What's the most petty/pointless/pedantic hill you're willing to die on?
What's the most petty/pointless/pedantic hill you're willing to die on?
For me, it may be that the toilet paper roll needs to have the open end away from the wall. I don't want to reach under the roll to take a piece! That's ludicrous!
That or my recent addiction to correcting people when they use "less" when they should use "fewer"
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Stoplights at a junction should be done in phases and not in straight on green and turn on green only if it's clear.
If you have a 4 way junction then each way should green for you to go straight or turn off for a period of time.
What they have started doing at intersections around me with both directions are green is that the straight lanes get a green light and the left turn lanes get a yellow flashing left arrow. It makes so much sense.
I don't think that would safely work with pedestrians and cyclists.
I want to add to this one with something I've started seeing since I moved to rural Iowa.
PULL UP TO THE FUCKING LINE! There's no reason to leave 2+ car lengths between you and the line at the light.
Depending on where you are, there can be veeeeery good reasons to do that. Wait until a truck pulling a horse trailer, or a tractor-trailer with a load of logs comes up the road on your right. Now it takes a left, and scrreeeeeeeeeeeee ... there went your bumper and mirror. Sure, insurance will cover it... after the long, dragged out court case, the backup at the body shop, and the newfound wonder at how much those stupid body panels cost.
It can also just be the cause of some extreme stupidity as the truck gets 'stuck' and you are now stuck at that light for minutes as it laboriously backs up and pulls forward.
This man rurals.
Where I lived quite literally had the lines for the town's intersection painted so that it didn't happen. You could tell when people from 'elsewhere' were passing through, because they'd pull past the painted stop line in the left turn lane to be even with the people going straight.
This is literally the "You never know when my brother is coming" joke in real life.
Meth, turning wide. Space cadet texting, turning wide. Huge lift kit pick ups with duallys that need all the space because they're hauling trailers. I'll be tucked away safely away from the line.