Pet Peeves

[jgbrowning]

This one may be odd, or I may not be alone:

When, going through a set of double doors, someone entering as you are leaving won't bother to open the door on their side, but instead waits to dive through the door on your side after you. Quite possibly getting in your way by being too close to where you would be exiting.

I don't understand why so many people do this unless they have their hands full or something. Really, it's not that big of a task to pull a door open and it would be quicker than waiting for me to get out of the door.

This drives me utterly bonkers as well. Almost as bonkers as double doors that always have one door locked — forcing everyone to go through one door.

joe b.

 

[Aeson]

My pet peeve is people having pet peeves...

Why did you steal my line? Jeez I guess my new pet peeve is people with the same pet peeve as I.

Solution for your work pet peeves. Work for yourself.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

There's a woman at work who is starting to become the poster child for my pet peeves.

She's constantly saying "Cool beans." Never mind the fact that this phrase is a little dated, it's pretty darn annoying to hear it over and over again all day long. She'll call someone and ask a question, then say "Cool beans! Thanks!" Gaa.

My friend likes to use that expression. He usually spells it "Kewl beans!" instead. He also uses the slang, "Killer", as well.

Pet peeves at work:

1) People who meet a male friend of mine and then practically "demand" that I should date him, not knowing his life story and such....

2) People who don't "pull their own weight" on the job and make you carry a bigger load of work because they wanna be slack.

3) People who never show up for work, nor call. Making it harder on those who *do* show up.

4) Messy people. Make a mess and then leave it for others to clean up

5) Those who think it's YOUR job to do THEIR job.

6) Favoritism.

7) Those who qualify under #6 and are friends of the store manager who NEVER have to work weekends, thus making the rest of us have to work them... like we don't have plans nor a life too?!!?!

 

[Darth K'Trava]

Yea,

Kinda like when someone wants to address a single point in someone else's post & quotes the whole frickin'n thing.

If people would stop doing that, it would be COOL BEANS!

ROFLMAO



COOL BEANS!!!!!

 

[Darth K'Trava]

I have few. The big one that's RPG related - canon vs. cannon.

Also, spelling grammar "grammer", usually in a post criticizing someone else's.

"So tell me about Ravenloft cannon."

"Well, they're just like cannons from Swashbuckling Adventures, only with vampires."

But you're not complaining about those who spell "rogue" "rouge"? I think you'd be peeved more over that than "canon" vs. "cannon"....

 

[mojo1701]

But you're not complaining about those who spell "rogue" "rouge"? I think you'd be peeved more over that than "canon" vs. "cannon"....

They're not even in the same language.

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

People that walk on the wrong side of the sidewalk and won't get out of my damn way. I'm tall and big and move fast, and I swear to god one of these days I'm just gonna start knocking them on their asses.

And umbrellas. I *hate* umbrellas. It's freaking water, people. It makes up 90% of your body. If you can't bear the thought of it touching you, stay the hell indoors. At the very least be aware of those sharp pointy things you're swinging around completely oblivious to the other people around you. It hurts when you poke me in the face with it, and I may decide to take it from you, insert it someplace unpleasant, and then press the button.

 

[devilbat]

After seeing that picture, Cool Beans is now my personal Pet Peeve!

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Doing laundry tonight reminded me:

(1) People that don't take their laundry out of the washer or dryer promptly during "heavy traffic" time in the laundry room.

(2) People that aren't nice enough to give you a few seconds after the time is up on your laundry to switch it/get it during "low traffic" time in the laundry room.

If it's Sunday night - I know people are doing laundry. I work quickly and promptly. I set a timer in the apartment and always get down to get the laundry within moments of it going off. Yet still - I find my *clean* clothing heaped on the nasty table in the yucky laundry room. Come on people! Be nice!

Last week, I got down to the laundry room maybe (MAYBE!) 5 minutes after my laundry got done. It wasn't a heavy traffic time - late on a week night (when I put my laundry in I could tell that no one had even used the washer that day) - yet another resident in my building had put their money in the washer (god forbid I start another load) and then CLOSED THE LID. So - my spun dry clothing were sitting in 2 inches of water. I had to ring everything out by hand before putting it in the dryer and it still took twice as long as normal to dry!

YARG!

(venting is fun)

 

[orchid blossom]

The whispering is very nearly criminal. It fosters an unhealthy, distrustful work invironment, and, as you pointed out, is more distracting than conversation at a conversational volume. My general guideline is that anything you have to whisper about is not appropriate workplace conversation.

Amen!

The whispering problem goes on a lot in my office. We have an open seating plan, which means we are all just out in a big room sitting at our desks. No cublicles or anything. So you can see who's whispering. I know some people think they are being polite by being quiet, but if they would just speak normally I could ignore them. When they whisper you always wonder what it's about.

It's absolutely true, if you have to whisper, you shouldn't be saying it.