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Pet Peeves
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: CellarDweller on July 09, 2018, 11:08:22 pm ---kids of that age should be taken to a park to ride, not on a sidewalk.
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Well, I don't blame their parents for that. For one thing, they might want to stay near their house for any number of reasons. Also, taking them to the park to ride would mean loading the bike(s) into the car, which might be a hassle or, depending on the size of the car, impossible. And some of the kids actually are on their way to the park.
My neighborhood is extremely residential. It's in the city, but it's single-family homes with yards and the traffic is light. If I lived in a neighborhood with denser development and traffic it would be different.
Kananaskis:
It's a funny case with cyclists, because I tend to shift my standpoint depending on whether I'm driving or riding my bike ::)
Despite being designed in increasing numbers, separate cycle paths are still a rarity in my city (there's simply not enough space to squeeze them in between the road and the sidewalk), so most cyclists end up riding right alongside the main traffic on the road. And I'd be totally ok with that if they kept close to the kerb and weren't so unpredictable! And by 'unpredictable' I mean suddenly making a dart in front of my car because they want to turn left.
Frankly, although riding your bike on the sidewalk is technically illegal (unless you're under 10 and accompanied by an adult), sometimes I'd much prefer it if cyclists mounted that kerb and carried on on the sidewalk, provided there are few or no pedestrians there. That way, they wouldn't hold up the traffic.
CellarDweller:
Pet peeve of mine, wasting food.
I have a coworker that must've been denied food as a kid, because anytime we have an event that is catered at work, she loads up her plate, and stashes it in her cubicle. Sometimes the food will last her for three meals.
I just look at her and think: "others may have wanted that food that day, but didn't have it because you were so greedy."
serious crayons:
I just noticed this was a poll! So I read the options, and I guess now those options are my pet peeve.
Many are gross bodily functions, so OK, I guess those kind of qualify.
But short people? Fat people? If other people's body types are your pet peeve, then YOU are my pet peeve. How are those any of your business? (When I say "you" I mean any random person -- not anyone here, including dot-matrix, who started the thread.)
On the other end, racists?? George Bush (2018 version: Donald Trump)?? If you consider racism or a bad president a "pet peeve," you are also my pet peeve. Those are much bigger deals than a peeve!
Nothing about incorrect grammar or bicycle traffic or lunch stealing. Those are legitimate pet peeves.
CellarDweller:
Criticizing what other people watch on tv. LOL
We have a TV at work, and sometimes someone will mention a show they watch, and others will say 'Ugh, how can you watch that? Such an awful show!"
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