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I agree with the smoking, I don't allow customers to smoke in my workshop (I tell them we have flammable liquids around, which is true). Also on the road I have pet peeves - mostly folk who 'tailgate', drive too close to one's rear. Also customers who expect you to drop the work you're doing to drive out and 'do a quote' on some small job. Customers who say they are getting "a few quotes".
------------------ Gray Hodge celtman@ireland.com Cam River Signs Somerset, Tasmania, Down Under
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Double doors but only one unlocked ( I always pick the wrong one)
Breakfast joints that only butter a 1" circle in the middle of toast.
That darn coffee shop down the street. Have been getting coffee there for 9 years and they still get it wrong once a week.
Of course the list goes on, but typing happens to be one of my pet peeves also.
------------------ Tom Howell Newbury, MA Custom paint, pinstriping, lettering since 1979.( I think) www.bluechipracing.com bchip105@hotmail.com 978-465-5675
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People that pull out onto the highway right in front of me. Nobody behind me, but they can't wait for me to go by first. 9 times out of 10 they drive well below the speed limit then turn off the highway within a half mile of making me slam on my brakes to keep from rear ending them. grrrrrr
Drivers that make you wait at an intersection because they don't use their turn signals.
telemarketers in general
------------------ Dave Sherby "Sandman" SherWood Sign & Graphic Design Crystal Falls, MI 49920 906-875-6201 ICQ: 21604027 sherwood@up.net
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My pet peeve is the word "pet peeve" i hate that word !!!! ha ha. Say it "pet peeve"....... pet peeve" , It just sounds stupid ha ha ha ! Oh well maybe its just me! In most cases it is! ha ha..........Ok ill shut up now ! ha ha!
------------------ Ryan Ursta Ursta Graphics 27 West Shenango St. Sharpsville Pa. 16150 Call: 724•962•2206 "letters of Recommendation"
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Cockeyed morons who come into the shop, barely getting one foot in the door before blurting out the word PRICE almost before saying howdy. Then, proceeding to peck their fingernails on freshly painted redwood or HDU signs ,saying "what's this made of?" or raking their fingernails across the sandblasted grain in an apparent attempt to see just how much punishment the grain can take before sustaining sufficient damage to fail their quality control durability test.
Telemarketers who call anytime of the day but especially at suppertime.
------------------ Wayne Webb Webb Sign Studio creators of "woodesigns" "autograph your work with excellence" webbsignstudio@digitalexp.com
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Customers that just HAVE to have a sign in a hurry and then let it/them sit here for weeks!
People who that send me an e-mail and then call five minutes later to ask why I haven't responded to said e-mail!
Customers that bring their dog in and let it terrorize the shop! (I love dogs, bring mine to work on occasion, but I would never dream of taking mine to another business)
------------------ Greg Gulliford aka MetroDude Metro Signs and Banners 1403 N. Greene St. #1 Spokane, WA 99202 509-536-9452
Whiney 'Negative People'... you know the ones that have absolutely NOTHING good to say about anything or anyone and suck the life right out of you when they feel you need to hear them drone on and on and on.
The bickering, bullying and guilt tactics about "donating" to this site.
"Judgmental opinions and assumptions based on minimal information." I agree with Nettie on this one ...and it covers such a broad perspective. Covers a majority of this list succinctly.
Ignorance is just 'not knowing'... my pet peeve is the people who refuse learn or to at least try to learn and then blame others for their ignorance.
Liars. It blows my mind how someone can lie about something straight faced and live with themselves.
The smoking Moon with barking dogs... bummer. LOL
Adrienne- I'm not taking your pet peeve personal. I'm just finding the humor in that the first list of pet peeves nailed me 100%. I do try to 'not smoke' around people that aren't smoking. My dogs even irrate me, BUT... I know when someone's on the property though, or even thinking about coming on the property. I usually yell at them to "eat them and get it over with!" and the next sound I hear is scampering drunk feet. (We live down the road from a Bar that apparently sends off quite a few patrons with their "walking" papers.)
If you can't laugh at it, it will kill ya. (That's how I deal with this list.)
------------------ The Moon aka: Stefenie Harris Moonlight Designs Pollock Pines, CA learnin' somethin' new every day!
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Since I'm right all of the time........WHY WON'T EVERYONE DO WHAT I TELL THEM TO??!!??
------------------ St.Marie Graphics & Makin' Tracks Sound Studio Kalispell, Montana stmariegraphics@centurytel.net http://www.stmariegraphics.com 800 735-8026 We're chiseling every day of the week! :^)
------------------ St.Marie Graphics & Makin' Tracks Sound Studio Kalispell, Montana stmariegraphics@centurytel.net http://www.stmariegraphics.com 800 735-8026 We're chiseling every day of the week! :^)
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1. religious zelots 2. negative people 3. closed minded people 4. egocetric people 5. stupid people.....that think their always right..... 6. guess thats why i dont have a lot of friends.........
------------------ joe pribish-A SIGN MINT 2811 longleaf Dr. pensacola, fl 32526 850-944-5060 BEWARE THE TRUTH.....YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT YOU FIND
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Ditto ... almost exactly Stefenie's post. Negative people, the kind that will waste hours bitch'n about how something can't be done before they even try ... then sabatoge it to prove themselves right ... then do it the way you told them in the first place and claim to be a hero because they pulled off the imposible job. I call my peeve Eric.
------------------ If the world didn't suck we would all fall off ... but, on the other hand ... there's different fingers
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My pet peeve is having to stand around waitng for my customer to tell me what to paint on windshields. After calling an hour ahead and giving him a white china marker to mark them with. MY TIME IS VALUABLE! Judy
------------------ Judy Pate Signs By Judy 110 LuMac Road Albany,Ga 31701 229-435-6824 Letterville is my HOME! Life is like a canvas...you do the painting.
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Car alarms. 20 minute movie trailers in the theater Parents unable to control their children The entire airline industry Car Salesmen Celebrities/Politicians with a sense of entitlement. Drivers stopping at the end of the entrance ramp. Slow drivers in the left lane. Idiots slowly counting change at a check-out counter Going into the shortest line, only to get behind someone who needs a price check. Missing waiters when your glass is empty or it's time to leave. ....shall I go on?
------------------ Mike Duncan Lettercraft Signs Alexandria VA
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People who pass you on the road and immediately hit their brakes and turn in somewhere.
The cat when he wants in one second and out then next....constantly.
Telemarketers that won't take no...(they finally get NO)
People who don't know what they're doing and screw up whatever I need done. I always seem to pick that person to help me.
Long lines and full parking lots.
Picking up after others who could clean up after themselves but don't.
ok...that's enough for today
------------------ When good things happen...that must be a sign!! Tony McDonald DBA-Ace Graphics & Printing P.O. Box 91 Camdenton, MO. USA (573) 346-6696 <daddyo@advertisnet.com> <tony@brownbeverage.com>
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LOLAROTF George- my sister calls that Kitty Rocha and swats her roommates dog every time he dips into the candy box. LOL
The sick side of the Moon
P.S. I don't know if Almond Rocha is available all over the world, so for anyone that doesn't get it... Almond Rocha is a hard carmel brick covered in chocolate and rolled in nuts. You can make the connection now, eh? YUCKO!!! LOL
------------------ The Moon aka: Stefenie Harris Moonlight Designs Pollock Pines, CA learnin' somethin' new every day!
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My pet peeve is well-meaning relatives who stop in to chew the fat. Just because I work outta my garage and/or home (if it's too cold!) doesn't mean I'm Donna Reed, complete with an apron, ready to bake brownies and brew coffee at a moment's notice! I cringe when I hear the crunch of gravel in the driveway and wipe the one-shot from my hands, only to find that it's Uncle Sticky & Aunt Starkist paying a social call! Because I don't have a "real job", everyone feels free to waste my sign time. I guess I'm just cursed with popularity or something. I swear, one of these days I'm gonna substitute Tinting White for their Cremora! GRRR. Thanks for letting me vent. And thank God for Caller ID, I can see who's callin' on the sign line!
------------------ Jill M. Welsh
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TRAFFIC: People behind you in the neighboring lane who interpret a turn signal as a prompt to speed up so you can't change lanes.
SIGNS: People who consistently come into the shop the day before they need an impossible project done, and when you decide to do them a favour and "rescue" them from their own lack of foresight, they say "Be nice to me with the price, okay?" (yeah, buddy, I got yer "nice" right here.)
TELEMARKETERS: The ones who call right when I'm standing in front of a great big substrate holding a large graphic, liner removed.
Street peddlers who invade your shop.
cold winters with no snow to play in. I mean, what's the point?
------------------ Rob Hopkins Speedpro Signs Plus Red Deer, AB, Canada ICQ#22434888 mIRC:"Vinylist" email:rdspeed@connect.ab.ca
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