Pet Peeves

So spill it, what are your pet peeves in SL? What are they outside of SL?

My Pet Peeves

Outside of SL: stupid people in general, my grandma talking non-stop over the phone, how my aunt likes to just make up facts, people who start out with their queen in a game of chess.

In SL: people leaving junk that plays a sound over and over, people who use push scripts that send you flying up in the air and the only way to get back is to relog, people that neg rate for shooting in rausch, people that only talk about how much they love so and so in their profile.

[LEFT]RL: people that are rude for no reason, people that think they are better than you and show it, men that think its ok to promise the world then don't even give you the courtesy of finishing with you (they just disappear and hope you won't notice), people that fart in public, someone that won't stop talking when its obvious you are trying to do something.[/LEFT]
[LEFT]
SL: People that fly into your house and demand that you talk to them and give them money are they are 'new', people that think they are better than you, people that spam IM you, people that get arsey with you if you cannot devote your entire time to them, rude people.[/LEFT]


Oh I will be adding more as they come to my head.

Pet Peeves in RL - People.

Pet Peeves in SL - People.

Sometimes I feel like Burgess Merideth in the Twilight Zone episode where he plays a nerdy nearly blind guy that loves to be alone and read. His wife and boss and kids are always screaming at him and demanding things. One day, he is accidentally locked in a bank vault where he works (because he was hiding out there reading). The door to the bank vault opens automatically on a timer the next day and he walks out to discover that a bomb dropped and he is the only human left alive.

He is only marginally horrified by the whole thing and almost pleased when he finds that the library was not destroyed and some books still exist.

So he gleefully picks up a book....

then drops his glasses.

then accidentally steps on them....

my luck.

I am so glad I don't wear glasses....

*Removes long entry about how much he loves Hikaru Yamamoto from his profile*

RL : someone in my family turning on the tv and radio in the kitchen, the tv and radio in the livingroom (where im trying to work), and then proceeding to go down in the basement to turn the radio on full blast, then going out in the yard to work.

same someone leaving only a drop of coffee left in the coffeepot because he doesnt feel like making new coffee, and can then say he didnt empty it.

People who feel its ok and dandy to get drunk and go visiting at 11+ pm, when they dont show their faces in my home at any other time.

Rude people in general.



SL: People who think its just fine to hog all the resources of a mainland sim 24/7.

Rude people in general.

RL: Poor behavior, in particular someone mistreating a woman or child... well... or animals too. Slow drivers in the left lane. That guy at the beech in a Speedo that really shouldn’t have done that!

SL: Well... poor behavior too... hehe... that and trying 8 times to TP somewhere and finally giving up and flying. People IMing you and begging for money. Obnoxious peeps in general.

RL: Speedsters passing in the right hand lane.

SL: People who I IM begging for money and don't give me anything.

you can keep the entry I'm just sick of people who only have that stuff and don't say anything about themselves.

Why? That is the well-known, oft-embraced Obnoxinov-Stupidnova opening.

RL: Mean people with "Mean People Suck" bumper stickers. Those who choose to work in an office but reject bathing. Folks who rush into elevators before other folks have a chance to exit. Those, usually restaurant patrons, who sneer at the parents of young people.

SL: I don't know that many people.

(Quite a list for a hippie)

RL:

1. Blowhards, know-it-alls, zealots and two faced people.
   
2. Able bodied people who walk sloooowly in front of my car when I'm in the parking lot.
3. People who jam up parking garage traffic waiting for someone to waddle into their car and back up (when plenty of spaces are available further up.)
   
4. Software patches and updates that wreck my machine.
   
   
   SL:
   
5. Stranges who IM me and ask me to give them things.
   
6. People who offer me a teleport and when I get there they just stand there with nothing to say. Especially if they're just standing there because they're doing a bunch of RL things. That's not cute.
   

RL:

1. My car's alarm goes off every time I open the door with my key. Man, that's annoying.
   
2. People who say "Peace out" instead of "See ya" or "Off the chain" instead of "That's cool"
   
3. Homeless people who come up to me and bother me even after I tell them I have no cash
   
4. People who talk down to me to my face just because I'm young and I'm a girl
   

SL:

1. People who can't form complete sentences or even words
   
2. Building really small things (and then the camera decides that it will show the INSIDE of your prim instead of the OUTSIDE, or maybe your ankles)
   
3. Girls who, despite the immense range of choices in SL, choose to wear nearly the same thing as the next girl I run into 5 minutes later
   
4. People who have some sort of superiority complex over people who go to clubs (who cares?)
   

RL

folks who talk in loud, monotone voices, and start outshouting others who try to chime in the conversation.
hootchie women who give me attitude.
pervy looking men who act like they're studs.
people who won't smile, even when asked.
bad breath, body odor, dirty fingernails.
grimey surfaces or surfaces that look grimey.
asscrack flashing from people who can't pull up their pants. i don't care to see anyone's crusty hobag underwear.
rude interruptions.
being talked about while I'm right there.
folks who don't use turning signals, folks who cut you off from your blind spot, basically rude drivers.
shallow, vain, dumb people.
the pissing contest that happens in every family reunion I attend.

SL

conversations with too much abbreviating.
when everyone is throwing around inside jokes and I have no idea what's going on.
my deformed av ass.
my deformed tiny feet.
seams on body skin.
getting pushed 4 to 5 sims away and having no means to avenge myself.
boredom.
still socially inept even here.
getting a cool idea and realizing I can't do it.

Actually, that's another pet peeve of mine. I will smile when people point out that I'm not smiling, but why point it out?

Is it just 'cause the brothers think I'm hot?

SL
Cowards!!

Someone that wont listen and I have to type it more than once.

Gang rating.

A liar!!

RL

Cowards!!

Stupid people.

Someone that says one thing then 2 days later it's a different story

People that judge.


A liar!!

RL: People who let their children behave like little assholes and just look the other way, my nasty ass neighbor who leaves dirty diapers and trash on the stairs so other people end up taking it to the dumpster, My sister calling me 4 times a day because she is bored and I am supposed to entertain her, people who finish off the roll of TP and don't replace it.

SL: blingtards who refuse to take anything off but bitch about lag anyway, people who leave crap all over my land, moneyball leeches, avs who look like a golf tee with tits and act all uber girly, griefing assholes.

I actually had my relatives in mind hehe. I have the snottiest cousins ever who won't crack a smile even if the funniest thing just happened right in their face. Like the family isn't good enough to have fun with them. And usually it's my grandparents just asking them to smile in greeting, so when they don't, it makes me want to kick some respect into them.

I remember one guy asked why I didn't smile whenever I saw him. I didn't think I had to, since we just worked together. Then he said I looked like my cat had just died. I don't have a cat but I did just smell his cologne. I just started laughing and he avoided me after that, he must've thought I was crazy. Yeah, those people are annoying. Myself included.

RL:

Faux smiles at work
Colleagues who use the boss' name more than mine during a meeting
People who don't do their jobs but seem to want to do mine
Blackberry junkies
Shouters
Clueless questions
Unspoken standards of behavior


SL:

16 m2 land barons
commercial advertising in residential areas
Select All|Link error "Objects too far..."
Squishy land terraform soup - 3D?
No secondary market for prims
Farmers
Utopian hegemony - where is the tolerance?

Ah yes. This drives me up the wall. I've found two catagories of this:

Version 1 thinks everything their poopsybooboo does is adorable- every ounce of backtalk, hollering in resturaunts, running around unsupervised, making messes, hiting, kicking and biting is so adorable. Years ago I remember some advice column printing a letter from some idiot who couldn't figure out why strangers were upset that his little "princess" was spitting on them!

Version 2 seems to know on some level that their kid is out of line, but let it slide. They put up with backtalk. They think repeatedly asking a kid to do something (or stop doing something) is acceptable, as in "Now Joey, stop strangling those puppies. C'mon Joey, I said stop. Jojo, moma wants you to stop. I'm gonna count to three. One, two, two and a half, two and three quarters. Joey, please stop that... Joey..."

RL:

* People who don't use turn signals or who turn them on right as they are turning. (I am not psychic, I have no clue where you are going)
* People who drive 20 mph on an onramp trying to merge with highway traffic that is going 70mph.
* Poor hygeine. (Please take a shower, preferably with soap)
* People who come into my business 1 minute before closing and want me to fix a problem on a product they got from another company, and then complain for a half hour because I can't do anything. (Go back to where you damn got your product)
* People who knock/pull on the door a half hour after closing, wanting you to help them. (Ya ok sure...I'll put my life on hold just for you...I've only been at work for 10 hours)
* People who make things seem harder than what they are.
* People who don't pay attention while driving because they are too busy talking on their cellphone, yelling at their kids who are wandering all around the inside of the car when they should be in a damn car seat/seatbelt, when they drive with their 200 lb Saint Bernard on their lap, eating or drinking, reading maps and newspapers, women putting on makeup and painting their nails. (Yes I have seen it all)
* When I see kids acting like idiots and tearing up a store and the parents not giving a damn about it. (This is why I am never having kids)



SL:

* When TP's don't work. (Biggest pet peeve)
* When my prims have a mind of their own and move from where they are supposed to be.
* Not being able to link all objects as wanted. (Objects are too far...what a pain in the ass)
* When Inventory items disappear forever. (wtf, I paid for it...where did it go???)
* Having to uninstall and reinstall SL everytime there is an update because when downloading the new version it puts it on my pc twice.
* Having to deal with 'Newbie Messages and Tips' after every install due to above mentioned situation.
* Not being able to directly TP to a location. (I hate flying with a passion)

There's a lot of pressure on parents NOT to keep their kids in line in public.

When my first was two, we were in the pediatrician's office. She kept messing with the picture on the wall above us. I told her no, but she kept it up. Finally I sat her down and said in no uncertain terms, "You will NOT touch that picture again." (It's all in the voice and look, see. You have to really mean it!)

I was all worried and embarrassed about how the others around me were viewing that little display - worried that I might have seemed too harsh, or like a child-beater or something. But then, when we were called up to the counter for her appointment, the lady behind the desk said, "I'm so glad you stopped her. All day long kids come in here and destroy the place, and their parents don't say a thing."

I never forgot that.

coco

P.S. Interesting how many of these have to do with driving or traffic.

SL:
Draammaaaa, X-x
One day no IM's next day stuffed box,
People thinking I'm awake and can do 80 things at once,

RL:
Bubblehead Nurses, when even if your in a cast flipped upside down with your derrier sticking out of the sky they bend down and ask, "Are you okay? *BIG SMILE*"

New people I meet that judge me the moment they enter the house, -.-;

People that cause me to no limit of Stress,

Doctors that Mistake your pregnancy for being a old lady of 80 with a death wish,

Evil glare that the people who work AT the airport give me,

New!: People that think i'm a idiot just because i'm Blonde now, OMG hurrah, *goes Grand theft auto on their hinds*

And thats all I have the will power to surpress,

I hate it when someone will ask me to smile, If someone has a smile on there face and doesn't mean it ,that is fake. I would only want to see a smile if it where real, IMO.

Yeah, I always relate to this episode too as both a reader and a natural klutz