Sorry to break it to you makare, but you're one of -those- people.
Pet Peeve rants.
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makare
I'm one of a lot of types of people. You'll have to be specific.
In my group of friends, there are two of us, myself and my closest friend, who are able to make decisions. Typically the 'where should we go for dinner' question is met with a chorus of "I don't care". This would be fine, but when my friend or I suggest a place, it's followed by a chorus of "We always do what you want."
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YES! We do! And we do it because you can't make a decision to save your life!
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YES! We do! And we do it because you can't make a decision to save your life!
Argh. Me too. And until the one in town opens up in a month or two, the closest one is 90 minutes away.
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makare
Are they all cement floored? I felt like i was eating in a warehouse.
There's one under construction here too. I am hearing good things, so I will have to check them out.
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Disconnected
Yup, particularly when you hang out with other grad students. I treat grad school like a full time job; I put in eight hours a day studying, writing, and teaching, and then I punch out. Getting grad students to do anything together at the same time is like herding cats. Somebody always has to grade papers, read a book, or prepare for a conference. I've pretty much given up on medical and law students because they can get called into work at pretty much any hour.
You know what a huge pet peeve of mine is? People who talk shop when we're at a bar or restaurant. Again, grad students are notorious for this. No, I don't care what you thought about that peer-reviewed article because I'm trying to relax. No, I don't want to talk about this author's methodology because it's Friday evening and I like to think school doesn't exist for at least one night.
People that talk shop in a bar peeves me too. Especially when it is my best friend and his coworkers. The reason is I don't work in their shop, and could care less what their little hooligans are doing.
At least once a month one of them brings their husband along, and we talk Rock-n-Roll and Alt-Country all night. Then the coworkers get mad at us because we are leaving them out of our conversations.....!!!!!
At least once a month one of them brings their husband along, and we talk Rock-n-Roll and Alt-Country all night. Then the coworkers get mad at us because we are leaving them out of our conversations.....!!!!!
People who can't be bothered to fix their parking. It doesn't take much to back out and straighten your car up. Show some effort in your life.
My fellow men who believe that they cannot aim their stream into the bowl. Sorry with the seat down you still have at least a foot of open space to hit. Again, show some effort.
New one that grows with each psychology class I take (I'm getting a minor). People who self-diagnose themselves with mental disorders. Worst offenders: "Oh that's just my mild OCD."
My fellow men who believe that they cannot aim their stream into the bowl. Sorry with the seat down you still have at least a foot of open space to hit. Again, show some effort.
New one that grows with each psychology class I take (I'm getting a minor). People who self-diagnose themselves with mental disorders. Worst offenders: "Oh that's just my mild OCD."
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Jiarn
Something like:
That?
That?
See, I think a lot of the men looking at the picture miss that, what with the diminished thought processing abilities due to all the blood rushing from their heads.
Peeve of the day:
When some one knows some thing does not work, but will only report it when it is an emergency. Normally they report it weeks or months after it breaks.
When some one knows some thing does not work, but will only report it when it is an emergency. Normally they report it weeks or months after it breaks.
That happened to me the other day at one of our branch locations. "We have someone new starting in two days and the monitor for the computer they will use doesn't work. Can you get us a new one by then? Oh, and this other computer doesn't work at all. How about you fix that while you're here too."
I want to hunt that fooker down.
That doesn't even make sense, CG. I mean, I get that they're saying the Pledge of Allegiance, but how in the hell did they pick up the habit of saying "I pledge of allegiance" in the first place?
Still seems a bit like the Our Father, Howard be thy name...
Cajungal
Staff member
Since it's called "The Pledge of Allegiance," that's what some of them say. We've explained that you ARE pledging allegiance, but some of them still don't get it.
Yeah, I get that, it just seems odd to me. Possibly because, while I heard plenty of mispronunciations and mangling of words and phrases throughout my years in school as well as the 15 years that I've been out of school, I've just never heard that one before. I mean, it would be like a kid being asked what they want to do when they grow up and answering "I want to be a the police officer," because they've only ever heard them referred to as "the police."
Yeah, I liked the little bit of teaching I did when I was helping my Calc teacher explain things to my (very few) classmates; but teaching full- or even part-time, and having to be patient enough to teach young kids anything would drive me insane. I am not a patient man.
