I was in the grocery store yesterday and got behind one of those people who use their cellphone to pass the time of day while they are performing their mundane chores. I posted the photo of a woman talking on the phone while checking out which drives me crazy since the cashier can't communicate with them. I thought I'd make it a Theme: Pet Peeves and open it to everybody to see what kinds of things that people do that drive you crazy. Be nice, don't confront!! Just candid photos of people being people in today's society.
I don't have a photo, but I have a photography related pet peeve. Whenever I go to an event to shoot just for fun I'm always respectful of the photographers who are working the event. I usually just do my own thing, spot my own photo oportunities and at times, pull someone I want a picture of away from the crowd for a better set up. Sudddenly, these jacalopes with their $6,000 cameras swarm behind me or on the side of me drawing the attention of the eyes of my subjects away ruining my shot. I watch these idiots before I start doing my thing and they just snap away, never bother to try to pose anyone or wait until there's nobody behind them before taking their shot. They have the job and have great equipment, but I notice that they have no clue about how to use the sunlight to their advantage, what kind of background is available, etc.
It's annoying to me that they suddenly see me doing those things and then try to horn in on my shot and in effect almost ruin in. Luckily, I shoot fast and usually get what I want anyway. Hey, try a little originality and professionalism next time, pallies.
@cromwell Expensive equipment does NOT make someone a photographer. That's a very pervasive misunderstanding these days. Your experience just reaffirms this incorrect assumption about people with big cameras. :)
I don't have a photo, but my biggest pet peeve is when a cashier takes a phone call in the middle of a transaction with me, leaving me hanging while they chat away. Incidentally, this happened to me recently in a camera shop!
I hate people in my school that text while walking between classes!! Again, no photo, but it's annoying! THey think they're so cool, and then they get mad at poor little unsuspecting you when they run into you!! Definitely a pet peeve ;)
@boogie -- I'm tryin' Mags. I send jpegs of my shots to the event coordinators in hopes of maybe one day they might give me a call. At the very least I hope to show up these clowns they did hire.
This is a great topic!! My pet peeve (and I may be able to get a pic tonight)? People on the bus who won't move their crap off of the seat next to them so another person can sit.
OH and ANOTHER bus related pet peeve...not standing up to let someone who is injured, older or loaded with bags have a seat.
My biggest photography pet peeve is when people see me, loaded with camera, photog vest and tripod, they ask if I'm a tourist. "I'm an artist." I respond.
So what if I was a tourist anyways? I don't understand the near-accusatory tone of the question. And I've been asked that a number of times.
I HATE it when toilet paper runs out and is not replaced. Instead a new roll is used and then left top top of toilet, counter, or floor. It also bugs me when the roll is replaced but the empty one is left for someone else to trash.
Why not replace the darn thing? It only takes a couple of seconds.
@cromwell LOL I had that happen at a wedding last weekend, I smiled and moved on with what I was doing. Soon you will find a buyer for your humorous and well done photos!
I hate when people stand by the door of the subway and don't move to let others off... I may have stepped on the feet of those people... Accidentally of course ; p
@cromwell How very lame of them! How sad that as pros they can't make their own photo-ops and have to interfere w yours... Totally stinks... Hope the event coordinators pick up on your talent pdq!
@northy -- I hate to tell you how often that has happened to me lately.
As for your pet peeve: I was once on a crowded bus in NYC. It was sardine time and I was forced to stand by the back door. When the bus stopped, this guy standing in the middle of the bus tried to make his way towards the door I was blocking. He really had some urgency in wanting to get off. I tried best I could to move, but he was a bit heavtset and couldn't quite squeeze by me. Just then the driver closed the door and drove away. The guy cursed under his breath and glared at me something fierce. Just then this other guy who also tried hard to wiggle his way through the crowd slapped handcuffs on the dude! Turns out the heavyset guy was a pickpocket. The other guy was a plainsclothed cop...and I, inadvetedly helped nap a fleeing suspect!
@cromwell Ok - that is one crazy story! I keep thinking I ought to take a sardine picture one day... At least w the iPhone... But I'm kinda short and doubt I could get much other than someone else's back :)
@cromwell I have this same one! they are getting the big bucks, i'm shooting for a friend..and they follow me around and interfere with the shots..i don't mess with theirs!
My grocery check out pet peeve is when the cashier has to make a comment about every item I am purchasing! I don't care if you have never seen the item before or you want to try it some day or if you simply love it!! Just check out my groceries and let me go!!
My pet peeve is the trash and junk I'm finding everywhere.
This:
Is the same sort of thing that caused this:
The heron mistook a fishing lure for a fish and ended up with the hook stuck in his bill.I am sorry to report that this heron died about a month later. All it would have taken to save his life would have been one fisherman retrieving one lost lure.
I'm not sure I'd know where to begin with this thread, there seem to be so many things - washing up left on the side instead of in the empty dishwasher...or a full clean dishwasher left loaded, basically these things happen and I have to sort them out! 7 days, then I'll be out of a shared house...*and breathe*
Great thread @paulavdmerwe I am so glad you redeemed yourself!! (Hubby driving) I did a lot of driving for a living, about 15yrs of it. I had a ton of pet peeves there. One of which thankfully has become outlawed, DRIVING WITH A CELL PHONE TO THE EAR! Absolute madness, I witnessed many tragic outcomes to distracted driving (eating, yelling at kids, cell phones, etc)
People who leave their grocery carts parked in the middle of the aisle. Or two people who stop to chat with each other and block the entire aisle, oblivious to people around them.
@rmkgreene - Even though that is against the law I still see way to many people driving and talking on their phones. The best one I saw was when I was stopped at a red light at an intersection traveling north. A woman headed west was in the left turn lane waiting for traffic to clear so she could turn south. In her right hand she was holding a cup of coffee. In her left hand she was holding her cell phone talking. I don't know what she was using to steer her vehicle with.
One of my pet peevs is seeing cigerette buts about two feet away from a butt recepticle and piles of butts in a parkinglot from a car ashtray where ignorant inconsiderate slobs dump them. Why don't they dump them in there own driveway????
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It's annoying to me that they suddenly see me doing those things and then try to horn in on my shot and in effect almost ruin in. Luckily, I shoot fast and usually get what I want anyway. Hey, try a little originality and professionalism next time, pallies.
OH and ANOTHER bus related pet peeve...not standing up to let someone who is injured, older or loaded with bags have a seat.
So what if I was a tourist anyways? I don't understand the near-accusatory tone of the question. And I've been asked that a number of times.
Why not replace the darn thing? It only takes a couple of seconds.
As for your pet peeve: I was once on a crowded bus in NYC. It was sardine time and I was forced to stand by the back door. When the bus stopped, this guy standing in the middle of the bus tried to make his way towards the door I was blocking. He really had some urgency in wanting to get off. I tried best I could to move, but he was a bit heavtset and couldn't quite squeeze by me. Just then the driver closed the door and drove away. The guy cursed under his breath and glared at me something fierce. Just then this other guy who also tried hard to wiggle his way through the crowd slapped handcuffs on the dude! Turns out the heavyset guy was a pickpocket. The other guy was a plainsclothed cop...and I, inadvetedly helped nap a fleeing suspect!
This:
Is the same sort of thing that caused this:
The heron mistook a fishing lure for a fish and ended up with the hook stuck in his bill.I am sorry to report that this heron died about a month later. All it would have taken to save his life would have been one fisherman retrieving one lost lure.
Here's one of my biggest pet peeves. Why some people are incapable of cleaning up after themselves is beyond me.