Phil, *sigh* how are these two things related? I hate people who like to generalize the observations of others in order to whine about something else that is not really even related. That was so far off target …
I am hated. Woe is me. The Elephant hath deemed me a whiner and a generalizer. The great and powerful Oz has spoken.
I'll just sit back and lurk while the real players of tubenet post brilliance and reason. Patsies like me are just a hindrance to all that is informative, relevant, congenial, and worthwhile on The Elephant's discussion board known as tubenet.
Wow...I'm so obtuse. I'm so obtuse. I'm so obtuse.
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I have quite a long list, some of them driving issues, (from living in the town with quite possibly the worst drivers in the world, Decatur, IL,) and some of them people issues, (from living in the town with some of the worst people.)
-people who get on my tail, even though I am driving at or above the speed limit
-people who force me to merge into the right lane in a right lane merge road
-Curry Company truck drivers; they pick the bottom of the barrel for the most part, and get some of the worst
-people who don't pay attention to "Right/Left turn only" lanes, especially in congested downtown areas
-people who don't observe yield signs
-those annoying little quips I get at seemingly every community band concert: "Don't you wish you played piccolo?", "I bet that thing is heavy" (yeah, no sh!t, sherlock), etc...
-people who throw things into the bell of any sousaphone I might be wearing
-politics
-political phone calls
-from my first semester in Iowa, I know I never want to hear the word caucus ever again, (especially from someone who's trying to get me to vote for their candidate, even after I repeatedly tell them I'm from Illinois, and thus not able to caucus.)
-bad book endings
-people who make a point of telling me they hate something that I have said I like
-that amused/vague/pitiful look I get when I tell people I'm a music major, as if it is something to be amused by, (my oldest brother got the same looks when he told people he was a math major)
-people blaring bad music, with their room door open, (why people do this on a dorm floor supposedly filled with studying students I will never understand.)
-Nascar
-people who take sports too seriously
-snooty rich people
-hippies!
-silent protests
-that weird look I get when I tell most other music majors, or musicians in general, that I like John Cage, (I do, so back off!)
-sugary tasting fruit drinks
-school rivalries
-show boaters
-cockiness
-preempted t.v. shows; honestly, if football always runs over by about a half and hour, then schedule the game a half-an-hour earlier!
-people who call themselves artistic, when they clearly are not, (case in point, the legions of people my age who think having a digital camera and a black-and-white lens setting automatically makes them a photographer. Seriously, taking photos of sad looking people and "artfully" posed sticks and garbage does not make you a photographer!!!!!!)
"There are places in music that you can only go if you're an idiot."--Tom Waits
MartyNeilan wrote:People who hold a door open for you, BUT stand in front of the door in your way, while you try to squeze through with a huge tuba on your back and one or both hands full.
They are then expecting you to thank them, when in reality they just made it a whole lot harder; I usually wind up clipping the bell on the doorframe in an effort not to clean their clock with it because they are directly in my way...
The day I can't negotiate my own instrument completely on my own (often while carrying a 22 pound baby, dragging two other kids, and carrying a ton of other stuff) is the day I stop playing it.
My pet peave is people who leave the kitchen sink full of dishes...AM I EXPECTED TO PEE ON A BUNCH OF DIRTY CUPS & SAUCERS...!??
Dan Schultz
"The Village Tinker" http://www.thevillagetinker.com" target="_blank
Current 'stable'... Rudolf Meinl 5/4, Marzan (by Willson) euph, King 2341, Alphorn, and other strange stuff.
People who want you to make their 17 year old child behave, but when you ask about discipline, they tell you "I could never discipline a child".
I agree with Tom 100% on people who "call for help" when they are stopped for a violation. And when parents show up, it is a ticket every time.
Sergeants who question your tactics and decisions who haven't moved out of the office or actually been on the street in more than a year.
People arrested for DUII who ask you why you're not out arresting "real" criminals.
Child molesters who say that the child "wanted it".
People who drive 45 miles and hour in a 55 mile an hour zone because a marked patrol unit is behind you.
People who stop abrubtly in the left lane when they see a marked patrol unit with its lights and siren on...or who fail to see said unit, and peer ahead, trying to figure out why every other car on the road has pulled to the side.
Sopranos and violins.
Letting your dog poop in my yard, and not picking it up.
My pet peeve .... lack of everyday common courtesy . The kind your mother taught you and dad would whip you for if you forgot what momma taught you .
This current generation seems to lacking it severly. It's a small percentage of kids today that know how to let a woman or elderly person go in the door first or to use words like "please",thank you","your welcome" etc ...... .It makes me sick . I have to closley mointor my own kids to make sure they are being polite because they loose being around thier friends .
bearphonium wrote: People who drive 45 miles and hour in a 55 mile an hour zone because a marked patrol unit is behind you.
People who stop abrubtly in the left lane when they see a marked patrol unit with its lights and siren on...or who fail to see said unit, and peer ahead, trying to figure out why every other car on the road has pulled to the side.
Almost had a wreck on I65 south of Nashville a week ago. 65 MPH limit, cars going around 70. Marked patrol car on the side of the road - so the guy in front of me slams on the brakes and drops to 45 in an instant.
Community band euphers and tubaists with 4 valve instruments who refuse to use the 4th valve!!
And cannot hear how terribly sharp their 1-3 and 1-2-3 combinations are!!
These are the same guys who play with ALL of their slides pushed in all the way, anyway.
Dan Schultz
"The Village Tinker" http://www.thevillagetinker.com" target="_blank
Current 'stable'... Rudolf Meinl 5/4, Marzan (by Willson) euph, King 2341, Alphorn, and other strange stuff.
I mentioned earlier my dislike for folks who speak in acronyms and 'kiddle slang'.... and .... low and behold...
My newpaper rolled up yesterday with a full page glossy ad insert with 'BFD' in very big, bold letters at the top. In parenthesis, it said 'Big Fabulous Deal'! Well.... it certainly caught my eye since all my life (60-some years) I have had a very clear understand of what BFD meant. I figure Dominoes knows EXACTLY what the acronym means.
Dan Schultz
"The Village Tinker" http://www.thevillagetinker.com" target="_blank
Current 'stable'... Rudolf Meinl 5/4, Marzan (by Willson) euph, King 2341, Alphorn, and other strange stuff.
