Pet Peeve of the Day

[808shooter]

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[DELETED MY PETTY PEEVE]

ah and last week's peeve. people who cut in line. i was in miami two weeks ago and la last week. i can't stand rude mainland people who cut in line like their time is more valuable then someone elses. i was so glad to return home both times. nothing like being away to make you appeciate hawaii.

[Menehune Man]

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My Pet Peeve for today?
Dammit, My Wife's in Fiji and I'm not!!!

I'm very happy for her and enjoying my self too!
Went out sailin' with my buddy today.
The sun dried me out from all the rain lately.
Ahhhh.... That feels good.

[craigwatanabe]

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You're saying that a groggy kid will piss all over the lid? See, this is why the whole toilet seat issue is a stupid debate. The proper not-in-use position is for both the lid and the seat to be down. I live alone and that's what I do. When they're in a hurry to get out of the car, do they try to bang through the door without opening it?

If we all learn that the first part of using the toilet is lifting the lid (and the last is dropping it back down), we'll never have this silly argument. Men, women, and kids will expect the seat and lid down at the beginning of the operation and will set it back at the end.

Scriv...that makes a lot of sense however if we all learn to keep the lids up and drop them when we need a clean one we'll also never have this silly arguement and men, women, and kids will expect the seat and lid up and to have a clean one when it's dropped.

Lids up or lids down? Do you want a clean seat? Then the lid should stay up until it's needed.

[nikki]

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I was raised in a household that didn't make a big deal about whether the seat was up or down. We all look before we 'go'.

[Pua'i Mana'o]

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following that logic, we would be forced to touch the seat with our hands. Yuck!

I prefer all citizens to plop on the buns that God gave them and do their business in that position. All business. Then the only part touching the seat is the part of the body that never comes in contact with food and stuff.

[scrivener]

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My wife lives in a house full of men and my reasoning why it's a lids up house is simply this: When groggy the kids will piss (regardless if the lid is up or down). So if the lid's up there's a clean lid if you gotta go and don't have time to clean up a dirty lid.

Lids down ensures a dirty seat.

You're saying that a groggy kid will piss all over the lid? See, this is why the whole toilet seat issue is a stupid debate. The proper not-in-use position is for both the lid and the seat to be down. I live alone and that's what I do. When they're in a hurry to get out of the car, do they try to bang through the door without opening it?

If we all learn that the first part of using the toilet is lifting the lid (and the last is dropping it back down), we'll never have this silly argument. Men, women, and kids will expect the seat and lid down at the beginning of the operation and will set it back at the end.

[scrivener]

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Adrian, you really should cut people some slack when it comes to language. If the customer had known enough to get his language right in this case, he'd have known enough not to need you, and therefore wouldn't be a customer. Plus, in the past couple of days, you've made this language-related error:

... when people mix up technology terms, in this case, a customer just asked if I can use the computers to "download iPods".

(you need a period after "terms," not a comma, and your terminal period goes inside the quotation mark)

and this:

I don't know what car you drive, but mine can go pass 20.

(you mean "past," not "pass," and the way you've constructed this sentence, you're saying your car can go past 20, not your stereo's volume control)

So chill. Nobody got peeved enough at YOUR use of language to say anything about it; try cutting others the same slack.

[adrian]

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... when people mix up technology terms, in this case, a customer just asked if I can use the computers to "download iPods".

[adrian]

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It pisses me off when I'm on a very slow website. I just finished doing the long part of the circuit city application, and the page has been loading for the past 5 minutes.

[cynsaligia]

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it is better, thank you--eric and i shared both a chicken cutlet, gravy all over & a chili dog plate from rainbow drive inn. more food than we could finish, but hooooo dat was ono! *burp*

Wow - and that made your tummy feel better? Lucky you (and the beau.)

oh, i wish funny tummy could be cured by a couple plates from rainbow's! then i wouldn't be irked everytime i got a case. actually, the tummy got better and i, in my voraciousness, asked eric to roll us down the hill.

my pet peeve for today is cramps.

[sophielynette]

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Oh craig don't get me started on public restrooms! I hate automatic toilets and their assumptions. I hate how the sinks never give enough water pressure to rinse the soap off your hands. Or the automatic air dryers that just blow the water droplets around. Argh!

Interestingly enough, my best friend is invisible to all things automatic, whether it be toilet, sink, towel, or door. They just ignore her completely. We think she's a vampire.

[craigwatanabe]

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or living in a house full of men and no one puts the seat down......

My wife lives in a house full of men and my reasoning why it's a lids up house is simply this: When groggy the kids will piss (regardless if the lid is up or down). So if the lid's up there's a clean lid if you gotta go and don't have time to clean up a dirty lid.

Lids down ensures a dirty seat.

Okay now here's my pet peeve for the day. At WalMart the sinks have these automatic valves that apparently cannot sense the color grey. So if you're wearing grey clothing and put your hands under the spout, the water won't come out until you step to the side and wiggle a bit so the sensor can detect something other than your grey shirt.

Do you know how idiotic that looks?

[Leo Lakio]

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what i offer to drivers who break the law and endanger others is a correction by concerned civilian in the absence of police.

Maybe we can find a way to sign up certain drivers for this.

[tutusue]

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[...]um... lost of words, but all I can say about that is , I'm sorry (that you can't get a good nights sleep).[...]

No need to feel sorry! That's the beauty of going thru the sleep lab. It diagnoses the problem then the sleep doc treats the problem. The majority of sleep disorders are treatable. I hope your friend gets help...and that you got a good night's sleep last night, Serenity!

I learned something very important during my search for sleep. Stage 3 and 4 sleep are as vital to life as air and water. Deprivation of the last 2, however, will put one 6' under long before the first one!

[Serenity]

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It sounds like your friend has a sleep disorder. Has she been diagnosed in a sleep lab?

Not sure, although she says not any sleep medication over the counter could help her at all .

Yes, I believe she does have a sleep disorder .

I ask out of experience and recommend that anyone with ongoing sleep issues ask (or beg!) their docs to send them to a sleep specialist. I have a sleep disorder diagnosed after complaining to my doc for at least 8 years that I wish I could get just one night's worth of great sleep. Turned out I never got below stage 2 sleep and averaged 17 wake-ups an HOUR! The majority of those I wasn't aware of, of course, but it sure proved to me that I wasn't imagining a problem! It was real.

um... lost of words, but all I can say about that is , I'm sorry (that you can't get a good nights sleep).

Be happy that your sleepless nights are only occasional. That happens to everyone for a variety of reasons.

Thanks so much for the relpy, though.

Glad to know that my friend & I are not alone in this.