My contributions to Room 101 (Room 101)

Member Name: Pete1993

Product:	Room 101
Date:	04/11/09 (77 review reads)
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Room 101

This is my contribution to Room 101. For those who haven't heard the concept of Room 101, it's a concept introduced by George Orwell in his novel "1984". It is a room where you put everything that you hate the most. Of course it's only imaginary, but it's a good chance to have a rant at all the things out there that you most hate!

~~Spitting~~

In my opinion, one of the worst habits going around. I have no idea whatsoever why people do it, I can't see any reason for doing it. When I say "Spitting" and refer it to a bad habit, I mean people who constantly spit, over public paths and just anywhere they please. There should be a law against spitting, it spreads germs and diseases and especially with the Swine Flu problem going around. We've all seen these swine flu posters, "Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases!", Hang on a minute, what about spitting? These are a definite addition to Room 101!

~~Loud Music!~~

This is starting to happen more than often now. People who play music as loud as they possibly can whilst driving, with windows down and sunroof open. Why do they think that everyone else has to listen to their music? It's downright selfish and rude. This applies to everyone who walks along the street playing music out loud, with no thought for anyone else, and then wonder why they get so many dirty looks all the time! I've heard from friends that this is also a problem on Buses, but I never use buses.

~~Empty 150 Word Reviews~~

People who write empty 150 word reviews, with their only aim being to earn Dooyoo Miles should be another addition to Room 101. I spent over an hour this afternoon reading and rating reviews, most of them being rushed 150 word reviews that didn't help me at all, which is why most of them didn't get any higher than a Somewhat Useful. I think that for most categories, reviews should have to be at least 300 words long to get paid for them. Anyone doing this is rudely and wrongly taking advantage of Dooyoo's reward scheme. What makes it worse is if they then send you a message demanding a reason why they didn't get a Very Useful rating!

~~People using the term "Racist" in the wrong context~

I have to be careful here, I do see racism as something wrong, what I am ranting about here is people who take perfectly normal comments and say they are racist. One of the common examples of this is the Blackboard, which is now referred to as a Chalk Board, partly because people were saying it was racist. I was in town a few months back and there was a long queue and there was a young woman at the till explaining to a customer that she couldn't give him a refund on a product if there wasn't anything wrong with it. After a few minutes of arguing the man blew up and starting shouting at the lady at this till, telling her that it was because he was Black, she wouldn't give him a refund. It nearly reduced her to tears and everyone else in the queue were so shocked they didn't know what to do. This is what really started my grudge against people who take perfectly normal comments and say they are racist.


~~Tail Gating~~

I don't drive, but the amount of times I've been scared because of people tail gating while I'm a passenger in a car is far too many to count. Thinking about the fact that I'm only a passenger in the car, I can't start to imagine what it's like for people like me, who get nervous pretty easily, who are actually driving.

~~Disrespect for Cyclists~~

I cycle everywhere, because I don't have the cash to spend on learnign to drive at the moment as I don't have a job yet, other than Dooyoo. What prompted me to add this in was an incident that happened this morning when I was out on my bike. A was riding down a hill at a pretty average speed, a deserted road and coming up on the left was a left turning, off the road. I was going straight on, but as I approached the turning A White Van came up to the junction and pulled out right infront of me. I nearly went straight into them, If I hadn't swerved and nearly fell of I would have gone straight into the side of them. This is too common today, people just think they have total supperiority over people on bikes.

~~Smoking~~

I might get a few nagging comments about this section, but to make it clear, Passive smoking is the subject. Smoking is proven to increase your chances of Cancer and other diseases: If you want to pay to kill yourself, that's fine with me, but don't risk other peoples lives while doing it. In other words, If you want to smoke, do it off the streets out of the way of other people, It's a disgusting habit as it is. And for all those who think they look cool smoking, you should really think about what you are doing.

There are plenty more things that should be put into Room 101, but unfortunately there isn't enough time to list all of them.

Summary: If you want to disagree what anything I say, please explain why, don't just say I'm wrong.