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It bugs the heck out of me when I go to a sports site (ESPN, CBS Sports, etc) to read an article, and they blare some completely unrelated clip while I just want to read the article I selected.

For example, I went to read the list of "Top 10 CB and S" on CBS Sports. As soon as I scroll down, I get their list of top QB blasting in my ears. I go to read an article about Gronk retiring, and I get a video about "Melvin Gordon wanting a trade out of San Diego" abusing my ears while I actually clicked on.

Let me decide if I want to listen to your videos, or at least make them on the same topic as the article I clicked on.

I would like to apologize on behalf of all check writers. I don't use a credit card. I know how much money I need for the week. If I forget that I had to get my niece a birthday present or have to buy something outside of that weekly budget; I write a check.

I always have a pen handy when the transaction begins and do my best to have the check filled out with my driver's license number and phone number in the memo line by the time the total is tallied. Most places electronically scan checks now and I don't even need to fill it out.

I know credit cards are handy, but I would probably use it to buy lunch all the time or get a little something extra when I fill up at the gas station. That really adds up over a year. Just a $2.50 drink every day would be $15 a week; that's $780 a year for convenience.

Forget that noise. I can do a lot with that money over a working lifetime. If I can't pay cash for something I can't afford it. Give me leftovers for lunch and when I'm too old to enjoy my money I'll have plenty of it.

I do get annoyed by people that buy lotto tickets in the line in front of me. They don't even scratch them off. I guess you can just scan them to see if they are a winner. Oh that was a free ticket, get another and another, I just want to be on my merry way.

Another thing is pee on the toilet seat. For the last decade my wife has watched all of our nieces, nephews, and close friends' children during the workday. I don't want to have to wipe the seat of my own gosh darn toilet before my morning constitution. I'm a good-natured person, but I should not have to potty-train someone else's child.

YES lotto people at gas stations. They annoy me too.

Oh and seems every time I go through a fast food drive thru, I am stuck behind a SUV and they have to order everything in the damn store.

SO SLOW

It makes wish we lived in an alternate society where we drove bumper cars, and could just ram those people out of the way.(do they really need their 15 tacos or hamburgers, come on)

I would say this applies to most workplaces. Now that I have some authority, I tell people to stay home or to go home... You think you are showing bravery and loyalty by being at work when you are sick? That doesn't do me a darn bit of good if 3 other people are sick a few days from now because of you... keep your arse at home.

the people who seem to intentionally slow down when they are in the crosswalk and you are driving toward them...

people who park at the pump at a crowded station and then go into the store for 10 minutes to get food and go to the bathroom...

people who blare music (especially obscene music) in parking lots or sitting still in traffic...

**I notice most of mine have to do with cars... odd.

Welcome to Oregon. State law means pedestrians always have right of way at a crossing and the driver HAS to stop. They WILL stop and stare you down if they think you are not stopping. The entitlement is beyond me. Go to most other places in America let alone the world and the average entitled pedestrian in Portland will be hit by a car faster than they can blink and eye.

I always park at the pump even if I'm not getting gas. Its safer for your car. I learned this the hard way when my old mazda got hit in the regular parking space at the gas station.

Yep. I just like regular old onions...white, yellow, or purple. Extra please.

As far as the lotto.....I hate going into the store....and they have a sign up telling lotto customers, all lotto wagers must be filled out on a play card to be played.....and yet you still get people at the register saying, "gimme 545 straight, 7779 straight boxed for 4 drawings, ang 610 3-way, and, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, how about 297 6-way for three drawings."

And the poor cashier has to do all this manually all on account that the customer is either too lazy to fill out a play card, or, in a lot of cases, ppl think its faster for them to just spit it all out at the cashier......its not faster, you're not special, fill out a damn card...

I hate when people stop at green lights, or slow way down at a green light, and then hurry up and gas it on yellow so the next car can't get through the light....even worse is when someone stops at a red light, but doesn't pull up far enough to activate the signal, then they play on their phone for twenty minutes before they realize they've been getting skipped repeatedly because the sensor has no idea they are waiting there.....

teenagers in luxury import sedans......16 years old driving a brand new Mercedes with 30 day tags....

ohh yea.....I hate driving to work in the morning, and while driving on a state route with a passing lane, you get people who drive side by side with someone in the slow lane and basically blockade everyone else because they are totally self-absorbed in their own little world...

When people are constantly late or inconsiderate

When people are not accountable or reliable

Wet socks

Getting food stuck in my teeth

That’s all I came up with in the first 5 seconds I saw this thread haha

The Govenor of the Great State of Ohio,

and everybody else, imho:

Needs to be able to pronounce the word

Nu CLE Ar

There is NO "L" sound in the 3rd syllable
There is No "Q" sound in the 2nd syllable

They might as well Just say they like "Bu-Sketti" and Meatballs;

When I cook food exactly as it is stated on the directions and it gets burnt. I want to kill someone.


Feels so immature but I freak the hell out.

When I just clean or wash something and it gets dirty immediately

OK I have to contribute to this thread with something that just happened to me.

Our neighbors and good friends invite us over for a pool party and cookout so I go up to the convenient store on the corner (it's kind of an upscale one where you can get fresh made subs you order etc.)

I am standing in line with the beer and wine to bring over to the cookout and the lady in front of me starts giving all of these numbers for the lottery etc. and is taking forever and then she wants scratch offs too.

She spends $75 on the lottery and buys 2 packs of cigarettes.

Her two kids come up then will Mountain Dew, candy, Dorito's, you name it. All kinds of junk food.

She pays for all of the junk food with her PIC card (Ohio's food stamps). I was furious and wanted to say something but kept my cool.

I am definitely not trying to make this political but something is truly wrong with our system. She should be using that card for healthy food for her kids and stop playing the darn lottery.

Really grated my nerves!

I agree with the junk food from food stamps issue but if a politician tried to write legislation or make new rules that would correct this, he would immediately be labeled at best heartless and more likely someone he hates poor people.

I was volunteering years ago when true food stamps were actually used. IN our small town I was a "celebrity bagger" at a grocery store taking customer's groceries to their car for tips that went to the Cancer Society.

The grocery clerk saw some kids come in the store and immediately told us "pay attention to what they do". The kids each bought a cheap piece of candy and handed a single $1 food stamp and received change. After several purchases with change from each one, their Mom came into the store and purchased cigarettes with all coins.

One of mine is similar to yours about driving. It is getting worse around here. People coming to a red light stop early and leave a gap about two vehicle lengths behind the next bumper in front of them. Drivers behind then are forced to stop way back, often with a bit of panic. If two or three people do this, it is hard to get through the light, so you sit through a whole cycle.
When I was younger, this was sometimes called stopping short and was considered potentially dangerous like a reckless op. If it is legal, so be it. But the drivers who fail to come up to the light to trigger it and the ones who stop short do get me going.

I absolutely cant stand group text.

Dont be spamming my phone nonstop! I loathe it!

The only time its acceptable is if everyone in the group text is watching the Browns game, and we are all discussing it.

Jc

When a subordinate in a meeting is on their phone. Superiors are dealing with numerous matters so I am never upset when my boss is taking a message or email, but when I call in a subordinate I expect to have their attention.

My wife, daughter, son, and I group text all the time. We share things and make plans. It's convenient and fun.

There is a time and a place. My wife's side of the family is infamous for creating a group text to tell everyone they pooped that morning - it's ridiculous.

Thats people who you want to talk to.

I get added to group texts of people I dont know or want to talk to.

(thanks brother)

Then my phone beeps a hundred times and I cant get out of it unless I add all those people to the spam list. Or put my whole phone on mute and miss important calls and texts.

No thanks.

Oh, I see. Yeah, two totally different situations.

I just don't understand why you cant remove yourself with one click, pretty dumb.

IKR? There's no way to delete myself from it, or just mute that thread.

Samsung needs to be smarter.

Just happened to me: stepping in a puddle of water after putting on new socks

LOL .... What?

haha getting out of the shower, putting on clean dry socks ... then going back in the bathroom for something and stepping in a tiny puddle of water!

OK I have to add another one to this thread as I am sure all of the dad's can relate as this happened to me this evening.

The young man who wants to date my daughter just pulled into our driveway and honked his horn numerous times while my daughter was still upstairs getting ready (she is 16 so you know how that goes)

He did not realize I was on the side of the house doing yard work and I walked up to his car and surprised him. I told him you will not date my daughter until you show some respect and walk up to the house and shake my hand etc. (He was also in grubby clothes and looked like a thug)

I told him to move along and to have a nice night. When he pulled out he gave me the finger. Of course my daughter comes down finally and asked where he was and I told her he had to leave. Of course she has been crying saying dad you are so old fashioned and I told her believe me when you get older you will thank me.

Really grinds my gear with some of these kids not showing any respect at all anymore.

Looks like you helped her dodge a bullet - good job.

Hee...Hee...

Score one for dad!

The only thing that would make this story better is if you got to beat crap out him. (in self-defense of course)

Honking the horn is a no-no.

Damn right it is, especially when you're a teenager and picking up a date. If I had a daughter, that wouldn't go over well.

Shows up looking like a reprobate? SEE YA!

Btw this is a great thread. I might bump it now and again, I think this could be an ongoing thing.

Yep.

Robocallers

I get numerous robocallers a day and there is no way to get rid of them.
I am on donotcall.gov and it doesnt help.
I have put so many numbers on my reject list that it is full.

-When someone interrupts you in the middle of a conversation you are having with someone else. Aside from an actual emergency you are literally putting me in a position where I need to ignore what you are saying, or ignore the person already talking to me. Wait your turn.

People using the loudspeaker while talking on the phone in public. It's unbelievably ignorant. Someone on a reddit thread a while back made a good point about how this has come about because on reality tv, people on the shows use the speaker option so that the audience can hear the other end of the conversation. Just awful. Oh and stop holding the phone to your mouth like it's a piece of toast.

Ignorant drivers. People who don't understand the concept of merging. They'll use the open lane on a merge to get all the way up, and then weasel their way over. I was on the 290 in Chicago the other day and there were literally just people driving on the shoulder. These people are morons and should have their licenses revoked. What if there was an ambulance behind you? Also, when traffic gets backed up, and you don't stop before the light, and you are now blocking traffic perpendicular to you, all so you missed that last light. Unbelievably selfish and ignorant.

People who don't control their kids in a restaurant. Hey here's an idea, pay for a babysitter.

It really irks me when I see people going to any kind of service counter (gas station, convenience store, department store, etc) while they're on the phone. It's unbelievably disrespectful to the person. My wife has a sign at her window that basically says we will assist you when you are finished with your phone call.

It amazes me that guys don't know this. It takes no effort whatsoever to get out of the car and go ask for your date. It never hurts to impress the parents, especially if you hope for a long term deal with the girl.

Lol, I've been in a lineup a couple times - literally, no more than a couple times - when I had to absolutely accept a call. I apologized to the clerk, the ones in the lineup, and basically tell them I'm not that kind of douche.

Dude, that is so freaking annoying. You can be in a great conversation and are intently listening to a point from the other person or you are just about to make a point of your own and here comes some blowhard who interrupts. The previous conversation can never regain the momentum it had. So very, very rude.

In a similar vein, you have things to do and someone asks you a question. You politely respond and then that person turns the conversation into a long-assed story about something similar that happened to them. And they often say........"To make a long story short....." Twenty minutes later you are still listening. Gets on my damn nerves.