What is some of your Pet Peeve's

   / What is some of your Pet Peeve's #1,601  
Damn... now that's going to annoy me. I never noticed before!
 
   / What is some of your Pet Peeve's #1,602  
Don't know if this has already been mentioned but streaming services that drop shows just after you discover them, but haven't watched all the episodes yet.
Then the hunt is on to find another service that has it, only to find that it's only on some pay channel.
Yet the crap you have no interest in stays there forever, and on multiple services.
 
   / What is some of your Pet Peeve's #1,603  
Don't know if this has already been mentioned but streaming services that drop shows just after you discover them, but haven't watched all the episodes yet.
Then the hunt is on to find another service that has it, only to find that it's only on some pay channel.
Yet the crap you have no interest in stays there forever, and on multiple services.
Years ago, one of the streaming services (Netflix?) had MASH. Despite having seen probably almost every episode several times as re-runs, I decided I was going to watch the whole series in its proper order, for the first time.

I think I was in season 3 when they dropped it from their lineup! :oops:
 
   / What is some of your Pet Peeve's #1,604  
Damn... now that's going to annoy me. I never noticed before!
Examples:

Wrong - Sheriff Teasle's cruiser in Rambo First Blood
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Right - Pace's Cadillac in Gone in 60 Seconds

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   / What is some of your Pet Peeve's #1,608  
Product packaging in general. Sometimes, no, I'm certain, that product packaging designers have stock in plastics companies, so the more plastic in the packaging, the better.

Sub-pet peeve: Packaging, mostly on products that hang from rods on displays, that are damn near impossible to get open without a big pair of scissors, a butcher knife, explosives, or a combination of those items.

I just bought a package of two Energizer 2032 coin cells, and what a pain in the butt to get them out.
Now I'm in a bad mood for the rest of the day.

Oh yeah, the pack of two cells was $3.49, a ripoff, but the pack of four was $8.99. WTF? I had to look at that for a minute to let it sink in. I wonder how many people buy the four-pack without looking at the price of two two-packs.
 
   / What is some of your Pet Peeve's #1,609  
BravoXray, just look at all the extra plastic you are getting on the 4 pack deal ! LOL
I get the same batteries, and it definitely is a challenge getting them out of the tough packaging they come in. Have to be very careful so we don,t cut ourselves up getting them out of the packaging.
 
   / What is some of your Pet Peeve's #1,611  
The tittel of this tread with..."is"...and..."apostrophe s"...just tain't knot write...!
I had never noticed that before, and I'm kind of a punctuation nit picker.
 
   / What is some of your Pet Peeve's #1,612  
Pet Peeve - Movies where they remove the interior rear view mirror for chase scenes. I know they don't want you to see the camera in the back seat, but there are creative ways to do it while leaving it in place.
My understanding of the classic chase scene in “Bullitt” (Steve McQueen) was that if the rear view mirror was flipped down a stunt man was driving, flipped up and it was the actors themselves driving. Good back stories to that scene.
 
   / What is some of your Pet Peeve's #1,613  
5-7 minute how to you tube videos where you have to watch a 3 minute introduction...
With maybe 2 minutes of actual content, and the part you really wanted to see got glossed over. :mad:
Sub-pet peeve: Packaging, mostly on products that hang from rods on displays, that are damn near impossible to get open without a big pair of scissors, a butcher knife, explosives, or a combination of those items.
Yeah, then you break the actual product getting it out because the packaging is stronger.
 
   / What is some of your Pet Peeve's #1,614  
5-7 minute how to you tube videos where you have to watch a 3 minute introduction...
Yet all that you need is the last 40 seconds to show what you need.
 
   / What is some of your Pet Peeve's #1,615  
The tittel of this tread with..."is"...and..."apostrophe s"...just tain't knot write...!
That was pointed out to the OP early in the thread, and mentioned a few times since.

Sub-pet peeve: Packaging, mostly on products that hang from rods on displays, that are damn near impossible to get open without a big pair of scissors, a butcher knife, explosives, or a combination of those items.
There was a video posted a few years ago showing how to open them with a hand crank can opener.
 
   / What is some of your Pet Peeve's #1,616  
With maybe 2 minutes of actual content, and the part you really wanted to see got glossed over. :mad:

Yeah, then you break the actual product getting it out because the packaging is stronger.
Those tag pins stores use are a beech! You put on a new shirt, remove 12 but find 3 more that scratch your neck!
Anything electrical has lots of twisties you have to untwist. Sometimes whatever I need unwrapped in a hurry I usually cut my hands because the plastic stretches 5X before it finally snaps!
Years ago we saw a documentary about that, the Crickenberger scale, named after the packaging engineer/designer. 0 to 10 scale, 10 most difficult because he discovered kids especially the more difficult it is to unpack something the more it's perceived value is.
A toy truck for example you grab & buy isn't worth as much as one in a box, blister-packed and you have to put the wheels on.
 
   / What is some of your Pet Peeve's #1,619  
And the instructions are all written in Spanish!!!
 

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