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hummingbird

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Subject: Pet Peeve

Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:17 am

Know what a pet Peeve is?Its something that really gets under your skin. What is your very worst Pet peeve you can think of. Something that really erks you to no end. Like for instance,you are in a hurry and standing in a grocery store check out lane.The person in front of you waits till she is all checked out to open her purse and start fumbling around looking for her check book! That is one of my Pet Peeves.

Morningstar

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Sun Jan 27, 2008 7:57 am

Distortions of fact, or outright lies. For example, I hate when I hear people say that our laws are based in the Ten Commandments, or attribute "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism," to Thomas Jefferson.

I feel your pain hb, that is why I go late at night 99% of the time.
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August

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Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:33 am

Mine would have to be phone surveys, hate them and they really think that you are rude when you refuse to take them. I recently did one on health care that lasted for 13 minutes, waaaaaaaaaay toooooooo long. You don't really get to give your opinion because they have the questions formatted in such a way that you have to give one of thier answers.

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Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:46 am

You could have fun with them.
Somehow, I ended up being called by a telemarketer for a get rich quick scheme (the type that are featured on late night TV). The call lasted for over 45 minutes because I kept asking questions about 1099s, health insurance, 401(k)'s...I had a bit of free time on my hands that day, it was very hard to keep from laughing. The salesperson really thought he had me hooked...

August

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Mon Jan 28, 2008 3:43 pm

wew, you must have had time on your hands and a whole lot of patience.
They would have been in heaven I guess, so they probably work off of a commission and getting paid for every sucker that they could lure in.

I have seen some really goofy late night ads on, they are going to the stranger side of life and on the local network to boot, these are things that I would expect to see on the paid channels.

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Mon Jan 28, 2008 4:49 pm

I did that once to a telemarketer. I was on the no call list.I ask him if he was a telemarketer.He was really upset by the time I got through with him.I did turn him in too.

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Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:54 pm

Patience? No, I was having too much fun. I'd been in the hospital for almost three weeks when it happened.
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fred333

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Mon Jan 28, 2008 6:38 pm

I hate those telemarketers with a passion.
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hummingbird

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Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:13 pm

Me too! thats why i signed up for the no call list.Don't you have one of those where you are.Since I signed up I have only had one caller and that was years ago.I love it.

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Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:34 pm

Mine has to be when people call you for information and then when you go to get it to them, they say, wait they have to get something to write on and a pen. Now if you are calling for information shouldn't you have this information ready before you call, please do if you are calling me, thank you! LOL

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Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:48 pm

Thats a good one Lunchtime,that goes right up there with the woman in line at the grocery.

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Tue Jan 29, 2008 10:53 pm

I figure if I call you for something I am going to have something to write down the information that you give me right? Thing is our phone rings off the hook at work and while they are looking for a pen, I have messages building up. Twisted Evil

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Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:54 am

Oh my biggest pet peeve has to be people taking kids to appointments, just today it happened again. A two year old is running around out of control and ends up falling down and cracking his head pretty hard on the floor, needless to say he is screaming his head off. I wanted to say, this is a public place, we work here, we are on the phone with clients, employers and other business contacts.
I don’t mind children at all, I have the crayons and blocks at my desk for them to play with and often offer them to them if I know the wait will be long at all, however the parents that just let their kids run all through the building, scream and yell and carry on, it just irritates the crap out of me.
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Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:47 am

Grocery stores don't count do they goodnatured????? Now there is a place where people let kids get out of control. I have always been lucky with mine, they do not act up in public, but I have heard a child scream the whole time I have been shopping. I have to wonder at what point do you say, enough is enough, maybe the other people here don't want to hear all this noise and just leave if your child is that upset. Many, Many of the people don't care, they will tolerate the screaming, like they are deaf to it the whole way through the store.

Usually it is because the kid wants something and they are not purchasing it. Throw the darn thing in the cart already and then put it back if you have too. LOL. Anything, just shut them up already. I would leave if my child would be screaming the way I hear some of them going off, a few times having to stay home would cure it if they are old enough to understand consequences.

I too love kids, but you should always remember that the whole world has to deal with who you are raising, so try to think about the rest of us, PLEASE?

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Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:36 pm

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PG-13 humor
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