You Know What Really Grinds My Gears?

[wickednick]

Dumb bicyclists.  #1 they do not belong on a sidewalk, #2 they do not belong on a sidewalk peddling towards oncoming traffic, #3 speeding up near a busy parking lot entrance is not a good idea.

With that said, if on the road they should get their @sses as near to the curb as possible so cars may pass by easily. Also, they should stop at stop lights/signs.  Plus the occasional hand signal helps a lot.

I'd hate to hear if they folks actually have licenses. It would scare me if they got behind the wheel of a car.

Actually it annoys the hell out of me that people can't ride bikes on the sidewalk anymore. You realize how many times I've almost hit a guy on a bike because he wasn't paying attention? And it just bugs me that little kids have to ride their bikes in the road or get yelled at by the cops.

[wickednick]

It really grinds my gears when people write "tix" instead of "tickets".
Come on!  It's only 4 more letters! 

I've got 4 letters for them:  L A Z Y.

Actually all the stupid abbreviations that texting and the internet have created so people who can't spell or are to lazy to type it out bugs me. The number 2 is not a word people stop texting me asking me if I would "Like 2 do somting". Yes I have gotten that text before and I ripped the person for sending it. You spent 12 years in school learning english so use it.
Oh and anyone who talks like they text. I met a girl a while back who said things like "OMG!" or "LOL!". God damn it was annoying talking to her.

[AndyC]

What kind of an idiot says "LOL" in conversation? Just LAUGH OUT LOUD.

[Leah]

What kind of an idiot says "LOL" in conversation? Just LAUGH OUT LOUD.

What kind of Idiot puts that in a formal ESSAY? You won't believe how many people have done that at my school.  

[Flick James]

JEANS DAY'S!!!

This is something I will never understand. How can people be excited and motivated by the ability to wear a pair of jeans to work? From a corporate perspective, it's genius. It doesn't cost the company a dime to let their people wear jeans, and they eat it up.  I've  seen the jeans day applied to some pretty big  accomplishments where, instead of spending maybe a little money on something to really show appreciation for something that made the company a bunch of money, or some sort of compensation, nope, JEANS DAY.

I live in Arizona! I own pants for work and lots of shorts! I own ONE pair of jeans! I couldn't care less about freaking JEANS DAY!

Again, it's not the fault of the corporations. They will do whatever they can to help their bottom line, as they should. No, I fault the people, the ones who embrace jeans day as a great way for a company to show it's appreciation for a job well done. Corporate America has realized this is a great motivating force, recognized it cost the company diddley squat, and responded.

No, I blame the sheep.   

[Vik]

Arguing with people who are so stupid that you can't even explain your point decently to them.

[Jack]

We live in a very small town, so the neighbors think that the street behind our house can be used as a parking lot.  I go to work this morning and some idiot has dumped a load of crushed rock right in the middle of it.  I come home for lunch and the crushed rock is gone, replaced with a pickup full of crushed rock.  Right smack in the middle of the damned street - never occurred to him that if he got over to one side a little bit, people could still drive past.

I'll have to wait for an especially rainy and muddy day and drive way the hell over into that guy's lawn.  Oh, wouldn't make any difference.  I'm sure he's too stupid to notice.

[Mr. DS]

Have I mentioned people who rock their car at stop lights?  Learn how to properly drive a stick A-Hole.

[Zapranoth]

What grinds my gears?

Has-been directors who have no one big enough to tell them "no," who re-release movies from my childhood after molesting said movies.

Or, otherwise put,

NOOOOOOOooooOOOOOOOooooOOOOOOoooooo!   

[Vik]

These  horror movies that are extremely silent with dialogue scenes, and then become unbearably loud whenever something happens. It hurts my ears and it's f***ing annoying 

[AndyC]

These  horror movies that are extremely silent with dialogue scenes, and then become unbearably loud whenever something happens. It hurts my ears and it's f***ing annoying 

Seems as though all movies are made that way these days. We can't watch a movie without constantly adjusting the volume between dialogue we can't hear and action that's way too loud.

[ghouck]

These  horror movies that are extremely silent with dialogue scenes, and then become unbearably loud whenever something happens. It hurts my ears and it's f***ing annoying 

Seems as though all movies are made that way these days. We can't watch a movie without constantly adjusting the volume between dialogue we can't hear and action that's way too loud.

I had a Yamaha receiver that compensated for that somewhat, I never understood why with all the technology it couldn't be compensated for 100%

[Vik]

My internet still being small band even though it's been a new month for two days now, and I haven't downloaded a thing.

[Jack]

These  horror movies that are extremely silent with dialogue scenes, and then become unbearably loud whenever something happens. It hurts my ears and it's f***ing annoying 

Seems as though all movies are made that way these days. We can't watch a movie without constantly adjusting the volume between dialogue we can't hear and action that's way too loud.

I had a Yamaha receiver that compensated for that somewhat, I never understood why with all the technology it couldn't be compensated for 100%

Yeah, my Onkyo does that with its "late night" mode.  VERY handy feature.  I was watching Legion Of The Dead, a SyFy Original mummy movie, and I swear it damned near blew my rear surround speakers right off the wall - even though it was only turned up loud enough so the dialogue was at normal volume.  Nightmare on Elm Street is almost as bad.  Lots and lots of soft, almost whispered dialogue and then BLAMO some effing theme music just about collapses your eardrums.   

[The Gravekeeper]

People changing plans at the last second, especially while enacting said plans. Or not being told the full plan. I'm okay with changing some things provided that I have the means to go along with the change. Deciding to go to a cheaper restaurant instead of a fancy one?

One way to make me actually angry is to change plans at the last minute that in such a way that it messes with my ability to get home. I don't have a car nor do I have ready access to a car. So unless they can give me a ride home, I really do have to stick to the bus schedule to avoid having to pay for a taxi. If I'm visiting from out of town, I really need to know how I'm getting home so I can pack accordingly and not buy anything bulky should a shopping trip come up (if I'm taking the bus).