thebin
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Post by thebin on Apr 10, 2013 16:11:18 GMT -5
Restaurants with the word "grill" in them. I can grill. If I'm paying you to serve dinner hopefully you can actually cook. If you have a Caesar Salad on the menu with the option to add chicken...I'm out the door before I die of culinary boredom. Worse, when they add an "e" at the end and call it "[...] Grille." And maybe they even "Olde Tyme" that "Grille."
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EasyEd
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Post by EasyEd on Apr 10, 2013 18:42:45 GMT -5
Bicycle riders who never obey the traffic rules.
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Post by badgerhoya on Apr 10, 2013 18:44:10 GMT -5
Bicycle riders who never obey the traffic rules. Drivers who don't pay attention to riders and cut them off.
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jgalt
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Post by jgalt on Apr 10, 2013 21:37:32 GMT -5
Bicycle riders who never obey the traffic rules. Drivers who don't pay attention to riders and cut them off. Oh yes. Here are two of my pet peeves: One, people who take a left turn on "yellow" when you are really just running a red light. I can understand one car doing it, but three, four, five... please you are just running a red light. It happens at every intersection here in LA. And please dont honk at me to take a left when there are cars coming. Im not going to do it. I am in a hurry just like you are (even more so because I drive for a living). I have no where to go. Chill out. Two, people who complain about other people leaving them voicemail. Its not on me to know how exactly you want me to communicate with you. If you dont want voicemail, tell me. Otherwise if I have something to tell you (not just "hey, call me back") Im going to leave a voicemail. If you want to say "well I will see you called and call you back", thats a nice thought but it just doesnt happen. Also, I am busy too, I leave a voicemail to tell you something. I dont want you to call me back so I have to tell it to you again. If you dont want to listen to your voicemail, fine, but if you miss something important, thats on you, not me. (Also, all the people who honk constantly on the street just out side my house, pleas stop, its giving me an aneurism) (Also, people using literally, ironic, and epic wrong. And those that say something is the "best ___ ever" when its just very good.)
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Apr 11, 2013 9:18:14 GMT -5
How about bicyclists who jam traffic by riding on a four-lane road with no bike lane on which the speed limit is 40 MPH during morning rush hour? Oh, and on this road there are adjacent sidewalks which the city bicycle map designates as the place people should be riding their bikes. There's also a dedicated hike and bike trail which goes downtown (which is what I ride on) about 90 yards away.
Bicyclists totally have the right to take the lane, but if you are doing so in this fashion you are an Edited. Competing directly with cars traveling at 45 MPH for lane space isn't safe for anyone. Especially when there are multiple safe and easy alternatives.
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Apr 11, 2013 9:50:21 GMT -5
Having been hit by a car once on a bike*, I will never ride anywhere near high traffic roads again. The Mount Vernon trail will do just fine for exercise. For commuting, I prefer to be surrounded by a ton of steel knowing how bad drivers in this area are.
(* - No, I was not in a traffic lane. I was riding through a crosswalk and the light was on my side).
Anyway, here's mine for today:
#$%^&* CILANTRO!!!
Yeah, I know I'm in the minority. Sorry, that weed has got to go. It is (A) used in too many recipes where it doesn't belong and where a simple dash of parsley will do; and (B) used in excess even in recipes where it does belong.
Yes, I am one of those people to whom it tastes like soap. I am also allergic.
No, I do not expect every restaurant to cater to my minority needs. However, there are places where I can expect cilantro and easily avoid it. I have no problem doing so. It has only become a problem since it has -- like some evil kudzu or zebra mussel -- infiltrated every gorram menu on the face of the earth!!
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SSHoya
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Post by SSHoya on Apr 11, 2013 10:18:24 GMT -5
Given that it is Cherry Blossom time in Washington, D.C., tourists who stop immediately at the top or bottom of the Metro escalators as they figure out where they are supposed to go -- as if there isn't fifty people right behind you who have to go somewhere.
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Post by strummer8526 on Apr 11, 2013 10:46:22 GMT -5
DC Metro. EVERYTHING ABOUT IT. For instance (and just off the top of my head):
How is it that WMATA still has not realized that the seats should be along the side walls facing inward, not lined up in rows facing forward and back?
The escalator Russian roulette—sometimes they're working, sometimes not, sometimes they break while you're on them (this has happened to me three times in the last year).
The loudspeaker system, which is always either inaudible or BLASTING(!!).
The bilingual announcements informing us in English and Spanish that it is OUR responsibility to ensure the security of the Metro system. Hell, if my Spanish-speaking friend and I are going to do WMATA's security job for them, we might as well set the schedules, too. And maybe we can have hiring and firing power? We have no experience in urban transportation (and my friend doesn't even speak English), but we couldn't make the system much worse.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Apr 11, 2013 11:13:03 GMT -5
Since all DC Metro stations have elevators, are the escalators really necessary? We know that most people can make the sometimes long walk to the surface, since they do frequently when all the up escalators are non-functioning. How much money could be saved annually by simply replacing the escalators with stairs?
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TBird41
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Post by TBird41 on Apr 11, 2013 11:20:56 GMT -5
Since all DC Metro stations have elevators, are the escalators really necessary? We know that most people can make the sometimes long walk to the surface, since they do frequently when all the up escalators are non-functioning. How much money could be saved annually by simply replacing the escalators with stairs? I like your assumption that the elevators are more likely to be working than the escalators.
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Post by strummer8526 on Apr 11, 2013 11:24:04 GMT -5
Since all DC Metro stations have elevators, are the escalators really necessary? We know that most people can make the sometimes long walk to the surface, since they do frequently when all the up escalators are non-functioning. How much money could be saved annually by simply replacing the escalators with stairs? I like your assumption that the elevators are more likely to be working than the escalators. And the assumption that, when operating, they do so at an even remotely acceptable speed. Also, I live at Cleveland Park, where there are no "down" escalators to get from street level to the first landing. That doesn't bother me. If the whole system just had stairs, I could live with that. But if you're going to have escalators, make them functional escalators. Otherwise, they just sit there like silent, unmoving testaments to WMATA's incompetence.
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TBird41
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Post by TBird41 on Apr 11, 2013 11:45:24 GMT -5
I like your assumption that the elevators are more likely to be working than the escalators. And the assumption that, when operating, they do so at an even remotely acceptable speed. Also, I live at Cleveland Park, where there are no "down" escalators to get from street level to the first landing. That doesn't bother me. If the whole system just had stairs, I could live with that. But if you're going to have escalators, make them functional escalators. Otherwise, they just sit there like silent, unmoving testaments to WMATA's incompetence. I feel like most of the Metro system can be described as "silent, unmoving testaments to WMATA's incompetence"
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Apr 11, 2013 13:41:16 GMT -5
Since all DC Metro stations have elevators, are the escalators really necessary? We know that most people can make the sometimes long walk to the surface, since they do frequently when all the up escalators are non-functioning. How much money could be saved annually by simply replacing the escalators with stairs? I like your assumption that the elevators are more likely to be working than the escalators. Actually my assumption is simply that some sort of non-stair conveyance is necessary for ADA compliance. I'm not advocating for elevators as a speedy and efficient alternative to escalators, they're just something that WMATA can't get rid of if my assumption is correct. And they serve the same purpose as escalators: ferrying disabled/elderly passengers above/below ground. Able-bodied people can walk up and down stairs.
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Apr 11, 2013 14:01:34 GMT -5
OK, come on now.
I agree that in many stations, like Ballston or Clarendon or Falls Church, escalators are a convenience and can be eliminated.
But are you really not going to have an escalator in Rosslyn? Or Bethesda? I can't remember what some of the other really, really long ones are, but I know there are several.
I think that's a bit unrealistic. Unless your goal is to thin out the herd through coronaries in a DC summer. Not to mention huge delays in people moving/foot traffic it would cause. (which are pretty noticeable whenever those longer escalators do break down).
Having said that, I am all for bashing Metro as a completely incompetent organization, top to bottom. (as evidenced by the escalator manager recently getting a promotion, which I'm sure most locals read about and either laughed, cried, or yelled...or all three).
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tgo
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Post by tgo on Apr 11, 2013 14:45:59 GMT -5
standing on the left on an escalator... if you are carrying a huge bag or are on the escalator to nowhere over by the popsicle stick tower and you want to stand then fine, just stay to the right and if you arent on a crazy escalator then why are you standing? this isnt a ride at disneyland and you arent in a parade. Why does it not appear to bother others that we invented escalators to move us faster up and down inclines and yet they end up making us get there slower than we would if we walked the stairs because everyone gets on one and stands still to take in the exciting ride?
bottom line, get out of my damn way, i have far more interesting things to do than to stand on this escalator
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Apr 11, 2013 16:01:59 GMT -5
OK, come on now. I agree that in many stations, like Ballston or Clarendon or Falls Church, escalators are a convenience and can be eliminated. But are you really not going to have an escalator in Rosslyn? Or Bethesda? I can't remember what some of the other really, really long ones are, but I know there are several. I think that's a bit unrealistic. Unless your goal is to thin out the herd through coronaries in a DC summer. Not to mention huge delays in people moving/foot traffic it would cause. (which are pretty noticeable whenever those longer escalators do break down). Having said that, I am all for bashing Metro as a completely incompetent organization, top to bottom. (as evidenced by the escalator manager recently getting a promotion, which I'm sure most locals read about and either laughed, cried, or yelled...or all three). Sure, you can put escalators in exceptionally deep stations if you'd like. However, I would guess that the Orange Line platform at Rosslyn isn't really much deeper than the 7 train platform at Times Square. It probably seems deeper because it's a straight shot up the escalator rather than a gradual, twisting ascent. And yet somehow New Yorkers have pulled off the amazing feat of walking up stairs in the summer without massive casualties for decades. How many deaths have occurred at WMATA stations on summer days when the up escalators stop working at a particular station? My guess is none, because people who can hack it walk up the "stairs," and people who can't take the elevator. But elevators and escalators are nothing compared to single-tracking...
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Apr 11, 2013 16:06:16 GMT -5
standing on the left on an escalator... if you are carrying a huge bag or are on the escalator to nowhere over by the popsicle stick tower and you want to stand then fine, just stay to the right and if you arent on a crazy escalator then why are you standing? this isnt a ride at disneyland and you arent in a parade. Why does it not appear to bother others that we invented escalators to move us faster up and down inclines and yet they end up making us get there slower than we would if we walked the stairs because everyone gets on one and stands still to take in the exciting ride? bottom line, get out of my damn way, i have far more interesting things to do than to stand on this escalator This needs to be affixed to the escalators leading to the Skylink tram at DFW airport, home to the world's worst escalator etiquette. I have snapped at several individuals when I have been running late for a connecting flight.
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Post by quickplay on Apr 11, 2013 16:57:41 GMT -5
#$%^&* CILANTRO!!! Yes, I am one of those people to whom it tastes like soap. I am also allergic. I was about to come to cilantro's defense (one of my favorite ingredients), but tasting like soap and being allergic? Yeah I think that's a pretty solid reason to not like something haha. As for me, people who try to get on a subway before people are gettin off, and people who just randomly STOP to check their phone while walking on a crowded, busy street. Also, littering. We can debate global warming and its effects all day but I really thought that we were past just throwing trash on the ground (even right next to a public trash can). It's your own damn neighborhood!
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thebin
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Post by thebin on Apr 12, 2013 11:39:27 GMT -5
People who don't take their backpacks off in crowded subways during rush hour.
People checking their blackberry/iphone AT ALL while walking through rush hour subway stations.
Women who go up to the subway turnstile, block it, then start rummaging through their huge bag for their metro card.
jgalt blowing my chance to go left on yellow because he is busy leaving people messages from 1988 telling them not to call him back because email would just be too convenient for all parties and leave too much of a paper trail.
People who put ketchup on eggs.
People who order chicken madness without tomatoes. A chicken madness has tomatoes. Period.
Motorcycles that I can hear from 10 blocks away.
Leafblowers.
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TBird41
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Post by TBird41 on Apr 12, 2013 11:51:03 GMT -5
People who don't take their backpacks off in crowded subways during rush hour. People checking their blackberry/iphone AT ALL while walking through rush hour subway stations. Women who go up to the subway turnstile, block it, then start rummaging through their huge bag for their metro card. jgalt blowing my chance to go left on yellow because he is busy leaving people messages from 1988 telling them not to call him back because email would just be too convenient for all parties and leave too much of a paper trail. People who put ketchup on eggs. People who order chicken madness without tomatoes. A chicken madness has tomatoes. Period. Motorcycles that I can hear from 10 blocks away. Leafblowers. What about chicken madness without mayo?
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