# Pet Peeve - - Stupid People **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 9, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-stupid-people/174144 "2003-05-09T16:50:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![KnK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/edb3f5/32.png) [@KnK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KnK)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-stupid-people/174144/1 "2003-05-09T16:50:46Z")
Here’s a pet peeve of mine. Peeve: Stupid people who consistently apply their license plate renewal “tabs” (tags, renewal stickers, etc.) to a different location of the plate year after year, even though the directions CLEARLY state where to affix the tab (in the same location). Over the years, they end up with 4-5 stickers all over the plate. If I were a cop, I’d pull these people over for obstructed license plates! Just wondering why this occurs (what is their thought process), and if anyone shares this peeve or if I am just too anal about this. KnK 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-stupid-people/174144/2 "2003-05-09T17:07:07Z")
Here in PA it used to be that you put odd ones on the left, even ones on the right. They have changed that now, but I’m sure there are people who remember the old rules and never read the new directions. Does it bother me - geez no, I don’t even notice. Since you asked: Unless you are directly involved in a profession that makes you notice this, then, yeah, I guess I would say you are too anal about this. Even if you are, mmmm, well, yeah, you probably still are too anal. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-stupid-people/174144/3 "2003-05-09T17:10:50Z")
Truly this is good contestant for the dictionary definition of “anal retentive”. Are you really sure those that do this deserve the “stupid” label? ---
**Author:** ![VenusProbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e495f1/32.png) [@VenusProbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VenusProbe)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-stupid-people/174144/4 "2003-05-09T17:11:57Z")
people are idiots. I agree with you, cops should ticket them. They should also cite too tall trucks for headlight and bumper height. While we’re at it, tires that stick out beyond the fenders. I could go on and on but this isn’t the pit. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-stupid-people/174144/5 "2003-05-09T18:19:38Z")
Never thought of it. This is my chance to disobey authority! Thanks, Knk! ---
**Author:** ![KnK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/edb3f5/32.png) [@KnK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KnK)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-stupid-people/174144/6 "2003-05-09T18:22:22Z")
Khadaji & Bill H, I dont necessarily disagree with you on the “retentive” aspect :o . I do, however, believe that the placement of these tabs is common sense…and that common sense is becoming less common in general. KnK ---
**Author:** ![angelabaca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@angelabaca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelabaca)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-stupid-people/174144/7 "2003-05-09T20:07:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KnK \* > \*\*Stupid people who consistently apply their license plate renewal “tabs”…to a different location of the plate year after year \*\* I have never seen that here in So. Cal. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-stupid-people/174144/8 "2003-05-09T20:36:32Z")
In St. Louis people USED to put their tags on the bottom of their licenses with the year & month in the opposite corners of the plate. But more and more people are starting to put them between the letters, though, because they’re often torn off and re-sold, and putting them between the letters makes it more difficult for them to be torn off. People used to leave their tags on the bottom of their plates on the edges and just cut through the tag with a blade so they’d be harder to rip off, but those tag-stealing nitwits started cutting and ripping off the side of the plate with the current year. So lots of people who USED to put their tags on the bottom still have one (both if they’re lucky) on the bottom, but have put their new ones in between the letters, so the tags are all over the place, but it’s so they don’t get stolen. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-stupid-people/174144/9 "2003-05-09T21:13:29Z")
**Knk** - Does it also piss you off when you see a sign that says “ATM Machine Available”? (It does me, BTW.) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-stupid-people/174144/10 "2003-05-10T00:36:54Z")
Actually, if you want to be anal retentive about something that I can get behind (OK, I know that’s not really an incentive…:D) then lets rant about the people who park in NO PARKING zones and put their hazard lights on (and then say, after getting a ticket "But didn’t you see my four-ways on?) No parking means no parking. Not “No parking unless you’ll only be a minute” or “No parking unless you put your hazard blinkers on” or “No parking unless you were just picking something up” (I could go on, and YES, I’m anal retentive about this.) AND - if I were a copyI would pull people over for tail gaiting… But I won’t rant about that here. That is a whole 'nuther rant. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2003, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-stupid-people/174144/11 "2003-05-10T01:13:33Z")
There is “standing” whereby one my stop the vehicle to make deliveries. Hence the “No parking or standing” signs. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-stupid-people/174144/12 "2003-05-11T20:56:33Z")
In Massachusetts, if the driver has left the vehicle, the vehicle is considered “parked” and may not be in any zone labelled “No Parking,” “No Standing” or “No Stopping.” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-stupid-people/174144/13 "2003-05-11T21:40:19Z")
You certainly can’t leave it if the sign says “No Standing”. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2003, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-stupid-people/174144/14 "2003-05-11T23:02:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Khadaji \* > \*\*Actually, if you want to be anal retentive about something that I can get behind (OK, I know that’s not really an incentive…:D) then lets rant about the people who park in NO PARKING zones and put their hazard lights on (and then say, after getting a ticket "But didn’t you see my four-ways on?) > > \*\* Four-ways, AKA the 'come and get me!" lights by the metermaid community. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2003, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pet-peeve-stupid-people/174144/15 "2003-05-12T00:12:44Z")
Evile-lution at work. 🙂