Your irrational pet peeves
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves
I try to be conscientious and always stop for pedestrians in crosswalks. The primary place I do so is right in front of my office building, where frequently I'm the pedestrian, so I figure "do onto others." My peeve is people who stand on the curb talking or texting on their cell phones, and I can't tell whether they're waiting to cross or just standing there. I don't know how many times I've stopped so someone can cross only to have the pedestrian stare blankly at me like a cow as they continue their conversation. If you aren't waiting to cross, don't stand at the crosswalk, you dumb *****!
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I live in a tourist city, loaded with crosswalks, people, children and dogs. You just get used to constantly yielding.
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I didn't mention it, but I meant to say that if they have the crosswalk signal or if there's no signal and the cars have stop signs that they can just walk across the street.
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I guess I can't really interpret the exact situation you're describing, but it sounds like something I literally can't remember ever seeing. If someone wants to saunter out onto a cross walk despite a heavy flow of traffic, I fully support that. That's why it's there. If they run out into the street like they're being chased by goblins, I guess that would be a safety hazard. But again, I can't remember ever seeing that.JS© wrote:Not sure if you're agreeing with me or sarcastically saying they have the right of way at any and all situations.
I am not referring to the people who look both ways, cross, and shoot a mean glare to a car that never slowed up. Those people have a right to be pissed. I'm talking about people who walk out with no abandon whatsoever, sometimes not even checking both directions before doing so. This is more common in areas of parking lots without stop signs or especially in random sections near a grocery store.
If you're guessing my rant is resulting from driving by Giant Iggle where a person didn't check both ways before crossing in a non-crosswalk area, then you are probably correct.
And yes - staring down people that seem bothered that I'm using a cross walk as I slowly pass is one of my favorite things.
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Pedestrian related but the exact opposite of irrational pet peeve is when people are jay walking and they run/walk/powerwalk through one lane ( no traffic) then slow down and walk through the second lane (traffic). Cracks me up every time
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And the pedestrian can be deemed at fault and held liable for damages if any accident occurs in that situation.Sam's Drunk Dog wrote:Pedestrians don't have the right of way unless they are in a crosswalk or designated pedestrian area. Of course you can't just run them over with your car with impunity, but they can be ticketed for jaywalking.
Interestingly, on my commute home tonight I saw this situation sort of unfold in my neighborhood. Guy parked on a busy street, and just opened his car door and started crossing, almost exactly at the mid-point of the block. Two cars on my side nearly hit him, and he brought about panic braking on the other side of the street as he moseyed along. Even paused to give the honkers stink eye and the "U mad, bro?" shrug.
There are people on whom I wish a pox of Ebola of the penis. Not many, but they are out there.
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I jay walk a lot, but i really feel that if someone is on the road outside of a crosswalk with a walk sign and get hit it should be treated the same way as if they were someone who frequently spent time around dangerous animals and ended up getting killed by a sting ray.
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves
We should cancel their show?
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Based on what I've heard over the years here, Pittsburgh and LA have the worst drivers and pedestrians in the country. You guys encounter a lot of wackiness that isn't part of my life in jersey.
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Are you talking specifically about Troy Loney?shmenguin wrote:Based on what I've heard over the years here, Pittsburgh and LA have the worst drivers and pedestrians in the country. You guys encounter a lot of wackiness that isn't part of my life in jersey.
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What on earth? I don't initiate traffic complaints. I only butt in on discussions where you all are endorsing death to bikers.Idoit40fans wrote:Are you talking specifically about Troy Loney?shmenguin wrote:Based on what I've heard over the years here, Pittsburgh and LA have the worst drivers and pedestrians in the country. You guys encounter a lot of wackiness that isn't part of my life in jersey.
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves
CrossIcePass.... how do you feel about bikers? Do you think they deserve to get hit if they're acting stupid?
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves
I don't care
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves
okay folks... definitely not EPP
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count2infinity wrote:okay folks... definitely not EPP
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves
When people email me their resume in the form of a picture of a piece of paper from their iPhone. Who the **** doesn't submit resumes in Word format?
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You want resumes in Word? I hate getting them in a Word doc. PDF is the way to go.shafnutz05 wrote:When people email me their resume in the form of a picture of a piece of paper from their iPhone. Who the **** doesn't submit resumes in Word format?
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PDF is fine too. Put it this way, I hate when people who don't know how to properly format, let alone craft a resume, send it to me in picture format. Then, I basically have to retype it to send to the client.meow wrote:You want resumes in Word? I hate getting them in a Word doc. PDF is the way to go.shafnutz05 wrote:When people email me their resume in the form of a picture of a piece of paper from their iPhone. Who the **** doesn't submit resumes in Word format?
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I would never send someone a resume in word format unless they told me to send it that way.
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Along the same lines... a lot of classes have a large online portion here, and when I was teaching, I'd always get questions about question number ____. Well they're usually shuffled so I ask them to take a screen shot and send that to me so I can help them better. Then I get an attachment of a picture of a computer screen from someone's cell phone. Seriously? If you're 18 or 19, you grew up with a computer, you have no idea how to take a screenshot?
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Ah, I see. Any resume I get that is a picture of a piece of paper immediately gets filed in the round file.shafnutz05 wrote:PDF is fine too. Put it this way, I hate when people who don't know how to properly format, let alone craft a resume, send it to me in picture format. Then, I basically have to retype it to send to the client.meow wrote:You want resumes in Word? I hate getting them in a Word doc. PDF is the way to go.shafnutz05 wrote:When people email me their resume in the form of a picture of a piece of paper from their iPhone. Who the **** doesn't submit resumes in Word format?
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Re: Your irrational pet peeves
ive never received a picture of a piece of paper for a resume
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That can't be what's going on. Do you mean like a .jpg?
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i think it would be if someone took a picture with their iphone?