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There are many, but one that stands out lately is the way the media has gotten hold of this incident with the Inglewood police. First of all, yes it was wrong, and pretty sickening to watch. But here is my problem. If you only went by what gets reported on the news, you would swear that only minorities are ever brutalized by the police in this country. Wrong is wrong, I don't care what color the victim is.
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There are many, but one that stands out lately is the way the media has gotten hold of this incident with the Inglewood police. First of all, yes it was wrong, and pretty sickening to watch. But here is my problem. If you only went by what gets reported on the news, you would swear that only minorities are ever brutalized by the police in this country. Wrong is wrong, I don't care what color the victim is.
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I say-yed-uh, Can I get a Amen-uh?  Preach it, brother man-uh!  

You'd also be amazed at the crimes they publicise committed by whites that minorities commit and get no press for in certain areas.  

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Yes, I agree Lester. White women are brutalized too.(j/k)
But let's not turn this into a thread on police brutality or racism. We were all shocked and disgusted by what we saw. :(

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Hang on a sec J.C. It was your original post that first mentioned police brutality. You asked a question and I gave an answer. Sorry if it wasn't to your liking.

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Hang on a sec J.C. It was your original post that first mentioned police brutality. You asked a question and I gave an answer. Sorry if it wasn't to your liking.
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Actually, that was one of the things I listed as pet peeves. I can start up a thread for police brutality if you like. But I only listed it as a pet peeve. Soory, you took it the wrong way. :-/

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And that's what I listed it as... a pet peeve, in relation to media coverage.

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And that's what I listed it as... a pet peeve, in relation to media coverage.
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So many to mention - so little time :

This one has been covered before - but here goes again :

Take away shops that can't get your order right, that can't be bothered serving you as the spotty assistant is to busy talking to one of their friends (on either side of the counter), or are just plain slow.

Or just plain rude and ignorant people - that covers a multitude of their sins...

FB  :)
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Of course, the flipside to that is when one is accosted by too many sales people...and two I am going to mention are Menard's and Kinney Shoes, (back when they were around).

Menard's has a salesperson to customer ratio of about 5-1.  I was going through the store one day, and I really got ticked off by the time I got from one end of the store to another...I finally asked one of the folks if they got paid a dollar for everytime he asked somebody "Can I help you find anything?"
He, of course, said "I wish!"  I mean, really-I could literally run into two salespeople in the same isle, and they could overhear me say "Just looking" to one-and the other one would ask anyway!
And when Kinney's was open at our mall, I could be walking past the store, and they would try to grab me into the store to look at shoes.  If by chance I would go in, invariably I would pick a shoe, say "Give me a size 9", and off they would scurry into the backroom.  They would always come back to me with 2 shoeboxes and say "I don't have a 9, but I have a size 10 and a size 7-1/2. Would you like to try them on?"  What am I, Cinderella?  I wear a nine! Ta ta!

Being overly helpful can be a pain, too! ;)

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Of course, the flipside to that is when one is accosted by too many sales people...and two I am going to mention are Menard's and Kinney Shoes, (back when they were around).

Menard's has a salesperson to customer ratio of about 5-1.  I was going through the store one day, and I really got ticked off by the time I got from one end of the store to another...I finally asked one of the folks if they got paid a dollar for everytime he asked somebody "Can I help you find anything?"
He, of course, said "I wish!"  I mean, really-I could literally run into two salespeople in the same isle, and they could overhear me say "Just looking" to one-and the other one would ask anyway!
And when Kinney's was open at our mall, I could be walking past the store, and they would try to grab me into the store to look at shoes.  If by chance I would go in, invariably I would pick a shoe, say "Give me a size 9", and off they would scurry into the backroom.  They would always come back to me with 2 shoeboxes and say "I don't have a 9, but I have a size 10 and a size 7-1/2. Would you like to try them on?"  What am I, Cinderella?  I wear a nine! Ta ta!

Being overly helpful can be a pain, too! ;)
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I agree, Banasy.  If I go into a store, I will seek a salesperson if I have a question.  Otherwise, leave me alone!  ::)

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Of course, the flipside to that is when one is accosted by too many sales people...and two I am going to mention are Menard's and Kinney Shoes, (back when they were around).

Menard's has a salesperson to customer ratio of about 5-1.  I was going through the store one day, and I really got ticked off by the time I got from one end of the store to another...I finally asked one of the folks if they got paid a dollar for everytime he asked somebody "Can I help you find anything?"
He, of course, said "I wish!"  I mean, really-I could literally run into two salespeople in the same isle, and they could overhear me say "Just looking" to one-and the other one would ask anyway!
And when Kinney's was open at our mall, I could be walking past the store, and they would try to grab me into the store to look at shoes.  If by chance I would go in, invariably I would pick a shoe, say "Give me a size 9", and off they would scurry into the backroom.  They would always come back to me with 2 shoeboxes and say "I don't have a 9, but I have a size 10 and a size 7-1/2. Would you like to try them on?"  What am I, Cinderella?  I wear a nine! Ta ta!

Being overly helpful can be a pain, too! ;)
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I really hate it when you go somewhere and you are just looking, they'll say "Can I help you?"  And when you really need it, they're nowhere to be found…

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I really hate it when you go somewhere and you are just looking, they'll say "Can I help you?"  And when you really need it, they're nowhere to be found…
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Or when you make the mistake of accepting the offer, only to find that you know more about the product than they do.....

FB  :(

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when your in the express line at the grocery store, and the person ahead of you has a shoping cart, then when they get to the checkout, they write a check. that always ticks me off (even if they have less than ten items).


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Not only that, but they stand in front of their buggies and refuse to move!

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when your in the express line at the grocery store, and the person ahead of you has a shoping cart, then when they get to the checkout, they write a check. that always ticks me off (even if they have less than ten items).


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Hey, Screwball!! That's me!!!  I didn't mean to hold you up! ;D

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Not only that, but they stand in front of their buggies and refuse to move!
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Nope, not guilty of this one... but I do write checks (or swipe my check card). I never carry more than four or five dollars on me...

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My main pet peeve - Mean people.

Mean People Suck!
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I could not agree with you more, Hairspray. ;D

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When it's a busy day at Wal-Mart and only a small number of checkout lanes are open.  Why the hell do they build 20 lanes if they only use 5?
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That's something I don't understand either.  There are about 30 checkout lines and not very many are open, and those that are, have people with loads waiting in them…

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That's something I don't understand either.  There are about 30 checkout lines and not very many are open, and those that are, have people with loads waiting in them…
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It drives me crazy too but, I think I have at least one of the answers. Just like at Target(where I was a supervisor at the front end) it's the quality of people hired. We'd always have enough people scheduled but getting them to show up is a whole different story. If it's Saturday and it's a nice day, why show up for work?

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Ohhhhhhh...where to begin......LOL

I think my biggest pet peeve of all is when drivers don't use their turn signals!! Come on people....it's not rocket science here...if you're gonna turn...PUT ON YOUR INDICATOR!! I'm not Kreskin behind you!! Sheesh!! Turn signals were invented for a reason!

Thanks for letting me vent :)
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uh oh....I think I am one of those people....I never use my turn signal...only if I really need to let someone know where I am going....but to turn it on just to change lanes on the interstate...just seems like a waste of time....I get fussed to about this all the time....but I have yet to break the habit of "non-blinking" ::)

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... but I do write checks (or swipe my check card). I never carry more than four or five dollars on me...
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I'm that guy too, WL.  Hardly ever carry cash...If I am writing a check, though, I try to have it halfway completed so by the time the cashier rings up my groceries all I have to do is enter the amount of the bill.

Of course, 'round here Express Lane is a misnomer... :-/ :P

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I'm that guy too, WL.  Hardly ever carry cash...If I am writing a check, though, I try to have it halfway completed so by the time the cashier rings up my groceries all I have to do is enter the amount of the bill.

Of course, 'round here Express Lane is a misnomer... :-/ :P
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Me, too.  I start writing my check before it is even my turn, that way all I have to do is write in the amount.  If I am in the express lane, I try to have cash...even though you get out of the normal lanes quicker than the express.

I have the same problem with other drivers as you, DJ.  My truck is blue with pink and light blue swirls.  Not exactly invisible.  Then again, this is Utah.  I think we have the worst drivers per capita than any other state.

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The biggest one is when others look at my magazines before I can. That one I can't explain, it just plains makes me crazy!
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Me too! My magazines or my newspaper! I don't mind sharing, but can I please read it first??!!

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My main pet peeve - Mean people.

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What if they don't know they're mean? Do they still suck? Like that old hag in Gremlins... she probably didn't know she was mean...

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My pet peeve is when it's during rushhour on the F Train and there's always a problem where the friggin'train gets stuck and I get paranoid where I think I'm gonna be late or something.train suck.They'll never get any better. -howard- 8)
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Try the metro in Paris....now that's what I call very efficient!!!  8)

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Try the metro in Paris....now that's what I call very efficient!!!  8)
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Paris?? Paris??  ??? I live in New York,sweetie.I wish I could go live in Paris.I hate working in the city.population explosion.-howard-

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I think my biggest pet peeve is being in traffic, putting on my signal to change lanes and slowing down a bit in order to fit into the traffic in the next lane, and then suddenly, the driver behind me pulls over and passes me, holding up my lane change.... Heeeello? What did you think my turn signal was on for? ::)

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I'm with you, Zella.

I also get annoyed at the people who are perfectly well-abled and yet believe "FIRE LANE" and "NO PARKING" were grafittied in front of the grocery store/Target/shopping center by a twelve year-old hoodlum.  Yes, this kid had nothing else but a yellow can of spray paint, perfect manuscript and a vision that he could deter people from parking right in front of the store by displaying his artwork on asphalt near the storefront.  In reality, his masterpiece causes chaos, illiteracy and utter disregard for the law.  I'm surprised law enforcement hasn't caught on to this phenomenon...they could rake in a fortune in citation funds where I live.

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So many to mention - so little time :

FB  :)
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Well said, my friend ;)

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Well said, my friend ;)
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Ah don't start me  -  oh now see what you've done R&RF !  My fingers have started typing and I can't help myself !

Bus Drivers who freak out if you give them any more than a 5 dollar note, but when they change it you can see that they must be carrying hundreds of dollars in change.....

Trains that have the aircon up full blast in winter, but the same aircon seems to go on the fritz when it's 100 (of your) degrees and 99% humidity (Reddyrules, you work for QR and I hold you vicariously responsible - be prepared with an answer tomorrow - or preferably a refund for every trip I've taken under such intolerable conditions !  ;))...

The drivers on our street who think it's a runway not a road...

And back to shops in general :

When a place has a big long counter and it's packed with customers, and you do you best to point out that someone was there before you, but other people don't return the same courtesy, or

The shop assistant just serves the next person their lazy eyes fall upon....

Grrrrrrrr.  I hate that.  Queues annoy the crap out of me, but I'd rather stand in one and be served in the right order....

But back to the original comment, so many gripes, so little time !

FB  ;)

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The British man Tony Martin was protecting his home from a burgular by shooting him in the leg. He has just been released from a prison sentence - me personally I thought shooting someone was a bit drastic, but as long as it dettered him from the property, and it didn't kill him, I feel that Martin needed to protect it.

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I think Tony Martin should not have gone to jail.  :-/
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What the press (especially the Mail) doesn't like to say: Tony Martin had had his gun license revoked - the shotgun he used was held illegally.  He fired through a closed door, so he wouldn't necessarily have known it was burglars: you could argue he was lucky that it was a burglar he killed - and yes, he did kill one of them: he was in prison for manslaughter.

I've said this before in several different places: Tony Martin isn't a martyred hero, scared and defending his own property - he's a psychopath who was lucky it was a bad guy he hit, otherwise he'd have been up for murder.

Having said that, the law suit against him is pretty ridiculous.

My biggest pet peeve (are peeves easy to keep as pets, I wonder) would probably be tabloid newspapers: their hypocrisy, their intrusiveness and their constant printing of inaccuracies.

Phil

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I thought that was pretty well known.  I mean, if I, an uninformed and not-that-bright American, know it, it can't be too unknown.

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I have too many of them but here are my top 3:

1. Fakes...'nuff said

2. Snobby cliques consisting of VERY FEW PEOPLE

3. And the biggest one of all: *drumroll please*   People who think they know everything and convince the whole world they are a genius but in all reality THEY DON'T KNOW SH*T!!!!  >:(      

On the bright side, these people are obviously not going very far in life...and we shall laugh at their calamity!  ;D  HA!
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At least I agree with #3. ::)

Howard

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3. And the biggest one of all: *drumroll please*   People who think they know everything and convince the whole world they are a genius but in all reality THEY DON'T KNOW SH*T!!!!  >:(      
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I take offense.

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How do you tell the difference between the wannabe geniuses who annoy you with their pseudo brains, and the ones that actually are smarter than you that you're just jealous of?

I feel more confident in myself when someone tries to be smart and fails. I feel really uncomfortable when someone is obviously much smarter than me (i.e. A Shakespearean actress/musician/brilliant author/better than me in all my strengths)
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Oh trust me, this certain person I'm talking about was just trying to show off the brains he didn't have.  He FLUNKED out of one of those *smart* math&science schools and came to ours thinking he knew everything there is to know.

The most ANNOYING thing was when he kept trying to argue with all of us "church-goers" about the Bible.  Like he was saying why he didn't agree with the book of Revelation...using stuff that ain't even IN Revelation....it's like...."Oh, you mean you disagree with the book of JOB?"   Yeah, try actually reading your Bible before trying to make an argument.

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What the press (especially the Mail) doesn't like to say: Tony Martin had had his gun license revoked - the shotgun he used was held illegally.  He fired through a closed door, so he wouldn't necessarily have known it was burglars: you could argue he was lucky that it was a burglar he killed - and yes, he did kill one of them: he was in prison for manslaughter.

I've said this before in several different places: Tony Martin isn't a martyred hero, scared and defending his own property - he's a psychopath who was lucky it was a bad guy he hit, otherwise he'd have been up for murder.
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If what you are saying is correct Philbo Baggins, I will humbly correct myself. I had no idea of those facts - bloody papers.  >:(

I still don't like injustice on any level.

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There is a lot of truth in that, John.

Self-confidence is an issue with a lot of people (including myself) but I think that we can all learn from everybody. I've just learned something about Tony Martin tonight that I didn't know previously but I don't feel humiliated because I've got the wrong end of the stick.

We can learn from others and in return they can learn from us.

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I only know what I read, Kenny. The papers can be very biased and only release facts that support their cause (there was a poll in Britain that said about 66% of people think Martin shouldn't have been in jail). This indicates that a lot of people in Britain are as clueless as I am.

What are you trying to suggest by saying that you are an 'uninformed and not-that-bright American'? Are you really believing that or are you being rhetorical to make a point of my ignorance? If you are making a point about my ignorance then you should take into consideration that 'human beings make mistakes'.