Pet Peeves!

[HemiRambler]

One of my many Pet Peeves is filling my portable air tank. Who was the genius that decided a schrader valve was the way to fly to fill these things??? Standing there for far longer than my patience is willing has kicked in my lazy mode. So I've made 2 upgrades to my air tank. First is to put in a decent shutoff valve, but I digress. The one that saves time was to screw together 2 male air fittings. When the tank is empty - I snap in the male air fitting set to the tank's "normal" female fitting. Now I can snap on a regular air line on my tank and walk away while it fills up. Sure you need to use a little common sense and use a regulated air supply, but that's far less hassle to me than standing there fiddling with the original set up for what seems like forever!

So what are your pet peeves and how did you "fix" them???

 

[Red Green]

I used a ball valve in the middle of the two air fittings that I use to fill my air tank.

 

[Ign]

Nuisance tripping w GFCI's. Fix: I don't install them LOL.

 

[Sh1thead]

People two bays away trying to hold a conversation with me while i'm trying to work ... FIX: Ipod with earbuds

 

[R6 Racer]

^^^ cheaper fix... earbuds & a wire into a pocket!!

My Pet peeves
People who drive in the fast lane & refuse to move over when a faster vehicle approaches them from behind!
People who don't clean the snow off there cars, try to drive looking out a small porthole sized viewing area & create there own snow storm behind them as they drive!

You asked ???
Steve

 

[therealwormey]

people with pet peeves

 

[ddawg16]

People texting on the phone while blocking the display at the grocery store.....and people who post in the wrong section.....

 

[Red Green]

People texting on the phone while blocking the display at the grocery store.....and people who post in the wrong section.....

I think the OP was looking for Garage related issues.

I was tired of the winch cord always being in the way in my stock car trailer. So I took a old drop light reel and wired it into the winch controller so that it was always out of the way.

 

[kams1973]

Employees that have no respect for the tools & equipment that pay their salary.

 

[bmxr4life87]

Employees that have no respect for the tools & equipment that pay their salary.

i second this

 

[GN4WHLN]

People who do not clean up after themselves

 

[ZRX61]

people with pet peeves

& people who ask about mine

 

[rwhite692]

Parts counter people who stop dead in the middle of helping me (when I'm standing right in front of them, at the counter) and answer the friggin' PHONE and begin looking up parts for the caller.

The last time this happened, I happened to be in a less tolerant mood than usual and when the butthead was finished, I politely asked him what the phone number was, he told me, I dialed it and the phone next to him started ringing.

I said "You gonna get that? Might be important..."

He wasn't sure what to do, basically he vapor-locked.

I think he got the message.

 

[SnowBlaZeR2]

My Pet peeves
People who drive in the fast lane & refuse to move over when a faster vehicle approaches them from behind!

People that ride my *** in any lane when I'm doing 10 over.

 

[archirelic]

People that assume their standard of treatment for their tools/equipment is the same as yours. In other words, on the rare instance something is loaned out or borrowed by an individual...it comes back in less than stellar shape b/c of their lack of care and concern b/c that's how they treat all their stuff.

 

[yellowbox]

how bout, people who ask how to fix/repair something , you tell them how /give shortcut and then they proceed to fix it their own way.....if you aint gonna listen do not ask....

 

[Az Scooter]

A wife that has "just one tote" in the garage, and complains when i want to store a tote in the Tuff Shed that is larger then my garage work space.

 

[bdkruger1]

When I clean up the garage and my wife comes in behind me and puts her empty water bottles on my bench and toolbox. The recycling barrel is 5' away.

 

[brownbagg]

People who drive in the fast lane & refuse to move over when a faster vehicle approaches them from behind

why do you have to drive a 105mph anyway, 10 miles over the speed limit is fine

counter parts help, I have order parts on the phone standing at the counter before. "hey dude, that part I ordered, hand it to the guy in front of you on the cell phone"

 

[frozen_bohemian]

An old friend of mine used to say

YOU CANT HAVE PET PEEVES AND PEACE OF MIND.

How True

 

[HemiRambler]

So do you IGNORE them or FIX them ? The point of this thread was FIXING them. The reason I started it was sometimes I see someone else's fix and think - why didn't I think of that? I guess I could choose the IGNORANCE IS BLISS method - naw who am I kidding! I see stuff that's messed up & I wanna fix it - for me - THAT is peace of mind.

YMMV

An old friend of mine used to say

YOU CANT HAVE PET PEEVES AND PEACE OF MIND.

How True

 

[StingRay]

People that ride my *** in any lane when I'm doing 10 over.

What he said. ^

 

[danski0224]

Parts counter people who stop dead in the middle of helping me (when I'm standing right in front of them, at the counter) and answer the friggin' PHONE and begin looking up parts for the caller.

The last time this happened, I happened to be in a less tolerant mood than usual and when the butthead was finished, I politely asked him what the phone number was, he told me, I dialed it and the phone next to him started ringing.

I said "You gonna get that? Might be important..."

He wasn't sure what to do, basically he vapor-locked.

I think he got the message.

Lots of places do this.

It is strange that they value the phone in "customer" more than the person physically standing in the store.

Fast food places and drive thrus are the same. There are 10 people working the drive thru window to keep wait times at the 30 second mark, yet there is 1 person taking and filling orders at the counter.

 

[nehog]

One of my many Pet Peeves is filling my portable air tank. Who was the genius that decided a schrader valve was the way to fly to fill these things??? ...

You do know you can buy a clip on air chuck for them, right?

 

[HemiRambler]

Yep - I ain't ever had one of those work worth a **** on an air tank. Maybe it's the smooth nature of the fitting - they just don't grab on and stay there.

I can't tell you how many times I grabbed one of those air chucks only to have them not work or not work very well. Only thing they're good for is the adapter for filling the kids soccer balls. YMMV

You do know you can buy a clip on air chuck for them, right?

 

[strelnik]

& people who ask about mine

Pet peeve: People who break into my garage to steal tools, then complain when they get shot with 00 buck, but what's WORSE is: I have to clean all the blood and guts after the ambulance leaves!!!

 

[Steevo]

People that don't know the difference between there, their and they're.

people who write long paragraphs on forums with no punctuation or capitalization leaving you wondering where the hell one sentence ends and another begins so you have to work too hard to try to figure out what the ******* is trying to say it makes it too much trouble to help them so i just skip it when i might have been able to help if they didnt make it so hard by writing that way

People who walk away from a home and mortgage just because they made a stupid loan agreement that they couldn't afford in the first place. They should all go to jail along with the jerks that gave them the loans they knew they couldn't afford.

 

[ZRX61]

Pet peeve: People who break into my garage to steal tools, then complain when they get shot with 00 buck, but what's WORSE is: I have to clean all the blood and guts after the ambulance leaves!!!

Leave it as a warning to the next butthead.. along with a sign that says "The last person who broke into this garage didn't go to hospital, he went to the coroners dept"

 

[strelnik]

Leave it as a warning to the next butthead.. along with a sign that says "The last person who broke into this garage didn't go to hospital, he went to the coroners dept"

Ever gut a deer? Do you know how bad old blood smells?

 

[Daddy_Rabbit]

people that *****, gripe, piss and moan about spelling and grammar on an internet message board.

 

[gatewaysysop]

Pet peeves? Most already hit on in this thread, but I'll drop another that I don't think I saw yet:

People who don't say 'Thank You' when appropriate.

I get this all the time where I work, but also occasionally in personal life too (holding a door open, etc.). Really used to get me worked up, but now I just blow it off and expect it to happen. I'm rarely disappointed, which is sad, but I'm not nearly as pissed off about it.

The worst part? I have a boss that once, when I bellyached about this, actually used it against me later. She even asked a coworker of mine, thinking I was just being impossible, "Is it really that important to say thank you?" Apparently the concept was lost on her too. Unreal.

 

[R6 Racer]

Oh Ya I for got one ...
People who DRIVE (at any speed) in the "PASSING" lane & wont move over to the DRIVING lane or lanes when someone going faster than them approaches them from behind trying to PASS them in the PASSING lane! All because they think that the speed their going is just right & no one else has the right to make up their mind what speed they want to go!
Didn't anyone teach them the "keep right except to pass" rule?
I guess this started with me after spending time posted in Europe & having access to autobahn. Seeing how well "keep right except to pass" works when people actually follow it.

Steve

 

[rugerlady]

I have to agree, just because someone is doing 10 over, they are not entitled to drive in the passing lane. They also need to lose the superiority complex and quit dictating how fast anyone should drive.

PS. I rarely speed, once in a while it is somewhat necessary.

 

[66HertzClone]

Oh Ya I for got one ...
People who DRIVE (at any speed) in the "PASSING" lane & wont move over to the DRIVING lane or lanes when someone going faster than them approaches them from behind trying to PASS them in the PASSING lane! All because they think that the speed their going is just right & no one else has the right to make up their mind what speed they want to go!
Didn't anyone teach them the "keep right except to pass" rule?
I guess this started with me after spending time posted in Europe & having access to autobahn. Seeing how well "keep right except to pass" works when people actually follow it.

Steve

Well said Steve, that is the issue, it is a PASSING lane, not a cruise lane, move over even if your going over the posted limit. Driving on the autobahn spoiled me, no wonder we have so many cases of road rage here in the states.

 

[Hammerdown]

People that ride my *** in any lane when I'm doing 10 over.

Just my $.02
I don't condone tailgaiting in any fashion, but 10 over is for the right thru lane, commonly called the slow lane. This is for 0-10mph over. The passing lane is just that, for passing. Should be 15mph+ over to use that lane. This seems to be an "unofficial" standard here in Michigan. It only takes a second to get out of the way and let a speeding car by, beside, you can jump on his six and have him run the gauntlet of police ahead of you.

 

[SnowBlaZeR2]

Just my $.02
I don't condone tailgaiting in any fashion, but 10 over is for the right thru lane, commonly called the slow lane. This is for 0-10mph over. The passing lane is just that, for passing. Should be 15mph+ over to use that lane. This seems to be an "unofficial" standard here in Michigan. It only takes a second to get out of the way and let a speeding car by, beside, you can jump on his six and have him run the gauntlet of police ahead of you.

10 over is more than plenty. Speed limits aren't suggestions. 10 over is speeding, but I do it just so I don't get ran over trying to drive anywhere.

 

[hetkind]

Idiots who bypass safety devices and then wonder why sh*t happens to them? How many of those cheap air tanks are ASME certified for line pressure?

Howard

 

[ratdoggy]

People texting on the phone while blocking the display at the grocery store.....and people who post in the wrong section.....

Does anyone use plastic PVC for airlines?

 

[woody 73]

Standing in line with thirty people at the post office with only one counter person,and the lot is full of postal employee cars...And you guys wonder why I never do postal money orders!

 

[PCO6]

People who don't say 'Thank You' when appropriate.

I agree! Store clerks for example. Around here when you pay a cashier for your purchase and say "thank you" a common response from them is "no problem". NO PROBLEM? Why would there be a PROBLEM? They have something to sell ... you just bought it and they say "NO PROBLEM". I'm really glad they didn't have to go out of their way to sell me something. A lot of times, before they get a chance to say anything I just say "you're welcome" when I buy something. It confuses the hell out of most cashiers.