Pet Peeves

I'm sure this has been done before. But, I had one of those kinds of days that just wore me down. And, one thing in particular that I need to talk about, and happened to me today, is one of my biggest pet peeves.... people who talk over the end of your sentences. You cannot even finish your complete sentence before they start talking. And, it's not just once! It's every single sentence you are trying to say!! I do not see how they could possibly have heard everything I was trying to say. It just wears me out trying to get my point across.

The guilty people today were 3 of my employees. It drives me crazy and no matter how much feedback I give them about this, it ... just... continues!!!!! aaagghhh!

Whew! I feel better just talking about it.


What are some of your pet peeves?

My pet peeve is actually two things: 1) People who do not identify who they are when they call you. EVEN IF ITS MY SISTER, I always say Hi, this is Jannie. AND Ive noticed that a lot of businesses will just say HELLO, instead of This is "Safeway" or whatever, may I help you?

2) My other pet peeve Is CALL WAITING> HATE THIS FEATURE, it has got to be the rudest thing ever invented. You are talking to someone, they WANT to talk to you, they are in a deep conversation, get a call and say just as sec, come back and they say well I have to go, that's so in so and I need to talk to them....in other words, you do not count, this new person is more important than you. I have call waiting unfortunately, it is part of a package thing, and the ONLY time I use it is when I know my daughter is about to call as she is leaving college to come home, and then I don't hang up on the other person. I tell my daugther, Im on the phone with someone else, and I will call her back. I don't answer otherwise. I give my full attention to the person that has called me or I have called them.

The advertising for call waiting should say. DONT MISS ANOTHER IMPORTANT CALL WHILE YOU ARE TALKING TO ALL THE OTHER TRIVIAL PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE. :)

Polly's Top Ten Pet Peeves:

10. My cat leaving me a "surprise" in bathtub!

9. My chickens getting out and eating the neighbors's flowers!

8. Telemarketers!!!

7. Someone leaving the bread open.

6. The same someone leaving the lunchmeat out to spoil.

5. This 20 pounds I can't seem to lose!

4. My daughter interrupting me when I'm conducting "important business" at AGELESS!!!

3. My son lying about not having homework.

2. Expired coupons

And the number ONE pet peeve of mine:

1. Being a 21-year-old mind in a 41-year-old body!!! :D

The one that comes to mind immediately for me is large SUV's, particularly the Cadillac Escalade and Lincoln Navigator. Although I hate those vehicles enough that's it's probably more a real peeve than a pet one!

Great thread Whiterose!
:p

Here is my Top 10 List of Pet Peeves:

10. People that say, "How are you?", and then when you start to tell them just how you are, they start talking over you about them or totally blow you off.

9. Not throwing away the used toilet paper roll and replacing it with a new one

8. Leaving empty juice or milk containers in the fridge

7. Waiting and waiting in a Dr's or Dentist office only to be taken into another little room to wait even longer

6. Skinny women that go on and on about being fat.

5. TV channel surfing, (flipping with the remote).
My ex was terrible about that!

4. People who insist on camping with TV's and other city-life gizmos.

3. Reality TV shows

2. Boys or men wearing baggy pants with thier crotch at their knees

1. People talking on cell phones!!!
Booooo! Hissssss!

Polly MY SON LIES TO ME TOO

and he is now in danger of taking SUMMER SCHOOL.

And that blasted last 20 pounds. Dang it.

Actually I love telemarketers, because NO ONE ELSE on earth do I feel so GOOD being RUDE to.

It gives me an outlet LOL

My biggest pet peeves have to do with driving:

- not using your blinkers...how hard is it?!!!! Come on!

- deciding at a stop sign that since the person in front of you went that you should then automatically go, regardless of anyone else who was waiting for their turn.

- people who go 65 in the passing lane in a 65 mile per hour zone...yes, you are going the speed limit, and yes, I want to pass you really, really badly cause I'm usually going 73!

My biggest pet peeve is BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!!
It doesnt matter if its a store cashier, a waitress in a nice restaurant or some kid in Mickey D's....or a customer service rep for a company you deal with over the phone.
Even toll booth operators with bad attitudes get my blood boiling, LOL.....
Rudeness, ignorance and a huffy puffy attitude always get to me. Usually I kill them with kindness but once in a while I'll give it right back. Takes alot of energy!!

:D --Signed a very polite, respectful Technical Customer Support Proffessional with a good attitude!

Originally posted by onetiger
My biggest pet peeves have to do with driving:

- not using your blinkers...how hard is it?!!!! Come on!

- deciding at a stop sign that since the person in front of you went that you should then automatically go, regardless of anyone else who was waiting for their turn.

- people who go 65 in the passing lane in a 65 mile per hour zone...yes, you are going the speed limit, and yes, I want to pass you really, really badly cause I'm usually going 73!

ROFL that's because you're from PA and you live/drive in Mass....
We could be worse.... rhode island drivers are scary
this guy I work with, talegates to get people out of his way, although we did make it to Burlington VT in about 3hours and 2.5 on the way home! ha ...

Another pet peeve of mine is people who use the express lane at the checkout with more than the designated amount of items. :mad:

Originally posted by Trebmal
this guy I work with, talegates to get people out of his way, You're not supposed to do that? :D J/K That's common practice down here, though.

I hate it when you're having a crummy day and a total stranger orders you to smile. That so doesn't make me want to smile.

Also, when people don't clean up their dogs' poop when they walk them. Yuck!

Originally posted by ravenglow
My biggest pet peeve is BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!!
It doesnt matter if its a store cashier, a waitress in a nice restaurant or some kid in Mickey D's....or a customer service rep for a company you deal with over the phone.
Even toll booth operators with bad attitudes get my blood boiling, LOL.....
Rudeness, ignorance and a huffy puffy attitude always get to me. Usually I kill them with kindness but once in a while I'll give it right back. Takes alot of energy!!

:D --Signed a very polite, respectful Technical Customer Support Proffessional with a good attitude!


lol I have a good repuation with fabulous customer service... too good infact sometimes!

Let's see, where should I begin?

Drive-thrus were created for convienence. Yet, there's always that one dipstick who has 5-10 different orders to make and hold up everybody in drive-thru, rather than get out of the car and place the orders in person.

Going to the bank or post office and watching that simple minded customer asking the kind of question that a 5 year old can answer.

Drivers on the highways who drive 30 mph in the middle or fast lanes.

Single moms who uses 30% or more of the child support funds for everything but child support while their kids are eating Cheerios for dinner. [BONUS] The courts allow this to happen.

Individuals who collect welfare, workman comp, SSI, unemployment etc. yet they are very capable to work. But they choose to sit on their a$$ and collect the money that we taxpayers are working for.

A natural disaster has occurred and hundreds of people have losst their homes and/or property. To assist them with their loss, organizations like FINA pays the victim insurance funds to rebuild their losses. But there's always that one person who lost NOTHING yet he/she will try to collect just for the hell of it. (BELIEVE ME, I dealt with this personally with a former coworker. When Hurricane George left alot of people homeless or without transportation, a coworker of mine tried to claim that he lost his car in it. But the truth to the matter was that the car was not registered or insured under his name nor was it immobilized.)

Going to a grocery or department store and is greeted by a clerk/salesperson who does not speak English. (We get that alot here in Cali.):mad:

Ppl that talk to me loudly an slowly when they see I am carrying a white cane......... Grrrrrrr!!!!!!!!! It is my sight that is dodgy not my hearing or understanding :( :( This one happened again yesterday in the supermarket :( :(

Broken glass an other litter on the pavements ...... what is wrong with using a bin??? And why do they need to smash the bottle or glass anyway, is it macho or something??

Ppl that spit in the street ..... tis just YUK! Oh to that I gotta add ppl that throw up on the pavement too :(

Children that don't say please an thank u ... I know, I know it is not just kids, adults r as bad ... common politeness never killed anyone tho.

My daughter turning up very late or very early to raid my wardrobe ... we r the same size an tend to wear the same kinda styles, so she treats my wardrobe as an extention of her own, she turned up this morning an borrowed the skirt I was plannin to wear today :( :(

Ppl that think I am lying about my age :( Do they really think I would add 10/15 years?????? Sheeeeeeeeesh at one time I scanned my passport to prove I was telling the truth

One of my biggest pet peeves is people who promise they are going to do something for you or something you consider important and Then they do not follow through...That drives me nuts!

Throwing dirty clothes on the floor right next to the hamper, ERRRR...

People who talk like they are an expert in whatever you are talking about, regarless of the subject.....

People who think, the normal rules don't ever apply to them..That they are somehow above it all

Leaving your dirty dishes in the sink for someone else to clean up...

Wow, some of you have hit the nail on the head about some of my other pet peeves, such as the toilet paper roll, not throwing their trash away, "know it all's"..... the list can go on and on.

Here's another one from me that is similar to my first post on this thread... Parents who allow their children to interrupt other people when they are talking. They do not even correct the child, or tell them that they must wait. :confused:

I know what you mean, babes. That's exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about.

I used to have a next door neighbor who would let her two little girls run wild in the neighborhood. I allowed my son to play in their back yard one day. He came running in the house screaming with a cut on his eyebrow and blood running down his face. I asked him what had happened and he said that "jill" (name changed to protect the kid) was chasing after him with a steak knife.

So, I went with my son over to their house. I tried so hard to remain calm. I did not want to sound accusatory, because after all, I also was not out there watching them. However, she had a long history of letting those girls run the streets, even up to 11:00 pm at night when one of them was still in diapers!!

Anyway, I said to her, "Your daughter cut my son's eyebrow with a sharp knife. I am concerned that she could have done even worse damage to him and I thought you should know." I was also hoping for an apology, but never got that.

Instead, she said, "Jill, where did you get that knife?" Jill said, "In the street." The mother said, "How many times have I told you to stay out of the street?"

I stood there looking at her rather incredulously. While it was important that she discuss the issue of playing in the street with her child, I felt the mother was missing the whole point of the damage that could have been done. So, I proceeded to scream at her, "Don't you realize that she could have blinded or killed my son????". But, the mother still looked at me as if I had horns growing out of my head. No apology. No acknowledgement whatsoever.

My son did not play with those girls again for 4 years after that, even though they were right next door.

I did allow them to begin associating with each other again after 4 years, and not too long after that their mother dropped dead in the kitchen right in front of them while she was cooking their breakfast. So, maybe all those early years of abandonment and lack of guidance was to prepare them for the fact that they would be without her one day. It sort of made me feel bad for not letting them play with my son all those years. But, still, the main point is that she neglected them and it nearly cost my son his own life.

Parents (note that I did not just say men) who do not pay child support. Also, those that do not seem to understand that usually the child support that the custodial parent receives is only a small percent of what it takes to take care of a child.

If you factor in all the actual costs of raising a child, the amount of support is definitely not enough to even cover half the expenses.

Scenario: Custodial parent is awarded $60.00/week. However, daycare cost is $60.00/week. Therefore, the remaining expenses to raise the child, including medical, dental and vision care (including premiums), food, clothing, housing, hair cuts, bedroom furniture, school supplies, etc., far outweigh the amount of incoming support.

Fortunately, my 2nd husband has always provided financial support for our daughter. It just would have been nice if it had been more than the court has required him to pay. My 1st husband RARELY supported our son and I eventually got tired of the battle after several years.

And, another pet peeve is when some fathers call visitation with their child "babysitting". That's what my 1st husband called his visitation time with our son.


PUHLEEZE

my pet-peeve is when someone finishes a relationship with you in a text message with no apparent reason :mad:

Going out to dinner with just you and your guy (or gal) and they sit you next to the family with 3 kids. One is in the high chair throwing food...the other two are allowed to run around the table or they keep peeking over the booth (if seated in one) at you. I love kids...I take my kids to fine restraunts...but when I am out on a dinner date can't the hostess or maitre'd see that and sit us in a nice quiet romantic spot? I left my kids at home for a reason! Also...when you go out and the entire restaurant is empty and they sit you RIGHT next to the only other occupied table. I was a waitress for years and a hostess and a bartender...I know the way it works. I understand certain sections get seated in an order...but not to be even able to skip a table between you? HMPH! I always make them move me. You know how they have non-smoking sections? I think they should have non-kid sections too. :D

Originally posted by sean.fergus
my pet-peeve is when someone finishes a relationship with you in a text message with no apparent reason :mad:


Now, that's just down right rude!!! Think of it this way, you're better off without someone like that.

My biggest pet - peeve is the amount of time my daughter spends on the computer. I thought I was bad, my hell, she takes the cake!

<FONT SIZE=3 COLOR=Darkgreen FACE="Comic Sans MS">~ Sage's List Of Holiday Pet Peeves ~</FONT>

<img src="http://ChasingDownTheBlue.homestead.com/files/fallsanta.gif">

<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=Darkgreen FACE="Comic Sans MS">10. That one strand of Christmas tree lights
that are right in the middle of the tree
that go out right after you get the whole tree decorated!

9. Scrooges

8. The MALL
*shiver*

<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=Darkgreen FACE="Comic Sans MS">7. Dense and disinterested sales clerks that
know NOTHING about what their store has for sale.

6. Outside Christmas decorations that are all cluttered
resembling a North Pole junk yard

5. Outside Christmas decorations that are still there at Easter

4. Commercials on TV depicting Christmas joy coming from using your credit card to rack up hundreds of dollars worth of bills.

3. Kid's who think Christmas is ONLY about getting gifts

2. Parents who think Christmas is ONLY about giving their kids gifts

1. Fudge finding it's way to my hips! </FONT>

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you all hit the nail on the head with some of those :) I will add in one though, having to work on a cash register as part of my current job...


putting your hand out to recieve money/credit card, only to have the customer place it down, usually coin by coin, onto the till, and wait for you to painstakingly pick it up coin after coin. GRRR!

Clothes that have labels sewn at the back of the neck area, usually two of them, (Brand and Care). Made to last well after the garment is dissolved in a trash dump. Designed to scratch, stick, and annoy the owner every second, with their large size, stiff material, and thread that feels as if it is made of steel.

Bras that have all their straps made of thin, weak, elastic instead of just a section. Bounce.....bounce...

Household items that have sticky labels on them, that NOTHING can remove, especially glass and metal items.

Tiny items shipped to me in huge cardboard boxes, with 1/2 ton of foam "peanuts"-15 minutes work just to cut up the box and get rid of the whole mess, let alone the waste.

People who engage in snow sports in dangerous or remote locations with no safety equipment, not even a cell phone-it was hard to feel sorry for the guy who cut off his own arm to free himself from a rock.....

Almeiraz
www.yourloveadvice.com

This happens on this forum and others I frequent....

People who feel the need to take a break from a forum, but have thier accounts canned/killed...

That just annoys me, because if you are taking a break....that implies that you are coming back. Why kill your account??? No offense, but it's stupid...

A) It just sucks to be reading past posts and it goes "Guest"...when the person has come back...

B) Now, if I want to find a certain post and I'm having a brain fart, I have to search two names.

C) TRYING to reply to PM's starts to become annoying.

I'm sorry, but it's just one of those deals where you aren't thinking things through. A person makes a hasty decision, and then, of course, they can't get thier original account back because it's TOO LATE...IT NO LONGER EXISTS...

If you plan on taking a break from a site, do yourself and the other members a favor and do NOT ask for your account to be deleted, especially if you plan on coming back! If you want to take a break, do just that...TAKE A BREAK! Just don't show up....don't visit the site. But, for crying out loud...leave the account alone. It may come in handy...

This may seem like a trivial/stupid thing, but...it's not that hard...

~Dan

Took me a little time to find this thread again, but here goes:

This pet peeve involves Ageless members.
(and you know who you are!)

Okay, you go to check out the Ageless Chat Room.
You go in and there is only person in there,
(or you are chatting with a group, everyone leaves
and you end up being left in there with one other person).

Regardless of how you end up being just two people in
the chat room, I find it very rude when the two of you are chatting and then the other person leaves.
POOF!

No "Goodbye".
No "Sorry, gotta run!"
or even a
"Kiss my Sweet Behind"
They just leave you there like you are the most irrelevant
peson in the world and it makes you feel like a complete shmuck!

I understand the desire to do that,
as there have been many times I have entered the
chat room and the only person in there is someone I
really don't want to chat with, or I have been left in the
chat room with someone I don't want to continue
chatting with, but I don't just leave without some
sort of little remark to let them know I'm heading out.

Maybe it's just me, but this is the most rude thing ever
and it makes so mad every time it happens.
I know it's easy to pop out like that when there are
multiple chatters in the room, but even then, I think is it
just downright rude.

I mean, (to those of you that have done this to me,
and like I stated earlier, you know who you are),
what makes you think I even want to chat with you
in the first place!?

But at least I am a polite enough person,
I will ask how you are, chat for a quick second and then
politely say a little something to you before
leaving the chat room.

Geeeesh, to those people that do this:
Here's a dime, go buy yourself some manners!
:mad:

*Oh, and I do realise that at times a person might
get bumped out of the chat room because of comp troubles
and that can't be helped, but the people that have done this
to me, I know are not having troubles
being bumped offline.
When that happens to me, I will go as far as to PM the
person, (if it was just me and one other person in the chat room), and apologise for exiting on them like that.

I'm an extremely easy going person and I pride myself on not letting life's little things get to me. I choose to find amusement rather than resentment of other's foibles. I don't spend enormous amounts of time analyzing other's weaknesses. Somehow I managed to squeak out a little something to add to the lists above:

Jerks
Fools
Idiots
Pedophiles
Parents who abuse their children physically, emotionally, sexually - bad parents, evil parents
People who are not tolerant of others
Racists
Bigots
Big Mouths
Know it All Pigs
Drunken people make me sick


My biggest pet peeves:

People who get a charge out of dissing telemarketers.

People who are rude to the lower-end service workers who are doing jobs that some of us would never do just because it's all they could find at the time.

People who are rude to the check out clerks at the stores.

People who are impatient.

When I forget my manners.

People who think their children are saints.

People who don't let their children get dirty, really dirty.


Cindy

Pet Peeves

Let's see, while driving, I hate getting stuck behind people that think 30 miles an hour is flying on a 55 mph highway. People who don't use their turn signals suck, as well those wonderful people who tailgate me, and I'm either driving at or above the speed limit. Makes me wonder what the big hurry is.

I hate people who have no logical thought or room for logical thought, such as the teacher who sent the kid out for arguing that Hitler was a genious from a tactical point of view. From that view, he probably was. Those people who refuse to see one's side of an argument and cannot think logically, and you have to agree with them or else.

Politically correct shit gets on my nerves too. Black people are black, and I don't like them any less for being so. And most that I've run into don't consider black a racist term. I am not a racist, but all those hyphenated Americans in the name of political correctness, that's bs. When can we all just call ourselves Americans, or for that matter, humans, accept one another for who they are, and actually have a little peace for once?

Totally biased news clips get on my nerves, as one needs to examine both sides of a story to get the full report.

Blaming other people or inanimate objects is another chronic illness in our society. Guns kill people, no, people kill people. Going by the same token, cars kill people, but really, it's a person's own stupidity or malice that harms them or others. Blaming anybody else is kinda dumb.

Oh, and I hate really windy days as well, but I also hate people who always have to find something to complain about. On that token, well, I guess I should shut up and get on to the brighter things in life. Like did you ever look at some of those warnings that come on products? You gotta love them. Oh, and some quirks are nice to have too, lol.

Originally posted by Phillippides
I am not a racist, but all those hyphenated Americans in the name of political correctness, that's bs. When can we all just call ourselves Americans, or for that matter, humans, accept one another for who they are, and actually have a little peace for once?

I know exactly what you are saying. I am definitely not a racist either, and certainly don't want to offend anyone of any particular heritage. But, I don't go around calling myself Irish-American.... or English-American., which is about all I know of my own heritage. I am an American.

And, again, not meaning to offend anyone at all, but each January I struggle with how I feel about there being a Black History month here in the U.S. At the company where I work, I received an email today, asking me to nominate an African-American employee for a future leader award. I wondered why just an African-American? I don't see the logic in singleing out just one particular ethnic group for an award. Quite frankly, I am offended that I don't have the same kind of opportunity.

Please note: I am not in any way, shape or form insinuating that African-Americans do not deserve to receive an award. I am just saying that it is my opinion that it is discriminatory to single out one race for an award or to celebrate that race's history. If there were a White History month, or a special award for white future leaders, I guarantee you someone would scream discrmination, too. And, certainly they would be right if it were the only race being celebrated.

Originally posted by whiterose
I know exactly what you are saying. I am definitely not a racist either, and certainly don't want to offend anyone of any particular heritage. But, I don't go around calling myself Irish-American.... or English-American., which is about all I know of my own heritage. I am an American.

And, again, not meaning to offend anyone at all, but each January I struggle with how I feel about there being a Black History month here in the U.S. At the company where I work, I received an email today, asking me to nominate an African-American employee for a future leader award. I wondered why just an African-American? I don't see the logic in singleing out just one particular ethnic group for an award. Quite frankly, I am offended that I don't have the same kind of opportunity.

Please note: I am not in any way, shape or form insinuating that African-Americans do not deserve to receive an award. I am just saying that it is my opinion that it is discriminatory to single out one race for an award or to celebrate that race's history. If there were a White History month, or a special award for white future leaders, I guarantee you someone would scream discrmination, too. And, certainly they would be right if it were the only race being celebrated.


Amen Sista!

I grew up in a bi-lingual household. So did all my cousins and many of my friends. Still, we all speak ENGLISH. That's my biggest pet peeve. If one wants to immigrate to our country, great, more power to them - freedom and justice for all - but if they're going to become a citizen? They should speak English like the rest of us.

That's my biggest pet peeve. . .anybody here been to Miami?? I swear very few people speak English down there. Same thing for certain parts of LA and San Antonio. I'm all for learning another language. I had to take French in high school, Spanish in college and I grew up speaking Italian, but I speak English as a first language. I'm an American, that's our language, I say we should all speak it. There's nothing that annoys me more than going to the doctor and ending up with somebody who can't speak English. Never mind the customer service in stores or public service types of jobs.

Okay, done grousing. . .<G>

DELL has become my biggest pet peeve!!!

They make a good product, I bought the desktop with the tower and the printer/scanner/copier (which I truly love) but you can't buy ink cartridges anywhere else but through Dell, and guess what? When you call their customer service, guess who they've farmed it out to? INDIA! Every time I talk to someone from Dell Customer Service I'm talking to someone in India who barely learned enough English to get the job. I can hardly understand a word they say, and keep having to ask them to repeat what they said.

Just yesterday, I finally came right out and asked the CSR, I said, "Does Dell subcontract their customer service to India?" and the CSR said, "Yes, some of the calls go to India." I said, "Are YOU in India?" and the CSR said, "Yes, I am in India." and I heaved a long sigh and said, "Well, THAT explains it!"

I'm going to write to Dell and complain. Why in the world would they be contracting their customer service jobs out to another country, and employ people who NEED to speak English clearly for this job, but CAN'T? Why wouldn't they just hire Americans? It's like hiring Swedes to mass produce Chinese food or something, it just doesn't make sense!

*LOL*

Polly...

That would be the reason why most everyone I know calls me when they have a problem with thier Dells. They don't want to talk to Habib-Habib, who they can not understand for the life of them...

If you call for a problem (other than ordering replacement parts)...and get ahold of India, chances are they really aren't trying to help you. All they are doing...is reading down a card of pre-written questions to ask...

Most of the time, you'll wind up either hanging up or saying, "Screw it!" and buying a new whatever is wrong...*LOL*

Like I've said, "Dude! You're going to hell!" *LOL*

DAAAAANNN! LMAO!!!:D

Polly, it's not just Dell. Unfortunately a lot of customer service jobs are being sent to India. It seems to be a really popular move lately, as most of the wireless phone and computer companies have already started doing it. Maybe if they realize how unhappy their customers are with the change they'll bring those jobs back. :(

1. When I drive in the car pool lane going 65-70mph and some car behind me tailgates and flashes their light and wanting me to speed up. I hate that! I can't afford a speeding ticket! Besides I get a kick at these people getting mad because they are the ones who will get a ticket for speeding, tailgating and carpool violation! They should switch lanes and get out of the carpool and go on the "second" left lane!

I came up with an idea yesterday that might help, Tyg. What if, as an added bonus for people that carpool, there wasn't a speed limit in the carpool lane? Wouldn't that be great? I bet a lot more people would carpool then!

Originally posted by Phillippides

Politically correct shit gets on my nerves too. Black people are black, and I don't like them any less for being so. And most that I've run into don't consider black a racist term. I am not a racist, but all those hyphenated Americans in the name of political correctness, that's bs. When can we all just call ourselves Americans, or for that matter, humans, accept one another for who they are, and actually have a little peace for once?


My old high school used "Indians" as their team name.
Well, not long ago I heard they had to change that.
Not sure what they changed it to
???
I have to ask:
If you are a Native American, are you offended by
the term "Indian"?
If so, maybe the change of the team name is merited.

It bothers me that other cultures are allowed to
live within their cultures here-
this causes many of the problems that we have
in our society today.
Don't get me wrong-
I believe in respecting the culture of others,
(and educating ourselves in regard to those cultures),
but having other cultures live within another culture
has never brought about much success.

There was a lengthy news story in our local paper
awhile back about a Vietnamese woman that had lived
here for 8 years and felt very isolated and
"shunned" by Americans.
As sad as the story was, I found little to be sympathetic
about in regard to this woman.
Why?
Well, towards the end of this human-interest story
that was written in the hopes of opening our eyes,
(and hearts), to being more compassionate towards
immigrants, was briefly written that this Vietnamese
woman spoke no English.
She had lived here 8 years, yet could not speak our language.
No wonder she felt isolated.
No wonder she felt shunned.
Am I supposed to go out and learn her language in
order to make her feel more "at home".
No.
I am not going to do that.
She needs to learn the English language.
Period.

People in their 30's and 40's who say, "I'm too old for (fill in the blank). Heck, life expectancy in this country is almost 80 years, how can you possibly be too old for most things at 35?

People who have to have the last word. Yeah we know you're smart but do you really have to have the last word in every conversation? Ugh.

Men who "babysit" their own children. Give me a break, if they are your kids, you watch them, pal. Every time I hear a woman say, "my husband won't babysit' the kids, I cringe. Snap out of it woman!

Which leads me to the, "My husband or boyfriend won't let me" deal. If your husband or boyfriend won't "let you" then you have the wrong husband or boyfriend IMHO.

Or, my guy "helps around the house". It's his house too, isn't it? I "help" around the outside and "help" with car maintence, why should anybody get special credit here?

Too much political talk...I'm not against politics but hey if you don't like the way things are, go and change the world yourself, one person at a time. I get on my bf's butt about this one a fair amount, lol.

I think that will suffice for now :)

Pink,

Good idea....it would be funny to send these crazy drivers to the autobahn in Germany and let's see if they can tail gate an exotic car in europe lol! Their car will so be worned out that their ego will be crushed lol!

One of my biggest pet peeve is people chewing with their moth open. Arrrrrrr!

No offense to anyone of this faith, but Jehovah's Witnesses who come time after time to my door wanting to talk to me and who just cannot accept no for an answer REALLY bother me. :mad:

My ex-husband's mother had a little note in the window of her front door that said, "No Jehovah's Witnesses, please." It has worked very well. They've never bothered her since. I think by law, they're required to obey a notice like that, placed conspicuously.

I remember when some JW's came to my door. It was in the dead of winter, on a Saturday morning, about 5 degrees outside, and they had two very young children with them! I was absolutely FURIOUS! I told them, "First off, my father is a minister, I have my religion all figured out, so you can't sway me, but even if I WAS seeking enlightenment, I wouldn't take it from people like you who subject small children to this kind of weather unnecessarily! What you are doing is child abuse! Now, I'm willing to take your children in, to warm up, while you wait on the porch. I'll make them some hot chocolate and let them watch cartoons, which is what normal children are doing on Saturday morning, and when they're good and ready to come out, I'll bring them back out to you!"

The JW's left my porch without a word and never came back!

I remember back then at this one job when all my co workers and I eat at this restaurant, one of my female co workers hate it when "I start smacking my food". I really can't help it when I eat something crunchy and it makes that sound. My teeth have crowns and I cannot help it. I was eating celery and buffalo wings at that time. I just love buffalo wings with ranch dressing!

..drunks who repeat themselves.
It drives me nuts!

Actually I don't like to be around anyone drunk.
Very annoying-
especially when they decide to sit on the pitty pot
and start going on and on about what
a miserable life they have.
Well, things might not be so dismal
if they didn't get so drunk all the darn time!

Pale_Beauty, are you sure that woman wasn't a prostitute??? Maybe the luggage was a "front"?

Originally posted by Pale_Beauty
Ps. whiterose:

Im so sorry, for creating a thred so simular to yours, I didn't even realize you had already made one,i wish there was a way to put mine in your thred, ehh?


That's ok! Hey, there's always room somewhere to gripe!!

:)

I hate it when there's an ice storm one day that keeps you from being able to get out of the house (like it is here today) , and the very next day it is going to be 50 degrees!

I have no gripes in regard to the "poop scooping",
as in Seattle, I have noticed most are very
responsible in that area.
I always scoop after my dogs and it looks like
everyone else does too.

My complaint is the man across the street
that has 5 cats and they like to use my flower beds
in my front yard for a litter box.
:(
I detest going out there in the spring to
start my planting-
the smell is over-whelming and it also
destroys the quaility of the soil for planting.
I always have to add a lot of new soil and
other soil-nutrients to bring up to planitng quality.
Cleaning out all the old soil with cat crap riddled in it
is also disgusting.

This is a bit off subject, but not much.

Here, in the Seattle area,
the Canadian Geese love to nest here.
They have taken over tons of public beach parks
on our lakes.

It has become a huge problem
because they not only poop all over the park
grassy areas and beaches,
but they are also super aggressive.
Of course, people got into the habit of feeding them.
Everyone loves to "feed the ducks'-
but hey, these are not cute little ducks-
they are great big, (yes, I know, and beautiful),
Canadian Geese that can stand as tall as a 3 year old,
and they will chase you, knock down children and they
can "bite"!
(There are now strict rule to not feed the geese)

The poop is just terrible!
All you see are these nasty green piles of "do"
everywhere and there is no way you can
go barefoot in these parks!
The todddlers stumble and fall into them-
it's a terrible mess!
You cannot lay down a blanket and picnic
on the grass or sun-bathe on a towel-
this goose do is piled all over the place!

They have tried going in and spraying the eggs
of these geese, so they don't hatch,
but to no avail.

They have captured the geese and placed them
in more remote habitats with less people-
they only end up flying back.

They now want to kill the geese.
What do you think should be done?

I hatched out three Canadian Geese last Spring, and raised them until they were six weeks old, old enough to go to a wildlife rehabber. The first two weeks they were a joy! They looked like little bath toys, and putting them into the bathtub to swim for the very first time, and take their very first drink of water, was just truly incredible to watch! We had to towel dry them after that and put them under a heat lamp because their body temp. had to be maintained at 90 degrees.

Suddenly, after about the second week, I found myself cleaning out their pen twice a day! They were pooping like, every 10 seconds! It was insanity! I had to put them in the tub twice a day just to get them clean! By the time they were six weeks old, I couldn't get them to the rehabber fast enough! They were the smelliest, poopiest things ever!

Canadian Geese have overpopulated, and now the government is considering allowing them to be hunted. To think these things were Federally protected, and the fine for having one was $5,000! The other thing about geese is, they imprint. They will learn to migrate, but will return to their birthplace always. Some never leave, they just mate and populate a place even more. If we had kept our geese, they would have camped out at the door, wanting to come in and sleep with us. They would have flown next to the van every time we left the house. They would have crapped all over the porch and yard. Since they never knew any other parents than us, we were their family. Fortunately, the rehabber said they were young enough to be able to be integrated into a flock. They'd probably never learn to migrate though. They will live on a nearby pond for the rest of their lives.

Well, depends on where you live as far as dog shit laws go. I know for Bubbleee, living in a suburban area, it's not nice to leave that on your neighbors lawn, and it also does have germs and bacteria that people normally don't want exposed to. So in those areas, it's more or less common courtesy. But in rural areas, with all the fields and yards and all that we have, it isn't that important to clean up dog doo, because it doesn't contaminate the entire area of the soil, nor would it help the wildlife to become potty trained. Since we have a much larger area, it isn't important to clean up dog feces.

This is probably a teacher thing.. and it doesn't bug me all that much, but when I receive emails or letters with atrocious spelling! LOL, I have this urge to whip out the red pen! I know some people have trouble with spelling and that's ok, but jeez, use spell check, reread what you wrote or use a dictionary. I once saw someone's resume filled with spelling errors. Unfortunately, that is the first thing a potential employer sees, and leaves a bad first impression. Ah well.. know won is perfeckt! :D

My pet peeve is when people can't spell, or don't try to...

Let's get a few things straight:

1) "Your" is the possessive of you. "You're" is the contraction of "you are." So, you're probably a bad speller if your sentences are unreadable.

2) Sometimes "good" is the right word. "Well" is an adverb. It describes HOW you do something. You feel good. You spell well.

3) Two, too, and to. Come on. We all should know this one by now...

4) "It's" is a contraction of "it is." "Its" is the possessive form of it. It's not nice to not pick up its poop.

5) There is no reason one should not know theirgrammar rules unless they're ignorant.

OK, I could go on like this forever. And no, just because it is an email or an internet board is not an excuse. If someone else is going to read it, make it readable...

And on the dog poop thing, as a lifetime dog owner, OF COURSE you have to pick up your dog's mess in the city. It's a concentration thing: lots of dogs, very little space. If no one picked it up, it's be disgusting and no one would be able to run around in a park anywhere. In the country, fewer dogs, more space. It ain't about keeping the dirt clean, honey. It's about keeping your shoes clean...

And yes, I have been told I do not suffer fools well...

The Web site at my bank uses "there" when it should be "their" Now that bugs me! And they have the nerve to tell me I'm overdrawn?(egads - one word or too ;0) )

My pet peeve is that this reply set-up has no spell checker!! Does it?

Originally posted by obsessing
The Web site at my bank uses "there" when it should be "their" Now that bugs me! And they have the nerve to tell me I'm overdrawn?(egads - one word or too ;0) )

My pet peeve is that this reply set-up has no spell checker!! Does it?

I agree!!
Spell-check would be nice here.....
(I'm always having to go in and edit!)
LOL

Originally posted by obsessing
The Web site at my bank uses "there" when it should be "their" Now that bugs me! And they have the nerve to tell me I'm overdrawn?(egads - one word or too ;0) )

My pet peeve is that this reply set-up has no spell checker!! Does it?

Abby, just copy and paste your post into Word or whatever word processing doc you use. It takes like 5 seconds...

Oh, I just thought of another bugger: picky eaters! Stop whining and just try it already!

And on the driving thing... too many to mention. A few highlights:

1) People who drive solo in the carpool lanes. I would love 5 minutes alone with these people in a locked room with no windows...

2) People who are carpools, but insist on driving in the carpool lane, even if they are driving slower than traffic. Hellllooooo! Just drive in the right lane and let us pass you! Duh!

3) Tailgaters are the bane of the Earth and shall be punished by a fiery eternity in hell.

4) People who freeze up at 4-way stops. Seattleites are the worst at this. At some point trying to be nice just makes it harder for everyone. Just GO already!

5) Rubber-neckers, gawkers, curiosity slowers, etc.

Originally posted by ArcDemon
If no one picked it up, it's be disgusting...

Shouldn't that be "it'd", not "it's"?

;)

Originally posted by Pariah
Shouldn't that be "it'd", not "it's"?

;)

Absolutely. Touche!!! Damn "s" and "d" keys being all close to eachother...

Originally posted by ArcDemon
4) People who freeze up at 4-way stops. Seattleites are the worst at this. At some point trying to be nice just makes it harder for everyone. Just GO already!


Face it Arc, Seattle traffic sucks!
(I detest it!)

My biggest pet-peeve about drivers
are people using their danged cell phones.
I don't have a cell phone,
but my daughter and older son do.
Not sure what my son's cell phone and
driving habits are,
(he lives in Arizona),
but my daughter won't even have hers
turned on while she is driving.
Good girl!

She feels, (and I do too),
that a person can't fully be paying attention to
driving and yak at the same time.
But if she has a mishap,
she wants that cell phone there for her.

Oh-
I also hate folks who yak on thier cell phone
in the stores.
It's so annoying....

Gee, can ya tell I don't like cell phones?
(I don't!)
:mad:

Someone screwed up awfully damn bad at the college today (remember, I work for one)...

The weather was HORRIBLE...it snowed last night and this morning along with freezing rain this morning. The roads were extremely bad....

There were over 400 cancellations and delays around the area...

You know what, though? The college wasn't one of them. They were just about the ONLY college to not do something and really put the staff and students at a very real risk...

I made it in, because I left home later than I normally do...

But, this is inexcusable...

My biggest peeve is not having butter for the popcorn.

and as for poop....... where I live, the seagulls out weigh the dogs in that aspect. LOLOL.....:D

Sure Nessa. So can and do fish. Not to mention the runoff of pig excrement.

reminds me of a supposed w.c. fields saying...

"little girl, don't drink the water, fish FU@K in it".......

lol

:eek:

Originally posted by Pale_Beauty
Why?


Maybe I enjoy mis Pelling tings.......Are You anoyed yet?
<FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=Red FACE="Comic Sans MS">I'm annoyed Pale....
how old are you?</FONT>

If not I can keep this up as long as you want <FONT SIZE=2 COLOR=Red FACE="Comic Sans MS">For the sake of the rest of us....
please don't</FONT>

when you go the beach, just remember........

everyone pees in the water. some even take a dump. some even do the hurdy gurty.............

Some people use 'pls.'

As some use 'ppl' for people.

LOL............ what's abreviated sex.......

a quickie?

Originally posted by SaltwaterBlues
when you go the beach, just remember........

everyone pees in the water. some even take a dump. some even do the hurdy gurty.............

Forget the beach.
They do that in public swimming pools too.
But I bet you'll never see them dive in your toilet.

Originally posted by Pale_Beauty
In this thred .....Cuz Now the CHIT Is gettin Deep!!!!


Sage> Im 32 why do you ask?:D

I would have never guessed that to be your age.


One pet peeve I have is being ignored.

My kids are experts at this and have perfected
ignoring me,
(and the advice I give them), to an art-form.

Maybe they learned it from me?
I can ignore people rather well too.
;)

LOL@Chosen......

Remember the scene from 'CADDYSHACK', at the pool.......
LMAO.....

Originally posted by Nessa
Sage,

Maybe your kids are 'mom hearing impaired'? I have a 17 year old like that.


Oh yes, they are!
LOL
And when I tell them to do something or
give advice and things go badly for whatever reason,
I hate it when they say:
"But you never told me!"
Oh yes I did!
:mad:

Originally posted by Pale_Beauty
[QUOTE]I would have never guessed that to be your age.[quote]



What age would you have guessed?


Just wondering.

Not 32

My biggest pet peeve is when people come running their mouths about things they have no idea about. whether its about laws or anything. There is no reason for anyone to attack someone because of our states seeing things differently. For one on the pooper scooper law we have i love it cause when i go out to my yard i dont want to be stepping in dog poop cause i dont have any dogs, but if i did then i cant get mad about it. The main reason the law was brought out was because of people letting their dogs poop on other people lawns. Now they are saying dog poop contaminates the soil. All i'm saying is that all states have their own stupid laws that others dont like and i bet i can find a law in your state i dont like but i'm not going to attack you cause i dont agree with it.


And another thing is i know i cant spell right so attack me on that all you want. if my spelling is wrong blame it on nessa cause i ask her if my spelling is right.

Let's see, where should I start:

1) Telemarketers- A telemarketer is like an immature, sex hungry teen. No matter how often you say NO, they still think that you mean YES........LOL

2) People who uses drive thru's for large orders instead of going into the restaurant.

3) People who ask stupid questions when it's self explanatory already.

4) People who need help from law enforcement but have absolutely no information whatsoever to receive such help. (Example: When I worked in auto theft, a guy called us hoping that we had recovered his Buick Regal. But he could not tell me his license plate or V.I.N numbers and had the nerve to upset when I couldn't help him. So he proceeded to describe the vehicle at which case I explained to him that his description narrowed it down to at least 100 other vehicles in our possession.)

Okay, in regard to this poop issue.
Here's the scoop-
*wink*

It is just good common sense to scoop
up after one's dog.
Not all dogs are pooping in dirt.
They poop wherever their little nose tells them to.
On pavement.
On gravel.
In the sand, (which is always nice to pry out of
your toddler's hand as it heads to their mouth when
they are making a sand castle).
On the lawn, (usually someone else's lawn and
not their owner's lawn).

I really can't see how anyone could be opposed
to this kind of law?

Of course one is free to allow their dog
to poop as high as the sky in their own doggone yard,
but when your dog leaves your property,
your dog is pooping in other people's space
and most people don't want your dog's crap
in their path or on their lawn or in their child's hand
or on their shoes!

I have a little story:

My ex took my son for the weekend
not long ago and they went to visit some
friend's of my ex.
These people aren't my most favorite folks
as they have unruly boys and my son always
comes home with the most "colorful expressions",
(if ya know what I mean?)
They are also rather laid back people and they
don't clean house much and all of that.
The messy house part I can live with, (to a degree),
I mean, my house get's cluttered up at times too,
but the foul-mouthed boys don't have my seal of approval.

Anyway...
my ex brings my son home directly after visiting
this family and my son comes in without his shoes-
my ex carries them in after him and says:
"Wyatt stepped in dog crap over at "so & so's"
and they need a good hosing."
I scrunch up my nose, (as the man is waving Wyatt's
shoes towards my face- I mean,
he knows where the danged hose is outside!),
and I say:
"Gosh, don't those people ever poop-scoop their yard?"
My ex says:
"Oh no, he stepped in it inside their house."

Inside the house!
Now that is disgusting,
(and they don't have puppies!)

Needless to say, Wyatt isn't going over there
anytime soon.

Originally posted by Nessa
Well Katherine,

saying that pooper scooper laws are silly is NOT a pet peeve, it's a statement of opinion. A pet peeve would be if you didn't like that people picked up their dogs poop and you wanted it left on the ground.

LOL
OMG, that is the funniest line I have read all day!
Thanks for the chuckle Nessa!!
:D

ok i know i have problems spelling and i dont have proper grammer but i stated that in the first place. one is because i cant type that good and alot of my spelling mistakes it due to that and second is that i do have a learning disablilty. i dont do it to be differnt from others.

so if i spelled something wrong its not to make fun or pick on people just honest mistakes.

Originally posted by SaltwaterBlues
LOL@Chosen......

Remember the scene from 'CADDYSHACK', at the pool.......
LMAO.....

That has to be the funniest part of the entire movie......LOL

On the subject of dog dukie..


Here in Chicago there are ordinances regarding the clean up of one's own backyard. Especially in areas where yards face an alley. Evidently, rats love doggie doo, and so to discourage rats, dog owners must clean up after their dogs even in their own yards or they can be issued citations and/or fines by the city. The neighborhood where I live is very clean, and neighbors try to keep it that way, even the alleys.

I too lived in the country for a time, and so I know how "convenient" it is, not to have to pick up doggie doo when there are acres for them to do their business in. However, in the city, there are health concerns and people who don't pick up after their dogs, so ordinances and laws must be enacted. That's just the way it goes. And it's common sense in the city. Now horse poop is another thing. It's not as bad as dog poop, but I DID clean stalls every day! I'm not the Barngoddess fer nuthin'! :D

This is weird sh*t (no pun intended).

We're arguing about dog crap not being scooped up from our lawn yet some people would pay to have cow crap thrown on their lawn for fertilization. Hell, isn't the dog crap free? http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/lol8.gif

Originally posted by TheChosen1
This is weird sh*t (no pun intended).

We're arguing about dog crap not being scooped up from our lawn yet some people would pay to have cow crap thrown on their lawn for fertilization. Hell, isn't the dog crap free? http://pages.prodigy.net/rogerlori1/emoticons/lol8.gif



You have a good point there.lol

LOL@Chosen1

When I had horses, I still worked in the city.. people would ask me to bring manure to them for their gardens! One time I bagged up about 20 bags or so, drove to the city with horse poop in the back of my pick-up, and gave it away.. you'd have thought it was gold!

Glad no state trooper pulled me over that day! LOL

My landlord took the inititive of "fertilizing" his plants and lemon trees with horse crap a couple of weeks ago. The only problem is that I have to smell it everytime I am outside my door.......LOL

Hello...its the bedridden moderator (maybe I should be the Monorator :rolleyes: ha ha).

Anyway, I have altered this thread some, and am not staying long enough to send notes...Im sure we have all been here long enough to know what was deleted and why it was deleted. *smiles*

I did get the complaints...and tried to fix them. Lets not argue anymore about dog potty...please??? I, too, live in the country, and there are no pooper scooper laws. Even when I lived in the city, that city being Wichita, we did not have them. I sure can see the benefit to them though...Nothing I hate worse than stepping in dog potty. Either way, every state is different, and all of our opinions are different, but it definitely isn't worth arguing about.

Okay, next pet peeve....People who sleep with the blanket tucked under them...and then roll over in the middle of the night taking all the blanket with them... *glaring at James!*

Originally posted by joannalee
Okay, next pet peeve....People who sleep with the blanket tucked under them...and then roll over in the middle of the night taking all the blanket with them... *glaring at James!*

SOLUTION: Kick that blanket stealing bum out of the bed and GET WELL SOON, Joannalee. :)

Joannalee, I had mono, it's exhausting!!! They call it the "kissing" disease, and indeed I got it at 15 by kissing a guy at school who I had a crush on! My parents didn't know that's how I got it though!

A big pet peeve of mine:

People who own dogs and cats but won't let them in the house! I live in a rural area, and it really pisses me off to drive by someone's house to see a dog tied up to a tree next to a dog house! Dogs are social animals, pack animals, and their human family is their "pack". They become neurotic and depressed when unable to socialize with their pack, live with their pack, eat with their pack, sleep with their pack. That's why a lot of those dogs are so aggressive and defensive when approached.

It makes me want to tie up the PEOPLE that own them, and make THEM live outside under a tree in a house only big enough to lie down in, under all weather conditions, and go for hours, maybe even days, without food or water until someone feels like getting off of their lazy *** to get it for them.

I see these animals as living in a prison. Cats need access to indoors too. They like to be outside, but not all the time. They need a warm, dry place to clean their fur and sleep. Cats that are kept outside all the time get injuries and diseases, and when the weather is severe, sometimes can't survive it.

Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with, nor do I generally agree with the policies or practices of PETA. :D

Polly, I totally agree. A lot of people make excuses about why they don't take better care of their pets. They absolutely refuse to see them as part of their family. Instead they're like disposable toys. When I worked at a boarding kennel we had people all the time being "forced" to give up their pets (and usually take them to an already overcrowded shelter) just because they were moving. We'd always ask each other sarcastically, "is it illegal to move across state lines with a dog?" It was just an excuse to get rid of them because the novelty had worn off.

What's worse is that so many people don't even see what the problem is with mistreating their pets, because "they're just animals." Well so are we when you get right down to it! Come up with a better excuse than that, please. :rolleyes: Humans domesticated animals for our own use and then so many of us take absolutely no responsibility for them. It's sad.



On another subject I have a definite pet peeve: poorly designed houses. My kitchen has practically NO cabinet space! There are only two drawers, both of which are little skinny drawers so that silverware organizers won't fit, and the little drawer for all our serving spoons and spatulas and things is packed full! And I have to put the pots and pans away in just the right order or they won't fit! On the other hand, there are plenty of cabinets way up high where I can't even see into them. What purpose do those serve? :confused:

opk nessa for now on i will sit in a chair and put everything away then i know they will be in you reach

pale beauty nessa is not the one who started about my grammer you did by saying to her i guess you hat big bri too. you comment hurt me not hers she knew about my problem and she knows not to say anything about it cause i'm very ashammed that i have a problem. i think i will take my problem away from here so next time you want to edit your post dont blame her for what you said

The Chicken Wrangler makes a good point there.......LOL

In addition, I think it's unfair to chain an animal up to a tree or any type of immobilized item. Not to mention that it's not fair for the neighbors to here the barking all night long from their dogs.

My dogs don't want to be inside.
They seem to get too hot.

I have a very big back yard, completley fenced
and I also have a heated garage and workshop.
They like it outside and only come in to end
up wanting right back out.
They have to lay down on the floor in the house-
I don't let them on the furniture.
And just like kids-
they seem to want to be where they can
run, play and flop where they wanna flop.

In the winter they have the heat in the garage-
and
also ceder chip beds that I made them out of
canvas and heavy duty flannel.

I have never tied them up to anything.
They do get rather protective and aggressive
towards anyone coming up to the fence-
especially the mail person, UPS person and the
guy that reads the electicity metor.
I have to have a "Beware of Dog" sign
on my back gate.

But anyone that comes through the front door-
they love to death!

I like my dogs outside at night-
they have alerted me to prowlers before
and my neighbors have told me they feel safer
with them there too.

They seem happy out there,
so that is where they are most of the time.
Maybe they are so happy because they
know they are welcome inside the house-
they just don't seem to like it much.

Originally posted by Lost_Spoiled
I wonder why the top three threads never change. They are always the same ones and to see what's new you have to scroll down to get to the threads that have been modified.

Photo Album
Person of the Week
and Full PM boxes

Maybe there is a reason for that that I am not aware of, but it is a pet peeve either way.

Because they're STICKIES, meaning that they never move from the top until a MOD or ADMIN discontinues it's STICKIE stage.

ROFL...
I thought I'd run into this question already answered! Thanks Nessa!

to those who let their dog crap just anywere:
Keep your freakin dog off my freakin lawn!

Originally posted by Nessa
picking up your animal waste is a LAW, katherine. it's a health issue, even if they go in the dirt you HaVE to pick it up.... just like you wash your hands after you go potty for heath reasons.

it's so easy to do.... take a plastic bag put it on your hand reach down grab the poop pull the bag over off your hand.... tie the bag and dispose...

not only is it the nice thing to do it's the law and it's easy.

SCOOP the POOP!!

I have MANY pet peeves, but will have to post later :D

EDIT> this is one of those late edits, when pages later I found out I did not say anything original...I answered the FIRST comment on poop, not realizing there was already a novel... *sigh*

Hey guys, do me a favor, will ya? Let's think of other pet peeves besides dog poop.

Ok, moving along...


Another of my pet peeves is the fact that traffic copters do not give you specific details about accident locations on the roadways. I listen to the radio on my way to, and from, work each day just so I can hear the traffic report. However, whenever there's an accident, all they do is give you the general location. It would be so nice if they would be more specific.

For example, I cross a bridge from Indiana into Kentucky each day. It is 1 of only 3 bridges in that area and it is a heavily congested area.

Often there are accidents on the bridge I cross, but on the radio, they never tell you which lane to be in, even though they can obviously see from the helicopter. It would be so helpful if they would be more specific when describing the location of the accident, even down to describing which lane you should be in to get around it.

Ok, I'm gonna attempt to redirect again.....


Another of my pet peeves is all those commercials for "personal injury attorneys". I'm sorry, but I think it's just flat wrong for attorneys to advertise for their services. And especially to make a huge living on injury related lawsuits. Not to mention the fact that they are contributing to the thought that you should just sue everyone and that will make everything alright. :rolleyes: The world is sue happy enough as it is without those weasles advertising trying to get more and more clients.

I can't stand insincere New Age mumbo jumbo. I see it a lot in this business. "Don't worry. . .find your happy place". . ."We all need to be in the listening circle in order to be at peace with what we're about to discuss". . . "It's all good. . ."

Um, like, excuse me?? Hell yes, you should be worried, you should have had that report done a week ago! Get your *** in the chair and get ready to be chewed out by the boss because you didn't get it done and it's not all good because other people will have to pick up the slack!!!!!!

Um, ah, yes, it annoys me tremendously. I literally yanked a model off a job once because he kept taking breaks to chant and do yoga. I'm sorry, if that is someone's lifestyle choice, great, but it has NO place in the work area and I certainly don't want to hear about it.

I don't have a lawn! :D

now back to the partially redirected thread ;)

- I can't stand how my cat leaves her claw nails EVERYWHERE!

edit> seems some text is missing here, eh? hmmm

Originally posted by babes66
[B]I cant stand my postman! AAAAARGHH!
He is the most ignorant unfriendly person, and he depresses me in the mornings!
If he has a parcel to deliver, he knocks on the door, but when I answer it, he stands with his back to me and hands the parcel over, I mean, he literally faces the other way![QUOTE]

May be the guy is too shy, and is a secret admirer?;)

[QUOTE] At 1st I thought it was perhaps because I sometimes answer the door at the weekend wearing my robe [QUOTE]

Ooook! He definetly IS shy ;) From me you would be probably get extra mail deliverys:D

[QUOTE] so I made a point of always putting clothes on before getting the door, but he still did it. [QUOTE]

You would be getting extra mail deliverys anyway :D As for the guy, may be he still cant forget the image? Image of your in your robe...?

[QUOTE]He is sooo obnoxious and rude, and just having to face his scowling back ( don't ask me how a back can scowl, his stance just exudes scowliness) brings down my mornings!

Just call the office, 'n tell 'em that you wanna social, intelligent, nice, preferebly goodlooking, hopefully young postman...

P.S: dont be surprised if you get him delivered in the packege with ribbons:D

My pet peeves:

1) Parents who uses child support payments for anything but the child (i.e., new vehicle, gifts for their boyfriend/girlfriend, clothes and/or shoes for themselves, etc.)

2) Parents who uses their child/children against the other parent.

3) Women who lie about paternity for their own financial gains. As well as men/women who choose not to be responsible with the financial and moral support of their child/children.

4) People who cheat the system (unemployment, welfare, workmans comp, etc.) while the tax payers are the ones paying for them to sit on their a$$es.

5) Used car salesmen who think they can sell you a Ford Escort when you're there to buy an F-150. [NOTE: This is not a direct statement against Ford Escorts. Only in regards to wanting to buy a truck and not a car.]

Originally posted by ArcDemon
Abby, just copy and paste your post into Word or whatever word processing doc you use. It takes like 5 seconds...

Oh, I just thought of another bugger: picky eaters! Stop whining and just try it already!

And on the driving thing... too many to mention. A few highlights:



grrrrrrrrrr - about the headlights - this is reverse headlight peevery here! Everyone flashes their lights at me and thinks I have mine on! I have to actually flash my brights at them to let them know I have them dimmed already!

and...I have AOL which has a little dictionary up under EDIT. I just discovered it! Another pet peeve is that I continually misspell the same words. I look them up, and look them up, and then forget!!! Like the word Misspell. I know I have checked it a dozen times and still can't remember if it is a double S - off to the dictionary.

Thanks for that tip though. I will try it.

My pet peeve has to do with my friends. This is 2 fold -
1)The girls I have for friends are fun, etc. but try to have a conversation with them and talk about ME and they listen for about 6 seconds and then go back to talking about themselves:
examples

Tammi as teling me about Danny flirting with her. Same conversation we always have. I am upset because someone wrecked my truck. She actually interrupts and says "Danny says my body spray turns him on. Wants me to go sit in his truck so he can get turned on while he drives. I told him......"!!!!! ""yadayada..I guess my mentioning my truck reminded her about Danny and the body spray or something.

2 - women that can't deal with things on their own. I have had to do so many things on my own with my hubby being sick and then passing away. It has been a very hard trail, Physically hard. Coming home at midnight to a house with no heat in the dead of winter. Only a woodstove which went out 5 hours earlier. Laying under that house with a hair dryer to thaw the pipes, repeatedly, while experiencing tremendous sadness..and having a broken tailbone at the same time. I could go on because dammit, nevermind. Anyhow - when one of their pipes freeze they are whining, - they have men! and they bash them at that! One of the gals who doesn't work and hubby supports her and she complains about how lazy he is and that he doesn't do enough housework and she calls him an asshole. Open your eyes girls!
Then, they call my bf and want him to come unthaw their pipes because their "asshole" hubby is at work! Do it yourself!! Leave me and mine alone.

I can't explain this, but it is really getting on my nerves. Actually - I think I am venting, but girls "Buck UP!" If you don't like your aasshole hubby then leave him and let him get someone who appreciates him! That would involve standing on your own two feet I guess....

At least my friends here listen to me! Thank you all.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by TheChosen1
[B]My pet peeves:

1) Parents who uses child support payments for anything but the child (i.e., new vehicle, gifts for their boyfriend/girlfriend, clothes and/or shoes for themselves, etc.)

2) Parents who uses their child/children against the other parent.


i'm with you on that too

i will have to say my big pet peeves is that a single woman with a child can get the support but alot of us single men with a child cant get it. i have had custody of my child since she was 4 and she is 11 going on 12 and i get nothing and they wont go after her for support.

You gotta love a thread that allows you to unload a little. I thought of a few more...

- Neighbors who think you are their best friend just because they live next door.

- Bartenders who ignore you.

- Girls who wear too much makeup and think they are God's gift.

- Boy bands.

- Any "reality TV" show, especially American Idol or Bachelor--type show. Could we promote superficiality any more?

- Wireless phone companies. I have to pay to tell you that you misbilled me!?!?

- People who chose overly self-flattering screen names.

Holy cow. And I just don't like mine because they want me to watch their cat all the time, and every weekend ask me if I want to do something with them...

Originally posted by ArcDemon
You gotta love a thread that allows you to unload a little. I thought of a few more...


- People who chose overly self-flattering screen names.

Now that is funny. What are thinking?

Wow, some of your posts today really hit close to home for me.

Nessa and Lynn.... I can really relate to the name issue. Try living with the name Katrina. Here's just a sampling of some of the various ways my name has been mispronounced over the years:

Katrine
Katrinka
Katina
Katarina
Kathleen
Karina
Kristina
Kirstina
Kertrina
Katinka
Claudia (?? -- will someone please tell me how they get Claudia from Katrina??)

Also, about the child support... someone may have said this, but it is so frustrating that the child support divisions are not staffed properly enough to follow up on parents who are not paying the support. I spent at least 10 years trying to get my 1st husband to pay. He will always owe me arrears, but I'll never see it.

Neighbors: I cannot stand nosy neighbors. I have lived in my house for 18 years and really only speak on a somewhat regular basis to my next-door neighbors. They are the best neighbors I have ever had. But, many of the others are simply just too nosy and I refuse to talk to them.

For example, when I first moved in here, the old lady from across the street saw me mowing the lawn... she came over and said, "you seem to be doing alot of jobs that are man's work." I told her, "oh really? I wasn't aware that any particular job truly belonged to one sex vs the other.

Another pet peeve: people who make assumptions. I had another neighbor once who really put her foot in her mouth with me. I was hanging balloons on the mailbox for my son's birthday party. My neighbor came over and said, "I just wanted to congratulate you on the birth of your baby." I said, "What baby? My son is 6 years old." She said, "Oh, I thought you and your husband just had a baby." I said, "WHAT HUSBAND??" It suddenly occurred to me that she thought that my brother, who was staying with me while he recuperated from brain surgery, was my husband!! :eek:

And Obsessing: I know EXACTLY what you mean about people who basically ignore you during a conversation to talk about what THEY want to talk about. I cannot stand being ignored or someone talking over the top of me as if I'm not even speaking. I wanna scream "HEY, I'M TALKIN' HERE! I'M TALKIN' HERE!!!"

LOL, try having a name like Genevieve.

It's Gwenevere
Genevere
Geneva
Genevie
Genev
Gena


Most people don't spell it right, nor can pronounce it.. so my family usually calls me Jeannie, and most people know me as that. I was born in a Catholic hospital, and one of the nuns there was also named Genevieve. She gave my mother two ST. Genevieve medals, then told her not to call me Genny, "because that sounds like a bar maid" LOL My grandmother's name was Jenny, and I was named after her. It doesn't bother me when people don't spell it correctly though.. I get a little good-natured chuckle out of it.

you know what i hate is when your online on the internet and your away from you computer and one of your friends send you a message and you dont respond to it right away.they suddenly think you just dont want to talk to them or hate them or your mad at then. then instead of saying well let me know when your back they tell you well i guess i will go away and not bother you . sometimes i fell like typing back when i come back to my computer is no your not bothering me but the stupid stuff your saying now becausee i didnt answer you is bothering me.



another thing is why do alot of the bbws (big beautiful women) have the screen name with lil or little in it somewhere. ( of course my bbw doesnt have lil in her name)

Originally posted by Genevieve
LOL, try having a name like Genevieve.

Genevieve was my Grandmother's name an heaven help u if u mispronounced it, she prefered it with a French accent:D .........

Now if u want a real tough name to grow up with try my birthname: Eileithyia !! u can imagine how much fun that was LMAO ......... not even my Stepfather or siblings could pronounce it ...... My Grandfather chose it because he was into Greek Mythology .......... On a technical note I was only married legally once as both my first an third husband were unable to say my first name, then again the registrar couldn't get it right either :D ........ I eventually changed it by deed to Leigh, ppl still have problems spelling it but at least most ppl can pronounce it :D ....... My full name is a tad of a mouthful tho' ............ Leigh Censi Eileithyia Magda P.......

Well, Shewolf, you certainly have me beat! I will never complain again about my name. :p

One of my biggest pet peeves;

People that assume just because I don't
answer my phone, that I am on the computer

This really bugs me
and I have been known to harshly blast
those that toss that comment at me.
For one, I have two phone lines,
(yeah, I am on dial-up),
and no phone calls are missed because
of our computer time.

I find that those that accuse me of this,
are those that don't know how to use a comp,
or spend little to no time on their comp.

I think you all have wonderful names:) .

Pet Peeve yeah I got another one. But that shall remain a secret.:) ( yeah I'm a tease)

Originally posted by ms683
Pet Peeve yeah I got another one. But that shall remain a secret.:) ( yeah I'm a tease)

My greatest pet peeve is that I HATE TEASERS.
They should all be dragged into an alley and executed.........:eek: OOOPS, maybe that's a little extreme, huh? LOL

i dont know about that the chosen 1 because there are other people out there that think that kind of pain is a tease ( meaning some lifestyles like bdsm or stuff like that) so doing that to them might just excite them. lmao

I have seen a similar one for us teachers.. lol This was actually found on one of the local radio station websites here in Chicago. I did not write it, and the source is unknown. We all got a big laugh out of it in the teacher's lounge one day. It's a tough job, but I love what I do!

Job Description of a Teacher

Let me see if I got this right.

You want me to go into that room with all those kids, and fill their every waking moment with a love for learning. Not only that, I'm to instill a sense of pride in their ethnicity, behaviorally modify disruptive behavior, and observe signs of abuse, drugs, illness while checking to see that all T-shirt messages and clothing fall within the established guidelines.

I am to fight the war on drugs and sexually transmitted diseases, check their backpacks for guns, and raise their self-esteem. I'm to teach them patriotism, good citizenship, sportsmanship and fair play, how and where to register to vote, how to balance a checkbook, buy a car, and how to apply for a job, but I'm never to ask if they are in this country illegally.

I am to check their heads occasionally for lice, maintain a safe environment, recognize signs of potential antisocial behavior, offer advice, write letters of recommendation for student employment and scholarships, encourage respect for the cultural diversity of others, all while making sure I give the girls in my class fifty percent of my attention.

Evenings and weekends I am supposed to plan lessons and homework for the next school day that will be so exciting and entertaining that my students will prefer school work to watching MTV or playing video games. Before I can do this however, I must grade homework, papers, and other assignments.

I'm required by my contract to be working, on my own time, summer and evenings and at my own expense toward additional certification, advance certification, and a master's degree, to sponsor cheerleaders or the sophmore class and after school I am to attend committee and faculty meetings and participate in staff development training to maintain my current certification and employment status.

I am to collect data and maintain records to support and document our building's progress to the selected state madated program to assess and upgrade educational excellence in the public schools..

I am to be a paragon of virtue larger than life, such that my very presence will awe my students into being obedient and respect of authority.

I am to pledge allegiance to supporting family values, a return to the basics, and my current administration.

I am to incorporate technology into the learning, but monitor all web sites for appropriateness while providing a personal one-on-one relationship with each student.

I am to decide who might be potentially dangerous and/or liable to commit crimes in school or who is possibly being abused and I can be sent to jail for not mentioning these suspicions to those in authority.

I am to make sure that all students pass the state and federally mandated testing and all classes, whether or not they attend school on a regular basis or complete any of the work assigned. I am to communicate frequently with each student's parent by letter, phone, newsletter, and grade card.

I'm to do all of this with just a piece of chalk, a computer, a few books, a bulletin board, a 45 minute or less plan time, and a big smile on a starting salary that could qualify my family for food stamps in many states. Is that all?

Let's see...

More things that piss me off...

1) I realize you got to drive cautious when it's snowing. However, if you drive TOO cautious, you risk causing accidents. I almost had the nose of someone's car rammed up the end of mine...because numbnuts in front of me decided to almost go to a crawl...

2) People that make fun of me because I listen to Country Music. Yeah, what's it to you, when in the summer, I go cruising down the road with my windows down and country music blaring. If I have to listen to your insipid crap...you listen to mine!

3) People that don't give me my space. This is a sure fire way of getting elbowed and chewed out...

4) Someone mentioned names, actually a few did. I can't tell you how many times during grade school and high school, people failed to read and see the letters of my name and called me Danielle. Nimrods...

Thanks Pale! That was sweet. I'm saving that to show fellow teachers. :)

Originally posted by Nessa
Like telling me that they KNOW I can run their PC program on my MAC without any specialized software. (I can't).... or that I can't get data of a PC disk on my Mac (I can) but they KNOW they are right and won't listen to me at all. ohhhhhh so frustrating.

I hate it when people tell me that macs are getting phased out in the Graphic Design/Audio Engineering/Arts fields...that PCs are just as good for this.

moooaahhhahahahahahaha! What a load!

I have a PC and a Mac. I have been using Macs since 1985. I only started using PCs in June 2003 for my business programs; but, for my Graphic Design projects, nothing is more intuitive than a mac, especially with a UNIX base....

I am Mac loyal, pc considerate..... I guess to summarize, I hate it when people put down macs when they don't know a dayamn thing about them!

Originally posted by Pale_Beauty
Im sure most of us had been spanked as kids. Question for the ones who have ....> Are You Tramatized from it?


I would have to say yes, but then I was spanked with a belt, coat hanger, hair brush or switch. And, VERY often when I was completely innocent.

My father had this stupid tactic... if someone did something wrong, he would ask us all "who did it". If no one would tell, and 99% of the time, the innocent ones had no clue what in hell was going on, then all 5 of us were rounded up for a beating. I went to school many a day with huge bruises and welps on the back of my legs and butt. Since I had to wear dresses or skirts, I'm surprised none of the teachers ever saw and reported it. It was, in fact, abuse.

I have actually found that I get further with disciplining my children thru other methods. Ex. time out, grounding, removing privileges. I started this after I found that spanking them didn't do anything to alter their behavior.

But, Pale, I do agree completely that disciplining children is the parent's business -- unless it becomes abusive as my father was towards my brothers and me with the spankings with objects.

People who tell me the same story 7 or 8 times. Don't they remember? Do they remember and just don't care because they want to enjoy it yet another time, knowing full well I have already heard it 5 times!

I wanna talk about ME, Me, Me Me.......
(thank you Toby)

(If I have already posted this story somewhere previously, I apologize!)

Originally posted by babes66
Oh, and my mum could hit you on the back of the head with a slipper at 50 feet! It didnt matter how fast you ran, her aim was awsome!

I know this wasn't meant to be funny, but I am rolling over here... Personally, my mom loved the backside of a hairbrush - one of those big old wooden ones. Wowzers!

To get back on topic, as I was driving home last night, I was reminded of one of my all-time biggest driving pet peeves:

- People who lay on their brakes even when they don't need to!!! You can be moving along in traffic at 30 mph and the person in front decides to lay on their brakes even though there is like 10 car lengths between them and the car in front of them. Drives me nutty, no pun intended.

- Oh, and I can't stand when people forward emails about any variety of email hoaxes. I mean, aren't we all internet-savvy enough at this point to know that Bill Gates is not going to send you a check for $100 if you forward that email to 50 people???

- Also, emoticons are WAY over-used these days. A few here and there is fine, but c'mon... A certainly, they have no place in business emails.

I was traumatized by my dad spanking me, because he did it really hard, and sometimes he used a belt. I was a very little kid. My dad had no patience at all for kids. He still doesn't. I have to watch my kids around him so they don't piss him off. He wouldn't dare hit them, he's 80 now, but he can still hurt them with words. He can be very ugly when he wants to be.

I don't think an occassional spanking with an open hand, mindfully gauging the force, is a bad thing, when all else has failed. It's more of an attention getter at that point, making a child finally take notice to what you've been trying to teach him. I have spanked my kids on occassion as a last resort, and after plenty of fair warning, but I never left welts or bruises, nor did I ever use an object other than my open hand. My son is too big to spank now, but I have other techniques that work even better for a teen: taking away the Playstation 2, grounding him from certain friends or activities, making him do housework, and (my all time favorite that Robin made up) making him write an essay on what he did wrong and why, and what he'll do differently next time! :D

DOGS' PET PEEVES

1. Blaming your farts on me...not funny...not funny at all.

2. Yelling at me for barking...I AM A DOG!!

3. How you naively believe that the stupid cat isn't all over everything while you're gone. Have you noticed that your toothbrush tastes a little like cat spit?!!

4. Taking me for a walk, then not letting me check stuff out. Exactly whose walk is this anyway?

5. Any trick that involves balancing food on my nose..........stop it.

6. Yelling at me for rubbing my butt on your carpet. Why'd you buy carpet?

7. Getting upset when I sniff the crotches of your guests. Sorry, but I haven't quite mastered that firm handshake thing yet.

8. How you act! disgusted when I lick myself.! Look, we both know the truth, you're just jealous.

9. Dog sweaters. Hello...have you noticed the fur?

10. Any haircut that involves bows or ribbons. Now you know why we chew your stuff up when you're not home.

11. When you pick up the poop in the yard. Do you realize how far behind schedule that puts me?

12. Taking me to the vet for "the big snip," then acting surprised when I freak out every time we go back.

13. The sleight of hand, fake-fetch-throw. You fooled a dog! What a proud moment for the top of the food chain!

PET PEEVES: People who shoot off their mouth. Politics. People who don't know how to drive....yada yada yada.

Weekend Television.

Weekends are the only time I really have to watch any T.V. and what is on T.V. all the time?? Either sports or infomercials!!!

Here's another pet peeve... waiting in a traffic jam for 30 minutes and never find out why!!!

Here is a little quote I saw in a book called "apples of gold"


When a man has a "pet peeve", it's remarkable how often he pets it.


I just think that's funny. :D



1love

I am absolutely fed up with forum members, who are supposed to be here to be supportive of others, posting negative comments to those who are reaching out for help. I've even seen someone accuse the poster of lying!! Why would someone want to deliberately hurt someone else that they don't even know? :(

I'm not talking about posting in a manner that avoids sugar coating, Nessa. And, I am not referring to any of your posts.

I'm talking about people who think it's cool to be "in your face" with their so-called advice. It's hurtful and I've seen many newbies driven away recently.

If anyone had accused me of lying about the situation that brought me here in the first place, I'd have been long gone.

edit: I also wanted to say that there is a right way and a wrong way to reach out to people. I am not suggesting that we be anything less than honest and open in our advice/support that we give others, however, it's all in the approach. You can attract many more flies with honey than with vinegar. Being deliberately mean to a newbie goes against the grain of what this community is about.

Whiterose~

I could not agree with you more in regards to your statement about it is all in the way you say something. You said it so eloquently and I couldn't have said it better myself!

The truth is, people come here for support and some people are not as strong as others. If you can't say something positive and uplifting, perhaps you shouldn't even reply!! That's my take on the subject. You certainly can catch more bees with honey than with vinegar!

Excellent post!!!:D




1love

I agree Nessa. We should be able to give what we call at work "frank and meaningful feedback". I agree completely that some people are wanting validation that something they are doing in their lives is "acceptable"... and I'm talking about the kind of example you just cited.

And, I agree that being blunt does not equate to nastiness. Most people are able to recognize mean and cruel treatment when we see it here. And some people rush to defend those who I've seen treat others in that manner all because the member is one who typically tells it like it is. That's another pet peeve of mine. :rolleyes:

Well, there's telling it like it is, and then there's telling it like it is in a hurtful manner. I prefer to be open and honest and to be as careful as possible to not hurt the original poster's feelings. Even when I disagree with their comments or behaviors, I still try my best to treat everyone in the manner in which I want to be treated.

Clearly the point that whiterose made is lost here Nessa...

It is the presentation of what you say, not what you say that could have the biggest impact. Most importantly, if you feel that you cannot uplift another person, sometimes silence is golden.

After all, "it is better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt".


:D 1love

A tribute to all those who need encouragement


If you have learned to walk
A little more sure-footedly than I,
Be patient with my stumbling then
And know that only as I do my best and try
May I attain the goal
For which we both are striving.

If through experience, your soul
Has gained heights which I
As yet in dim-lit vision see,
Hold out your hand and point the way,
Lest from its straightness I should stray,
And walk a mile with me.



1love

Originally posted by 1love
Clearly the point that whiterose made is lost here Nessa...

It is the presentation of what you say, not what you say that could have the biggest impact. Most importantly, if you feel that you cannot uplift another person, sometimes silence is golden.

After all, "it is better to be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt".


:D 1love

Hi 1love,

I'm not necessarily saying that it's our obligation to uplift someone else. I do feel it's our obligation to be honest with our advice/opinions, but to convey our meaning to the person in a way that won't hurt feelings. That's all I'm saying.

Whether the message uplifts them really depends on the situation.

And, I know that Nessa understands my point of view. :)

I wish that when you went to send a PM to someone that when you hit the create message or hit reply that it would tell you that their mailbox is full before you typed everything out. It's so frustrating to type a whole message and then go to press send only to get a message back saying "Their mailbox is full"

I know I can save the message in word and re-paste it in when it clears up! Just something frustrating. Seems today has been a frustrating day all-together. Ever feel that way?

Originally posted by DarkAngel1962
I wish that when you went to send a PM to someone that when you hit the create message or hit reply that it would tell you that their mailbox is full before you typed everything out. It's so frustrating to type a whole message and then go to press send only to get a message back saying "Their mailbox is full"

I know I can save the message in word and re-paste it in when it clears up! Just something frustrating. Seems today has been a frustrating day all-together. Ever feel that way?


I hate that when it happens, too! You go to all that trouble composing a PM and then you can't send it. The answer is that everyone needs to clean out their PM boxes! Make sure you delete not only ones in the inbox, but also in the sent box and the message tracking, too.



btw, DarkAngel, let me introduce you to my

PET PEEVE THREAD (http://www.agelesslove.com/boards/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7763&highlight=peeve)

:p

Great stuff! Didn't know there was a thread started already. Feel free to move this there. :)

Ok, will do. :)





Have merged it now into the old Pet Peeve thread.

Originally posted by whiterose
...one of my biggest pet peeves.... people who talk over the end of your sentences. You cannot even finish your complete sentence before they start talking. And, it's not just once! It's every single sentence you are trying to say!! I do not see how they could possibly have heard everything I was trying to say. It just wears me out trying to get my point across.


This just made me chuckle. Jeremy has friends that do this. Unfortunately, we are around them all of the time and we never get a word in edgewise. His best friend's girlfriend is horrible with this. Of course, she thinks I'm the greatest. (Only because I have given up trying to talk, I just listen.) One time I actually set the phone down to go to the loo and she was still talking when I came back! Good thing I have honed my listening skills!

Yesterday, he and I were at a fest