PEEVES by SNATCH ››
When police cars and other municipal vehicles don't obey traffic rules.
"Lights on, pursuing criminal" is one thing.
Not using a turn signal to turn.
Tailgating me when I'm doing the speed limit.
I even had an ambulance put on its lights simply to get me to pull over because it was going the wrong way up a one way street -- and once it was back on the right side of the law, it put its lights off again.
Asides the whole hubris of putting yourself above the law because you "are" the law, shouldn't you of all vehicles be setting the example, here?
— Snatch from SF, CA | Etiquette | 4.2.2009 | Comments (9)
Unverified sensational email forwards.
I have written back to my parents time and time again linking to articles on www.snopes.com (which debunks all kinds of urban myths and email forwards) in response to obviously unbelievable emails about some freedom being stolen, or some poorly written diatribe that a famous comedian supposedly wrote. Do they now check snopes before they send forwards? No. I believe that officially makes them OLD DOGS because they can't learn new tricks. And I can say that with impunity because lord knows they won't actually check snopes to see if old dogs can really learn new tricks or not.
— Snatch from SF, CA | Internet | 10.29.2009 | Comments (3)
The amplification of chewing noises during a lull.
This can apply to loud breathing, throat clearing, loud swallowing, etc., but the biggest one that gets me is chewing. I'm fine when there's talking, or music, or lots of background noise. But when it gets quiet, the sound of someone else chewing gets amplified, and it makes my blood boil -- the lip smacking, the jaw-sound of molars chomping together, the tearing sound of the food, the reverberating swallow -- I want to yell at the chewer but I can't, because I know their noises aren't extraordinary -- they're natural, nothing to do with open mouthes or anything -- it's just the silence amplifying them. Which is why this is EVEN more than a peeve -- because I have to contain it or reveal myself to be an irrational spaz!
