You know what really grinds my gears?

[The Sean Man]

Reality shows have been around since the beginning of television. The phrase "reality television" was created to help the short-attention-spanned people of today know what a show is about without having to actually watch it or find out about it.
Queen for a Day, Treasure Island, Truth or Consequences were all reality shows....getting people to do outrageous things to win prizes.
Give the "reality show" rant a rest. As my parents said to me, "Don't like the show? Don't watch it."

 

[ViperGTS]

A good argument, but what you have to understand is that Lurker doesn't watch the shows (if you read the posts). Her mother won't shut the hell up about them.

I, personally, despise shows like Survivor and whatnot, but shows like American Idol intrigue me because of the amazing talents that are showcased there.

 

[The Sean Man]

Concerning Lurker's post.....

I understand where he is coming from, but after working in the media for 13 years, I realize what his and many other's argument really is....

They don't hate the show, artist, movie, band itself....they hate the hype and publicity around it. And I agree. I had to break myself of the habit of disliking something for the wrong reason. I don't hate "Desperate Housewives", but I am sick and tired of hearing about every time Eva Longoria farts into the wind.

Whenever the media reports on the "backlash" toward whatever it was that people used to previously be crazy over, it's because people are tired of constantly being beaten over the head hearing about it.

Back in high school, I could...not...STAND....hearing about Prince anymore. After a few bad-selling albums, and the furor died down, I could sit back and actually enjoy the music the guy does. Don't hate the subject, hate the people that overhype it.....ummmm....like we radio people do...DOH!

 

[TicklishLurker]

A good argument, but what you have to understand is that Lurker doesn't watch the shows (if you read the posts). Her mother won't shut the hell up about them.

I, personally, despise shows like Survivor and whatnot, but shows like American Idol intrigue me because of the amazing talents that are showcased there.

I don't care for the style of the songs on AI either. I'm not much into modern or "popular" music. I prefer older stuff or Broadway musicals. The closest I get to listening to "today's music" is Weird Al parodies.

And yeah - I don't watch 99% of "reality" programs. I occastionally watch Cops and Queer Eye For The Straight Guy. (I'm avoiding the latter this season cause they're doing all weddings.) But as a whole, I see "reality" tv as lazy. It's like no one in Hollywood is even trying anymore. If they're not throwing up some stupid POS like "Mr. Personality" or "Ambush Makeover" then they're remaking a movie or making a movie based on an old tv show. (You know they're planning on doing movie versions of The A-Team and The Munsters. Ug!)

And since this an "annoyences" thread I see no reason I can't whine about this crap here.

 

[isabeau]

Concerning Lurker's post.....

I understand where he is coming from, but after working in the media for 13 years, I realize what his and many other's argument really is....

um Lurker is female.....

isabeau

another thing that grinds my ass so to speak, people who keep on ringing the doorbell and knocking the door down, when its so damn obvious that i aint about to answer when i am not expecting someone.. i live in an area, along a park, where many strange people walk and my front door cannot be seen by my next door neighbors. so if i dont know whose at my door, i dont answer.

 

[The Sean Man]

um Lurker is female.....

isabeau

another thing that grinds my ass so to speak, people who keep on ringing the doorbell and knocking the door down, when its so damn obvious that i aint about to answer when i am not expecting someone.. i live in an area, along a park, where many strange people walk and my front door cannot be seen by my next door neighbors. so if i dont know whose at my door, i dont answer.

Oops...sorry Lurker 😛 I hate people who get on your answering machine, ignore the message, and sit there saying, "Hello? Hello? Are you there?"

 

[maniactickler]

I totally agree on the slow car-fast lane driving thing. Nothing i hate worse than being stuck behind a slow car, and then when I get frustrated and try to pass........I end up looking like the impatient jackass that I am!

Another thing is when people whine and cry about EVERYTHING! I've got people I work with who constantly complain and cry about every single thing that doesn't go their way. I get tired of hearing that crap.

The last thing is when people say one thing and do another......I absolutely cannot STAND that. Why not just be honest and say what's on your mind?

WOOOOSAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
I feel better, Thanks for the thread!

--T

Are you the one thats always tail gating me when im doing 40 in the fast lane trying to shave?

 

[Tamia78]

Are you the one thats always tail gating me when im doing 40 in the fast lane trying to shave?

THAT WAS YOU???????? Better watch out....I have road rage.

 

[maniactickler]

THAT WAS YOU???????? Better watch out....I have road rage.

Thats fine. i have tickle rage!

 

[TicklishLurker]

I hate people who get on your answering machine, ignore the message, and sit there saying, "Hello? Hello? Are you there?"

Heh. Well, here at home we do tend to screen our calls. There's some people who call so much they grind everyone in the family's gears! One was even told to not call all the time, but he still does.

But I really hate the people who ignore my machine's message (I have a private phone line) where I clearly state "If you're calling for anyone OTHER then Jami JoAnne Russell please note you DO have the WRONG NUMBER." I've gotten a number of calls for a Shirley, an Aaron, and several calls in Spanish. Once, when my greeting message was erased and it just had the computerized "leave a message" this man called twice and yelled because he thought he called the restraunt where he had ordered his food and the food arrived cold. I should've called him back and humilated him. But I didn't. So now after that part I added "For instance, I am not a restraunt. I'm sorry your food is cold but I can't do anything about it."

I just thank God for the Do Not Call List. No more telemarketers!

Oh - what also grinds my gears - my lazy butt teenage coworker. We work different shifts, but I can come in and see she's done nothing. One time I even left a memo for her saying certain things needed to be done - and she never touched them. She did what she felt like and not her job.

And no, I don't want to tickle her as punishment. 1: She's underaged. 2: I'm too disgusted with her to want to touch her. I just wish she'd get fired.

 

[The Sean Man]

Oh - what also grinds my gears - my lazy butt teenage coworker. We work different shifts, but I can come in and see she's done nothing. One time I even left a memo for her saying certain things needed to be done - and she never touched them. She did what she felt like and not her job.

And no, I don't want to tickle her as punishment. 1: She's underaged. 2: I'm too disgusted with her to want to touch her. I just wish she'd get fired.

As they say...."Give her enough rope...."

 

[TicklishLurker]

As they say...."Give her enough rope...."

God I hope so. Sadly, she's this thin, petite, pretty little thing that uses her cuteness to get away with stuff.

Which reminds me - I hate it when people use their socially acceptable good looks to get away with nasty stuff!

 

[The Sean Man]

Which reminds me - I hate it when people use their socially acceptable good looks to get away with nasty stuff!

Lololol. We've had a pretty young thing here at our company (Not on our station , thank God, but at the country station down the hall), who has been here for at least a year and a half, and knows less than our part-timers.
Ya see, all the young bucks here were alllllllllllll over her when she arrived. They all hung out together, and she quickly learned that if she played cute, dumb, and helpless, those morons would do anything for her. She never paid for drinks or food....just batted those eyelashes, talked in her babydoll voice, and got whatever she wanted. Of course, the guys got nothing in return (though they all hoped).
Buuuuuuuuuut....then those boys, one by one, moved on to other places, and pretty soon? Little miss hot thing had no one to pick up her tab. She still doesn't know how to run most of the radio equipment, though she brags about her broadcasting degree from Michigan State. She has burned so many bridges with management, sales, and other on-air people here because of her incompetency. And now she's leaving her full time gig on the morning show at the country station here to do.....part time weekends at Young Country in Detroit.
She's already having problems....not being coordinated enough to run the board properly, and giving out the wrong station call letters on the air (Which is bush-league).
Last week, after I asked her if she was going to our station's afternoon party at a local tavern, she said (in said babydoll voice), "Mayyyyybe...if someone buys me dinner."
To which I replied:

"Babe, I'm 38. That shit don't work on me."

 

[chicago]

People who refuse to use the english language as it was originally intended. Now, I am not a grammar or spelling nazi by far: I don't use perfect English by any means, but at least I try.

a) Foreigners who come to this country to make a better life for themselves, but refuse to speak english when they are out in public. Now, if they just got here, and haven't learned the language yet but are trying, good job, keep working on it. But when they speak relatively proper english but refuse to speak it when their friends are around, that make me turn red with anger. Where I work, I get alot of middle easterners that come in looking for help. They usually bring their friends or family, and ask me for assistance in English. Then, once I've answered their questions to their satisfaction, they suddenly starts talking in Indian/Pakistani/whatever they speak. They give me no notification that they don't need my help any longer, instead they just rudely start speaking to each other in their native language. The other day, it happened again. They asked me about memory cards and how many pictures can be held on a "one Gee Bee" card (I correct them and tell them it's called a Gigabyte). As soon as I told them the answer, they started talking to each other in their language, and I just huffed and walked away. They called out to me and asked why I was leaving them, and I turned and replied in these exact words: "Because it's extremely rude for you to speak to your friend or brother in another language when I am trying to help you, and I don't appreciate that." Another co worker wound up finishing up with them, but they didn't say anything about it.

b) People who use ridiculous shortenings of words online, especially in IMs or forums. The letters "u", "b", "y", and "o" are NOT WORDS. DON'T USE THEM LIKE THEY ARE. "haha o u got pwn3d y0, y u gonna let him do that 2 u?" That kind of shit makes me want to punch the moron's lights out for being a retard.

How about everyone else? What are your pet peeves?

I think I started a pet peeve thread a while ago. Anyway, I agree with both of your points, especially the second one, but then again I AM a spelling/grammar nazi being an English major and all. Funnily enough, I'm doing a paper on if America should make English it's official language. You'll be happy to know that the majority of immigrants think it's important to learn English. You'll also be happy to know that 94% of the United States speaks English "well" or "very well."

 

[crydun]

when people tell you that they'll help you do something and then back out, knowing that you can't do it by yourself.

People that talk to take up space. Silence is your friend. Embrace it.

Guys that say "you're a really sweet girl butttt...............


I'll think of more. I'm in that kind of mood..

 

[some1somewhere]

Heh maybe cuz u are a n00b and not 1337

What the **** is 1337?

That is why I had IM talk.

 

[some1somewhere]

5: "Reality" tv shows and the people who watch them. I live for the day American Idol is canceled and all the winners and judges end up working at McDonald's. I'd love to be able to point at Simon Cowel and Kelly Clarkson and laugh when they ask me "Do you want fries with that?"

Thank you! I have never watched an episode of American Idol. I think it is destorying music, but that is my opinion. I don't know about them working at McDonald's though, but I would definitely take fries with Kelly Clarkson, any day.

 

[ViperGTS]

I think I started a pet peeve thread a while ago. Anyway, I agree with both of your points, especially the second one, but then again I AM a spelling/grammar nazi being an English major and all. Funnily enough, I'm doing a paper on if America should make English it's official language. You'll be happy to know that the majority of immigrants think it's important to learn English. You'll also be happy to know that 94% of the United States speaks English "well" or "very well."

...yeah, and 98% of that 6% live near me, what the hell. And if the majority of immigrants think it's important to learn English fluently, WHY WON'T THEY DO IT?

Thanks for the support.

ps. It'd be awesome if you accidentally said they spoke English "good" or "very good"....I would have "lol'd" my way all the way to my grave.

 

[chicago]

...yeah, and 98% of that 6% live near me, what the hell. And if the majority of immigrants think it's important to learn English fluently, WHY WON'T THEY DO IT?

Thanks for the support.

ps. It'd be awesome if you accidentally said they spoke English "good" or "very good"....I would have "lol'd" my way all the way to my grave.

I don't know. The state of Pennsylvania has about 11,555,538 people and of those people only 3.2 percent (368,257) speak English less than "very well."

It sounds like a lot, but compared to Illinois and it's 1,054,722 people who do not speak English "very well" it's nominal. And I doubt all of them are walking in to your work to annoy you.*

*According to: Link

 

[ViperGTS]

I doubt all of them are walking in to your work to annoy you.*

You should come work where I do, and you're opinion would change very quickly, heh.

 

[Jordan1293]

What i really hate (cuz im from montreal) is when peppers (french quebecers) speak only french because they think its the only language on earth

 

[Eriksmasque]

This is a pet peeve I've had for a while and never thought i'd experience it...

The people that tell other people crap about you then when you ask them to stop they DON"T. ANNNnnd on top of that, those people who were told those things go by that persons word with out ever getting to know you.. and finally. never getting an apology from the first person for starting the whole mess!!!! * breathes* ok. there it is.. sorry. had to get that out. can anyone relate to this?

 

[Adam]

Here's one that recently happened to me. I made a charitable donation ($50) in the name of a young lady who was participating in the Cancer Walk. I had recently befriended her, and we started to date. Well, I guess it turns out she wasn't really into me, which isn't a big deal. I even told her in the beginning that if our path didn't lead to romance, friendship would be just as cool. But, this "lady" never found it even remotely necessary to thank me for that donation. Just decided to suddenly stop calling, sending e-mails, etcetra. Even her best friend doesn't understand why in the giggitygoo she did this, and agrees that she owes me one hell of an apology. Still haven't gotten it, but at this point, it would come across as extremely forced, hollow, and flat-out meaningless to me, so I don't want to hear it. I would like to know what exactly was running through her selfish mind, though. Oh, and just for kicks, thought I'd mention that she came down with the sniffles the night before and decided to skip the walk. Fortunately, the good folks at the Cancer Society allowed me to take the donation out of her name. I still sent it (not gonna take money away from cancer patients just to spite someone), but it's a general donation now. Bottom line, this girl makes me sick. She should be absolutely ashamed.

 

[Fire_Sprite]

1) People who yell at the screen in movie theaters, that kind of shit stays with you for the rest of the day.

2) People who point out obvious morals at the end of your stories so they feel like they're being helpful. "Well, if you didn't put it off till the last minute you'd have more time to do it." Gee, thanks a bunch Aesop!

3) People who bitch about Siberian Tigers and Pandas being endangered but have no idea what a California Condor is. Why? Because its not cute! LOLOLOLO

4) Fat people who use the motor carts at supermarkets just because they don't feel like walking.

5) When people walk up to me while I'm reading a book and ask "what are you doing?" I swear to god it never fails.

6) Mayonaise.

7) When one of your friends recommends a band and, god forbid, you actually take to it. Then if you ever bring it up in conversation they're like "yeah, I'm the one who found it." Nice discovery Dora, now go hunt someone who cares.

8) People who take pride in the stupidest shit, like being able to eat a lot or being employee of the month at their crap job.

9) When I buy something from a restaurant or store and when I get handed my purchase and say "thank you" the cashier says "you're welcome." Listen cockbite. I give you money, you give me product. This is a thank you/thank you relationship, don't you EVER say "you're welcome" to me.

10) Mayonaise.

 

[ChosenofMystra]

1. People who grew up with english as their primary language but treat it like a cow in an abbatoir. (I am an english major as well)

2. People who use their cell phones in a theatre. This pisses me off to no end!

3. People who speak in gamer/leet lingo. I have no clue what the hell you are trying to say to me 95% of the time. Is it really so difficult to type those extra three letters to form an intelligent sentence?

4. Skanky bimbos and dense pretty boys who use their looks to compensate for their vacuous personality.

5. People that spread nasty rumors about you as well as revealing personal things regarding your private life to others. Then when confronted they use that old maxim "I was just joking duuuuuude!" I feel like ramming my fist down their throat and while they write on the floor in agony, lean over them, smile and say "I was just joking maaaaan!"

.....I could go on and on honestly.