Pet Peeves only you have

[DrDeth]

@BrickBat

And twist themselves into pretzels in justifying their pronunciations as acceptably correct.

Which in the first two case, they are correct. Words do have alternate pronunciations. Get over it.

[BrickBat]

@DrDeth

Which in the first two case, they are correct. Words do have alternate pronunciations. Get over it.

Git. In no way, manner, shape or form can NUCLEAR be pronounced “noo kyoo lurr” and be anything other than incorrect, even allowing for regional variances. Anyone that does is ignorant and/or stubborn.

[Paintcharge]

@Mister_Rik

Mine might be shared by other professional cooks:

Distributors like Sysco, when assembling an order for a customer, print out an individual sticker for each and every case of product that is to be included in an order. They then do two consistent things with these stickers that drive me bonkers.

1. Place the sticker directly on top of the preprinted words on the box that describe the contents, so you have to rely on what the sticker says rather than what the box says.

2. Place the damned sticker upside down relative to the box’s default orientation.

So you put away the freight, particularly the frozen and dry stuff (produce in the refrigerator tends to come in fairly distinct box shapes, often open-topped, that are easy to identify), and a lot of these products are Sysco’s house brand stuff so the boxes are very similar in appearance, color-wise. And now, not only can you not tell at a glance which box contains what, because the stupid stickers are pasted over the name of the product, you have to turn your head over to read the tiny print on the upside-down stickers because, like any sane person, you put the boxes on the shelf right-side-up.

Not a chef, but I have a similar problem with McMaster Carr and their sticker placement. I get packs of drill bits, like one dozen 1/8" in one envelope, a dozen 3/16" in another. McMaster invariably puts the line item sticker over the size of the bit on the label.