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ArJuN said:
People that pack their stuff up before lecture is over drive me nuts.
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When I was in Econ 201 the students complained about the short quiz every day, despite the fact we never had any homework. They also complained about having to watch a 53 minute video on Frontline, the one weekend we didn't have a quiz or homework. Fuck them.

I used to complain about lazy, stupid, spoiled, American college students who didnt value the opportunity of higher education. Got tired of it.
But I still complain about stuff that actually affects me, like the professor who would rather spend 3 hours sharing his personal political beliefs instead of teaching, and making me figure out exactly what I have to know just to pass the class.
 
Here's a new one, the overuse of the interoffice intercom system.

Where I'm working, rather then just paging the office of the person that a call is meant for, all calls get broadcast to the entire buildings phone system. (In case someone is out of office, that way they can rush to the nearest phone to answer whatever call came for them.) Heaven forbid we use voicemail or email! I could understand external calls, but 90% of the broadcasts are interoffice communications.
 
It drives me crazy when my wife stacks the dishwasher the "wrong way" (i.e. inside of a bowl facing outward direction of the washer). She refuses to do it now, because I always just re-stack it.
 
I hate people who reply all to mass messages, I also hate people who don't bother to indent their code, I also hate people who make a constant named _3 that holds the value 3
 
I hate people who stop their cars 6-10 feet after the stop sign, and even worse, the jerks that never stop but roll like they are about to hit you when you are turning left.
 
shortylickens said:
When I was in Econ 201 the students complained about the short quiz every day, despite the fact we never had any homework. They also complained about having to watch a 53 minute video on Frontline, the one weekend we didn't have a quiz or homework. Fuck them.

I used to complain about lazy, stupid, spoiled, American college students who didnt value the opportunity of higher education. Got tired of it.
But I still complain about stuff that actually affects me, like the professor who would rather spend 3 hours sharing his personal political beliefs instead of teaching, and making me figure out exactly what I have to know just to pass the class.
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I appreciated higher education, but that was only because I started school in my mid-20's. 18-24 is just too young for some and if they held jobs in the corporate world they would appreciate it a lot more. Then again, I do enough complaining in the corporate world that I might not have to do it in school 🙂
 
MagnusTheBrewer said:
I hate people who can't push the shopping cart 10 feet to the corral.
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One of my local grocery stores has a machine that takes a quarter from you when you get the cart. If you want the coin back you gotta put the cart in its place.
You wanna know how cheap the average American is?
I NEVER see loose carts in their parking lot. Ever.
 
I hate it when people start to creep forward at a red light the moment the Don't Walk sign begins flashing. Or the moment the cross traffic light turns yellow. It takes a few seconds for it to turn green, idiots.

Hate the sound and feel of a #2 pencil on paper. Mechanical pencils are fine, pens are fine, colored pencils are softer so they're usually fine too. But traditional wood pencils give me goosebumps.

Oh yeah, another driving one, I hate it when the person in front of me goes really slow and then barely squeaks through a yellow light, leaving me behind. If they had gone a little faster or if I had passed them, I would have gotten through.
 
Gooberlx2 said:
It drives me crazy when my wife stacks the dishwasher the "wrong way" (i.e. inside of a bowl facing outward direction of the washer). She refuses to do it now, because I always just re-stack it.
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So, in a sense, I guess she's trained you well. 😀
 
I hate people who stop listening to what you are saying because they have something they want to say.
 
I a similar but far-pickier vein as "axe" vs. "ask", I hate it when people pronounce "TR" as "CH".

Train = "CHRain"
Tree = "CHRee"
Trip = "CHRip"

And it's REALLY common.
 
Truck backup alarms. They built an (unwanted) mall behind my house last summer. Every morning at 5am or earlier, it was "beep, beep, beep" right outside my bedroom window. Just constant for hours. Drove me nearly insane. I used to work in construction. The SOBs aren't supposed to start until 7am near residential areas. Not like the city would do anything though.
 
rivan said:
I a similar but far-pickier vein as "axe" vs. "ask", I hate it when people pronounce "TR" as "CH".

Train = "CHRain"
Tree = "CHRee"
Trip = "CHRip"

And it's REALLY common.
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So...you enunciate the 't'? I've known very few people who do that.
 
My upstairs neighbors baby. I've never seen it, but every morning at about 3:00am I get a nice wakeup call.
 
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