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Mountain Grammar Police
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 Sardonic sandbagging scoundrel, Cascade Climbers lobotomized spraymeister, space blanket flyer, new millennium vulgarian betaboy and friend to all squids
Climbing, a mountain
Canada
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Posted - 06/29/2005 : 1:50 PM
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1) Cashiers that, when they make change, hand you the bills first and then pour a mound of change on top of the bills in your hand. C'mon people, change first then bills.
2)Poor spellers who post on the internet. Seeing "teh" for "the" or "were" for "where" never fails to raise my hackles.
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map hatin', coffee perc totin', garbage collectin', backpacking, action hero wannabe, who loves to hide out in Garibaldi park and will have his scouts sing if you keep him awake at night
2479 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2005 : 1:55 PM
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People who litter. This includes smokers who throw their cigarette butts on the ground. Garbage is garbage, put it in the garbage can, not on the street.
People who insist on walking down crowded sidewalks while looking in every direction but the one they're walking in. If you want to look in the window of the shop stop, and look don't expect me to be somekind of circus performer and go through somekind of contortion to avoid you.
Oh yeah, the idiots with umbrellas who insist on walking under the awnings of buildings....
Man, the list goes on and on....
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"GenX, eh? Sorry, but I was lazy and anti-social long before Copeland made it cool." |
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Surrey, BC
Canada
423 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2005 : 1:56 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Dru
1) Cashiers that, when they make change, hand you the bills first and then pour a mound of change on top of the bills in your hand. C'mon people, change first then bills.
2)Poor spellers who post on the internet. Seeing "teh" for "the" or "were" for "where" never fails to raise my hackles.
What else?
PEAOPLE WHO CANT SPEL OR USE PROPRE GRAMMR. OH AND PEOPLE WHO FORGET TO TURN OFF CAPSLOCK KEY.
Guess that comes from a history of having an English teacher in the family.
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the road
557 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2005 : 2:00 PM
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people that walk on remote trails play music very loudly, or ATVers / dirtbikers that scare away all teh animals.
note the deliberate teh, who wants to waste time reviewing waht they ahve written?
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
2666 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2005 : 2:01 PM
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Dumb people who think they can compensate by talking LOUDER. Especially on their cell phones.
Being cut off by someone who's walking slower than me.
On the trail, couples who argue about home renovations. Do I go into Rona and complain about trail conditions?
Hang on, I'm sure I can come up with one or two hundred more...
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Vancouver, BC
Canada
106 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2005 : 2:06 PM
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Oh, my list could go on FOREVER!
Lessie....
1)poor grammar
2)rudeness
3)people who fail to consider those around them (activities include things like throwing garbage out of car windows, spitting in public, talking during a movie, or walking in front of someone at a concert without waiting for the end of a song)
4)people who only pretend to listen to you when you're talking
5)tardiness (fits with number 3, I suppose)
6)and most annoying of all ... arrogant stupidity!!! People who think they know everything and brag about it, when really, they don't know much at all, DRIVE ME NUTS!
I could do this all day! 
Ooooo! I thought of one more: People who don't say 'thank you'! I am not a doorman! And by the way, "Yup," is not an appropriate response to "thank you"! |
Edited by - aka Mountaineer on 06/29/2005 2:08 PM |
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 Buntzen roving stealthy beer mule and artist, aspiring weird image findmaster who loves BC
lower mainland
Canada
1647 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2005 : 2:22 PM
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Non-signaling drivers. Ok, I've done it on the rare occasion. Where it gets me more is in traffic. If you're making a move, use your signal lights. I can't read your mind. That's why it's called a signal switch and not a 'useless lever'. On a related note, when you do signal to change lanes, and the person noticably speeds up because they can't stand the idea of having one more car in front of them. Fun stuff. |
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summerland, bc
Canada
653 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2005 : 2:35 PM
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well my spelling may be a bit off but I am good a math 
my pet peeve is rude people and thoes that think thay are above others, |
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Calgary, Alberta
Andorra
3830 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2005 : 2:45 PM
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BCer, in Calgary, it is considered intelligent not to ever use a signal. Signalling lets people know what you're up to! :D And you quickly come to realize that if you skip over a lane quickly, no-one notices. If you turn on a signal light, they do their best to ensure you can't move.
peeves... CELL PHONES ON TRAILS!!!!!
i took a friend backpacking last weekend and he brought his cell. and left it on. and answered it! I've never been more ashamed of my company. It was confiscated immediately of course, but in general, really people - you're on a trail! You're supposed to get awaaaay from the city and cityness!! |
Edited by - Rachelo on 06/29/2005 2:47 PM |
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| Dru
Mountain Grammar Police
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Sardonic sandbagging scoundrel, Cascade Climbers lobotomized spraymeister, space blanket flyer, new millennium vulgarian betaboy and friend to all squids
Climbing, a mountain
Canada
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Posted - 06/29/2005 : 2:57 PM
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People driving slow in the left lane. If traffic is backing up behind you and people are passing you on the right, it is a sign that you are in the wrong lane.
The one that really confuses me, though, is when you come up behind someone in the left lane, and see they are going slowly. After waiting a suitable interval, you decide to pass them on the right, signal, move to the right lane, and SUDDENLY they realize they are gonna get passed on the right, and cut you off pulling into the right lane, and you have to go back left to pass them. WTF!!  Once I get my laser pointer hooked up to the dashboard doing this is going to get you a laser beam off your rear view and into the eye!  |
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Calgary, alberta
Canada
670 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2005 : 3:06 PM
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People who drop their cigarette butts out their car windows cause they don't want to mess up their car ashtray.....if you wanna smoke you get the mess not the rest of us!!!
People who pass you on the highway then slow down.....
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All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.
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Vancouver
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Posted - 06/29/2005 : 3:06 PM
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People who put cute quotes at the bottom of their emails, and then misspell the name of the person they're quoting. In this case, it's "Coupland", not "Copeland".
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Oh, and it would be "Cashiers who...", not "Cashiers that...".
Gad, no resistance whatsoever! Picky, picky, picky. |
Edited by - upndown on 06/29/2005 3:08 PM |
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Langley, BC
Canada
151 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2005 : 3:23 PM
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I am so with you on the change thing, gosh I hate that. . .
And as a former cashier, customers who bypass the casheirs outstretched hand to put their change on the belt or counter forcing the cashier to pick the up the change one by one really pick me!
Thanks for that oppertunity
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323 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2005 : 3:36 PM
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| So tired of rants. |
Edited by - Grey Hair on 06/30/2005 11:35 PM |
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| Dru
Mountain Grammar Police
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Sardonic sandbagging scoundrel, Cascade Climbers lobotomized spraymeister, space blanket flyer, new millennium vulgarian betaboy and friend to all squids
Climbing, a mountain
Canada
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Posted - 06/29/2005 : 3:38 PM
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| Yeha but yuo could tel waht I ment coudlnt yuo |
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323 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2005 : 3:44 PM
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..so tired.
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Edited by - Grey Hair on 06/30/2005 11:35 PM |
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map hatin', coffee perc totin', garbage collectin', backpacking, action hero wannabe, who loves to hide out in Garibaldi park and will have his scouts sing if you keep him awake at night
2479 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2005 : 3:46 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by upndown
People who put cute quotes at the bottom of their emails, and then misspell the name of the person they're quoting. In this case, it's "Coupland", not "Copeland".
Sorry, couldn't resist.
HILARIOUS!! I'm seriously laughing me bum off. You get full points.
As an aside I didn't mispell the person I'm quoting, just the person mentioned so there. pbbbt!
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Kootenay Bud
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Posted - 06/29/2005 : 3:46 PM
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| People who talk, talk, talk about all the stuff they are going to do (hikes, climbs, etc.) and do nothing |
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map hatin', coffee perc totin', garbage collectin', backpacking, action hero wannabe, who loves to hide out in Garibaldi park and will have his scouts sing if you keep him awake at night
2479 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2005 : 3:48 PM
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Oh yeah, fixed my misspelling.
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"GenX, eh? Sorry, but I was lazy and anti-social long before Coupland made it cool."
- Quote changed to reflect the 'learnin' I was given by upndown...heh |
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North Vancouver, BC
Canada
1543 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2005 : 3:50 PM
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| My pet peeve is when I'm given GPS coordinates without the datum. Did you know that without the datum GPS coordinates can have a positional uncertainty of well over 200 metres? C'mon people, is it WGS84, NAD27 or NAD83...???! If you're going to use these things then learn how to use them! Man that burns me. OK, I'm a geek.... but I've never been lost. |
Edited by - magnetite on 06/29/2005 3:51 PM |
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Mountain Grammar Police
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Sardonic sandbagging scoundrel, Cascade Climbers lobotomized spraymeister, space blanket flyer, new millennium vulgarian betaboy and friend to all squids
Climbing, a mountain
Canada
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Posted - 06/29/2005 : 3:55 PM
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People that use GPS. Can't find their way up a marked trail without 3 dozen waypoints   |
Edited by - Dru on 06/29/2005 3:56 PM |
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Pet Peeves ;)
