What are your pet peeves?

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Speaking of handicapped spaces - What is with the new spaces for pregnant women at malls? Pink parking spots?? What happens if I park there? Will people ask me if I'm pregnant? All I see is another empty spot.

Who else wants a designated spot? "Parking For Women With At Least Two Screaming Brats", "Parking For Anyone On Their Lunch Break That Doesn't Have Time To Walk Far", "Parking For People Who Walk In The Middle Of The Driving Lanes Like Idiots - let's put 'em closer, at least"

[Ponine]

Funny... I've never seen those anywhere but the parking lot at Babies R Us... never gave it a second thought since the women I see using them look about ready to burst.

I like the lunchbreak idea though. But isnt that what the 20 spaces are for?

[Gemini Cricket]

In Monterey they had Senior Parking in front of the grocery stores. I parked there. I was a Senior in High School...

[Prudence]

Conversation that just occured - interrupting my lunch:

"Someone wants the sole source justification for a WIRB contract created sometime between January and June 2005."

"Okay, do you have some more info about this?"

"No, I just need it right now. I'll wait while you pull it. [I swear she said this verbatim:] It must be in one of your files here." (waves arm in the direction of my file cabinet which contains completely unrelated files.

So, you want the sole source justification - which is entered on line and can be retrieved only by entering the PO - which you don't have.

You don't even know which of the approximately 150 budgets I have records on it's for.

AND, it's from last biennium, which is about 4 budget analysts ago and I'm still trying to track down records for the first 1/4 of *this* biennium?

AND, assuming I could find the proper budget for the proper time frame, you don't have any particulars like item description, amount, anything?

Sure, let me just grab that one for you.

[Matterhorn Fan]

People who call for someone else, and upon finding out that that someone hasn't had this phone number for over three years, say "Well maybe you can help me. I'm from the Republican--"

Sorry. Not interested. I didn't ask for you to call me. I don't want to help you (regardless of political affiliation).

[Ghoulish Delight]

Trigger-happy automatic flush toilets that flush when you lean forward to wipe..or reach for the TP...shift your weight at all...or breathe. And then, invariably, said same toilet fails to flush once you stand up. If you're lucky, there's a manual overide button. If not...you're the jerk who can't be bothered to flush

[Ponine]

Hear hear!!! I agree! DLR is a BIG offender for me.

[tracilicious]

The Playhouse Disney show Higgleytown Heroes is a huge pet peeve of mine. A pizza guy is not a hero. Nor is a grocer, a mailman, a librarian, a seamstress, a taxi driver, or any number of other people with average jobs. They are just doing their jobs! And what kind of parents do these kids have that they can't even find their own bread in the grocery store? Are they really that stupid?!

A fireman can sometimes be a hero, as can a policeman, ambulance driver, or a doctor. But a dance teacher? Unless she gives a kid CPR because he drowned in his own sweat during class then it's not likely.

Get a clue disney people! And stop liking this stupid show preschoolers!

[Freaky Tiki]

New pet peeve...

Room mates who attempt to play my records (particularly my Beatles ones) with no knowledge of how to run a record player....

[Kevy Baby]

Another one I thought of today: people who feel it necessary to grab a three-inch wad of napkins at fast-food restaurants. Fer cryin' out loud people - don't waste!