What is some of your Pet Peeve's

[dodge man]

People that throw junk out along country roads. I’m not talking fast food bags, I’m talking junk. I’ve seen the following along the roadsides in my area, couch, easy chair, refrigerator, TV, bathroom tile and a washer and dryer. I recently talked to our road superintendent whose shed is near my house. I noticed a refrigerator in front of the building and asked him what ditch he hauled that out of. He said it just showed up in front of the building one day. At least he didn’t have to dig it out of a ditch.

 

[ddbackhoe]

Calling a company and getting Habib from Bangladesh that I can barely understand. And my biggest peeve is expecting me to call a man dressed like a woman maam and not sir. Which I will not do. I did it the other day and the tranny got mad and I said “chill out sir, why are you yelling at me sir”…….. I enjoyed that very much.

 

[Thall303]

Calling a company and getting Habib from Bangladesh that I can barely understand. And my biggest peeve is expecting me to call a man dressed like a woman maam and not sir. Which I will not do. I did it the other day and the tranny got mad and I said “chill out sir, why are you yelling at me sir”…….. I enjoyed that very much.

“But sir, I speak English well…..if a response is written on card company gave me”

 

[scootr]

Slow and equally bad drivers probably irritate me the most.
Followed by any slow driver that cannot pull over to let a bunch of people stuck behind them go by.

 

[ddbackhoe]

“But sir, I speak English well…..if a response is written on card company gave me”

ask them for local time and mailing zip code, that can be fun

 

[scootr]

ask them for local time and mailing zip code, that can be fun

I had this problem once. I could only partially understand the 'english' I was hearing. I finally asked the person what country they were in. They told me and I asked if I could speak with somebody in America... low and behold they put me thru to Denver CO - that person I could understand easily !

 

[WinterDeere]

I really don't have a problem with getting a foreigner when I call a company, it's not their fault, and you shouldn't treat them badly. They're just some poor schlep trying to put food on the table for their family, just like you. Blame the company, don't take it out on some poor employee who's probably in a worse situation than you are.

But I'm with scootr on slow drivers, particularly those irrational ones who get irritated and tailgate me at high speed, after I pass them for going to slow. If you want to go slow, that's fine, it's your business. But don't get irritated when people who don't want that end up safely passing you.

 

[Too many Kubotas]

Pre existing is just insurance term. the condition was around longer than the insurance

Maybe that's where it started, but the first time I read it was someone using a "pre-existing hole" in a firewall to run a wire through.

I remember thinking that it'd be easier to use an existing hole than one that used to be there.

 

[Oaktree]

That's actually quite common on Interstate 30 headed south between Hot Springs and Arkadelphia.

The slow lane is rough and will beat the daylights out of you. So the truckers will camp out in the hammer lane and impede traffic.

I-81 thru Virginia same thing, except the road condition is just fine both lanes. Actually there it's not just (or even particuarly) the truckers...left lane hogging seems to just be accepted practice there.

I had this problem once. I could only partially understand the 'english' I was hearing. I finally asked the person what country they were in. They told me and I asked if I could speak with somebody in America... low and behold they put me thru to Denver CO - that person I could understand easily !

Doesn't always help. Plenty of call center employees in the U.S. seem to have such heavy regional accents they're equally hard to communicate with. I suppose to them it's the same way dealing with customers from other parts of the country with their regional accents.

 

[Dftodd]

I-81 thru Virginia same thing, except the road condition is just fine both lanes. Actually there it's not just (or even particuarly) the truckers...left lane hogging seems to just be accepted practice there.

Doesn't always help. Plenty of call center employees in the U.S. seem to have such heavy regional accents they're equally hard to communicate with. I suppose to them it's the same way dealing with customers from other parts of the country with their regional accents.

Left Lang hogging in general happens on 40 west from Little Rock To Conway.

With the added bonus of the idiot hogging the left lane, 10 under the speed limit, and slamming on their brakes anytime someone starts creeping up on them