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RU4Real

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****** business hotels. Not just ****** hotels, but the ones that don't even try, when the mission of the parent company is to... ya know... do better.

Anyway, I think the board could use a good ol' Andy Rooney Homage Thread.

So...

Tell us what you hate!
 
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mildone said:
A Prius driving 67.6 mph in the left lane.
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omigod, dude, holy f*ck...

So I had to drive out to Pennsyltucky tonight, to spend the next few days doing The Bidding of The Man.

I absolutely lost count of the number of people who, when confronted with headlights bearing down on them at 100 mph in the left lane of an interstate highway, chose to do... absolutely nothing.
 
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RU4Real said:
omigod, dude, holy f*ck...

So I had to drive out to Pennsyltucky tonight, to spend the next few days doing The Bidding of The Man.

I absolutely lost count of the number of people who, when confronted with headlights bearing down on them at 100 mph in the left lane of an interstate highway, chose to do... absolutely nothing.
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It’s irritating. Especially at night.

In daylight hours, a person could be forgiven for not recognizing the pace at which a car behind is closing. Kind of. Not that they should be hanging out in the left lane anyway.

At night, the lights make it way too obvious to forgive.
 
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1a) Folks who slow down all the way to the 5/10 mph speed limit at EZ Pass toll booths...can safely go 20-25 mph and the transponder will still get read.

1b) The ones who do 1a because they think they have to hold their transponder up to the windshield in a very careful position to make sure it reads....just leave the dang thing on the dashboard, it will get read.

1c) The ones who completely stop when they don't get a green light because there's no money on their account.....keep moving along people, what's done is done - you're going to get something in the mail, deal with it then.
 
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I hate the fact I have to go to Boca Raton for a bit of business.
West of I 95, not near the water.
I’m going to a simple Holliday Inn, and the rooms are $250.00 bucks a night.
WTF...
 
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RU4Real said:
mildone said:
A Prius driving 67.6 mph in the left lane.
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omigod, dude, holy f*ck...

So I had to drive out to Pennsyltucky tonight, to spend the next few days doing The Bidding of The Man.

I absolutely lost count of the number of people who, when confronted with headlights bearing down on them at 100 mph in the left lane of an interstate highway, chose to do... absolutely nothing.
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Welcome to my little slice of hell. Was it the PA turnpike? I swear half the state thinks that the law actually says stay to the left.
 
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I hate people who don't signal. They did install that feature in every car for a reason. If I knew you were going to turn right, I would then know the reason you are slowing down and would have moved over to the left lane. Instead of joining you in almost a full stop. It's not just a thingy that comes out of the steering column people.
 
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My all time favorite is from the year I worked in Alabama. Drivers proceed down to the freeway entrance, stop just before the beginning of the merge lane, then look back to see if any cars are coming in that lane. When the lane is empty they start up again. If you are the next car behind these people be prepared for a sudden stop.

The concept of merging onto a freeway without stopping first was simply beyond them.
 
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koleszar said:
I hate people who don't signal. They did install that feature in every car for a reason. If I knew you were going to turn right, I would then know the reason you are slowing down and would have moved over to the left lane. Instead of joining you in almost a full stop. It's not just a thingy that comes out of the steering column people.
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I think not signaling a turn is a New Jersey mindset: If you tell people what you intend to do, somebody will try to stop you from doing it just to screw with you. :)
 
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Two lanes of traffic, you are in the left lane following a safe distance behind the car in front of you (4 inches). The a-hole who accelerates in the right lane and gets along side you and gives you the evil eye. F off.

The a-hole who crow bars his/her way in front of you in the left lane, and gets back in the right lane less than 1/2 mile down the road to exit or make a right turn. Was it really worth it?
 
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Willie: Yeah, I know what you mean. You know, the other day, I took one o' them, uh--?

Frankie: Meat thermometers?

Willie: Yeah! And I just shoved it into my ear, you know? As far as it could go, you know? But then I took one o' them, uh--?

Frankie: Ball-peen hammers?

Willie: Right. And just whacked it a few times right in there, you know.

Frankie: Boy, that must smart.

Willie: I know! I HATE when THAT happens.

Frankie: You know what I hate?

Willie: What?

Frankie: I go into the kitchen, I open the drawer, you know?

Willie: Uh huh?

Frankie: And I take out a, uh--

Willie: Carrot scraper?

Frankie: Right. And I stick it up my nose, you know, and I'm rootin' it around, and, you know, gettin' all the mucus membranes out o' there, you know? And then I take one o' them, uh--?

Willie: Mentholated eucalyptus cough drops?

Frankie: Right. And I stick it-- wedge it up there, you know? I take a couple o' whiffs, boy. Heh, ya feel like your head's gonna explode.

Willie: Boy, isn't THAT the truth? It's like the other night. I'm in the attic and I got a bunch o' mousetraps, ya know?

Frankie: Right.

Willie: And, for bait, I used a big piece of, uh--

Frankie: Camembert?

Willie: Right. So, so I set the trap, right? A-a-a-a-and I wanna see if the trap was gonna work, right? So I got the Camembert in there.

Frankie: Right.

Willie: But every time I went to taste the cheese, the thing came down right on my tongue! ... I'm tellin' ya -- after forty, fifty times, I - I - I couldn't even feel the cheese, much less taste it. I hate when THAT happens, I'll tell ya that.

Frankie: Boy, you know what I hate? I hate-- I got a gross o' them, uh--?

Willie: Razor blades?

Frankie: No.

Willie: Fish hooks?

Frankie: No.

Willie: Ah?

Frankie: Thumb tacks.

Willie: Ah! Yeah.

Frankie: Right?

Willie: Yeah.

Frankie: So I bring 'em home, you know, and I sprinkle 'em all out over the floor, you know?

Willie: Points up?

Frankie: Right.

Willie: Uh huh.

Frankie: Then I strip down to the nude and I just ROLL back and forth across the room, ya know? Stickin' in all over my body. Then I jump in a hot tub and just soak.

Willie: Mm hmm.

Frankie: Hate that.

Willie: Sounds very painful.

Frankie: Very painful.
 
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RU4Real said:
omigod, dude, holy f*ck...

So I had to drive out to Pennsyltucky tonight, to spend the next few days doing The Bidding of The Man.

I absolutely lost count of the number of people who, when confronted with headlights bearing down on them at 100 mph in the left lane of an interstate highway, chose to do... absolutely nothing.
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Why don’t you just pass on the right ? Once you get out of NJ, usually not hard to do. I know, you shouldn’t have to do that, but usually not too hard to do.
 
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B0ski said:
I hate when people are making a left they sit too far back and have to drive another 20 feet up to actually make the left when the traffic coming the other way allows it. And the light turns red and I get stuck for another cycle. Makes smoke come out of my ears.
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This. It's painful driving in MD with how many drivers don't creep towards the middle of the intersection. Like there's an invisible gate at the stop line that they have to wait behind until it opens.
 
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Since driving seems to be a common theme, I hate when you are driving down the road at 50-60 miles an hour and a car pulls in front of you from a side street so you have to slow down to 10 miles an hour and there is not a car for half mile behind you. Couldnt they just wait 5 seconds?
 
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m1ipabrams said:
Welcome to my little slice of hell. Was it the PA turnpike? I swear half the state thinks that the law actually says stay to the left.
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You’re not wrong about that. I find often find, where there are three lanes, the left two lanes are completely blocked and the right lane is empty on the PA turnpike.

I don’t understand it.

I asked a friend and former coworker who lives in the area and he said he stays in the middle lane so he doesn’t have to change lanes to avoid the merging cars from onramps. And this is an extremely intelligent guy with a PhD in physics.

I don’t understand it.

So, the right being the only passable lane, I wind up passing everybody on the right. I do not glare at them, I just pass until forced to merge left to avoid the rare car doing what it’s supposed to be doing by sticking in the right lane. Then I get back to the right lane again for another empty quarter mile or so. And drivers in the middle lane glare at me, or flash their lights sometimes.

I don’t understand it.
 
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RU4Real said:
omigod, dude, holy f*ck...

So I had to drive out to Pennsyltucky tonight, to spend the next few days doing The Bidding of The Man.

I absolutely lost count of the number of people who, when confronted with headlights bearing down on them at 100 mph in the left lane of an interstate highway, chose to do... absolutely nothing.
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I used to say this, but once I moved to Pennsylvania, all those people simultaneously moved to New Jersey. It's weird...
 
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I hate drivers that almost come to a complete stop on the highway and can’t decide which split in the road to take and you’re right behind them. You’re stopping and hoping no one smashing you in the rear.
 
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People who casually walk diagonally across the street when you are in your car and wave them on to cross. my thought, is if you're gonna do that, you better have an unhealthy limp.
 
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Cars that are in the right lane behind you that speed up when you turn on your right turn signal.
 
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mildone said:
You’re not wrong about that. I find often find, where there are three lanes, the left two lanes are completely blocked and the right lane is empty on the PA turnpike.

I don’t understand it.

I asked a friend and former coworker who lives in the area and he said he stays in the middle lane so he doesn’t have to change lanes to avoid the merging cars from onramps. And this is an extremely intelligent guy with a PhD in physics.

I don’t understand it.

So, the right being the only passable lane, I wind up passing everybody on the right. I do not glare at them, I just pass until forced to merge left to avoid the rare car doing what it’s supposed to be doing by sticking in the right lane. Then I get back to the right lane again for another empty quarter mile or so. And drivers in the middle lane glare at me, or flash their lights sometimes.

I don’t understand it.
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I heard an interesting theory about this (aside from their cognitive limitations due to a limited gene pool), PA doesn't have many true acceleration lanes when merging onto many highways, so cars entering highways are driving much slower then then the flow of traffic while they are accelerating. So the dum dums just stay left to avoid rear end collisions even when no entrance ramps are in sight.
 
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People who talk about "assault weapons" and "common sense gun control" who can't spend 5 friggin minutes to learn what the hell they are talking about. The number of people who have deeply seated gun law beliefs, but think AR-15's are fully automatic is insane. And then when you tell them, "no, you are way off base," they kind of shake their head, like you are selling them a bill of goods. Like you are just trying to mislead them. Man, I friggin hate that. How many well informed gun people have gone through this?

Hell, people who talk about any hot button political issue who can't spend 5 friggin minutes to actually learn what the debate is. Having conversations with people about politics, and then you realize that they don't even know what the debate IS. They are arguing something else altogether. I friggin hate that too.

And while we are on the topic, people who are points 1 and 2, because they think "their" politicians are actually morally and ethically better than "your" politicians. If you cannot step back and recognize how F'd up the entire leadership is, and that all of these guys are shills whose top priority is keeping their job as an elected official then you shouldnt even be allowed to discuss political issues. You are a bot. True believers....man, I friggin hate those people.
 
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koleszar said:
I hate people who don't signal. They did install that feature in every car for a reason. If I knew you were going to turn right, I would then know the reason you are slowing down and would have moved over to the left lane. Instead of joining you in almost a full stop. It's not just a thingy that comes out of the steering column people.
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Amen. If you are signalling after you hit your brakes, you aren't doing it right.

Another one is the guy tapping their brakes on a long straightaway, with no one in front of them. Either use your cruise control or learn to coast without hitting the brakes. I don't think you'll get a speeding ticket for being 5mph over the speed limit, especially since most drivers easily go 10mph over.
 
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RU4Real said:
omigod, dude, holy f*ck...

So I had to drive out to Pennsyltucky tonight, to spend the next few days doing The Bidding of The Man.

I absolutely lost count of the number of people who, when confronted with headlights bearing down on them at 100 mph in the left lane of an interstate highway, chose to do... absolutely nothing.
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You realize it's the person driving 100 mph who is doing something wrong in this situation, right?
 
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