Author Topic: Pet Peeves (Read 183652 times)

puniraptor · « **Reply #1150 on:** October 04, 2018, 08:07:48 PM »

"this is like that movie haha uh whats the name of that movie hahahaha you know what im talking about dont you hahahaha"

pissclams · « **Reply #1151 on:** October 04, 2018, 09:47:39 PM »

“sort of” is still near the top of my list
people use it as a filler and it really is so annoying

Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #1152 on:** October 05, 2018, 11:58:02 PM »

So tired of the way "begging the question" is abused. Losing battle...

puniraptor · « **Reply #1153 on:** October 09, 2018, 05:45:11 PM »

35 lb plates. such a waste of space and industrial capacity. so stupid

Stevesie60 · « **Reply #1154 on:** October 09, 2018, 05:48:17 PM »

Quote from: puniraptor on October 09, 2018, 05:45:11 PM

35 lb plates. such a waste of space and industrial capacity. so stupid

Any plates or dumbbells under 100, really.

mocat · « **Reply #1155 on:** October 12, 2018, 03:33:51 PM »

when you get an email and the person calls like 5 mins later to ask if you saw their email

IPA4Me · « **Reply #1156 on:** October 12, 2018, 07:02:15 PM »

Quote from: mocat on October 12, 2018, 03:33:51 PM

when you get an email and the person calls like 5 mins later to ask if you saw their email

The answer is always no. Get to it later.

8manpick · « **Reply #1157 on:** October 17, 2018, 03:07:38 PM »

People sending emails with importance marked "High"

Question: Has anyone in the history of email ever sorted their inbox by importance?
Answer: No, never. Even knowing where to change the importance of an email you are composing makes you an bad person.

Brock Landers · « **Reply #1158 on:** October 17, 2018, 03:21:42 PM »

Quote from: 8manpick on October 17, 2018, 03:07:38 PM

People sending emails with importance marked "High"

Question: Has anyone in the history of email ever sorted their inbox by importance?
Answer: No, never. Even knowing where to change the importance of an email you are composing makes you an bad person.

One of our client's regional managers used to send every email flagged as High importance along the word CRITICAL in the subject line. We eventually had to tell her that if everything is CRITICAL, then nothing is CRITICAL.

mocat · « **Reply #1159 on:** October 17, 2018, 04:01:56 PM »

Quote from: 8manpick on October 17, 2018, 03:07:38 PM

People sending emails with importance marked "High"

Question: Has anyone in the history of email ever sorted their inbox by importance?
Answer: No, never. Even knowing where to change the importance of an email you are composing makes you an bad person.

this is a good one. i have some people whose every single email comes with High importance. it's like, f*&k you man

mocat · « **Reply #1160 on:** October 17, 2018, 04:04:25 PM »

the word "vaunted"

or really any other word that is ONLY used in one capacity. in the case of "vaunted", it's a word that is exclusively used by sportswriters, immediately preceding the word "defense"

DaBigTrain · « **Reply #1161 on:** October 17, 2018, 05:26:32 PM »

Quote from: 8manpick on October 17, 2018, 03:07:38 PM

People sending emails with importance marked "High"

Question: Has anyone in the history of email ever sorted their inbox by importance?
Answer: No, never. Even knowing where to change the importance of an email you are composing makes you an bad person.

Along the same line(email related) but I work with a vendor out of the SE US and he answers questions with a ...

If rough ridin' drives me insane. Like are you being affirmative with the answer you are giving me or is it a “probably” type of answer. If I ask multiple questions I never know which question he is vaguely answering too.

chum1 · « **Reply #1162 on:** October 17, 2018, 05:34:47 PM »

Is there something inconsistent about saying both "no one ever pays attention to this" and also "this really bugs me?"

8manpick · « **Reply #1163 on:** October 17, 2018, 06:34:58 PM »

Quote from: chum1 on October 17, 2018, 05:34:47 PM

Is there something inconsistent about saying both "no one ever pays attention to this" and also "this really bugs me?"

Perhaps. I occasionally (today) notice that someone did it. It always makes me think less of the person and never makes me treat their email more importantly.

Pete · « **Reply #1164 on:** October 17, 2018, 07:26:50 PM »

Guess what I am not going to do? I am not going to read through the email chain you just copied me in on.

Also, unless you tell me in the first two sentences what you want from me, then I am going to ignore it. Should be first sentence, but I am trying to be more tolerant of others.

WillieWatanabe · « **Reply #1165 on:** October 17, 2018, 08:11:39 PM »

Quote from: 8manpick on October 17, 2018, 03:07:38 PM

People sending emails with importance marked "High"

Question: Has anyone in the history of email ever sorted their inbox by importance?
Answer: No, never. Even knowing where to change the importance of an email you are composing makes you an bad person.

I've done this 3 times this year. Twice in the past 24 hours.

pissclams · « **Reply #1166 on:** October 18, 2018, 01:17:56 PM »

the sink in the breakroom is not your dishwasher. give your stank crap dish a cursory rinse and get the hell out of there good God what is wrong with you?

mocat · « **Reply #1167 on:** October 18, 2018, 01:46:38 PM »

what about the steelers and their vaunted defense

EMAWican · « **Reply #1168 on:** October 18, 2018, 01:49:29 PM »

I have to send out periodic long emails with more explanation that I normally would to a handful of higher-ups per a template honed after many back and forths. I slipped into the millennial and did a "Too Long. Didn't Read." at the end of the last email since it was overly long.

Got a response from one guy saying to move the summary at the beginning of the email to save everyone time.

Cartierfor3 · « **Reply #1169 on:** October 18, 2018, 03:35:32 PM »

Quote from: mocat on October 18, 2018, 01:46:38 PM

what about the steelers and their vaunted defense

this wasn't one for me but is now. also, saying "the payoff pitch" during baseball games.

Cartierfor3 · « **Reply #1170 on:** October 18, 2018, 03:37:10 PM »

my biggest current sports ones is saying a players name in plural form like there are two of them. Like, "The Chiefs are going to need contributions from all over the field offensively. Not just from Tyreek Hill but also from the Kareem Hunts, the Travis Kelces, the Anthony Shermans of world too."

I mean can you explain that to me

Brock Landers · « **Reply #1171 on:** October 18, 2018, 03:55:24 PM »

I think that pet peeve may have been brought up already but yeah it annoys me too and needs to stop.

8manpick · « **Reply #1172 on:** October 18, 2018, 04:04:20 PM »

Quote from: Cartierfor3 on October 18, 2018, 03:37:10 PM

my biggest current sports ones is saying a players name in plural form like there are two of them. Like, "The Chiefs are going to need contributions from all over the field offensively. Not just from Tyreek Hill but also from the Kareem Hunts, the Travis Kelces, the Anthony Shermans of world too."

I mean can you explain that to me

Of the world has a similar context to vaunted defense there

Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #1173 on:** October 18, 2018, 04:29:18 PM »

Have we discussed inserting voice notes into a thread of text messages? I want to be able to read the text message silently, not listen to your voice note.

mocat · « **Reply #1174 on:** October 18, 2018, 04:44:05 PM »

Quote from: Cartierfor3 on October 18, 2018, 03:37:10 PM

my biggest current sports ones is saying a players name in plural form like there are two of them. Like, "The Chiefs are going to need contributions from all over the field offensively. Not just from Tyreek Hill but also from the Kareem Hunts, the Travis Kelces, the Anthony Shermans of world too."

I mean can you explain that to me

i think i have posted that one itt. it's so awful cf3.