GolfHos

When the cashier hands you your change bills and/or receipt first and then drops the coins on top

People who change lanes in front of me and then drive slower than I am

People who think grown-up restaurants are playgrounds for their children

Bumper stickers

Late people

Gravel trucks on the freeway/ Rock chips

People who whine about their pet peeves

High school graduates who can't conjugate verbs

The words: "proactive," "paradigm," "utilize," and "facilitate"

Former athletes who become sportscasters

Iceberg lettuce

Militant movements

Yanni

pet peeves threads

animated avatars

 ;D

People who can't accept the fact that there are other opinions besides their own

if you're not with porkchop, you're gonna get capped.

ha...yeah probably shooting at me while driving w/ one hand through a residential neighborhood.

proactive," "paradigm," "utilize," and "facilitate"

The paradigm of message boards is to utilize a proactive approach to facilitate proper placement of pet peeve threads...

BTW, I'm going to be late for lunch. Could you order me an iceberg lettuce salad? I'm bringing the kids with, so be careful.

Have a nice day!!!

I'd like to nominate "leverage" and "synergy" for this list as well.

Usage of the term "pet peeve" is one of my pet peeves.

Team building exercises in which deptartments come up with nuggets of wisdom like this...

Department Vision

In a safe and trusting environment, one in which we are free to be open and honest, so that we can better understand who we wish to become while maintaining respect for who we are now, we will foster a Team which is focused on personal growth, maintaining a positive attitude and where each member is 100% committed to the success of every member of the Team in thought, word and action.


Oh yeah run-on sentences too.  But not fragments they don't bother me as much.

I forgot: Mission/ Vision statements.

I hate terseness.

I also deplore the superfluous use of pretentiously ostentatious lexicons when far more rudimentary verbiage will suffice most admirably.

All of the above  ;D

I'm adding "over-arching".........

Mother-in-laws,... she means well, but fair dinkum, this woman could talk underwater and not skip a beat....

I hear you, brother! [sm_shock]

Improper plurals.

You attorney-at-laws are all the same.  ::)

WTF is that, anyway?

Is it related to McDonalds somehow?

It's been running rampant at my company since we merged with another company 18 months ago.

Over-arching strategies, over-arching synergies, over-arching blah blah blah.

We've really become a Dilbert cartoon come to life.

Used to be a local sports radio guy around here named Steve Klauke.  He's still with the baseball team I think.  Anyway, his favorite was "RsBI" instead of "RBIs".  Used to crack me up.  Correct of course but that's even beyond Clive anal.

I remember Klauke being a tool, but I guess I never noticed that one. Since the "R" stands for "Runs" isn't "RBI" already plural without adding an s anywhere in the abbreviation?  Same with "RPM"?

Don't misunderestimate me.

There was a guy I used to work with who used to always say "In relationship to" yet when he sent emails out he would always write "In relation to"... he was an odd little man... and not too many people liked him anyway....

A guy I used to work with always said "germally" instead of "generally". That used to bug the *feces* out of me.

If as a result of the grandchild, understandable.  If as a result of just being a Mother-in-law, I'm right there with ya!

Rubberneckers.  Traffic is bad, lets make it worse.....

Companies like NW Airlines.  Force your employees to take 40% paycuts, then give your management team multi million dollar stock options.

When Northwest Airlines emerges from bankruptcy today, it will be the first time since 2002 that no major U.S. carrier will be in Chapter 11.

But Patricia Friend, president of the Association of Flight Attendants, told Northwest employees Wednesday that there is no cause for celebration because the restructuring there and at three other major airlines "occurred on the backs of airline employees who made crippling sacrifices."

About 200 Northwest employees rallied at the State Capitol to oppose about $300 million in stock and options recently awarded to the carrier's 400 top executives.

CEO Doug Steenland is scheduled to receive $26.6 million in stock awards that vest over four years, while four other top executives will each receive equity grants of $10 million to $13.5 million.

"This management team is as morally bankrupt as when they took you into bankruptcy," said Capt. John Prater, president of the international Air Line Pilots Association.

Employees congregated around a 25-foot-tall inflatable rat -- dubbed the Northwest executive mascot -- for their protest.

A sign around the rat's neck read: "NWA Executives, Stealin' More Than Cheese."

The rally was held just hours after Northwest flight attendants became the last major work group to ratify a concessionary contract, with the pact passing by 104 votes.

Andy Wisbacher, vice president of the Northwest branch of the Association of Flight Attendants, said that yes and no voters alike viewed the contract as "onerous." The contract, which provides the airline with $195 million in annual savings, was the last opportunity for attendants to secure a bankruptcy claim of $182 million before the carrier exits Chapter 11.

"Our choices were to suffer or to suffer more," Wisbacher said.

Trevor and Amanda Olson, Northwest flight attendants from Andover, brought their two daughters, Amelia, 2, and Annabella, 4 months, to the rally.

After the airline imposed cutbacks on the flight attendants in July, the Olsons saw each of their paychecks reduced by about $1,000 a month.

Since Annabella was born, the Olsons said the family has been squeaking by strictly on Trevor's take-home pay, about $2,000 a month. The couple has tapped into savings to help pay their mortgage and other living expenses.

Trevor Olson said he wants to find a job outside the airline industry.

Amanda Olson described the stock awards to executives as "lavish and disgusting."

She said it upsets employees to see executives get big stock allocations while "we are really struggling to make ends meet."

Dave Stevens, chairman of the Northwest pilots union, warned that the quality of customer service will erode unless management addresses its "demoralized, fatigued and angry" employees.

"It's bad business to antagonize your workforce," Stevens said.

Ken Hooker, a Twin Cities-based official with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, said workers view executives as "taking the money right out of our pockets."

The carrier has said that the stock awards are needed to retain current executives and recruit new ones.

The stock awards also have the effect of aligning compensation with the company's financial performance, the airline said.

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Allan Gropper approved the awards as part of the airline's reorganization plan.

Liz Fedor • 612-673-7709 • lfedor@startribune.com
            

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Not entirely, she's like that most of the time, but the grandchild has certainly put her into overdrive....lol