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Huh. After a few months of working at home, I’ve just finished two days working in the client’s office and rediscovered several annoying things I’d forgotten: People with loud and/or annoying ringtones who let the phones ring and ring (and RING) while they decide whether to answer the call. You know, you CAN silence the [...]
The same J-hole who prompted me to post about hallway etiquette sits across the hall and a couple doors down from me. He sits right next to the open door of a shared office. Why are these details significant? Because he has this disgusting habit of belching loudly and with annoying regularity. Not polite, easily-covered burps, [...]
I’ve been going to a particular old-style barbershop for years and years now. I’ve moved several times since first finding it (and it moved once) and each one of these moves has put me farther away, but I keep going back every 4-6 weeks. I’ve tried going to one of those chain places that’s much [...]
People: If you’re a pedestrian in a parking lot or parking structure, please remember that you are a “guest” in another “creature’s” environment and, as such, should behave accordingly. This means, for example, that you DO NOT meander your way down a traffic lane, nor do you get pissy when I eventually grow tired of [...]
Okay, people, this one’s pretty simple: If we’re passing each other in a hallway and, in order to avoid a collision with you, I have to move so far to the side that my right shoulder is brushing the wall… yeah, you might want to consider hogging a little less of our common space. Schmucks.
“Kudos” to the a-hole driving the red, BMW 335i cabriolet with Microsoft license-plate frame (“RED SR”) heading east on SR-520 this morning. By driving erratically, changing lanes without signaling, and tailgating, not only did you validate opinions on the jerks who drive BMWs (as I do), you also confirmed perceptions that everyone who works at Microsoft (as [...]
What is it about signalling to make a lane change in commuter traffic that causes some people to immediately rush to fill up the space? Is this the way these people express some deep-seated competitive aspect of their nature?
Look, people, I don’t like having to repeat this any more than you want to hear it, but it’s clearly necessary: Using your turn signals is NOT OPTIONAL when making lane changes, much less when making turns. Why is this so f*****g hard to understand?! Those of us driving around you are NOT PSYCHIC and have [...]
A quick follow-up to my earlier post about “lane campers” and other folks who drive in the “wrong” lane: After thinking about one of the more annoying variations, I asked some people I know who do this why they’ll pull out into a faster lane without driving appreciably faster than they did in the slower [...]
Although it’s caught on with other people in recent years, fighter pilots have long used the term “situational awareness” to describe the ability to know what’s going on around them. Fighter pilots have to know what’s happening in three dimensions, at very high speeds and large distances, and where split-second decisions based on your awareness [...]
This is something that’s been bothering me for… well, decades, really: The utter failure of so many drivers to use their turn signals. My complaint in this regard has nothing to do with the legal or “proper” reasons for their use and everything to do with basic ****ing courtesy. Hell, I’m not positive I know [...]