It's The Little Things That Make You ...

Tocky on 20/8/2010 at 02:06

Summoning the ghost of buglunch? I didn't understand where anybody was supposed to go but I do want a car with the turning radius of the red one.

So I move over to let black Lexus SUV merge from an off ramp. I have my turn signal on to cross back over because I have to make the next exit. Simple courtesy would be to maintain current speed and let me back in not speed up and close the gap so that I have to slam my brake and wheel across in back of you to barely catch the exit right? I was one bad cup of coffee away from seeing how many flips that fucker would do when I pushed him off the road. I HAD JUST LET HIM IN THE BASTARD.

Scots Taffer on 20/8/2010 at 02:10

I love the fact that the crappy animation has cars coming straight over the footpath onto the roundabout.

Harvester on 20/8/2010 at 02:37

My biggest work related annoyance: people will send me a Word document which I have to do spelling and grammar correction on, and then make a brochure or folder or leaflet or something. I finish the brochure and send them a PDF so they can check it out. And then they say "looks nice, here is the final version of the text" and send a new Word document with a couple of changes from the old version. Complete with the original spelling and grammar errors. So I either have to correct spelling and grammar again and edit the new text into the brochure, or I have to go over the new text with a fine toothed comb and compare it to the brochure I made to find out the two or three things they've changed. Either 1) send me the right, finalized text the first time so I only have to make the brochure once or 2) specify which changes you've made to the text file so I don't have to go looking for them myself.

Also: people ordering cards for their baby being born or their wedding, and ordering a card with very little space to put text on, and then expecting me to cram huge poems and lots of information into that space. If you want a wall of text, you should have picked out another card, or settle for 8pt fonts.

And finally: A new colleague of mine who constantly yells at the computer "fucking piece of shit program" and such, while the reason he's not getting the expected result is that he himself doesn't understand the program correctly and does things the wrong way.

Dia on 20/8/2010 at 03:06

People (and I use the term loosely here) who drive by your house at 2:00 a.m. with the bass & volume on their car stereos cranked to the absolute max so that it literally shakes the windows. These assholes seem to drive at a snail's pace so it takes forever for the reverberations to fade to a point where sleep may be attainable again. Usually by then I'm so pissed off it takes me another hour before I can settle down enough to go back to sleep. I considered shooting out the tires on their vehicles, but that would just mean they'd be stuck in front of my house while their stereos continued blasting loud enough to make my ears bleed.

Oh, and people who pick their noses while they drive. And then look at the boogers stuck on their finger.

*starts gagging*

fett on 20/8/2010 at 03:42

I thought you would appreciate the new Iron Maiden album. Well, sooo-ooo-rrryyy!!!!:(:(

edit: Dia posts make me happy. It's good to see you in these parts.

Muzman on 20/8/2010 at 04:05

Quote Posted by Queue

1 - Why are the parking spaces and parking lot at Home Depot so unfriendly (i.e. nearly impossible to swing into or maneuver around) to larger-sized pickup trucks?

Wouldn't the majority of their customers, considering what they sell (you know, little stuff like building supplies and lumber) tend to go shopping with a truck?

Yer jes doin it wrong son
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theBlackman on 20/8/2010 at 07:55

Another gripe is people who are driving who look at thier passenger when they talk. Even more irritating are movies that show the driver going at a good speed looking at the passenger for 5 to 30 seconds while they talk to the passenger.

Having spent some 15 years driving an ambulance for emergency service, and having picked up the mangled bodies of idiots who looked away for 1/2 a second or less and crashed, killing themselves and innocent bystanders; the continual stupidity of the real life drivers who do this, and the greater stupidity of the movie industry to use these types of scenes over, and over, and over, really piss me off.

kabatta on 20/8/2010 at 08:15

Talking about drivers.The ones who laugh so hard that they start losing control of the car. My ex gave me a little too much excitement like that. :mad:

Ulukai on 20/8/2010 at 08:21

Quote Posted by Kolya

That would be the "Magic Roundabout" in Swindon, UK

I've actually driven around that roundabout, and it works a lot better than you might think.

As do all roundabouts, America :D

In fact, is there even a single roundabout in the States? I don't recall ever seeing one.

TBE on 20/8/2010 at 09:01

Quote Posted by Ulukai

In fact, is there even a single roundabout in the States? I don't recall ever seeing one.

There are like 3 right by my house. I usually go the UK direction around one of them if no one is coming. :sly: It's right in front of my bank, so I just go left real quick. I know, it's not proper but I don't care. Saves me about 10 seconds of endless looping around.