What is some of your Pet Peeve's

WinterDeere · Oct 18, 2023

For the first several years of our relationship, my wife would always claim she didn't want any desert, when the waiter would bring the desert cart or menu around. Then she'd eat half of mine!

By the time we got married, I learned that if she showed any interest in any of them, to just order the damn thing. Worst case, if she only ate half, then I'd get 1.5 deserts!

Too many Kubotas · Oct 18, 2023

As promised, hers is the one to the left.

Fuddyduddy1952 · Oct 18, 2023

Today's pet peeve:

Public bathrooms!
We had main meal at noon, an Indian restaurant buffet, fantastic but leaving I told wife I needed to buy a jacket, beautiful weather so why not walk a few blocks to a clothing store? So we did. I'm almost there and I thought the Invisible Man punched me in the belly! Now I go in walking like a penguin looking for the men's room except the dressing room would have been cleaner. Two stalls, one terrible but the handicapped worse so it's door #1. First step is wash the seat, no paper towels so use what little tp is left. Someone broke the dispenser so it rolls off into handicapped stall on the floor.

By now at least that's done except I now have gravy legs! I have a seat thinking about impetigo when someone comes in using the other stall, plays a tuba then leaves flipping off lights.
Luckily someone came in, turned lights on & left quickly (I understand why). All was quiet so I decided best going to sink to clean up, shorts around my ankles. Of course someone came in, perfect timing, exclaimed "oh God" and left probably looking for Visine or bleach.

No towels butt the blow dryer worked!
I discovered my wife had gone back to the car. They didn't have a jacket my size anyway.

MoKelly · Oct 18, 2023

Fuddyduddy1952 said:
Today's pet peeve:

Public bathrooms!
We had main meal at noon, an Indian restaurant buffet, fantastic but leaving I told wife I needed to buy a jacket, beautiful weather so why not walk a few blocks to a clothing store? So we did. I'm almost there and I thought the Invisible Man punched me in the belly! Now I go in walking like a penguin looking for the men's room except the dressing room would have been cleaner. Two stalls, one terrible but the handicapped worse so it's door #1. First step is wash the seat, no paper towels so use what little tp is left. Someone broke the dispenser so it rolls off into handicapped stall on the floor. By now at least that's done except I now have gravy legs! I have a seat thinking about impetigo when someone comes in using the other stall, plays a tuba then leaves flipping off lights.
Luckily someone came in, turned lights on & left quickly (I understand why). All was quiet so I decided best going to sink to clean up, shorts around my ankles. Of course someone came in, perfect timing, exclaimed "oh God" and left probably looking for Visine or bleach.
No towels butt the blow dryer worked!
I discovered my wife had gone back to the car. They didn't have a jacket my size anyway.

Perhaps this may be the definition of TMI?

jjeff · Oct 18, 2023

Sounds terrible. I'm grateful you didn't post pics of this experience.

Fuddyduddy1952 · Oct 18, 2023

MoKelly said:
Perhaps this may be the definition of TMI?

There's some more to the story!

The Gaul · Oct 18, 2023

The Gaul said:
Fat guys in diesel pickup trucks wanting to race me when I'm in my 911 turbo. What is going on in that little brain....

Let me explain, since this has triggered quite the dick measuring contest. I own a truck myself, but I use it for what it is intended for.
Adding excessive HP to a front biased vehicle with too high of a center of gravity will end in calamities.
The worst incident that ever happened to me was some idiot trying to impress me by pulling up to me and subsequently hammering his engine. His rear broke out and he ended up fishtailing off the highway. I was sitting (in a Viper) with my wife. We were obviously shocked and felt like this behemoth could have wiped us off the face of the earth. When you're basically sitting 5 inches above the road surface and something else weighing 7 or 8K pounds is loosing control in your immediate vicinity, it will result in a scary moment, for both parties.
The worst is people with lift kits, which makes the situation even more uncontrollable for them. Some of the behavior I see really reveals their lack of driving skills and understanding of vehicle dynamics. I'd rather stay a mile away.

TN8Man · Oct 19, 2023

People that lie

masseyrider · Oct 19, 2023

Fuddyduddy1952 said:
Today's pet peeve:

Public bathrooms!
We had main meal at noon, an Indian restaurant buffet, fantastic but leaving I told wife I needed to buy a jacket, beautiful weather so why not walk a few blocks to a clothing store? So we did. I'm almost there and I thought the Invisible Man punched me in the belly! Now I go in walking like a penguin looking for the men's room except the dressing room would have been cleaner. Two stalls, one terrible but the handicapped worse so it's door #1. First step is wash the seat, no paper towels so use what little tp is left. Someone broke the dispenser so it rolls off into handicapped stall on the floor. By now at least that's done except I now have gravy legs! I have a seat thinking about impetigo when someone comes in using the other stall, plays a tuba then leaves flipping off lights.
Luckily someone came in, turned lights on & left quickly (I understand why). All was quiet so I decided best going to sink to clean up, shorts around my ankles. Of course someone came in, perfect timing, exclaimed "oh God" and left probably looking for Visine or bleach.
No towels butt the blow dryer worked!
I discovered my wife had gone back to the car. They didn't have a jacket my size anyway.

Pictures or it didn't happen.