Stupid things that instantly piss you off

[shootingstar]

I do wonder at times if being short and petite prompts certain responses from various people. It would not surprise me if some people are unprepared by my style - for a woman, I'm a straight shooter in terms of personal style in the workplace. Which can be both good and not so good for certain situations.

[OakLeaf]

I do wonder at times if being short and petite prompts certain responses from various people.

Huh. They don't even see you. Literally. Not just men, but women too, will run me down on the sidewalk if I don't get out of their way... and I'm 5'3". I can't imagine what it must be for someone much shorter.

DH got angry with me for "always yielding." Just to prove a point, I didn't, for a couple of blocks. After I'd bounced off of four people's chests, he relented.

[badger]

I haven't read all the posts here, but I thought I'd put in what set me off this morning.

My supervisor was talking to my co-worker. Sup went to a chinese restaurant and had something vegetarian, a prawn dish. Said she's being vegetarian this month.

Eh? since when did prawns become vegetables? I actually ripped right into her saying prawns are animals ("no they're not", she claimed ), and how shrimp harvesting is so devastating as they troll everything in the nets' path.

What's worse is that another goof standing by listening in said that fish are considered part of a vegetarian diet. That set me off even more.

Grr

Oh my god, just as I put this up, my coworker says "ever been to the Crab Pot? sounds good, they take a crab and smash it with a hammer for you".

Yeah, that sounds great.

[malkin]

Searching for BIKE BELL getting a bunch of Bell Helmets etc.

I'm not sure why that bugs me so much in light of the fact I am endlessly delighted by a search for a BROOKS SADDLE turning up a bunch of "Mel Brooks Blazing Saddles" hits.

[Aggie_Ama]

+1 million on the dogs in the bed of the truck. At A&M I had a friend that worked as a vet tech, she showed me some horrific pictures of dogs they tried to help after being thrown or jumping from a truck. Only one or two made it which is why the vet she worked with took the photos. He would show them to clients that brought their dogs in the bed of the truck, he didn't care that he sometimes lost the client.

Another huge pet peeve is people who throw their gel wrappers. At my recent half marathon they were all of the roads, no wonder the locals seemed so hateful to us. I try to pick up as many as I can on the mountain bike trail. People are so stupid to not realize they need to pack out what they pack in.

[badger]

My boyfriend and I fly fish. Everywhere we go, I end up spending about half an hour at the end of the day picking up various garbage left behind by other fishers. Same when I go for the local mountain hike trail. I pick up water bottles and wrappers all the time.

Another thing that really bugs me is when people toss garbage out the car window. Like whole bags of McDonald's take out after they're done. I so wish I can pick it up and throw it back into their windows.

[Maxxxie]

Searching for BIKE BELL getting a bunch of Bell Helmets etc.

I'm not sure why that bugs me so much in light of the fact I am endlessly delighted by a search for a BROOKS SADDLE turning up a bunch of "Mel Brooks Blazing Saddles" hits.

Hee hee If you're googling, you can exclude terms from the search results by using the "-" modifier. Eg search for bike bell -helmet or brooks saddle -mel -blazing

+lots to the unrestrained dogs in utes/trucks. Ditto the random litterers.

I don't have any of my own random pet peeves to add. But I'm getting a giggle out of some of the ones that have been posted so far!

Max

[Crankin]

People who say, "Oh, but I wasn't trying to go fast. I was just riding," when you are struggling in a 20 mph headwind and feel like you are going to keel over.
Can you tell that I am in a bad mood?

[tzvia]

Phone cold-call sales are bad enough, but when I pick up the phone and the person asks for 'Mr. XXX', mispronouncing my last name, assuming the man of the house makes the decisions (and I'm not married so there is no Mr. XXX), oh boy my blood boils instantly.

It does not matter that my phone is on the 'Do Not Call Register', I am already mad by that point. So I get the name of the company, and remind the person that they are using my time and my telephony equipment for their advertising so if they call again they will be charged a fee. I then proceed to attempt to get the legal address of the firm for this purpose and the name of the caller to add to my list, and by that time they are hanging up on me. Good.

On the bike I can only say that idiots make me mad. Unsafe ones with children. I was riding out of a favorite MTB trail that unfortunately attracts weekend family outings in the first mile or so, when I came upon a family of idiots. Don't know what else to call them. Woman and man and 3 kids, around 6 through 10 years old. Two bikes, both small kids 'dirt jump' type bikes, with pegs. The two idiot adults on the bikes, the two younger kids sitting on the handlebars, weaving all over the trail because the bikes are way too small for the adults to ride safely. The kids jumping on and off as they negotiate the short steep hills. NO helmets on anyone. One kid hanging off the rear pegs. I yell 'on the left' but they have no control over the bikes, and are weaving all over, spilling kids off the bars as they go, who run back and jump back on. I slow down as I see this and yell 'on the left' again. The woman cuts to the left and forces me off the bike and the kid of the bars. Am I mad? You have one guess. I can tolerate a lot on the bike; I see a lot of dufus stuff but being stupid and unsafe with kids just gets me right off. I have to dismount- they are all over the trail which is wide enough for a truck to go through. Finally I get back on the bike and force myself around the woman who actually looks surprised as she has to stop and the kid on the bars has to jump off yet again. Good grief.

[Irulan]

I haven't read all the posts here, but I thought I'd put in what set me off this morning.

My supervisor was talking to my co-worker. Sup went to a chinese restaurant and had something vegetarian, a prawn dish. Said she's being vegetarian this month.

Eh? since when did prawns become vegetables? I actually ripped right into her saying prawns are animals ("no they're not", she claimed ), and how shrimp harvesting is so devastating as they troll everything in the nets' path.

What's worse is that another goof standing by listening in said that fish are considered part of a vegetarian diet. That set me off even more.

Grr

Oh my god, just as I put this up, my coworker says "ever been to the Crab Pot? sounds good, they take a crab and smash it with a hammer for you".

Yeah, that sounds great.

uh, yah. It's called Pescatarian if you eat fish.

This may have already been mentioned & I did not read this entire thread, but I am sitting here in my living room listening to a dog up the road barking...and barking....and barking....he stays in a pen & if he hears the slightest thing he starts barking and will not stop. No one at his house pays any attention to him and no one ever tells him to stop. I feel bad for the poor thing & his owners piss me off because they 1. neglect the poor thing and 2. do not have enough respect for their neighbors to make the dog stop (or send him to a home where someone loved him).

uh yah on this one also. for me it would be a) not have to listen to your semi abandoned dog bark all the time and b) to not have your free roaming cat pooing and hunting all over my yard.

[bunny_ninja]

As a vegetarian of many, many years - I have heard 'do you eat fish?' sooo many times after explaining that I don't eat meat.

[rubywagon]

As a vegetarian of many, many years - I have heard 'do you eat fish?' sooo many times after explaining that I don't eat meat.

+1! Someone asked me once, "What about chicken?" I got a good chuckle.

[WolfGirl]

Getting cut off (and almost crashed into) at an intersection by another cyclist who ran a red light! I guess the fact that he was riding on the sidewalk made it okay.

[OakLeaf]

I've met people who call themselves vegetarians who eat more meat and fish than I do. Not that I eat that much, but I wouldn't dream of calling myself a vegetarian.

You know what else pisses me off? "Pescatarian." "Flexitarian." The idea that someone who is capable of eating a meal without red meat in it has to have a label. And that many of those people embrace those labels.

[oz rider]

Great thread.

I do wonder at times if being short and petite prompts certain responses from various people.

Hell yeah! They seem to assume stupidity. (Or is that just me, hehe?) Not long after I had my son I had reason to point out I'd had a kid, not a lobotomy. Same for too many tradesmen and bike shop guys. But my plumber is a mtbr so he's fabulous!

And anyone assuming anything about my marital status, as if your value relates to availability like a lump of meat.

And lazy/selfish/incompetent/impatient/ignorant drivers.

And waiters who don't check ingredients properly.