still..
And worse off... they go on talking about dinner...ugg!

Since then I have a couple more..
people who pick their noses and eat the bugars like they don't care if you're watching...eeeeewwwwww!

And people who take itty bitty babies to the movies...and the baby cries and cries and the mom doesn't find it nessecary to take the baby in the hall until she's cried out or calmed down. Movies now days cost an arm and a leg for 2 people. C'mon people, get a freaking baby sitter!

LEXX.... You rock

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posted January 20, 2010 10:33 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for BlueTopaz124     Edit/Delete Message
Traffic has been mentioned on other threads but here's another one - people who just have to speed up to be in front of you with their car only to slow waay down and barely go the speed limit.

I drove behind someone who kept turning their turn signal on to turn left but kept driving, then turn off the signal, turn it back on again, never turning left...I understand being lost or unfamiliar, but this person drove a ways in busy city traffic....my luck to be behind this person.

I'm at least glad that Jan 1 only hands-free phones whilst driving here in Oregon...no more morons driving with one hand trying to turn the wheel and the other hand with a phone stuck to their ear.

People who take their time getting onto a packed elevator during commute hours as though everyone has all the time in the world to wait for them...these same people at lunch usually amble slowly onto the elevator, with both of their hands full holding food and expect anyone else to push their floor button for them.

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posted January 20, 2010 11:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for GypseeWind     Edit/Delete Message
HAHA! LOL @ Jane and her sister!!!
If I was the drive thru person, I probably would of called all my co-workers over to witness the "crazy lady in the car."

And, Jane, I hate that movie thing too!!!
Plus, I'm short so I'm a magnet for the tallest person to sit directly in front me when there are dozens of other seats, in fact, nobody likes going to the movies with me, because I make everyone move three or four times until I can SEE.

I'de never thought of hissing ~ Thanks for the suggestion.

I wonder if hissing at the drive thru people when they muck up your order would be okay?

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posted January 21, 2010 02:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Dervish     Edit/Delete Message
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people who pick their noses and eat the bugars like they don't care if you're watching

Are these people above age 12? If so, WHERE did you see such people, and what age (as best as you could tell) were they?

I don't think I've ever seen an adult, or even a teen, do that (this is to include the eating), though I could imagine someone doing it on a dare or to be intentionally disgusting (and vastly immature sense of humor).

quote:
And people who take itty bitty babies to the movies...and the baby cries and cries and the mom doesn't find it nessecary to take the baby in the hall until she's cried out or calmed down. Movies now days cost an arm and a leg for 2 people. C'mon people, get a freaking baby sitter!

Once you have more than one kid, a babysitter is definitely cheaper. I don't know if infants get charged admission though (they definitely should--and I think a special price, like elderly get to pay less, those under 6 or act like it should have to pay more ). That's not even counting the food & drink most kids demand, typically at movie prices. I never believe them when they say it's cheaper, though maybe it's just one less thing to do (ie, arranging for it), though if it's laziness, it's a pretty stupid laziness (since I'd think taking children not fit for the movies would be even harder work).

But is it that hard to find someone to even sit with an infant for free long enough to take in a movie? I wouldn't think that would be difficult. I can see a toddler being harder to find someone for, but even then I'd think it was possible.

My theory is that they want others to share their pain since I'd think it would mess up their own experience, too. Tip: under darkness and the cover of wailing, they'll never know who threw food & drink at them--and no one will rat you out (anyone who sees you will probably be inspired to join in, maybe even making a quick trip to the concession stand...).

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posted January 21, 2010 05:05 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for wheels of cheese     Edit/Delete Message
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I confess that I prefer to do my bowel movements in the privacy of my own home.

I don't Blue. I save them up for work so that way I get paid for it.

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posted January 21, 2010 05:14 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for wheels of cheese     Edit/Delete Message
People who make Facebook profiles for their really small kids.

Status update:
"Caiden did a poo in his nappy"

WTF man?

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