PET PEEVES

“Speaking of advertising, it's peeves my pet when companies always say, "Save time AND money". I'm like, "no way, you mean I can actually save time AND money, both at the same time? This is SO cool!". Uh huh.”

“You mean I won't save time and money going to the REI Labor Day sale Buck? : p”

“No, REI will ream you and you'll be standing in line for hours.”

“Yup, then I'll be drinking out of my Nalgene, ingest toxins and get breast cancer. Yup! LOL! But at least on my way in and out of the flagship store I can admire the pretty faux mountain waterfall, stream and plants.”

“people who use "like" like a valley girl

for example, this silly broad:

The alarm is going off again for like the FIFTH time...grrrr”

“hehehe I tottaly cant help it CB :D you forget I AM a vally girl. YUou should hear me pronounce almond. its like totally diffrent then you midwesterners. :P”

“like OMG”

“pantscandy, hey man, where have you been and how are you doing?

Another serial killer pet peeve is feeling they need to live in WA with the other serial killers so they have friends, it's safer that way. What serial killer has ever killed another serial killer.

WA has the Green River killer, had Ted Bundy and I'm sure there are more. I'll have to google WA State Serial Killers to find the rest, lol:)”

“You won't believe this, but I googled WA State Serial Killers and the list is a little longer than I expected!!!! Check it out!

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/109337_serial20.shtml

Otherwise, it's a very lovely place to live, LMAO!!!!!”

“It's all that frickin' rain. I'd probably be a serial killer too, if I lived there.”

“wisconsin has a lot too i think...must be the cold”

“We have 40-55 degree winters where I live in the mid Puget Sound area and rarely get a sprinkling of snow. Serial killers love it here. They won't get stuck with their car in the bad weather or snow as they dump bodies. They don't have to dig up snow to hide them, just throw some leaves and branches over them. That's what the Green River killer did. He was an average working guy with a wife and kids and about 50 dead women passing through his car! I bet that car is going to be a real conversation piece for some psycho who will buy it when it's not being used as evidence which it probably isn't anymore since the trial is over.

I think we are a state of big readers and I thought I read we wore sunglasses more than in other states???”

“When people move onto the shoulder of the road just before an exit ramp, allowing the #&%!$s to zip by and cut in line, causing the backup in the first place.

noone seems to see the irony. It's a pain”

“People in WA state do not usually cut in line of long line off ramps. They are pretty civil, unlike New Yorkers. Never use your blinker in NY because that cues other drivers to bunch up and not let you in.

Driving into the shoulder or veering to the side of the road is bad in CA because they allow lane sharing which means motorcyclists can ride between cars on the hwy so pulling to the side can run one over.”

“I was at a Subway today for lunch. There was a guy inline who was on his cell phone. He got to the cashier who was trying to tell him how much his bill was. He keep on talking and talking holding up the line. Finally the manager walked over and told him to hang up the damn phone or get out. The guy got off the phone, paid and left. Everyone applauded when he left.”

“Was he white trash or black?”

“he was black, the manager was Indian, the people in Subway were black and white”

“That's what I thought.”

“I've had more suit and tie type people do that to me than anyone else.”

“did i just read that right???...surely you're kiding...what difference does his race make?...a rude person is a rude person”

“Where's violin and his race baiting when ya need him? ;-)”

“anyway, my biggest pet peeve is liter...i just went for about a 5 mile hike in one of indy's biggest parks by the white river...i would be an awesome park to rival any state park if it wasn't for the liter...there are beer cans and tires everywhere?i don?t understand how someone can carry in a completely full bottle of gatoraid or water but is too lazy to carry the EMPTY bottle back out”

“I didn't say it made a difference.

Just a very correct statistical observation based on my own experiences.

Don't blame me, blame statistics.”

“Just a very correct statistical observation based on my own experiences.

you need to stay away from the ghetto and experience some real culture...i've been in parts of pensylvania were i felt more uncomfortable than when i'm in some of the shadyiest parts of downtown indianapolis
last edited: 10/28/05 3:39:23 PM”

“Rude, pushy, inconsiderate or loud people. Litter. Un-leashed dogs. Fog or driving lights on cars in addition to their headlights. Tailgaters. Loud music from the next car at gas pumps.”

“what really irks me is the people with the Nextel phones that use it as speaker phone. Now you get to listen to the whole conversation. Thing is they can use it like a reg cell phone but they have to show out like they are important”

“Code examples in documentation that are obviously non-functional.”

“thriftyhiker - I've been around quite a bit, not just in PA. I've shyed away from Philadelphia and other shady PA spots (although I've visited too many times).

I was actually factoring in NON-ghetto areas into my prediction.

Come to think of it, I predicted correctly, yet you're trying to "correct" me. Nothing wrong with reality thrifty. Embrace it. Don't hide from it.

Ewker - Agreed. Those people suck.”

“LOL@bitpusher...how bout non sarbains oxly compliant interdepartmental policy change manuals?”

“this is the last i'll say, i'll take stove stompers advice and not be drawn in any more to your baiting...a "rude black person" in interphilly get his rude or "urban" attitude from his environment i.e. his neighborhood, upbringing, the friends he keeps...it has absolutely nothing to do with the color of his skin and to even bring up the subject of race is ignorant...i'm sure it wouldn't take much work to find a black farmer in PA that would blow your stereotypes out of the water
last edited: 10/28/05 4:09:43 PM”

“thriftyhiker - Regarless of what you're thinking, I correctly predicted the color of skin of the rude person. If you want to make me less effective at predicting such things, then I'll consider your advise.

Also, I said (repeating myself), I was actually factoring in NON-ghetto areas into my prediction.

Correctly too, I might add. (pats self on back)

What I view as statistical accuracy, you view as stereotypes. Interesting that you're making it about race, and I'm making it about mathematics. Maybe you need some introspection.
last edited: 10/28/05 4:16:02 PM”

“damn it you sucked me in again...statistics and mathematics???...how can rudeness be statistically tracked?...isn't that an opinion word?”

“I've been around quite a bit

don't mistake being an old bigot for having gained wisdom ;)”

“damn it you sucked me in again...statistics and mathematics???...how can rudeness be statistically tracked?...isn't that an opinion word?

"Rude" is the word you used 5 times. I was referencing the behavior as pointed out by Ewker.

don't mistake being an old bigot for having gained wisdom ;)

Ok, I won't. I'll tell the black friends I'm hanging out with tonight you gave me that advice. Thanks!
last edited: 10/28/05 4:38:22 PM”

“i dont think s-rge is being racist, but i gotta wonder what his point is”

“id also say "lucky guess" rather than "correctly predicted"

ewker lives in tennessee, near nashville i believe. altho they have their share, the state is not known for having a negro-surplus

then again, s-rge does know where BB and ped live. apparently, he knows where ewker lives and is keeping close surveillance on him, in case he has to report him for any un-patriotic acts (besides being a liberal, which we all know is unpatriotic itself)

Big Br-ther is watching you
last edited: 10/28/05 4:52:55 PM”

“Crash - I wasn't making a point. I was asking for my own information. If there is anything to be learned here it's that I'm a great predictor of human behavior.

A "negro-surplus"?? LOL

I would agree that it would appear that it was a "lucky guess", but I have about a 100% accuracy rate when predicting such behaviors. To be fair, I only "predict" when I have a hunch, but my predictions are amazingly accurate. I also can predict the age/sex/race of drivers on the road before I can see them. My accuracy is about 100%. My greatest satisfaction is when I predict a woman is driving a great-big ole pick-up truck, which most people would think a man is driving, when it turns out to be a woman.

Women tend to vear towards other drivers, and drive hesitatingly. Middle aged women tend to drive at a pace contrary to the rest of traffic. Black men tend to drive slowly, and black women tend to drive very well (close to the speed limit, straight line...). Blacks also tend to ignore turn signal laws and stop signs. Old people tend to drive extremely slowly (that's no secret).

The worst drivers are young white females who tend to be impatient and disrespectful (or unaware) of the dangers of driving. Young white males tend to tailgate and be poor predictors of safe times to enter traffic. Hispanic males tend to tailgate.

The worstest worst drivers ... New Jersey drivers.
last edited: 10/28/05 5:15:29 PM”

“See you thrifty - I'm going to go hang out with some black friends for a few hours. I hope they don't give me cooties.”

“so what tipped you off about the guy in subway?”

“Years of observation.”

“i mean specifically”

“lets see how good you really are, s-rge

what color of underwear am i wearing? boxers, briefs, commando, other?”

“ewker lives in tennessee, near nashville i believe. altho they have their share, the state is not known for having a negro-surplus
Crash Bang
4:51:05 PM
10/28/05


you haven't been to Tenn much have you. Although the illegal Mexicans are starting to pass those colored folks”

“you haven't been to Tenn much have you.

only to hike. not too many persons of color on the trail or at the grand ole opry”

“Hmmm. Every rude cell phone person I've ever seen is white. Every black person I've ever seen using a cell phone speaks softly and doesn't bother anyone. Go figure....”

“how many of them colored folks do you see on the trail anywhere??”

“the rudest instance of cell phone usage in my experience was by a black person, sitting directly behind me, at the movie theater, during the movie! he wasnt talking loudly, and he got up and left after the 2nd or 3rd time he got a call, but damn, dont even bring it in, or turn it off.

otherwise the majority of rudeness or pretentiousness i have seen has been by whites.

for s-rges statistical analysis, the black person was in virginia, the whites mostly in indiana (honkeytown, usa)”

“crash - None of the above.

See, what you guys don't get is your oversimplifying what happened.

You're not focusing on the real problem.

The cell phone useage was not the problem.

Discuss ...”

“Yeah, cell phone rudeness is on the rise. People talking too loud on them in libraries or public areas where no one wants to here there conversation.

My problem is people in WA being too polite when they drive and reach a stop sign and they go through this, "you go first", "oh, no you go first" thing until you want to drive around the both of them and go first.”

“Maybe they should get Sarge on ESPN.”