I don't like it when restaurants don't have websites. In this day and age that's nuts. Stone Mad in Cleveland lost having a pre theater dinner  group b/c I could not send out a link of menu for people to review.

I also hate when places have a stupid myspace page in lieu of a website-what are you, 14? If these myspace pages actually had a menu I would be less irritated. Instead it is usually a roundup of the local bar flies listed as "friends".

It's funny when really upscale, expensive @ss restaurants have websites that look like they were created with geocities.

I hate that too

Net-net: "So what is the net-net of this conversation?"

 

Pencils Down: When a meeting is getting out of hand and people are talking over each other...to re-gain control "Ok people, pencils down!"

 

Office catch phrases are annoying as hell

 

There's a type colloquilalism I've noticed that drives me batsh!t crazy. Somebody (i.e. my assistant) will say / type out in an email "this needs completed", or "this needs updated"

 

No, dear, this "needs" a verb.

 

My mother-in-law always says "The clothes need washed."  She thought I was nuts when I told her it was grammatically incorrect.  Since then I have noticed other people who say the same thing.  Apparently it's fairly common in the Midwest, especially as you get closer to Pittsburgh.

 

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/mcintyre/blog/2009/03/this_needs_edited.html

Speaking of bar pet peeves - when practically every single one of my usual spots swaps out the respective favorite beer on tap*:

 

Southside - instead of Burning River, they're pushing Great Lakes Grassroots Ale *hork* (it's like beer + chamomile tea).

Prosperity - instead of Bells Two Hearted IPA, it's now Dogfish 60 Minute (any place that has an IPA on tap, it's usually Dogfish which is so-so but it's no Two Hearted)

Lava - instead of Mad Hatter IPA, oh who knows what the hell it is - I just know it ain't the Mad Hatter.

 

Anyone who says "oh pish posh, just try something different the next time" will be banned for six months. Anyone who suggests Magic Hat #9 will get their eyes ripped out and thrown in the punch bowl.  I'm a Taurus (aka creature of habit) of Irish-German descent (aka beer swilling genetics) - do NOT f#ck with my beer selections!

 

 

*Just a heads up folks, this means I'll probably even more p!ssy over the next few months. Don't say I didn't warn you.

I say it too. Who cares? No dialect is perfect but they all have their own rules and consistencies. Even in London, where you would expect to hear the purest form of English, you would have a hard time understanding someone with a cockney accent. They butcher the hell out of the English language - just as the working class of any country/region will.

Speaking of bar pet peeves - when practically every single one of my usual spots swaps out the respective favorite beer on tap*:

 

Southside - instead of Burning River, they're pushing Great Lakes Grassroots Ale *hork* (it's like beer + chamomile tea).

Prosperity - instead of Bells Two Hearted IPA, it's now Dogfish 60 Minute (any place that has an IPA on tap, it's usually Dogfish which is so-so but it's no Two Hearted)

Lava - instead of Mad Hatter IPA, oh who knows what the hell it is - I just know it ain't the Mad Hatter.

 

Anyone who says "oh pish posh, just try something different the next time" will be banned for six months. Anyone who suggests Magic Hat #9 will get their eyes ripped out and thrown in the punch bowl.  I'm a Taurus (aka creature of habit) of Irish-German descent (aka beer swilling genetics) - do NOT f#ck with my beer selections!

 

 

*Just a heads up folks, this means I'll probably even more p!ssy over the next few months. Don't say I didn't warn you.

More pissy?  How would we ever know?  :wtf:  That make pills for that "condition"!  Run to CVS and pic up a box.

 

So your fav beer isn't available, drink water!  Your skin will love you.  :-P  Damn cranky ass, evil, grudge holding Taurus!

My mother-in-law always says "The clothes need washed."  She thought I was nuts when I told her it was grammatically incorrect.  Since then I have noticed other people who say the same thing.  Apparently it's fairly common in the Midwest, especially as you get closer to Pittsburgh.

 

As you get closer to Pittsburgh, it'll be "warshed."

My mother-in-law always says "The clothes need washed." She thought I was nuts when I told her it was grammatically incorrect. Since then I have noticed other people who say the same thing. Apparently it's fairly common in the Midwest, especially as you get closer to Pittsburgh.

 

As you get closer to Pittsburgh, it'll be "warshed."

 

Rob, I hear that all the time in my area too.  OMG it's soo annoying.

Mrs. Grumpy lost a second grade spelling bee because she spelled the word "wash" with an R in the middle, and she's from Akron. I know this because she was very embarressed and has been anal about making sure our kids pronounce everything correctly. Nothing like public humiliation to change behavior.

My mother-in-law always says "The clothes need washed."  She thought I was nuts when I told her it was grammatically incorrect.  Since then I have noticed other people who say the same thing.  Apparently it's fairly common in the Midwest, especially as you get closer to Pittsburgh.

 

As you get closer to Pittsburgh, it'll be "warshed."

 

Rob, I hear that all the time in my area too.  OMG it's soo annoying.

 

Similarly, I've heard "your hair wants cutting."  Oh, it does?

Grammatically, that would be correct.  "You hair wants cut" would not be.  Just as "the clothes need washed" is not correct but "the clothes need washing" is.

 

Now, logically speaking, I don't think it makes much sense, unless it's some special hair.

I usually say I'm getting my hairs cut.

I've been looking at this Cleveland Ideas website, and I'm, quite frankly, appalled.

 

Why are half the "ideas" posted on there ideas that have already been mentioned by someone else in the public arena?!?!?!? Example: the Cleveland Aquarium, the outlet stores in downtown, building a cap on the Inner Belt.

 

Are these people serious?? These are the amazing, fresh ideas they have?!?

 

I really wish someone would moderate this list and get rid of that shit so that other, NEW ideas could get more exposure. This site is becoming such a joke, and it's really a shame, because it could've been something amazing .. a great forum for serious brainstorming and expanding of vision.

^^ I took one look at it and felt similarly.  I may check back in after some time has passed.  It could change.

People who mispronounce “etcetera” ex-cetera :shoot:

1. People who post "First" in the comment section of an online article.  You are so cool for being the first person to comment.

 

2.  People who are in the left lane on a 4 lane road and I am behind them coming up to a red light.  The only put their blinker to turn left once they get to the light leaving me no time to switch lanes so I don't have to wait behind them. 

 

3.  People who put "Choc" and "Sunoco" stickers on their cars.  Why do they do this?  I heard that you can get free chocolate from Malley's for the Choc but what about the Sunoco?  And is it really worth some free chocolate to put that sticker on your car?

Yeah I always see the Sunoco stickers where I live.  I never saw them while I lived in Jersey though.  I started seeing them in Ohio and then when I moved here I saw and still see them constantly.  I don't get it.

Is it me, or have banks become more obnoxiously “friendly” recently? The other day I walked into a neighborhood branch of my bank (that large one with a million locations starting with “Ch…”) innocently wishing to make a deposit, and while filling out the slip, a bank "officer" waltzed up to me asking if I needed assistance. When I said no, he then offered to take my deposit and handle it himself, this despite the fact that there were virtually no other customers and the tellers all appeared to be free. I replied that wasn’t necessary (then I lied just to get him off my back), that I was just filling out the slip in anticipation for funds I would be acquiring later that morning. It didn’t matter, he kept pressuring me. I probably overreacted, but in frustration I told him that I recently had a bad experience at another branch (which was true) in which an officer--acting similarly disingenuous--had approached me while in the (very short) teller line, offering to personally handle my transaction (in order to "save time." :x). He then marched me to his desk, logged on to my account, and attempted to sell me other services and financial instruments offered by the bank! When I repeatedly told him I "wasn't interested at this time" he finally released me--after having wasted more than a few precious minutes--and took my deposit to a teller anyway!! I don't doubt that this sort of aggressive behavior is related to the economic downturn, but it just comes across as an annoyance that actually serves to drive customers away. So be on guard the next time you go to your bank. Not only do we have to think about the possibility of a hold-up, we now have to worry about being ambushed by the people who work there.

Oy.  I never go in to the actual bank if I can avoid it.  The last time I was in the bank, the teller ignored me and talked to another teller about how rotten her day was while she was waiting on me.

 

I find customer service in general to be getting worse everywhere instead of better.  I had an awful experience last night at Sears returning a Lands End item, to the point I just wanted to smack the old lady and scream "F OFF!"

WOW!  I think its time you had that baby!!!!

Oy.  I never go in to the actual bank if I can avoid it.  The last time I was in the bank, the teller ignored me and talked to another teller about how rotten her day was while she was waiting on me.

 

I find customer service in general to be getting worse everywhere instead of better.  I had an awful experience last night at Sears returning a Lands End item, to the point I just wanted to smack the old lady and scream "F OFF!"

 

Haha...I had the same thing happen to me at "Ch..." today.  I have been getting unemployment and the state insists that you get your benefits on this debit card type deal.  So I decided I was going to try and actually go into a bank and have them transfer these funds that have been piling up on this stupid card into my checking account.  Haven't been into a bank in years.  The girl says "I see it's been a while since you talked to a banker, can I set you up with an appointment today?"  I guess they are trying to drum up business, and I doubt she could "see" anything about when the last time I saw a banker.

 

My pet peeve though actually, is when did ALL of the workers in banks stop wearing nice clothes and start wearing denim shirts and polos with the bank's logo??  I expect this "casual" approach from trashy Wamu....but seriously! Maybe I am old fashioned, but I expect people working in a bank to look like it.

 

And if I was going to take her up on the offer to see a banker, he better at least be in a shirt and tie.  If I want to talk to someone in a polo shirt, I'll go to Subway and order a sandwich.

Seriously.  It's not so much that I'm PG as the fact that I have spent a lot of my adult life working in retail and I have ZERO tolerance for a) laziness and b) stupidity.  I should have just sent the f*cking top back to Lands End myself but I live right by Sears so I thought it might speed things up just a tad to return it there and do the exchange instead of waiting for it to be done via the mail.  But the stupid old b*tch behind the counter processed the transaction wrong, and I *told* her she was doing it wrong and if we did it that way, I wouldn't be able to get the top in the size I wanted, but she insisted there was no other way and I know that is wrong.  But whatever, I let her return the GD thing instead of doing an exchange, and then she wanted me to use the kiosk to purchase the new one. But of course the kiosk didn't reflect the sale price I bought the top at, nor the free shipping I got, so when I asked her about that she said, "well, there's nothing I can do about that."  WRONG!  I said, "I don't believe you.  Can we call Land's End?" So I picked up the phone and talked to them and NO PROBLEM, they looked up my order, found the return we had just done on it, did the new purchase, changed the price of the item, took off the shipping and we were done in less than 5 minutes.  Meanwhile, the old biddy keeps poking me in the arm and whispering, "AND I NEED TO TALK TO HER BEFORE YOU GET OFF THE PHONE WITH HER." "DON'T HANG UP WHEN YOU'RE DONE, I STILL HAVE TO TALK TO HER."  And then she WROTE IT DOWN IN HER LITTLE NOTE BOOK AS A SALE.  B*tch, it's not your sale, you didn't sell me jack sh8t, the lady on the phone did.

 

 

I find customer service in general to be getting worse everywhere instead of better.

 

You're right, that appears to be the case. However, again, in this economy one would think the opposite would be happening in order to retain the customers businesses already have. But all in all, given the choice, I think I would rather have someone ignore me than act like an overbearing a-hole (you know, like they do in electronics stores!)

Haha...I had the same thing happen to me at "Ch..." today.  I have been getting unemployment and the state insists that you get your benefits on this debit card type deal.  So I decided I was going to try and actually go into a bank and have them transfer these funds that have been piling up on this stupid card into my checking account.  Haven't been into a bank in years.  The girl says "I see it's been a while since you talked to a banker, can I set you up with an appointment today?"  I guess they are trying to drum up business, and I doubt she could "see" anything about when the last time I saw a banker.

 

My pet peeve though actually, is when did ALL of the workers in banks stop wearing nice clothes and start wearing denim shirts and polos with the bank's logo??  I expect this "casual" approach from trashy Wamu....but seriously! Maybe I am old fashioned, but I expect people working in a bank to look like it.

 

And if I was going to take her up on the offer to see a banker, he better at least be in a shirt and tie.  If I want to talk to someone in a polo shirt, I'll go to Subway and order a sandwich.

 

I also use "  se" and I hate those shirts.  Although, it depends on what level of banking you have.  The general banking employees have those uniforms, but the premier banking people, still look like they work at a bank!

If I want to talk to someone in a polo shirt, I'll go to Subway and order a sandwich.

 

Awesome!

My pet peeve though actually, is when did ALL of the workers in banks stop wearing nice clothes and start wearing denim shirts and polos with the bank's logo?? I expect this "casual" approach from trashy Wamu....but seriously! Maybe I am old fashioned, but I expect people working in a bank to look like it.

 

And if I was going to take her up on the offer to see a banker, he better at least be in a shirt and tie. If I want to talk to someone in a polo shirt, I'll go to Subway and order a sandwich.

 

This annoys the hell out of me too. What are these banks thinking? The casual dress overload in this country is eroding our national dignity.

My pet peeve though actually, is when did ALL of the workers in banks stop wearing nice clothes and start wearing denim shirts and polos with the bank's logo??  I expect this "casual" approach from trashy Wamu....but seriously! Maybe I am old fashioned, but I expect people working in a bank to look like it.

 

And if I was going to take her up on the offer to see a banker, he better at least be in a shirt and tie.  If I want to talk to someone in a polo shirt, I'll go to Subway and order a sandwich.

 

This annoys the hell out of me too. What are these banks thinking? The casual dress overload in this country is eroding our national dignity.

 

its those damn flip flops!!!

" “Everyone is so quick to blame the absentee father, but let me tell you something: it’s casual wear that’s ruining this society.”

 

Nina Van Horn - 'Just Shoot Me'

 

I can't talk - I absolutely dread the thought of re-entering the mainstream job field and having to don anything other than denim and a black t-shirt.

" “Everyone is so quick to blame the absentee father, but let me tell you something: it’s casual wear that’s ruining this society.”

 

Nina Van Horn - 'Just Shoot Me'

 

I can't talk - I absolutely dread the thought of re-entering the mainstream job field and having to don anything other than denim and a black t-shirt.

Nina is wrong!!  LMAO!!

so that's a dude in drag right?

Don't make me stab you in the name of Wendie Malick. I will CUT a b!tch! :whip:

so that's a dude in drag right?

 

lol!

 

but seriously...i swear i see the tell-tail adam's apple!  :laugh:

Keep your sick tranny fetish projections out of this! Wendie is all woman. :roll:

lol!

 

but seriously...i swear i see the tell-tail adam's apple!  :laugh:

 

I guess living where you do, you're an expert on drag queens! LOL

 

  Although, it depends on what level of banking you have.  The general banking employees have those uniforms, but the premier banking people, still look like they work at a bank!

 

of course, what was I thinking? :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

The worst of it was that the bank was on LaSalle St in the heart of the financial district in Chicago.  All of the visible employees were dressed that way... and with my little unemployment check, I wouldn't be taken to one of the "special" rooms...hehe.  The good news is today was my first day back in the office, so I am off the dole...and I don't mean pineapple :-D

so I am off the dole...and I don't mean pineapple :-D

Bob Dole???

 

Um... Pet peeve..... The 'drivers' who feel the need to lead a 27 mph parade down Carnegie every weekday at 3:45 pm. I don't mind the fast lane slow lane thing, but when two turtle drivers get next to each other going nearly ten under the speed minimum limit.

I will hunt you down.

^ I couldn't agree more.

Practically everyone in this thread ranting, is a Clevelander. Maybee it's true what they say about you all being uptight  :angel:

note to david --  ranting is the opposite of uptight.

 

 

 

No it's not.

Ranting and and uptight are not opposites.  They aren't the same thing either.  Actually, I don't think they're very much related.

Mine:

 

*Littering

*People who pull into a driveway or in front of a house and lay on the horn (especially at night). Get out of your damn car and go ring the f***ng doorbell!!

*A house that has a brick face and vinyl on the other 3 sides. You're not fooling anyone.

 

Actually, the first 2 are peeves; the 3rd is something I find incredibly preposterous. Who thinks that looks good?!

Mine:

*People who pull into a driveway or in front of a house and lay on the horn (especially at night). Get out of your damn car and go ring the f***ng doorbell!!

 

I've got an idea. Run out there with an air horn and blast it in their face.

Mine:

 

*Littering

*People who pull into a driveway or in front of a house and lay on the horn (especially at night). Get out of your damn car and go ring the f***ng doorbell!!

*A house that has a brick face and vinyl on the other 3 sides. You're not fooling anyone.

 

Actually, the first 2 are peeves; the 3rd is something I find incredibly preposterous. Who thinks that looks good?!

 

People who honk, have no social skills!  I remember this guy my cousin planned on going out with, came to my aunt/uncles house and didn't get out the car.  He blew the horn.  He just sat in the car, my uncle said nobody go to the door.  After about 10 minutes, the idiot finally comes to the door.  My uncle ripped him a new one and told him to stay away from my cousin because it's obvious he doesn't have any common sense, home training or regard for his neighbors.

 

 

Just down the street from me there used to be a group home run by a mental health services group, that housed teenaged "problem girls."

 

For several months when it first started up, the place wasn't supervised aggressively enough and the girls used to hang out on the porch and come on to the passing truckers, who would blast their air horns in appreciation. At night they'd sneak out and hook up with their trash boyfriends, who would steal everything that wasn't bolted down, while they were in the neighborhood.

 

Finally some pimp started coming around to pick up one of the girls. He'd sit in the alley behind the house and honk. One night she must not have been able to sneak out, and he sat back there and kept blowing his horn at 2am. After about 20 minutes I'd had enough and decided to take radical action. I got my twelve-gauge out of the closet, chambered a #6 shot shell, and sneaked out the side door. It's very dark in the alley, and my intent was to sneak up fairly close, put a big, ugly hole in his pimpmobile, and disappear into the dark without anyone knowing who did it or where they came from.

 

I don't know if he saw me or his intuition of danger kicked in, or if he just got tired of waiting, but I was almost close enough to accomplish my mission when he took off. He didn't come back. Probably lucky for both of us; in retrospect, I could have been just as effective by blasting a warning shot into the air from a safe distance.

 

 

People who honk, have no social skills! I remember this guy my cousin planned on going out with, came to my aunt/uncles house and didn't get out the car. He blew the horn. He just sat in the car, my uncle said nobody go to the door. After about 10 minutes, the idiot finally comes to the door.

 

Never allowed that with any of my 4 daughters. 

 

Same goes for people with no telephone social skills!  I took a call one day, some kid asking for my daughter.  I told him she wasn't home, could I take a message.  He said no, he'd call back later.  I asked him if I could tell her who was calling, he said "no, that's ok."  I said, "Ok, don't ever call here to talk to my daughter again, if you can't say who you are!"

 

He got all apologetic, and told me who he was.  Maybe I taught him something, although my daughter was mad for days!