You know what I hate?

[Andrea]

When you get all of your winter stuff on- base layer, bib tights, long sleeve jersey, gloves, windbreaker, etc...

Then you realize that you forgot your heart rate monitor strap


What do you hate? It doesn't have to be bike-related....

[kelownagirl]

same as you but I have to go the bathroom AGAIN!

[crazycanuck]

I hate to say it but yep i miss putting on winter gear & then realizing..oops.. Those were the days..

I hate it when i'm sitting on the train with this leg brace on and people don't bother looking where they're walking! They end up tripping over my leg..I can only sit sideways with my leg out in the aisle..

I also hate drivers who don't signal!

C

[Dianyla]

Ditto on the forgotten HRM strap and the (!@$#$% not again!) bathroom break after getting everything all layered and buttoned and zippered and velcroed back up.

[VeloVT]

Geez! Just ditch the HRM and go by the "is my tongue hanging out?" test .

[silver]

I'm all dressed with all my winter stuff and then realize that I can't punch the buttons on the computer to reset it and I can't close the garage door using the digital keypad.

I have a HRM but just despise using it!

[kelownagirl]

Teaching primary kids and having to spend half an hour getting everyone dressed up in snowpants, mitts, boots, hats, and scarves, for a 15 minute recess...

[lph]

This is what awed me most about the kindergarten our son went to - I got all riled up and impatient getting ONE kid suitably bundled up and ready to go out (while still happy+unhungry+toilet-breaked), and they had to do the same for maybe 6 kids each! And then handle all the sopping snowy clothes when they got back in! Man, I was impressed.

[Tuckervill]

I grew up in Chicago. We had cloakrooms in our classrooms (my kids don't even know what a "cloak" is). We didn't get any help getting bundled up, AND we girls were required to wear DRESSES every day, and only had tights on our legs (later stretch polyester pants with a seam up the front, which we had to take off when we came back in). In 1st grade, my teacher sent a note home that said, "Would you please remind Karen not to tie the other children's shoes? They will never learn to do it themselves." So not only did we not get any help, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE GALOSHES!

That's what I hate.

Karen

[Aint Doody]

I hate getting dressed to go somewhere and putting on a relatively new skirt or pair of pants and having the button fall off. I look and there's maybe one inch of thread with just the knot on one end. Grrrrrrrrrr!!!!

[kelownagirl]

I hate getting to work and realizing my shirt has a stain down the front. I also hate getting to work and having someone tell me my shirt is inside out. (happened yesterday.) And in a related note, I hate having such poor lighting in my bedroom...

[KSH]

Riding my bike and snot.

If I ride in weather below 80 degrees... it's a snot fest. My nose is a river. Can't stand it.

In the winter, when I have my face completely covered and gloves on, it's near impossible to blow my nose. So I snort my snot while I'm riding. Sometimes my snot is so plentiful and liquid like... that I start to feel like you do when you flip upside down in a pool and get water up your nose.

So yea... I hate snot.

[teigyr]

I'm not a patient person. I am a California driver (pardon the Californians who drive politely). I hate the ever-so-polite PNW people who go into the fast lane and then go below the speed limit. I've no problem with going slowly just stay in the appropriate lane.

Of course I also hate people who recline airline seats for short distances. I'm 5'11". I can sit upright for 2 hours. C'mon person in front of me who has to recline then lean FORWARD to read/eat/do whatever. Silly person, are you telling me you have to recline the seat in your car for 2-3 hour distances? And don't get me started with people who feel they have to eat on planes...once again can you GO 2 hours without eating?

Yeah, the airline industry gets to me sometimes

oh and lastly, people who stand on moving walkways or escalators. I make them move to the side...I don't know if it's just the West Coast or what but civilized places force people to move to the side if they choose to stand. The people here spread themselves all over and position themselves so you can't get by.

Ok, I'm done. For now.

[Tuckervill]

My husband is 6'7", so reclining airplane seats are a problem for him, too. If his knees aren't jammed up there already, he simply puts his knee into the back of the seat to keep it from coming back at all. Usually they think the seat is broken.

But he got a lesson in being tall last week, when he got to ride on the same plane with the Arkansas Razorbacks basketball team. It's not often he gets to look up to anyone. He was a little chagrined that the short coaches all took the exit rows--but hey, those players were only 20ish! They can squeeze better than he can.

Karen