Petty Vents

[Anonymous]

To piggy back on the not washing her hands after using the bathroom-She also was picking at her feet on the couch and it was grossing me out.

Gag.

[Anonymous]

Most of my friends use the voice option to send texts, but they are very long and autocorrect makes them impossible to read.

Her: "The class isn't so righteous"
Me: "what?"
Her: "Sorry rigorous, stupid autocorrect"

Does nobody read their texts before sending?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is really stupid but I hate when people specify something is zero. Example:
"my address is 4160 (zero)"

I know the damn difference between a 0 and an an O.

I'm guilty! I say "zero" because I often mishear people when they say "O". 😬

Kind of related. A person gave me their address as "twelve hundred two," and they meant 1202. I thought it was 12002. Just say 1 2 0 2!

Also, there's the phone number rhythm and the SSN rhythm. I have to ask for people's SSN sometimes and I don't understand why some people are like 0 (pause) 1 (pause) 5 (pause) 9 (pause) etc. Like I need 2 seconds to type in each number. Or they give me their phone number like 918 twenty one four two three thirty two.

Honest question: if my street address is 450 Main Street, is it ok to say four fifty?

Yes. But "four hundred fifty" would be weird.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is really stupid but I hate when people specify something is zero. Example:
"my address is 4160 (zero)"

I know the damn difference between a 0 and an an O.

I'm guilty! I say "zero" because I often mishear people when they say "O". 😬

Kind of related. A person gave me their address as "twelve hundred two," and they meant 1202. I thought it was 12002. Just say 1 2 0 2!

Also, there's the phone number rhythm and the SSN rhythm. I have to ask for people's SSN sometimes and I don't understand why some people are like 0 (pause) 1 (pause) 5 (pause) 9 (pause) etc. Like I need 2 seconds to type in each number. Or they give me their phone number like 918 twenty one four two three thirty two.

But 1202 is twelve hundred two. 12002 is twelve thousand two. Place value.

I know. But nobody says addresses like that. I want people to follow the rules and rhythms of polite society. They should say one two oh two.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I let people pull in front of me while driving and they don't give me the "thank you" wave. Is it SO hard to put your hand in the air and shake it to acknowledge that I just did you a favor??

This and not saying thank you when I hold the door open for you. It's such a small thing, but FFS just acknowledge someone's humanity.

Oh, and not covering mouth when yawning. So gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most of my friends use the voice option to send texts, but they are very long and autocorrect makes them impossible to read.

Her: "The class isn't so righteous"
Me: "what?"
Her: "Sorry rigorous, stupid autocorrect"

Does nobody read their texts before sending?

I am driving talking into Carplay.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is really stupid but I hate when people specify something is zero. Example:
"my address is 4160 (zero)"

I know the damn difference between a 0 and an an O.

I'm guilty! I say "zero" because I often mishear people when they say "O". 😬

Kind of related. A person gave me their address as "twelve hundred two," and they meant 1202. I thought it was 12002. Just say 1 2 0 2!

Also, there's the phone number rhythm and the SSN rhythm. I have to ask for people's SSN sometimes and I don't understand why some people are like 0 (pause) 1 (pause) 5 (pause) 9 (pause) etc. Like I need 2 seconds to type in each number. Or they give me their phone number like 918 twenty one four two three thirty two.

But 1202 is twelve hundred two. 12002 is twelve thousand two. Place value.

I know. But nobody says addresses like that. I want people to follow the rules and rhythms of polite society. They should say one two oh two.

Is English your first language? Are you from the US? 1202 is "twelve-oh-two" not 1-2-0-2. Usually this address is near 12th street in many cities so it makes sense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is really stupid but I hate when people specify something is zero. Example:
"my address is 4160 (zero)"

I know the damn difference between a 0 and an an O.

I'm guilty! I say "zero" because I often mishear people when they say "O". 😬

Kind of related. A person gave me their address as "twelve hundred two," and they meant 1202. I thought it was 12002. Just say 1 2 0 2!

Also, there's the phone number rhythm and the SSN rhythm. I have to ask for people's SSN sometimes and I don't understand why some people are like 0 (pause) 1 (pause) 5 (pause) 9 (pause) etc. Like I need 2 seconds to type in each number. Or they give me their phone number like 918 twenty one four two three thirty two.

But 1202 is twelve hundred two. 12002 is twelve thousand two. Place value.

I know. But nobody says addresses like that. I want people to follow the rules and rhythms of polite society. They should say one two oh two.

Twelve oh two

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hate the pressure to have fancy stuff. Cars, remodels, certain brands of clothing. Yes I know I don't "have" to take part (and I usually don't) but I hate that the pressure is still just hanging out there. I regret moving to the area after college. DH says its the same anywhere that has decent jobs. I don't know. Ex: I have a 10 year old minivan that literally has nothing wrong with it. But I can just feel my neighbors and parents of my kids' friends dripping with pity for me as they pull up in luxury SUV's that are never more than 3 years old. I somehow want them to know I can afford their car, I just think its a waste of money. Same with lululemon and remodeled kitchens. Yes, this is a personal problem.

Petty vent over.

Lol, we drive a 2004 Subaru as our second car and one of my favorite things to do is to use it as the carpool car when I take rich kids whose parents are like what you describe.

Try not to feel judged! I live in Great Falls and half the high school moms are still driving the vans they had when their kids were in elementary school.

+1 I grew up in Atherton, CA (one of the wealthiest towns in the U.S.), and it was definitely a thing for the uber rich families to drive incredibly ancient cars (particularly Volvo, Mercedes, and BMW, but also random old SUVs). Think of it as the automobile equivalent of Steve Jobs' black turtleneck.

+1

Same with other parts of the country. Driving an old luxury car is a statement, just not the statement that the social climber wannabes understand. Hint: i am not impressed by your leased luxury car/SUV/whatever.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is really stupid but I hate when people specify something is zero. Example:
"my address is 4160 (zero)"

I know the damn difference between a 0 and an an O.

I'm guilty! I say "zero" because I often mishear people when they say "O". 😬

Kind of related. A person gave me their address as "twelve hundred two," and they meant 1202. I thought it was 12002. Just say 1 2 0 2!

Also, there's the phone number rhythm and the SSN rhythm. I have to ask for people's SSN sometimes and I don't understand why some people are like 0 (pause) 1 (pause) 5 (pause) 9 (pause) etc. Like I need 2 seconds to type in each number. Or they give me their phone number like 918 twenty one four two three thirty two.

Honest question: if my street address is 450 Main Street, is it ok to say four fifty?

To say it, out loud? Of course. But don’t text/email/write it that way. Text/email/write it 450. Use numerals where numerals are the context: house number, phone number, SSN, etc.

Yes I meant dictation on the phone, thanks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s actually a medical condition where people hear certain sounds (like chewing) extremely loudly. I worked with someone like this and you couldn’t eat in meetings with her or do things like click pens.

My petty vent is people who send text messages where each sentence is a separate text. So conveying a message could be 10 messages!!! I muted her and the group text we’re in together bc I can’t stand having my wrist or phone vibrating constantly.

Guilty of texting that way, my understanding was that most people do it that way

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is really stupid but I hate when people specify something is zero. Example:
"my address is 4160 (zero)"

I know the damn difference between a 0 and an an O.

I'm guilty! I say "zero" because I often mishear people when they say "O". 😬

Kind of related. A person gave me their address as "twelve hundred two," and they meant 1202. I thought it was 12002. Just say 1 2 0 2!

Also, there's the phone number rhythm and the SSN rhythm. I have to ask for people's SSN sometimes and I don't understand why some people are like 0 (pause) 1 (pause) 5 (pause) 9 (pause) etc. Like I need 2 seconds to type in each number. Or they give me their phone number like 918 twenty one four two three thirty two.

But 1202 is twelve hundred two. 12002 is twelve thousand two. Place value.

I know. But nobody says addresses like that. I want people to follow the rules and rhythms of polite society. They should say one two oh two.

I am a foreigner and I would say twelve zero two or twelve oh two. I used to live at “twelve eighty five”. Ok or bad form?

[Anonymous]

My petty vent is the annoying customer satisfaction surveys that I get hounded to fill out for every interaction with a business. Dropped one car off for a quick service a month ago and still getting daily emails and phone calls weekly asking me to complete the customer survey. Bought a new car a few weeks ago, during which I was given a printout of *exactly * how I needed to respond to the coming survey, and now get calls and emails almost daily. (And to add, if I were to actually complete the survey, it wouldn’t do any favors for the salesman or dealership— the experience was underwhelming at best). Those are just the latest examples. Bugs me!

[Anonymous]

Cars do not belong everywhere people do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My petty vent is the annoying customer satisfaction surveys that I get hounded to fill out for every interaction with a business. Dropped one car off for a quick service a month ago and still getting daily emails and phone calls weekly asking me to complete the customer survey. Bought a new car a few weeks ago, during which I was given a printout of *exactly * how I needed to respond to the coming survey, and now get calls and emails almost daily. (And to add, if I were to actually complete the survey, it wouldn’t do any favors for the salesman or dealership— the experience was underwhelming at best). Those are just the latest examples. Bugs me!

Agree! And then I’m forced to unsubscribe from all these things I never subscribed to!