It's The Little Things....

[blas87]

It's another awful snowy winter's morning, you enter traffic and have to use your wipers and fluid because of all the snert on the roads.......only to find out that you're bone dry.

So besides the crappy conditions and already dreading the drive, you now have to make a pitstop because there is NO way you'll make it even another few miles without getting more.

[Nyoibo]

Gremcint and Nyoibo: I hate you both.

That's alright, we love you.

[McDreidel09]

It's another awful snowy winter's morning, you enter traffic and have to use your wipers and fluid because of all the snert on the roads.......only to find out that you're bone dry.

So besides the crappy conditions and already dreading the drive, you now have to make a pitstop because there is NO way you'll make it even another few miles without getting more.

Same, except the fluid froze. That happens all the freaken time. I think ice blocks the holes the fluid comes out from.

[HYHYBT]

The same, except it's a thick coat of yellow pollen and it somehow scratches grooves into the windshield so it looks like a pair of oversized LP's and the whole thing lights up every time you're driving towards the sun or even for headlights.

[Wingates_Hellsing]

The same, except it's clumps of ice that fell from the top of your car because, after having to do so twice (and will again tomorrow, you're not interested in entirely clearing the top of your car... Snowmaggedon sucks...

[blas87]

Oh I hate that too!

I try to clean off my entire car when I brush.....even though my arms are really short and it can take quite a bit.

I love when I'm in a hurry so I just do what I can to be able to see and clean off all the lights, etc.....and as soon as I get on the freeway and start picking up speed, all the snow from the top of the car slumps down the windshield.

AND when the driver's side windshield wiper decides to be stuck or not want to wipe very well without me getting out, forcing it down so that it does wipe

[XCashier]

The same, except it's a thick coat of yellow pollen and it somehow scratches grooves into the windshield so it looks like a pair of oversized LP's and the whole thing lights up every time you're driving towards the sun or even for headlights.

Or when it's anything that leaves a smudge, no matter how carefully you clean it. And I hate that light-up effect that makes every smudge, streak or scratch glow like a damned spotlight.

Also, why is it that professional car washers can get your windows so clean it looks like they are no longer there, but when you try it, no matter what you use, it's always smudged and streaked?

[Wingates_Hellsing]

Or when it's anything that leaves a smudge, no matter how carefully you clean it. And I hate that light-up effect that makes every smudge, streak or scratch glow like a damned spotlight.

Also, why is it that professional car washers can get your windows so clean it looks like they are no longer there, but when you try it, no matter what you use, it's always smudged and streaked?

I think it has a lot to do with the 'professional' part of that... actually, I've spoken to a detailer before and he honestly didn't know what to tell me on almost the same subject. *shrug*... persistence?

[AdminAssistant]

I try to clean off my entire car when I brush.....even though my arms are really short and it can take quite a bit.

My scraper/brusher has a long, extendable handle. I always always always brush off my car completely, because I hate driving behind someone that hasn't. Inevitably, a big hunk of snow will come loose and hit my car. Blech. This is especially true of the western Kansas rednecks (why don't these people go to KState?) who drive great big pick-up trucks and never clean out the beds. Cause they think it's hilarious to let the back fill up with snow.

[KellyHabersham]

Today, for me, it's when people come into my part of the church office and start talking to me when I'm on the phone. I do realize that because of the way my desk is positioned, it IS hard to see that I'm on the phone, but still it gets annoying. (and it's not just visitors coming in who do this, I've gotten it from people doing stuff in the building)

[McDreidel09]

I just thought of some more!

- When people don't put the dvd back in the case when they are done watching it. Oooo this get me going. No, it doesn't stay in the dvd player. No, the disc doesn't go on top of the dvd player. No, don't put the dvd in the case and let the case sit on the dvd player. Put it back where it belongs with the other dvds! My mom and sister are notorious for doing all of the above.

- When people HAVE to put their backpacks on a chair in class. The floor is carpeted, your majesty. Put it on the floor, especially because this class is pretty crowded. Oh no! You actually have to sit by people?! The horror! I don't smell bad. I shower every morning, brush, floss, and mouthwash, deodorant, and a bit of body spray. I do my laundry every week. Jeez. I don't have a medical condition where I smell bad no matter what I do.

- People who think I am weird and/or wasting time by being organized and neat. First off, I like to keep clean. Big deal. Second, how am I wasting time? In my dorm, cleaning takes like 10 minutes a day because I pick up, make my bed, do my dishes, and febreeze the curtains, floor, and my bed. Ten minutes out of 24 hours versus some people I know, who clean their dorms once a month and it takes them a whole day because their crap piles up. Oh every few days, I have to take out the recycling and once a week, I have to take out the trash. Big deal. At least I can find my stuff when I need it and not have to wade through piles upon piles of crap to get to it.

[Boozy]

- When people don't put the dvd back in the case when they are done watching it. Oooo this get me going. No, it doesn't stay in the dvd player. No, the disc doesn't go on top of the dvd player. No, don't put the dvd in the case and let the case sit on the dvd player. Put it back where it belongs with the other dvds! My mom and sister are notorious for doing all of the above.

Amen, sister!

Mr. Boozy takes it to a whole new level of annoying. He removes the disc and sets it directly on top of the case. Not in the case. Just on top. Drives me nuts.

[McDreidel09]

Amen, sister!

Mr. Boozy takes it to a whole new level of annoying. He removes the disc and sets it directly on top of the case. Not in the case. Just on top. Drives me nuts.

That's happened before too.

Oh another thing I hate. When I was younger, my mom would tell me to hurry up and get ready. I would hurry up. Then I would go let her know I was ready, but she wasn't even close to done! That drove me up a wall. So there I was, sitting on the couch with my shoes on, waiting for her to get done.

People who don't use spell checker. It is getting quite annoying to see people leave out letters on purpose or misspell simple words. I mean, your spell checker must be going haywire.

[XCashier]

- When people don't put the dvd back in the case when they are done watching it.

Ohhh, yes! And the discs get scratched to hell. It's a terrible problem with rentals and used CDs or DVDs.

A related gripe: the brittle, easily broken plastic so many CD and DVD cases are made with. And it's always on expensive ones like BBC videos, too. Half the time, the DVD arrives loose and possibly scratched because the inside holder is shattered. Seriously, does it cost that much more to use a sturdier plastic that'll actually, you know, hold the disc in? Even the "green" cardboard holders are better!

[Wingates_Hellsing]

From what I've been able to garner about plastics, there's quite the cost jump indeed from simple ABS to even the most rudimentary strengthened plastic. A more cost-efficient solution would be to use the same type more liberally and take a hint from simpler, sturdier designs for the 'thumbhole holding bit'.