What is some of your Pet Peeve's

[Jstpssng]

Well, as more people transition to cellphones, the phone book becomes more and more useless. Even many small businesses go that route today. I've seen ads for Spectrum business internet where a "free" cell account is included in the price.
Not sure why cell #s aren't included in phonebooks.

That was the argument for phasing them out. Yet now you have to pay for information which may or may not be accurate... As I found out the hard way.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

And the phone books were paid for by advertisers and the commercial listing sections.

I paid a lot for my business ads over the years. I closed/retired 12 years ago and my business is still listed with the number, even a small ad in yellow pages. Of course I pay nothing.
My 97 yo Mom subscribed to the newspaper recently. $800 /yr. and it amounts to nothing.
She has dementia but enjoys it.

 

[ultrarunner]

I paid a lot for my business ads over the years. I closed/retired 12 years ago and my business is still listed with the number, even a small ad in yellow pages. Of course I pay nothing.
My 97 yo Mom subscribed to the newspaper recently. $800 /yr. and it amounts to nothing.
She has dementia but enjoys it.

Yep $80 a month for the newspaper but mom with fading memory looked forward each morning to looking at the paper…. It runs to the end of 2024…

I should cancel but I’m sentimental I guess…

 

[WinterDeere]

Yep $80 a month for the newspaper but mom with fading memory looked forward each morning to looking at the paper…. It runs to the end of 2024…

I should cancel but I’m sentimental I guess…

Engineer brain activated, but if she has failing memory, couldn't you just give her the same paper every day? T'would save some coin.

 

[ultrarunner]

Engineer brain activated, but if she has failing memory, couldn't you just give her the same paper every day? T'would save some coin.

Never thought of trying it…

She did use the newspaper to set her day as she focused on day of the week and date in the header…

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

Engineer brain activated, but if she has failing memory, couldn't you just give her the same paper every day? T'would save some coin.

I thought of that actually...

 

[WinterDeere]

I thought of that actually...

There's an old joke most here have probably already heard, but it's a good one. From memory:

A doctor, a priest, and an engineer are out golfing together. They come up behind a foursome who is moving way too slow, just hacking at the turf and sending their balls all over. But they don't want to be rude, so they just patiently play behind this group for a few holes.

Eventually, a groundskeeper drives by, and they wave him down. One of them asks, "what's up with this group in front of us? They're all over the place, just hacking at their balls, and they're really holding us up."

The groundkeeper responds, "well, they're actually all blind. But they've been playing here forever, and no one has the heart to tell them they can't use the course."

The doctor says, "that's just terrible. I'm going to speak with some of my colleagues in the Opthamology department, and see if there's anything we can do to help them."

The priest nods and says, "bless you, doctor. And I'm going to ask my congregation to pray for them. God willing, maybe something can be done to help them."

The engineer is just quietly shaking his head, but eventually pipes up, "why the hell can't they just play at night?!?"

Leave it to the engineer to be logical.

 

[JethroB]

Peeve. Delivery drivers that go where they please. Just had a ten wheeler from a building supplier turn around over my septic field. Not one minute before I had told him how to exit and to always be thoughtful of people’s septic systems.

Several months ago it was a concrete truck. I asked he not empty the remnants of the load on my property. So he goes and dumps it on the shoulder of the county road at my gate.

 

[4570Man]

Peeve. Delivery drivers that go where they please. Just had a ten wheeler from a building supplier turn around over my septic field. Not one minute before I had told him how to exit and to always be thoughtful of people’s septic systems.

Several months ago it was a concrete truck. I asked he not empty the remnants of the load on my property. So he goes and dumps it on the shoulder of the county road at my gate.

The concrete one was on you. You have to give them a spot to wash out. If you don’t want a mess you can give them a kiddy pool to wash out in.

 

[Fuddyduddy1952]

People deliberately messing with you in traffic.
I'm taking wife to doctor an hour ago. All is well and a bit of road construction. No workers, just 10 orange traffic cones where there's 30 feet of gravel. Idiot in front of us STOPS! So I lightly tap the horn. Now two people flipping us off...s-l-o-w-l-y go ahead...so I scoot around and go. Now they nail it...the fight is on...but we made it fine. Now I make sure car's ok, idiots went on their way.