Pet Peeves

The Noid · **Posted:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:30 pm

The Japanese Geek wrote:

I hate it when people spell my name wrong.
I have 1 dang
char namel = 'l';
1 dang
char namet = 't';

I get that a lot too.. ITS ONE L, DANGIT!!

Utard · **Posted:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 6:45 pm

ramrod wrote:

You wanna know what's worst? People using a check...at the dollar store. And I don't mean for 1 item, the total amount was over $130. $130! I didn't know you could fit all that crap into one shopping cart.

That reminds me. In our putred town called Rexburg, and new dollar store opened. On opening week, they had a massive sign that said, "Opening Sale"! I go in and find everything is 99 cents instead of a dollar! What a way to ruin a guy's dream. My dream= Half off sale at the dollar store.

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:35 pm

Utard wrote:

On opening week, they had a massive sign that said, "Opening Sale"! I go in and find everything is 99 cents instead of a dollar! What a way to ruin a guy's dream. My dream= Half off sale at the dollar store.

That is hilarious.

Funkstar · **Posted:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 8:46 pm

I got a new one! Bands with "The" at the start of there name. It takes me ages looking through my alphbetical music libary to find a particular the band.

PizzaTrophy · **Posted:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:10 pm

funkstar wrote:

I got a new one! Bands with "The" at the start of there name. It takes me ages looking through my alphbetical music libary to find a particular the band.

How about putting them under the first letter the next word starts with?
Eg, Killers, The.
White Stripes, The.
Strokes, The

Acekirby · **Posted:** Thu Aug 11, 2005 2:50 pm

InterruptorJones wrote:

Utard wrote:

On opening week, they had a massive sign that said, "Opening Sale"! I go in and find everything is 99 cents instead of a dollar! What a way to ruin a guy's dream. My dream= Half off sale at the dollar store.

That is hilarious.

Wa-ho, that is funny.

Although you have to admit, you can't really have a sale at the dollar store.

Funkstar · **Posted:** Thu Aug 11, 2005 2:52 pm

PizzaTrophy wrote:

funkstar wrote:

I got a new one! Bands with "The" at the start of there name. It takes me ages looking through my alphbetical music libary to find a particular the band.

How about putting them under the first letter the next word starts with?
Eg, Killers, The.
White Stripes, The.
Strokes, The

It's like auto alphabatized. Erk, I spelt that all wrong.

PizzaTrophy · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:29 am

Peeve 1 - Waterproof mascara. Good idea in theory, not so good in practice if you're trying to get it off in the shower.

Peeve 2 - University phone lines being busy, so I can't get through, and it's kinda important that I talk to them!!

Peeve 3 - Having 5000 people come into town at once. It's a huge population influx around here, and they just sit at my work and drink and be loud. I can't say anything too bad about them, because they are from where most of you guys are from and in the military. So either way, I'd be shot dead!

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iKipapa · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:32 am

Peeve: Saving up money.

Okay, I know it's good in the longrun, but while your still saving up money, it's really hard to actually "save up." I'll always find myself buying something else, even when I know how bad I want the thing I am saving for. I want that laptop so bad!!

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:41 am

iKipapa wrote:

Okay, I know it's good in the longrun, but while your still saving up money, it's really hard to actually "save up." I'll always find myself buying something else, even when I know how bad I want the thing I am saving for. I want that laptop so bad!!

That's what a savings accoutn is for.

ramrod · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:46 am

InterruptorJones wrote:

iKipapa wrote:

Okay, I know it's good in the longrun, but while your still saving up money, it's really hard to actually "save up." I'll always find myself buying something else, even when I know how bad I want the thing I am saving for. I want that laptop so bad!!

That's what a savings accoutn is for.

Or better yet, a CD account. You put X amount of money in it for Y amount of year(s), usually with an interest rate slightly higher then a regular savings account. The CD account cannot be touched either.

iKipapa · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:48 am

InterruptorJones wrote:

iKipapa wrote:

Okay, I know it's good in the longrun, but while your still saving up money, it's really hard to actually "save up." I'll always find myself buying something else, even when I know how bad I want the thing I am saving for. I want that laptop so bad!!

That's what a savings accoutn is for.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't need to hear it, alright?

Peeve: When something slows down, or fails to work.

StrongRad · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:51 am

InterruptorJones wrote:

Beyond the Grave wrote:

PEEVE: People who pay for minor purchases with a check or credit card. Trust me folks, Half-and-Half is not a major purchase, use cash please, you are holding up the line.

Hmm. You wouldn't like me, then. I don't have a credit card, but I use my debit/check card everywhere. I very rarely carry cash.

But it's been my experience that it doesn't take me any longer to get my card through the system than it takes the average cashier to count my change.

(Also, some places, like Target, let you swipe your card while the cashier is still scanning your items, which is a nice time-saver.)

I'm in the same boat as Jonesy here. I use my check card for EVERYTHING.. I almost never carry cash, either. There's really, rarely ever a need for cash. Unless you're in my hometown, the local busineses just recently started accepting plastic. Even Wendy's and Subway didn't take it until about 3 weeks or so ago.

About the only thing I carry cash for is tipping in restaraunts.. I never put a tip on the reciept. Taxing waiters/waitresses for tips (something paid for good service) is total bull poopie. I've always felt that way.

IantheGecko · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:52 am

The Japanese Geek wrote:

I hate it when people spell my name wrong.
I have 1 dang
char namel = 'l';
1 dang
char namet = 't';

Yeah, most people either misspell (Ean, Ein, etc.) or mispronounce my name (EYE-in.) It's IAN, people! Scots Gaelic: EE-in! ARGLE-BARGEL-BABBLE!

iKipapa · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:55 am

IanTheGecko wrote:

The Japanese Geek wrote:

I hate it when people spell my name wrong.
I have 1 dang
char namel = 'l';
1 dang
char namet = 't';

Yeah, most people either misspell (Ean, Ein, etc.) or mispronounce my name (EYE-in.) It's IAN, people! Scots Gaelic: EE-in! ARGLE-BARGEL-BABBLE!

People always spell my name wrong, too. People always spell it Bryan. Ugh. I mean, I know that Bryan is another way to spell the name, and they probably don't know, but it still bugs me so much.

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:13 am

iKipapa wrote:

People always spell my name wrong, too. People always spell it Bryan. Ugh. I mean, I know that Bryan is another way to spell the name, and they probably don't know, but it still bugs me so much.

A lot of people spell my first name wrong, too, which is weird. I mean, it's spelled the same as the country and arguably the most famous basketball player ever. NOT THAT DIFFICULT.

Oh, and then when I tell people my last name and they always ask how to spell it. I bet I've uttered the phrase "just like it sounds" (or variations thereof) at least 5,000 times. It's spelled just like the verb! Gragh!

ramrod · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2005 6:18 am

InterruptorJones wrote:

iKipapa wrote:

People always spell my name wrong, too. People always spell it Bryan. Ugh. I mean, I know that Bryan is another way to spell the name, and they probably don't know, but it still bugs me so much.

A lot of people spell my first name wrong, too, which is weird. I mean, it's spelled the same as the country and arguably the most famous basketball player ever. NOT THAT DIFFICULT.

Oh, and then when I tell people my last name and they always ask how to spell it. I bet I've uttered the phrase "just like it sounds" (or variations thereof) at least 5,000 times. It's spelled just like the verb! Gragh!

I have one that tops that. My last name. Lake. Pretty easy to spell, right? Yet I'm always asked "How do you spell that?" I mean come on. sometimes the easiest solutons are the best ones.....yarr.....

Acekirby · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2005 2:47 pm

I sympathize with you guys. People are always spelling (or saying) my name wrong.

Peeve: Stubbing your toe. 'Nuff said.

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:06 pm

Another one: When people say "from whence."

"Whence" means "from where"! You're saying "from from where"! Gah!

Then again, Shakespeare even wrote "from whence," so I should probably just take my gripes and go back whence I came.

I have lots of grammar peeves that a lot of people wouldn't think twice about. Like when people use "i.e." to say "for example." i.e. and e.g. aren't interchangeable!

iKipapa · **Posted:** Mon Aug 15, 2005 5:09 pm

Acekirby wrote:

Peeve: Stubbing your toe. 'Nuff said.

Ugh. I used to go around barefoot all the time, but then I stopped, because I realized I had gotten about a million stubbed toes. I hate those blasted things.

Encountering Gremlins · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2005 5:57 pm

InterruptorJones wrote:

I have lots of grammar peeves that a lot of people wouldn't think twice about. Like when people use "i.e." to say "for example." i.e. and e.g. aren't interchangeable!

Guilty as charged. I've used i.e. so many times in place of 'for example' in print before I realized it was wrong. Whoops. :blush:

Puphles · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:02 pm

I hate when people confuse I and me, as in "Me and him went to the store" Me went to the store??? WTF?

seamusz · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:10 pm

Puphles wrote:

I hate when people confuse I and me, as in "Me and him went to the store" Me went to the store??? WTF?

Me and all the people I know do this.

InterruptorJones · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2005 6:14 pm

seamusz wrote:

Me and all the people I know do this.

Sucks to be you. :poop:

Er..

seamusz · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2005 7:29 pm

InterruptorJones wrote:

seamusz wrote:

Me and all the people I know do this.

Sucks to be you. :poop:

Er..

No, sucks to be me and all my friends. :mrgreen:

FireBird · **Joined:** Mon Jan 10, 2005 2:58 am **Posts:** 1819

Currently my biggest peeve is that "SBC/Clocks" thread, for some reason.

Shut up! :ehsteve:

The Noid · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2005 9:00 pm

FireBird wrote:

Currently my biggest peeve is that "SBC/Clocks" thread, for some reason.

Shut up! :ehsteve:

Do you have something against Clocks???

FireBird · **Joined:** Mon Jan 10, 2005 2:58 am **Posts:** 1819

The Noid wrote:

FireBird wrote:

Currently my biggest peeve is that "SBC/Clocks" thread, for some reason.

Shut up! :ehsteve:

Do you have something against Clocks???

No, it's just I have no idea what you guys are talking about.

And don't take the time to explain. I don't care.

The Noid · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2005 10:57 pm

FireBird wrote:

The Noid wrote:

FireBird wrote:

Currently my biggest peeve is that "SBC/Clocks" thread, for some reason.

Shut up! :ehsteve:

Do you have something against Clocks???

No, it's just I have no idea what you guys are talking about.

And don't take the time to explain. I don't care.

Thats explained in the Anyone Here a Clock/Lock? thread.

iKipapa · **Posted:** Tue Aug 16, 2005 11:14 pm

My pet-peeve is when things break. Last night I leaned back too far in my chair, my favorite chair, and one of the wheels came off, and with it, came half of a leg. Great.

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