What annoys you?

[I.B. Washincars]

I'm usually about as laid-back as they come and little gets my nose out of joint, but a few things just annoy the living $h!+ outta me. A couple I see very often on this forum. I wanna be a jerk and chastise the user, but being the nice guy I am I just stay quiet. Just in case the guilty parties want to clean up their act and please me, here they are.

Using the word "loose" for "lose". You don't "LOOSE" your shirt in this business, you "LOSE" it. If you don't tighten a bolt it is "LOOSE"!

Using the word "CEMENT" incorrectly. The word is "CONCRETE". Cement is one of the ingredients in concrete. I also used it a lot when I was a kid, building model cars. They are not the same thing.

When I hear the phrase "All ya gotta do is" preceding just about anything, smoke comes out of my ears. This phrase is used ad nauseum in the computer field. The translation of this phrase is "I could have made this more user friendly so the average Joe could use it, but it was easier to design it with these steps that make no sense to anyone but us geeks"

And my all time favorite "That's the way we always do it." Need I say more.

I know a few more will come to mind as soon as I post, but you get the jist.

Anyway, what pet peeves do you have that make you just want to jump out in front of a bus?

 

[MEP001]

I began to hate the words "It'll do just fine" after working with someone who had no clue about car washes but thought he knew it all. "Use 1/4" tubing for presoak instead of 3/8, it'll do just fine." Not if you designed the system to deliver 100 PSI to the bays and then undersize the tubing so the longer runs get about 60 at the boom.

 

[rph9168]

I get annoyed when posters either start a thread or give a reply with an ulterior motive such as to push their brand of soap or equipment. They should at least say that they either sell or are affiliated with the manufacturer when they post. Bill is pretty good at weeding out offenders but occasionally some slip through. Sometimes I think that posters should at least be identified as to what they do in the industry with a general description like "operator" or "distributor" or "sales rep". That way we could at least know where they are coming from.

 

[Waxman]

I get annoyed when I get bashed for being too positive. Boo hoo.


Honestly: My annoyances come in daily life; not cyber-life.

 

[Eric H]

You are too positive. You act like you live in a Gingerbread house at 123 Lollipop Lane, where the roads are made out of gumdrops and the rivers flow with melted chocolate.

Take a dose of reality and get back in your miserable little hole of a life like the rest of us!

 

[Bubbles Galore]

I'm with you Waxman...but I laughed pretty hard when I read Eric's response. That was awesome!

 

[MEP001]

The only people who might get annoyed at someone who is "too positive" are the ones who look for the bad in everything. I agree, boo hoo.

I'll add another annoyance: stupid questions. I was pressure-washing the lot last night, and I rope off the rear vac area with caution tape so I can get it done quickly and without worrying about getting anyone's clean car wet. Guy starts yelling "Hey" to me across the parking lot, so I stop and ask what he needs. He asks "Why can't I use these vacuums?"

I told him "Because I'm cleaning back here."

"Well, I want to use these ones."

"There are more in the front that you can use."

"Do those have shampooers?"

"Yes."

"I don't want to use the shampooers."

"You don't have to use the shampooers, the vacuum part is the same."

"Well, I want to use these ones."

I didn't know what to say to him after that, so I went back to work. Of course he didn't like it, and stormed over asking why I "slammed the door on him," why I had an attitude. I told him because he's acting like a child.

After all was said and done, he used a vac in the front, and even used its fragrance.

 

[jloebker]

I get annoyed reading such childish post's.

 

[MEP001]

This forum has a feature that allows you to ignore a member's posts. I suggest you use it on mine.

 

[I.B. Washincars]

I had a reply started and just deleted it instead of posting. I think we've gotten a little spoiled since PC was banned, the forum was flowing so well. I guess there will always be a jerk or two around...oh well.

 

[Waxman]

Wow Eric! I thought we were buddies!?!

Do You want to have lunch? Sounds like somebody needs a hug!!!

 

[jloebker]

This forum has a feature that allows you to ignore a member's posts. I suggest you use it on mine.

I was refering to the post not the replys. Mep please understand I think you have wealth of knowledge when it comes to repairs and maintaince.

Its your business practices I sometime question.

 

[I.B. Washincars]

I thought I would just revive this old thread rather than start a new one for my mini rant.

Just as everyone else probably does, I accumulated a lot of loose change on my trip to Vegas last week. I probably had 3 or 4 dollars laying on the bathroom vanity by the last day. I went down to the cashier cage at Treasure Island and asked them to turn it into something I could shove into a slot machine. I was dumbfounded when the girl told me that they don't accept loose change. It's the freaking cashier cage, if that's not the appropriate place to exchange money, what is???

 

[Waxman]

Here's my weekly gripe.

Bought 2 containers of Fast Orange hand cleaner awhile back.

Got to the point where the first one ceased pumping the hand cleaner. Thought it must be empty.

Being the miser that I am, I cut the top open so we could scoop out what little (I thought) remained.

Much to my surprise, there was a good 2 inches of perfectly good hand cleaner goo left in the bottom!!!

Is this part of the 'new zoom' in today's economy? Do they purposely make the straw too short, betting the average guy with dirty hands is simply going to assume the jug is empty and it's time for a new one?

If so it is a raw deal.

 

[MEP001]

I quit buying Fast Orange, not because the product doesn't work (It does), but because the pump usually fails long before the container is empty. On top of that, once you open it and moisture from the air gets in it, it starts to go bad and turns into a slimy, gritty goo that no longer works like it should. It costs more, but if you want to get every useful drop out of a product get a Zep wall-mount dispenser that uses refill bags.

 

[Waxman]

Didn't measure it, but it seems like the pump is just too short.

I'll try my next tub and see. I bought 2 at a time.

 

[Red Baron]

Using the word "loose" for "lose". You don't "LOOSE" your shirt in this business, you "LOSE" it. If you don't tighten a bolt it is "LOOSE"!

I.B., if your shirt is too tight, you loose it.

I get annoyed when the Starbucks drive-thru lady is so anxious to let me know that she knows that I want "a grande coffee with 5 sugars and extra cream, and a venti 3-Splenda no water chai" before I order it, that I'm going to get mystery drinks because she actually remembers 60% of the way I like it. Shut up and let me order it!

And here's another one. If you're a carhop at Sonic, don't complain to me that the system is rigged and people like you never get a fair chance at a good job with real responsibility, when you can't manage to get the lid all the way on my Dr Pepper at least 75% of the time.

 

[Red Baron]

And as for the positive thinking thing, I'm all for positive thinking, but, it's a little irritating to be around someone who just discovered Zig Ziglar or Dale Carnegie and every other sentence has a worn out phrase like: "You can get everything you want in life if you just help enough..." Yeah yeah I know already, I know every Zig Ziglar pots & pans selling story by heart by now.