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Jayx1
Prime Minister of TOTA
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: The Socialist People's Republic Of Canada
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| quote: | Originally posted by SurrJRS
A pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill extreme frustration in an individual. Typically each person has several pet peeves that aggravates them more than the average person. Another person may not react as negatively or at all to the same circumstance.
Pet peeves are typically of common occurrences and a person may encounter their pet peeve up to several times a day. An example of this would be someone not using their turn signals while driving. Many people do not use their turn signals, and it does not bother some drivers that people do not. People that have a pet peeve of someone not using their turn signals would become very agitated and upset when they witness the practice. Many pet peeves associated with driving can result in road rage where the person who has been peeved, seeks some sort of retribution for the action.
Often a pet peeve will seem illogical to others. For example a supervisor may have a pet peeve about people leaving the lid on the copier up and get very upset. That same supervisor may witness employees coming into work late, and not react as they did with the copier.
To give a better picture of what a pet peeve is, below is a listing of some pet peeves.
Driving
* Not using a turn signal when making a turn.
* Not using a turn signal when changing lanes.
* Driving in the left had lane slower than the traffic moving in the right hand lane. (The opposite in England, India, etc.)
* Not coming to a complete stop at stop signs.
* Drivers who make illegal turns at intersections.
* Driving in a middle turn lane of a five lane road.
* Following too close.
* Not driving with headlights on at dusk or at night.
* Waiting at a stop light with too much space between them and the car in front of them, or the stop line.
* When there are two or more turn lanes, all of the cars stacking in just one of the lanes.
* When there are two or more straight through lanes, all of the cars stacking in just one of the lanes.
* People leaving their turn signal on too long.
* Retreads.
* U-turns.
* Drivers who don't even know how to properly use high beam headlights.
* Drivers who really speed from behind even if you've exceeded legal speed limit.
Smoking
* People throwing cigarette butts on the ground.
* People throwing cigarette butts out of car windows.
* People smoking around the entrance of a no smoking building so non-smokers have to walk through the smoke.
* Smoker breath.
* Smoke odor on clothes.
* Smoke odor in bars/nightclubs/restaurants.
* Cigarettes on the ground next to ashtrays.
* People who smoke when they have small children.
* People who smoke while they are pregnant.
* People who smoke while pumping gasoline.
* People who smoke while driving.
* Making my health insurance rates go up.
Significant Other (Man)
* Leaving the toilet seat up after using the bathroom.
* Stinking up the bathroom after a bowel movement.
Significant Other (Woman)
* Leaving cosmetics all over the bathroom sink.
* Wasting time on perfection (fashionwise)
Workplace
* People who gossip more than work.
* People who schedule meetings first thing in the morning.
Television
* Breaking into a television program to give a thunderstorm warning.
* At the beginning of the break telling you that the program is being interrupted for a weather advisory. (Just go to the break, don't waste five seconds).
* At the end of the break telling you that the you will now be returned to the original programming. (Just go back to the show, don't waste five seconds)
* After each commercial break, announcing a content warning before a program resumes.
* Dubbing or deleting content of a tv movie to make it more family friendly. (Parents need to use their own discretion)
Customer Service
* Cashier that does not know how to use the register.
Telemarketing
* Calling during dinner.
* Recorded messages.
* Surveys.
* Sales pitches for things you don't need. (Vinyl siding when you live in an apartment)
* Any telemarketer call.
* Telemarketers that just hang up when you yell at them.
Neighbors
* Mowing their lawn too early.
* Mowing their lawn too late.
* Not mowing their lawn often enough.
* Mowing their lawn too short.
* Letting their dog bark outside.
* Letting their dog run loose.
* Letting their dog deficate in your yard.
* Letting their dog mark your property as its territory.
* Leaving their junk outside.
* Parking vehicles on the grass.
* Parking in front of your house when their house has no car in front.
* Not parking in their garage because they have too much stuff stored in the garage.
* Storing a motor home at their house.
* Storing a boat at their house.
* Parking anything that blocks the sidewalk.
* Not maintaining their house or property.
* Cutting down trees and limbs that previously blocked the view of their poorly maintained property or that of another neighbors.
* Draining their pool so chlorine gets on your property.
* Playing music too loud.
* Having too many parties.
* Revving the engine of their Harley Davidson.
* Revving the engine of their Hot Rod.
* Not respecting property lines. (Doing their stuff on your property)
* Leaving holiday decorations out too long.
* Putting holiday decorations out too early.
* Not using curtains or blinds. (Please no one needs to see that)
* Staring at you when you are outside.
* Staring at you when you are inside.
* Telling you what you should do on your property. (Isn't this one ironic)
Mobile phones (Cell phones)
* Everything about them |
I think this list is standard ciriculum for Canadian students 
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| quote: | Originally posted by jester
Everything in this country is illegal. |
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery…" Winston Churchill
"If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law" - Winston Churchill
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 Jan-31-2005 19:20 
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Jayx1
Prime Minister of TOTA
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: The Socialist People's Republic Of Canada
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Here is a good one:
People who jwalk and dont even bother to look and see if cars or coming or if they do they dont care.
Have some regard for the fact that 2 tonnes of steel could be coming at you at 50 km/h or more! ALso it takes time and distance for heavy objects to stop. Ive gotten into plenty of roadside arguements with ignorant pedestrians who think they own the road. If you are too lazy to use a crossing at least wait until the road is clear before you cross!
Im not usually a mouthy person in public or even in private like i can be here but this is one thing i dont stand for because not only does it put them at risk but it puts me at risk legally.
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| quote: | Originally posted by jester
Everything in this country is illegal. |
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery…" Winston Churchill
"If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law" - Winston Churchill
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Jan-31-2005 19:24
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dallastar
~Dance~Sing~Floss~Travel~
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: 333 Half Evil ™
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Feb-01-2005 03:55
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dance2dabeat
Offical ProgSnob
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Cambridge/TORONTO, ON
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Feb-01-2005 03:59 
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spitty
lady dutch
Registered: Nov 2002
Location: Amsterdam
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| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
No, we get it just fine. What YOU don't get is that the whistle died with the rave in the year 2000. Sure, they can take their whistles to the Destiny parties and the tiny underground raves if they really want to, but not to System or the Guvernment or the Docks or Boa. Those aren't raves, those are clubs. Whistles are out of place there.
Plus, the whistle has more than mere symbolic significance. It was actually supposed to be blown rhythmically to the set, not spastically and out of context (which is what usually happens these days).
Maybe whistles USED to be a sign of respect to the DJ, but now they are mostly a sign of posers who are trying to be cool by acting like a cheap stereotype of the old-school "raver". They're more of a sign of disrespect now, both to the DJ and the crowd. |
thank you....u said exactely what i would have
whistles are my biggest pet peeve...i can't tell how many times i have "settled" into a place at a club, only to have a whistle person show up right behind me, essentially ruining the music for me. the noise is so highpitched it overwhelms anything else i hear. any and every time i have encountered this majority of those around me agree that it negative aspect...if you insist on blowing the whistle, you should be out of a crowd so you're not blowing the damned thing in someones ear...i can understand on how later listening to live sets that the whistle might make you feel like "you're there" but when you are the person whose eardrums are being split by the noise due to the inconsiderate nature of the blower, then they SUCK
the benefits on one person (the blower) definitely do not outweigh those of the group (everyone else nearby)
jayx1 just in case u haven't noticed headonism doesn't work...and neither does your argument
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Feb-01-2005 04:39 
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