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Minor things that bother you
GaryV:
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--- Quote from: JayhawkCO on January 25, 2023, 07:13:29 PM ---Here's one spun off from another thread:
I hate when news "articles" are videos. I don't want to watch your dumb video where I have to turn up the volume and possibly annoy people around me. I read fast. Just type the damn thing so I can read it at my leisure.
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Or as I like to say, I can read faster than you can talk.
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And when you're doing some online training module, which involves watching a slide show. And they have to read each slide to you. And you can't advance to the next slide until the narrator is done - no matter that you finished reading before the narrator is halfway through.
hbelkins:
--- Quote from: GaryV on January 26, 2023, 01:46:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: CtrlAltDel on January 26, 2023, 09:53:16 AM ---
--- Quote from: JayhawkCO on January 25, 2023, 07:13:29 PM ---Here's one spun off from another thread:
I hate when news "articles" are videos. I don't want to watch your dumb video where I have to turn up the volume and possibly annoy people around me. I read fast. Just type the damn thing so I can read it at my leisure.
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Or as I like to say, I can read faster than you can talk.
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And when you're doing some online training module, which involves watching a slide show. And they have to read each slide to you. And you can't advance to the next slide until the narrator is done - no matter that you finished reading before the narrator is halfway through.
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Did that yesterday. Thankfully there was a 'mute' button on the slides so I could read them at my speed.
webny99:
* There is an arterial near me that expands from two lanes to four lanes just prior to an intersection where I frequently turn left. There's no turning lanes, so when oncoming traffic is heavy (which is almost always, sometimes even backing up into the intersection because of the lane merge), this creates a situation where I will be sitting in the left lane waiting to turn for most of the green light cycle.
Traffic coming up behind me normally splits into two lanes, but since I'm there, they can only go past using the right lane. I try to ensure they do so by (1) turning on my left blinker well in advance so they know to move right, and (2) coming to a stop with ample room to pull up, so that I can give them a buffer to move right if they happen to not see my blinker. Some people, though, blindly insist on pulling up right behind me and sitting there while I wait to make my turn, even though the right lane is open and they can see I'm turning. This bothers me to no end. I simply can't believe there are drivers out there with so little awareness that they would actively choose to wait behind someone for no reason, be completely oblivious to the sea of oncoming traffic that indicates I'll be there for a while, and continue to sit there even when I pull up to give them an opportunity to correct and go past. That's grounds for immediate license suspension IMO.
vdeane:
^ Given how thick oncoming traffic is, would I be correct in assuming that it's a similar story in your direction? If so, then they don't exactly have much opportunity to move over once they're already stuck behind you. As for how they got stuck in the first place, I agree, it's amazing how oblivious most people are to what the other cars on the road are doing. A good chunk of congestion on the roads would go away if only people would pay more attention to what traffic around them is doing.
Takumi:
When someone leaves their phone’s GPS on when they’re in a store. They’re in the middle of an aisle and their phone just blurts out “Turn right onto Center Street”.
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