Things that annoy you but shouldn't

[Meadow Skipper]

When people pronounce Toyota as tee-yo-tah. It grates, but why should I give a shit?

[billyk]

“The small things in life” thread. Not sure why it annoys me, but it does.

[old goat]

When people pronounce Toyota as tee-yo-tah. It grates, but why should I give a shit?

Does it bother you as much as "nucular"?

OTOH this morning I am learning that the capital of Ukraine is pronounced "Keev", which I should know since half my family comes from Ukraine. (I guess in Russian it's still "Key--yev" but it's not part of Russia any more.) And while we're at it the TV news media have taken to stressing the first syllable of Ukraine; the preferred pronunciation is accent on the second (which is closer to the Ukrainian pronunciation which stresses the third [of four} syllable. I don't know how the print media pronounce it.

[Meadow Skipper]

Does it bother you as much as "nucular"?

That just makes me lol at whoever.

[riser4]

When people pronounce Toyota as tee-yo-tah. It grates, but why should I give a shit?

It's pronounced tie-yo-tuh around here.

[riser4]

Actually, more like tie-oh-duh.

[Parvo]

People who are overly thankful to waitstaff. It's certainly not genuine appreciation.
"Could I get another beer, that would be sooooo amazing"
Beer delivered
"Oh my god thank you soooo much, you are sooo amazing"
My co-worker does this when we go to lunch. Every time her water glass is filled she acts like the server just saved her from a burning building.

[highangle]

Actually, more like tie-oh-duh.

He's just virtue-signaling.

People who are overly thankful to waitstaff. It's certainly not genuine appreciation.
"Could I get another beer, that would be sooooo amazing"
Beer delivered
"Oh my god thank you soooo much, you are sooo amazing"
My co-worker does this when we go to lunch. Every time her water glass is filled she acts like the server just saved her from a burning building.

Combine that fluttering cloying unctuosity with never ever ordering from the menu and perhaps you can imagine what having breakfast with a certain local [REDACTED: Small Town!] might be like...

[Dantheman]

People who are overly thankful to waitstaff. It's certainly not genuine appreciation.
"Could I get another beer, that would be sooooo amazing"
Beer delivered
"Oh my god thank you soooo much, you are sooo amazing"
My co-worker does this when we go to lunch. Every time her water glass is filled she acts like the server just saved her from a burning building.

Per my Mom who is a career waitress, those people usually also tip like shit.

[The AD]

It's pronounced tie-yo-tuh around here.

Yeah, that's the mispronunciation I hear. I've never heard of a kid playing with ties, though.

[old goat]

toothpaste annoys me--the fact that I buy a new tube when the old tube is nearly empty, and the then the old tube continues to produce toothpaste for another month or two.

[4matic]

Leaving the dealer plate frame on your car.


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[JongDoe]

toothpaste annoys me--the fact that I buy a new tube when the old tube is nearly empty, and the then the old tube continues to produce toothpaste for another month or two.

How often do you brush your teeth? I suggest an Ancestry DNA test. as you might be surprised to find that you are British.

[The AD]

Adults wearing pro sports teams' jerseys.

[old goat]

How often do you brush your teeth? I suggest an Ancestry DNA test. as you might be surprised to find that you are British.

I'd kill myself.

[scrambledbacon]

Leaving the dealer plate frame on your car.


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Agreed
Unless I'm getting a non insignificant discount to display it, it comes right the fuck off.
Some dealers around here put decals on trucks rear windows too...and people leave em on?

[BC.]

So, at my shop the front of house puts masking tape with name/invoice number on shit that comes back into shop....it always makes me laugh to see customers crap come back in from previous years that still has those pieces of masking tape on it......they are too lazy to peel the tape off?......that’s NEPA for you.

[old goat]

So, at my shop the front of house puts masking tape with name/invoice number on shit that comes back into shop....it always makes me laugh to see customers crap come back in from previous years that still has those pieces of masking tape on it......they are too lazy to peel the tape off?......that’s NEPA for you.

Ha. That's me. Sometimes I even eat the stickers on fruit. Saw a redwood picket fence the other day with the UPC stickers still poking out from the bottoms of all the boards.

[TBS]

Leaving the dealer plate frame on your car

About 15 yrs ago, there was a guy who rode his bicycle around a PDX suburb harassing people about the added weight of of their vehicle license plate frames, and their concomitant impact on climate change.

His helmet had a cover with a shark fin out the top.

Was that you?

[MakersTeleMark]

On the radio, I just heard a new term to me: "micro-influencer".

RRggg.

[DBdude]

People who are overly thankful to waitstaff. It's certainly not genuine appreciation.
"Could I get another beer, that would be sooooo amazing"
Beer delivered
"Oh my god thank you soooo much, you are sooo amazing"
My co-worker does this when we go to lunch. Every time her water glass is filled she acts like the server just saved her from a burning building.

your work spouse?

[The AD]

On the radio, I just heard a new term to me: "micro-influencer".

RRggg.

I like to consider myself a nano-influencer.

[abraham]

I like to consider myself a nano-influencer.

I think you've gotten me to pick up a can of a Fremont ipa in the past. Count it

[ACH]

I think you've gotten me to pick up a can of a Fremont ipa in the past. Count it

Ha!

[The AD]

I think you've gotten me to pick up a can of a Fremont ipa in the past. Count it

There's gotta be a time or two where my wife took my advice on something, so I think I'm rapidly moving into micro territory here...