Pet Peeve

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• Pet Peeve: Lincoln’s Keymaster fell asleep at the ignition switch

  
  Consumer Reports Cars Blog — Authority: 578
  The staff at the Consumer Reports Auto Test Center and in Autos Editorial rotates through nearly 80 vehicles during the year, plus probably two dozens more at various media events. So many, in fact, that I sometimes find the jumble of work and personal keys in my pocket rather confusing. There are regular keys with ...
  2 days ago

• Workers Who Chew Gum Report Less Stress

  
  Work Fanatic — Authority: 145
  I was disappointed by this study as I have a pet peeve about chewing gum. Everyone else in my family chews it now and then but I have always found it a bit gross.  And my dislike for it was amplified when my young kids would get in the carpet and other tough places to remove.  They were all delighted to hear about ...
  6 days ago

• Car visibility sinks into the sunset

  
  Consumer Reports Cars Blog — Authority: 578
  Backup cameras and audible reverse warnings have become increasingly common on new vehicles during the past decade. Any new device or design feature that increases automotive safety is undeniably a good thing. What is disturbing is why these devices have become so necessary.   It’s getting harder to see out of so ...
  1 week ago

• Don’t Say “Cheese”!

  
  Kansas City with the Russian Accent — Authority: 118
  One of the things that strikes a person who comes in a contact with American people is a fake, disingenuous, completely reflectory smile. In most cultures to smile is defined in the dictionary as “ to assume a facial expression indicating pleasure, favor, or amusement, but sometimes derision or scorn, characterized ...
  1 week ago

• What Are “You’re” [sic] Pet Peeves?

  
  Windows Fanatics — Authority: 442
  You already know that one of my biggest pet peeves is to see people using simple words incorrectly. It drives me ape to see someone use your and you’re interchangeably. Hello! They are not the same word! Are people seriously not learning these things in school, or are they too lazy to type/spell the words correctly? ...
  2 weeks ago

• What are Your Pet Peeves?

  
  Chris Pirillo — Authority: 512
  What are Your Pet Peeves? is a post from Chris Pirillo You already know that one of my biggest pet peeves is to see people using simple words incorrectly. It drives me batshit to see someone use your and you’re interchangeably. Hello! They are not the same word! Are people seriously not learning these things ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Road To Overachieving Is Lined With Blue Trash Carts

  
  Kansas City with the Russian Accent — Authority: 118
  When Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev came back from his trip to the United States he had the answer to all of the USSR’s agricultural and other problems – corn. A directive was issued and pretty soon corn was being planted everywhere with joyous reports pouring in from all corners of the country  even from places ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pet Peeve Of The Week

  
  Fab Grandma — Authority: 124
  I have had this wire shelf  for almost 10 years. We bought it in August of 2000, when we moved into our first RV. It is just the right size to hold a box of quart sized zip lock bags, a box of gallon sized zip lock bags, a roll of plastic wrap, and a roll of aluminum foil. Well, at least it was until the last time I ...
  3 weeks ago

• From the Mom Blog: Dear ‘Dexter,’ there are no basements in Florida

  
  PopWatch — Authority: 727
  It’s Friday afternoon, the weekend is upon us, and my dear mother, Judi Fratamico, has a message for you all. It concerns this past Sunday’s episode of Dexter. Here is what she has to say (spoiler alert if you haven’t seen that episode yet): “Doesn’t anybody at EW do a Dexter blog? I need to
  3 weeks ago

• Have You Got it in You, Imogen Heap

  
  Small Pebble Uncovered — Authority: 114
  Todays frustration has been brought to us by the word "Hello!WhatAreYouDoing?" I was almost hit today by cars doing the following: A car doing a U-turn next to a crosswalk when signs say it is not safe to. A driver listening to his earbuds while driving and not seeing or hearing the ambulance heading ...
  3 weeks ago

• It’s Over!

  
  Kansas City with the Russian Accent — Authority: 118
  The month of Movember is over and the thing on my lip is just hours away from being history. Our team collected almost eight hundred dollars and we may get few more donations at the wrap-party at work. My own mustache-growing effort is well-documented in its patheticalness but it was fun nevertheless. Thanks ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Lips I Am Missing

  
  Kansas City with the Russian Accent — Authority: 118
  The month of Movember is winding down and soon I will reunite with my upper lip currently occupied by this disaster: If you were waiting until now to see if I stick to my commitment, it’s time to open your wallet and show your love for the people with prostate cancer. Many of my teammates were very ...
  4 weeks ago

• Alagiri missing again - eludes speaker on pet peeve Tamil

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister M.K. Alagiri has played truant again. He is believed to have written to Speaker Meira Kumar requesting he be allowed to answer questions in Tamil. But when she wanted to meet him over the issue, he did not show up, say sources in his DMK [...]
  4 weeks ago

• Update: The maddening Audi key

  
  Consumer Reports Cars Blog — Authority: 578
  We have complained about how difficult it is to release the ignition key in our Audi A4 and Q5 full track reports , as well as in the Cars blog. (See “ Pet Peeve: Audi Q5 – The maddening key .”) The stubborn key can be quite infuriating because it usually happens when you’ve just arrived somewhere and ...
  4 weeks ago

• iWatchskiy

  
  Kansas City with the Russian Accent — Authority: 118
  Learning on someone else’s mistakes is sadly not a quality well-developed in most people, leaving the ones who already know the outcome to sit and watch another crash and burn just to say “I told you so” when it’s all said and done. Many people already have experiences similar to the ones about to be ...
  4 weeks ago

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