Pet Peeves

OkieFlyer said:
Pet Peeve #1: When you are in the middle a TV show, particularly one you are really into, and when they go to commercial break, they'll say "coming up on (insert title)", then proceed to show you how the show turns out in a preview.

Pet Peeve #2: When a local TV station holds out on Dish Network for more money, when they have always, and still do, broadcast over the air for free, then pulling their programming from Dish during the Olympics, forcing everyone to either go buy an antenna, or watch online using a friend's login who uses a different provider.

Pet Peeve #3: When watching the Olympics online (because of the above pet peeve), the headlines for the day's competition are right on the home screen, before you can get to the stream of the events, thus removing all the excitement of watching the competition. This is up there with someone blurting out the score of a big ballgame, when they know you haven't had a chance to watch it yet.
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Yeah, they just INSIST on force-feeding us spoilers. I HATE spoilers!
 
"Any other traffic please advise"

Yeah, I will if I am anywhere it matters to you. I can hear you on the radio, you dunce.
 
having to enter your (or any) birth date when you go to an alcohol related website. go to anheuserbusch or guinness.com and you have to enter a date before you can access the site. brilliant.
 
eman1200 said:
having to enter your (or any) birth date when you go to an alcohol related website. go to anheuserbusch or guinness.com and you have to enter a date before you can access the site. brilliant.
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Lawyers...
 
Yeah, my wife did #3 to me once. I was working during a big college game, recording it to watch when I got home. People would stop by occasionally and tell me it was a good game and I'd really enjoy watching it in the evening. As I'm leaving to go home, my wife called to see if I would be home soon, and told me we won the game. Then couldn't understand why I was unhappy and didn't want to watch it. Spend 3 hours watching a football game, with no suspense and no drama? I told her I'd just watch the highlights on the news . . . And to please not do that to me again.
 
eman1200 said:
having to enter your (or any) birth date when you go to an alcohol related website. go to anheuserbusch or guinness.com and you have to enter a date before you can access the site. brilliant.
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Just choose any date from the 19th century! they should all work.
 
People that watch a game then announce... "we won".

So, what position do you play..?? :lol:
 
Double Songs. I hate them.
Sometimes I just want to hear We Will Rock You w/o hearing We are the champions after.
Last Caress / Green Hell
Geek Stink Breath / Brain Stew

I like all the first songs but no need to tack another song on everytime.
 
People that walk into a sports while you're trying to watch the Rams/Cowboys game and starts playing the juke box (gives Michael Phelps like death stare to the woman in the straw "party hat" and her equally stupid looking mate wearing flip flops and blue jeans)
 
- Sports announcers who scream into their microphones.
- Sports announcers who used to play the sport and who feel obligated to give their opinion on the wisdom of a coach's or player's decision.
 
TV commentators at golf matches who whisper . . . Dude, you're in a booth well away from the action, you can talk in a normal voice!

For that matter, golf on TV. It always puts me straight to sleep.
 
Dennis McKim said:
- Sports announcers who scream into their microphones.
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Add musicians, Ham Radio Operators, Public Safety personnel talking to Dispatch, pilots, anyone with a mic to that list.

It's a freaking microphone. It'll pick up your normal voice jus fine if you get it up to your pie hole and speak normally.
 
denverpilot said:
Add musicians, Ham Radio Operators, Public Safety personnel talking to Dispatch, pilots, anyone with a mic to that list
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My wife yells into the phone when the connection is bad. I keep telling her that this is doing nothing to increase the intelligibility of her communications.
 
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