What Do Passengers  Do To Piss You Off?

"jkm7680" (jkm7680) 08/22/2016 at 21:24 • Filed to: None

1

60

So what have people riding in your car done to piss you off?

Here’s some things that my friends have done to my car to piss me off. The first three are all from one person.

I’m picking a friend up. My other friend is in the passenger seat. Friend I’m picking up throws a pair of dress shoes onto the roof of my car, then grabs them and gets in the car. Me and the friend who was already in the car yell at him.

I gave a friend a ride home from work, we stop at 7-11. He buys a couple giant hot dogs, I tell him not to eat them in my car or else he will die a painful death. We get in my car and he immediately starts eating them and spilling shit everywhere in the process. My car smells like meat for the rest of the week.

Opened the passenger door of my car into a light post. Luckily, it didn’t cause any damage or I would have castrated him with a rusty spoon.

We went on a crabbing trip and a few of the crabs died in transport, so we threw them into a plastic bag and went off to find a dumpster. It starts leaking dead crab juice all over the interior of my car and my friend yells that it’s on his clothes. I give him a microfiber out of the door pocket to clean the car and he starts cleaning his clothes with it instead. We both then start laughing for some reason.

Dropped an open pen on my white seats. Luckily the pen mark faded over time.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 21:29

1

-Cracks a beer open as I get pulled over.

-Touches the radio.

-Touches the climate control.

-Puts feet on dash.

-Tells me they have drugs on them after we leave.

-Throws a mudball into the side.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 21:30

3

For food & drink in my car I allow most drink as long as it has a re-sealable lid, & maybe a muffin or doughnut (NO SPRINKLES).

- Driving a co-worker home, and I tell him no smoking in my car. Most people respect that, not him. Half way to his place is pulls out a cig and lights it up. I pull over, I tell him to get out, and call a cab.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 21:31

2

Exist

The Compromiser > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 21:31

4

Get into my car

Ask to get into my car.

Ask for a ride in my car

Look at my car.

Breathe

Touch my radio.

MonkeePuzzle > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 21:31

2

feet on dash

not use seatbelt

jkm7680 > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 08/22/2016 at 21:34

0

-Cracks a beer open as I get pulled over.

Who the actual fuck does that.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 08/22/2016 at 21:36

0

No sprinkles. Got it. What about powdered sugar?

PheeNoIVI > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 21:36

2

My biggest complaint from a passenger is if they quickly out of nowhere shout about something they see. Abrupt noises like that from someone is very distracting

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 21:38

1

I’m a lenient person. I’ll let them adjust the climate control and the radio within reason.

But ground rules.

You can change the climate control. But if I become uncomfortable, it’s back to my setting.

You can change the radio. Just no Katy Perry, Justin, or t swift, or country of any kind.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 08/22/2016 at 21:39

0

I forgot that too.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 08/22/2016 at 21:40

0

If it had dual zone climate control they can have full power on their half.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 21:41

4

People who think Budweiser is a good American beer, so.... White trash teenager.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 21:41

0

-Mess with my armrest. It’s very hard to get it locked back into position once you’ve moved it. A friend of mine knew this, and moved it while I was driving. He claims the next 5 minutes of me trying to get it back into place were one of the funniest things he’d ever seen. I had my revenge...

-Swear at or gesture at other drivers. My dad has flipped people off from the passenger seat, including once where he did it after a driver had already waved sorry. My HS friends are much more responsible, at least they ask first:

-Similarly, honking my horn from the passenger seat is a surefire way to get chewed out.

-Touch all the buttons. This is hard for most of them, since my early-00's luxury barge is the biggest button-fest known to man. This is another thing many do to deliberately irritate me.

-Eat messy food

-Attempt to give directions (this only applies if they are horrendous at it)

-Plead with me to be reasonable and at least let them out if this is how I insist on dying.

-Play rap or country, both of which I despise more than Satan himself. They can play whatever else they want, aux cord or radio.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 08/22/2016 at 21:41

0

I’d venture to say it’s messier than sprinkles.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 08/22/2016 at 21:42

0

Agreed. But I do not have such a luxury.

Toby F., Manager > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 21:43

1

Reaching over to honk the horn.

Closing door by touching paint/slamming door/slamming door with seatbelt buckle in door jamb.

Not being able to hang/complaining about how I drive spiritedly (in total control and being a much better driver than them).

Being a distraction. Not shutting up. Reacting/complaining about other drivers. Startling me (and ofher passengers) when they react to something on the road, another driver, or whatever else they witness — normally when it’s quiet and everything is going smoothly.

Sleeping. I don’t like waking people abruptly when turning/braking so I have to significantly take turns and drive slower relative to how I usually drive when alone

Being the “5th” passenger who sits in the center rear seats - effectively blocking my rear view and making it (just a little) awkward when I need to look back.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 21:43

1

Lack of seatbelt use (Die in an accident in your own car, not mine)

Putting stinky ass feet on the dash (I was driving my brothers car earlier and someone did that and I started smacking the crap outta them)

Touching the radio/HVAC (if you’re fucking cold, bring a jacket or your own car)

Touching the sunroof controls (applied in the M3 and now in the Grand Am unless it’s my brother because owner)

Opening the glovebox/general fiddling (fuck outta my stuff, eh?)

Smoking (when the headliner starts to sag and it smells like cancer in my car, I'll send you the bill)

On the contrary, eating and drinking is fine as long as your aren’t a slob. What tendencies you show at food outings determines this decision.

jkm7680 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/22/2016 at 21:45

1

Yes!

Forgot to mention it, but I’ve had people reach over and honk the horn for me, and flip people off without my consent.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/22/2016 at 21:47

1

See, I don’t have an issue with the seatbelt thing when people ride with me because I refuse to start the car until they buckle. A friend (one of the ones in the video I posted above) once thought he would be sneaky and unbuckle in the back seat after we got going without me seeing. I noticed but said nothing. We were doing 60 on an empty rural rode. I waited a minute, then stood on the brakes as hard as I could. Just before the car stopped I also did an “avoidance swerve”.

He buckled up once he clambered out of the footwell, and always wore his seatbelt in my car from then on.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 08/22/2016 at 21:48

0

My dad’s truck has it and it is great. I’ll turn on the cooled seat, & set it to low-mid 20 celsuis and I’m happy.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 21:49

1

My dad is honestly the worst about this. The guy cut me off a bit in traffic, I tooted, he waved sorry, I thew him a peace sign to say “all is forgiven” and then my dad leaned forward and flipped him off with both hands. And yes he did it to intentionally annoy me.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 08/22/2016 at 21:51

2

Budweiser beer is like sex in a canoe. Fucking close to water.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/22/2016 at 21:53

0

Nah, real American beer is good, Budweiser is owned by Europeans. Smaller breweries can pump out some good stuff, even larger ones can. Yuengling is pretty good, along with Shiner.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 08/22/2016 at 21:53

1

I edited that right after posting it.

His Stigness > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 21:53

1

First off, you need new friends, because holy shit!

The only thing people have done to piss me off is tell me how to drive or criticize my driving. This is especially irritating since I am the best driver among anyone I know besides my mom. I actually stop at stop signs (and I live in California!), I don’t go over 80 on the freeway. I don’t tailgate, while doing over 80... I know how to change lanes properly. I commit to decisions. I don’t weave in and out of traffic. To summarize: I know how to drive, they don’t, so they need to shut the fuck up.

I think I have avoided people doing stupid things like your friends have done because anyone that even approaches my car knows I am unbelievably particular about my car, and they know I will go absolutely fucking berserk if they damage my car in any way, or even touch it in the wrong way.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 08/22/2016 at 21:54

1

I have literally reached over and buckled someone before. I do not fuck around with that game.

I’ve done the avoidance maneuver/slam on brakes thing too. When my friend’s ass left the seat and pivoted towards the windshield by the oh shit handle on my S10s dash, he buckled right up.

lone_liberal > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 21:55

0

Feet on the dash are a big thing for me. It’s usually been women who do that particular one. The other is asking me for a ride and then being late. Everybody who knows me knows that I hate being late for anything so when people make me wait when I’m doing them a favor it really makes me fume.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Toby F., Manager 08/22/2016 at 21:55

0

The first one! I HATE this!

Saracen > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 21:55

4

- Feet on my dash gets a warning for the second violation. Second is grounds for permabanning.

- Drinking or eating road trip-type snacks is ok (who doesn’t drink a soda/coffee and eat beef jerkey or trail mix on the road?) But save that burger for a long pit stop.

- Asking me to let them drive my car. I consider this rude. If I offer to take my car for a spin that’s one thing, but trying to get me to let you drive it is not acceptable.

-NO SMOKING/VAPING (I smoke cigars occasionally, but never in my vehicles)

- Don’t ever tell me how to drive. Giving directions is one thing, driving lessons = permaban.

- If we agree that I will pick you up at a specific time, don’t leave me sitting in the car waiting for you for half an hour.

jkm7680 > His Stigness 08/22/2016 at 21:55

0

All of these things are from two people. The rest of my friends are perfectly fine, haha.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 08/22/2016 at 21:56

0

Works every time.

jkm7680 > Saracen 08/22/2016 at 21:57

1

“- Asking me to let them drive my car. I consider this rude. If I offer to take my car for a spin that’s one thing, but trying to get me to let you drive it is not acceptable.”

Speaking of that, people asking me to teach them how to drive stick on my car is one thing that pisses me off. Pretty much everybody who rides in my car asks me to and I’m not really down for wrecking the clutch on a brand new car. Even if I am getting rid of it soon.

His Stigness > MonkeePuzzle 08/22/2016 at 22:00

0

Ah the seatbelt. It doesn’t matter whose car I’m driving, but it doesn’t move until everyone had their seatbelt on. Even if it’s my mom’s car and she’s yelling at me to just go, the car doesn’t move!

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 22:01

1

Threw an empty bottle out the window. I immediately stopped and made them go get it.

Alfalfa > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 22:02

3

The radio. Don’t touch the fucking radio if you’re a guest in my car. Music choices can be discussed in a proper road trip, but if I’m just giving you a short ride somewhere I don’t give a shit if you don’t care for Led Zeppelin.

There are some general etiquette items for car radio between my wife and I for who’s driving, some discussed and some “unwritten”, but it’s still basically along the same lines above.

Saracen > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 22:03

3

Oh yeah, I had one friend who said she wanted to drive my car at the time (MK6 Golf R), but that she had never driven a stick but knew how to do it in theory. I asked if she was going to pay me $1200 in advance for cost and labor on a new clutch.

sony1492 > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 22:03

2

-Putting their hands/arms out the window, usually followed by reminding them that suprise amputation wouldnt be fun.

-Asking me to do stupid things.

-Poking and prodding at the interior, usually leading to something breaking.

-Leaning against the car.

-Being excessively scared.

-Messing with the heater controls/ insisting their window be up.

jkm7680 > Alfalfa 08/22/2016 at 22:04

0

I usually don’t care about the radio, just the volume and bass settings.

I just throw one person the aux and let them have at it.

jkm7680 > Saracen 08/22/2016 at 22:08

0

Hahah, I actually did that once when I had my A6.

The clutch was already blown, but the car was still driveable. A friend asked if he could drive it and I told him that he’s more than welcome to if he pays for the new clutch when he’s done.

Still kinda miss that damn thing though....

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 08/22/2016 at 22:09

0

I’ve never sat in a cooled seat. But that sounds glorious.

Alfalfa > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 22:16

1

I’m kind of music obsessed, having played professionally for a long time. As for feet on the dash, I don’t care a great deal on my faded plastic 90's interior, but I do warn them that their knees will likely enter their skull should there be a front impact.

I have dual zone climate control, so that doesn’t bother me. I’ve never had issues with the food or smoking or road rage.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 22:19

1

Ask to pull over as I drive by at 65 mph.

FTTOHG Has Moved to https://opposite-lock.com > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 22:19

1

When I had the Windstar:

- Have sex with each other

- Have sex with themselves

- Attempt to vomit out the front window

- Attempt to vomit out the rear vent windows

- Attempt to vomit out the sliding door while the vehicle is in motion

- Cocaine

My friends in college were assholes. But I still love them. I feel bad for whoever bought that van. Hopefully it just went to the crusher.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 08/22/2016 at 22:23

0

It is, no back sweat at all. Combine with the massive saddle leather seats, I want to be a passenger. The truck is a 6.7 cummins 2015 Ram 2500 Laramie Longhorn, mega cab, 6.5ft box. It is nice comfy truck, but I could never own one.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 22:23

1

Solution: have no friends, like me!

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 08/22/2016 at 22:26

0

As a generally sweaty person, that sounds lovely.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 08/22/2016 at 22:28

0

It seems over the top & unnecessary, but all cars should have them.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock 08/22/2016 at 22:31

0

I don’t need Bluetooth but vented seats would be fantastic.

Nobi > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 22:33

2

-Ex used to put her feet up and sneakers on my glove box. It now has a permanent smudge I can’t get rid of. Keep your goddamn shoes on the floor.

-Former friend used to play one song on a CD, eject it, insert another, repeat process. He burned out my CD player in a month. Don’t touch my goddamn radio.

-Above mentioned former friend’s brothers used to leave their trash in my car until I started shoveling it out in their driveway and driving off. Don’t leave your goddamn trash in my car.

-I’ve had people riding in my car complain about this noise, that noise, it rides too hard, it's too loud, they don't like it. If you don't like it, GET OUT OF THE GODDAMN CAR!

jkm7680 > Nobi 08/22/2016 at 22:40

3

“-Above mentioned former friend’s brothers used to leave their trash in my car until I started shoveling it out in their driveway and driving off. Don’t leave your goddamn trash in my car.”

Done that before. Dropped a friend off who left a bunch of trash in my car. I told him he forgot something, he came to the window and I threw a handful of trash at him and drove off.

His Stigness > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 22:42

0

Have you shot these two terrible people? I hope you shot them because I’d hate to see them damage your car anymore, even if it’s the bumper and it’s the last act they ever commit...

jkm7680 > His Stigness 08/22/2016 at 22:50

0

None of these things actually resulted in damage.

I care more about our friendship than the car, one of the two is replaceable. But still, I’d rather they not destroy my car.

Nobi > jkm7680 08/22/2016 at 22:51

2

I’d tell them to clean it, they’d ignore me and leave anyway. That’s when I’d dump it. Their mother didn’t appreciate it, but wasn’t upset at me because it wasn't my trash to begin with.

bob and john > jkm7680 08/23/2016 at 01:03

1

What passengers? :)

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > jkm7680 08/23/2016 at 04:02

1

When they tell me to not accelerate so fast.

When they drive my car too slow and im riding

boxrocket > jkm7680 08/23/2016 at 07:21

1

-Not paying attention: I once let a girl I was very interested in (and later dated) drive my first car. She somehow managed to change it to 2nd from 5th (could have been 3rd but that makes less sense) while on the highway at speed, and 1) didn’t let me know the engine was suddenly at redline (I was in the back, her best friend was riding shotgun, and they were enjoying the very nice sound system I had recently installed), and 2) how to go back up to resolve the redlining. No long-term damage done, but I showed amazing restraint after we found a safe place to pull over and check the car. Fun fact: we pulled into a target parking lot to check the car, and target (any and all) is indelibly marked on my brain as a not-happy-place - the red motif doesn’t help.

-Scream: Some short time after the first story, I went to visit another girl I was interested in. We decided to go into town to do something forgettable, instead of staying at her parents’ and hanging out. Everything was going well on our drive, but then it started raining. Remember, we’re in my first car, and obviously I have little driving experience under my belt, and I was in an unfamiliar area on a 4-lane highway with stoplights between towns. Shortly before the intersection, she directs me to turn right onto a different highway instead of staying straight through the green. I coolly start slowing down, mildly annoyed that she didn’t tell me that further back, and merge into the turn lane, and as we are about to hit the apex, the car’s back end comes a bit loose, and we slide a bit - again, just started raining, so oily road. She screams, which throws off my concentration, and instead of following my line, we slide about a foot-and-a-half more to the left, that is, just into the other lane, where there are cars lined up to make a left onto the road we had just come from. I wind up running my fixed side view mirror along the top of a Lumina’s door panel, just below the window, about 14 inches worth, and then my quarter panel brushed the same door below the new crumpled area my mirror had made. I immediately pull over to the shoulder to assess the damage. Meanwhile, my passenger is still being noisy, and starts freaking out, which my immature brain neither has the understanding nor focus to deal with just then. I dodge the cars that had been following us and run to the car I’d hit, making apologies and mentally reviewing my checklist for what to do in an accident. The driver of the car I hit is an older lady with her husband, and pulls a U-turn to ark behind my car on the shoulder. I later find out she actually knows my passenger. Speaking of my passenger she decides to bail on me and runs down the hill into the McDonald’s - again, indelibly marked on my brain as a bad place, though it wasn’t a good place before. Long story short, the impact victim and I opt to have me pay for repairs as they’d be less than my insurance deductible, and my car lives with some new scars. The girl I was with winds up with one of the workers inside the restaurant that she didn’t tell me she knew, and has a baby with him about a year later (so glad I dodged that bullet, my immature brain didn’t realize this 17-year-old-girl was baby-crazy). On the plus side, that day one of the criteria I had for a future wife was that she be fairly cool, calm, and quiet in emergency or dangerous circumstances. My wife mostly adheres to this.

-Smoke - One person has smoked in my car before. They’re dead now.

(I had nothing to do with it). That also happened in my first car (so many adventures!)

Klaus Schmoll > jkm7680 08/23/2016 at 08:18

1

I just came back from holidays in Croatia. It’s fucking hot there in August. Thankfully my A/C still is ice cold, but no dice. My buddy insisted on keeping his window open because he doesn’t like “that shitty artificial air”. He even came up with a random list of unrelated symptoms he gets from A/Cs.

CaptDale - is secretly British > jkm7680 08/23/2016 at 17:40

1

-Ex broke my seat adjuster switch because he kicked it and then never offered to replace it or pay for a new one

-Touching the dash. Don’t place your feet, hands, or good there. It is not a self.

-Eat messy food or have beverages with out fully closed lids. My ex spilled at lot of soda into my cupholder and center console with fast food soda cups.

-Place things or self against or on my car. Again, not a shelf.

-Track in sand or dirt. Tap your shoes if you have to before getting in. Also why I keep a towel in the car to wipe off people.

-Asking to play their music. No, its my car and we are in town. Road Trips are totally different. You want to play your music then you should have driven your own ass.

-Complaining about my driving or my car’s ride and noise. It is my car, its load, fast, and meant to be driven hard. You don’t like it? GO DRIVE YOURSELF!!

CaptDale - is secretly British > Saracen 08/23/2016 at 17:43

0

Yes fucking waiting in the car... But that’s just people not being fucking ready and I hate it.

Axial > jkm7680 08/24/2016 at 19:58

1

Leave garbage behind.

Srsly, you see me picking the smallest of grass out of my carpet? You damn well take your Powerade bottle when you leave.

Also, eating without my permission. Like, come on...