#259: Bike Helmet Police

When mountain biking in a new location, some guy yelled at me as I was going down "Hey guy, you need a helmet here." What's it to him? My lack of wearing a helmet in no way affects his use of the trails. And there's no law that requires helmet usage for bikers, regardless of what the open space preserves claims the regulations are. Severity: 2

#258: Carl's Jr. Combo Size Question

At CJ, when asking for the Famous Star combo, they ask what size I want. Well, I don't even know what the sizes are. I just want to pay the $4.79 that is on the menu. So, I think it's a scam that they ask you the size and then increase the price if you say anything but "small." It makes more sense to have the standard price and then ask if you want to "upgrade" it to a bigger size for an additional charge. If they have different prices for different size combos, they should list them all to avoid confusion. Severity: 2

#257: RISP Statistics

When watching baseball and they have a statistic such as "The A's are 0 for 11 with runners in scoring position". The problem I have with this statistic is that the failure itself increases the chances without a corresponding chance for success. For instance, given this example, it most likely would be impossible for a team to go 11 for 11 because had they knocked in the runs on the first chance, there would be no more RISP. Therfore, I feel the better statistic is number of times a runner was in scoring position that the runner scored. So, with zero out and a runner on second, 2 guys strike out and the third guy knocks him in, it would be considered 1 for 1, not 1 for 3. You shouldn't have a denominator for which it's impossible to have and equal numerator for a statistic like this, but the TV guys just want to shock the viewers with the numbers. Severity: 3

#256: Automatic Transmission Driving Style

People that drive an automatic transmission car and hold one hand on the gear shifter for Park, Neutral, etc. It's unnecessary. Severity: 2

#255: Seinfeld Song

I find it annoying that I'm the only one that seems to see the similarity between Bobby Brown's My Prerogative and the Seinfeld theme song. Listen closely to that background synthesizer at the :18 mark in Seinfeld and then envision a sped-up chorus of BB without the words. I'm telling you, it's there. Now, BB doesn't really deserve any lawsuit money what with that gumby haircut he sported at one time along with the various beatings he metted out on people, but I think he's entitled to some restitution if his lawyers discover my findings. Oh, and by the way, My Prerogative hit #1 and came out in 1988, just 1 year before the Seinfeld Chronicles special was released in 1989. Everyone I tell this too doesn't see it and it's frustrating. Severity: 2

#254: Saving Parking Spots

I hate it when I see people standing in the street trying to save a spot for their friend. It's morally bankrupt to do this since only a car can save a spot, otherwise, any bum could sit in a chair and charge people to make him move. This story reminded me of the annoyance and I guess others take the same, albeit much more violent, offense to the practice as I do. Severity: 3 (equates to a mean glare, NOT knifing)

#253: Inefficient Scanning

When in the checkout line and either I or the person in front of me has several of the same item and the clerk scans each one instead of using the QTY button on the cash register and only having to scan the item once. The lack of efficiency is annoying, especially considering how little creativity this job allows the worker. They should be excited to be able to use the QTY button. Severity: 2