Minor things that bother you

[CtrlAltDel]

Mobile phone cameras not actually rotating the image when the phone is rotated; they just put a flag in the file telling every application that uses the file from then on to rotate it 90 degrees. Then, of course, some applications don't do that, so your image looks correct in some situations but is rotated 90° from how it should be in others.

I hate this too. Just resave the image and let me move on with life.

[Max Rockatansky]

People who spell "Super Bowl" (correct) as "Superbowl" (incorrect). I've never understood this one. If you write "Superbowl," you should also write "Rosebowl" or "Orangebowl" or "Sugarbowl" (to say nothing of the sponsor-named games).

All wrong, it's "Superb Owl."

[1995hoo]

I just sat down on the couch next to our cat. Holy shit, she must have ripped a huge fart while I was in the other room. What a stench.

[allniter89]

I make it a point not to go into a restraunt  for a sit down meal less than 1 hr b4 closing. I've worked too many jobs wheere people come in 1/2 hr b4 closing & make everyone get off late

[CtrlAltDel]

Exit only markers on APL signs. They don't seem necessary or helpful to me.

And also, now that I think about it, the new way left exit tabs are laid out. They're just too big. There's got to be a better way to convey that information.

[hbelkins]

Team Whatever.

I hate that term. "Team USA" (heard often during the Olympics). "Team Mitch" (frequently used by the campaign of our detestable senior senator and current minority leader). "Team Kelly" (for members of Kelly Clarkson's team on "The Voice."

[thenetwork]

When UDOT switches between "Salt Lake City" and just "Salt Lake" as the control city on it's BGSs -- especially within the same interchange.

[formulanone]

Team Whatever.

I hate that term. "Team USA" (heard often during the Olympics). "Team Mitch" (frequently used by the campaign of our detestable senior senator and current minority leader). "Team Kelly" (for members of Kelly Clarkson's team on "The Voice."

Similarly, "[Place] Strong" (or #placestrong).

Is a community going to admit they're weak?

[Big John]

^^ First time I saw ______strong was for former Colts head coach Chuck Pagino who developed leukemia and the fighting slogan was ChuckStrong.

[US 89]

When UDOT switches between "Salt Lake City" and just "Salt Lake" as the control city on it's BGSs -- especially within the same interchange.

Where is it inconsistent in the same interchange? I bet it is probably a product of just old vs. new signage.

[Scott5114]

Team Whatever.

I hate that term. "Team USA" (heard often during the Olympics). "Team Mitch" (frequently used by the campaign of our detestable senior senator and current minority leader). "Team Kelly" (for members of Kelly Clarkson's team on "The Voice."

This doesn't bother me if it's an actual team in a sport or competition. It's a handy collapsing of "the American boat-wrestling team" or whatever. Or it's fine for a hastily-constructed temporary team for some game where it's not worth the time or mental energy to come up with a mascot or other creative way to distinguish between the teams.

But when it's being used to refer to some organization that's not a competitive team, like the chelonian example you cite, and especially as a collective form of address for the employees of an organization, it is somewhere between annoying and creepy. I'm not a part of "Team Flatco*" or whatever, I get paid to show up and I'm out the door the second your checks stop clearing. Especially true when someone starts an email with just "Team:" as the salutation.

*Amusingly, there is a company actually called Flatco. Unfortunately it's in Kansas, not Illinois, but that's still just as funny.

[abefroman329]

Team Not Bothered By The Use Of Team Whatever over here.

[SSOWorld]

Ask X for all your Y needs.

[jakeroot]

Team Whatever.

I hate that term. "Team USA" (heard often during the Olympics). "Team Mitch" (frequently used by the campaign of our detestable senior senator and current minority leader). "Team Kelly" (for members of Kelly Clarkson's team on "The Voice."

This doesn't bother me if it's an actual team in a sport or competition. It's a handy collapsing of "the American boat-wrestling team" or whatever. Or it's fine for a hastily-constructed temporary team for some game where it's not worth the time or mental energy to come up with a mascot or other creative way to distinguish between the teams.

I was going to say the same thing (but I'll say it nonetheless since that's what we do on AARoads!): Team USA definitely makes sense to me as a catch-all, i.e. "Team USA has fetched 15 medals so far". Frankly, I can't think of a better way to say it.

Every other case, yeah, seems tacky.

[webny99]

Team Whatever.
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But when it's being used to refer to some organization that's not a competitive team, like the chelonian example you cite, and especially as a collective form of address for the employees of an organization, it is somewhere between annoying and creepy. I'm not a part of "Team Flatco*" or whatever, I get paid to show up and I'm out the door the second your checks stop clearing. Especially true when someone starts an email with just "Team:" as the salutation.

Agreed if it's disingenuous, but there are sometimes cases where it's not, and then I don't have a big problem with it. A boss handing down orders would qualify as the former, but a group of employees collaborating on a project would qualify as the latter (IMO).

[GaryV]

"Tell your doctor if you have [name a condition] before taking [latest wonder drug with loads of side effects]."

Shouldn't your doctor be diagnosing your disease, instead of you telling him/her?

[7/8]

"Tell your doctor if you have [name a condition] before taking [latest wonder drug with loads of side effects]."

Shouldn't your doctor be diagnosing your disease, instead of you telling him/her?

Yes, I find that so odd too. Isn't it more normal to list your symptoms and the doctor decides what medications you need? The large number of pharmaceutical ads is really jarring when I watch American TV channels, and they seem like such odd things to advertise. Not to mention the comically long list of side effects that take up over half of the ads.

[1995hoo]

The part that amuses me is when they say not to take a drug if you're allergic to it. Doesn't that assume you know of the allergy? Of course if you're allergic to any other drugs you should tell your doctor and he might be able to determine whether that indicates a likely allergy, but you may be allergic to some other drug and not know it. I'd never experienced any drug allergies and then when I took a particular prescription about 15 years ago I broke out in big hives that went away when I stopped taking it. I had no idea that would happen and I had no reason to have told the doctor of any allergies prior to being prescribed it. I suppose I was lucky that was the only allergic reaction I had.

My wife likes to complain about the ridiculous names a lot of the drugs have, but I keep telling her it's for trademark reasons.

[abefroman329]

"Tell your doctor if you have [name a condition] before taking [latest wonder drug with loads of side effects]."

Shouldn't your doctor be diagnosing your disease, instead of you telling him/her?

Yes, and doctors are none too pleased about people coming into their office and saying "I have X and I need you to prescribe me Y," despite never having been diagnosed with X.

[J N Winkler]

Yes, I find that so odd too. Isn't it more normal to list your symptoms and the doctor decides what medications you need? The large number of pharmaceutical ads is really jarring when I watch American TV channels, and they seem like such odd things to advertise. Not to mention the comically long list of side effects that take up over half of the ads.

A talking point that often surfaces in the US healthcare debate--I'm not sure how true it actually is--is that the US and New Zealand are the only two developed countries that allow direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs.  Pharmaceutical companies also aggressively promote new drugs to doctors through medical journals and direct sales visits.  Patrick Radden Keefe's Empire of Pain reports that the Sackler family helped seed the opiate crisis by marketing OxyContin in these ways as a painkiller with low addiction potential.

[hbelkins]

"Tell your doctor if you have [name a condition] before taking [latest wonder drug with loads of side effects]."

Shouldn't your doctor be diagnosing your disease, instead of you telling him/her?

This would be applicable if you're seeing a specialist for a certain condition, and you've been prescribed a maintenance drug by your general practitioner, or if you've been prescribed something by a different specialist for another condition.

The doctor treating your glaucoma may not know if you have diabetes or not unless you tell him or her.

[Scott5114]

I mean, they're supposed to know that sort of thing, since your chart is supposed to be shared between your GP and any specialists they refer you to. But doctors are just like any other profession; some don't give enough of a shit to do things the right way.

[J N Winkler]

I mean, they're supposed to know that sort of thing, since your chart is supposed to be shared between your GP and any specialists they refer you to. But doctors are just like any other profession; some don't give enough of a shit to do things the right way.

I've seen receptionists at doctors' offices ask patients to fill out a complete medical history on each visit, even when the answers have not changed since the last visit.  I suspect it's a CYA measure.

[SSOWorld]

I mean, they're supposed to know that sort of thing, since your chart is supposed to be shared between your GP and any specialists they refer you to. But doctors are just like any other profession; some don't give enough of a shit to do things the right way.

I've seen receptionists at doctors' offices ask patients to fill out a complete medical history on each visit, even when the answers have not changed since the last visit.  I suspect it's a CYA measure.

Legal - Thanks Obama!

[wanderer2575]

The part that amuses me is when they say not to take a drug if you're allergic to it.

They have to say that for the same reason the manufacturer of a Halloween costume has to say that said costume will not enable you to fly.