What is your pet hate?

[givemeaspell]

Mine is people not being punctual.  I can handle 5-10 minutes but later than that starts to really get my blood boiling.  Why do some people think its not important to keep to a set time?  Im seriously interested, if you are one of those people wha are your reasons and do you think its rude to the other person?

[davidc4430]

might be quicker to list things i dont hate.....BAHAHA (done like arnold in happy days)

[davidc4430]

ok, got one, sellers who use tatty old boxes and tatty old bubblewrap.

[davidc4430]

and so not to leave buyers out,

buyers who buy then take forever to pay.

[zanadoo_56]

It's people who promise to turn up and don't at all that really drive me nuts.  Grrrr.

Some friends promised to visit me in hospital and would bring a meal.  (Anyone who has tasted hospital food would know how much this treat would be looked forward to).  A day and approx time was arranged.  The evening came and I waited and waited.....and waited.  Finally I realised it wasn't going to happen.  I got a late phone call from them to say they were 'very tired' and wouldn't be coming. I just couldn't believe it.  To me a promise is a promise.

In the end I called for the nurse and asked her if she could find something for me to eat from the kitchen.  Luckily she found a pack of slightly stale cut sandwiches.

[domino-710]

That is awful Zan.

Hope they're off your Chrissy List.

[davidc4430]

i get that after feeding my dad numerous hospital meals during his many stays after his first stroke.

unfortunately i'm a worse cook than any hospital has so cooking him something from home wasnt an option.

9 out of 10 people when asked about the thought of going into hospital say its not the operation that scares me its what i'll have to eat before getting out lol

[chameleon54]

Drivers that dawdle along at 70 KMH on the open highway where it is too winding to pass THEN SPEED UP TO THE 100 KPH. LEGAL LIMIT IN THE PASSING LANE !!!!! ..............................Yes I am yelling..........COS I HATE IT HATE IT HATE IT !!!!!.

[chameleon54]

CYCLISTS IN LYCRA !!!!  

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I like car racing, but I dont wear a racing suit and helmet while i drive my car around the streets ......... Total w@nker$

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Perhaps I should tell you what I really think of cyclists in lycra........

[givemeaspell]

It feels good to vent hey!!!!   My other one is when there are road works and the traffic is meant to slow to 80,60 or even 40 at times, I am the only one doing the speed limit.  It is not a SUGGESTED SPEED, it's the actual speed limit....people will say oh but there are no road works etc....doesn't matter, obey the law!  I read somewhere where a road worker said I also have the right to go home to my family at tnight and if the road speed is lowered its for a reason.  Why are there never any police around these areas?  Oh and people actually sitting on my tail wanting me to go faster..........rant over!

[go-tazz]

My main ones seem to be car related,(especially 4WD's).

We live in a country area and we have to turn of a main highway on a corner into a side road and sooner or later

someone is going to get killed by these numskulls.

They will sit within 2 car lengths behind you trying to make you go faster then the posted 80 kms for this

section,( if I have to brake heavily they can't stop in time so I start slowing down to get them to back off and

they'll either beep their horn or go past whilst I have my indicator on).

In our main street we have centre parking and 4WD's tend to park on or over the front line so that you can't

see past them and you have to us the shop windows to try and see cars coming.

Then the most ludicrous one is when you come to a junction and you have to turn right or left and the 4WD

will creep forward so that you can't see traffic coming from that side.

They can see over the roof of my car and don't need to block me out yet everyone one of them does it,(I hold

back so that I can see past the back of the car that's turning the opposite way and other car drivers do the

same).

To me 4WD drivers are the most inconsiderate drivers on the road,(you will have good ones but there is a high

number of them that do all sorts of dumb things),