Pet Peeves?
Oct 23rd 2011, 12:45 pm
#301
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Talking about cops.. maybe this is just a New York thing? They are very considerate & polite, they are going to do you a big favour. Instead of writing you a ticket for what you actually did, they will write you a ticket for something completely different, give you a break. For instance, instead of writing you up for being clocked at 55 in a 40mph zone, they'll give you a ticket for a broken taillight and restricted view (you have a parking permit hanging from your mirror.) You are relieved, send the ticket in. Then when you get the fine, you have a nasty suspicion that it was more expensive than the real infraction...??
Oct 23rd 2011, 3:33 pm
#302
Septic Sprout
Joined: Aug 2004
Location: Shanghai
Posts: 7,993
Re: Pet Peeves?
Talking about cops.. maybe this is just a New York thing? They are very considerate & polite, they are going to do you a big favour. Instead of writing you a ticket for what you actually did, they will write you a ticket for something completely different, give you a break. For instance, instead of writing you up for being clocked at 55 in a 40mph zone, they'll give you a ticket for a broken taillight and restricted view (you have a parking permit hanging from your mirror.) You are relieved, send the ticket in. Then when you get the fine, you have a nasty suspicion that it was more expensive than the real infraction...??
Oct 23rd 2011, 4:40 pm
#304
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Biscuit is a word derived from 2 latin words that basically mean 'cooked twice' - anything cooked twice will not have the consistency of a scone!!
I'm not saying these things are horrible (I actually quite like them!) - just don't call them biscuits... it's a trades description thing - a bit like "America - Land of the Free' - free? It's cost me a small fortune!!! (But I'm still liking it... as a 9 year old I used to wonder why you had to pay for things in pubs that had a sign outside saying 'free house'...!!!)
Oct 23rd 2011, 4:42 pm
#305
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Talking about cops.. maybe this is just a New York thing? They are very considerate & polite, they are going to do you a big favour. Instead of writing you a ticket for what you actually did, they will write you a ticket for something completely different, give you a break. For instance, instead of writing you up for being clocked at 55 in a 40mph zone, they'll give you a ticket for a broken taillight and restricted view (you have a parking permit hanging from your mirror.) You are relieved, send the ticket in. Then when you get the fine, you have a nasty suspicion that it was more expensive than the real infraction...??
Oct 23rd 2011, 5:42 pm
#306
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Posts: 8,382
Re: Pet Peeves?
Talking about cops.. maybe this is just a New York thing? They are very considerate & polite, they are going to do you a big favour. Instead of writing you a ticket for what you actually did, they will write you a ticket for something completely different, give you a break. For instance, instead of writing you up for being clocked at 55 in a 40mph zone, they'll give you a ticket for a broken taillight and restricted view (you have a parking permit hanging from your mirror.) You are relieved, send the ticket in. Then when you get the fine, you have a nasty suspicion that it was more expensive than the real infraction...??
Oct 23rd 2011, 11:39 pm
#307
He/him
Joined: Dec 2006
Location: WA
Posts: 18,837
Re: Pet Peeves?
Carving pumpkins.
messy, mucky mushy horrible things. But, I am made to do it every year.
messy, mucky mushy horrible things. But, I am made to do it every year.
Oct 24th 2011, 3:54 pm
#310
I have a comma problem
Joined: Feb 2009
Location: Fox Lake, IL (from Carrickfergus NI)
Posts: 49,598
Re: Pet Peeves?
-Server racks that go down and an 'IT administrator' who doesn't come in until after 11 most days.
-Abbreviations as part of (so called) 'acceptable' speech, and by extension, text speak
-The PC brigade
-Stupid people
-Speed limits
-Norwich City
-my bank balance
-Abbreviations as part of (so called) 'acceptable' speech, and by extension, text speak
-The PC brigade
-Stupid people
-Speed limits
-Norwich City
-my bank balance
Oct 24th 2011, 4:11 pm
#311
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Re: Pet Peeves?
My pet peeve came to light on Saturday when I decided (in an idle moment) to look carefully at my Verizon phone bill, apparently the first time I did so in several months...
When I got to page three of the bill, I see I have a $12.95 monthly charge for Rocket Communication, billed by an intermediary called ESBI. The helpful person at ESBI told me I signed up in March for voicemail and internet faxing or some such b***ocks. Out of the kindness of their hearts, they'll refund me $103.60, the fee I've been paying since March. It will take up to 2 billing cycles to get the refund, so I won't hold my breath.
I called Verizon who thank me effusively and often for my business. They put a block on third party crammers, and I told them I wanted to be switched back to getting a paper bill in the mail every month and paying by check.
I fondly remember the old days of the GPO in England. Good old black bakelite rotary dial phone in the hallway. None of your cramming in those days. God I hate the modern world. (Sometimes.)
When I got to page three of the bill, I see I have a $12.95 monthly charge for Rocket Communication, billed by an intermediary called ESBI. The helpful person at ESBI told me I signed up in March for voicemail and internet faxing or some such b***ocks. Out of the kindness of their hearts, they'll refund me $103.60, the fee I've been paying since March. It will take up to 2 billing cycles to get the refund, so I won't hold my breath.
I called Verizon who thank me effusively and often for my business. They put a block on third party crammers, and I told them I wanted to be switched back to getting a paper bill in the mail every month and paying by check.
I fondly remember the old days of the GPO in England. Good old black bakelite rotary dial phone in the hallway. None of your cramming in those days. God I hate the modern world. (Sometimes.)
Oct 24th 2011, 4:12 pm
#312
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Re: Pet Peeves?
Good grief, did the cat claw your knob when it got off your lap this morning? I suppose not, seeing as it wasn't mentioned...
Oct 24th 2011, 4:20 pm
#313
I have a comma problem
Joined: Feb 2009
Location: Fox Lake, IL (from Carrickfergus NI)
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Re: Pet Peeves?
