Airing of Grievences Thread

[CTWarrior]

Since when do we pronounce the 't' in "often"?  Infuriating to my ears.

I also really hate the comment "It is what it is."  Everything is what it is. 

I also hate it when the word "height" is pronounced like "heighth".

[MUfan12]

"Acrosst" drives me nuts.

[muguru]

Why're you grieving about this rather than just thinking they aren't your demographic of paramour

That's my grievance...there are so many of them that fit the above, that leaves VERY little to choose from my preferred demographic.

[checkmarq]

This gif brightened my morning; thank you

[Galway Eagle]

That's my grievance...there are so many of them that fit the above, that leaves VERY little to choose from my preferred demographic.

Sounds like a personal problem stemming from your opinion on what exist for.

[We R Final Four]

#3 pronounced tree.

Unsolved and unbelievable pronounced onsloved, onbelievable.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

That's my grievance...there are so many of them that fit the above, that leaves VERY little to choose from my preferred demographic.

Guru only dates STUD(ETTES)!

[Uncle Rico]

People who drive in the left lane and don't leave the left lane despite getting passed repeatedly

[#UnleashSean]

Why are so many women these days "tatted" up, and why do so few wear make up anymore unless it's a "special" occasion of some sort??

Better let rocket handle this one

[Galway Eagle]

#3 pronounced tree.

Unsolved and unbelievable pronounced onsloved, onbelievable.

I would not suggest going to Ireland if this bugs you

[lawdog77]

People who drive in the left lane and don't leave the left lane despite getting passed repeatedly

Truck driver going 65 in the right lane, truck driver decides to pass going 65.0000000001 MPH. I swear today it took the driver over a mile to pass the other driver today.

[rocket surgeon]

people that point with their middle finger instead of their "pointer"   and they do it nonchalantly like...what? 

[We R Final Four]

I would not suggest going to Ireland if this bugs you

Wait....so you would suggest not going to Ireland or you would not suggest I go? Slight difference 

[BM1090]

That's my grievance...there are so many of them that fit the above, that leaves VERY little to choose from my preferred demographic.

What do you consider tatted up? Most women i know still wear makeup to work.

[Billy Hoyle]

people who overuse "literally."  We used to hang out with a girl who used it in almost every sentence. She "literally died" in one story she was telling at last three times.  So, I guess I was hanging out with a ghost or something?

On the driving comments, people who speed up to keep you from passing them.  It's not a race. If you are going slower than me and I am passing what is your problem? Why are you speeding up to prevent me from getting by, especially if you're in the left lane going the below speed limit?

[Billy Hoyle]

Why are so many women these days "tatted" up, and why do so few wear make up anymore unless it's a "special" occasion of some sort??

what do you consider "tatted up?"

[MU82]

This thread has become pet peeves, which I don't believe was the OP's intention. But that's cool. Pet peeves are fun.

Agree with CTWarrior about "it is what it is." Coaches say it all the time. I used to turn to my friends and say, "I'll give a coach $100 if just one time he says, "It is what it isn't.'"

My biggest pet peeve the last couple of years is the incessant use of "right?" by those talking, often in the middle of sentences. People on TV do it all the time, but it's filtered down to "regular folks," too. Most recently, we had a school-wide coaches meeting and one of the guest speakers did it constantly. Drove me nuts.

It goes something like this:

"The bridge was closed right? so I had to walk around. Got to the end of the road right? and so the cop there stopped me and said I had to go back. Now I'm getting pissed right? and it's hard for me to contain my temper. But I'm a teacher right? and I can't afford to act out in public."

That isn't even a really extreme example. Happens all the time. Aaaagh!

The other fairly recent speech-pattern tick is starting sentences with the word "so."

Person 1: "Are you going to the movies tonight?"

Person 2: "So, I was going to, but something came up."

Person 1: "What came up?"

Person 2: "So, I was talking with one of my friends right? and she needed my help."

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

people that point with their middle finger instead of their "pointer"   and they do it nonchalantly like...what?

An extreme rarity of me replying to doc. 

It's a cultural thing.  The middle finger is not the middle finger in all cultures.  I knew people from Europe (certain countries) and Israel who always pointed with the middle finger.  I always had to think about it for a split second.

[muguru]

what do you consider "tatted up?"

Visible, larger tattoos(plural) anywhere on the body...particularly the arms...small one's not visible like on an ankle or a foot etc=Not tatted up and I for one don't mind that. Even a small one on the wrist I don't mind.

[Billy Hoyle]

Visible, larger tattoos(plural) anywhere on the body...particularly the arms...small one's not visible like on an ankle or a foot etc=Not tatted up and I for one don't mind that. Even a small one on the wrist I don't mind.

gotcha. My wife has three so I wanted to know your definition.  One on her back, one on her trap and one on her outer forearm (reading "Cura Personalis").

I don't get full tattoo sleeves but to each their own. The one I will never understand is the neck, especially the throat.  That has to hurt like hell and there's no covering that one up!

[We R Final Four]

most people who get tattoos don't get them to cover them up.

[tower912]

People who take stances and are then hurt and angry that others disagree and argue the other side.   You are entitled to free speech.   Others are entitled to disagree and vigorously argue their side.

[Galway Eagle]

People who take stances and are then hurt and angry that others disagree and argue the other side.   You are entitled to free speech.   Others are entitled to disagree and vigorously argue their side.

I disagree!

[Lighthouse 84]

This thread has become pet peeves, which I don't believe was the OP's intention. But that's cool. Pet peeves are fun.

Agree with CTWarrior about "it is what it is." Coaches say it all the time. I used to turn to my friends and say, "I'll give a coach $100 if just one time he says, "It is what it isn't.'"

My biggest pet peeve the last couple of years is the incessant use of "right?" by those talking, often in the middle of sentences. People on TV do it all the time, but it's filtered down to "regular folks," too. Most recently, we had a school-wide coaches meeting and one of the guest speakers did it constantly. Drove me nuts.

It goes something like this:

"The bridge was closed right? so I had to walk around. Got to the end of the road right? and so the cop there stopped me and said I had to go back. Now I'm getting pissed right? and it's hard for me to contain my temper. But I'm a teacher right? and I can't afford to act out in public."

That isn't even a really extreme example. Happens all the time. Aaaagh!

The other fairly recent speech-pattern tick is starting sentences with the word "so."

Person 1: "Are you going to the movies tonight?"

Person 2: "So, I was going to, but something came up."

Person 1: "What came up?"

Person 2: "So, I was talking with one of my friends right? and she needed my help."

I made a drinking game out of the word "so" during the last democratic debate.  Lizbeth Warren started almost every sentence that way.  I was hammered.

And I couldn't agree more about the word, "right" and "it is what it is".  Just. Plain. Dumb.

[Lighthouse 84]

Ear guages.  I remember years ago, pulling up to a toll booth in Illinois (before I-passes) and the attendant had huge gauges in each ear.  My kids (youn at the time) were horrified.