Joann - IS that a law in Florida???
I know that a blind person with a cane who
steps right out in front of you always has
the right of way, but I didn't think that just
being elderly allowed you to drive as Phoeniz
so aptly described....got to get ahead of you
and then drive slow as molasses in springtime.
One pet peeve per day! Man-o-man, where do I start? I gues I start with idiot drivers - all of them in their multifaceted varieties.
Am I allowed to come here and rant about drivers on their cell phones every day? Wow, that would be great! (I won't, I promise...)
Didn't we learn that the safest way to drive was with both hands on the wheel? What ever happened to that? Hundreds, thousands, of drivers in Houston are driving with one hand, distracted by whatever it is that is so important that they must discuss it with someone while risking my life and the lives of everyone around them. Why is this accepted? How long will it take before laws are passed? The police write tickets every day to people who aren't wearing seatbelts, and those people are only risking their own lives.
<sigh> Thanks for the opportunity to rant, babs - I feel much better...
Babs, you certainly knew what you were doing when you said "one pet peeve" a day!!!
Mine for today is: When I ask a child a question, and one or both of the parents answer!
Man, this fricken drives me insane! I want the childs version, okay? If I wanted yours, I would have asked you, you dumb spit! Jeeshus!
taxes disguised as "revenue enhancement"
Well, I was going to say questions that limit answers to one per day, but since that's so gosh darn obvious, I'll go with:
Pet Peeve #1 - Schools, churches, clubs, sports teams and other groups that force their participants to raise funds by selling overpriced candy, cookies, wrapping paper, candles and the like to people who don't need them or want them. If you need money, ask for money. But don't tell my kids they can't play soccer if they don't sell 25 cans of peanut brittle at $4 a pop.
Side comment: am I the only one currently being harassed by the Girl Scout mafia? First, I've got at least 15 people at work trying to sell me the stuff and every one of them expects you to buy at least one box. My office now looks like we've decided to decorate in late 20th century signup sheets. Then I can't walk more than 10 feet in my town before I run into another in a series of card tables loaded with boxes of thin mints and snickerdoodles, all guarded by cute little pixies with puppy dogs eyes and outrageous expectations. Meanwhile, two or three soccer moms hover nearby giving the evil eye to any passerby who would dare walk past without being appropriately enticed by their adorable daughters, their bland and overpriced wares, or the opportunity to the line the coffers of Girl Scouts U.S.A.. It's got to the point where I finally bought a box of Shortbreads just so I can carry it with me when I leave my home, a swastika-like symbol I can wear on my sleeve to fool the little brown shirts into thinking I'm one of them. Nasty business, these cookie sales.
Hey macsm11, for those of us who drive sticks, it's not possible to ALWAYS keep two hands on the wheel. You gotta shift.
One thing, it's next to impossible to use a cell phone in a standard tranny auto. If everyone drove sticks, you'd see a lot fewer of those morons with the phone pressed to their ear, weaving across the lane, speeding up, slowing, speeding up, slowing.....
I actually got one to acknowledge me and move over a lane this morning. He wasn't happy about it, but either was I. Hang up and drive people.
It's another day, I get to choose another pet peeve:
People in conversation who insist on saying "yah know what I mean" after every word they speak!
Oh, that gets my Irish up, big time!
i thought "hands free" driving was a law in most states?
Unfortunately not, but those using the headsets seem pretty distracted as well.
Executive VPs who expect you to work out a department budget down to the nickel, which takes days and even weeks; and then when you present it to them, they say "$X doesn't seem right to me, let's put you down for $Y" on a three-second evaluation of the situation. Yet these same VP-types are too dumb or too self-important to change the paper in the copy machine or start a new pot of coffee. I'm amazed they come in with their shoes tied.
CAR ALARMS!!
Is there anyone on the planet who thinks that a car is being stolen when the alarm goes off? I was in a cab waiting for the light to turn green--not moving. The alarm in the car parked to our right started blasting. No one was near it.
Forgive me if you think I sound a bit unpatriotic, but my
Pet Peeve for today is the endless barrage from our government warning us of an impending terrorist attack.
People have heard so many of them, most of us take a new warning with a grain of salt.
This latest alert which would have us duct tape our windows shut with plastic sheeting reminds me of the "duck and cover" routine I had in grammar school back in the '50s.
I am alive and if an act of terrorism kills me, well, something has to.
Wonder how much the Duct Tape Industry has contributed to the bush administration! (joke
) Wall to wall duct tape stories on the cable news networks the last couple of days.
My boss not telling me what he wants me to do and then getting impatient because I didn't guess it. Where's my crystal ball???
That's easy to beat, urs. The boss tells you what to do, forgets he told you, and wants to know why you did something like that.
Oh yes, he can do that, too... :-)
(oops, no, that wasn't a second one for today, no no!)
WH: Thank you very much! I'm so sick of these threats, warnings, alerts, and what-not! You know? There wouldn't be any threats if they weren't warning us of "possible threats"!
I'm not buying any duct tape, plastic window covering, or anything else. If we're anthraxed then so be it!
Damn newspeople, they love to sensationalize and terrorize everyone!
