February 19, 201411 yr It's also a good way to socialize with the community. I still remember all the Dad's drinking beer on the sidelines of my youth football practices back in the 80's. LOL! True, but these days CPS would get a call, and while my friend who's an "agent" might be understanding, others are not.
July 29, 201410 yr Some bible thumpers just showed up at the door & asked me who I thought ran the world. I told them the shape shifting alien lizard men that David Icke exposed ruled the world. They had never heard of that. So, here's my beef - if you are going to go around evangelizing / proselytizing, you need to look at what you are NOT - not just what you are. They probably don't even know about the alien lizard men's robots kidnapping people off the street to use for batteries...
July 29, 201410 yr Some bible thumpers just showed up at the door & asked me who I thought ran the world. I told them the shape shifting alien lizard men that David Icke exposed ruled the world. They had never heard of that. So, here's my beef - if you are going to go around evangelizing / proselytizing, you need to look at what you are NOT - not just what you are. They probably don't even know about the alien lizard men's robots kidnapping people off the street to use for batteries... Dave Barry nailed it. "People who want to share their religious beliefs with you are seldom interested in you sharing yours with them."
August 8, 201410 yr This is interesting. I always hate getting 'abandoned' by my waiter & wondered if, with smart phone apps and electric fence dog collars, that might be improved. Apparently, wait staff are getting irritated with diners being too preoccupied with their phones & taking too long at the restaurants. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/08/07/338604875/your-waiter-wants-you-to-put-down-your-phone?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20140808
August 8, 201410 yr Do you get a lot of sit-down alone? Seems like people get abandoned a lot more in that scenario. Especially if they're not drinking alcohol.
August 8, 201410 yr I could see it being annoying for the waitstaff because it sure as hell annoys me. The waiter comes over to take our drink or food order and the Mrs. hasn't even picked up the menu. I've yelled at her enough that it's less of an issue now though.
August 9, 201410 yr Exactly. The number of times I'm on my third lap to your table, and you have zero idea what would would like to drink, let alone eat, a half hour into your 'dining experience'. Don't ask for bread. It's supposed to hold you over from ordering until your food arrives. Demanding bread is cheap, tacky, and indicative people who eat at Darden Restaurants
October 17, 201410 yr I'm tired of the brackets [] in the names of things. This is going to seem so silly in a few years. [re]design Cleveland, Think[box], etc. I think Coop Himmelb(l)au started it with the parentheses. It just seems ridiculously pretentious.
October 22, 201410 yr I'm tired of the brackets [] in the names of things. This is going to seem so silly in a few years. [re]design Cleveland, Think[box], etc. I think Coop Himmelb(l)au started it with the parentheses. It just seems ridiculously pretentious. Always thought this was big in architectural and planning schools back in the early 2000's I criticized it then as annoying and find it totally stupid now. While I'm thinking of dumb trends, I hate advertising photography (especially in social media) that takes photos of stuff looking straight down. For example, it will be an ad for coffee or something on a perfectly arranged desk. Like anyone has desk like that unless they are OCD. Mine is a total disaster so I'm not the target audience. Then you have the ads where the person is holding something looking straight down and all you see is the marketed item and their feet. Being that it's fall, product, boots, and ground with leaves. I think these stupid marketing and advertising trends live in art schools and get carried into big companies by recent grads or interns. I have two cousins in art school and they did that exact type of photography for awhile and then immediately stopped when it went from trendy online boutique retailers to big fast food places like Wendys.
October 22, 201410 yr I'm getting annoyed with just about everything on a crowded train commute downtown. I swore I'd never do a regular commute on public transit unless it was raining or if I moved to a city where no one takes the train. If anyone has ever done a morning into the loop on the red line between 7:30-8:30 it's generally a miserable experience. I used to walk or bike in everyday when I lived downtown, but opted to rent a condo 4 miles from downtown. My regular day involves just about every pet peeve one could think when in compact and confined spaces. - Slow walkers up or down stairs not letting people rush by to the left toward the platform. - Not moving to the center of the trains - Not stepping off the train at every stop if you are blocking the doors. - Blocking the doors so they can't close and trains can't leave (see backpacks below) - Sneezing in someones face - Sneezing on handles and poles - Sneezing anywhere but in a tissue. - Coughing in the same way above. - Music is too loud in headphones - Not taking backpacks off - Not sitting on the open seat in front of you - Trying to move toward the doors when the train is still in motion - Eating fruit or any breakfast food that gets on everyone else. Fortunately the CTA plans to de-crowd trains and buses. http://www.transitchicago.com/news_initiatives/projects/decrowding.aspx But i worry it will come too late. I've found driving and parking downtown not as bad if you live in the city. As much of a transit advocate I try to be, it's just too difficult to deal with overcrowded trains everyday. Pretty soon my new office will get bike and shower rooms and I will probably bike into work as much as I possibly can and cab / drive on rainy days. I'll still get my daily dose of train experiences, see below: And yes… I have left a whole hour earlier for work and it's less crowded. At least in a sense that you aren't being smashed into a wall or between two people. But that's a whole hour I could have slept in. Or I guess I could move somewhere along the green line.
October 22, 201410 yr I'm getting annoyed with just about everything on a crowded train commute downtown. I swore I'd never do a regular commute on public transit unless it was raining or if I moved to a city where no one takes the train. If anyone has ever done a morning into the loop on the red line between 7:30-8:30 it's generally a miserable experience. I used to walk or bike in everyday when I lived downtown, but opted to rent a condo 4 miles from downtown. My regular day involves just about every pet peeve one could think when in compact and confined spaces. - Slow walkers up or down stairs not letting people rush by to the left toward the platform. - Not moving to the center of the trains - Not stepping off the train at every stop if you are blocking the doors. - Blocking the doors so they can't close and trains can't leave (see backpacks below) - Sneezing in someones face - Sneezing on handles and poles - Sneezing anywhere but in a tissue. - Coughing in the same way above. - Music is too loud in headphones - Not taking backpacks off - Not sitting on the open seat in front of you - Trying to move toward the doors when the train is still in motion - Eating fruit or any breakfast food that gets on everyone else. Fortunately the CTA plans to de-crowd trains and buses. http://www.transitchicago.com/news_initiatives/projects/decrowding.aspx But i worry it will come too late. I've found driving and parking downtown not as bad if you live in the city. As much of a transit advocate I try to be, it's just too difficult to deal with overcrowded trains everyday. Pretty soon my new office will get bike and shower rooms and I will probably bike into work as much as I possibly can and cab / drive on rainy days. I'll still get my daily dose of train experiences, see below: And yes… I have left a whole hour earlier for work and it's less crowded. At least in a sense that you aren't being smashed into a wall or between two people. But that's a whole hour I could have slept in. Or I guess I could move somewhere along the green line. It looks like it's a two year old program. Seriously, your list of peeves, which I suspect many would share, is an example of the biggest problem with "density". We're more tolerant of each other's foibles when we have a little elbow room.
October 22, 201410 yr Exactly. The number of times I'm on my third lap to your table, and you have zero idea what would would like to drink, let alone eat, a half hour into your 'dining experience'. Don't ask for bread. It's supposed to hold you over from ordering until your food arrives. Demanding bread is cheap, tacky, and indicative people who eat at Darden Restaurants If it's cheap and tacky then charge for it. I love bread and as long as it's offered, I will eat it. Especially if it's hot. I didn't realize "it's supposed to hold me over". Perhaps your restaurant should post these rules. Considering I'm probably overpaying 500% for a glass of wine, I'll eat as much as I want
October 22, 201410 yr Why do you say that? A sneeze can go far.... and no, sneezing into your clothing or sleeve is not acceptable as your outerwear brushes up against other passengers but I guess it's better than not making any attempt to cover a cough or sneeze. I guess expectations are more specific as spaces get more confined. Most people unfamiliar with crowded commutes simply won't board a train. When visitors come into town and ride downtown with me I get the "no way [ northandre], you don't really think we can fit on that train??" One thing I noticed since I started taking the train everyday is I get these light colds more often. my friends warned me.
October 22, 201410 yr Why do you say that? A sneeze can go far.... and no, sneezing into your clothing or sleeve is not acceptable as your outerwear brushes up against other passengers but I guess it's better than not making any attempt to cover a cough or sneeze. I guess expectations are more specific as spaces get more confined. Most people unfamiliar with crowded commutes simply won't board a train. When visitors come into town and ride downtown with me I get the "no way [ northandre], you don't really think we can fit on that train??" One thing I noticed since I started taking the train everyday is I get these light colds more often. my friends warned me. Yeah, it's expectations. Clevelanders would probably say no way to NYC subways, and in Tokyo transit employees literally shove people in tighter on the trains, something that would likely get them shoved under in NYC.
October 25, 201410 yr Why do you say that? A sneeze can go far.... and no, sneezing into your clothing or sleeve is not acceptable as your outerwear brushes up against other passengers but I guess it's better than not making any attempt to cover a cough or sneeze. I guess expectations are more specific as spaces get more confined. Most people unfamiliar with crowded commutes simply won't board a train. When visitors come into town and ride downtown with me I get the "no way [ northandre], you don't really think we can fit on that train??" One thing I noticed since I started taking the train everyday is I get these light colds more often. my friends warned me. Yeah, it's expectations. Clevelanders would probably say no way to NYC subways, and in Tokyo transit employees literally shove people in tighter on the trains, something that would likely get them shoved under in NYC. I disagree. The subway is the prefered mode of transportation. You do not come to NYC and not experience riding the subway. If my 80 something year old grand parents can ride the subway - ALONE - anyone can.
October 30, 201410 yr I think what is meant is people from out of town wouldn't board an overcrowded subway at crush load moments of rush hour. They wouldn't understand that it's okay to simply push your way on whether or not there is space.
October 30, 201410 yr I think what is meant is people from out of town wouldn't board an overcrowded subway at crush load moments of rush hour. They wouldn't understand that it's okay to simply push your way on whether or not there is space. Basically, yeah. Nor would New Yorkers tolerate what happens in Tokyo at similar times.
November 3, 201410 yr You could try sanding them down. I'm sure it takes more than one night for them to grow back
November 3, 201410 yr You could try sanding them down. I'm sure it takes more than one night for them to grow back LMAO! Trust, it took 3 months just to get the horns right. It was hell being Malevolent Maleficent! I should have stuck with my first costume, Twisty. But i've done American Horror story too many times.
March 2, 201510 yr I think I'm the only person in the office who makes coffee. There is almost never coffee when I get in there. How hard is it to put a filter in a tray and push a button!?
March 2, 201510 yr ^I purposely f-up tasks like that..... coffee maker, copy machine, fax, etc. I'm not allowed to touch any of those ;)
March 2, 201510 yr I think I'm the only person in the office who makes coffee. There is almost never coffee when I get in there. How hard is it to put a filter in a tray and push a button!? About a year ago I bought a full Chemex brewing setup for the office. To my surprise, about half of the people will actually take the time to grind the beans, wait for the electric kettle to heat up, and make pourover coffee. Surprisingly there have not been any problems. Since it only makes about 3 cups at a time, there is never the expectation that coffee will just be sitting there ready, although often there is. The other half of the office just sticks to the K-Cups.
March 2, 201510 yr That's becoming more and more prevalent. My brother in law's company sells high end beans and provides coffee service to a lot of the tech companies in Silicon Valley, and that's the way they present the coffee (pourover w/ chemex). My pet peeve related to coffee is how everyone b!tches about how there's never any coffee, and how one department steals another department's coffee. Seriously, people, let them have it. How much do you think that prison coffee we make costs? It came from OfficeMax! It certainly cost less than the lost productivity your 20 minutes of complaining cost us.
April 26, 201510 yr Retail exclusives. Thanks for making my buying experience for your product a chore. Exclusive is just a negative word to me anymore because of it.
April 27, 201510 yr Retail exclusives. Thanks for making my buying experience for your product a chore. Exclusive is just a negative word to me anymore because of it. Yeah, tracking down Ardyn's "my size" Elsa doll (only at Target) at Christmas was a royal pain. The good news is she still plays with it and her sister, so it was a win. :)
July 8, 20159 yr Getting tired of the "Can I park here?" Questions from out of towners going to the Cubs game who catch me walking into my apartment after work then debate the risk...yes debate the chance of getting busted. Yeah like I don't know...I just live heere. There is a sign and I will not say whether or not you are likely to get towed or not. You are the adult making the risky decision. The sign is so obvious PERMIT 383 REQ 6:00 PM- 7:00 AM Everyday © Cubs Night Games TOW ZONE It's obvious you are going to a Cubs night game which makes it a tow zone if you arent a neighborhood resident that can only hold those permits. Don't blame anyone but yourself for taking the risk and coming back to see your car has been towed.
September 15, 20159 yr People that purposely spoil the end of books or movies or shows just to be be a dick. In another forum, somebody posted the ending to a season finale of a TV show in the thread title. No point in watching the recorded ep now...
September 16, 20159 yr I hate people who write in manner that I would describe as 'overly professional.' Write as you would talk, people! Nobody is impressed with your heretofore accordingly inasmuch pursuant thereto babble. It makes you sound like an amateur.
September 16, 20159 yr I hate people who write in manner that I would describe as 'overly professional.' Write as you would talk, people! Nobody is impressed with your heretofore accordingly inasmuch pursuant thereto babble. It makes you sound like an amateur. Agreed, but 'write as you would talk' is not always the best advice for everyone.
September 21, 20159 yr When I was in college (in Portsmouth) the professors had to hammer us about not writing like people talk. A big problem down there was people starting every other sentence with "Well,"
September 28, 20159 yr I just read the last page of this thread, and it reminded me that I have a pet peeve on behalf of a female co-worker. On my first day at this small company, during the initial tour, they asked me if I drank coffee. When I said "no" that was the end of that part of the tour. When my female co-worker started at the company, a few years later, they asked her if she drank coffee, too. But, when she answered "no" they still showed her how to make coffee. Because, you know, women are supposed to make coffee, even if they are a CPA, and won't drink any of it, themselves. But the real reason I came back to this thread is because I'm getting annoyed with another co-worker who eats an egg McMuffin at his desk, (in an adjacent cube, LOL) every day. Not only does the sulfur content in the eggs smell bad to me, but he doesn't do a great job of chewing with his mouth closed, and I get to hear a lot of lip-smacking and slurping, until he's done. OK, I feel a little better.
October 2, 20159 yr ugh, eat the eggamuffin either at McD's or on the way back. I mean, they only take 3 bites.
October 2, 20159 yr When I was in college (in Portsmouth) the professors had to hammer us about not writing like people talk. A big problem down there was people starting every other sentence with "Well," That's where that came from! Now that I think of it, I picked up the habit from my dad.
October 5, 20159 yr When links in emails don't work.... C'mon guys. Test those thinks! Similarly, email signatures that are images. I have to click an extra button to download images, and I'm probably not going to.
December 3, 20159 yr I really hate how online reviews from consumers for products/services can be so skewed. It p!sses me off knowing that other consumers end up making purchasing decisions based on these ridiculous reviews they're reading from morons and people who just happened to have a rare bad experience. They end up ruining a very good thing! Some review websites (Yelp comes to mind) are insanely popular (mostly because chronic complainers know that their friends aren't going to feel like listening to them whine so they need an online outlet to vent about their day) and they have the potential to literally make or break a business by ruining their reputation with their ridiculous opinions based on unreasonably high expectations. I can't stand chronic complainers and ungrateful people to begin with but with online reviews you really see the power of these complainers. Don't get me wrong, I think there's many more benefits of being part of a consumer-driven economy than not but I'm starting to wonder about the extend of damage done from people taking it too far on these sites. I see it all the time on Yelp when a lot of my favorite restaurants get horrible reviews because a place with $10 entrees to them didn't seem worthy of a Michelin star. Please... Here's a good example of what I'm talking about: I flew to Florida last week to visit my family for Thanksgiving. I haven't seen them in 3 years. For sh!ts and giggles, I went on Travelocity to see how much a round trip flight would be from CLE to Orlando and back. I actually found a flight for the exact times I wanted. I wouldn't have had to take vacation days from work or anything. I'd leave Tuesday and be back really late Thanksgiving night! Better yet, the flight round trip was a grand total of $77! The flight was also non-stop! The catch? They were two one way tickets through Spirit and Frontier Airlines. Honestly, I had never even heard of Spirit and Frontier but for that price, I thought.. what the hell. So after I purchased my tickets I looked around the internet to get the scoop on Spirit and Frontier. I've always been a firm believer that you get what you pay for but some of the reviews I read were actually pretty scary. Almost everything I saw, was a complaint. "I had to pay $10 just to have my boarding pass printed out!" "They don't tell you that you have to pay an extra $100 each for carry-on or for checked bags!" "The customer service is horrible!" "They don't even have WiFi on the plane!" "They make you pay for everything! No free water!" It actually got to a point where I was thinking about getting a refund because I was worried that the airline was a scam and they would end up getting more money out of me anyway than if I went with a higher-end airline like Southwest. Also, when I heard that many negative things about them, I also started to wonder if their pilots are even well-trained/certified and if their planes are maintained well enough to where I could feel comfortable and safe flying. I really felt like I had no idea what I was getting into and when it comes to flying on a tight schedule and budget, I'd often times prefer to avoid a headache and just not do it if I can't really afford it, or pay a lot more for comfort and familiarity but I went ahead and took the risk because my tickets were so cheap. It turns out I had an amazing experience flying with these airlines! Yes, you're expected to check in for your flight online within 24 hours of departure and there is a $10 fee for them to print your boarding pass but guess what? They send you e-mails remind you that you're about to take your flight so don't forget to check in online and print out your boarding pass. They do print out your boarding pass FREE OF CHARGE at check-in when you get to the airport; the only time they charge $10 is if you're one of those people who never have your sh!t together and you're arriving at the airport 15 minutes before departure, holding everyone up and causing everyone to be late. The $10 fee is basically just a tool to promote people having their sh!t together before they arrive--which anyone going to an airport should! I was told in my e-mails I'm allowed a "Personal item" and I forget the dimensions but it's basically your standard backpack or briefcase. I didn't want to get charged $100 for overstuffing my backpack so there I am with a measuring stick and repacking my backpack to fit these dimensions to be sure. Come to find out from the time I checked in, to boarding the plane, not one staff member from my airlines said anything to anyone about their giant suitcases and duffle bags they had as their "personal item." The "Spirit" plane was literally 1/3rd full. I was sprawling across three seats with my shoes off, feet sticking out into the isle while I got to stare out of the plane window. I heard other passengers complaining about the prices for drinks, the fact that there was no WiFi or in-flight movies and how ridiculous it is that the airline makes you pay for everything a-la-carte! I started to get p!ssed! One of the whiners was also one of the people who got away with bringing a giant duffle bag on board! An airplane is the last place you want to get hostile with someone but I really wanted to turn my head around and say, "REAAALLY? The only negative experience with this airline that I've had so far is all you crybabies on board!" I mean really, you're paying $40 max for your flight and you're b!tching that you have to entertain yourself for an hour and 20 minutes!? Everyone on board had the luxury of being in Cleveland one minute and Orlando, FL an hour and 20 minutes later! Why can't people put things into perspective before they open their mouth? Why can't these people be happy that they found such a cheap flight? For God's sake we were paying less for this flight than a greyhound ticket would have been and taking a greyhound probably would have been a 20 hour trip! My experience with Frontier on the way back was pretty much the same. Nothing but a stellar travel experience by the airline MINUS the cry-babies on board. When I landed in Cleveland and we were all unloading from the plane, they even had the pilot and co-pilot up front shaking everyone's hands and thanking everybody for traveling with them, saying "Happy Thanksgiving," etc... Everyone I interacted with seemed to really appreciate me as a customer. I really don't understand what people mean by, "The service is horrible." If they had a bad experience with airline staff, it's probably due to their own stupidity, lack of planning or unreasonable expectations. I was so grateful to be able to fly that cheaply and to arrive to my destination way earlier than we were scheduled to (on both airlines!) and yet others seem to do nothing but complain about these airlines! Consumers can be so hateful and ungrateful, especially when it comes to big companies. There seems to be this attitude that any company taking your money is likely evil, taking advantage of you, doesn't care about you, or has some kind of ulterior motive. It's ridiculous. These crybabies better not cause Spirit and Frontier to go bankrupt! I have many more $19 flights I want to take! LOL!
December 3, 20159 yr No one leaves positive reviews of things like this. 99% are hassle free if you actually care to plan ahead and know what you're getting into. It's a budget airline. They don't give you free things.
December 3, 20159 yr When I travel to London, there's a hotel I use frequently, just out of the city center on Kilburn High Road. I saw last year that some goon had given it a 1 star review on Travelocity, or some site like that. Their reasoning for the low score was the fact that it was too far from Heathrow airport(!) - the proximity to which the hotel has never claimed as a selling point and a simple look at a map would tell you this. My hovercraft is full of eels
December 3, 20159 yr It's so sad, dude. Spirit and Frontier are the reason I was able to see family I haven't seen in YEARS and it was because the flight was so budget-friendly and convenient but any stellar review I give them would never stick out like the negative ones. People would probably assume that my review was written by an intern for their public relations department or something like that. That's horrible that someone would rate that hotel one star simply due to it's proximity to Heathrow. People seem to do stuff like that all the time. They could have dealt with staff that bent over backwards for them and gave them the best experience imaginable but they'll write reviews and give one star, damaging their reputation and not caring that real hardworking people who care about their customers end up having their jobs on the line because of it. That sort of thing makes me really sad :( Your lack of planning is no one else's fault!
December 3, 20159 yr The internet opened the floodgates of unfair reviews that can damage or destroy a business. It's a minefield out there on social media for every company, and these companies many times have to bend over backgrounds to please a disgruntled client. A lot of times, these negative people are just trying to get something for free... I actually only bother to review places I like since I want to remember them and use them again. If I have a bad experience, I forget about it and move on.
April 26, 20169 yr Has anyone ever said "Thank god this fast food joint installed TVs?" Great, we've got a judge show on one TV and Maury on the other. Way to make your customers feel poor. Though I was in a McD's about a month ago that was showing RT news.
June 22, 20168 yr I've seen a handful of comments on various social media sites recently that really have me scratching my head. They stem from people jumping to conclusions about development they see happening in the city. And rather than doing 5 minutes of Googling to figure out what's really going on, these people jump to wild conclusions. One was from a guy who was complaining on Facebook that "the park across the street from the old SCPA has been demolished and turned into a parking lot!" What he's referring to is Ziegler Park which is undergoing a huge transformation right now and is actually being expanded. Yes, a portion of the old park is has been turned into a temporary parking lot during construction. But it will be a very nice new park in a few months. The really unbelievable one I saw today was a comment on a picture of Music Hall being renovated. The caption was something like "demolition work has started" and this person left a comment like "this is so tragic!" I decided to reply and ask why they thought it was tragic. It turns out, this person believed that Music Hall was being demolished because of the fact that Music Hall was left out of the "Save Our Icons" campaign last year. I explained that Music Hall was not, in fact, being demolished and was actually being renovated. I understand that the lingo can be a little confusing for people who don't read about this stuff often, but... really? I know not everybody keeps up the news as well as the people reading this forum. But you'd think people would have a little more common sense than to jump to wild conclusions like, "oh, they're demolishing Music Hall." :|
June 22, 20168 yr Has anyone ever said "Thank god this fast food joint installed TVs?" Great, we've got a judge show on one TV and Maury on the other. Way to make your customers feel poor. Though I was in a McD's about a month ago that was showing RT news. McDonalds is a "third place" for a lot of poor, homeless and elderly people. My latest pet peeve: Although it's an EXTREMELY exciting time to live in Cleveland this summer, as someone who has to go downtown every day, I'm already getting really annoyed by the people who come downtown once in a blue moon for things like (what ended up being) the Cavs Championship game, the Cavs Parade today (and no doubt the RNC will be a similar scenario.) They come in on trains, get wasted and leave their trash (beer bottles, wrappers, cigarette packs, etc.) all over the streets for someone else to have to pick up. I've literally seen ambassadors just use a rake to scoop up the trash around Public Square, there's been so much of it. Then when they're done getting plastered, they go back to Tower City and while they're waiting 5 hours in line for a train (because RTA isn't used to having to handle a million extra passengers who only care to go downtown when the Cavs win a championship) they p!ss and moan all over facebook about how RTA sucks and takes forever. Once they get back to suburbia they'll go back to talking smack about Cleveland even about what about what a dirty city it is. Meanwhile, those of us who live, work or study downtown on a daily basis have to trip over the disgusting mess they've left behind.
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