Master Thread of Pet Peeves

[ah]

Microwaves that beep like crazy if you don't take out the food when it's ready.

[keemster26]

People who chew w/ their mouth open

[etech0]

Microwaves that beep like crazy if you don't take out the food when it's ready.

[username]

Using giant jpgs on forums.

[ChaimMoskowitz]

People who don't take their food out of the microwave when it starts to beep.

[etech0]

Using giant jpgs on forums.

you think THAT'S big?

[etech0]

I get all excited when the hold music stops, and it turns out that they just wanted to thank me for my patience.
 

[Sam Finkelstein]

I get all excited when the hold music stops, and it turns out that they just wanted to thank me for my patience.
 

Especially Amex applications when you're trying to use someone else's code.

[Achas Veachas]

If my call is so important to you then why am I on hold for 13 minutes and counting?

[dealfinder85]

If my call is so important to you then why am I on hold for 13 minutes and counting?

the woman was looking into something i called about. after a while i hung up and called back, and got the same woman.
she said we must have gotten disconnected, we are having phone issues, sorry about that
i said, thats ok

[keemster26]

I get all excited when the hold music stops, and it turns out that they just wanted to thank me for my patience.
 

Sooooo true! I can't stand it!

[TimT]

If my call is so important to you then why am I on hold for 13 minutes and counting?

They're just fighting among themselves who should have the honor of helping you. עלי יניח צדיק את ראשו

[Achas Veachas]

They're just fighting among themselves who should have the honor of helping you. עלי יניח צדיק את ראשו

If that's the case I can take a cue from Yaakov and solve it by banging all their heads together fusing them into one

[etech0]

They're just fighting among themselves who should have the honor of helping you. עלי יניח צדיק את ראשו

[TimT]

If that's the case I can take a cue from Yaakov and solve it by banging all their heads together fusing them into one

No need to, they all together have a total of 1 brain already anyways

[Achas Veachas]

No need to, they all together have a total of 1 brain already anyways

Aderaba, that's all the reason to fuse them together so that I get a whole brain to help me...

(FTR I'm still holding and hearing every minute and a half how important my call is...)

[TimT]

Aderaba, that's all the reason to fuse them together so that I get a whole brain to help me...

(FTR I'm still holding and hearing every minute and a half how important my call is...)

Ok, but proceed with caution. You don't want to destroy whatever little they do have.

[MeirS]

If that's the case I can take a cue from Yaakov and solve it by banging all their heads together fusing them into one

[ChaimMoskowitz]

Lets all make jokes about how stupid they are when we are the ones waiting for them. 

[etech0]

Lets all make jokes about how stupid they are when we are the ones waiting for them. 

"For quality control purposes, your call may be monitored or recorded."