Another Pet Peeve Thread

[Slothead56]

I may have already posted this but it bares repeating:

Drivers who cruise in the passing lane oblivious to anything else going on around them. Move over for crying out loud!!! First, it’s the law in most states. Secondly, you are being extremely rude. And third, IT’S THE LAW!!!

I learned my lesson several years ago rolling through the Italian country side on a lovely, twisting highway. There was virtually no traffic and i was in the passing lane. I was snapped to attention by flashing lights behind me as an exotic sports car had come out of nowhere and was so close I could see the drivers nostril hairs. I pulled over and he downshifted past me in a blur.

I began to take notice on that trip. No one, and I mean no one, cruises in the passing lane.

What I love most is when I flash up behind some one (though I don’t tailgate) I get flipped off like I’m the moron.

[tinnitus]

iPhone voice-text and spell-check both have an aggravating habit of taking the simplest, most common possible use of a word and spelling it wrong - more times than not.

Well becomes we'll.
Were becomes we're.
There, their and they're always come out wrong.
You're becomes your and vice versa - 100% wrong.
Simple nouns become capitalized proper names (usually foreign, that sound NOTHING like what I said).

And the one that really makes my posterior pucker...

You becomes U.

When I'm busy driving, eating a bowl of cereal, shaving and texting in heavy traffic, the last thing I need is my predictive texter making me look illiterate to others. LOLZ.

[tinnitus]

Eating something I really enjoy, until someone reads the list of ingredients out loud and makes a speech about how insanely unhealthy it is - while I'm still eating..

[frankmcr]

Originally Posted by tinnitus

iPhone voice-text and spell-check both have an aggravating habit of taking the simplest, most common possible use of a word and spelling it wrong - more times than not.

Well becomes we'll.
Were becomes we're.
There, their and they're always come out wrong.
You're becomes your and vice versa - 100% wrong.
Simple nouns become capitalized proper names (usually foreign, that sound NOTHING like what I said).

And the one that really makes my posterior pucker...

You becomes U.

When I'm busy driving, eating a bowl of cereal, shaving and texting in heavy traffic, the last thing I need is my predictive texter making me look illiterate to others. LOLZ.

Don't loose your temper!

[Warren01]

it bugs me when I get numerous texts when it could be written as one sentence.

" Hey",
"I made pie",
"Go to the grocery store",
"pick up ice cream",
"OK",
"bye"

[tinnitus]

Originally Posted by frankmcr

Don't loose your temper!

"It's all good."

[KarenB]

litterers.

[Lkristians]

[tinnitus]

"I know, right?"

[rllink]

Originally Posted by tinnitus

iPhone voice-text and spell-check both have an aggravating habit of taking the simplest, most common possible use of a word and spelling it wrong - more times than not.

Well becomes we'll.
Were becomes we're.
There, their and they're always come out wrong.
You're becomes your and vice versa - 100% wrong.
Simple nouns become capitalized proper names (usually foreign, that sound NOTHING like what I said).

And the one that really makes my posterior pucker...

You becomes U.

When I'm busy driving, eating a bowl of cereal, shaving and texting in heavy traffic, the last thing I need is my predictive texter making me look illiterate to others. LOLZ.

MY Samsung. Every time I type "went" into it, texts, messages, Facebook posts, it changes it to "Sent" with the capital S. How does it think that "I went to the store, be back soon," should be "I Sent to the store, be back soon?"

[Tico]

Guitar-teaching videos with the wrong chords ... very common.

Folks staring at their phones 24/7 even when driving.

Cars/trucks modified by owner to be louder.

Noisy neighbors.

[tinnitus]

Originally Posted by Tico

...
Cars/trucks modified by owner to be louder.
...

+1
And "rolling coal."

[tinnitus]

Okay, this thread has been napping, but I'll risk enraging the resident curmudgeons by nudging it because it's exactly what I thought of when I ran into this on Craigslist a couple minutes ago. Very common occurrence actually, and here's a prime example:

I typed in a search for "Larrivee" on Craigslist to see what's out there and maybe get some guidance regarding what to ask for a nice C-03 I'm thinking about selling.

So what does my Larrivee search pull up? A $200 Samick for sale. "Cash only, No trades." Why? Because at the bottom of the ad is this (typos are the CL poster's):

"Fender Taylor Gibson Gretsch Ehlers , Stonebridge, David Webber ,Mc Alister, Larrivee , Lo prinzi , Martin , Guild , Yari Larrivee, Yamaha, Granada Ibanez, Aria, Collings Froggy Bottom, Fairbanks, Seagull,Hoss & Dalton Duesenberg Lowden , Breedlove ,Takamine Stonebridge , Lo Prinze Jose Ramierez , Sergei De Jong , Cervantes Propsom"

[Slothead56]

Me: Thank you

Person under 30: No problem.

Gawd, that sets me off!

[Dr. Spivey]

Originally Posted by Slothead56

Me: Thank you

Person under 30: No problem.

Gawd, that sets me off!

Why? Do you believe there should be rigid rules for casual conversation?