Showing posts with label peeve. Show all posts
Showing posts with label peeve. Show all posts
Friday, November 4, 2011
Pet Peeve #12
How is it that so many times you walk into the WOMEN'S restroom and someone has peed on the seat. Are you kidding me? I can kind of see it in a guys restroom, there is a fundamental element of aim in the process. But for women - REALLY? If you choose to hover, learn the skill. And if you do screw up for some reason - wipe up after yourself. It's not that difficult.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Pet Peeve #11
Whistling.
It makes me crazy. Give me nails down a chalk board all day long, sing badly really loud, but please, please just don't whistle.
And usually when you tell someone how much it bothers you, they can't help themselves but do it.
It makes me crazy. Give me nails down a chalk board all day long, sing badly really loud, but please, please just don't whistle.
And usually when you tell someone how much it bothers you, they can't help themselves but do it.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Pet Peeve #10
I used to not think anything of handicapped parking spaces, just didn't park there because I didn't want the ticket.
Then I was lucky to become friends with someone who is stuck in a wheelchair. After numerous adventures with her I have seen the challenges that she has doing stuff that I take for granted each day and the difference that having that space and the ramp readily accessable can make.
So now I want to slash the tires of people that I see using these spaces that don't actually need them. I'm not generally violent, but makes me nuts. You are able bodied, get your ass out there and be thankful every day that you are even able to walk. I'm not sorry for you if you have to walk the 100 extra yards to the front door - at least you can.
Oh and it kills me at work when it is raining and the handicapped spots are the first victims. You aren't going to melt.
If I was ordering the list of peeves this would probably be #1.
My extreme dislike for this behavior really doesn't help my opinion of the person on my Team who is currently abusing a temporary handicapped placard. She uses that space religiously, and when I go on a rant about people abusing handicapped spaces she nods along and says she wishes she didn't have to. But her apparent chronic pain doesn't stop her from walking 300 extra yards on the mornings she is late so that she can sneak in the back entrance to the building, as to reach her office and not have to pass in front of my door.
Then I was lucky to become friends with someone who is stuck in a wheelchair. After numerous adventures with her I have seen the challenges that she has doing stuff that I take for granted each day and the difference that having that space and the ramp readily accessable can make.
So now I want to slash the tires of people that I see using these spaces that don't actually need them. I'm not generally violent, but makes me nuts. You are able bodied, get your ass out there and be thankful every day that you are even able to walk. I'm not sorry for you if you have to walk the 100 extra yards to the front door - at least you can.
Oh and it kills me at work when it is raining and the handicapped spots are the first victims. You aren't going to melt.
If I was ordering the list of peeves this would probably be #1.
My extreme dislike for this behavior really doesn't help my opinion of the person on my Team who is currently abusing a temporary handicapped placard. She uses that space religiously, and when I go on a rant about people abusing handicapped spaces she nods along and says she wishes she didn't have to. But her apparent chronic pain doesn't stop her from walking 300 extra yards on the mornings she is late so that she can sneak in the back entrance to the building, as to reach her office and not have to pass in front of my door.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Derailed
So.. I didn't get to go to Canada because my Team has decided in the last week to strive for a level of drama and incompetence I didn't think they had in them. It is rediculous.
Most of the issue stems from one particular person and I had to resist the urge to key her car this morning in the parking lot as I was walking by the handicapped parking space that she is constantly parked in and doesn't need (this may become Pet Peeve #10 in a later post).
The good thing about not going to the Frozen North is I get to be home with the manfolk. Its weird. I used to love to travel for work just to get away for a couple of days, now I'd rather be home on the patio with him.
Most of the issue stems from one particular person and I had to resist the urge to key her car this morning in the parking lot as I was walking by the handicapped parking space that she is constantly parked in and doesn't need (this may become Pet Peeve #10 in a later post).
The good thing about not going to the Frozen North is I get to be home with the manfolk. Its weird. I used to love to travel for work just to get away for a couple of days, now I'd rather be home on the patio with him.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Pet Peeve #9
There is no reason to end every email, facebook statement, etc with lol.
You aren't always lol. If you are you might be mentally ill.
Here are some Facebook examples from one friend from the last few days:
'Guess I will clean house before Katy and her boss get here...Really don't feel like it, lol'
'Balancing my check book... :( Probably going to get a bigger headache! lol'
'I need to go fishing soon! I was around Cross lake today and saw so many people fishing, and I just wanted to go so bad. "NEED MAN WITH BOAT" LOL'
Um... Really?
You aren't always lol. If you are you might be mentally ill.
Here are some Facebook examples from one friend from the last few days:
'Guess I will clean house before Katy and her boss get here...Really don't feel like it, lol'
'Balancing my check book... :( Probably going to get a bigger headache! lol'
'I need to go fishing soon! I was around Cross lake today and saw so many people fishing, and I just wanted to go so bad. "NEED MAN WITH BOAT" LOL'
Um... Really?
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Pet Peeve #8
Crocs in public.
I don't care if they are comfortable. They look stupid on EVERYONE.
I can understand using them for small children - easy to put on, easy to clean - but even that is a stretch.
I love this guy's article and the imbedded rant.
They are the absolute opposite of sexy. Why don't people see that?
My father has a blue pair he tried to convince me were the most comfortable things out there - then in the same sit down he explained that he and his wife never seem to have sex anymore. He did not appreciate when I drew the correlation between the hideous rubber-like shoes and his dry spell.
The manfolk has some. He never wears them. He gets laid a lot.
Come to think of it, he is going on a trip without me soon and I think I will recommend that he take those along as his only footwear.
I don't care if they are comfortable. They look stupid on EVERYONE.
I can understand using them for small children - easy to put on, easy to clean - but even that is a stretch.
I love this guy's article and the imbedded rant.
They are the absolute opposite of sexy. Why don't people see that?
My father has a blue pair he tried to convince me were the most comfortable things out there - then in the same sit down he explained that he and his wife never seem to have sex anymore. He did not appreciate when I drew the correlation between the hideous rubber-like shoes and his dry spell.
The manfolk has some. He never wears them. He gets laid a lot.
Come to think of it, he is going on a trip without me soon and I think I will recommend that he take those along as his only footwear.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Pet Peeve #7
(I have more of these peeves than I thought.)
Grown women who call their father "daddy"
Really see it more in women from the south (or from money) and it just sounds stupid and childish.
Grown women who call their father "daddy"
Really see it more in women from the south (or from money) and it just sounds stupid and childish.
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Pet Peeve #5
Leaders that won't make a decision.
And have meetings to talk about the decision that they aren't going to make.
I have a feeling that I have career limited myself because I am willing to make decisions and have come to a point where I sit in these meetings and won't leave until SOMETHING is done or decided. And if they won't let me make the decision, I will point out that there has been no resolution/plan for future action even though we have been there for an hour discussing it.
Even worse when they do that and then the issue just dies. No one follows up. So incredibly irritating.
You are a leader. There is a reason. Grow some balls (even little bitty ones) and use that to make a decision. Even a bad decision is better than no decision at all when you are dealing with non life-altering initiatives.
And have meetings to talk about the decision that they aren't going to make.
I have a feeling that I have career limited myself because I am willing to make decisions and have come to a point where I sit in these meetings and won't leave until SOMETHING is done or decided. And if they won't let me make the decision, I will point out that there has been no resolution/plan for future action even though we have been there for an hour discussing it.
Even worse when they do that and then the issue just dies. No one follows up. So incredibly irritating.
You are a leader. There is a reason. Grow some balls (even little bitty ones) and use that to make a decision. Even a bad decision is better than no decision at all when you are dealing with non life-altering initiatives.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Pet Peeve #4
Ties up with the first one. I think maybe it is that I just hate traffic. Especially on a Friday.
Just because it is raining doesn't mean you have to drive like a jackass. It is just a little water from the sky - I can understand if maybe it was pouring buckets, but a little drizzle does not force you to ride your breaks and go 10 miles under the speed limit.
Ugh. People should be tested for this when they get their license.
Just because it is raining doesn't mean you have to drive like a jackass. It is just a little water from the sky - I can understand if maybe it was pouring buckets, but a little drizzle does not force you to ride your breaks and go 10 miles under the speed limit.
Ugh. People should be tested for this when they get their license.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Pet Peeve #3
This may actually be tied for the #1 pet peeve.
Being late.
I am the get there early person and always have been, that is how I was raised.
People who are late for something we have preplanned with absolutely no reason for being late other than they didn't feel like getting off the couch five minutes earlier so that you weren't sitting there wasting time waiting on them.
Drives me crazy. Shows complete lack of respect for other people's time and whatever it is you are meeting to do. Now I understand emergencies or if the meeting before ran over or whatever - but I absolutely can't stand it for no reason.
Even worse when it is a habit -- and worse than that when they know they are late and show no sense of urgency about it.
AAAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH
Being late.
I am the get there early person and always have been, that is how I was raised.
People who are late for something we have preplanned with absolutely no reason for being late other than they didn't feel like getting off the couch five minutes earlier so that you weren't sitting there wasting time waiting on them.
Drives me crazy. Shows complete lack of respect for other people's time and whatever it is you are meeting to do. Now I understand emergencies or if the meeting before ran over or whatever - but I absolutely can't stand it for no reason.
Even worse when it is a habit -- and worse than that when they know they are late and show no sense of urgency about it.
AAAAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Pet Peeve #2
'That's how they've/we've always done it.'
Nothing is as frustrating as when this is the excuse for something that makes no sense or doesn't help or isn't the best way to do something.
I work in a family oriented company that was cutting edge when we started nearly 40 years ago and has difficulty keeping up with the times (especially when it comes to internal processes and the 'good old boy' mentality) and I hear it all of the time. I have spent countless hours convincing people that just becuase it was done this way in the 70's doesn't mean it is still the best (or most efficient, or regulatory compliant) way to do something.
Today I heard it in my personal life and it makes me just as crazy. Unfortunately it was tied into something that will never change - funerals. Religion has too much sway there and there is no hope of me getting that changed.
Either way, work or personal, it seems like more of an excuse to resist change than it does people actually thinking things through for themselves.
Just makes me bonkers.
Nothing is as frustrating as when this is the excuse for something that makes no sense or doesn't help or isn't the best way to do something.
I work in a family oriented company that was cutting edge when we started nearly 40 years ago and has difficulty keeping up with the times (especially when it comes to internal processes and the 'good old boy' mentality) and I hear it all of the time. I have spent countless hours convincing people that just becuase it was done this way in the 70's doesn't mean it is still the best (or most efficient, or regulatory compliant) way to do something.
Today I heard it in my personal life and it makes me just as crazy. Unfortunately it was tied into something that will never change - funerals. Religion has too much sway there and there is no hope of me getting that changed.
Either way, work or personal, it seems like more of an excuse to resist change than it does people actually thinking things through for themselves.
Just makes me bonkers.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Pet Peeve #1
Onlooker backup
You will never hear me rant as much as when I sit in traffic for an extra 45 minutes because people have to look at something going on on the other side of the road that shouldn't impede their progress in ANY way. I refuse to look. I make a point of it. It makes me bonkers. Not a big fan of traffic to begin with, but when there is absolutely no reason for it it is even worse.
Grrrr
You will never hear me rant as much as when I sit in traffic for an extra 45 minutes because people have to look at something going on on the other side of the road that shouldn't impede their progress in ANY way. I refuse to look. I make a point of it. It makes me bonkers. Not a big fan of traffic to begin with, but when there is absolutely no reason for it it is even worse.
Grrrr
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