What thing(s) really piss you off?

[SeeMoreDigital]

For me the worst thing is PACKAGING.

I especially hate those horrible cellophane wrappers around CD's!


Anybody else with pet hates?

[r6d2]

For one, cheap DVD encodes ordered by some studios, particularly bad telecines.

Second, the authoring that forces you to see trailers of other movies before the actual movie starts.

Third, poor dubbing or subtitles too huge, or which change the bottom line from one text to the next.

[Uli]

What really pisses me off are "do it yourself" neighbours hammering and nailing all day long, especially on weekends. I wish they would be struck down by lightning or the devil himself right *NOW* :devil:

greetz, Uli

[SeeMoreDigital]

Originally posted by Uli
... I wish they would be struck down by lightning or the devil himself right *NOW* :devil: As somebody who has been 'struck down by lightning' I can testify that it's not always fatal... :D

[DAvenger]

Uli is damn right :devil:

@SMD : huh, lucky you were :)

EDIT : Stupid people like this guy (http://www.radlight.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=504)

[Angelus]

What really pisses me off is how the WB can cancel it's show "Angel". They leave shows like Charmed and Seventh Heaven but then cancel Angel?

Another thing, I hate fat people who walk down sidewalks and take up the WHOLE sidewalk. I really enjoy moving out of the way and walking in snowbanks just so you can go on your merry little way (Sorry to the American majority ;) ).

[r6d2]

Oh, I see you guys took it in a more general sense. I was talking about movie encoding. :)

In real life, one of the things that really piss me off is fat-bottomed girls who wear tight pants. They should be imprisoned for offence to common sense.

/Add: @Davenger, you're mean! :D:D:D

[Pyscrow]

Well I am glad to see all your pet hates are pretty mundane - that means all of your lives are pretty good.

If you asked this question in a third world country, you might get answers like:

1. I hate only being able to feed my children 1 meal a day
2. I hate seeing all the babies die from treatable diseases

I am not trivialising your concerns, just pointing out how everyone needs some pet hates, and the dichotomy that the more well off the country, the level of "pet hates" does not go down, but we just focus on more minor things.

Me I hate second hand music, If I want to listen to your crappy choices in music, I'd buy it myself!!

[Soulhunter]

Originally posted by r6d2
In real life, one of the things that really piss me off is fat-bottomed girls who wear tight pants.Or nice-bottomed girls that dont wear tight pants... :D

PS: What is your definition of fat-bottomed ???


What me pisses of is our german law regarding violence in movies n' computer games... :devil:

Yeah, cut a 100min. funny "splatter" movie to a 80min. "non-sense" crap movie... :angry:


Destroy the last bit of reality in FPS games by changing all human enemy's to cyborgs... :angry:

SOF2: You have to stop android drug boss... :D


So, I always buy the english import versions... ;)


Bye

[r6d2]

Originally posted by Soulhunter
PS: What is your definition of fat-bottomed ???Those with a butt unsuitable to fit in a standard chair.

[SeeMoreDigital]

Originally posted by r6d2
Those with a butt unsuitable to fit in a standard chair. Euw - bummer.... quite literally!

[Soulhunter]

Originally posted by r6d2
Those with a butt unsuitable to fit in a standard chair. Yeah, fits my definition too... :D

Bye

[stax76]

what really pisses me off are public tv channels I have to pay for a lot money without having a choice for ridiculous content and in particular the politicians who don't stop this. I wonder about the situation in other countries, I'm living in germany

[r6d2]

Originally posted by SeeMoreDigital
Euw - bummer.... quite literally! Sorry, I tried to be more elegant but seems I did not get understood. :o

@Pyscrow, I think you are right about the general idea, but those things you mention should piss you off no matter where you live, don't you think?

[communist]

- Spam
- Companies like M$ sueing everyone for nothing and their FUD policy.

[Neo Neko]

Originally posted by r6d2
Those with a butt unsuitable to fit in a standard chair.

Damn! Haven't you guys ever listen to Queen?

Fat bottom girls you make the rockin' world go round!

Fat bottom girls are the ones with a nice heart shape. What you are thinking of are cottage cheese thighs. Or a woman smuggling two dwarfs in her trousers. :devil:

[trapvector]

My two bits worth for this thread is Corporate Radio.
Gee, we get to hear the same songs day in and day out sponsored by the same commercials day in and day out. Thanks so much! I'll be sure to rush right out and buy all your products.
If not for my MP3 player, I'd be insane by now:mad::angry:

[nFury8]

What thing(s) really piss you off?
boybands...
and all the corporate nuts of the music industry doing these stupid image packaging, shoving down everybody's throats.

[RadicalEd]

The fact that:
A. I have to do a five page research paper by sunrise,
B. I can't concentrate on said research paper,
C. The entire paper is due in rough draft form tomorrow, whereas we have a week and a half after this to produce a final version,
and D. The other class' isn't due until Monday.

/whine

[dani82]

income tax returns, i don't mind the 19% they take out of my paycheck, but then i found out, anything over $7800 requires me to pay additional taxes; the FAT cheerleaders in my old high school who dot they could treat people differently.

[SallyDog]

1. People who drive like idiots.
2. All dumb asses.

[Tuning]

Haha!

Most obvious answer of an active computer user: Why M$ releases new versions of thier products more frequently without any major improvements!:devil:

Price starts to fall after you bought any hardware.:angry:


PS: Encoding counter part, Confusion in picking right MPEG-4 Video codec and right audio format for each DVD to rip.:mad:

[mf]

Field blends, irregular telecine and jerkiness.

[KpeX]

"Mpeg-4" standalones that support neither the mpeg-4 container (MP4) or native audio format (AAC).

[SeeMoreDigital]

Originally posted by KpeX
"Mpeg-4" standalones that support neither the mpeg-4 container (MP4) or native audio format (AAC). Nice one.

I'm glad you mentioned it and not me. Doom9 always has a go at me for doing so :D

[easybeat]

My pet hates in no particular order:-

"Baby on Board" or "Small child on Board" stickers on the back of cars. Why bother it's not like it's going to make me less likely to crash into them.

The packaging a new shirt comes in - I always leave in one pin.

Fat people who moan about how aeroplane seats are too small - lose some weight!

The World Series in baseball - some World Series with only 2 countries invited.

People who call their kids stupid names ie Leaf, Fifi, Moonbeam etc etc

Any salesman - especially computer ones.

Pretentious food - terms like haute cuisine usually mean you pay twice as much for half the amount.

People who ask questions halfway through a movie when they've been watching it the same as you (mainly women)


Sorry to rant on but I just needed to get that off my chest before the weekend.

[sarahjh69]

what really gets me going is
ADVERTS stuck on the front of movie dvds that you can't skip past
and are well hidden in the IFOs so you have a real pain deleting em.


and also
people that start bragging about "how long they have worked in....."
as a prelude to saying your views don't count.

[Soulhunter]

Originally posted by easybeat
People who ask questions halfway through a movie when they've been watching it the same as you (mainly women)
Unfortunately I know tooooooo much of them... :D

Bye

[mpucoder]

That reminded me of what happened halfway through Titanic. It wasn't really a question, but my date blurted out "Oh my God! The ship is going to sink".

[Neo Neko]

Yes! Whodathunkit?! The rest of the movie was totally fictitious so the intrusion of reality could be quite a shock. :p

[mudda_t]

1. Excessively greedy companies, i.e. Disney.
The reason mickey has big ears is because they needed something to cover the horns.
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2. Really good boxing matches that go the distance and end in a draw when there was clearly a winner, or when the wrong boxer is awarded the fight and you know the fix was in. When good fights (boxing) get stoped with bogus reasons, when the real reason is because the champ is getting his ass handed to him.
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3. People who don't use their turn signals, or brake first and then use their turn signal.
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4. Good movies (2/3rds good) with really bad endings.
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stopping now

[r6d2]

Originally posted by mpucoder
my date blurted out "Oh my God! The ship is going to sink". A for real life examples, one of my favourites is incredible company memos, like this one:
We remind you that all personnel must use his company badge while at the office. Those of you who have not received your badge yet, or need a replacement, please respond to this e-mail indicating name, position, and social security number.

Human Resources Dept.The badge always at sight is already stupid, but how is it possible that H.R. needs the personnel to inform them position and SSN? How the hell do those guys manage the payroll and create polices, not even knowing each person's positions and responsibilities?

[mf]

Ooo, try if you could fake your info in that email.

[r6d2]

I didn't think about that. LOL. "VP of International Corporate Affairs". They might have even given me some company credit card. :D:D:D

But on another ocasion we got an e-mail like this:
There have been several personnel properties robbed during lunch time at the company facilities. Please report anything unusual which comes to your attention.I replied:
Yesterday I sold a Unix Server at MSRP. The customer paid cash.PS: @easybeat, I guess I made it into your pet hate list. :D

[easybeat]

r6d2, I work in purchasing so I have a quick few questions for you:-

1. Do you know what your products are?
2. Do you know what they do?
3. Could you discuss the merits of your products without the phrase "well if I were you I'd go for the more expensive model just to be on the safe side"

If your answers were yes, yes, yes then you might actually be known as a "Technical Expert" and therefore squeeze in under my salesman radar.

PS The most bone question my wife ever asked me was during Silence of the Lambs when Buffalo Bill was parading round in his 'Skin suit' . She said to me
"What type of thread do you think he used to stitch it together"

Answers on a postcard please.

[r6d2]

Originally posted by easybeat
3. Could you discuss the merits of your products without the phrase "well if I were you I'd go for the more expensive model just to be on the safe side"In fact, I would not argue with you technical matters. If you know them, it would be unclever for me to do so since I would not be adding any value. If you don't, you might feel like an ignorant person in front of me.

I would try to prove to you that the benefits of my bid are greater than its costs, and the payback of the investment outstmarts my competition. I also would like to be a permanent provider for you and not getting a hit and run sale.

Now I have a few quick questions for you:

1. Would you take a decision based on technical hype instead of attempting to quantify the economic impact of my proposal?

2. Would you ask for an "under the table" commision?

3. Would you pay when invoices are due instead of resorting to "sorry, we pay on Fridays and this week we had nobody to sign the check?"

If the answers are no, no, yes, then you would have in me the best partner in business.

[Flexy]

what pisses me off

1) My crappy dial-up
Pisses me off so much words cant describe :)

2) Too see that i really, really need a newer PC for video-editing and converting and sh*te...but currently cant afford it

3) If you sit on a problem, and, to get to the problem's solution, you get into 10000 sub-problems which are only 'related'

Eg. you want to know how Program A works.
You read the doc...and you find out you need an update for acrobat reader to read the doc.
While you're downloading and installing some stupid error happens and you sit on the problem to find what causes the error with the install.
You figure you need patch XYZ for program ZYX to get YYX working so you can get ZZX to work which you need for installing the program which enables you to read the doc for the program you want to use :)

Not to mention - you already TOTALLY FORGOT what you ORIGINALLY intended to do...wasted time..inefficiency...etc..etc..really pisses me off :)

[killingspree]

1) the austrian military :P

2) people talking about things they have no clue about!

3) people borrowing a DVD and returning it scratched (yes even if it is only a backup, i'm not giving away my originals anyway)

4) people talking excessively to their girlfriend on the phone next to you allthough they exactly know that you are single (and unhappy about it) atm

5) those strange paper - plastic combination DVD boxes they got for cheap DVDs.

6) girlfriends telling you there's nothing you did wrong, but dumping you anyway without any obvious reason... (oh and of course the follow up sentence - we could still be friends though - oh please come on :))

7) casting bands (especially those german ones like No Angels and even more Brosis - not to forget Daniel Kübelböck :P)

8) radio stations that have less songs than I have in my winamp playlist

9) "hat drivers" :P

10) ok enough... dvddec is done ripping :D

steVe

[mpucoder]

People who want me to fix problems (over the telephone and for free) such as:
1) They've downloaded over 100 infected programs, their PC is super slow, popups all over the place, and files disappearing. Then they call me up with "Hey, you work with these things, how do I fix this?" (And they can't believe I've never gotten into their predicament)
2) Her (no names mentioned, but she lives here) cousin got drunk, took the PC apart, and can't remember how to put it back together again. btw, he doesn't speak English or any of the 5 languages I am familiar with, and lives 800 miles away.
3) After realizing a couple traces on the MB got obliterated, trying to find a replacement MB that would use the old CPU and RAM. The PC was an old micro, K6 (ie super socket 7) with DIMM.
4) Anything that's DVD related, especially those who have done everything wrong, lost the original assets, and now expect a miracle.

[easybeat]

r6d2, in answer to your questions:-

1. No, but my boss would depending on how many flashing lights it has.

2. Again no, but I know a few people who have.


3. Speak to the accounts department I just do the buying! However I've overheard the statement "Oh we're late? I was just about to do a payment run" many a time.

Come to think of it I should have added accountants to the list.



Oh by the MPcoder I an sympathise with the "your the expert phenomenon" I'm the only member in my family who owns a power drill therefore I'm an alleged handyman and get asked to fit/repair everything from patio doors to shelf units.

Christ (NBI) I'm starting to bitter

[r6d2]

Originally posted by easybeat
1. No, but my boss would depending on how many flashing lights it has.I can put a Christmas light around all the equipment for him. :)
2. Again no, but I know a few people who have.I had this saleman on my team once. He had been with the military and got to work with intelligence services while at it. Then he retired and begun a life as a sales rep in the IT industry (this was not the CIA, so you can retire without being disposed of). He covered all the armed forces, since he knew well how they worked.

He came to my office one day. We had put a bid for the military for 100 desktop PCs. We were on the short list. He said the technical advisor guy in charge of buying was willing to accept our offer, provided we included an extra desktop, "out of the invoice". He would pick it up himself.

I had never accepted to bribe somebody before, but I made my numbers: 1 more desktop was like 1% additional discount. I could handle that. It wasn't a great deal but there were more to come and I wanted to get into the account.

I said to my sales rep. "OK, but you worked in intelligence, right? I want you to call the general in charge of the division and tell him what's happening."

He did. The general was very thankful and besides apologizing for the embarrasment, he assured him that something would be done about this.

Two days later we got a call form the technical advisor. He said: "We have a deal, but now it's gonna be two desktops out of the invoice".

[easybeat]

If you think purchasers are bad you should try Logistics, talk about things "Falling off the back of a Lorry".

[Kedirekin]

Three, count 'em three, adhesive security strips on a shrink-wrapped DVD case.

[Arky]

1) Greedy DVD-Authoring-software companies who kill off their competition with bogus lawsuits and thus stagnate the software marketplace, withholding all the decent DVD-spec features from the creative people who would use them to their fullest extent, given half the chance. I shall name no names, but you know who you are!

2) White Van drivers

3) Taxi drivers

4) Boy racers with very small genetalia and something to prove

5) People who ask to borrow expensive items (like CDs, DVDs, Camcorders, Laptops etc.), even though they either have no intention of returning them, or have no intention of looking after them properly.

6) Adverts that ask questions without question marks, as if they are statements.

7) Women who moan that men are b@$t@rds, but then choose to date exactly that type of man instead of the few decent men who are right under their noses!

8) Homophobia

9) Xenophobia

10) Bigotry

11) Selfishness

12) Snobbery

13) Malice

14) Violence

15) Hangovers

16) Women who rant about equality and then expect their man to get out of bed to close the window or switch off the car alarm.

17) Corporate greed

18) The abuse of elected power.

19) Warmongering

20) The Phonographic industry blaming their downturn in personal fortunes on the humble mp3. The biggest impact on music sales over the last 5 years has NOT been music piracy, it has been the increase in sales of DVDs - one cannot double one's disposable income simply in order to keep the pockets of BOTH record company exec's AND MPAA exec's lined with silver.

21) Religious zealotry

22) Segregation

23) Racism

24) Dogs that bark incessantly, keeping their neighbours awake

25) Badly designed products.

26) Under-developed software sold at high prices under the guise of mature products.

27) People who don't appreciate being helped.

28) Television soap operas

29) Manufactured pop

30) Pop-ups

31) Over-commercialisation of every single damn public holiday or annual event (Easter/Christmas/Valentines Day)

32) People who never get their round in at the pub...

33) The destruction of the rainforests

34) The devisive and systematic oppression of the third world by Western nations, to suit their own ends

35) The hypocrisy of a president who was NOT elected to power, preaching about democracy in the Middle East (sorry, that's not meant to be political - it's meant as a remark on democracy and hypocrisy, which I see as entities both distinct from political beliefs).

36) The exploitation of people's insecurities by companies, simply in order to make a buck (e.g. "you need our mouthwash because if you don't use it, your breath will stink and you'll never pull a member of the opposite sex" - you know the kind of thing)

37) Rain

38) Bosses who believe the way to manage a workforce is through critising the negative, but never praising the positive.

39) Processed meat products.

40) Cruelty to animals

41) Cruelty to others weaker than oneself (e.g. bullying)

42) Idiots who go to the pub, or to sports events, with only the intentions of starting a fight.

43) Having one's foot slip off a bicycle pedal and consequently having the pedal whack into one's shin bone.

44) Walking into the vice on a woodworking bench.

45) Hitting your elbow on a hard surface.

46) Attempting to kick a football, but kicking the gutter/kerb instead. (Try it. But don't come crying to me!)

47) People who are abusive to ambulance crew/medics.

48) Blisters

49) Getting old

50) People who moan!! :D


Arky ;o)

[Sirber]

#49 really sucks :D

[2COOL]

Originally posted by Arky
50) People who moan!! :D Hmmm...there is "good" moaning and there is "bad" moaning. Nothing wrong with some good moaning now and then from the other half. :p :p

[Pyscrow]

Originally posted by r6d2
Sorry, I tried to be more elegant but seems I did not get understood. :o

@Pyscrow, I think you are right about the general idea, but those things you mention should piss you off no matter where you live, don't you think?

Zactly!!

[Arky]

Originally posted by 2COOL
Hmmm...there is "good" moaning and there is "bad" moaning. Nothing wrong with some good moaning now and then from the other half. :p :p

LMAO!! :D :D


Arky ;o)

[stax76]

sco every damn day in the tech news :o

[theReal]

what really pisses me off are public tv channels I have to pay for a lot money without having a choice for ridiculous content and in particular the politicians who don't stop this. I wonder about the situation in other countries, I'm living in germany

Me too!!! I'm working at a small private (regional) tv station and I always get pissed when I see the public tv channels' (the BR's) camera teams. Even for unimportant shoots they come with four people and they have all the newest and best equipment. And then, what does all the shiny new DigiBeta equipment, the second assistant who carries a monitor for the cameraman and not to forget the massive amount of time each of their teams has for a single shoot lead to? Their news are a little bit better than what we produce - but the money they spent on the production was at least ten times more. The money we are all forced to pay just because we own a tv set... :angry: :angry: :angry: