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Things that bug you (spin off of Goldmoon's thread)

As others have said: big things that really bug me are probably going to send this thread into bad places.

Little things that just hack me off (and you can tell that these behaviors have been bugging me for a while now, because I've NAMED most of them):

- Creepers. You stop at a red light, and the guy in front of you has stopped about 40 feet behind the car in front of *him*. Then, over the course of the minute that the light is red, every 10 second, he creeps up about 5 feet. What is the matter with you? Do you think your brakes stop working after 10 seconds, and you need to give them a rest?

- Gappers. These are like creepers, but they don't creep up. They just like to stop 2 car lengths away from the car in front of them.

- Cloggers. These are people who drive slowly in the left lane on the highway, and are oblivious to the fact that traffic is crawling up behind them. The left lane is for passing, people...don't camp in it, unless you're the fastest mofo on the road.

- Barnacles. People who sit next to you on a train (or bus) when you're sitting in the "inside" seat, and then don't move over to an empty seat when the train starts to empty. And, 90% of the time, barnacles are either big folks (who are thus crowding you anyway), or have bad B.O.

- Space hogs. People who park way over to one side of a parking space, making the next space over difficult or impossible to use. Even worse are the {insert VERY bad word} who intentionally park their expensive car across TWO spaces. They're just asking to get their precious Ferarri keyed. (Not that I would do that. I'm too LG.)

- Employees at restaurants who simply cannot get a custom order right. I'm a fussy eater, sorry. I do NOT want everything on my sandwich. I do NOT want pickles. Really! Please get my order correct!

- People who get to the front of the line at a fast-food restaurant, and then have NO IDEA what they want to order. How can it POSSIBLY take 5 minutes to simply place an order at Burger King? ^$$%%#!!!
 
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To carry on the traffic theme.

People who force their way in to a line when two lanes become one. It backs the ones behind up because they now have to stop. There is also the race to the bottle neck. I see it out in front of my store every day.
 

[soapbox]We all know the old saying, "they can't walk and chew gum at the same time". Well, I think a lot of people, in fact most of us, can't walk and talk on their cell phone at the same time. A telephone conversation requires a lot of mental effort (as opposed to chewing gum), and people seem to forget they are walking in a shared public space.

Please, if you are on your cell phone, step to the side of the sidewalk or aisle out of the way of doors, exits, entrances and other high traffic flow areas. And just because the cell phone signal returns at the top of the subway stairs doesn't mean you should stop right there and check you messages and return calls.

Remember, a telephone conversation takes up a lot of your concentration. This is why you shouldn't drive and talk on your cell phone either, even with a hands free.

And if you could care less about other people, do it for your own safety then.

Thank you. :) [/soapbox]
 

kenobi65 said:
- Gappers. These are like creepers, but they don't creep up. They just like to stop 2 car lengths away from the car in front of them.
This drives me freaking insane. One time I was on an off-rap turing left about 3 cars back from the first car and he stopped at least 2 car lengths in front of the line so he didn't trigger the light to change. :mad: He just sat there as the cars lined up behind us. I was ready to get out of the car and tell him to pull forward, but then someone came up the right hand turn lane and jumped in front of him to trigger the light. GRRRRRR! We sat there for over 5 min while people honked like mad.

It seems to me that old people do this more than anyone else. I don't know why. :|
 

Aurora said:
This drives me freaking insane. One time I was on an off-rap turing left about 3 cars back from the first car and he stopped at least 2 car lengths in front of the line so he didn't trigger the light to change. :mad: He just sat there as the cars lined up behind us. I was ready to get out of the car and tell him to pull forward, but then someone came up the right hand turn lane and jumped in front of him to trigger the light. GRRRRRR! We sat there for over 5 min while people honked like mad.

It seems to me that old people do this more than anyone else. I don't know why. :|

He fell asleep or died.
 


Prince of Happiness said:
I don't even know where to begin. Seattle is just plum full of examples of things that bug me. I stay because the girls are pretty. :p
There are pretty girls every where.
 


Aeson said:
To carry on the traffic theme.

People who force their way in to a line when two lanes become one. It backs the ones behind up because they now have to stop. There is also the race to the bottle neck. I see it out in front of my store every day.
The traffic theme deserves a thread of its own!

People who try to block me from getting into their lane when two become one. The quickest way for everyone is to merge alternately. There's a tunnel near me that has signs up telling you to use both lanes and merge where the lanes merge but some people are adamant to stick to the bumber of the car in front and not let you in. It's more dangerous and slows everyone down.

Lane discipline - check, bad parking - check. Oh, one that hasn't been mentioned because it probably doesn't happen much in the US is people who cut you up on roundabouts - check your damned mirrors and look in your blind spots before you just change lanes into the gap that I'm about to enter. People in front of you that pull out to overtake and force you to slow right down - particularly annoying on the autobahn when you're doing well over 100mph and they're doing about 80. I could go on all day!
 

nerfherder said:
Oh, one that hasn't been mentioned because it probably doesn't happen much in the US is people who cut you up on roundabouts

Funny enough, my city has roundabouts - Indianapolis, IN is built around one large one at the center of the city, and then there are random roundabouts around the area.

It's even worse here.... no one knows how to drive in them, because I don't think anywhere else in the States has them. Tourist season is hell around here...
 

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