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From: Princessdeni199
Date: 05-05-2003, 07:07 PM (1 of 29)
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Just called a pizza place and what irks me is people who answer the phones talk too fast! I'm constantly asking them to slow down and repeat themselves. Does anyone else have this problem? I usually tell them I can't listen that fast. LOL. Dawn 
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User: Princessdeni199
Member since: 04-23-2003 Total posts: 30 
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 05-05-2003, 09:12 PM (2 of 29)
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I live in FL too...I call it southern mush mouth and tell them to speak english, because that and americanese is all I understand. I myself talk fast, but I don't have an accent to 'hide' in the words in.... 
Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
Member since: 09-06-2002 Total posts: 2414 
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From: Sherri
Date: 05-05-2003, 09:22 PM (3 of 29)
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Sorry I am a fast talker and I apologize it is not something I can help. Sherri My website
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User: Sherri
Member since: 02-07-2001 Total posts: 357 |
From: Princessdeni199
Date: 05-06-2003, 06:40 PM (4 of 29)
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Sherri, that's ok, I wasn't talking about you, I mean't in general. My son talks fast too, I'm always telling him to slow down too. I sincerely hope I didn't offend anyone. Dawn 
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User: Princessdeni199
Member since: 04-23-2003 Total posts: 30
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From: Sherri
Date: 05-06-2003, 06:54 PM (5 of 29)
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OOps I was trying to be light hearted. My pet peeve is women who complain about there husband all the time. If he is so horrible why did you marry em. Sherri My website
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User: Sherri
Member since: 02-07-2001 Total posts: 357 |
From: plrlegal
Date: 05-07-2003, 12:33 AM (6 of 29)
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Amen Sherri -- my sentiments exactly. We, women, are not exactly perfect creatures to live with either. Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
Member since: 05-19-2001 Total posts: 318 |
From: MissMinx
Date: 05-07-2003, 07:15 AM (7 of 29)
Sorry girls, but I ALWAYS wanted to be a fast speaker, but not as fast as a machine gun, and yes, I know what you mean. I’ve only come across it in the latest generation, I guess it’s the ‘IN’ thing they are going through (Oh, one can only hope!). But what irks me more than anything, is the direct marketing phone calls. I am at home after work, relaxing and SUDDENLY, they call you at 8pm with their shpillll.. my answer now is “NO THANK YOU’ instead of #$%^ off! I think I am in control now… 
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User: MissMinx
Member since: 02-14-2003 Total posts: 140 |
From: Sherri
Date: 05-07-2003, 12:54 PM (8 of 29)
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You need to move to the NWT of Canada we get very few marketing telephone calls (maybe 3 a year). Nobody wants to sell us anything. Patsy Locally they have Stitch and - - - - - (rhymes with stitch but starts with a B) sessions but I won't go because all they do is complain about there husbands and I really don't have all that much to complain about. Plus if I did I would probably be talking so fast no one would understand me being from that younger generation you were all talking about. Sherri My website
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User: Sherri
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From: sewaddicted
Date: 05-07-2003, 11:33 PM (9 of 29)
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I have a dear friend but i have to admit to avoiding her phone calls and hiding online so i don't have to hear about the latest horribles her husband did....And I really hate when she gets on the kids kick! The kids are driving me nuts, the kids are animals, the kids make to much mess and so on....I think why have them if you don't want to parent them! Thanks it felt good to rag about that! Smiles 
Amanda Aleck
Life Time Wife to Steve Snuggly Mommy to Katlynn and William Devoted owner to Maggie, Charlie, Lady and Lucky! Slave to my computer and Sewing machine! Collector of Teddy Bears and Tea Cups! <email address removed for privacy> msn username <email address removed for privacy> |
User: sewaddicted
Member since: 05-06-2003 Total posts: 2 
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From: Nelly
Date: 05-08-2003, 01:05 PM (10 of 29)
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One of my biggest pet peeves is when I am in the grocery store and have been waiting in a line that has four or five other people in front of me and some one just comes up behind me and a new lane opens up and that person goes running! nelly Quilt making, here I come!
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User: Nelly
Member since: 03-02-2003 Total posts: 4 
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From: Princessdeni199
Date: 05-10-2003, 08:55 AM (11 of 29)
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Another pet peeve of mine is people who see you're waiting for a parking space and they go around you an pull into it! Also teleamarketers that won't take no for an answer and try to badger you. Dawn |
User: Princessdeni199
Member since: 04-23-2003 Total posts: 30
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From: DorothyL
Date: 05-11-2003, 09:40 AM (12 of 29)
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Dawn -- I think you are my pet peeve and I am yours. I get very annoyed with people who sit and wait for a parking place so they can cut out a few steps. They stop in the middle of the road and I just have to wait on them although I'm going to end up in the back 40 -- which I don't mind but I don't like having to wait on someone else to get the choice spot so I can get there. It's rude and if I can get the spot they are waiting for -- I'll take it. I'm not always the nice guy. Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: Sherri
Date: 05-11-2003, 10:17 AM (13 of 29)
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Anothe Pet PEeve. Everybody in this silly town decides to ppark in the middle of the street and talk to the buddy through the open car window. Blocking both lanes of traffic. What is that? Sherri My website
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User: Sherri
Member since: 02-07-2001 Total posts: 357 |
From: MaryW
Date: 05-11-2003, 10:21 AM (14 of 29)
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a very relaxed atmosphere!
MaryW
owner/editor of Sew Whats New |
User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542 
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From: dmoses
Date: 05-11-2003, 10:29 AM (15 of 29)
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Hey, Sherri, I hate the "B" word, so I wouldn't want to associate with a group that uses it as a part of their 'mission'. My pet peeve is when people are too lazy and inconsiderate to return their shopping carts to the cart corral...sometimes you can't find a clear parking spot because there is a cart in every one...and if it is a windy day, expect to get scratches and dents. Take care,
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User: dmoses
Member since: 02-22-2002 Total posts: 964 
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From: MaryW
Date: 05-11-2003, 03:24 PM (16 of 29)
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Mine is telephone manners. When someone calls my number and when I say hello, they say "who's this?" I will not tell them until they explain who they are and what they want. I just see red when this happens. MaryW
owner/editor of Sew Whats New |
User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542
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From: Princessdeni199
Date: 05-11-2003, 08:43 PM (17 of 29)
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Dorothy, I don't wait in the middle of the road and I only wait if I can't find anything else! I'm not afraid to walk, thank you!! Dawn 
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User: Princessdeni199
Member since: 04-23-2003 Total posts: 30
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From: MissMinx
Date: 05-12-2003, 06:35 AM (18 of 29)
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Dorothy, that is not nice!!!… If you were to take my spot that I’ve been waiting for, I would just run my car into your car and say: “Insured, insured!”, remember that movie?
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User: MissMinx
Member since: 02-14-2003 Total posts: 140 |
From: Poul
Date: 05-12-2003, 11:30 AM (19 of 29)
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I registered Just to post this message!! My Pet Peeve is people who think that just because she is a woman, my wife knows nothing about cars or computers. She knows more than I do about both of those. When we take her car in and the mechanic automatically talks to me just drives me nuts!! I have no idea what the guy is talking about. It just makes me want to smack them. When i have a problem with a computer, she is the only one i can turn to for help. She is truely an amazing woman!! Poul
Husband to Sherri - Sewing Goddess!!
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User: Poul
Member since: 05-12-2003 Total posts: 1 
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From: Sherri
Date: 05-12-2003, 12:01 PM (20 of 29)
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Isn't my husband sweet. I think he guessed I was having a bad morning.
My website
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User: Sherri
Member since: 02-07-2001 Total posts: 357 |
From: MaryW
Date: 05-12-2003, 12:39 PM (21 of 29)
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Oh stop you two! I'll have to pull the curtains if you keep it up. Nice to have you here Poul. 
MaryW
owner/editor of Sew Whats New |
User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542
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From: Princessdeni199
Date: 05-12-2003, 06:11 PM (22 of 29)
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Thanks Miss Minx, I didn't think Dorothy's post was nice either! Dawn |
User: Princessdeni199
Member since: 04-23-2003 Total posts: 30
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From: MissMinx
Date: 05-13-2003, 05:49 AM (23 of 29)
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Hi Poul, you are so very generous! Even if I know more than my DH in both areas (he does not drive, but uses PCs), he would not acknowledge the fact. Sherri, you are a lucky girl! Actually, I was probably the first woman in this country to insist and get a bank account without my husband's co-signature back in the early 70s! I don't know if it was the same for women in the US in those days... 
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User: MissMinx
Member since: 02-14-2003 Total posts: 140 |
From: playfish
Date: 05-15-2003, 10:08 AM (24 of 29)
| My biggest pet peeve is women who complain about how miserable and uncomfortable they are in the last trimester of pregnancy. My daughter was born 14 weeks early. She was on a ventilator, had blood transfusions, apnea, bradycardia, premature anemia, bronchiopulmunary displasia, ROP, and had to endure many painful procedures. Her prematurity will have a lasting impact on the rest of her life. Women have no idea how lucky they are to even make it to 9 months of pregnancy. |
User: playfish
Member since: 05-13-2003 Total posts: 16 
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From: Shellymoon
Date: 05-18-2003, 11:01 PM (25 of 29)
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Hmmm. We can only have one pet peeve? LOL.
Shelly Moon
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User: Shellymoon
Member since: 05-27-2001 Total posts: 240 |
From: MaryW
Date: 05-19-2003, 07:20 AM (26 of 29)
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No, I have a few more. Telephone manners really hits home with me, but also people who complain about everything! Either do something about it or be quiet. Rambling on about everything accomplishes nothing. MaryW
owner/editor of Sew Whats New |
User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542
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From: plrlegal
Date: 05-19-2003, 10:05 AM (27 of 29)
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People who come to work on Monday morning with a chip on their shoulder because they had a lousy weekend at home, as if their co-workers are the reason they had a lousy weekend. Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
Member since: 05-19-2001 Total posts: 318 |
From: MissMinx
Date: 05-20-2003, 07:49 AM (28 of 29)
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Solution - fire them all! Give some room for people who would LOVE to work, does not matter what!
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User: MissMinx
Member since: 02-14-2003 Total posts: 140 |
From: Magot
Date: 05-20-2003, 11:04 AM (29 of 29)
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Lies, I hate lies. that and injustice. lies, injustice and my husbands ex- toenails. lies, injustice, my husbands ex- toenails and people who don't turn up on time. OK, I feel better now. love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626 
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