# What do you do (IRL) that probably causes people to start Pit threads? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 19, 2003, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-irl-that-probably-causes-people-to-start-pit-threads/156033 "2003-02-19T02:08:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![mrsface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@mrsface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrsface)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-irl-that-probably-causes-people-to-start-pit-threads/156033/21 "2003-02-23T16:44:52Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by big alex \* I also seem to kill threads Not this one, though… ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-irl-that-probably-causes-people-to-start-pit-threads/156033/22 "2003-02-23T18:02:20Z")
**big alex** , I do the indecisive thing, too. My dh will ask where I want to go eat, and usually all I can come up with is where I _don’t_ want to go. Sort of an, “ANYTHING but Oriental food _again._” If there’s something I’m not tired of, I have no suggestions at all. Luckily, now I’m having pregnancy cravings! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Flowerchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@Flowerchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flowerchild)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-irl-that-probably-causes-people-to-start-pit-threads/156033/23 "2003-02-23T18:22:41Z")
I’m clumsy, not normal oops clumsy. But so ridicously clumsy that you wanna rip your hair out. I also tend to get bored and make messes, I’ve done it since I was little. although the only person who ever wanted to take me to the pit for that was my mom. I’ll get bored, clean the house, and then start to try to cook something new, I always make a hell of a mess and then I get to burn out my boredom by cleaning again. I’m also very picky, VERY picky. ever since i was little there are certain things that wont go near my mouth. Cherry cough syrup, only once or twice in my life when i was coughing up a lung have I let that crap pass my lips. Brussel sprouts, I wont even be in the same room with those. most of my family hates how picky I am. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-irl-that-probably-causes-people-to-start-pit-threads/156033/24 "2003-02-23T18:32:56Z")
I used to key cars illegally parked in a handicapped space, until I started driving my Mom around and occasionally forgetting to hang up the tag when using one. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-irl-that-probably-causes-people-to-start-pit-threads/156033/25 "2003-02-24T03:45:29Z")
I correct people’s grammar and spelling errors even when said people are not my students. I give students F’s for plagiarizing and then report them to the higher-ups if they do it again. ---
**Author:** ![Violin\_D\_Ingrate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/898d66/32.png) [@Violin\_D\_Ingrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violin_D_Ingrate)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-irl-that-probably-causes-people-to-start-pit-threads/156033/26 "2003-02-24T22:16:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cessandra \* > **I don’t return grocery carts if I have my kids with me. I used to ALWAYS take the cart back, despite the fact that the corrals always seem to be all right together on the other side of the parking lot from me. Didn’t faze me.** I just park next to the cart corral. I don’t mind walking a little bit farther to the grocery store door. If there is no spot available by the cart corral, I take my kid with me to take the cart back. I don’t think you’re being paranoid at all. ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-irl-that-probably-causes-people-to-start-pit-threads/156033/27 "2003-02-24T22:35:50Z")
I can be passive-aggressive. I have my reasons, however, though they may not be very good ones. I also have a tendency to be absent-minded and occasionally inconvenience others because of it. ---
**Author:** ![Ol\_Gaffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Ol\_Gaffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ol_Gaffer)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-irl-that-probably-causes-people-to-start-pit-threads/156033/28 "2003-02-24T22:52:04Z")
I drive an SUV. I send 3/4 of my paycheck to televangelists every month. I have 6 children and like to chat incessantly about all of them. My personal hygiene is neither personal nor hygienic. I have a huge collection of troll dolls, complete with little name tags for each, on my desk at work. I like to write checks in the “12 items or less” line. I leave my guns laying around the house for my kids to play with. I often (loudly) insist on returning obviously used goods. I know that aliens live among us. I firmly believe that I will be able to lose weight by listening to subliminal tapes while I sleep as opposed to eating right and exercising. I leave Jack Chick Tracts instead of a tip when I go to a restaurant. I get all of my news from Fox. Did I mention that I drive an SUV? ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-irl-that-probably-causes-people-to-start-pit-threads/156033/29 "2003-02-24T22:58:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Badtz Maru \* > \*\*I used to key cars illegally parked in a handicapped space, until I started driving my Mom around and occasionally forgetting to hang up the tag when using one. \*\* I like to quote insulting comedians at inappropriate moments. “I like to park in handicapped spaces while handicapped people make handicapped faces I’m an asshole …” I’m sure it is annoying as all heck. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-irl-that-probably-causes-people-to-start-pit-threads/156033/30 "2003-02-25T06:09:44Z")
I’m an aggressive driver who usually drives 5-10 mph above the posted limit and I tend to tailgate people who are driving too slowly (anything less than the speed limit). I play music loud in my car, knowing that other people at the red light can also enjoy my music. I’m a sentence finisher. I am unforgivably rude to telemarketers (I’d be pitted by the telemarketers on this board who rant about those of us who find their intrusions intolerable). ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-irl-that-probably-causes-people-to-start-pit-threads/156033/31 "2003-02-25T06:22:47Z")
I talk to the TV. I smoke. I start arguments just for the sake of having something interesting to talk about. I say “I told you so” a lot. I correct other people (although I didn’t know I did this so much until someone “pitted” me in real life - I am trying to stop.) I am very very very anti-gun and, while open-minded about many things, I am absolutely closed-minded about that. ---
**Author:** ![Nurobath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a88e57/32.png) [@Nurobath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nurobath)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-irl-that-probably-causes-people-to-start-pit-threads/156033/32 "2003-02-25T07:57:29Z")
I’m a sentence finisher too. I guess it can get really frustrating for other people sometimes. I don’t even know I’m doing it most of the time. I’ve noticed recently (well…okay, I was told) that I answer questions for other people. At work, if a student asks a question of someone at the counter, I just jump in there and answer for them. I didn’t even realize I was doing this (or how annoying it must be) until one of our student help pointed it out to me. I’m trying to stop…honest. In my defence, the students usually have to ask me the question again anyway to get the right answer. It’s still aggrivating though, I’m sure. I also get very impatient with people who take too long to perform simple tasksand many times I’ll just take over and do it for them. ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-irl-that-probably-causes-people-to-start-pit-threads/156033/33 "2003-02-25T21:28:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Violin D’Ingrate \* > \*\*I just park next to the cart corral. I don’t mind walking a little bit farther to the grocery store door. If there is no spot available by the cart corral, I take my kid with me to take the cart back. I don’t think you’re being paranoid at all. \*\* I try to park by the corral, but at the stores I go to they are usuall at the front of the parking lot, so those spaces are the ones everyone wants. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cessandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cessandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cessandra)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-irl-that-probably-causes-people-to-start-pit-threads/156033/34 "2003-02-25T21:32:23Z")
I have another one! When I have a problem and people try to give me advice, I have an answer for _everything_ they say. That must really piss people off. Of course, I rarely ask for advice in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![aggie05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@aggie05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aggie05)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-irl-that-probably-causes-people-to-start-pit-threads/156033/35 "2003-02-25T23:03:07Z")
I don’t believe in God. I think I know everything. I let everyone know how “smart” I am. I am a die hard Aggie - I bleed maroon. I whoop or hiss at everything. I have a miniature poodle whose name is Baby. I speed, A LOT. I cannot spell. AT all. I talk incessantly about"my boyfriend the photographer." I get irritated with “stupid” people. I yell at people for 1)not being able to speak English, 2)parking where there is not a parking spot, or in a handicapped spot… Hmm, wow, I’m a bitch. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-do-irl-that-probably-causes-people-to-start-pit-threads/156033.md?page=1)