Things that Annoy you

[asianthree]

I will start. The items for sale and you send a pm to see item and 3 days later you get a pm back it's been sold. And they still don't mark SOLD. :Screen_of_Death:

[Barefoot]

I will start. The items for sale and you send a pm to see item and 3 days later you get a pm back it's been sold. And they still don't mark SOLD. :Screen_of_Death:

Threads that have incomplete or misleading titles.
Why not give some indication of the actual topic?

You Need to Read This
Something Happened
I don't understand this
News that just happened
How can I fix this
I have a problem
You won't believe this
Disappointed again
I have a question

:boom:

[TraceyMooreRN]

When someone stops on golf cart path to roll down side curtains or talk on phone without clearly pulling into grass out of lane of traffic, then they give you the wave go around... Just pull out the way!!! It is only grass!:sing:

[redwitch]

When a reply is dismissive because someone is new to the forum. I hate seeing someone called a troll just because they're new and the subject is controversial. If they're trolls, just don't reply. They might actually be sincere but will never post again because of the negativity.

Certain posters and their proselytizing. Great, you're a vegan and believe in the health benefits. Some of us prefer a shorter life lived with gusto than a long life with too many sacrifices. I can't imagine anyone in the US today not knowing about the health benefits of not smoking, not eating beef, sugar, etc. We really don't need to be nagged about it.

[Greg Nelson]

getting old

[Chatbrat]

people paying with checks in the express check out in the super-market

[Madelaine Amee]

Threads that have incomplete or misleading titles.
Why not give some indication of the actual topic?

You Need to Read This
Something Happened
I don't understand this
News that just happened
How can I fix this
I have a problem
You won't believe this
Disappointed again
I have a question

:boom:

Bare, if you lightly run your cursor over the title you can read the beginning of the message and get a general idea what it is about. No need to open to read - saves a lot of aggro.

[CarolSells]

Get your grumps for the day out here!

1) People who pull out in front of you. This happens all day on the streets, in the parking lots, and even in the grocery store! Then they have the audacity to give you a dirty look!

2) The person with the golf cart with big ONEIDA, NY signs all over it who totally blocked the driver's side of my car while I was in The Mark Twain Library. I had to crawl in from another door. You must have been at the Paradise Center because I made an announcement, "Attention, library shoppers...".

3) People who eschew book marks and dog ear pages of books and mark in pen or hi-liter the last line they read. Now, I do realize that the books at The Mark Twain are donations so, in that case, mark away. But I see it in regular library books, too.

Okay, that's all I got. Tough life, huh? I feel much better!!! Enjoy your day.

[rubicon]

Posters who apparently never bother reading the entire thread before they respond and clearly ae only interested in expressing their opinion, something of which hs already been addressed and had they read the thread would have known.

I allow for lag time so understand that a poster would not have had the benefit of seeing one, two three posts before theirs but after that.................Hmmmmm

[Madelaine Amee]

Unfortunately, I allow too many things to annoy me, but I think my pet annoyance would be the people who are so rude, so rude to servers in a restaurant, so rude to people in the grocery store, so rude and ignorant in their driving habits - how much time does it really take to let someone get out of a side street, etc. etc, and when I let you into the stream of traffic a slight acknowledgement would be very much appreciated. Does it really take much to say thank you, to hold a door open so that it does not slam in someone's face, to generally be polite as you go through life?

I do not remember people being this ignorant and rude when I was growing up, have we changed so much!

[CarolSells]

Unfortunately, I allow too many things to annoy me, but I think my pet annoyance would be the people who are so rude, so rude to servers in a restaurant, so rude to people in the grocery store, so rude and ignorant in their driving habits - how much time does it really take to let someone get out of a side street, etc. etc, and when I let you into the stream of traffic a slight acknowledgement would be very much appreciated. Does it really take much to say thank you, to hold a door open so that it does not slam in someone's face, to generally be polite as you go through life?

I do not remember people being this ignorant and rude when I was growing up, have we changed so much!

Yes! I totally agree and I just read this on another board, "They're missing the Golden Rule gene". Love it. Applies to way too many people here.

[Fraugoofy]

My biggest pet peeves are people who don't tell the truth and people who backstab... just be who you are and be honest!

[MikeV]

Mine has got to be people who sit and chat after completing their meal at restaurant tables while they can clearly see there are people waiting in line to get seated. This drives me crazy. I'm not talking about a minute or two or while they are waiting for a check etc.

[DonH57]

Misleading garage and yard sale advertisements. How about those neighborhood ones listing no less than 6 or 8 streets, and after trekking across the villages find out it's 2 or maybe 3 houses. Ok, I guess technically multiple means more than one.

[LittleDog]

People in a supermarket who appear to be capable of loading their groceries in their car but take a b****r away to take them to their care leaving the cashier to do double duty. Yes, I know that someone may not appear to be handicapped but I'll bet that most aren't. This usually happens when I'm next in line.

John

[Chuckw]

People who drive down a lane in a parking lot and suddenly stop and put their car into reverse, expecting you to back up so that they can back into the parking spot you were about to pull into.... Have never understood why folks insist in backing into parking spaces... (anyone care to give me your opinion?)

[FlamingoFlo]

Life is too short, why let anything bother you. Just smile and let it roll off your back.

[redwitch]

People in a supermarket who appear to be capable of loading their groceries in their car but take a b****r away to take them to their care leaving the cashier to do double duty. Yes, I know that someone may not appear to be handicapped but I'll bet that most aren't. This usually happens when I'm next in line.

John

I do it when the weather is nice just to give the bag ger a chance to go outside (usually ask the bag ger if they want to go outside and make it abundantly clear I really don't mind doing it myself). Never thought of it as taking something away from the person behind me since another bag ger usually takes their place pretty quickly.

Wonder what TOTV has against the word b a g g e r? rofl .... And editing this was seriously annoying!

[Yorio]

People who don't use turn signals but still turn. Are you going straight or turning so I can make a move before other cars or carts come too close to make my move? For those who forgot to turn back the turn signals, though annoying, can be more forgiving.

[dillywho]

Life is too short, why let anything bother you. Just smile and let it roll off your back.

Venting is sometimes good for you, as well.

Mine are the same as many of those mentioned, especially the ones about rude people. My daddy always taught us that it doesn't cost a thing to be nice. I try to keep in mind that they just could be dealing with something and they just are reacting to whatever stress it is. Happens.

Then there are those who come here, fall in love with the place, buy/build, and then want to start changing or complaining about everything: restrictions, etc., the "greedy developer", not always being able to get the choice tee times, long waits in restaurants during high season, doctors, hospitals, and the list goes on. This, that, and something else was better where they came from.

No place is perfect, but this is darn close. When I want something we had in Texas, I take a trip back and get it or do it. Always makes me appreciate what is here, so I hot-foot it back. Enjoy those trips, but it is always great to be back here where we belong now.:crap2:

[TheVillageChicken]

I hate it when you give someone a heartfelt compliment on the awesomeness of their moustache and she acts like you just insulted her.

[Lovey2]

[QUOTE=redwitch;1036519]When a reply is dismissive because someone is new to the forum. I hate seeing someone called a troll just because they're new and the subject is controversial. If they're trolls, just don't reply. They might actually be sincere but will never post again because of the negativity.

:bigbow:
and, heaven forbid you push back, because you AREN'T a troll...you are now on the ca-ca list no matter what you say...all your past posts are perused and regurgitated in any further comments you make (who has THAT time?) until you give up....well, almost. :)

[Lovey2]

I hate it when you give someone a heartfelt compliment on the awesomeness of their moustache and she acts like you just insulted her.

Just wrong....:a20:

[Barefoot]

Bare, if you lightly run your cursor over the title you can read the beginning of the message and get a general idea what it is about. No need to open to read - saves a lot of aggro.

Thanks Madelaine.
I use that feature on my laptop but it doesn't seem to work on my iPad.

I agree with FlamingoFlo, life is too short to moan and groan.
And everyone I know is supremely happy and appreciative of living in The Villages.
But - who can resist a thread entitled "Things that annoy you". :evil6:

[Cisco Kid]

Winter

[Cisco Kid]

Snow

[Cisco Kid]

Temps below 80*

[Cisco Kid]

Sunless days

[jebartle]

I'm in a grocery line, move to another one shorter (Ha!), then original line starts to move.....Why am I in such a big hurry???????:loco::loco:

[dbussone]

I'm in a grocery line, move to another one shorter (Ha!), then original line starts to move.....Why am I in such a big hurry???????:loco::loco:

Been there, done that. All I can do is agree with you.

[dewilson58]

Threads that turn ugly

and

Thread posts just trying to prove who has the biggest di*^.

[Bonnevie]

People in a supermarket who appear to be capable of loading their groceries in their car but take a b****r away to take them to their care leaving the cashier to do double duty. Yes, I know that someone may not appear to be handicapped but I'll bet that most aren't. This usually happens when I'm next in line.

John

adding to the supermarket annoyances--people who leave carts in the parking lots spaces....especially when just a few feet away is a designated cart return area

[cquick]

Handicapped parking spaces with NO ramps nearby to get up onto the sidewalk.

Not enough sidewalks.

[KayakerNC]

Posts in all caps that start out,
BEWARE
DANGER
WARNING
and end up attacking a restaurant for not noticing they were serving "Royalty".

[RickeyD]

Smart cars

[Lovey2]

Threads that turn ugly

and

Thread posts just trying to prove who has the biggest di*^.

Favorite line in "Taken"...spoken by Liam Neeson..."This is no time for d**k measuring." Funny!

[kcrazorbackfan]

1. Not selling my home yet in KC.
2. Divots not repaired on greens.
3. Divots on tee boxes and fairways not sanded.
4. Golfers who complain constantly about course conditions.
5. Slow play.
6. People that don't/won't pickup their dogs poop.
7. Seat Savers.

And the beat goes on.......

[MikeV]

People who drive down a lane in a parking lot and suddenly stop and put their car into reverse, expecting you to back up so that they can back into the parking spot you were about to pull into.... Have never understood why folks insist in backing into parking spaces... (anyone care to give me your opinion?)

OR, when there are two spots in line with each other and you are about to pull into one and a car comes from the other side and instead of stopping in the first space they pull all the way through into the other side so they can be facing out for easier exit and you are left with no spot to pull into. Then they will not even acknowledge you or back up into the other spot.

[hulahips]

People who attack others just because they have a different opinion

[Grandfinch]

When anyone posts without using the Curtesy we were all taught to use whe addressing others. Opinions should vary. Being respectful to others should ways follow a decent and respectful line.

[DougB]

I get annoyed when people post on TOTV what annoys them.

[Jdmiata]

I get annoyed when people post on TOTV what annoys them.

Where's the "like " button ?

[golfing eagles]

OK, I'll jump in , since I'm in NY now
Next week in TV---no complaints.

Drivers who, in a 70 mph zone drive 50 and camp out in the left lane--usually these are the people who get on the entrance and move immediately to the left---whether someone is coming up fast on them or not. What happened to stay right except to pass
Drivers who pull out of a side street through a stop sign at high speed, then proceed 50 feet and stop short to make a left, usually with a long line of traffic coming the other way--especially annoying if there is no one behind you for a half mile
People who pull 2 grocery carts side by side in the middle of the aisle and have a protracted conversation--the NY Jets offensive line should block as well as they do

[lanemb]

People who walk right by a grocery cart in the parking lot and then grab one inside. Why not grab the ones lazy people leave in the parking lot? If we all go the extra mile the world would look a little brighter.

[TheVillageChicken]

I used to get annoyed when young women in service jobs called me "Sweetie" or "Honey", but I found a way to stop them. I just start calling them "Sugar T*ts", and that seems to put us back on a less familiar basis fairly quickly.

[BobandMary]

Come on, Friends! You are retired in Paradise! Just think back to when you worked a million hours a week and drove through ice and snow all winter long.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

I will start. The items for sale and you send a pm to see item and 3 days later you get a pm back it's been sold. And they still don't mark SOLD. :Screen_of_Death:

That just happened to me. I didn't even get the courtesy of a PM. I PM'ed the seller and said that I would definitely take the item at the asking price. Someone posted asking if they would take less. I then posted that I would take it at the asking price. The next day the ad is marked SOLD.

[perrjojo]

Yes! I totally agree and I just read this on another board, "They're missing the Golden Rule gene". Love it. Applies to way too many people here.b

I too agree. BTW, we moved here from Woodstock, GA. Eagle Watch in Towne Lake

[CarolSells]

b

I too agree. BTW, we moved here from Woodstock, GA. Eagle Watch in Towne Lake

No, kidding! We were almost neighbors! I moved here from Wyngate.

[onslowe]

Mine has got to be people who sit and chat after completing their meal at restaurant tables while they can clearly see there are people waiting in line to get seated. This drives me crazy. I'm not talking about a minute or two or while they are waiting for a check etc.

Boy do I agree with you Mike. Last Mother's Day our party of six had to wait and wait at Oakwoods while the most self absorbed group, long finished dinner, and yakked and yakked and then took picutres of each other - all twelve of them. All the while they were maybe fifteen feet from many, many hungry people waiting for a table. The waiters and the manager couldn't budge them withthe usual courteous hints - like asking them if they wanted anything else. "Nope" they said and continued to redefine the word selfish.

Saw it again about a month ago over at Chefs of Napoli. This time when the 'all about me' people finally relinquished their three tables, a customer who had been watching and waiting, gave them a round of applause. Instead of being even a little bit embarrassed, one guy went literally beet red and wanted to start a fight.

Like Madelaine Amee said above, I really don't remember this type of rudeness in years past - honestly. Very sad commentary on the Boomers, very sad.

[DonH57]

I used to get annoyed when young women in service jobs called me "Sweetie" or "Honey", but I found a way to stop them. I just start calling them "Sugar T*ts", and that seems to put us back on a less familiar basis fairly quickly.

Does it work all the time?

[gerryann]

Unfortunately, I allow too many things to annoy me, but I think my pet annoyance would be the people who are so rude, so rude to servers in a restaurant, so rude to people in the grocery store, so rude and ignorant in their driving habits - how much time does it really take to let someone get out of a side street, etc. etc, and when I let you into the stream of traffic a slight acknowledgement would be very much appreciated. Does it really take much to say thank you, to hold a door open so that it does not slam in someone's face, to generally be polite as you go through life?

I do not remember people being this ignorant and rude when I was growing up, have we changed so much!

WOW!!! You sound like me....especially the rude ones in the resturants. I feel so bad for the servers when they are spoken to with such disrespect!

[TheVillageChicken]

Does it work all the time?

To the extent that they no longer call me "Sweetie" or "Honey"......100% effective.

[outlaw]

People who move to some great place, and then proclaim that there should be no more houses/condos built because it would ruin it.

[LuckySevens]

People in grocery stores or Walmart who park their baskets in the middle of the aisle, and don't bother to move when they see you trying to get by. Sometimes they walk away 15-20 feet and just leave their baskets there while they are 'looking'. Jeez....life is not just all about YOU.

People who talk so loudly on the cell phone in public places that it is obnoxious.

[Barefoot]

I used to get annoyed when young women in service jobs called me "Sweetie" or "Honey", but I found a way to stop them. I just start calling them "Sugar T*ts", and that seems to put us back on a less familiar basis fairly quickly.

This post definitely gets my vote for post of the day! :eclipsee_gold_cup:

[sunnyatlast]

When you are telling a person something and speaking quickly, and they finish your sentence for you with words you do NOT intend to say, as if you're not worthy of their time to listen for the next 3 seconds.

It's extremely rude!

[Loudoll]

When you are telling a person something and speaking quickly, and they finish your sentence for you with words you do NOT intend to say, as if you're not worthy of their time to listen for the next 3 seconds.

It's extremely rude!
Yes. Mine too. A "friend" did this to me and after finishing my sentence announced proudly, "I can talk faster than you can think" to which I replied "You can talk faster than you can think"
I used to begin my sentence again and again til I got it said.
But I now just let it go and they can converse with themselves for all I care.

[CarolSells]

Hmmm. How about threads that have been neutralized before you've had a chance to read all of the posts that were there? It's like coming up on a fight on the playground after a teacher has been called. :)

[Greg Nelson]

People who don't use turn signals but still turn. Are you going straight or turning so I can make a move before other cars or carts come too close to make my move? For those who forgot to turn back the turn signals, though annoying, can be more forgiving.

I think it is against the law in Florida to use turn signals.

[OBXNana]

I'd classify as minor inconvenience:
* Biting my tongue or inside of my mouth
* Forgetting to take a tissue out of my pocket before washing the item
* Using a pencil eraser and the paper looks worse than before I erased
* Having identical pairs of black and brown shoes and looking down to see you have a black shoe on one foot and a brown shoe on the other
* Waiting at a red light when no cars are going any direction
* People that crack their gum
* Wet socks/shoes

My main peeve is sitting in a restaurant with a family at another table and each has their own electronic device. No conversation or interaction, just rapid finger motion.

The reality is that life is too short to even think twice about any of these things. Except I am very aware of my electronic devices when I am with friends and family. They are stowed away and hope that I can lead by example.

[kcrazorbackfan]

I used to get annoyed when young women in service jobs called me "Sweetie" or "Honey", but I found a way to stop them. I just start calling them "Sugar T*ts", and that seems to put us back on a less familiar basis fairly quickly.

Sugar Tits is kind of sexist, isn't it? "Sweetie" of "Honey" annoys you? Hmm. That's just a "southern" thing that I've grown up with for 61.9 years. You must of been raised "up north" and you might be surprised to know that if you say that to her BEFORE you get your food, it might be spit in. Food for thought....., but then again, it's YOUR food.

[ajbrown]

Having to walk to an adjoining Villa neighborhood, that backs up to our house, to tell the owner of a German Shepard that allowing their dog to bark continuously after they have let it out into their Villa yard diminishes the enjoyment for my wife and I using our lanai.

The annoying thing is not the walk, or the dog, but the fact that I would have to tell an adult that in the first place :doh:

[Villager Joyce]

I say this because I am a softie when it comes to animals/pets/critters: people tbat post lost but no follow up to let us know baby is still missing or found.

A similar annoyance but this time because I am a sandy beach: people who post questions, we do all your homework for you, and you disappear. No nothing. No thanks. No nothing.

[parthree]

In a restaurant having dinner while the family at the next table is practicing every poor table manner you can think of. Eating and talking with mouths full; belching; burping; talking loudly. What's really bad, is that the children with them are learning from this behavior.

[2BNTV]

Some of my favorites are in no particular order:
1. Driving slow in the left lane on a two lane parkway/street and having no intention of passing anyone and refusing to move over.
2. People talking so loudly to a person seated two feet away from them in that you can hear them halfway across the room. They may think what they have to say comes out in tablet form but it has disturbed hearing some performances on the square.
3. People who block movement and are totally unaware of their surroundings when shopping, as if they are the only person in the store.
4. People who gets in the ten items or less lane and have 30 items in their cart. They can't count to ten but if they give the cashier a $100 bill, and their total is $61, they can count their $39 of change.
5. People who exhibit an "it's all about me attitude". I expect this from a 10 year old person and not someone who has lived 50 plus years.

Time to calm down, so my lunch will go down. :smiley:

[DeanFL]

Some of my favorites are in no particular order:
1. Driving slow in the left lane on a two lane parkway/street and having no intention of passing anyone and refusing to move over.
2. People talking so loudly to a person seated two feet away from them in that you can hear them halfway across the room. They may think what they have to say comes out in tablet form but it has disturbed hearing some performances on the square.
3. People who block movement and are totally unaware of their surroundings when shopping, as if they are the only person in the store.
4. People who gets in the ten items or less lane and have 30 items in their cart. They can't count to ten but if they give the cashier a $100 bill, and their total is $61, they can count their $39 of change.
5. People who exhibit an "it's all about me attitude". I expect this from a 10 year old person and not someone who has lived 50 plus years.

Time to calm down, so my lunch will go down. :smiley:

Re yours 2BNTV:
1. Worse, they do this driving parallel to a semi that's in the right lane for a mile.
2. What?
3. Yes, cart down the middle - or they stand next to it blocking the opening - needing 6 "excuse me's" - because of #2.
4. Or of course slowly writing a check - or debit and takes 5 tries to recall their code #.
5. You talkin' 'bout me???

Hope lunch settled...

[tomwed]

short people

[RickeyD]

short people


Is it true they have no reason to live ?