Anything Goes : Maybe we should have a Pet Peeve topic by Mike Chinea

Not getting a clip of my work when it was promised.

My pet peeve is when people call me a kid. I may be just starting out, and I may be young, but I am not a kid!

Great topic: It has always bothered the heck out of me when I'm on a set with mostly 20 somethings & the AD or some person part of the crew, asks me more times than needed, if I'm okay....would I like some water...and my personal favorite: WOULD i LIKE A CHAIR??????????$%^$@##$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My pet peeve is when someone's being condescending toward others and uncooperative in a collaborative project.

Requesting actors with no experience required and getting pics of someone who took a photo of themselves looking like "who shot John". Then get upset because you haven't called them. Small company does not mean you'll except anything....... Well that depends if I'm desperate enough and can kick their ego down about 10 notches. :D

@ Johanna- lol I have no standards, if people have an empty profile, I figure they have an empty mind. I'm not afraid to fill it :p

Mike said "Maybe we should have a Pet Peeve topic" well I used to have a farm and we raised them commercially. I would not advise having them as pets....

Richard, I bought some from you guys at the Kennels of Exacerbation Farm. Those irascible critters sure took up a lot of time tending to and weren't even good eating.

I like the purple peeves, those green ones though...

If they don't have a picture, don't. If they live in Tajikistan, think real hard. There are net nasties waiting for those who don't do due diligence. Joke about it until your bank account is empty, and your PC wakes up to the Blue Screen of Death. No longer funny then.

Mine is when people start explaining why they did something or chose something when I didn't ask why. And then after they explain themselves I try to move on but they keep repeating themselves like it will change something. Stop the madness already !!! :)

This is one more reason why I dig ya, Mike...We have the same pet peeve. I personally do not accept any network request from people who do not have a headshot or those who post a company name with no personal name. We try to make it very clear that if there is no headshot, there is no listing in search results or other networking areas of the site. Bottom line, we give all our members full control over their accounts. There's no obligation to accept any request. Me, I like to know who I am talking to...If we were meeting face to face you wouldn't come with a bag over your head would you? I'll leave that open to invite creative comments...

how about if I was wearing just a bag :p sorry I couldn't resist- I tried lol, but I just couldn't!

There's no rule against LB (Loralie) McGill . It would liven up your home page, lol.

lol- now that would liven things up!

OK Mike, you guilt-ed me into choosing 10 of my children - the others are now jealous. Pet Peeve? When I'm the only one in the room with big enough ovaries to stop something that has gone horribly wrong. Oh yeah, and women who try to feminize male cliche's...........

Here's another pet peeve I'm encountering here: writers who want to sell a Script for lots of money, who have a hard time using spell check or knowing how to construct a sentence properly (and I'm not your prefect grammarian, either). If you can't write a good sentence or know which word to 'right' (sic), then it's gonna be hard to get a script finished, much less sold.

There's a lot of that going around isn't there? How about 'work on an award winning film' - it hasn't been made yet. Lousy or no crafty. When people are full of crap - but then I just choose not to deal with 'em.

Your last point is spot on, Rachael. We allow for all of our members to have complete control over their profile. This means you can, of course, decide who you do and do not choose to network with.

people who are arrogant and don't have talent to compensate for it, that's one. The other pet peeve is people who treat the industry as a source of employment, a cash cow or provider of fame. if you're good at what you do, you have something new to say, or a unique and powerful take on the world, i've got all the time in the world for you.

Amen Mike...........The list is longer than I would even care to think about.................

Charity says "When people change their personality to fit the people present." I like that one... Mine is the missing or extraneous apostrophe.

@Jake Dont worry, im 21 and starting out so im in your position too

but someone has to, i always say