For the Dog Days

Kicking a few ideas around at last week’s editorial meeting, we hit on the subject of pet peeves. Everybody has a few, and with the Hamptons high season at full boil, a lot of us are happy to share. In no particular order, here is a list of a few things that get the staff’s collective goat.

Landscape trucks parked in the lane of travel while the crews are off mowing or what have you. Those people who think nothing of parking in handicapped-only spaces “just to run in for something for a minute.” Rows of stakes on public property along the roadside; are they intended to protect the grass from errant tires? Large items, like beach chairs, umbrellas, and body boards, left at beach trash receptacles. Benches left sticky from a fallen ice cream. Don’t get us started about price-gouging for staple groceries. And one that is really more serious than a peeve: Drivers who fail to get out of the way for emergency responders’ vehicles.

There’s plenty to grumble about. What’s on your list? Let us know.