What is Your Biggest Pet Peeve?
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hiitdogs
Cathlete
>How does one afford the gas for a vehicle driving so flippin'
>fast? A top fuel dragster with a lawn mover engine?
No, Beavs. German cars are more "fuel efficent", BMWs and Audis get a better gas mileage than Suburbans and Navigators
Can't drive SUVs in Germany because the damn streets are so narrow, especially downtown, that you'll need two lanes for the SUV. Gotta make up for the lack of a "big" car with speed - but usually it's a guy thing
Carola
>fast? A top fuel dragster with a lawn mover engine?
No, Beavs. German cars are more "fuel efficent", BMWs and Audis get a better gas mileage than Suburbans and Navigators
Can't drive SUVs in Germany because the damn streets are so narrow, especially downtown, that you'll need two lanes for the SUV. Gotta make up for the lack of a "big" car with speed - but usually it's a guy thing Carola
hiitdogs
Cathlete
>At that speed no car is that fuel efficient (and who the heck
>could afford gas for a Suburan???) What I would like to see
>are the police and insurance stats. I suspect it would be
>interesting! ;-)
I have never seen any worse accidents than on the German Autobahn, my daily commute was on the Autobahn when I lived in Munich and some of those accidents were horrible, an accident at that speed, you have no chance of survival. I know a lot of Americans are in sheer awe and DH is in heaven when he gets to drive on the Autobahn. I think it is overrated, I am pretty comfortable at 80 to 100 mph, don't need any more. My insurance was MUCH higher than it is here.
Driving in Germany though you pass someone at about 100 mph and you have those idiots behind you come up at outrageous speed, you try and speed up, so you don't get flattened or rear-ended by one of those "kings of the road" but you can't go to the right because there are other cars and still those knuckleheads think you can just disolve into thin air because they own the road.
I am completely fine with the speed limits here, gas prices are about 1/3 of what I paid in Germany. I love America That's why I married an American, not a German }( :+ Well, there are other reason too
Carola
>could afford gas for a Suburan???) What I would like to see
>are the police and insurance stats. I suspect it would be
>interesting! ;-)
I have never seen any worse accidents than on the German Autobahn, my daily commute was on the Autobahn when I lived in Munich and some of those accidents were horrible, an accident at that speed, you have no chance of survival. I know a lot of Americans are in sheer awe and DH is in heaven when he gets to drive on the Autobahn. I think it is overrated, I am pretty comfortable at 80 to 100 mph, don't need any more. My insurance was MUCH higher than it is here.
Driving in Germany though you pass someone at about 100 mph and you have those idiots behind you come up at outrageous speed, you try and speed up, so you don't get flattened or rear-ended by one of those "kings of the road" but you can't go to the right because there are other cars and still those knuckleheads think you can just disolve into thin air because they own the road.
I am completely fine with the speed limits here, gas prices are about 1/3 of what I paid in Germany. I love America
That's why I married an American, not a German }( :+ Well, there are other reason too Carola
Jacque1038
Cathlete
Beavs
The nosey lunch time coworker annoys the heck out of me too! I do not mind is people ask questions since I understand since I am vegan some of the stuff I bring may seem "strange" to people but some people are so rude about it. Like one of my conversations with a coworker today.
her (directed at my lunch in a snarky tone): What's that?
me: hummus
her: okay say that in english
me (annoyed and wanting to be left alone): all it is is ground beans, olive oil and some spices
her(sounding disgusted): oh
After that she started asking me questions about my "weird" looking bread. I guess whole grain bread is "weird" looking to her. A while back I got sick of all the questions so in order to give people the hint that I do not want to spend my lunch dealing with their rude attitude I made a little place card with the title "today's menu" and wrote in detail everything I was having for that day on there. After that people got the hint and left me alone for a while but not it is starting again. I am tempted to just start saying stuff like "oh just something I found growing at the bottem of the trash" to get people to leave me alone. x(
The nosey lunch time coworker annoys the heck out of me too! I do not mind is people ask questions since I understand since I am vegan some of the stuff I bring may seem "strange" to people but some people are so rude about it. Like one of my conversations with a coworker today.
her (directed at my lunch in a snarky tone): What's that?
me: hummus
her: okay say that in english
me (annoyed and wanting to be left alone): all it is is ground beans, olive oil and some spices
her(sounding disgusted): oh
After that she started asking me questions about my "weird" looking bread. I guess whole grain bread is "weird" looking to her. A while back I got sick of all the questions so in order to give people the hint that I do not want to spend my lunch dealing with their rude attitude I made a little place card with the title "today's menu" and wrote in detail everything I was having for that day on there. After that people got the hint and left me alone for a while but not it is starting again. I am tempted to just start saying stuff like "oh just something I found growing at the bottem of the trash" to get people to leave me alone. x(
>I also can't stand it when people "excavate" their noses in
>public.
You REALLY hit the nail on the head with that one - esPECIALLY in a movie theater. I can't tell you how many times my husband and I have sat down to watch a movie and some yahoo acts like they're trying to suck the chair in front of them up their nose! And what do you say to that? I've thought of saying "Taste good?" to jolt them into reality, but I've never gotten the nerve up yet!
>public.
You REALLY hit the nail on the head with that one - esPECIALLY in a movie theater. I can't tell you how many times my husband and I have sat down to watch a movie and some yahoo acts like they're trying to suck the chair in front of them up their nose! And what do you say to that? I've thought of saying "Taste good?" to jolt them into reality, but I've never gotten the nerve up yet!
>I dislike close talkers too! Just get the heck out of my
>space.
>
>More pet peeves:
>1. People who don't use turn signals when driving.
>2. When someone cuts in front of you and then drives 5 miles
>an hour.
>3. The wrong usage of "I" and "me", such as "can you drive
>Bob and I to the store?". IT'S ME, NOT I!!!!
>4. When I see the phrase "loose" weight instead of "lose"
>weight. I know the weight I need to lose is quite loose, but I
>certainly won't be "loosing" weight any time soon!
>
>I could go on and on...
>Shelbygirl
HAHA! I have similar peeves about verb tense agreement, like when people say "you haven't DID this" or when people say "irregardless" - it IS a word, but it's not considered proper - drives me bananas. What's worse is, if you correct someone and they still say the word wrong or get angry at you for correcting them. <<<sigh>>>
>space.
>
>More pet peeves:
>1. People who don't use turn signals when driving.
>2. When someone cuts in front of you and then drives 5 miles
>an hour.
>3. The wrong usage of "I" and "me", such as "can you drive
>Bob and I to the store?". IT'S ME, NOT I!!!!
>4. When I see the phrase "loose" weight instead of "lose"
>weight. I know the weight I need to lose is quite loose, but I
>certainly won't be "loosing" weight any time soon!
>
>I could go on and on...
>Shelbygirl
HAHA! I have similar peeves about verb tense agreement, like when people say "you haven't DID this" or when people say "irregardless" - it IS a word, but it's not considered proper - drives me bananas. What's worse is, if you correct someone and they still say the word wrong or get angry at you for correcting them. <<<sigh>>>
Beavs
Cathlete
<I have never seen any worse accidents than on the German Autobahn, my daily commute was on the Autobahn when I lived in Munich and some of those accidents were horrible, an accident at that speed, you have no chance of survival.>
Very interesting indeed. I figured the accident rates would be lower for ironic purposes. Anyway, I'm glad you're here with us ;-)
Very interesting indeed. I figured the accident rates would be lower for ironic purposes. Anyway, I'm glad you're here with us ;-)
>ooh--I forgot one. I have a colleague with an office next to
>mine who whistles aimlessly. It really distracts me.
Doesn't that just make your BLOOD BOIL??? I have a coworker (that is thankfully leaving our entity for another line of work) that hummed constantly. And not a gentle hum with a tune you could distinguish. She hummed so loudly that i could hear her over my headphones! And she'd hum just one note of the line of song. I'm telling you it went on for days. And this woman was in her 40s - not just a young person too naive to know what they were doing. Finally I said "you're going to have to stop or we're going to have to have the seating reconfigured so we're further apart."
I also hate it when people POUND their keyboard when they type - there's a couple of people I know of that do that and I swear I don't know how their wrists aren't inflamed!!
>mine who whistles aimlessly. It really distracts me.
Doesn't that just make your BLOOD BOIL??? I have a coworker (that is thankfully leaving our entity for another line of work) that hummed constantly. And not a gentle hum with a tune you could distinguish. She hummed so loudly that i could hear her over my headphones! And she'd hum just one note of the line of song. I'm telling you it went on for days. And this woman was in her 40s - not just a young person too naive to know what they were doing. Finally I said "you're going to have to stop or we're going to have to have the seating reconfigured so we're further apart."
I also hate it when people POUND their keyboard when they type - there's a couple of people I know of that do that and I swear I don't know how their wrists aren't inflamed!!
lesliemarie
Cathlete
My biggest PET PEEVE is when someone at the grocery store LEAVES THE CART IN LINE AFTER PAYING AND LEAVES IT THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really really hate that, I had that happen the other day and she looks at her cart and looks at me and walks away without taking her cart with her!!!!
Hi ladies,
It seems I opened a can of worms with the speed driving. What I really mean is this; when I lived (or go back) to the US, there are plenty of people that drive in the left (passing) lane and DO NOT MOVE FROM THERE if their live depended on it. You see them enter the highway, move to the left lane, put in cruise control at exactly the driving speed limit and stay there. As for the Autobahn, I have not driven on it so far. I live in Luxembourg and have driven a little in Germany but not the Autobahn. Yes over there people will come behind you and almost rear end you, BUT people move out of the way. What makes my blood boil is people not moving back to the middle lane or right lane when someone comes behind them.
Have a great day! :+
It seems I opened a can of worms with the speed driving. What I really mean is this; when I lived (or go back) to the US, there are plenty of people that drive in the left (passing) lane and DO NOT MOVE FROM THERE if their live depended on it. You see them enter the highway, move to the left lane, put in cruise control at exactly the driving speed limit and stay there. As for the Autobahn, I have not driven on it so far. I live in Luxembourg and have driven a little in Germany but not the Autobahn. Yes over there people will come behind you and almost rear end you, BUT people move out of the way. What makes my blood boil is people not moving back to the middle lane or right lane when someone comes behind them.
Have a great day! :+
When I was a cashier, my biggest was people who wouldn't say anything back when I said hi. How rude is that! Also, when people would come thru my line talking on their cellphone. You couldn't even ask them any questions like if they had any coupons. I also don't like it when people don't go the speed limit and talk on their phones while they drive. That should be illegal. You're not supposed to eat while you drive. But you're allowed to talk on the phone?