Pet Peeves IV

[One Day Soon]

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Another pet peeve of mine...when you're out for the day with your partner and having stopped by a nice wee hostelry for a drink and a smoke in the designated smoking area you receive a volley of unprovoked abuse from a younger person because they don't smoke.

Are you sure it's not just because they know its's you?

[The Modfather]

Acronyms, and when they are used in verbal conversation.

"WFH" is generally accepted in an office environment to mean "working from home", and I use it online, in an email etc. However heard someone use it in conversation at my work yesterday. "I'm W F H tomorrow". I don't want to live in a world where vocabulary goes down that path

[heretoday]

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Another pet peeve of mine...when you're out for the day with your partner and having stopped by a nice wee hostelry for a drink and a smoke in the designated smoking area you receive a volley of unprovoked abuse from a younger person because they don't smoke.

I don't actually mind the occasional whiff of smoke. It reminds me of my youth.

And if you're in a smoking area you don't deserve abuse.

You will have to stop sometime though.

[WeeRussell]

This should probably be on a new "things that make you cringe" thread rather than an all-out pet peev.. however:

The two lassies sat little over a metre away from me right now at work who are discussing Tv shows that they can or can't "binge".

[Captain Trips]

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Another pet peeve of mine...when you're out for the day with your partner and having stopped by a nice wee hostelry for a drink and a smoke in the designated smoking area you receive a volley of unprovoked abuse from a younger person because they don't smoke.

That would be annoying Pedantic hope you just ignored it and continued on as some of these young folk seem to think they own the place. Hope you still had a wonderful day and the "volley of abuse" was not to vitriolic .

[snooky]

Women who are so heavily perfumed you can smell them from 10 yards away.
They're worse than smokers - just.

[hibee_girl]

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Women who are so heavily perfumed you can smell them from 10 yards away.
They're worse than smokers - just.

As are guys who wear a bottle of aftershave

[Captain Trips]

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As are guys who wear a bottle of aftershave

Haha you tell em, both sexes equally guilty of the old to much fragrance.

[EH6 Hibby]

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This should probably be on a new "things that make you cringe" thread rather than an all-out pet peev.. however:

The two lassies sat little over a metre away from me right now at work who are discussing Tv shows that they can or can't "binge".

I’m confused about what’s cringe about this, am I missing something?

[snooky]

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As are guys who wear a bottle of aftershave

Totally agree, HG. Especially the dog-breath fragrance of Hai Karate

[Peevemor]

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Haha you tell em, both sexes equally guilty of the old to much fragrance.

Even worse when mixed with stale sweat/BO.

[Pedantic_Hibee]

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That would be annoying Pedantic hope you just ignored it and continued on as some of these young folk seem to think they own the place. Hope you still had a wonderful day and the "volley of abuse" was not to vitriolic .

Touche my good man 😂👍

[Captain Trips]

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Touche my good man 😂👍

Have that

[Future17]

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Acronyms, and when they are used in verbal conversation.

"WFH" is generally accepted in an office environment to mean "working from home", and I use it online, in an email etc. However heard someone use it in conversation at my work yesterday. "I'm W F H tomorrow". I don't want to live in a world where vocabulary goes down that path

Agree with this. There's more syllables in "WFH" than there is in "working from home", so it actually takes longer to say.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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Have that

That cigar is stinking. ;-)

[Captain Trips]

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That cigar is stinking. ;-)

No its not its a Gurkha His Majesty's Reserve and its a thing of beauty.

[snooky]

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No its not its a Gurkha His Majesty's Reserve and its a thing of beauty.

Well, please don't sit near my table

[heretoday]

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As are guys who wear a bottle of aftershave

Can't stand that. No class.

[pollution]

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Agree with this. There's more syllables in "WFH" than there is in "working from home", so it actually takes longer to say.

Saying " working from home " implies a skive opportunity so " WFH " sounds more efficient.

Just like colleagues who leave a recorded message saying they are on leave, rather than holiday.

Ps we do not work in the forces.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

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Well, please don't sit near my table

Imagine if someone sat down beside you in a beer garden and started puffing away on a Gurkha, I hope they'd have the common decency to ask if you minded first, although I would imagine the bar staff would chuck them both out. :-)

[Jones28]

I was at the gym the other day and the ignorance of some people is mind blowing.

I don't know if it's just me that doesn't take my home with me in to the actual gym but there were people sitting on machines, do one set, sit on their phones for five minutes then do another set for about 20 minutes.

A) you're not achieving anything like what you should be by taking such long rests and b) I've been waiting 10 minutes for the bench you're using.

I think there should be a no mobile phones policy in gyms but then you see the instructors sitting at the desk using theirs. Definitely pissing in to the wind with that argument.

[Geo_1875]

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Saying " working from home " implies a skive opportunity so " WFH " sounds more efficient.

Just like colleagues who leave a recorded message saying they are on leave, rather than holiday.

Ps we do not work in the forces.

Holiday is fine if you are on holiday. Different if you are on sick leave, special leave, maternity leave, paternity leave or adoption leave.

[Jay]

Sitting on the bus and someone moves from sitting beside someone else to sitting in the empty seat beside me! Whats that all about? Stay where you are!!!

[CropleyWasGod]

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Sitting on the bus and someone moves from sitting beside someone else to sitting in the empty seat beside me! Whats that all about? Stay where you are!!!

Blow smoke in their face. It works for me.

[Jay]

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Blow smoke in their face. It works for me.

He may swear at me though

[Geo_1875]

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Sitting on the bus and someone moves from sitting beside someone else to sitting in the empty seat beside me! Whats that all about? Stay where you are!!!

Maybe their first choice bus partner farted?

[Peevemor]

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Maybe their first choice bus partner farted?

Or maybe they've already farted beside their first choice bus partner?

[CropleyWasGod]

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He may swear at me though

But you'll get the starring role in a 15-pager, though....

[sleeping giant]

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Blow smoke in their face. It works for me.

[Mon Dieu4]

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Sitting on the bus and someone moves from sitting beside someone else to sitting in the empty seat beside me! Whats that all about? Stay where you are!!!

Im a mover, I'm pretty tall and if I have to sit beside someone I don't want to wedge myself in as I'd be on their knee, so I end up doing this half arse on the seat thing so as soon as a seat comes free I'm off