Pet Peeves

Pinkus · Post by **Pinkus** » 15 Feb 2008 16:56

Frank_Sinatra wrote:What have you got against horizontal lines?

well for one thing... they get people confused into thinking i dislike horizontal lines

Wasabi · Post by **Wasabi** » 15 Feb 2008 17:57

People that block your path unintentionally, but do nothing to think that they are blocking you, feign disinterest at your calls of "Excuse me..." and continue as though they own the road they walk on. This is prevalent in people who walk up and down stairs, but walk down in the middle instead of either the left or right. Let some busy citizens walk through, damn it!

I felt like I had to tackle some bitches today.

Matt K · Post by **Matt K** » 15 Feb 2008 19:11

When walking down the hall, you try to avoid someone by sidestepping, but then the other person moves the same way, and that continues for a few seconds.

bdams19 · Post by **bdams19** » 17 Feb 2008 00:49

Wasabi wrote:People that block your path unintentionally, but do nothing to think that they are blocking you, feign disinterest at your calls of "Excuse me..." and continue as though they own the road they walk on. This is prevalent in people who walk up and down stairs, but walk down in the middle instead of either the left or right. Let some busy citizens walk through, damn it!

I felt like I had to tackle some bitches today.

what about people who dont stand to the side on escalators so people can pass on the left. fuck that!

max · Post by **max** » 18 Feb 2008 04:39

bdams19 wrote:
Wasabi wrote:People that block your path unintentionally, but do nothing to think that they are blocking you, feign disinterest at your calls of "Excuse me..." and continue as though they own the road they walk on. This is prevalent in people who walk up and down stairs, but walk down in the middle instead of either the left or right. Let some busy citizens walk through, damn it!

I felt like I had to tackle some bitches today.
what about people who dont stand to the side on escalators so people can pass on the left. fuck that!

Try that in London during the morning rush-hour. You'll never again stand on the wrong side of an escalator

Wasabi · Post by **Wasabi** » 26 Feb 2008 13:43

Not exactly a pet peeve, but I had one of those 'idiot moments' with people.

I was trying to explain to someone about Footbag Net, but he was being very skeptical about the whole idea of the sport - ranging from net height to how high people should kick and how tall players should be (what if a team of players that are 6' go against those around 5'?). Also, I was on the topic on how it was cool that people do backflips and kick the ball in mid-air (the term didn't come to me at the time, but I suppose you would call it an "overhead spike"), and he tried asking me how people do that type of action.

How do you even answer those questions? Is the action of people kicking in mid-air so bizarre to people? Is a backflip unimaginable? I mean, he was a pretty hefty guy, but he kept on insisiting me to answer him. I explained that the net is about yea-high (motioning my hand about eye level to above my head), but he was perplexed on how people can spike that high. Can't someone have the imagination to see it in their heads than ask me for all of the statistical features the sport of Footbag Net has and how people are trained in the sport? Seriously, he kept on insisting that I give him specific answers that I just snapped.

He was one of those people that don't take "I don't know" for an answer. Yes, it's my fault to not be more informed in Footbag Net, but jeez. Take things with a grain of salt. I even referred him to watch videos on Youtube, but it wasn't enough for him.