Pet Peeves and Punishments

[Probatim]

With COVID and working from home, I haven't spent a lot of time out and about over the last 18 months; however, over the last few weeks, this has started to change. Being exposed to several of my pet peeves raised my blood pressure and I wanted to hear your thoughts on pet peeves and how you'd punish the offending party.

The easy answer for punishment is a horrible death - so I'm thinking we should be creative and less violent. So I'll start:

1) Pet Peeve - Sitting in your car, in a parking lot, with the engine running. I've seen spouses/children sitting in a running car while the other adult is grocery shopping and people sitting in a running car on their lunch breaks. This makes me absolutely nuts - walk around outside and get some fresh air.

My punishment would be that you have to lay under your car while it's running in August for the same length of time you offended me.

2) Pet Peeve - Driving diagonally through a parking lot. No one pays a lick of attention while driving in a parking lot and cutting across lanes to save 4 seconds is going to cause an accident.

My punishment is driving the perimeter of the same parking lot with your 93 year old uncle behind the wheel. He's not tall enough to see over the steering wheel, he's half blind, and he's driving 3 mph. You're never going to make it to the food court alive.

Now it's your turn.

[EYESORE 9001]

1. People at the stoplight who are too distracted to notice that the light has turned green

When you’re at the head of the line at a stoplight, you have extra responsibility to pay attention and set things in motion when the time comes. People are depending on you, and that light ain’t gonna stay green forever, yunno.

I’ve fantasized about installing a freight train horn in my vehicle to get their attention when they daydream at the stoplight. I’d prolly poop a little if a train horn went off behind me, and I’d likely pay better attention in the future. Trouble is, it’s so loud that everyone else gets startled too. This idea needs work.

[marmar]

2. Someone driving in front of you who comes to a rolling stop at a yellow light, then......

..... decides to go through at the last minute, leaving you stuck at the red light.

Punishment: Can't think of one since they've sped off, other than me buying a voodoo doll and sticking pins in it.