Pet Peeves

Post by **Mortice Root** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 2:17 pm

Yeah, potty training is no fun. Mine son is almost three and he's into being real helpful. So when he goes, he tries to take off his diaper, then throw it away. Sooooo messy.

And Jaz, love the new avatar.

("There's a party in my tummy....")

Post by **Cagliostro** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:01 pm

Tsukasa Logged Out wrote:If I had some rubber bands... Oh, if I only had rubber bands.

What do you want with rubber bands, MacGuyver?

Post by **emotional leper** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:10 pm

Cagliostro wrote:
Tsukasa Logged Out wrote:If I had some rubber bands... Oh, if I only had rubber bands.
What do you want with rubber bands, MacGuyver?

Cheaper than a Vasectomy?

Post by **drew** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:16 pm

I was asked to edit this post.
Done.

Post by **emotional leper** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 5:18 pm

drew wrote:Yeah, all of the people on the Watch who ARE parents, probebly hate the fact that they have children.

Wow. Thanks for putting words in my mouth.

Post by **Wyldewode** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 8:56 pm

I think your sarcasm meter is broken, friend.

Post by **sgt.null** » Sun Feb 24, 2008 5:01 am

coworkers. it is a job. it would be nice if you worked once in a while. change to change things up.

Post by **MsMary** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:15 am

Here's a pet peeve:

I dislike it when I go to the doctor's office with my 85-year-old mother and the doctor talks to me instead of to my mother.

My mother broke her arm during the week and has a soft cast. She is scheduled to see the orthopedist tomorrow, but my husband and I spent the afternoon in the ER with her today because she started bleeding through the cast. Turns out she has a laceration at the site of the fracture which she must have disturbed somehow by movement, causing it to start bleeding. The doctor re-bandaged it and put the soft cast back.

When she was ready to be discharged, the nurse asked if one of us wanted to sign for her. I said, "She can sign for herself." She started to hand me the discharge papers and I said, "Give them to my mother and explain them to her, she can understand everything." At which point my mother piped up, "Yeah, I don't have dementia."

So the nurse explained everything to my mother and had her sign. But only with my prompting. What she should have done was ask her first if she were able to sign and speak to her without my prompting.

Elderly people are not little children.

Post by **JazFusion** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 1:45 am

Mortice Root wrote:Yeah, potty training is no fun. Mine son is almost three and he's into being real helpful. So when he goes, he tries to take off his diaper, then throw it away. Sooooo messy.

And Jaz, love the new avatar.

("There's a party in my tummy....")

lol Thanks! I was wondering if anyone would know who he was.

I really hate it when I stumble across a band that I really like, but I can't buy their album in mp3 form.

Post by **sgt.null** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 6:42 am

damned radio stations. losing listeners - can't figure out why? play better songs.

Post by **variol son** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:06 am

I hate it when people call the ATM the ATM Machine, or when they call their PIN their PIN Number.

It's not an Automatic Teller Machine Machine, or a Personal Identification Number Number - the last word of each is built into the acronym.

I also hate that I always use the phrase PIN Number when I'm talking to customers because I can't think of another way to say it at the time.

Post by **emotional leper** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:17 am

People who have never studied anthropology and believe that they understand how humanity works.

Post by **sgt.null** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:46 am

dc comics means detecive comics comics.

Post by **DukkhaWaynhim** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 12:34 pm

And people read their MSDS sheets. They are already Material Safety Data Sheets.
I hear PIN number a lot.

I usually say 'PIN code' or '4-digit PIN', which is still sort of redundant, but not quite as annoying.

I am annoyed by people that want multi-million dollar FDA regulated clinical trial management software systems to alter their security practices so it can be more personally convenient for them - just so they don't have to log into them with username and password every time they want to use them.
dw

Post by **JazFusion** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 3:16 pm

sgt.null wrote:damned radio stations. losing listeners - can't figure out why? play better songs.

Amen. I haven't listened to the radio in years.

Post by **aliantha** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:13 pm

JazFusion wrote:
sgt.null wrote:damned radio stations. losing listeners - can't figure out why? play better songs.
Amen. I haven't listened to the radio in years.

Don't get me started on what's wrong with the radio business these days. Seriously.

Post by **sgt.null** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 5:29 pm

jaz - our car has no cd player. we are dying.

ali - yes i want to know.

Post by **Wyldewode** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 7:42 pm

sgt.null wrote:jaz - our car has no cd player. we are dying.

ali - yes i want to know.

I listen to my ipod in the car using a tuner.

Post by **sgt.null** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:24 pm

Wyldewode wrote:
sgt.null wrote:jaz - our car has no cd player. we are dying.

ali - yes i want to know.
I listen to my ipod in the car using a tuner.

tried the tuner - too many stations down here to get a good reception.

Post by **Wyldewode** » Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:29 pm

Sarge, if you have a tape deck you can use a contaption like this to bring the sound right into your system. It works beautifully, if you have a cassette deck in your car (I don't).

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