My Pet Peeve

[laterbloomer]

Canada not doing enough to help

A woman with roots in Kelowna says Ottawa is letting her down as political unrest in Haiti has left her trapped in the Caribbean nation.

“I’m crushed, I feel like I’ve been deserted,” Laura Allan told Global News on Sunday.

Allan is currently stuck in Jacmel on Haiti’s southern coast where she’s been doing aid work with her organization Shelters International Disaster Response.

Other groups of Canadians returned to Calgary and Montreal over the weekend, but Allan says roadblocks and looters have made it too dangerous for her to travel to the airport in Port Au Prince.

She says the Canadian government should be doing more to help her and the 20-odd Canadians she says are still in the Jacmel area.

“There is no way for any of us to get through this unless we are air-evacuated or by sea,” Allan said.

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This kind of thing annoys the crap out of me! It is no secret that Haiti is a place of political unrest and can go off at a moments notice. YOU knew that and still decided to go. So it's YOUR problem! Our government is not responsible for getting you out. We probably will but no bitching that we aren't moving fast enough for you 

I'm also annoyed at people that live in flood zones and complain the government has not helped them fast enough or compensated them enough.

I don't understand the thinking of people that make risky choices then demand that others fix it for them when it goes wrong. Well I do understand but it PISSES ME OFF!! 

[Malarky]

Pet peeve:

People who won't get out of the way for emergency equipment.  Someone could be dying or a house burning down.  Whatever you're doing, wherever you're going, isn't that important.  Move over!

[Tennesseer]

When I was driving to work on the highway during rush hour, what pissed me off were the drivers who thought they were far more important than the rest of us.  They traveled down the breakdown lane to pass everyone to their exit. 

Often times these self-important drivers driving in the breakdown lane then cut into the lane of traffic to their left further up the highway because highway patrol was watching.

Ticket them (and it did happen on occasion).

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

People who deliberately stop in and end up blocking the intersection.

Not only do you halt all traffic because you couldn't stand being a half second late to your destination but now emergency vehicles cannot get thru either.

I've had people honk because I won't do it. Screw you the law is on my side. I don't want to be the one that prevents an emergency vehicle from getting to it's location.

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Feb 18, 2019 16:58:53 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

People who deliberately stop in and end up blocking the intersection.

Not only do you halt all traffic because you couldn't stand being a half second late to your destination but now emergency vehicles cannot get thru either.

I've had people honk because I won't do it. Screw you the law is on my side. I don't want to be the one that prevents an emergency vehicle from getting to it's location.

I’ve had this happen to me too.  Light turned green and traffic was backed up to the intersection AND there was a cop sitting at the intersection too.  I couldn’t go anywhere until the light further down the road changed.

Someone got pissed and went around me, blocking the intersection.  Light turned red and the cop sitting on the corner pulled the car that went around me over and ticketed him.  I love karma!