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And another thing: The intentionally impossible-to-open packages are bad enough, but the "easy opening" ones that don't work are worse. This is usually due to A) too much glue; or B) insufficient perforation; or C) both. A classic example of B is the old Cracker Jack box, where you are supposed to push your thumb into one corner. Annoyed the heck out of me as a child.
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I know what you mean. I'm just the right (wrong) height such that my shirt-tails, when not tucked in, will invariably snag any available doorknob.Originally Posted by nosbig5
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I know. So, when you do miss it, you're not only lost, you're stupid as well.
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Why is it that people have spent the last half century designing cars with so many unnecessary and sophisticated accessories, and there is never a device to hold a bottle of wine to stop it rolling about on the floor?
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I'm not sure why that's a problem, unless there is room to start unloading the cart. Or are you talking about mega-space rather than reasonable space.
What I think is worse is those people that think the closer they get the faster they will get to the checkout. My Achilles tendon has often been the victim of the cart behind me.
Then there are the people behind me who start unloading thier cart on the belt before I finish unloading mine, then get offended when I have to push thier purchase back to make room.
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It annoys me that I'm obviously cursed by whichever god has the power to decide which supermarket checkout queue I join. No matter which I choose, there always seems to be some time-consuming issue of the person in front of me, just after I have unload my trolley onto the belt. During that time, I watch people in other queues who had started to queue after me just sailing through and out into the real world.
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That applies to which tollbooth I line up for at the ferry dock as well. I've learned to avoid getting behind cars with out-of-state plates; they tend to linger and ask questions of the ticket seller.
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Getting an interesting med report, unusual case or etc., and the doctor only dictates a short report. No additional report forthcoming either (work pool, luck of the draw).
Meanwhile another patient with, say, an infected pacemaker pocket? That gets discussed for half an hour...
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I'm surprised that has never happened to me....it's just rude.
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Trivial and bugs me...I can't see "errors" in my posts (spelling/coding/etc.) until after I've pressed the submit button.
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Me too! At least there's an edit function, unlike another site I frequent.
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Heh. This.
/ Pretty sure I know which one, too.
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It (Buttercup's thing) bugs me too, though. Not that I need to be as close to the checkout as possible at all times, but sometimes I wonder if the person in front of me is actually in line or waiting for some other reason. Same with people who don't move up at festival food vendors. There, where often no organized line exists, it is easy to mistake someone waiting around for someone actually being in line, and I see people cutting in line because of it. Plus, with grocery store lines there's the problem of backing up into the main aisle where people and their carts are trying to move.
But yeah, the thing with people unloading their stuff behind you before you're done unloading is pretty rude.
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Uh, yeah, that's not really you. There's a software feature which randomly adds errors to posts after the Submit button is clicked.
Well, that's my excuse anyway.
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Similarly, bicyclists who ignore a very nice bike lane, and pedal down the car lane.
On several roads around here, the city has put in dedicated bike lanes. But yet, there are still bicyclists who don't use them. What makes it even worse, is that on these roads, they've usually made room for the bike lanes, by getting rid of the shoulders. So the bikes can't pull into the non-existent shoulder to get out of the way.
Along those lines, drivers who come up to a bicyclist on the road (or a delivery truck or other slow moving object), and swerve madly around them, into on-coming traffic (on a two lane road). The drivers that swerve act like they have the right-of-way in the lane they are swerving into; of course they don't; the traffic that belongs in that lane has the right-of-way. But, as a driver in the opposing lane, I've had to slam on the brakes many times to avoid plowing into the car who has suddenly popped into my lane.
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We have more than our share of militant bike riders; the ones that pretend they're cars and use the middle of the lane to ride, use left turn lanes for turning, etc. They also have an alarming tendency to run stop signs/red lights, etc.
Some bike riders have interesting concepts of 'share the road'....and don't try to pass or go around them! I've seen quite a few riders pounding on cars for a perceived faux paus. Whenever I hear about a bike vs. car accident I wonder if it was the bike rider or the car driver's fault. Many folks automatically assume the car driver was at fault, but as often as I see riders run stop signs and red lights I'm not so sure.
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Ok; for me that is more than what I consider "more than reasonable space".
Usually; I just ask someone if they are in line and problem solved (I've seen it very rarely anyway). If the gap is big enough, I just go to what I percieve as the line.
I'm not sure about that. I've had plenty of those people yell at me saying "didn't you see my lane was blocked?"
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Worse yet, riding on the sidewalk I'm walking on at 20+ mph as they pass me from behind.
In bike riders' defense on this issue, they have learned that riding at the far edge of a lane sometimes tempts the car driver to pass when clearance is questionable. A car side mirror missing the handlebar by two inches is a scary thing.
I quit riding human-powered bikes years ago. I'd rather continue living.
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Speaking of bicyclists coming up from behind, most will honk or call out well in advance. Which is a good thing! Meanwhile our city spend thousands on "bicycle lanes."
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Actually, if there isn't a bike lane, or at least a reasonable shoulder, I don't have a problem with sharing the road with bikes. And, IIRC, around here they are legally supposed to use the turn lanes. But you are right, they also run stop signs and red lights a lot. I feel you can't have it both ways: if you want a piece of the road, you have to follow all the traffic laws, not just the ones in your favor.
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How about people who walk on the wrong side of the road? Can't understand why anyone would "trust" not to be rear ended by thousands of pounds of car.
At least walking facing on coming traffic gives you the (albeit brief) option of jumping out of the way.
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Yep. "Sharing the road" being key.
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Texas considers bicycles in the same category as motor vehicles. Very few bicyclists realize that. Very few motorists realize that.
What bugs me is - at the county park I frequent with my dog - vehicle traffic is one way yet many bicyclists insist on going against traffic when they should be going with it. And many pedestrians go with traffic when they should be going against it.
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I don't ride anymore and the laws may be different where you live but when I rode, it was on the road. It wasn't a matter of 'pretending' I was a car. Legally, I was traffic and I was obligated to follow traffic laws. That included turning from the appropriate lane and stopping for lights/signs. I guess that made me a militant, too.
I think far more motorists have interesting concepts about sharing the road. As a rider, a not-so-trivial annoyance to me was that passing vehicles didn't appreciate that I might need some of the maneuvering room they took to avoid road hazards...such as potholes, gravel, or dogs...that they wouldn't give a second thought. I've been tempted to pound on a car once because he apparently thought it was fun to see how close he could pass/pace me (based on the look he gave me as he did) so both classes of vehicles have their share of idiots at the controls.Some bike riders have interesting concepts of 'share the road'....and don't try to pass or go around them! I've seen quite a few riders pounding on cars for a perceived faux paus. Whenever I hear about a bike vs. car accident I wonder if it was the bike rider or the car driver's fault. Many folks automatically assume the car driver was at fault, but as often as I see riders run stop signs and red lights I'm not so sure.
This. I was annoyed then and am now by riders that ignore the rules/laws of the road. One particular irritant are the cyclists who ride in the pedestrian crosswalk. The law here (practically never enforced) is that riders must dismount to use the crosswalk. Make up your mind, folks. Are you road traffic or a pedestrian?
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A smoke detector beeps upstairs. I don't know which bedroom it came from, so I go and stand in the hallway and wait for it to beep again. Only it doesn't beep again. I think I can wait it out, but soon I realize I'm just wasting my time, I've got better things to do, and I walk back downstairs.
A smoke detector beeps upstairs.
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I actually walk more than I drive now, due partly to my powerwalking regimen and I have a not-so-trivial gripe with car drivers. I'm waiting at a light (westbound). I then get my WALK light and a car (northbound) not having a green light comes up to the intersection I'm about to cross and takes a right, forcing me to stop or jump out of the way. They see their light but don't see my WALK light (or me). It happens so often that I now expect it at every intersection.
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That's the kind of thing that drives me crazy. A couple of months ago, the one right outside our bedroom did that, at about 2 a.m. Even once I figured out what it was, I could not go back to sleep with it beeping every few minutes, so I had to get up, get a step ladder, and change out the battery. My wife never even stirred.
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This one's esoteric, but I keep seeing people (many of whom really should know better) write that every CG rendering engine will ultimately reduce a polygonal model to triangles. Try telling that to Pixar.
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Using the turn lanes for turning means less crossing of traffic at unpredictable times and less holding back the cars.
I tend to do that when I can, though I make sure to place myself right on the line between the lanes so cars can pass on both sides without breaking out of their lane.
I would agree with you if you're talking about a bicycle using the middle of the turning lane.
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One of the scariest experiences I ever had was nearly killing a cyclist who ran a stop sign. I don't think he ever saw me; he certainly wasn't looking. However, that's actually a serious situation! I'm looking for really TRIVIAL TRIVIA, folks!
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