Pet Peeves

[Firebutt McGee]

Cab drivers in Maryland, specifically at Silver Spring Metro Station, that take FOREVER to get out of the roundabout, so that you end up spending 3 bucks before you leave East West Highway and Wayne St. Yeah right, timing of the lights, my ass.

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
  Sports media coverage of poker. Poker is not a sport   :mad:  .

Neither is golf and they have that shit on telly constantly.

[Frank Gallagher]

People who park across two parking spaces....especially if it's some piece of crap 85 camaro or something. You should be able to key a car if it is taking up more than a single space.
 
 People who are always in a hurry as though they're more important than those of us who got up early enough to take our time on the FUCKING METRO ESCALATOR.
 
 People who walk down the street talking on their blue tooth...How many times have you thought they were talking to you as they approached you?
 
 People who rush to the boarding gate as soon as the flight is announced. YOU HAVE A TICKET WITH AN ASSIGNED SEAT...CHILL THE FUCK OUT! And anyway, I have Rory (3 year old son) with me so will get to board before you, you prick. (Southwest passengers excepted, besides you deserve to be hussled you cheap bastards)
 
 Those big foam #1 finger thingies they have at college sports...and the morons who wave them at the camera while shouting "Hi mom" or something just as lame. You can't all be number fucking one for crying out loud.
 
 Baseball hats worn backwards, unless you are actually a baseball catcher you look like a complete PRICK......and women wearing baseball hats, especially if they have a ponytail sticking out the hole in the back were the size adjustment thing is.
 
 BMW drivers...You may have paid far too much for you piece of shit, but you didn't actually buy the road as well.
 
 Lexus drivers... NEWS FLASH!! It's a fucking Toyota, the only premium is on the selling price.
 
 That's it for now...there's oh so many more because I've reached that grumpy old man age.

[xcanuck]

I love this thread. I thought I was the only curmudgeon on this forum    Here we go:
 
 - Drivers who don't follow the rules of the road.
 
 - Pedestrians who cross the street in the middle of the road and expect cars to stop for them.
 
 - Poor spelling and grammar.
 
 - The religous right.
 
 - Spitters.
 
 - Littering.
 
 *phew* Nice to get that off my chest. As Kevin Drew says, "We hate your hate".

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

People on the Metro who lean their lazy selves against the poles, meaning nobody else can hang on to it.
 
 People on the Metro who park their fat ass against the panels by the door as soon as they get on, thereby reducing the number of people who can move through the door in a certain time frame.  I always try to step on the feet of such people as I'm getting on the train.

[Guiny]

Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
  People on the Metro who lean their lazy selves against the poles, meaning nobody else can hang on to it.

Excellant one.

[Sir HC]

People who do not stop a phone conversation when dealing with people in person.  Worst offenders when you get to the register at Jiffy-Lube or wherever hang-up and deal with the in-person person.  I once asked the woman at the counter of Jiffy-Lube about the lady before me who did nothing to slow her phone conversation (earpiece phone) about how she handles it.  She said "Want to rip the damn things out!"  I have to agree.  Another classic was in line at the pharmacy a woman talking loud to the other person in a passive-agressive way to complain about the slow service.  In between those bitchings she was talking about the cops finding pot in her car and other personal matters.  I didn't need to know that.

[Relaxer]

People who drive their cars in bike lanes.
 
 Drivers who illegally turn right on red between 7 and 7, or when there's clearly a sign saying NO TURN ON RED. I can't tell you how many times I get cursed out or honked at by cars who want to illegally turn but are blocked by me and my bike.
 
 Drivers who double-park right in front of a perfectly good parking spot.
 
 (Observations made in downtown DC, though approximately 75% of offenders have Maryland plates. Just sayin'.)

Drummers who twirl sticks.   If you want to twirl go join a marching band.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Since when did you ever take Metro to work?   :eek:  
 
 

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
  People who park across two parking spaces....especially if it's some piece of crap 85 camaro or something. You should be able to key a car if it is taking up more than a single space.
 
 People who are always in a hurry as though they're more important than those of us who got up early enough to take our time on the FUCKING METRO ESCALATOR.
 
 People who walk down the street talking on their blue tooth...How many times have you thought they were talking to you as they approached you?
 
 People who rush to the boarding gate as soon as the flight is announced. YOU HAVE A TICKET WITH AN ASSIGNED SEAT...CHILL THE FUCK OUT! And anyway, I have Rory (3 year old son) with me so will get to board before you, you prick. (Southwest passengers excepted, besides you deserve to be hussled you cheap bastards)
 
 Those big foam #1 finger thingies they have at college sports...and the morons who wave them at the camera while shouting "Hi mom" or something just as lame. You can't all be number fucking one for crying out loud.
 
 Baseball hats worn backwards, unless you are actually a baseball catcher you look like a complete PRICK......and women wearing baseball hats, especially if they have a ponytail sticking out the hole in the back were the size adjustment thing is.
 
 BMW drivers...You may have paid far too much for you piece of shit, but you didn't actually buy the road as well.
 
 Lexus drivers... NEWS FLASH!! It's a fucking Toyota, the only premium is on the selling price.
 
 That's it for now...there's oh so many more because I've reached that grumpy old man age.

[kevhender]

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
  People who are always in a hurry as though they're more important than those of us who got up early enough to take our time on the FUCKING METRO ESCALATOR.

This is a terrible argument.  You've obviously never missed a train by 2-3 seconds and had to wait 10-20 minutes for the next one.  You're perfectly capable of standing to only one side of the escalator to allow people to walk past.

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
 
 People who rush to the boarding gate as soon as the flight is announced. YOU HAVE A TICKET WITH AN ASSIGNED SEAT...CHILL THE FUCK OUT! And anyway, I have Rory (3 year old son) with me so will get to board before you, you prick. (Southwest passengers excepted, besides you deserve to be hussled you cheap bastards)
 

Heh, there are also the clods who queue up at the gate before the flight is announced.  Again, with reserved seating, this makes a difference how?

[Sir HC]

Originally posted by They call me Doctor Doom.:
   

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
 
 People who rush to the boarding gate as soon as the flight is announced. YOU HAVE A TICKET WITH AN ASSIGNED SEAT...CHILL THE FUCK OUT! And anyway, I have Rory (3 year old son) with me so will get to board before you, you prick. (Southwest passengers excepted, besides you deserve to be hussled you cheap bastards)
 

Heh, there are also the clods who queue up at the gate before the flight is announced.  Again, with reserved seating, this makes a difference how? [/b]

Overhead bins, that is how.  Until you have been screwed by these mega-baggers who put nothing under their seats, you don't know hell.  Get on the plane, then they have to check your small carry-on (you have one under the seat already), because of these people stuffing the overhead bins with huge suitcases.

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by Sir HC:
  Overhead bins, that is how.  Until you have been screwed by these mega-baggers who put nothing under their seats, you don't know hell.  Get on the plane, then they have to check your small carry-on (you have one under the seat already), because of these people stuffing the overhead bins with huge suitcases.

On a related note, those stupid bags with wheels everybody has now are really annoying, they are the same ones they want to shove in the overhead bin, does EVERYONE need to have one?

[bellenseb]

When you have a green arrow to turn left, and clueless pedestrians barge into the intersection as soon as the other light changes, even though this is your 4 seconds to make the turn in the traffic cycle, even though the sign says DON'T WALK. 14th and K, 14th and U always have herds of these people.