What (besides politics) irritates you?

[swordo84]

$1000 fine for texting or talking or your phone ('distracted driving') while driving here (in Ontario). The only way to legally use your phone whilst driving is via an in-car Bluetooth system.

[scrock25]

Originally Posted by swordo84

$1000 fine for texting or talking or your phone ('distracted driving') while driving here (in Ontario). The only way to legally use your phone whilst driving is via an in-car Bluetooth system.

Can't even use a bluetooth headset?

[daveshookme]

Originally Posted by DIDriveOut2SPAC

Business boarded first, followed by all window seats, then all middle seats, then all aisle seats if I was CEO

Albany is the best, can board from back and front. It's tits. Dunno why it's the only one in America that does that. So convenient.

[ExistenceNow]

SW method is my favorite. Definitely the fastest I've experienced.

[unccrombie]

Originally Posted by daveshookme

Albany is the best, can board from back and front. It's tits. Dunno why it's the only one in America that does that. So convenient.

not all flights board that way. I've actually never boarded from the back in ALB.

[daveshookme]

Originally Posted by unccrombie

not all flights board that way. I've actually never boarded from the back in ALB.

Not all, no. When I flew in two weeks ago we could only deplane from the front. But when it's available it's straight awesome.

[drop2d]

Originally Posted by swordo84

$1000 fine for texting or talking or your phone ('distracted driving') while driving here (in Ontario). The only way to legally use your phone whilst driving is via an in-car Bluetooth system.

Oh, it's a fine here as well. I thought it was laughable a few years ago when Massachusetts enacted a law aimed at texting and driving... it just didn't seem like an issue and we have enough goddamned laws as it is. But then I started witnessing it at alarming rates. There are laws in NH for it now but they are not stiff enough - it should be punishable by death.

[unccrombie]

Originally Posted by daveshookme

Not all, no. When I flew in two weeks ago we could only deplane from the front. But when it's available it's straight awesome.

you said board, not deboard
i've definitely deboarded from the back.

[dmb9howell]

People who take mass amounts of selfies and on top of that take the time to photoshop every single fucking one of them.

[cazzie34]

Originally Posted by twostepping

I once came to a complete stop in an express lane.
The lane was only there because of construction and had no shoulder. I'm going 80 in a 55. Guy gets up behind me and rides my ass honking and flashing his lights. I tapped my brakes and proceeded to coast until I came to a stop. That guy was pissed!
I waited for him to get out of his car until I took off.
Might I add I did this in a car that was a piece of crap and I was the only one in it.

This is all sorts of win.

[ExistenceNow]

I'm sure the other people driving in that lane minding their own business appreciated coming to a stop on the highway.

[twostepping]

Originally Posted by ExistenceNow

I'm sure the other people driving in that lane minding their own business appreciated coming to a stop on the highway.

No one was behind us. It was pretty late at night when I did it.

[twostepping]

Another thing I've done multiple times is screw with people that take up two parking spots or park way over the line to give themselves space.. I'll park inches from them on the drivers side. Needless to say that my Sentra has received some dents and scratches as a result.

[defcon]

Originally Posted by cazzie34

If she wasn't paying attention couldn't she have rear ended you at a high speed causing significant injury to you? Doesn't seem worth it for you to hit your brakes hard so that she learns a lesson....

Shit, as for me, I wish I could make that happen. Don't give a shit about my health, hopefully I would live, sue the shit out of everyone I could, and profit. Because this is 'Murika!

Originally Posted by dmb9howell

People who take mass amounts of selfies and on top of that take the time to photoshop every single fucking one of them.

Narcissism is out of control. I've taken literally 5 selfies in the past two years and 4 had other people, so I guess it's called an ussie, idk.

Originally Posted by twostepping

Another thing I've done multiple times is screw with people that take up two parking spots or park way over the line to give themselves space.. I'll park inches from them on the drivers side. Needless to say that my Sentra has received some dents and scratches as a result.

When I worked security at a hotel, we would fuck with horrible parkers (we were often filled to capacity and couldn't tolerate idiots) by parking our grounds crew (company) trucks literally right against them, that's if we didn't have the cops boot their ass if they were on grounds for whatever. Sometimes the horrible parker wouldn't come out until checkout two, three, whatever days later, by which time, the vehicles would be moved. The boot stayed on and they had to pay a parking ticket with the village before getting it off. But more often than not they would come back out soon, and complain to us. We would tell them that's too bad. Since the company trucks had no identifying marks on them, we could deny knowledge. Good times.

[DIDriveOut2SPAC]

Originally Posted by daveshookme

Albany is the best, can board from back and front. It's tits. Dunno why it's the only one in America that does that. So convenient.

Agreed. Wish more airlines could use those but it seems like only southwest operates those gates, the one time I used that gate though. Boarded during A and went to back then when landed peaked out the back.

[swordo84]

Originally Posted by scrock25

Can't even use a bluetooth headset?

Well, kind of...you're not supposed to have you phone in your hand at all. In theory you could initiate the call in a parking lot, and then continue driving and talking on a headset, yes.

Also, no pulling over to the side of the road to make that call - still a fine.

[DaveHead36]

Originally Posted by swordo84

Well, kind of...you're not supposed to have you phone in your hand at all. In theory you could initiate the call in a parking lot, and then continue driving and talking on a headset, yes.

Also, no pulling over to the side of the road to make that call - still a fine.

This to me makes no sense.

[Heyberto]

Originally Posted by GSUdawg521

This goes back to my irritant about the carpool lane here and how so many people don't understand them. Just last week someone was behind me flashing their lights at me as if I should get over -- even though crossing the double solid white line is illegal and you're not required to move over for a faster car; that's what the fast lane, next to the HOV, is for. I waved and he ended up breaking the law himself to pass.

HOV lanes are freakin' communist anyway. Let's just let traffic clog in 4 lanes in the hope people will travel in twos. There's some faulty logic for you.

[defcon]

Side effects of my triglyceride medication. Feel like I'm fucking dying, from the inside out. I can't eat anything. Going back to the doctor on Friday. My guts are all out of whack and I have a slight fever. It's cool out but might as well be 120. No way I'm going to keep taking this (the past 3 days has been enough) and I'm just waiting for my body to restore equilibrium. I'd rather die of a heart attack than take this shit. No, I think I'll just eat healthier.

[ExistenceNow]

At the Philip Phillips' show tonight, I saw a middle aged woman with a baby in a car seat/carrier thing. She had it at the soundboard in the carrier. Maybe 8-months old. Tops.

NO ear protection.

Couldn't figure out why she would even be there in the first place, much less with a fucking baby. But then after the show, I saw what had to be her 16-18 year old daughter come from out of the crowd to meet back up with her. Had to be the teen's kid.


I think the lack of ear protection irritates me more than anything else, because I'm trying to empathize with the grandma. Her daughter got knocked up too young, and she wants her to still be able to have some fun as a teen, so she lets her go to the show, but doesn't want to let her go alone, but doesn't have anyone to watch the baby if she supervises the daughter... just an awful situation.

I don't want to say the A word, but fuck...

[defcon]

Originally Posted by ExistenceNow

At the Philip Phillips' show tonight, I saw a middle aged woman with a baby in a car seat/carrier thing. She had it at the soundboard in the carrier. Maybe 8-months old. Tops.

NO ear protection.

Couldn't figure out why she would even be there in the first place, much less with a fucking baby. But then after the show, I saw what had to be her 16-18 year old daughter come from out of the crowd to meet back up with her. Had to be the teen's kid.


I think the lack of ear protection irritates me more than anything else, because I'm trying to empathize with the grandma. Her daughter got knocked up too young, and she wants her to still be able to have some fun as a teen, so she lets her go to the show, but doesn't want to let her go alone, but doesn't have anyone to watch the baby if she supervises the daughter... just an awful situation.

I don't want to say the A word, but fuck...

Abortion?

That might have been a better option.

scratch that, adoption, the best option. But seriously, some people shouldn't reproduce. I feel bad for the kid.

[ExistenceNow]

I feel bad for him too. My ears are ringing a bit after the show, and I'm a grown ass man with fully formed organs.

[unccrombie]

Originally Posted by ExistenceNow

I feel bad for him too. My ears are ringing a bit after the show, and I'm a grown ass man with fully formed organs.

[DaveHead36]

Originally Posted by ExistenceNow

At the Philip Phillips' show tonight, I saw a middle aged woman with a baby in a car seat/carrier thing. She had it at the soundboard in the carrier. Maybe 8-months old. Tops.

NO ear protection.

Couldn't figure out why she would even be there in the first place, much less with a fucking baby. But then after the show, I saw what had to be her 16-18 year old daughter come from out of the crowd to meet back up with her. Had to be the teen's kid.


I think the lack of ear protection irritates me more than anything else, because I'm trying to empathize with the grandma. Her daughter got knocked up too young, and she wants her to still be able to have some fun as a teen, so she lets her go to the show, but doesn't want to let her go alone, but doesn't have anyone to watch the baby if she supervises the daughter... just an awful situation.

I don't want to say the A word, but fuck...

Dude, you would be disgusted at some of the stuff I have seen at my job. We used to have this big stack PA. People would constantly put their kids on their shoulders with no ear protection standing literally 5-10 feet from the stack. The kids ear would be level with one of the 12's. We're talking on average 105dB constantly. I have no problems telling parents to move somewhere else for the sake of their kids hearing. If they still refuse I usually offer up foam ear plugs we keep handy.

My biggest fear with todays youth is that they've been blasted so long, so loud from music that we are going to have a world full of deaf people in years to come.

[drop2d]

The female version of 'taking out the trash'. You know what I'm talking about - open the door and leave it on the steps. Fuck taking the few steps to the trash can and throwing it in.

[Heyberto]

Originally Posted by drop2d

The female version of 'taking out the trash'. You know what I'm talking about - open the door and leave it on the steps. Fuck taking the few steps to the trash can and throwing it in.

Good lord this made me laugh... So very true

[bmt322]

When people are at a stop, waiting to turn onto the street you are driving down, then they fucking pull out in front of you, causing you to slam on the brakes.

Here's a rule. If you are stopped, waiting to turn left or right onto a street, think to yourself, "If my turn will force someone to brake, do not go."

This also happens right before stop lights, the person goes, and then you miss the light, and every fucking light after that.

Here's a joke. How many stop lights does it take to get somewhere? Answer: All of them.

[Beefsteak1138]

Originally Posted by drop2d

The female version of 'taking out the trash'. You know what I'm talking about - open the door and leave it on the steps. Fuck taking the few steps to the trash can and throwing it in.

No idea what you're talking about. I thought the female version of taking out the trash was cramming as much crap as possible into the trash can until I get infuriated and take the damn trash out myself.

[drop2d]

Originally Posted by Beefsteak1138

No idea what you're talking about. I thought the female version of taking out the trash was cramming as much crap as possible into the trash can until I get infuriated and take the damn trash out myself.

Oh, that happens frequently too. I'd prefer it actually... that way it's not a free meal for the fucking varmints around here.

[ExistenceNow]

Originally Posted by bmt322

When people are at a stop, waiting to turn onto the street you are driving down, then they fucking pull out in front of you, causing you to slam on the brakes.

Here's a rule. If you are stopped, waiting to turn left or right onto a street, think to yourself, "If my turn will force someone to brake, do not go."

This also happens right before stop lights, the person goes, and then you miss the light, and every fucking light after that.

Here's a joke. How many stop lights does it take to get somewhere? Answer: All of them.

The worst is when you can see them making the calculation to themselves:

Okay, if I go now, I can make. Okay, I can still probably make it if I go now. Okay, going to be cutting it close, but I can still make it if I go now. Shit, I can't make it anymore.

: pulls out anyway.