What Grinds Your Gears?

[Capn Jack]

All of these bubblegum surveys that want your opinion, but won't allow you to register a response unless you contribute money.

I just delete them all, no matter who they're from.

 

[mhayd93]

People that beep their horn in the tunnel on hwy 26 in the tunnel in and out of Portland. Is a car horn in traffic ever a good thing? No, no it's not. Please stop.

Some traditions are worth preserving, I think it's the only good thing Portland has going for it!

 

[Bobbygun]

Misuse of pronouns drives me nuts!

Oh man. This hits home right now. Filling out the online form for my healthcare provider, there are several pages I need to fill out. Most of them are pre-filled with answers from the previous time I filled them out - Insurance Provider, Emergency Contact, Allergies, Current Medications, etc. The one exception is the "gender identity" page. My gender just isn't that fluid. If they would just go with what I filled out the previous time, I could just hit "NEXT" like I do on all the other pages. But noooooooo. I think they just do it to irritate me. But then, they are in Eugene, Oregon. This is a new addition just in the last four or five months. Maybe they're just trying to give Trump the finger.

 

[DivCurlGrad72]

Some traditions are worth preserving, I think it's the only good thing Portland has going for it!

Portland's still good for a good beer or a good meal.

 

[HiFi Magnetics]

People that beep their horn in the tunnel on hwy 26 in the tunnel in and out of Portland. Is a car horn in traffic ever a good thing? No, no it's not. Please stop.

This is it man....

View: https://youtu.be/NiYXtR1t3Og?t=8

 

[Jeepsnguns]

I'll probably be called a "Boomer" (which is true) or worse (which is probably also true), but lack of basic manners while out in public such as being courteous by holding a door open to whatever establishment and the person that you are holding the door for just shimmy's on through without reaching out to hold the door for themselves, when a woman does this I really don't mind, but a man that does this yanks my chain, to be fair this happened a lot more in Florida where I moved here from than here in Oregon, so kudos to y'all for being better mannered.
Children screaming and running around in restaurants while parents of said squealers just chit chat like they're in their own living room.
Tips requests, everyone now wants a tip, I'm buying a baguette from my local Panera, that's all just buying a goddamn baguette and the swipe card machine thing is wanting to know how much tip I want to give the person who walked 5 feet to grab a stale baguette and stick it in a bag and hand it to me.
I apologize for my "Old man" ranting....but I must say it did feel good.

 

[mhayd93]

Portland's still good for a good beer or a good meal.

True, though if I didn't get to honk in that tunnel on my way to El Gauchos, the total experience just wouldn't be as enjoyable!

 

[nammac]

I find the horn honking in the tunnel to be…. Well, sophomoric at best.

It's already bad enough dealing with drivers who don't understand what solid traffic lines painted on the road mean or rules of the road for that matter…. They're too good and too important to wait in the line of traffic, nope, they need to come up on your right, or left, and cut over at the last moment.

Really burns my biscuit's…

 

[NeoBlackdog]

I apologize for my "Old man" ranting....but I must say it did feel good.

A good rant can be quite cathartic. I really think you can do better next time, though. Otto Censor didn't have to change any of your words!

 

[sobo]

I'll probably be called a "Boomer" (which is true) or worse (which is probably also true), but lack of basic manners while out in public such as being courteous by holding a door open to whatever establishment and the person that you are holding the door for just shimmy's on through without reaching out to hold the door for themselves, when a woman does this I really don't mind, but a man that does this yanks my chain, to be fair this happened a lot more in Florida where I moved here from than here in Oregon, so kudos to y'all for being better mannered.
Children screaming and running around in restaurants while parents of said squealers just chit chat like they're in their own living room.
Tips requests, everyone now wants a tip, I'm buying a baguette from my local Panera, that's all just buying a goddamn baguette and the swipe card machine thing is wanting to know how much tip I want to give the person who walked 5 feet to grab a stale baguette and stick it in a bag and hand it to me.

I'm right there with ya, JnG! And yes, I'm a Boomer, too, and mighty damned proud of it...

I apologize for my "Old man" ranting....but I must say it did feel good.

And don't apologize - if it feels good, just do it... (waiting for that one to show up in the MQTOOC thread in 3... 2... 1...)

Remember, as a truly good Boomer, always yell at your neighbors' kids to...

 

[357 MAX]

I'll probably be called a "Boomer" (which is true) or worse (which is probably also true), but lack of basic manners while out in public such as being courteous by holding a door open to whatever establishment and the person that you are holding the door for just shimmy's on through without reaching out to hold the door for themselves, when a woman does this I really don't mind, but a man that does this yanks my chain, to be fair this happened a lot more in Florida where I moved here from than here in Oregon, so kudos to y'all for being better mannered.
Children screaming and running around in restaurants while parents of said squealers just chit chat like they're in their own living room.
Tips requests, everyone now wants a tip, I'm buying a baguette from my local Panera, that's all just buying a goddamn baguette and the swipe card machine thing is wanting to know how much tip I want to give the person who walked 5 feet to grab a stale baguette and stick it in a bag and hand it to me.
I apologize for my "Old man" ranting....but I must say it did feel good.

last time I bought a baguette at Panera it was only half baked,,,,,,,,,,that grinds my gears

and the new kind of salad greens at many resteraunts look like what they used to weed out of the garden and they are like trying to swallow an old used Brillo pad

 

[Sxsnuf]

Drivers who don't seem to comprehend that the big, looong on ramp is there to achieve freeway speed before actually entering the freeway.

Shoppers who fail to understand the geometry of their shopping cart. Yes, that cart will block the entire aisle, when you park it sideways.

 

[HiFi Magnetics]

Sounds like you need, "Dear Abby".

I dont know anything about lunch time soap operas.....

 

[The Heretic]

I'll probably be called a "Boomer"

Being called a Boomer (usually on Reddit, sometimes on FB) as if it is an insult and/or that is a good reason to dismiss my viewpoint/statement - grinds my gears - especially when there is no indication of my age.

Same with being called a liberal (or Trump hater), or a conservative, or other assumption based on my viewpoint.

People who call other people names (or similar insults or dismissals) are just lazy debaters.

 

[The Heretic]

Fake news.

And I don't mean new that someone doesn't like, but is actually happened.

I mean fake YT vids or news articles, or clickbait titles to same. With just a very little bit of googling and I find it is fake - just meant to get clicks/views.

Saw one claiming an attack by Ukraine on Russia that involved an attack on a Moscow city highway. Another that Obama was being arrested. A bunch announcing various court decisions on gun rights that didn't happen. FB stories - mostly AI generated, using real names of real people, that didn't happen (I am getting pretty good at spotting those now).

 

[DirectDrive]

Coming up to a stop light on a multi lane road.
Everyone is braking.
Then some selfish fool decides to change lanes and dumps it right in front of you.

 

[Xaevian]

 

[Mikej]

People that beep their horn in the tunnel on hwy 26 in the tunnel in and out of Portland. Is a car horn in traffic ever a good thing? No, no it's not. Please stop.

When I was young my father (greatest generation, and Navy Vet) always used to "toot' the horn in tunnels. Musta' been his own thing as his dad passed when he was very young. If I'm on the 26 inbound in the tunnel, I NEED something FUN to do in the tunnel! Beep, beep, beep beep beep.....Waiting. Makes me smile/chuckle when there's someone with half a brain in there that responds..."Beep Beep.
No HOOOONK, Just beeps.

Some traditions are worth preserving, I think it's the only good thing Portland has going for it!

I think there are a couple other things, but can't seem to think of them now.

I'll probably be called a "Boomer" (which is true) or worse (which is probably also true), but lack of basic manners while out in public such as being courteous by holding a door open to whatever establishment and the person that you are holding the door for just shimmy's on through without reaching out to hold the door for themselves, when a woman does this I really don't mind, but a man that does this yanks my chain, to be fair this happened a lot more in Florida where I moved here from than here in Oregon, so kudos to y'all for being better mannered.
Children screaming and running around in restaurants while parents of said squealers just chit chat like they're in their own living room.
Tips requests, everyone now wants a tip, I'm buying a baguette from my local Panera, that's all just buying a goddamn baguette and the swipe card machine thing is wanting to know how much tip I want to give the person who walked 5 feet to grab a stale baguette and stick it in a bag and hand it to me.
I apologize for my "Old man" ranting....but I must say it did feel good.

There is very little awareness of ones surroundings any more. It's like a bunch of F'ing zombies. It has become so chronic that when you do interact/make eye contact with someone that IS aware it's very noticeable, and so pleasant.

Drivers who don't seem to comprehend that the big, looong on ramp is there to achieve freeway speed before actually entering the freeway.

Shoppers who fail to understand the geometry of their shopping cart. Yes, that cart will block the entire aisle, when you park it sideways.

OH YEAH!!!! I leave them room, without slowing much, if at all, and if they don't accelerate. Tough bubblegum! I've become so used to the brain-dead potland drivers that I pull up to the 4-way stop, and stop. If they don't go, I GO! As I said above, I'm pleasantly surprised when potland drivers actually follow long established rules of the road.

 

[The Heretic]

When I was young my father (greatest generation, and Navy Vet) always used to "toot' the horn in tunnels. Musta' been his own thing as his dad passed when he was very young. If I'm on the 26 inbound in the tunnel, I NEED something FUN to do in the tunnel! Beep, beep, beep beep beep.....Waiting. Makes me smile/chuckle when there's someone with half a brain in there that responds..."Beep Beep.

I will honk (if I have a train horn) or, with some vehicles I used to own (like my Ducati), use the exhaust to make a loud noise in a tunnel - but only if the tunnel is empty (there is a nice tunnel between Grants Pass and the coast that doesn't get much traffic on a weekday).

I hate the sudden extremely loud noise - it raises my BP and adrenaline because I expect something catastrophic to happen, like I strayed over the lane line into another, or someone else is going to crash. It can be enough to actually cause someone to crash.

 

[VinnieBoomBah]

A minor one to be sure, but still . . .