Having to repeat myself. I said, HAVING TO REPEAT MYSELF!! I don't mean when someone doesn't understand the first time. This mostly for my kids, when I say "Get those socks off the floor", or some such trivial thing, only to come back 5 minutes later and the socks are still there! Or telling them "No, you cannot spend the night at Joe-Blows house", and they ask me 10 minutes later...DON'T ASK. IVE ALREADY ANSWERED THIS QUESTION! Whew.
people who want to be the first one on record to say they were not fooled by Clutch's April Fool's Jokes.
Believe it or not, I saw Superdrag at the Engine room last year and they actually played "Freebird" when this happened. Now, some pet peeves of mine: Misuse of quotation marks on signs and billboards. Ex: We have the "best" coffee in town. Quotation marks are not for emphasis. They are for indicating that a statement or question was spoken by someone. This one is very general, but I see examples of it almost daily: People who don't think the rules apply to them. This includes the aforementioned grocery store express lane violation, line-cutting, cell phone usage in movies and restaurants, and any number of driving violations. I think it all boils down to people who think they are special and don't have to live by the same rules as everybody else in our society.
There's actually a legitimate reason companies do that. I used to work in the Advertising Review division of the Better Business Bureau. Part of my job was to scan the papers for ads that claimed lowest prices, best coffee, finest merchandise -- any superlative that was, essentially, impossible to prove. This is actually considered a form of false advertising. How can a company prove that their coffee is, objectively, the BEST coffee sold? So we would send them a cease and desist letter. So, by using quotes around the word, companies are doing a pretty cheesy dance around a technical loophole. It probably keeps them out of trouble but it ends up annoying the very consumers they want to attract.
People who fart and blame it on the family dog. Phone solicitors (thank you caller id !!). Team bandwagon jumpers...only around when a team is winning. The price of food/drink at movie theatres. TV weathermen who tell me "you better bring an umbrella tomorrow". Screw you, ass. What if I DON'T want to bring one? What are you going to do about it?? What if I just choose to run to the car? Can I wear a rain jacket instead?? os
Wow, that's interesting. But explain this one for me then, Saltgrass Steakhouse billboards that read: "Texas to the Bone" This doesn't seem to fall under your definition of false advertising, nor does it emphasize any particular word. As a strict grammarian, I can only assume that at some point in the history of human existance, somebody uttered this phrase, but there is no attribution, so how do I know?
Proof that I am an anal, b****y person: it drives me nuts when people don't know the difference between "there", "they're", and "their". Nouny-thing, contraction, possessive. Or the difference between "it's" and "its". One is a contraction, one is possessive. How hard are these things to understand? If you have dyslexia, then cool, but these things are way too prevalent to blame it on learning disabilities. Oh, and I hate seeing "seperate". Gah. And the quotation mark thing sucks too, even if there is a reason for it... basically, I've spent too much time grading freshman essays and I have become bitter and twisted as a result. Of course spelling and grammar don't really matter in the grand scheme of things... I need perspective. Here's another one: if I'm waiting in line somewhere, anywhere, for a lengthy period, could the person behind the counter say something to the plebs in the queue? Like "I'll be with you in just a moment", or something? I always did that when working retail. Being completely ignored for twenty minutes makes me antsy. Oh, and witnessing. I am a thinking person. I have basic general knowledge about the major religions of the world. If I was going to be a Christian, I'd be one by now, so don't approach me on the street - or anywhere else, for that matter - with any invitations to youth groups, Bible discussions, or other gatherings of that ilk. Can't people keep that sort of thing to themselves? (I know, I know, spreading "the gospel" is a rule, or something. But I don't have to like it.) Hrm. I am unnecessarily peevish today.
I've always wondered how often it's for a legit cause. All these kids seem to be playing for some sports team that's playing in the national championship, or something other reason that need to raise money for a trip. If it is a sports team, I would think they'd be able to get enough sponsors to raise the money, instead of begging on the streets. B
This thread just serves as another reminder to me about how many bad drivers there are on the road. Stupid drivers piss me off on a daily basis....have respect for other people for chrissakes! Everyone has mentioned most of them....turn signals, merging, tailgating, etc. There's only one other place where I'm constantly reminded of the stupidity of people.....and that's in the movie theater.
