Pet Peeves

Small kids that run around in restaurants.

The gum people. You look like a cud-chewing cow.

Cell phones in restaurants. Any kind of computer/entertainment device in a restaurant. I was at one of the best restaurants in a city within the last month and some jackass was watching a movie at his table -- and other people were seated with him. It was sad.

 

oop, i'm with you on rude customer service. i get irrational and fume for way longer than i should when customer service gets fucked up.

my expectations for all consumer transactions are at rock bottom. i don't have high expectations. i don't expect anyone to go out of their way for me, except maybe when i'm at a four-star restaurant.

otherwise all i want is for the server/delivery guy/cashier/owner of local business/chick giving out towels at the gym to (1) just do his or her fucking job and (2) not make me feel like i'm intruding onto your life. and, i guess, (3) if you fuck up, acknowledge it and apologize (and preferably make it right but this isn't even necessary as long as you acknowledge and apologize).

oh, and another peeve: i think it's been about 10 years since i last sat through a movie at the theater in which a phone didn't go off. it's gotten to the point where my wife and i almost never go to the movies any longer because it's not that much fun. thank god for netflix.

 

I had to go into my doctor's office (where her desk was, as opposed to an examining room) for something and noticed she had Rush Limbaugh on her office radio. It made me think about whether she was competent to treat humans.

 

Pet peeves?

The spelling of Fox -- by anyone, but especially the network and anyone in print journalism -- as FOX.

 

Getting pulled over by a cop and the dumb fuck asks, "Do you know why I pulled you over?"
I say, "Aside from the exploded dye pack in my car, I don't know why sir."

 

Not sure I can say why, but I would have never thought of that as being a pet peeve in the sense I use the term. I guess it is, in fact, about a pet, tho.

 

Try:

"Well, I'm not black, so I have no idea!"

or

"I assume it's because I'm black!"

Whichever fits.

 

Ace:
Cops are equal opportunity ass kickers.

 

People can't stand to apologize any more. Just admit you fucked up, say you're sorry, and move on.

Another example. I pick up my daughter at day care a couple of weeks ago. I get her in her car seat (on the right side of the car) before I realize that some jackass has parked six inches from my passenger door, so I can't even reach it much less get in my car.

I fume...start to leave a note, figuring I'll climb in the passenger side. Then he comes out with his daughter. I ask him if that is his car as he approaches and show him how close he is.

"Please be more careful. I can't even get in my car."

So he starts to argue. First he says all the cars were too far over, so I suggest he not park there if he can't fit.

Then he tries to tell me that my car wasn't there when he parked. So, how did I get out? Why on earth would I intentionally park myself in like that when there are 20 other spots open in the lot? I told him if he's going to lie, just get in his car and move it already and I'll take it up with the day care administration.

"Don't you have anything better to do?" he asks.

"Yes, I do...which is why I didn't want to wait for you to show up so I can get back in my car."

I hate rude people. And yes, sometimes that means I hate myself.

 

As a proud (and angry) resident of NJ, I despie or stupid and/or slow drivers, especially if they can't get their fucktarded asses out of the fast lane where they don't belong! And don't get me started on cabbies and town car drivers!

 

Nah, too much a flash in the pan.

 

I've always said there is nothing New about Jersey. I want to know why are all cop cars in every locality white with a stripe across the door? What's up with that?