Pet Peeves

Hot water heater ... why would I need to heat my hot water? :dunno:
 
technicians who are called mechanics. technicians are not mechanics. They are idiots that don't know squat about what they're doing and act like they're gods by calling themselves professionals just because someone gives them a paycheck for screwing things up.
 
Fog lights / driving lights - they serve no meaningful purpose other than creating excessive glare and making night driving more dangerous.
 
SCCutler said:
Fog lights / driving lights - they serve no meaningful purpose other than creating excessive glare and making night driving more dangerous.
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The way they are wired in US cars they make no sense, agreed. If they are properly adjusted and you can activate the fogs without the regular headlights, they work as advertised.
 
Atlantic KPHL.

So they have this new absurd procedure to access the ramp. First you get a slip (stamped receipt) from the CSR. Then you walk to the door and a security person looks at the slip. When they are satisfied they get the CSRs attention (yes, the one that just gave you the slip) and tell her to 'pop' the door.

This is all accomplished under the oversight of a second TSA agent to make sure everybody followed the procedure correctly. Oh, and we get to pay for this Horse Pockey. $25 Security Fee.
 
I should mention that $25 security fee is in addition to $7.29 Gas, $240 Facility Fee, $44 Landing Fee, and a $40 GPU.

Frowny Face.

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Here's my pet peeve for the day. Inconsistencies in TV shows.

I was working out at the gym this morning, and the TV was tuned to some stupid show that had vampires and witches in it. There was like some dude with sharp teeth trying to bite some other dude in the neck. Seemed latently homosexual to me, but that isn't even my rant.

There was this witch, right, one that could make herself disappear, turn muthas in to frogs, cast spells, etc... and she pulls out a damn MOTOROLA FLIP CELL PHONE!

Come on. She's a witch. She can't manage to score an Iphone?

(why does she need a cell phone in the first place?)
 
It must have been an older show/movie, Sac... dated technology and all. :yes:
 
Sac Arrow said:
Here's my pet peeve for the day. Inconsistencies in TV shows.
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Stupidity in TV shows.

Someone is hiding in a closet - needs to distract the "bad" people. Pull out the lighter, heat the sprinkler in the closet and the sprinklers in the other room start spraying.

Cars blow up.

Airplanes go out of control when they run out of gas (sometimes to be saved by the "pilot" hooking their forarms behind the yoke and pulling as hard as they can at the last minute).

Air traffic controllers that can prevent people (even hijackers) from taking off or landing by refusing to give them a clearance.

Etc.
 
Oh goodness, there are a lot of examples of bad TV plot devices. Like pseudoscientific babble. Sometimes that gets really funny, though, like the time the Enterprise had all that pesky proton pollution removed (they called them "baryons" apparently without realizing that means just about everything but electrons and their cousins). It makes me wonder just what that thing must be made of.
 
Captain said:
Atlantic KPHL.

So they have this new absurd procedure to access the ramp. First you get a slip (stamped receipt) from the CSR. Then you walk to the door and a security person looks at the slip. When they are satisfied they get the CSRs attention (yes, the one that just gave you the slip) and tell her to 'pop' the door.

This is all accomplished under the oversight of a second TSA agent to make sure everybody followed the procedure correctly. Oh, and we get to pay for this Horse Pockey. $25 Security Fee.
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It is all about fees isn't it? I hate what our government has done to us in the name of security. Next they'll be a TSA person, and fees at ever little non-towered field.
 
Jay Honeck said:
That ASUS of yours is the only Android device I have heard about that doesn't use the micro-USB standard.

I'm glad that problem has been resolved for most users. Having a box full of now-useless special charge cords, I feel for the iSheeple who are still stuck on that proprietary plug merry-go-round.

Sent from my Nexus 7
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Acer 700 is proprietary. The Samsung Galaxy 7 is USB on one end proprietary on the other.

At least they are getting better as you point out. Only had to back two transformers for Europe last month.
 
My pet peeve is people that don't proofread before hitting "Post Quick Reply" <sigh> Spelling makes a world of difference.
 
pmanton said:
Sick people who boad the plane after me and sit beside me, hacking up green stuff and wiping their nose on their sleeve.

Hate hate hate
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Would it be OK if they boaded/boarded before you? :dunno::D
 
Autparts store drones who can't see past their keyboards.

They will tell you parts don't exist simply because they can't find it on the picture even when you're holding the broken part in your hand.

Earlier this week: If you walk in needing a generic electric fuel pump, they will tell you that it doesn't exist and there is no way to get one at all, no way no how. Everything is vehicle specific and will only work on one specific vehicle and they do not carry fuel pumps at all and there is no way you can possibly get a fuel pump mechanical, electrical or otherwise from anywhere on the planet except the dealer. Then you point at the shelf full of them right behind where they're standing and they still say the pumps don't exist and none of those will work even though they have no idea what you're going to use it for. BTW, they don't sell fuel filters either. And the only way to get an oil filter wrench is to give them your vehicle information so they can look it up. I even got told that the metal tube going into the fuel tank is the fuel pump and the guy pointed at the pump part on the assembly which looks exactly like a fuel level float but that's somehow magically the intank pump.
 
I just had a tire store employee tell me that the eccentric camber adjuster bolt I had was "for the rear" (when the rear uses donut shims, not bolts), and that it would cost $60 in excess labor for him to install. I'll do it tonight in the dark in 5 minutes....only that long because the wheel has to come off for access.

The "book" says 30 minutes to install a bolt. And I'm still flabbergasted that he expected me to accept that. It's not like I've never removed a Macpherson strut before. I can get the whole thing out and back in in 30 minutes, counting the trip to the coffeehouse for the extended break.

The alignment is already paid for. That $60 is the excess for removing one strut bolt and replacing it with another. "But it's a lot more than just replacing a bolt." Well, no, actually, it isn't.
 
MAKG1 said:
I just had a tire store employee tell me that the eccentric camber adjuster bolt I had was "for the rear" (when the rear uses donut shims, not bolts), and that it would cost $60 in excess labor for him to install. I'll do it tonight in the dark in 5 minutes....only that long because the wheel has to come off for access.

The "book" says 30 minutes to install a bolt. And I'm still flabbergasted that he expected me to accept that. It's not like I've never removed a Macpherson strut before. I can get the whole thing out and back in in 30 minutes, counting the trip to the coffeehouse for the extended break.

The alignment is already paid for. That $60 is the excess for removing one strut bolt and replacing it with another. "But it's a lot more than just replacing a bolt." Well, no, actually, it isn't.
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Which brings to mind ANOTHER automotive pet peeve -- the way auto shops treat women.

I can't tell you how many times I've had my daughter or wife take our car in to one of these Quick Change oil/lube places, and one (or both) will call me to say "the technician (ha!) here says we need a new air filter, left rear tire, brake pads, blah blah blah".

I just tell them "It's not just 'no' -- it's HELL NO."

They see women as nothing but cash cows.
 
Anthony said:
It is all about fees isn't it? I hate what our government has done to us in the name of security. Next they'll be a TSA person, and fees at ever little non-towered field.
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Welcome to the Hotel California. Some dance to remember, some dance to forget. ;)
 
Getting banned for a week. There's a new peeve.
 
Jay Honeck said:
Which brings to mind ANOTHER automotive pet peeve -- the way auto shops treat women.

I can't tell you how many times I've had my daughter or wife take our car in to one of these Quick Change oil/lube places, and one (or both) will call me to say "the technician (ha!) here says we need a new air filter, left rear tire, brake pads, blah blah blah".

I just tell them "It's not just 'no' -- it's HELL NO."

They see women as nothing but cash cows.
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My sister got hosed over a "Turbo Booster" for a Mercury Sable a while ago. Never did learn what the hell a "Turbo Booster" was, except it was part of the brake system, and not the "Brake Booster." I was not a happy man when I found out.
 
People who can't park cars.

I was sitting here in the Yukon about to leave the lunch stop when the guy in front of me opens his car to get in it.

I realize my truck is moving. Every time he moves. The jackass parked with his bumper touching mine.

He sees my quizzical look, gets out, doesn't say anything, looks at the two bumpers touching, decides nothing is wrong, gets back in his car (I'm just glaring at him at this point, while his every car move rocks my truck) and drives off.

Please note in the attached photo, my bumper is not over the line. (shot after he left...) Not even close. My license plate has a nice fold in it now, though.

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denverpilot said:
People who can't park cars.

I was sitting here in the Yukon about to leave the lunch stop when the guy in front of me opens his car to get in it.

I realize my truck is moving. Every time he moves. The jackass parked with his bumper touching mine.

He sees my quizzical look, gets out, doesn't say anything, looks at the two bumpers touching, decides nothing is wrong, gets back in his car (I'm just glaring at him at this point, while his every car move rocks my truck) and drives off.

Please note in the attached photo, my bumper is not over the line. (shot after he left...) Not even close. My license plate has a nice fold in it now, though.
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Are you casting aspersions on Lexus owners? :rolleyes:
 
People who can't park cars.
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That's exactly why I like my old steel bumper jeep that's attached directly to a steel frame.
More than one plastic car has had their bumper torn completely off and their hood wadded up because they can't stop their frigging cars where they're supposed to. Doesn't even put a scratch on me either...I've ended up with a few tickets because someone hit me (WTF???) however they are the ones who had to deal with a trashed vehicle.
 
Resurrecting this thread.

If you go to a co workers desk to ask a legit work question and they say "It's not a good time" DO NOT SIT DOWN IN THEIR GUEST CHAIR. Ask "When would be a good time" and have a conversation. :) or send an email to the co worker requesting a good time for a conversation. Geez!
 
Translation: Yesterday I was busy and on the phone, and my coworker wanted to talk to me. I told her I was busy and it wasn't a good time but the bee-otch STILL sat in my guest chair! What a total BAG!
 
Sac Arrow said:
Translation: Yesterday I was busy and on the phone, and my coworker wanted to talk to me. I told her I was busy and it wasn't a good time but the bee-otch STILL sat in my guest chair! What a total BAG!
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Alternate translation: Yesterday my co-worker was busy and on the phone, and I wanted to talk to her. She told me she was busy and it wasn't a good time but I still sat in her guest chair! Then she called me names - I guess I learned a lesson that I'll pass along on the POA.
 
This was experience second hand. Just because you have time and need help doesn't mean your supervisor does as well.
 
kimberlyanne546 said:
Motorcycles that lane split on the ON RAMP or on the freeway when traffic is going well over the posted speed limit.

And yes, I have an M1 and have owned, in my name, three motorcycles.

I saw this happen today and a person in a convertible flipped the motorcycle off. They almost caused an incident on the on ramp and honestly they give all of us good motorcycle riders a bad name. We call them squids.
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AGREE
here it is not legal, but that does not stop them! As an instructor I strongly recommend students not do this.
 
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