People who speak when someone else is presenting.  You're in COLLEGE.  I always wonder what the f**k is going through their heads to speak out like that.  I thought that ended in high school.

People who speak when someone else is presenting.  You're in COLLEGE.  I always wonder what the f**k is going through their heads to speak out like that.  I thought that ended in high school.

 

NOPE.  Ask Joe Wilson.

Thanks for the warm welcome :type:

People who speak when someone else is presenting. You're in COLLEGE. I always wonder what the f**k is going through their heads to speak out like that. I thought that ended in high school.

 

I wish it even ended in college!

People not setting their cell phones on silent in meetings/movies/etc.

People not setting their cell phones on silent in meetings/movies/etc.

 

CCM's new Dean's cell phone went off while he was giving a speech at the spring commencement. :)

1. Opening a nice non-controversial thread (like, say, Cleveland Restaurant Openings...) and seeing two pages of bickering instead of any real news. :argue:

 

1b. People who just can't let something go and move on... see above. :whip:

 

1c. People who know the bloody ax is coming but post anyway... see above. :bang:

^ Yes... I agree! And that is what I wanted to avoid at all costs if you saw my original post there. But it happened anyway. So sorry.

People not setting their cell phones on silent in meetings/movies/etc.

 

I don't allow that behavior!

 

 

People not setting their cell phones on silent in meetings/movies/etc.

 

CCM's new Dean's cell phone went off while he was giving a speech at the spring commencement. :)

 

I can top that.  Someone's cell phone RANG and RANG and RANG while we were in the middle of saying our wedding vows.  It's preserved there forever on video.  Nice.

Reminds me of the movie Idiocracy! Is that the name?

 

"Welcome to Costco, I love you."

People not setting their cell phones on silent in meetings/movies/etc.

 

CCM's new Dean's cell phone went off while he was giving a speech at the spring commencement. :)

 

I can top that.  Someone's cell phone RANG and RANG and RANG while we were in the middle of saying our wedding vows.  It's preserved there forever on video.  Nice.

 

Shut up.  I would have gone bridezilla ballistic!

I WANTED to go ballistic, believe me.  It took everything I had to just try to ignore it and keep on with the ceremony. I really didn't want the whole thing spoiled by dropping out of "character" to address the moron in the crowd, knowing it would be captured for all eternity.

I WANTED to go ballistic, believe me.  It took everything I had to just try to ignore it and keep on with the ceremony. I really didn't want the whole thing spoiled by dropping out of "character" to address the moron in the crowd, knowing it would be captured for all eternity.

 

Pssssst.    Thats why the "edit" feature was created!  LMAO!!

Wow, oh wow R n' R. That's horrible...

Wow, oh wow R n' R. That's horrible...

 

Exactly!  This is why I do not allow mobile device in the office.

Wow, oh wow R n' R. That's horrible...

 

Exactly!  This is why I do not allow mobile device in the office.

 

We know. We know...Only evil and misdeeds can come from cell phones.  :-D

 

I did see something new on Interevention last  night. The kid took off from the intervention and was hiding in an apartment building and the family kept texting him until he finally called his mom, and she talked him into coming out.

Wow, oh wow R n' R. That's horrible...

 

Exactly!  This is why I do not allow mobile device in the office.

 

We know. We know...Only evil and misdeeds can come from cell phones.  ;D

 

I did see something new on Interevention last  night. The kid took off from the intervention and was hiding in an apartment building and the family kept texting him until he finally called his mom, and she talked him into coming out.

I love and relate to that show.

After the last few years of stupid crap happening at weddings I've gone to, I'm going to (at my to this point fictional wedding of the future) have ushers assist folks in turning their phones and cameras to off or silent modes.  Vibrate is not acceptable, because as I found out this summer, some idiots will lay their phone on the wooden pews.

3.People who don't cover their mouths when they sneeze or cough.

 

Many more germs are transmitted through the hands than the air. It's best to sneeze or cough toward the floor with nothing in front of your mouth.

3.People who don't cover their mouths when they sneeze or cough.

 

Many more germs are transmitted through the hands than the air. It's best to sneeze or cough toward the floor with nothing in front of your mouth.

 

...........and that's why handkerchiefs and tissues were invented.  Cover your damn mouth with something you'll get an earful from me.

 

 

I about died when I saw a male contestant on Jeopardy this week who was wearing a suit, tie and pocket square.  People are starting to look so shabby on TV it's unreal.  I mean, hello, it's Jeopardy, not Cash Explosion! Dress up a little, put on some makeup!

I about died when I saw a [glow=red,2,300]male [/glow] contestant on Jeopardy this week who was wearing a suit, tie and pocket square.  People are starting to look so shabby on TV it's unreal.  I mean, hello, it's Jeopardy, not Cash Explosion! Dress up a little, [glow=red,2,300]put on some makeup[/glow]!

 

:wtf:

:roll:

The last sentence was meant to apply to ALL Jeopardy contestants, hence I started the sentence with "people are starting to look so shabby on TV" not MEN are starting to look shabby.  :-)

 

3.People who don't cover their mouths when they sneeze or cough.

 

Many more germs are transmitted through the hands than the air. It's best to sneeze or cough toward the floor with nothing in front of your mouth.

 

 

I would take exception to that.  You should cover your mouth, just not with your hands.  You should sneeze or cough into your elbow.

 

The people in my office that insist on carrying on their morning conversation at top volume, regardless of what ever pointless topic they are discussing this morning. Two loud talkers together is friggin' annoying. Especially when I am not completely awake.

 

Also getting to work in the morning and it is still dark. Yikes, not sure about the new Daylight Savings calendar.

 

Edit: Todays topic appears to be Googling....and that is with I hear my ear buds in and ipod on....

^ That's so true! 

 

Just yesterday I was walking down the street and two girls, early 20 something were carrying on with an extremely irritating and annoying sounding valley girl nasally conversation that could be heard for a BLOCK.

 

Other people who heard it just looked at each other and were like WTF?

 

When I walked by I could not resist and just said with a friendly grin...... "Gee girls... are you sure you want the whole neighborhood to know what you're talking about?" I said it with a chuckle....

 

They stopped, thought for a moment, looked at each other as if DUHHH!... and said with again, a nasally tone.... "Oh.. LIKE ...How rude are you"

 

(shake my head...slap my forehead...sighing, stopped for a brief second) I simply replied by plugging my nose and saying.....

 

"Noooo....correction... Its LIKE... RUDE to so loudly impose your conversation on everyone else who doesn't want/need to hear it" 

 

 

Same goes for people who gab soooo loudly on their cell phones in public, like in a grocery store, for example.... almost as if on purpose..... they are trying to invite others into their inane dramas!

^ I figure that is due to most people having headphones shoved in their ears all day long blasting away whatever lame music they enjoy, and the resulting hearing loss.  I notice it the most at the gym; usually the guys who get their music weightlifting groove on are the ones incapable of talking at any voice level less than what would be considered appropriate for the flight deck of an aircraft carrier.

 

My peeve du jour.... when someone easily 15 years my senior references something somehow as if we grew up at the same time. The phrase "like when we were kids" or "when we were growing up" really, really, really hurts when you consider the speaker old enough to be your parent.

 

^ You're exactly right about the hearing, hit the nail on the head--always having to have something stuffed in their ear canals--never knowing what it is like to appreciate having an independent thought alone or some quiet time.

 

Such is actually a little known to the general public addiction, and it is growing worse. Dr. Hagler, MD in Oakland California, specifically an Audiologist, I believe---and other audiologists have called this phenomenon "Vibral Acoustic Over-Stimulation" which presents a scenario that makes one so used to hearing something in their ears, that the moment they get silence, it is like a withdraw of the "drug" The results will be a lot of hearing impaired....

 

I wonder the cost levied on society on that one....hence why I am considering an investment in hearing aids. Their whiny nasally voices were like acoustic sewage; an operator in the 1930's saying "NUMBERRR PLEEEASEEE!" UGH! Someone actually thanked me for saying what I said.

What?

Yes, that's what they'll be saying.

Huh?

EC, crack is whack, my friend. Crack...........it's so  whack....

Yes, that's what they'll be saying.

 

So you do have a sense of humor!  Took you a while, but good catch!!

People who confuse there, their, and they're. It's really basic, and when people mix it up, the whole meaning of a sentence can change.

I think I learned how to use "they're, their and there" in like 4th grade. It's amazing that a lot of highly educated people I know still get it confused.

I remember last semester in an english class we were doing peer editing for our papers.  This one guy, who was 24 or 25 used "there" every single time and it annoyed the hell out of me.  So on the first page, I wrote the three different spellings, and their uses.  I really hope he learned it.

OK I will confess, that I still catch myself using the wrong version of there/their/they're when I go back and proofread what I typed. I think that this has a ton to do with my poor typing skills, but if I am catching it, I guess that it does mean that I am aware.

 

Regarding loud talking and ipods, OC is there anything you don't have a conspiracy theory for? Put the tin foil hat down my friend, put it down.

 

 

Apparently, the Ohio indoor smoking ban is causing more lit cigarettes to be thrown out of car windows.

Its not the smoking ban that "causes" this, per se.......Rather, its ignorance from people who should know better than to pitch crap out of their car window. Yes, we have seen an increase in that, I will be the first to say that and agree...But, we cannot blame what should be personal responsibility, on the fact that there is no smoking inside, and keep making excuses to evade a scenario that is really about personal responsibility. Being a "tosser", and pitching butts...is littering and is illegal anyway. These (butts) accumulate until what seems like a little thing is actually a big thing. (look at the photos on the Edgewater Clean-Up group thread) Just look at exit ramps with traffic lights and see all the butts people throw out at stops. Its disgraceful and piggish and shows absolutly no pride whatsoever. This is what the ash tray is for. Then, when you get home, you empty it into a garbage can--NOT a parking area. I saw a sticker that said... "The earth is not your ashtray, please keep your butt in the car"

99% of smokers litter.  It's that stat that makes them much more disgusting than they otherwise would be by just smoking.

I may take up smoking!

I may take up smoking!

i hear it's good for the heart.

:)

new cars don't have ashtrays nor lighters.....my 02 Accord has only a "change machine"

new cars don't have ashtrays nor lighters.....my 02 Accord has only a "change machine"

 

That's what empty Snapple bottles are for... no need for fancy ashtrays.

99% of smokers litter.  It's that stat that makes than much more disgusting than they otherwise would be by just smoking.

 

That drives me up a wall. I hate it when I'm at a street corner and I see a smoker stopped at a traffic lighting flicking his/her cig butt out onto the street.

^ Agreed.

 

The same goes for soooo many of the people who fish at piers locally.. Just go look how littered they are at State parks like Mosquito and Edgewater...

 

That is another issue, but similar scenario.

new cars don't have ashtrays nor lighters.....my 02 Accord has only a "change machine"

 

That's what empty Snapple bottles are for... no need for fancy ashtrays.

 

Exactly,  I cannot comprehend why some people seem to think that just because there is no trash can...or now, no ash tray, available.... that it excuses pitching something on the ground.