Don't you hate it when:

people with a full basket get in the express lane and the checker doesn't make them go to the other line?

someone does a fire burnout to pull out in front of you, then they drive 10 mph?

when someone at a crowded gas station doesn't pull to the forward pump?

idiots who think they have a cool car take up two spots to keep anyone from parking on either side of them?

people who don't vote complain about the way things are?

when some gangbanger gets shot and his friends go on the news and talk about what a great guy he was?

when you are at a convenience store checkout and the clerk is talking on the phone while you're trying to pay?

when you ask motopoet what time it is and he tells you how to build a watch?

YES! to all of the above........................except the last one!!!

The double-space parker ... so true. And the guy who floors it to get in front, then slows to a crawl ... nice.

Hey, motopoet ... what time do you have?

OOPS!!! my last comment was to Moto!!!!

......when people let their kids run rampant all over the store

.......when idiots park in a red zone so they only have to walk 10 steps instead of 30 steps to the cigarette store or a donut shop

YES to all the above...PLUS...when people go grocery shopping and bring the shopping carts home with them...

AND...when the Mrs. uses ALL the toliet paper on the roll and doesn't replace it with a new one....

When you try to obey the laws of driving and actually come to a complete stop and the guy behind you makes you his hood ornament?

I HATE the shopping cart thing. When my next door neighbors moved in they did that a couple of times and would just leave the cart at the curb. I wrote a note stating that they no longer lived in the ghetto, attatched it to teh cart and pushed it in front of their door. That was three years ago and it hasn't happened since.

...........people behind you at a stop light who honk the nano second the light turns green

...........people who cross the street walking or riding a bike/skateboard against the RED light

..........people who skateboard where signs a posted 'no skateboarding'!

[Steve, Steve, if your broccoli water boils off, add some olive oil and garlic and let those suckers brown--I do that on purpose.  Okay, back to your regularly scheduled "don't you hate it" thread.]

LOL LOL Jason

dont ya hate it when you try to do something nice for the community and you get side swiped outta left field so your good intentions were all in vain?

................when "friends" take advantage of you for their own profit

...one truck is going 35mph up the hill, the other is going 37 and just has to pass the first one, backing up traffic for seven miles?

...people show up 30+ minutes late for an appointment and get pissed because we can't "work them in"?

...people drive with their brights on all the time?

...you are expected to speak spanish, but they make no effort to speak English?

...one of your coworkers burns popcorn in the microwave at work?

Jason ... I just can't get past the smell of burnt broccoli ... You all know what I'm talking about.

...people show up 30+ minutes late for an appointment and get pissed because we can't "work them in"?   These are the people who are late for EVERYTHING and will probably be late for their own funeral!!!

Burnt ANYTHING is yuckie!!!!!

.....someone forgets to put the toilet seat up and leaves little sprinkles on it for me to clean?

.....people throw gum on the ground? (I'm the one that steps in it)

......people chew gum like a cow? (drives me insane)

....people wear too much perfume/cologne?

.....you pull up to the drive thru atm and the person gets out and uses it, isn't that what the walk up one is for?

....you order fast food and your order is read back to you, but when given your food, it's wrong?

....people feel it's society's fault for every negative thing that happens?

....people use the crosswalk and walk tooooo slow and your light has now turned green?

.....people really act stupid, and they are serious?

(I need to stop, I could go on and on)

I hate the turn lane one too!

But my personal favorite is people with trucks backing into parking spaces.  I understand the reasoning behind it, but either way you are backing up.  Why be a pain in the rear about it?

Another personal favorite.  Traffic lights that are not synced.

I'm with ghostriter.  I hate diesils that do that.  God forbid they tap thier brakes and let the rest of the world drive by. 

And finally, people not obeying the speed limit.  Either to slow or to fast.  Just drive it!

I know, all of them are car related. 

When the co-worker you share an office with chomps on ice all day... it's not as bad as the bubble gum smacking and slurping though.

Steve, it's not burnt--caramelization equals flavor, my friend.  :)  That's what the olive oil's for.  Just parboil for 5 minutes till bright green, then drain, put in ice water, drain and pat dry.  Then put in a pan with olive oil, garlic and red pepper flakes and let it get brown.  Trust me!

I like Fred Bassett.  You probably like Pearls Before Swine and Sherman's Lagoon.

People that DON'T have common sense enough to go outside when at the DMV and passes GAS....

LINGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!   LOL LOL LOL!!!! agreed!!!!!

OK, Jason ... you're recipe actually sounds real ... but I don't think I've parboiled anything -- EVER -- in my life.

Do you have a wine you'd suggest with that?

Garlic Noir, perhaps?

Hey..I wasn't trying to be funny...when that happens, people start looking under their shoes to see if it was them that stepped in it..

Parboiling--that's the opposite of letting all the water boil off.  :)

Ling wife and toilet paper soo true..yet we get the rap for it all the time..same with leavin the lid down on the toilet..why is it the man is expected to bend over and lift the seat when he has a full bladder and miserable?? why cant the womand lift it when shes done so it will make it easier on everybodys innards.

I mean gravity works for her when her bladders full..she just has to drop it

Jason ...  just messin' with you. Caramelization works for onions, and look what it did for Madiera wine.

I may have to drop my pet peeve about burnt broccoli.

But I can always replace it with ... dog owners who let rover out every morning to join up with the neighborhood pack.

Getting caught in a downpour when you leave a store with a full baket and, you can't remember where you parked.

(it just happened to me)

Don't you hate it when you can't come up with a single hate it?...

oh yeah this dang reoccurring flu/cold,don't you hate it?

I hate it when it's garbage day and AFTER the truck picks up the garbage and leaves a mess--the people take in the container AND LEAVES THE MESS---truly 3rd world thinking

We have dumpsters..and some STILL leave their garbage outside of the dumpster...lazy or just can't figure out the basics yet...

Sage

I hear ya!   I've had five head or chest colds since this time last year.  By now I've got to be immune to everything out there now.

... my beloved Fred Bassett cartoon gets dissed.

... a reporter and reputed wine drinker misspells "Madeira."

(just messin' with you, Steve)

... drivers go slow in the fast lane.

... cell-phone users continue to yack on their hand-helds and endanger the rest of us on the road with their sloppy driving (not to mention that whole 'it's against the law' thing)

... people toss their junk mail on the ground at the neighborhood mailboxes.

That's probably enough for now.

OK, that's two Fred Bassett fans who have taken exception to my confusion about what is funny about that strip.

Or maybe it's not meant to be funny -- just cute like "Mutts."

Seriously, I'm at a loss.

( Laura, I misspelled Madeira on purpose. It was meant as bait to bring a certain one-time editor into the blog. Some people can smell a spelling error a mile away.)

Btown, some companies require their workers back their vehicles in since they know what's there but can't see as well backing out.  It's actually safer.

Don't you hate it when you're running late and every light in Kern County turns red as you approach (making you sit thru every cycle) and yet when you're early every light is green, getting you to your destination toooo early.

Don't you hate it when you're in a crowded store and you feel like you're puching your cart the wrong way on a one way aisle.

Or someone parks their cart on one side and stands in the aisle on the other..completely blocking the way.

Or, expanding on the car screeching out in front of you and slowing down would be if there wasn't another car behind you and STILL they run out in front of you.

Last but not least is people who don't understand that it's MY highway and they need to go by MY rules.

"... yours is the last comment on a blog?"

That happens to me a lot.

Either I am that boring, or people see the prudence in letting a feminist have the last word.  ;)

"why cant the womand lift it when shes done so it will make it easier on everybodys innards."

Why can't a man sit down?  That way we can be sure it's fair.  :)

nancy-

Yeah, I know some companies do.  I'm talking about people that do it in thier personal trucks.  It is probably habit, but still.  I understand that it may be safer, but either way you have to back up once.  You could just as easily back into my car backing into the space in front of me as you could backing into something the other way around.  It just seems like a waste to me. 

The safer thing to do is to find a space that you could pull through, and then move forward when you pull out.

.....people drive down your street with their car stereos so loud your windows rattle.

.....people change their baby's diaper and leave the used one in the store's parking lot.

......your neighbor's dog hears every sound you make and alerts the world when you enter your own backyard.

.....there are no more ice cubes AND the ice trays were put back empty.

......when you see someone you know you know but you can't remember their name.

Btown, I should have finished up with the habit thing but you understood it anyway.    It's still the theory that you know whats back there when you look in..but backing out and being blind most of the time, you don't know what's back there.

I hate it when people drive humongous trucks or SUV's so that I can't see aroound them to back out anyway.

I hate it when people park on corners in residential areas making it hard to see or get around them with oncoming traffic.

Anyone else notice that most of our "hate it's" are about cars and traffic?

sys_mom -- GREAT addition to the blog! The neighbor's dog who, even after a period of years, NEVER recognizes you as a friend.

Yap! Yap-yap! Yap!

Yes, they're usually little "yapper" dogs.

people who take the diesel pump for gas when there is other gas pumps open, but no diesel

how the 58 eastbound from the 99 is two lanes, which needs to be three, but then goes to three on the OUTSKIRTS of town, when 2 would suffice.......idiots

stupid people try to race a train

having to press 1 to hear english

doctors who schedule 4 people every hour for appointments, request you fill out a slip every time you are there, so they can "update" your information, yet cant call you when they are running 4 hours behind because of the f4 people per hour garbage (dr elbaum)

Ouch...I resemble that last comment. My dog has a bark-baying thing that can peel paint and I'm sure at least a couple of my neighbors wish for him a long bout of tonsilitis. Thankfully he sleeps inside at night, which I'm sure is the only reason they still speak to us. Honestly, he didn't make a sound anything like that when we saw him at the shelter --- just after he got home and got comfy.

... when a company never returns your call, especially when they say they will call you back at a certain time

... when the neighbor's animal uses your yard for a bathroom and the neighbor doesn't pick up after them

... when you've been thinking about eating a certain item all day and you get home and find out someone else has already eaten the last one

... when the neighbor has a party and their guests take up all the parking on the block, including your driveway

And sys_mom, my neighbor's dog is even worse. I can't even go into my garage without it barking up a storm. Doing some laundry? Let's let the neighborhood know. Taking out the trash? Announce it to the world.... I'm suprised it doesn't have a fit every time I'm in the kitchen (also on that side of the house).

Shwaine.... If my hot water heater turns on my neighbor's dog barks.  I found that out when I was doing laundry at 3 am.  I laughed.   I bet that got my neighbor's attention.  Also so true about the anticipation of enjoying a certain snack and then finding out it's gone. Girl you gotta learn to hide those treats where only you can find them.

Shwaine....Your second comment really gets me too.  For awhile I would pick up other dogs mess but then when the dogs owners kids (they play with my kids and my daughter told them I get mad at there ugly dog) told my daughter, the parents let their dog out at 5am before people wake up to use the restroom, I stopped. 

Actually, I still do pick it up, I just toss it in their front yard. 

When you call a company automated phone system... then they ask you to input your account number on the keypad... then the customer service rep comes on the phone... and what is the first thing they ask... "Could I have your account number please"... I just entered it on the damn keypad... why ?

Whenever I go to a fast food place I like to walk inside... they always get five drive-thru orders done before I get my stuff.

Great stuff, people!

OK, this one's been making me crazy (or crazier than usual):

Is anyone getting repeated automated phone calls saying "This is your second notice: Your vehicle ..." and it goes on and on about some bogus deadline on a vehicle warranty.

I've gotten it on my cell AND my home phone. If ANY politician can emancipate me from these unwanted calls, he or she would have my vote.

Speaking of carts, Nancy, I hate it when I get the cart with the bad wheel that requires all your strength to keep it rolling straight.  Or it makes so much noise, everyone in the store can keep track of you.