# Random pet(ty) peeve thread **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 5, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708 "2015-06-05T14:12:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/41 "2015-06-07T03:12:39Z")
I was just catching up on _The Daily Show_ on their website. The next episode (actually the previous one) autostarts, but first it auto-escapes from full screen. Do it all or don’t do it, folks. (It’s not just them.) ---
**Author:** ![Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki_Tikki_Tavi)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/42 "2015-06-07T17:34:44Z")
My boss says “pacific” instead of “specific” and it makes me clench my teeth every time. She’s SO sensitive about being corrected that I save it for really egregious errors but I don’t know how much longer I can go without pointing this one out. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/43 "2015-06-07T17:59:21Z")
People who don’t put locks on their gym lockers. I’ve taken to leaving the door wide open if I open an unlocked locker and there’s crap in it. I’m not Monty Hall, dammit! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_butterfly_s_ghost/32/3462_2.png) [@The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Butterfly_s_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/44 "2015-06-07T19:31:08Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Where I work, by the coffee pot there’s a basket of those little half & half coffee creamer [mini-cups](https://www.whitewavefoodservice.com/system/files/products/thumbnails/coffee-house-inspirations_0.png) with the sealed tops. Someone in the office opens one of them and uses half the creamer and then leaves the opened mini-cup there on the counter. I have a coworker who does this. And unlike **Inner Stickler** when she drinks a second cup of coffee some time later, _she opens a second mini-cup, uses half of it and leaves it next to the first half empty one!_ :mad: The other day I opened a cupboard to get the coffee and she had placed a half full mini-cup in the cupboard! Luckily it didn’t actually fall out of the cupboard - if it had, I might have had to strangle my coworker. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/45 "2015-06-07T20:37:17Z")
> [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](#): > > My boss says “pacific” instead of “specific” and it makes me clench my teeth every time. She’s SO sensitive about being corrected that I save it for really egregious errors but I don’t know how much longer I can go without pointing this one out. OMG, that is hilarious! And she probably gets paid more money than you, right? Holy crap. > [@The\_Butterfly\_s\_Ghost](#): > > I have a coworker who does this. And unlike **Inner Stickler** when she drinks a second cup of coffee some time later, _she opens a second mini-cup, uses half of it and leaves it next to the first half empty one!_ :mad: > The other day I opened a cupboard to get the coffee and she had placed a half full mini-cup in the cupboard! Luckily it didn’t actually fall out of the cupboard - if it had, I might have had to strangle my coworker. 😉 What is the MATTER with these people? You should save all of them up and leave them in her bottom desk drawer where the rats who roam the office at night will find them and maybe even start a family nearby. Another one of mine: when I pull up to the Starbucks window… wait–there are actually two Starbucks-related ones. 1. the voice from the box says, “GoodmorningwelcometoStarbuckswouldyouliketostartwithahazelnutmochafrappucinoandafreshlybakedsliceofbananabreadwithcreamcheese?” \ 2. “Welcome to Starbucks, what can I get started for you this morning?” Get _started_? Get **started**? Are you going just going to \*start \*my coffee? Do you plan to finish it and pour it in a cup and hand it to me at the window? ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/46 "2015-06-07T20:40:58Z")
I use those clear plastic storage containers with blue lids. I buy them at the supermarket and buy the same brand every time. And every time, they’re slightly different so that the existing lids/containers I already own don’t fit the new ones! And I have to look so carefully to make sure I have ones that match when I need one. Arrgh! I know, it’s so that I’ll throw out what I’ve got and buy a whole bunch of the new ones, but it’s so wasteful and irritating! ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/47 "2015-06-07T20:57:47Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > [Austin is debating whether to rename a street from Bruce Jenner Drive to Caitlyn Jenner Drive](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/06/05/bruce-jenner-lane-name-change/28531947/). I’m happy if Caitlyn is happy but renaming streets (and other cartographic/geographic features) is a huge pet peeve of mine. I think it is an obnoxious practice. I hate it about as much as I hate it when they rearrange the shelves in the grocery store. Just leave the fucking things alone. Oh. The County department I work for is in charge of all new street names and addresses. Renaming a street can be a big problem. And we don’t even get mail delivery in the County. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/48 "2015-06-07T21:11:00Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Drivers who can’t seem to just obey traffic regs. It’s all I ask of another driver: stop at stop signs; don’t stop if there’s not a stop sign. Yield right of way or take it, depending on the situation. Your being ‘polite’ confuses things. Just obey the traffic signs as intended, because anything else you do is unexpected, creates ambiguity in the situation, and can lead to accidents. Just fucking stop it, okay? ooooooo… This really bugs me too. If you have the ROW take it. Sure, if it’s bumper to bumper, I appreciate a wave in. But when I’m turning out left from a parking lot and you are turning left in, don’t wave me into cross traffic. Are you nuts? There is a parking lot near me, and yep it’s private property. The Tee has a stop sign, the other two directions have a Yield sign. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/49 "2015-06-07T23:57:19Z")
What about when you are behind a car in the left turn lane (because you are planning to make a left turn, too) and you are both headed for a driveway into a parking lot. The coast is totally clear ahead of him. BUT the car in front of you makes the left turn into the parking lot and then comes to a dead stop with the ass end of his car barely out of the traffic lane. God help you if you followed behind (since it was all clear ahead of him and you figured he would just keep going) because now you’re perpendicular to the flow of traffic with nowhere to go. Awareness again: there is a car behind you, so at least pull one car length into the parking lot so I can get out of traffic. ---
**Author:** ![Why\_Child](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b782af/32.png) [@Why\_Child](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Why_Child)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/50 "2015-06-08T06:34:25Z")
One of my jobs is at a dollar store; we provide baskets or carts for people to use. There is a (thankfully) small percentage of the population that walk up to the register, set their basket on the counter, and then just look at me, waiting for me to take _ **every single item** _ out of their basket \*\*for \*\*them and start ringing them up. Because, you know, they’re entitled and all. :rolleyes: Do they not realize that if **they** take the stuff out of the basket, then I am free to scan and bag it, and working as a team, I can get them out quicker? … If they use a cart, do they expect me to unload the cart for them? No, they would \*\*never \*\*expect the cashier to unload the cart for them, it’d slow the line down. So why is it different when they use a basket?! :mad: * * * And I hate, HATE, **HATE** the instant coupons that companies put on their items. “Save 75¢ now!!” It is\*\* not \*\*the job of the cashier to _notice_ that there is a coupon on that product and peel it off for the customer. The coupon is there to entice the customer to purchase that product. It’s their choice to use it, or save it for the next purchase. I’m just trying to ring them up as fast as possible and get to the next person, so my line isn’t too long, and the people behind them don’t get mad because they have to wait. ( I have noticed ya’all hate to wait. 😉 ) If it was my job to peel off the coupon, we’d probably just put the shit on sale, and not have to bother with it. IOW, I am not coming to anyone’s house to clip the coupons out of their Sunday paper, so why do they expect me to peel it off that bottle of whatever? * * * We had a woman come in today, mad as hell because “we” had forgotten to use the 75¢ coupon on her bottle of Clorox bleach cleaner. She brought the receipt, and the coupon, and wanted her 75¢. We had to scan the bar code on her receipt in order to make a return. We do not have a magical button that says, “give 75¢ to random customer.” So the item had to be returned to inventory _and then_ we had to ring it in again in order to enter the coupon on the sale. She had used her debit card, and the computer knows that; to not get ourselves in trouble, the money had to be refunded to her debit card. And then we had to ring up the bleach _again,_ scan the coupon, and she had to pay the “new” total. **75¢!!??** …Are you kidding me!!! Here’s a dollar and shut the hell up!! :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/51 "2015-06-08T06:55:41Z")
All the restrooms at work are small rooms with the seat and washbasin, no stalls. The doors are usually closed; you can tell if one is occupied or not because the color in the lock changes. When you see one left open, it’s being aired. I have no idea if whomever causes that stench has a dietary problem or a medical one, but it would be nice if they solved it! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2015, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/52 "2015-06-08T21:52:58Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > 1. “Welcome to Starbucks, what can I get started for you this morning?” Get _started_? Get **started**? Are you going just going to \*start \*my coffee? Do you plan to finish it and pour it in a cup and hand it to me at the window? 😛 The person taking the order may not be the person who makes the coffee. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/53 "2015-06-09T00:06:30Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > 😛 The person taking the order may not be the person who makes the coffee. I don’t see how your comment addresses my peeve. 😕 My peeve is not related to whether the person taking my order is the one who will make the coffee (and I’m pretty sure the order taker is NOT the one making the coffee). My objection is only to the word “started.” Why not just, “May I take your order?” or “What would you like this morning?” or “What can I get you?” or “What can WE get you?” if there’s a team involved (including Juan Valdez and his burro). I don’t understand “what can I get \*\*STARTED \*\*for you?” That implies an ongoing transaction of some length that will be compounded and added to… it just irks me. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/54 "2015-06-09T00:23:06Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > ooooooo… This really bugs me too. If you have the ROW take it. > > Sure, if it’s bumper to bumper, I appreciate a wave in. But when I’m turning out left from a parking lot and you are turning left in, don’t wave me into cross traffic. Are you nuts? > > There is a parking lot near me, and yep it’s private property. The Tee has a stop sign, the other two directions have a Yield sign. :rolleyes: Another one, if I’m on foot and arrive at a driveway about the same time you need to turn off the street, I will stop and wait for you to drive in. Drivers who sit there waving me across are bloody annoying. Stop waving and get your car off the road. I’m safe and happy on a footpath, you’re blocking a road and have cars barrelling towards you from the lights down the road. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/55 "2015-06-09T01:29:57Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I don’t see how your comment addresses my peeve. 😕 My peeve is not related to whether the person taking my order is the one who will make the coffee (and I’m pretty sure the order taker is NOT the one making the coffee). > > My objection is only to the word “started.” Why not just, “May I take your order?” or “What would you like this morning?” or “What can I get you?” or “What can WE get you?” if there’s a team involved (including Juan Valdez and his burro). > > I don’t understand “what can I get \*\*STARTED \*\*for you?” That implies an ongoing transaction of some length that will be compounded and added to… it just irks me. Hmm, I never gave it much notice but I kind of like them asking “What can I get started for you?” It suggests some kind of urgency or importance like they are ready now to start making my drink. If they just ask “Can I take your order?” I feel like they’re just going to take it and put me at the end of the queue and they’ll start making it when they feel like it. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/56 "2015-06-09T01:46:22Z")
> [@Hampshire](#): > > Hmm, I never gave it much notice but I kind of like them asking “What can I get started for you?” It suggests some kind of urgency or importance like they are ready now to start making my drink. If they just ask “Can I take your order?” I feel like they’re just going to take it and put me at the end of the queue and they’ll start making it when they feel like it. Good for you. You are free not to be peeved by my peeve. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/57 "2015-06-09T12:35:03Z")
> [@MoonMoon](#): > > People who walk on the wrong side of the sidewalk, especially when those sidewalks are mixed use paths. Why is it so hard to understand that it works just like a road? WALK RIGHT, PASS LEFT, DAMMIT. I don’t care which side one walks on as long as they pick a side. I especially hate the people walking by twos or more that don’t pick a side and force me to walk off the path. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/58 "2015-06-09T13:31:46Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I don’t see how your comment addresses my peeve. 😕 My peeve is not related to whether the person taking my order is the one who will make the coffee (and I’m pretty sure the order taker is NOT the one making the coffee). > > My objection is only to the word “started.” Why not just, “May I take your order?” or “What would you like this morning?” or “What can I get you?” or “What can WE get you?” if there’s a team involved (including Juan Valdez and his burro). > > I don’t understand “what can I get \*\*STARTED \*\*for you?” That implies an ongoing transaction of some length that will be compounded and added to… it just irks me. The first step in your getting coffee in your hand is someone taking the order. So, they are getting it started. “What can I get you?” would be a lie since they aren’t getting it. ---
**Author:** ![Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3da27b/32.png) [@Nikki\_Tikki\_Tavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nikki_Tikki_Tavi)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/59 "2015-06-09T13:42:54Z")
People who park blocking the sidewalk are inconsiderate bastards. You need to drop granny off as close to the door as possible? Got a trunk full of groceries you need to unload? Okay, fine. Do what you need to and move your car. If your vehicle simply doesn’t fit in the driveway without hanging over the sidewalk then I’m sad to say you need to park in the street. Sorry, I know walking allllll the way up your drive to your house is such a feat, you lazy shit. People need to WALK on the sidewalks. I know that’s a foreign concept for those who never get off their asses, but some of us actually engage in the physical activity of walking and would like to do so where it is safe. Particularly if we are walking with a dog, a stroller, a cart, or are in a wheelchair. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2015, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/60 "2015-06-09T13:57:58Z")
**Why Child** , I have been guilty of leaving the peel off sticker on the product and pointing it out to the cashier. I guess I thought I was \*supposed \*to (?) So they would know it was legit or something(?) I never really thought about it, so thanks for shedding light on this faux pas; I will change my ways in the future :smack: The dufi in the break room who leave half a creamer are probably the same who leave half a donut. You don’t want to eat the whole thing, fine. Either throw half of it away or find the other figure conscious goddess in the room and split it with her. Either way, don’t leave the remains of some food you’ve already man handled. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708.md?page=4)