I still think that sounds like some sort of yeast infection…
You make a good point. Maybe I should start a companion thread - Top Things I Liked About 2011. 
I was without a driver’s license for many years, so had to walk just about everywhere in the winter. And I always found it somewhat amusing that there were two particular businesses in my town who could always be counted on to not clear the snow from their sidewalks before it got compacted into ice:
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a lawyer’s office, directly across the street from the courthouse
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that one place that sells the ATVs with the snowplows attached to the front of them
Our winters are cold enough, particularly in January-February, that that snow and ice isn’t going to just melt on its own any time soon. So their failure to take 15-20 minutes to remove the light, fluffy snow means that once it’s packed down into ice, it’s going to stay ice for at least a month.
Parking lots:
Those people with the bigass pickups and SUVs, when I’m trying to exit the lot. Despite the fact that you sit high enough to see over the top of my small car, you insist on pulling up on my right and pulling so far forward that you make it completely impossible for me to see any street traffic approaching from the right. So I can neither turn left nor drive straight forward until you make your right turn and get the hell out of my line of sight.
You morons who exit your parking space, not by backing out, but by driving forward through the empty space in front of you, particularly when there are parked vehicles in the spaces to either side of that empty space. For one thing, you can’t see the car backing out of the spot two spaces to your right who is liable to back right into you as you pull out and turn directly into it. And you can’t see the car approaching from your left. I saw two near-collisions in the same parking lot, with those exact scenarios, within a couple minutes of each other. If you back out properly (and slowly), other drivers (and pedestrians) have the benefit of seeing your backup lights. If you pull forward, at least during daylight hours, there are no lights to warn an approaching driver.
I’m convinced it’s because they’re firmly ensconced in their own little word, on the phone or with an iPod, and are completely oblivious to the world around them, [sarcasm] and how dare you back up where they want to walk, you inconsiderate bitch? [/sarcasm]
(*Not actually calling **MsWhatsit **a bitch. I’m sure she’s perfectly nice, 'cause her screen name ROCKS.)
I do this all the time. I either back into parking spots, or pull through when I park, precisely so I can pull forward when I leave, and not have to back up. I have daytime running lights, so that may help a little, but backing up is dangerous. I’d rather pull out head-first in busy lots. I can see much better. I don’t just slam it in park and floor it; I look around, and pull forward a little bit till I know I’m clear to go. I can see much better pulling forward, than backing up.
Oh come on. This is a dance that will go on forever and as long as everyone respects the rules, who gives a shit? If someone comes up to a cheap seater moving down to the good seats and says “This is my spot” the cheap seater should instantly get up, say an apology and go back to their seat. Otherwise, who gives a shit if they move to better seats? It’s tradition!
Also, let’s not have the back out/pull forward discussion again. One side is clearly wrong and one side is clearly right and the morons who are wrong don’t even realize that their reasoning makes parking lots fucking dangerous.
Ha! I know people who do this, and I always wish they would either grow a set or shut their cakeholes. I hope this morning was better than yesterday. #sadface or I’ll try not to cry today or I’m going to need all the prayers I can get. Fuck off with all that. You know what I do when I’m feeling down? I get drunk like a normal person. And you know what I want to do when I want to talk to people about how down I’m feeling? I talk to them. Did I just blow your mind?
I am thinking of politicians holding the country hostage by refusing to pass whatever until something is thrashed out at the last minute. The news headlines: neither side will compromise, it’s down to the wire, the clock is ticking, politicians at a stalemate, neither side budging. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many examples of this as I have in the last couple of years. I’ve refused to even watch the news or read about it any more, I get so anxious and distressed. Congress and policiticans in general are supreme assholes and I wish them nothing but ill. Happy holidays, assholes.
When assholes come sit in the section I paid good money to sit in and cuss in front of the 4-year-old who sits next to me, I consider it my business. If they’re well-behaved no one cares as much. I still think if you want ice level you should pay for ice level. But I guess ripping off a team that’s struggling to stay in the red is a good thing in your eyes.
Oh parking lots! The people who STAND in the middle of the traffic path and discuss which direction to go while cars back up into the street.
My biggest pet peeve for 2011 is the liberal controlled Senate which is deliberately sitting on a bunch of bills that originated in the House, all of which would do good things for the economy. They are playing politics instead of doing their jobs and I’m fed up with it.
I’m also fed up with their lying and saying Republicans are using delaying tactics simply to make Obama look bad, and I’m fed up with the liberal morons in the media for repeating that lie like parrots on crack.
An example or two wouldn’t hurt, you know.
Sorry, but I do this. Why? because I can see cross traffic when I’m pulling out. my daily driver is a Neon, and nothing pisses me off more when I park in a spot with nothing on either side, and when I come back out I’ve got a Ford Excessive parked on one side of me, with a Toyota LandMass on the other. If I can pull forward out of that situation, I will.
Can I bitch about the people who stop to let cars across a four lane insanely busy highway? No, the people in the furthest lane have no idea you’re being so kind to that idiot who can’t be bothered to find another, safer, route. No, I refuse to stop just because you’re stupid.
My top peeve of 2011 is a repeat from 2010 and 2009: neighbors with oversensitive car alarms that go off 20 times a day. Coming in a very close second are taggers (some fucker spray painted our recycle dumpster with their “art” just yesterday. Grrrrrrr :mad:)
You’re gonna have to draw a diagram for me why visiblity is less pulling forward out of a parking space than backing out. What if I backed into(as all driver safety programs recommend) the space in the first place?
Your fantasy world is vivid but unfulfilling for you. As long as you’re living in your imagination why don’t you create a world where everything is going well for you and makes you happy?
Ooh, ooh! That reminds me. I also hate when I think I’ve found a parking space, but then approach it and feel a sense of disappointment and wrath upon discovering my view of a reasonable car has been obscured by the tank parked next to it. Gah!
Since we’re bitching about driving/parking, a big peeve of mine is aggressive drivers. I had a guy aggressively tailgate me on my own street. I slowed down to turn into my driveway and he nearly had a meltdown. It would be one thing if I was going slow on the highway or something, but we’re talking about a residential neighborhood here! Before that I had someone speed up to pass me, then cut me off so they could turn. Do people really think they are saving time doing that shit?
It also annoys me when people go to the trouble of meticulously backing into a parking space. I’ll never understand the motivation behind that. Seems to me it would be easier to just back out of a spot like normal people, rather than spend 10 minutes backing in, straightening up, etc.
As Batfish noted, many people are trained to back into parking spaces these days, the argument being that it is a safer practice. Here’s Slate pushing the idea.
The tendency for many people these days to think the world has to revolve around their needs. Just the other day, I was driving through town and some lady sent her kid into a store to pick something up. What does she do? Stop in traffic and wait. There is no way to get around her, and traffic is backed up for blocks. People are honking for her to move, and she gives one of those hand wavy things like she thinks it’s all amusing. Pull the fuck over and wait for your kid. There were a couple of “no parking” red zones just a few spaces ahead of her. Better to sit there than in the middle of the fucking road.
Oh, and Merry Fucking Christmas to you, too!