OT: Ya know what I hate?

[WhiteBus]

Ok another one for me. Way do people feel the need to back up into a parking spot? Pull in and back out like 99% of the world.

 

[AreYouNUTS]

Illinois Nazis...I hate Illinois Nazis...

 

[RUSK97]

Motherf-ing hackers. Pimple-faced losers who have nothing better to do than write viruses to mess up other peoples' lives. I wasted damn near 4 hours today with IT to clean up this mess. I wish non-contagious hemorrhagic fever upon them.

 

[miketd1]

Motherf-ing hackers. Pimple-faced losers who have nothing better to do than write viruses to mess up other peoples' lives. I wasted damn near 4 hours today with IT to clean up this mess. I wish non-contagious hemorrhagic fever upon them.

Spent almost an entire year trying to undo an identity theft.

#feelsbadman

 

[WhiteBus]

Illinois Nazis...I hate Illinois Nazis...

Great f-ing movie, just quoted Sister Mary Stigmata in the DJ Spanky blubbering Im sorry thread [banana]

 

[RUPete]

Ok another one for me. Way do people feel the need to back up into a parking spot? Pull in and back out like 99% of the world.

Especially in parking decks with a line of traffic snaking around.

 

[rufeelinit]

traffic particulary if caused by rubber necking! just keep moving nothing to see here.

 

[DJ Spanky]

Ok another one for me. Way do people feel the need to back up into a parking spot? Pull in and back out like 99% of the world.

Because we can! Don't be a hater!

Great f-ing movie, just quoted Sister Mary Stigmata in the DJ Spanky blubbering Im sorry thread [banana]

I want to buy your women. The little girl, your daughters... sell them to me. Sell me your children!

 

[RutHut_rivals]

Back to cars...

people who can't park worth a damn.. like these idiots:

The guy who fit into the shopping cart stall is the best Parker ever.

 

[WhiteBus]

Because we can! Don't be a hater!

I want to buy your women. The little girl, your daughters... sell them to me. Sell me your children!

Sir that's your water glass!

 

[DJ Spanky]

Sir that's your water glass!

We're on a mission from God.

 

[WhiteBus]

We're on a mission from God.

We play both kinds of music, country AND western

 

[Armor and Sword]

Ok another one for me. Way do people feel the need to back up into a parking spot? Pull in and back out like 99% of the world.

Unless you are a first responder who needs to face out or you are in a parking lot for commuting or a major sporting event and want to beat traffic, I never understood why people have to back in. It's the same effort expended in/out of a parking space not matter how you park.

 

[e5fdny]

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

I used to say this, but once I moved to Pennsylvania, all those people simultaneously moved to New Jersey. It's weird...

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.

The person who is sitting in the left lane is also doing something wrong. Must states have some form of "keep right except to pass" law.

Below is a nice summary of "keep right, pass left" laws for I-95 corridor states, including Pennsylvania.
http://highwaypal.com/i95/keep-right-except-to-pass-laws-for-i95-states/

So you are the guy who jams up the whole friggin highway because other people "shouldn't be driving that fast."

I love when Scarlet Nation posters post something that so perfectly fits what I would expect them to say in a given situation.

It could be that. But, as you imply, it makes little sense. The exits don’t come that frequently and switching lanes to clear space for drivers entering from onramps is just not that difficult.

There is some combination of laziness, self-righteousness and self-absorption going on.

Keep right, pass left only.

If everybody did that, the US would be a better place.

- I hate any moron Driving in the left lane at the speed limit refusing to move out of the way, whether they are from upstate New York, or Pennsyltucky, it doesn’t matter they’re morons nonetheless!

But so is lounging in the left lane. Most people know speeding is illegal. Seems like no one understands the left lane is for passing only.

I hate when I'm doing 110 in the left lane of the Pennsylvania Turnpike and I have to slow down for some prick in an Audi who thinks 100 is fast enough.

For once, I find myself agreeing with @LevaosLectures .

Generally agree with keep right, pass left.

That said, if there is a flow of traffic at 75-80 mph in the left lane, don't be a douchebag and come up behind the last car in the train and start tailgating and flashing your lights to pass. Calm the f**k down and slow down. Most people are driving 20-40 miles on their daily commute--is saving 2 to 4 minutes that important to you that you have to commandeer the left lane and irritate the **** out of everyone who does not drive as fast as you want to drive?

Go with the flow.

Tailgating is stupid at any speed so I do not do it ever. I am more calm driving on the highway than just about any other time these days.

As to the rest of what you said, no. Hell no.

Around town, I creep around slowly, often under the posted speed limit. Because no matter what one drives or how good a driver one is, or how alert one is, a kid can run out from behind a tree or parked car at any time, along with dozens of other totally unpredictable things. There is no safe way to drive fast on local streets.

But on trips on highways, I generally save way more than 2-4 minutes. I am not slowing down because you think 80 is a reasonable speed. I will, very calmly, pass you and, if necessary, weave my way around you if you are hanging out in the left lane regardless of your chosen speed. It’s quite rare for people to pass me on the highway, but I still am considerate of those few people who might wish to drive faster than I and I never camp out in the left lane.

You can have your opinion about what speed other people should limit themselves to. But you cannot actually control what other people do. So all you are doing is increasing the danger that might be posed by faster drivers. That much you DO have control over.

 

[Upstream]

Unless you are a first responder who needs to face out or you are in a parking lot for commuting or a major sporting event and want to beat traffic, I never understood why people have to back in. It's the same effort expended in/out of a parking space not matter how you park.

I always back into my parking space at the RAC. It's easier to back into the space before the game when there are not a lot of people around than to back out after the game when everyone leaves at the same time and there are lots of people walking through the parking lot.

Which reminds me: I hate people who leave when there are 2 minutes left in a close game. If you spent the money to get a ticket and you sat through almost the entire game, why not just wait another 2 minutes so you can actually see who wins.

 

[WhiteBus]

I always back into my parking space at the RAC. It's easier to back into the space before the game when there are not a lot of people around than to back out after the game when everyone leaves at the same time and there are lots of people walking through the parking lot.

Which reminds me: I hate people who leave when there are 2 minutes left in a close game. If you spent the money to get a ticket and you sat through almost the entire game, why not just wait another 2 minutes so you can actually see who wins.

Same reason you back unto the parking spot. Beat traffic.

 

[Upstream]

Same reason you back unto the parking spot. Beat traffic.

I don't back into the parking space to beat traffic. I back into the parking space so I don't hit a pedestrian. It is safer to pull in or out of a parking space forward rather than backwards. But since it have to either back in or back out, I have to be less safe either before or after the game. I'd rather be less safe before the game when there are fewer pedestrians around, and safer after the game when there are lots of pedestrians around.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

I want to buy your women. The little girl, your daughters... sell them to me. Sell me your children!

Both "Blues Brothers" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" posh restaurant scenes were based on Chicago's Chez Paul.. in FBDO they called it Chez Luis.. both were film sets.

-You're Abe Frohman.. the Sausage King of Chicago?

-Yes

 

[DJ Spanky]

We play both kinds of music, country AND western

It's a hundred and six miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.

 

[WhiteBus]

It's a hundred and six miles to Chicago, we've got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses.

You miserable slug! You think you can talk your way out of this? You betrayed me.

No, I didn't. Honest... I ran out of gas. I... I had a flat tire. I didn't have enough money for cab fare. My tux didn't come back from the cleaners. An old friend came in from out of town. Someone stole my car. There was an earthquake. A terrible flood. Locus. It wasn't my fault. I swear to god!

Oh Jake!

 

[1stand3rd]

Being a manager of a golf course in a prior life, I have a few greivances:
Golfers complaining about the price of greens fees.
Golfers complaining about cart path only rules.
Which leads me to...
Golfers leaving cart path when carts are restricted to path.
Golfers not repairing ball marks.
Golfers not replacing divots.
Golfers not keeping up with pace of play.
Golfers late for their tee time.
Golfers that treat the course like an outdoor bar and can't handle a few beers on the course.
Golfers who creep out the cart girls by hitting on them.
High handicap golfers playing from the tips.

 

[David_RU]

There was already a picture of it in this thread but I really hate people in stores that are oblivious to their surroundings. Pick your @$^#$ box of cereal and let me move past you lady.

I hate people that can't push their shopping cart back to the little stalls. The people that have to gather those things up have a pretty crappy job already, the carts can roll around and damage other peoples cars and it is just so damn lazy. Walk the extra few feet!

I hate time extreme people. If you are going to be late, text, call, say something. Look at google maps and figure out when you need to leave people!

I also hate the people - ok this is a rant directed at one parent - that show up 30 minutes early for a robotics meeting at my house. Especially when the meeting is at 9AM. It isn't a babysitting service so you can get your nails done or do some grocery shopping.

I hate people that can't follow the carry on policy for airlines. I get it, checking a bag sucks. I get it, they are nickel and diming us constantly. Invest in a bag that meets your airlines policy or check the damn thing.

 

[RUDutch]

I hate Scarletnation game threads.

Take this post as an example, made around ten minutes into last nights 76-69 win over Indiana:
"What a total embarrassment tonight...absolutely piss poor performance for the fans."

The only total embarrassment is what some of our fans post because this team works and plays their asses off.