Pet Peeves

[chef]

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I hate it when you click on 'quicklinks' and then click on 'Mark Forums Read' instead of 'Today's Posts'

[jazzadogs]

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I dont care so much about the wave but if I dont get a wave back then I'm not happy. It's pefectly simple. They let you in, you give them the cub salute with the top three fingers on the steering wheel and they wave back to show that they understand you are a courteous person.

Yep, definitely just as important.

In regards to the nametag, I do wear a different badge every now and then, but it just leads to a blank look when they do use my 'name'.

Talking on your phone when you're being served is another annoyance. Hasn't happened to me too much, but the amount of people who do it astounds me.

[soupman]

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One for the younger generations, but people who talk in abbreviations annoy the hell out of me.

The likes of CBF, WTF, ILY, BRB, GTG and worst of all LOL are fine in an informal typed environment (Except ILY, I hate that one), but should never be spoken aloud in their abreviated form. Just makes whoever is saying it (usually teenage schoolgirls) sound like idiots.

I'm fine if you type like you talk, but I hate it when people talk like they type.

[Dry Rot]

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Common practice of turing nouns into verbs.

Corporate gobble speak.

Microsoft Windows.

Use of the word "solutions". Anyone who has the misfortune of using a modern HP printer like I do in one of my jobs, will appreciate the irony of the name of their desktop software "HP Printer Solutions Center".

Meeting Sydney rugby league fans in pubs who think AFL is soft. And then want to punch me in the head for liking it.

Ricky Ponting's captaincy.

Adobe Flash.

Adobe anything.

Michael Clarke (a disgrace for NSW)

Doug Bollinger's hair.

Windows XP.

My local butcher who rips off pensioners.

Inner city suburb gentrification and yuppies

Terrible govts at every level here:
Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore
NSW Premier Kristine Keneally
Federal PM Julia Gillard

[Ghost Dog]

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Fans who think football is more important than anything else in life. Reality check!
Sorry, but this is my pet peeve!

Interesting article on life V footy

http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/grieving-lyon-tells-of-a-year-marred-by-loss-20101204-18kti.html

[LostDoggy]

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This thread is so great.

[Desipura]

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hate it when you click on ignore all on the spell check in outlook but it does not ignore all.

[Missing Dog]

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Use of the word stakeholders.

It's corporate claptrap

PS - TCD, I don't have mayo on my burger either.

[LostDoggy]

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Rubber neckers. I was driving past a small accident this afternoon and I HATE it when drivers slow right down for a look at someone elses misfortune.

[Doggy]

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Rubber neckers. I was driving past a small accident this afternoon and I HATE it when drivers slow right down for a look at someone elses misfortune.

What about when there is a minor accident on a busy road and the two drivers swap details in the middle of the road instead of pulling off to the side.

[Twodogs]

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I was driving outside Vic uni this afternoon. This guy walks across the road in front of me. He had just enough time to make it across if he hurried and if I continued driving under the limit. But he stopped to answer his phone. I had to come to a stop and wait for him.

[EasternWest]

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I was driving outside Vic uni this afternoon. This guy walks across the road in front of me. He had just enough time to make it across if he hurried and if I continued driving under the limit. But he stopped to answer his phone. I had to come to a stop and wait for him.

Gentle ramming speed. Works every time. If he doesn't have right of way, then a light tap with your bumper will get him moving.

Short story. Coming home from the U2 concert we pulled along side an unmarked police car and happened to follow the same course for a few k's. At some point he went to turn left and a drunk guy crossed against the red man. Cop gave him a toot, and the drunk guy returned fire with a spray and the finger. The last we saw was of drunk guy splayed over cop car bonnet.

But I digress. Gentle ramming speed. They'll learn.

[LostDoggy]

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When people use the word 'literally' in the wrong context. Had a girl sitting near us on the train having a very loud mobile phone conversation (another pet peeve!!) and she was telling the other person how she "literally bawled her eyes out". My husband & I couldn't stop ourselves from laughing & looking at the floor to see if we could find her eyes.

She also said 'like' around three times per sentence.

[Twodogs]

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she was telling the other person how she "literally bawled her eyes out". My husband & I couldn't stop ourselves from laughing & looking at the floor to see if we could find her eyes.

Maybe she had actually bawled her eyes out earlier but had them replaced before getting on the train?

[LostDoggy]

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At the risk of being howled down, I get annoyed at cyclists on the road. I've lost count of the times I've nearly hit cars in the lane to my right trying to avoid cyclists.

People who don't wave - or at least raise a finger in acknowledgment - when you let them through on a tight street.

Pubs that insist on serving a particular beer in some special glass, when all I want is a pint of which they have plenty of empty and ready for use behind the bar (sorry, we only serve that in these 330 ml glasses......come onnnnnnnn)
Stuart Broad

Andrew Bolt

I see youve been to Cookie?...I love that bar but the barstaff are so up themselves!!