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  1. #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jen12 View Post
    Oops. I asked the question but didn't post mine.
    It's people who lie. I don't care if it's my students lying to get out of doing something, a politician lying to get elected, or grown adults who claim not to have been on Facebook when you can see that they've posted other things during the period of time they claimed to be gone. A lie is a lie and when I catch you, it chips away at my trust in you. Not to mention that most people are very bad at it and it's very easy to tell they're spinning tales!


    Me too. I had a patient (a male that was in his late 80s) tell me once that his Dad told him "you always have to remember a lie but never the truth".

    I thought that was a very wise statement.

  2. #2
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    Today it is:

    People (co-workers) that say "it's not my job" when they are able to resolve the issue quicker than passing the buck.
    Amanda

    2011 Specialized Epic Comp 29er | Specialized Phenom | "Marie Laveau"
    2007 Cannondale Synapse Carbon Road | Selle Italia Lady Gel Flow | "Miranda"


    You don't have to be great to get started, but you do have to get started to be great. -Lee J. Colan

  3. #3
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    I have a few:

    open mouth chewers - this makes me almost go postal, it's SO GROSS!!

    when people wear flip flops and drag their feet on the ground - pick up your heels!!

    when people don't use their turning signals - it's as if they're the only ones on the road or they expect you to read their minds. And similar to this one, I hate it when police patrol cars don't bother signalling - how can they enforce regulations if they themselves won't??

    dog owners who don't pick up after their dogs - gives responsible dog owners a bad rep.

  4. #4
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    Clothing companies, who despite the millions of us around, haven't seemed to grasp the fact that women can have an inseam of less than 30in. At 5' 2” I find buying trousers/jeans that are the right length hard work. Baggy cycling shorts, which I prefer, can end up looking like 3/4s on me. Oh, to be tall...

  5. #5
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    Michelle Bachmann.

  6. #6
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    +++++1 on the open mouth chewers/noisy chewers - drives me up a wall. I've taken to wearing my headphones and listening to white noise in the cafeteria because so many people seem to do it.

    Movie yakkers are totally irritating too - which is why when we go, its usually on a Wednesday, after the movie has been out for a few weeks. Having the movie theater all to yourself is bliss....
    "Sharing the road means getting along, not getting ahead" - 1994 Washington State Driver's Guide

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  7. #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by goldfinch View Post
    Michelle Bachmann.
    And her "ex"-gay husband. And his government-funded pray-away-the-gay clinic.

    Hypocritical closet-cases get right up my nose.
    "If Americans want to live the American Dream, they should go to Denmark." - Richard Wilkinson

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    my pet peeve is motorists who are already mad at me and I didn't do anything wrong.
    I like Bikes - Mimi
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    Old Raleigh Mixte - Mitzi

  9. #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by KnottedYet View Post
    Hypocritical closet-cases get right up my nose.
    the one that got glittered by barbarian hordes

    I know everyone's busy, I'm busy too. But when you're talking to me on the phone I don't need to hear you flush. OTOH if I'm in the bathroom and the person in the next stall is talking, eww.

    Make time to have a conversation in person, on the phone but out of the bathroom and out of the car too.
    Last edited by Trek420; 07-30-2011 at 11:34 AM.
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