OT: pet peeves...

so I cannot add to the actual topic - but I definitely have some pet peeves to share. I will preface by stating most of these will relate to driving; I am a stickler for common sense & common courtesy (neither of which are common) on the roads. Any "you" is a general "you." Furthest up on my list are people that chew with their mouth open. It really is not that difficult to close your mouth as you chew. Nobody wants to hear or see you beginning the digestion process (and it comes across as very uncivilized). People that empty the coffee pot in a workplace with a shared machine. Don't just walk away, make more. Can't stand when people don't use their turn signal when changing lanes or planning to take a turn. It takes so very little time and effort to do this - especially since it's one of very few methods of communicating to other drivers what it is you're doing. This one might bug me only because I drive a quick car (Mitsu. Evolution). But, when you're getting onto the highway - ACCELERATE. It's an on-ramp, that's why it's there, and that's why it's long. I should not have to merge at 30-40mph behind you because you merged at 40. It's not safe for me, and it's not safe for the people on the highway. If you're afraid of your vehicle's acceleration pedal, join a carpool. Another one - people that can't hold their lane while driving. The lanes are wide enough that I shouldn't have to worry about you drifting left, and right, and left, and right, and left again in your lane. It makes it look like you're about to merge into my lane, which is further compounded by the fact that so many people don't use their turn signals when changing lanes. If I can't see your headlights in my rear-view mirror, you are too close to me. If you fly past me cussing up a storm because I flashed my brake lights at you when you were too close to me, you should have known to be at least 2sec behind me. Standard driving stuff here. That police officer that has already pulled someone over at the side of the freeway is not suddenly going to hop in his car and come pull you over. You drive five to fifteen over any other time, why are you suddenly five under now? Stop gawking at the jack-knifed semi, turned around car, deer that got destroyed by a vehicle, or whatever. You're impeding traffic (which is an offense, but you speed & don't use a turn signal anyway, so what's another law broken, right?) Move over for the person on the shoulder changing their tire. You're endangering that person's life by ripping past at 80mph in the rightmost lane. I'm stopping here 'cause I know it's getting long. Strangely enough, despite all this (and more), I love driving. This thread is oddly cathartic.