What is some of your Pet Peeve's

[thepumpguysc]

When I was living in Atlanta, my sister came for a visit, she was from Philly..
We were walking in downtown Atlanta and visiting shops.. Shortly after we began our walk, she stopped and pulled me to the side and said, “do YOU know all these people.??”..
I said NO, why do u ask.??
She answered, Cuz dam near
EVERYONE smiles at us and says “HELLO”..!!!
I laughed SO HARD my stomach hurt.!!

 

[EscapedSuburbia]

My peeve this morning is people complaining about silly stuff (oh, the irony of my posting this). I normally don't read the cesspool that is Facebook but I checked for grandkid pics this morning. My feed was filled with posts from last evening with people whining about how the county is dealing with snow. We live in an area that doesn't get much snow so the county doesn't have the level of equipment you'd see in Michigan or Wisconsin. An inch is a big snow for us. It snowed well into last evening and we got 8 inches. It's going to take awhile to clear. It also dropped into negative digits overnight so chemicals aren't going to work. The plows were working all night so I assume the roads are clear now - I even saw one on my low travel rural road. But people wanted them clear at 6pm last night when it was still falling. Calm down people, unless you want your taxes paying for extra equipment that will only get used once a decade or so. Your world isn't going to end because you couldn't get to McDonalds last night.

EDIT: There were also complaints that no Doordash drivers were out to bring them their chicken nuggets. We had a freezing mist that got covered with snow then it got too cold for chemicals. The roads will be treacherous even after the snow is scraped off. God forbid you cook for yourself.

 

[Jstpssng]

But people wanted them clear at 6pm last night when it was still falling

This is not exclusive to low snow areas.
The NERVE of nature inconveniencing us with snow!

PS; I hope that your grandkids are able to get out and enjoy it before it melts.

 

[kenmbz]

The engineering principal behind ABS is that the coefficient of static friction is ALWAYS higher than the coefficient of dynamic friction (everything else being equal). Soooo... getting something to START sliding is harder than to KEEP it sliding. ABS is keeping the car operating in the static coefficient longer during the braking sequence. I'm more upset that they are mandated.... i have no vote.

Discussing rudeness... help me understand something please. I'm retired now but in the last 30 years I accompanied my wife numerous times to NYC for her work. Each trip I found the same thing: I can't walk next to her without getting hit.

I have studied this. We walk with the flow. No matter where I am though, I find i am constantly twisting to avoid somebody attempting to walk through me. I end up behind her... single file. Nobody is hitting her.... ever. WTH? i move back up and within seconds I'm taking a shot on the shoulder again. Really pisses me off! Are they all just giant dbags? Help me understand.

Think it's bad in NYC , try Tokyo.
So it is about collision avoidance.
I never get bumped, except by tourists!
It's like avoiding roots when out in the woods. focus on the open path and flow into it.
The people bumping into to you are probably thinking, wow , why didn't he move?

Have you ever gone to a deli in NYC during lunch hour on a weekday.
Then you will see rude.

 

[kenmbz]

In MA everyone waved, they still did last time I was up there.
I do that around here, sometimes I get a wave back, mostly just ignored.
Do that in NYC and a cab will pull up to you thinking you want a ride

 

[Jstpssng]

I stopped at a roundabout today because the driver in front of me decided to let the two loaded tractor trailers at the next road enter first. I don't usually use my horn, but today let him know that he needed to get moving before the second truck entered. We then proceeded to follow the first truck for 10 miles at 5-10 mph under the speed limit. Nothing was accomplished by his pseudo courtesy. In the time it took him to let the truck know to proceed we both would have been through the intersection.

True courtesy is knowing the rules of the road and following them... while leaving yourself a way out when somebody else doesn't.

 

[dadohead]

Think it's bad in NYC , try Tokyo.
So it is about collision avoidance.
I never get bumped, except by tourists!
It's like avoiding roots when out in the woods. focus on the open path and flow into it.
The people bumping into to you are probably thinking, wow , why didn't he move?

Have you ever gone to a deli in NYC during lunch hour on a weekday.
Then you will see rude.

Thanks so much... this is what I was looking for.

On a flight once I chatted with a young guy (20's) from PA who's wife was doing her residency in Manhattan. I got his take. "They know exactly what they're doing... that's why your wife isn't getting bumped." When walking, he focuses his eyes above them and goes. Occasionally you might get bumped... some may even yell. He said to yell back the same thing they do:
"Watch where you're going!"
"Watch where YOU'RE going!"
"Butthead"
"Corkhole"

Wonderful. I just want to understand... no plans to ever go back.