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"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

SWEET!

I was thinking of posting a thread just like this last night, although I was going to do somtehing more along the lines of pet peeves while on the job.

So the beginning of my list;

People who talk on their cell phones while I'm ringing them up.

People who tell me that it's all right when I wait for them to finish their cell phone conversation before I start ringing them up (What's all right, that you treat retail workers like vending machines?)

Fornicating car alarms that go off right outside the store, for minutes on end, repeatedly, every time a bus  or truck goes by.  I think it should be legal to steal any car that does this.

People who assume that because I work in a bookstore and they read that we are best of friends and they can talk to me endlessly.  I sear sometimes I feel like a bartender for the sober crowd.

Cat cooers. Sure I'm glad we have cats and am happy that people can come in and get their feline fix but do they really have to spend five minutes talking baby talk to them?

Button bellowers, people who come in and have to read every button aloud, laugh loudly and tell me that it is the funniest thing in the world. (Hint; no, it isn't.  It was mildly amusing the first time I read it.  This is, however, the 75th time I've heard it.  It is no longer anything even approaching funny.)

Ah, it's good to vent.

rb

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

People who stand in office building doorways, see you coming, and don't get out of the way, but just continue their meaningless drivel of a conversation.

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

People who do not enthusiastically approach a challenge, or complain of inconveniences.

The state of current television, popular media, and cinema, and the fact that audiences continue to appreciate such material.

The use of unnecessary technological devices and the obligation which many feel to purchase them, due to the fact that the devices were recently released and advertised.

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

Oh boy!!!!

A**holes on their damn cell phones while driving.  What in the hell is soooooooo damn important? Not a damn thing

People who where a Blue Tooth as if its part of the outfit. Get a friggin' life and some real jewelry

Snobby pricks who spend hours on their laptops in Starbucks.  Its a coffee house not a library!!!!

Darwin rejects who can't use a damn turn signals. Makes me want to mount a .50 Cal Machine Gun on my truck and rid the planet of these jerk-offs.

Dill weeds who want you to know that they are parents of a honor student. F-you, who cares. My kid can kick your kid's ass.

Impolite pricks who show up at the Fest, get trashed and then wonder why everyone is pissed at their outrages and inappropriate behavior.

Baby on Board!!!!.  Oh, so I should change my driving habits because you have a baby and spent $3.00 at Walmart for piece of plastic to put in your window.

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

The not using a turn signal. ARG! Especially really new cars, "You spent all that money and bought a car with defective turn signals??!"

People driving while on their phone -- like a complete dink no less. HANG UP AND DRIVE!

Crabby service people. If you can't be nice and hate your job that much, quit. Please.

People who do 35 on a highway ramp merging into heavy traffic...we need to do at least 60 here, people!

People, like, saying like, like all the time, like you know?  

People talking on their phone in the movie theatre.

And this was one of my dad's but it made me laugh when I remembered it...when he would watch Wheel of Fortune and the contestants would just SHOUT out the letter at the top of their lungs...pissed my dad off SO BAD.

Why did I know that this was going to be a hot thread?

Franchise authors, for example;

Tom Clancy's Power Plays: Bio-Strike (Written by Jerome Preisler)

Robert Ludlums's (TM) The Bourne Betrayal (Written by Eric Van Lustbader ) (I shit you not, the possessive form of his name is trademarked)

rb

Edit; Who are all these guests and why do they keep following me around?

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

Any flagrant abuse of the English language sets my skin CRAWLING. My biggest pet peeve of course is "I could care less". The worst part about that phrase is that it appears entirely too often in films, TV shows, and books. AND IT'S F**KING WRONG.

I also find that poor spelling of easy words by grown adults for whom English is their primary language is a big pet peeve of mine. I'm sorry, there's no excuse for frequently and repeatedly misspelling the simplest of words. It's just ridiculous and ignorant. I'm not talking about typos. I'm talking about blatant misspellings (supposively instead of supposedly for example).

I also can't stand hearing people chew. It makes me violent. No, seriously. I want to punch somebody in the face when I hear them chewing. (this hearkens back to 9th grade, trying to take a really stressful math assessment exam for acceptance to an AP math course and the girl in front of me kept chewing a bag of carrot sticks, verrrrrrry slowly and loudly at that. I almost started crying, it pissed me off so much. After that, I found myself completely unable to listen to chewing at all)

Amateur poetry. Just...don't. Please?

Drama queens.

Wal-Mart

The way men treat me when I'm at the hardware store...as though I couldn't possibly have a clue what I'm doing there, what I'm looking for, or what all that shiny stuff is for.

Webster's (for f**k's sake, they added "D'oh!" to the damn dictionary!). I only recognize Oxford now.

Braggarts

People who think they are superior to you because of their musical tastes. As if listening to nothing but indie folk rock somehow makes one person better than the other. *eye roll*

I have more but I feel like I'm already sounding pretty bitchy, so. I'll stop there. :)

~ Amanda

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."

   My ex-wife has a pet peeve..............................ME!

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

People who drop the "G" off the end of words....."fishin","huntin","campin".

Bicycle riders in the city who don't follow the rules of the road.

 I hear a lot of that silent G stuff in my neck of the woods.  Doesn't really bother me though.

Bikers who ride on the lanes of major congested roads.  Dumb, dumb, dumb - I wouldn't trust drivers to not hit me.

Girls on reality shows (The Hills, any dating reality show, etc.) that use the word LIKE between every other word when they are trying to give us their articulate, thought-provoking insights on society, dating, and the world in general.

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper