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From: Longblades
Date: 11-24-2006, 07:47 PM (1 of 57)
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I have a peeve. Pretty minor, but I always wonder why it is that ....... When visitors come to our house so many of them park right in the middle of our two car wide driveway so that neither DH nor I can get out without asking them to move their vehicle. |
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 11-24-2006, 09:16 PM (2 of 57)
I do...but I can't post it, ever...because it makes sooooo many people mad...Oh well...
Chrys
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From: swartzrn
Date: 11-24-2006, 11:19 PM (3 of 57)
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Like Chrys I cannot post my biggie pet peeve either (this site is free for public view afterall.) Smaller pet peeves have alot to do with things that are unorganized. It drives me nuts! 
Julie
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 11-25-2006, 01:25 AM (4 of 57)
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I have a pet peeve I can talk about. I REALLY hate it when people talk down to, or yell at a waitress/waiter for things the cooks or managers, have or have not done. (take this food back it's not done...) Yell at the person who MADE the food. Actually get up quietly, ask for the manager and tell him, in a quiet way that the food is not what you ordered. (3 mnths ago. I managed to get a manager and a waitress fired from a 'chain' restaurant. I went online, gave them a piece of my mind, told the truth, gave them my address. The next time I went to the restaurant, they were gone.) I also don't yell at clerks in stores. They don't set prices, they don't order merchandise, they don't repair things, they just SELL what the store has. If things aren't to your liking, TELL the Manager, tell the store's headquarters, it's THEIR job, not the clerks. Kath 11 cents...(I'm hoping for 12 next yr...  )
Chrys
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From: GreenDragonLady
Date: 11-25-2006, 08:55 AM (5 of 57)
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My biggest pet peeve is not getting to hear people's "real" pet peeves! I'm just curious! People who park in handicapped spots who aren't handicapped would be a big one for me. photos.yahoo.com/greendragondesigns
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From: Magot
Date: 11-25-2006, 12:11 PM (6 of 57)
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Women in trucks who drive to school with one child and park on the zig zag lines..... I recruited my daughter when she was 9 to take down the numbers of all the parents who dropped their kids off who parked illegally outside the school for a week. She then named and shamed. The shame lasted those women for the week while Katie was stood there with her clipboard. It got so that her friends joined in taking numbers. Didn't last. we don't live in a big town and to go to the school you have to live in the catchement area - you can walk from one side of the town to the other in 30 minutes... love and kisses, Jan
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From: Patty22
Date: 11-25-2006, 03:05 PM (7 of 57)
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I really get irritated when I am referred to as "dear" by store clerks or individuals I'm not friends. I'm NOT THEIR FREAKEN DEAR and I find the term used in sarcastic condescending situations not in endearing moments. I told my husband that when our renter does it to me one more time I am going to inform him I'm raising his rent in $25 increments until it gets through his skull.
Patty
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From: lendube
Date: 11-25-2006, 03:48 PM (8 of 57)
I'm with Patty on the "dear", "sweetie", "honey" thing. If you're not my husband  or old enough to be my parent I don't want to hear it. AArrggghhh!A really big pet peeve of mine is people not identifying themselves over the phone. Drives me nuts. I pretend I don't know who it is even when I do. My dh does it to other people all the time with the excuse, "Who else has a voice like this?" (His voice is very distinctive, gravelly and deep.) I just think it's rude~ period ~ no matter how easy you are to identify! Then there's his "mommy dearest" who, when she calls, just says, "Hi, who's this?" What the heck kind of pet peeve can't you post on a board???  I can't think of one unless it's something not "politically correct."Lennie |
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From: Magot
Date: 11-25-2006, 04:18 PM (9 of 57)
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that'll be Chrys! - remember the rules on posting - be nice, no sex, religion or politics please.... love and kisses, Jan
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 11-25-2006, 08:53 PM (10 of 57)
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I was nice I didn't post my real pet peeve. I have a mug my husband bought me about 20 yrs ago it says... 'Men who call women, honey, baby and sweetheart, should have their tiny little peck**s cut off''. I've actually said that to people too, men and women. If you don't know my name, ask, if you don't wanna call me by my name, then I don't need to speak to you. If you can't remember my name, thats your problem. (I'm NOT wearing a name tag.....). Jan knows what my pet peeve is... 
Chrys
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From: Sancin
Date: 11-26-2006, 02:07 AM (11 of 57)
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I also hate people who use intimate names when one is a customer, client etc. I hated it even as a child and can put a face to everyone who ever called me dear or darling. It is one thing we always cautioned nursing students about - yet as you probably know some still do it. I wonder why? When I ask people why they call me dear, they say they think is it friendly. I particularly hate it when they are not really paying attention to you. Like a sales clerk recently who didn't return my debit card and I had to go back to the store for it .... "sorry dear" I was recently referred an elderly woman - now that is a bit more than a pet peeve!! And I was spoken to as a 4 year old. The thing is is that I know I am more intelligent and educated then they are - not that it makes any difference until I am irritated. Lennie, I am with you about people not identifying themselves on the phone, or identifying themselves only with their position. I realize they fear being followed or whatever, so perhaps they shouldn't be in the line of business that they are in. I don't recognize familiar people on the phone and you would think after a while they would know that and take just a second to say who they are. AND ANOTHER THING is service people and checkouts who talk to someone else when they should be concentrating on me, as a customer. *~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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From: DorothyL
Date: 11-26-2006, 10:33 AM (12 of 57)
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I'm one of those people that doesn't always identify myself on the phone. People tend to know my voice anyway -- right Patty -- so if I know someone I usually just start talking. One of my editors (and a good friend) does the same thing. I get calls --"Okay, here's the deal" or "I need" then, after he has said two minutes of things no one else would ever say, perhaps a long story about his daughter driving him crazy, or a funny story about another reporter we both know, he will say "Oh yeah, this is Figura." If I had a different voice I'd love to say. "You have a wrong number." I know I probably do the same thing. I can never get past a secretary to interview a boss more than once either. Dorothy |
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From: Magot
Date: 11-26-2006, 12:24 PM (13 of 57)
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I remember being really impressed by a cashier who handed me back my debit card and said "Thank you Mrs Hodge" It wsan't until I left the shop that I realised all she had to do was read the name on my card - it felt very polite and I copied her when I worked in a shop too. I know you were nice Kath! Very cautious you were! love and kisses, Jan
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From: SummersEchos
Date: 11-26-2006, 12:36 PM (14 of 57)
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My pet peeve is the way people react to my name. No I do not have brothers or sisters name Winter, Fall and Spring. On another note, the store where I work at, we do not have customers, we have guest. If I am running the register, and we have a line up, I call out to help the next guest. Same goes for the cutting counter. Some people like the idea of being called a guest in the store, others get offended by it. I find the best thing is to just smile and be a nice as you can be. Summer
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From: mommydionne
Date: 11-26-2006, 04:44 PM (15 of 57)
wel..... to all of those who detest being called "dear" DON'T go to Nova Scotia, 'cause everyone does it there! Esp once you get out of the city. Just a maritime thing (I do it too at times, go figure). I also hate folks who are rude to clerks etc. not thier fault 90% of the time sigh... Jeanette
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From: swartzrn
Date: 11-26-2006, 06:48 PM (16 of 57)
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I have worked with nurses who are notorious for saying "hun" or "dear" to patients especially to the older one's. Sometimes with kids I think a term of endearment is OK because it tends to make them feel more comfortable (of course, so do a couple of crayons and a piece of paper to draw on while they are in the ER.) I'm not a "big crowd" person when it comes to shopping so as much as I love to shop, Christmas time is not my favorite days to spend at the mall. I cannot stand it when people stop right in front of you and don't move even when they know you are waiting. That's another one of my irritants.
Julie
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From: VenusElaine
Date: 12-08-2006, 10:23 PM (17 of 57)
I am a very organized person- at work - home is chaos . You may use anything in my department, as long as you put it back when you are done!Inconsiderate people are my biggest peeve. This runs the gamut of most things discussed here. Follow the "Golden Rule". I can be firm, without being rude. I can be helpful, without being patronizing. And I can be irate without being disgusting. Even the most aggravating client I have can be told civilly that I will not, cannot, choose not, to perform the requested service. VenusElaine "Always put as much effort into your marriage as you do into your wedding."
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From: Sancin
Date: 12-09-2006, 03:42 AM (18 of 57)
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I'm with you, Venus. It is easy to tell people directly what you want, do, will do, or not do, with out being rude. Communication experts say it is using "I" messages. Start the statement with 'I'. So often we, or the other, start with 'you' which is accusatory and gets anyone's back up. Too bad we don't all always remember this, especially in intimate relationships, sigh! Another good thing about stating your wishes as 'I' is that one doesn't get irritated quite so much. It is also clear that when I was in the emergency situation, I wasn't thinking too clearly when the '20 year old' emergency response person called me elderly - I have been fussing about it ever since.  On the topic of 'dear' and 'darling' is the use of nicknames. Who is allowed to use them and which ones. *~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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From: bridesmom
Date: 12-09-2006, 08:46 PM (19 of 57)
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TELEMARKETERS who act like you are their long lost friend, Well, hello Laura, and how are you today. And then won't let you get a word in edgewise. I don't want to be really rude and just hang up, so I wait until they take a breath, say no thanks, and hang up.
Laura
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 12-09-2006, 08:56 PM (20 of 57)
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Laura, I'm with you...telemarketers period! And they just love to call at 5:30 when I am in the middle of making supper. The "friendly" ones must be the same ones who call me. I used to be the same and wait to say no thanks. But now I just say "I'm NOT interested and take me off your calling list". Don't know if I actually get removed...since I don't wait for them to tell me who is calling!
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From: Sancin
Date: 12-09-2006, 09:03 PM (21 of 57)
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Bridesmom A number of years ago a friend fell on hard times and I decided to help her out by buying what she was selling, even if I didn't want it. While we were sitting at my kitchen table someone came to the door and asked me "how are you today". I coldly asked him who he was and what did he want and sent him on his way. Later my friend told me that is what they were taught to do and what was wrong with asking someone how they are? I fear that she was not really successful in her endeavours, I was stuck with a pile of stuff I didn't want and she went on to yet another similar scheme. I also do not like telemarketers who act like friends. I don't have a very good ear for voices and that is the reason I wish people would identify themselves when they phone - see previous comments. I don't like to be rude to people, so I usually ask who they are as soon as they say "hi" or whatever and if they are telemarketer I say "I don't respond to any telephone solicitations" - usually shuts them up. I think some of them run to the dictionary. *~*~*~* Nancy*~*~*~* " I try to take one day at a time - but sometimes several days attack me at once."
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 12-09-2006, 09:27 PM (22 of 57)
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I'm tired of the word awesome...it's W A Y overused, by everyone BUT me...there are other words to use to convey the same feeling/feelings...( I think everyone should have a few dictionaries at their house....work...wherever....I personally keep 6, 5 english and 1 Japanese. I gave my spanish one to my sister while she was still in school and I never got it back..hhhhhmmm....)
Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
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From: plrlegal
Date: 12-09-2006, 09:52 PM (23 of 57)
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Drivers with cell phones!!!!! I keep hoping Oklahoma will adopt the no driving and talking law??? Patsy Patsy
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From: Longblades
Date: 01-25-2007, 02:10 PM (24 of 57)
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I try to be polite to telemarketers no matter when they call or how inappropriately friendly they are. I do interrupt them to say, "no thanks, my freezer is already full" or "I don't have carpets to clean, only hardwood" or "my windows are in fine shape." It's probably a poor student or recent immigrant who could not get any other job. And, people used to think I was one. When I was a poor student I worked for a consumer research company conducting telephone, door to door and mall research for companies who had a legitimate need to know how their product was being received so they could better it or their marketing. I encountered a few incredibly rude people but more nice ones. The nice ones, who qualified and completed the surveys, often received a thank you such as a box of chocolates for their trouble. In one case I remember the survey itself gave participants a large box of common household products to use and comment on. I do dislike the new trick of them telling me I will receive a gift for helping them out if only I will allow them to visit my home and demonstrate a new product. So many times it has been a vacuum and they want to throw dirt on my floor. So I say I don't want the gift as it is not really free but I still do the survey. |
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From: weezyrider
Date: 01-26-2007, 10:04 AM (25 of 57)
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I'm polite enough to phone calls - Since we have the Do Not Call list, a lot of marketers pretend to be conducting surveys which are allowed. I flatly tell them they don't want to call as I lie, and have trained all the rest of the household to lie, also. There are just too many scams and stuff going on now to give out ANY information. So, we don't. If it's a charity, also allowed, we tell them we want a list of how much of the funds actually go the the charity. That usually stops a lot of the scam ones. The pet peeve is recorded calls from politicians - alos allowed. There's no way you can ask for a manager to get your number off the list! Weezy
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From: suesodyssey
Date: 01-26-2007, 01:30 PM (26 of 57)
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I have several "pet peeves". 1..being called hon, dear, darling, etc..usually from waitresses and nurses. 2. People not letting other people finish a sentence or thought without interrupting and starting on their own story. 3. having to listen to a telephone conversation when I am trying to enjoy a meal, show or a friends conversation. People allow cell phones to rule their lives...have even heard them ringing in chruch! Sue |
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From: vickki
Date: 01-26-2007, 05:47 PM (27 of 57)
| Well Jeanette I was going to tell everyone to stay away from Newfoundland as well.Everyone here is my love,my dear, duckie or what ever....It doesn't bother me what they call me as long as it is not a naughty name...I know they mean well... |
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From: Bama
Date: 01-26-2007, 07:15 PM (28 of 57)
Being called hon, sweetie, dear, etc. doesn't bother me if it's from a nurse, elderly person, friend, or relative. It's common where I live. The only times it's bothered me is when it's from a flirty old man. 
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From: Bama
Date: 01-26-2007, 07:18 PM (29 of 57)
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I think someone else posted this one too. I HATE when I'm trying to hurry through the grocery store and people are blocking the aisle chatting and seem to ignore me when I try to get through. Of course they're usually parked right in front of the item I need. I try to be nice but if DS is with me, watch out. He'll whisper to me to run over them.
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From: Sancin
Date: 01-26-2007, 07:57 PM (30 of 57)
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Shopping drives me nuts as well. Men accompanying their wives shopping seem incapable of standing up straight when resting the buggy, thus taking up more room in the aisle than necessary. I also hate vacation times when the whole family and visiting relatives shop. It is like being at a fair rather than a grocery store. And of course that is where they meet everyone they know!!
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From: dmoses
Date: 01-26-2007, 09:41 PM (31 of 57)
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People who don't keep their dogs on their own property! This really bugs me. I have a dog...he does his business either in our fenced-in backyard, or on a walk. When on a walk, he is leashed, and I carry bags to clean up after him. My dog, my responsibility. I looked out my window early one morning and saw one of the neighbours standing by my mailbox...and his dog in my yard! Apparently that was their morning ritual. I guess he figured that I wouldn't be able to discern the difference between my dog's doo and his dog's...I can't, but my dog doesn't spend any time in the front yard. ...Anyway, the guy left in a hurry when he realized that I was standing at the window. Haven't caught them since, but if I find any more evidence, I will return it to them! Grrrrrrr. Take care,
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From: bridesmom
Date: 01-27-2007, 09:55 AM (32 of 57)
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Oh, that reminds me of my old neighbourhood where a neighbour let his dog out every morning and he ran around and did his business in everyone else's yard but his own. One morning, he went to get his paper out of his mailbox and had a nice gooey brown mess in the mailbox. Needless to say, the dog didn't run around in the morning loose after that! I also get peeved at people who walk (or saunter) down the middle of a hallway so you can't get past on either side. Aren't there 'rules' like on the road, walk on the right side (unless you are from one of those strange places where you drive on the wrong side of the road (giggle). And now I wonder - do you wrong sided road people walk on the wrong side too??????? (Too muuch coffee and not enough sleep for me today!) Laura
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From: Sancin
Date: 01-27-2007, 03:24 PM (33 of 57)
Laura, I was always taught to 'keep to the right' - learned it in school and never thought it was related to driving. When I taught at the college I always thought the students were just rude when they walked down the left side of the hall. Recently when grocery shopping I noticed the same thing and asked the young stock boy if they were taught to 'stick to the right' in school. He said he had never heard the concept before, but it sounds like a good idea!! 
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From: PaulineG
Date: 01-27-2007, 04:14 PM (34 of 57)
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Yes Laura those of us who drive on the correct and logical side of the road - the left - also walk on the correct and logical side of the footpath.
Pauline
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From: Longblades
Date: 02-13-2007, 10:15 AM (35 of 57)
| Whatever side of the road you drive on surely you were taught to walk on the opposite side? So you can see the oncoming traffic? I was; drive on the right, walk on the left. I do, on the roads. But inside the malls at Christmas time it sure seems as if we are all in our cars; most seem to walk on the right. |
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From: Pudge99
Date: 02-13-2007, 10:40 AM (36 of 57)
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When I first started shopping on base at the commissary they had directional arrows tiled into the floor. So all the aisles were one-ways. It drove me crazy then, because it made it hard to skip aisles that you didn't need anything from. Now as I get stuck in traffic jams I wonder why they stopped doing it that way.
Gina
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From: cowqueenie
Date: 02-13-2007, 01:45 PM (37 of 57)
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Going Slow in the FAST lane!!!!! People asking me where Tarzan is...I mean really...don't you think I have heard that one already about a quadzillion times? Or Hey where is dick! UGH!!! And my last one...I think. ...And this one should be taken as a complement but when I am with a crowd of friends where at least 3 are younger than me it gets embarrassing....GETTING CARDED! I am almost 36!! Yeah, I know I should be gracious but UGH!!! Signed Sealed and delivered by Jane! "A trip to the fabric store is my therapy"
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From: DorothyL
Date: 02-13-2007, 05:05 PM (38 of 57)
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People asking me where Tarzan is...I mean really...don't you think I have heard that one already about a quadzillion times? Or Hey where is dick! UGH!!! Yeah, kinda like all those original Oz jokes, huh? Dorothy |
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From: lendube
Date: 02-13-2007, 05:11 PM (39 of 57)
Back in the '80's I wanted to scream if I was asked one more time where "Squiggy" was........... Lennie (And I STILL don't know where he is!) |
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From: Magot
Date: 02-13-2007, 05:43 PM (40 of 57)
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I have NO idea what you are talking about. And those of us who drive on the left, walk on the right where there are no footpaths. Wear something white at night - the number of people dressed in black clothes,with black shoes and black hats who lurk, blackly, in dark roads and expect you to see them when you are driving and they suddenly veer into the road is ridiculous. We walk on the left in the corridors in school I am the woman who stands in everybody's way on the stairs shouting "the other left, use the other left" to the oncoming traffic. love and kisses, Jan
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From: lendube
Date: 02-13-2007, 07:46 PM (41 of 57)
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Oh, maybe it was the seventies after all. LaVerne and Shirley. The tv program. Spin off of Happy Days??? Lenny and Squiggy were the goofy neighbor boys. You don't remember??? I'm sure you got it in Merry Ol'. It was a huge hit. Lennie |
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From: PaulineG
Date: 02-13-2007, 11:27 PM (42 of 57)
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Very proud to say that although I know of the show I've never watched more than a snippet of it. But didn't Squiggy make a guest appearance in a Simpsons episode (there goes all my cred - don't watch L&S but do watch Simpsons)?
Pauline
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From: Magot
Date: 02-14-2007, 07:02 AM (43 of 57)
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We may well have had it Lennie, but then I don't watch a lot of tele apart from Dr Who, Star Trek and the occasional cop show. Sit coms and soaps I avoid. love and kisses, Jan
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From: lendube
Date: 02-14-2007, 12:02 PM (44 of 57)
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Dear, dear Pauline (with absolutely no credibility) you crack me up! As for the Simpsons, don't know...... Lennie
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From: bridesmom
Date: 02-14-2007, 08:04 PM (45 of 57)
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I thought of another one last night. I hate it when you are watching a tv show and they play the same commercials on every single break every 7 minutes. Enough already, I got it the first time. Do they think that the repetitiveness of the commercial will make you want to run out and buy it as soon as the show is over?
Laura
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From: GreenDragonLady
Date: 02-14-2007, 09:08 PM (46 of 57)
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Or when they post the same commercial twice in a row! That makes me automatically not want to buy the product or service.
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From: esrun3
Date: 02-14-2007, 09:52 PM (47 of 57)
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Having worked TV, believe it or not the advertisers pay dearly to have every break or twice in a row-another one is first commercial, last commercial in a break. Always costs more to dictate where your commercial lands. Doesn't keep me from hating it either tho! Our news station is the worst! It's more commercial than news, they come on tell you what's coming up, go to commercial break, come on tell you one thing then this is coming up and go to commercial break! I'm betting there's a whoel 10 minutes of news in a 30 minute show-I should time it one night! LOL Lyn
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From: lendube
Date: 02-14-2007, 10:01 PM (48 of 57)
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Head On. Apply directly to the forehead. Head On. Apply directly to the forehead. Lennie |
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From: Lise
Date: 02-15-2007, 09:59 AM (49 of 57)
| This will probably make the people who do it mad at me but I just can't stand it when people cannot mention "telephone" without extending thumb and pinkie up to their ears. |
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From: DorothyL
Date: 02-15-2007, 10:12 AM (50 of 57)
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Lise -- I agree -- or make those quote signs with their fingers! Dorothy |
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From: cowqueenie
Date: 02-15-2007, 11:01 AM (51 of 57)
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Oh Lennie!!! YOU CRACK ME UP! That is THE most annoying commercial of all! I just had a LOL moment here in the office. Luckily nobody in the waiting area here with me or they would want to shrink MY head too! Sorry gals, forgot about those of you who actually DO drive on the left to be fast! LOL "A trip to the fabric store is my therapy"
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Member since: 10-30-2006 Total posts: 125
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From: Mom of Six
Date: 02-15-2007, 03:09 PM (52 of 57)
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Some of my Pet peeves are people who let their dogs & cats roam free.( I live in the City). Divorced couples who won't pay for their kids activities/meals because it's not their week. It's still their kid & they need to be paid for. Hash it out with the ex later. I don't like being called a guest in a store. Guests don't pay! I am a customer & want to be treated like one. Fabric store employees that don't know anything about fabric or sewing! People who take things out of the freezer to UNTHAWI always tell them they better put it back quick. I'm sure I have more but that is what comes to mind at the moment Barb
Happiness is having time to sew!! |
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From: lendube
Date: 02-15-2007, 08:53 PM (53 of 57)
Glad to brighten your day, Jane!  Lennie |
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From: Judi
Date: 03-23-2007, 02:04 AM (54 of 57)
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Drivers who park right on the line, or over it, in a parking lot. The ones who decide they want the next exit - and dash across 3 lanes, 10 feet in front of you. The ones who leave their left turn signals on for miles. The ones who never signal to change lanes. Drivers coming down the wrong way in a parking lot lane. Waitstaff who come to the table numerous times to ask "Is everything OK?" And those who forget to bring the 'more hot water', or the bill, or the rest of the order! Judi
Sewing is almost better than Chocolate. |
User: Judi
Member since: 06-22-2000 Total posts: 85 |
From: DorothyL
Date: 03-23-2007, 07:34 AM (55 of 57)
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Waitstaff who come to the table numerous times to ask "Is everything OK?" They lay in wait until you have something in your mouth, too. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: Longblades
Date: 04-10-2007, 09:25 AM (56 of 57)
| OH, the waiter continually asking if everything is OK gets to me too. On a date once we had a particularly bothersome waiter and decided every time he came by to ask if all was OK we would deduct something from the tip we would normally leave. By the end of the meal the waiter OWED us money. |
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From: plrlegal
Date: 04-10-2007, 11:09 AM (57 of 57)
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My favorite is the waiter who keeps coming by and asking if everything is okay and expects you to answer with your mouth full. I've often wanted to say -- everything would be great if you would leave us alone long enough to eat. Here it's either they're non-existent or they're there every 2 minutes or so. Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
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