What are your "Pet Peeve" questions?
Jan 24th, 2006, 04:33 PM
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<<"To "do" a country or city or other location is a perfectly acceptable idiom with a particular meaning."
I wasn't saying that the term is wrong, just that I dislike its usage and implications when applied to an entire country. It implies that one has seen all there is to see, and this irks me. This thread is about "pet peeves", after all.>>
I agree.
Jan 24th, 2006, 04:49 PM
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Okay nobody cares what I think, we're all just venting, right?
So I can just vent, right?
My pet peeves (and, by the way, has anyone under 40 ever used that once-common expression?):
1. Questions, phrased in the tones of a spoiled child, about access to non-nutritive favourite foods, e.g.:
Who has the yummiest gelato in ....? Can I still get yummy cappuccino in....?
Makes me start ranting about half the world going to bed hungry at night, why don't you just stay in NYC where you can get everything, etc etc.
2. Questions about how to placate, amuse, divert or mollify a spoiled child.
Appropriate response: "When I was his age, no-one ever took ME to Europe; should be grateful, yadda, yadda.
3. Questions that begin "Will I be safe in....?" or "How will I cope in...?"
Appropriate response: "Stay home would be a win-win proposition, all 'round."
Okay, that's out of my system.
And I never mentioned "itinry".
So I can just vent, right?
My pet peeves (and, by the way, has anyone under 40 ever used that once-common expression?):
1. Questions, phrased in the tones of a spoiled child, about access to non-nutritive favourite foods, e.g.:
Who has the yummiest gelato in ....? Can I still get yummy cappuccino in....?
Makes me start ranting about half the world going to bed hungry at night, why don't you just stay in NYC where you can get everything, etc etc.
2. Questions about how to placate, amuse, divert or mollify a spoiled child.
Appropriate response: "When I was his age, no-one ever took ME to Europe; should be grateful, yadda, yadda.
3. Questions that begin "Will I be safe in....?" or "How will I cope in...?"
Appropriate response: "Stay home would be a win-win proposition, all 'round."
Okay, that's out of my system.
And I never mentioned "itinry".
Jan 24th, 2006, 08:18 PM
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The questions that make me a little perplexed is "will I get bored at...." and "is it worth it".
How would strangers on the internet possibly know?
I love alot of things that would make another person bolt or revolt.
Alot of people love football games and would suggest that, for me I would not only be bored but I would be slitting my wrists....well, almost.
How would strangers on the internet possibly know?
I love alot of things that would make another person bolt or revolt.
Alot of people love football games and would suggest that, for me I would not only be bored but I would be slitting my wrists....well, almost.
Jan 24th, 2006, 08:38 PM
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LOL SeaUrchin, I am with you!!! I will never forget the time my DH and some family members "dragged" me to a 49'ers game. It rained, no it stormed, about 2/3 of the game.
Aferwards we went to Marin County to have dinner at a German Restuarant. I went into the ladies room and the first thing I did was take off my shoes and pour the water in them down the sink drain. Than I squeezed the water out of my hair. Was I wet and soggy, oh yes indeed. Dinner was good, if you like eating while you are soggy wet.
The next weekend I mentioned going to see a movie and DH, always clever, said "oh lets not, it is raining". Guess the look I gave him got the message across as we did go to the movie.
Pet Peeve questions..must stay on the subject.."We are going on our honeymoon to (fill in the location). What should we do? Well it is not a Pet Peeve but it sure gives me a good chuckle!!
Aferwards we went to Marin County to have dinner at a German Restuarant. I went into the ladies room and the first thing I did was take off my shoes and pour the water in them down the sink drain. Than I squeezed the water out of my hair. Was I wet and soggy, oh yes indeed. Dinner was good, if you like eating while you are soggy wet.
The next weekend I mentioned going to see a movie and DH, always clever, said "oh lets not, it is raining". Guess the look I gave him got the message across as we did go to the movie.
Pet Peeve questions..must stay on the subject.."We are going on our honeymoon to (fill in the location). What should we do? Well it is not a Pet Peeve but it sure gives me a good chuckle!!
Jan 25th, 2006, 12:21 AM
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LoveItaly, these days they've already been doing it for a long time. Now they need a break.
I'll read almost anything, but I can't open posts containing the words "romantic" or "charming". Yecch. Probably most unfair, but I can't avoid an image of a wistful lady desperately hoping that Paris or wherever will revive her "DH" where everything else (including last week's oysters, stout, champagne and Viagra cocktail) has failed.
I'll read almost anything, but I can't open posts containing the words "romantic" or "charming". Yecch. Probably most unfair, but I can't avoid an image of a wistful lady desperately hoping that Paris or wherever will revive her "DH" where everything else (including last week's oysters, stout, champagne and Viagra cocktail) has failed.
Jan 25th, 2006, 01:07 AM
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I get the feeling that for some, Paris consists of three arrondissements - the 5th - 7th, maybe with bits of the 1st and the 4th.
There's so much more.
And yes, it's perfectly fine to stay out of these 3 on a first, second or ninth visit, and still have a great time.
There's so much more.
And yes, it's perfectly fine to stay out of these 3 on a first, second or ninth visit, and still have a great time.
Jan 25th, 2006, 03:13 AM
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Right, no more sweet little old lady.
Is xxxx worth it?
Will I be safe in...?
How do I arrange a trip for my thirty year old child?
Is it OK to split a course in a restaurant?
My tart reply if I weren't a sweet old lady would be, "If you ate at mealtimes instead of grazing and walking around stuffing your face, you'd be able to enjoy a proper meal!"
The word "quaint" and spelling "night" as "nite" get up my nose too!
Is xxxx worth it?
Will I be safe in...?
How do I arrange a trip for my thirty year old child?
Is it OK to split a course in a restaurant?
My tart reply if I weren't a sweet old lady would be, "If you ate at mealtimes instead of grazing and walking around stuffing your face, you'd be able to enjoy a proper meal!"
The word "quaint" and spelling "night" as "nite" get up my nose too!
Jan 25th, 2006, 03:29 AM
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I'm sure we all feel SOOO much better after venting our spleen in this way. I sure do.
It makes me realize how much I resent the new editorial practices at Fodor's, which have swept away ill-tempered posts, controversy, advocacy and overly personal comment -- all the things that made the "old" Fodor's so much fun, if rather chaotic and sometimes hurtful.
It makes me realize how much I resent the new editorial practices at Fodor's, which have swept away ill-tempered posts, controversy, advocacy and overly personal comment -- all the things that made the "old" Fodor's so much fun, if rather chaotic and sometimes hurtful.
Jan 25th, 2006, 04:09 AM
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Just remembered another pet peeve type question: Ones that use acronyms, e.g., asking about housing near some school, using acronyms for the school, or asking about a place to stay with DH or DD.
Another extremely irritating typwe of questions: Ones that deliberately leave off the end, as if that's supposed to create suspense and make the reader eager to open it. In fact, I think it makes some of us unwilling to reply at all. Example: "Urgently need help in planning relaxing but educational trip to."
Another extremely irritating typwe of questions: Ones that deliberately leave off the end, as if that's supposed to create suspense and make the reader eager to open it. In fact, I think it makes some of us unwilling to reply at all. Example: "Urgently need help in planning relaxing but educational trip to."
Jan 25th, 2006, 05:10 AM
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I have really enjoyed this topic as it contains some superb examples of utter crabbiness.
I am somewhat surprised to see people "venting" who have been extremely helpful to my enquiries.
A couple of my own opinions and peeves.
1) Having shown the intelligence to come onto a travel forum to find the answer to a question, why does it not occur to people to use the search facility to see if it has been asked before.
For example, the regular questions about transport from Southampton to London from people doing a cruise. Alternatively, how many times is it possible to explain how to get from Rome to Pompeii without screaming.
On the topic of searches, it is sometimes useful to add information to a topic, even if the OP has been and gone because it may help later people researching the subject.
I am somewhat surprised to see people "venting" who have been extremely helpful to my enquiries.
A couple of my own opinions and peeves.
1) Having shown the intelligence to come onto a travel forum to find the answer to a question, why does it not occur to people to use the search facility to see if it has been asked before.
For example, the regular questions about transport from Southampton to London from people doing a cruise. Alternatively, how many times is it possible to explain how to get from Rome to Pompeii without screaming.
On the topic of searches, it is sometimes useful to add information to a topic, even if the OP has been and gone because it may help later people researching the subject.
Jan 25th, 2006, 07:52 AM
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willit, despite my earlier post on this thread, I agree with your last paragraph. However, it should be added as such, not as help to the OP. As I said in that earlier post, I know there are times when it's useful to pull up an old thread.
Minor, crabby point, I know!
Minor, crabby point, I know!
Jan 25th, 2006, 08:04 AM
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I don't mind most questions, even repetitive or dorky ones. When I was new to international travel, I'm sure I had oodles of dorky, repetitive questions...just no forum for expressing them!
My real pet peeve is with posters who call up old, inflammatory, pre-registration threads and top them, sometimes for the sole purpose of stirring up trouble. If I had three wishes, my third would be that Fodors would permanently freeze and archive these old divisive threads. It would be my contribution toward world peace. (My first wish would be for a beautiful, spacious apartment in the 16th arrond with a large balcony overlooking the Eiffel Tower and my second would be for long, healthy and happy lives for myself and loved ones to enjoy it.)
My real pet peeve is with posters who call up old, inflammatory, pre-registration threads and top them, sometimes for the sole purpose of stirring up trouble. If I had three wishes, my third would be that Fodors would permanently freeze and archive these old divisive threads. It would be my contribution toward world peace. (My first wish would be for a beautiful, spacious apartment in the 16th arrond with a large balcony overlooking the Eiffel Tower and my second would be for long, healthy and happy lives for myself and loved ones to enjoy it.)
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