Pet PEEVES?

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  • KendalBeee
    KendalBeee Posts: 2,269 Member
    oh, and motorcyclists (usually men under the age of 25) doing wheelies down the highway. IDIOTS!
    Nothing ticks me off like seeing someone on a crotch rocket going a million miles per hour down the highway weaving in and out of cars popping wheelies. It's just a recipe for disaster.


    I HATE when everyone is stuck in traffic and some (insert bad name) on a motorcycle decides that he can fit in between the cars and rides down the road BETWEEN the two lanes of traffic!!! Thankfully the little angel on my shoulder is stronger than the little devil on my other shoulder cause I am so tempted to open my car door and let them run into it.
  • cwvanek
    cwvanek Posts: 111
    oh, and motorcyclists (usually men under the age of 25) doing wheelies down the highway. IDIOTS!
    Nothing ticks me off like seeing someone on a crotch rocket going a million miles per hour down the highway weaving in and out of cars popping wheelies. It's just a recipe for disaster.


    I HATE when everyone is stuck in traffic and some (insert bad name) on a motorcycle decides that he can fit in between the cars and rides down the road BETWEEN the two lanes of traffic!!! Thankfully the little angel on my shoulder is stronger than the little devil on my other shoulder cause I am so tempted to open my car door and let them run into it.

    I just laughed out loud haha. Now my kids think I'm crazy :laugh: :laugh:
  • CasperO
    CasperO Posts: 2,913 Member
    It's called lane splitting. It's legal in California, and should be legal everywhere - it can really ease congestion.

    But it's not. That lane splitter in Carolina is breaking the law. :angry:
  • moujie
    moujie Posts: 229
    I HATE when everyone is stuck in traffic and some (insert bad name) on a motorcycle decides that he can fit in between the cars and rides down the road BETWEEN the two lanes of traffic!!! Thankfully the little angel on my shoulder is stronger than the little devil on my other shoulder cause I am so tempted to open my car door and let them run into it.

    I understand it's legal in California. the running between cars I mean, not the opening the car door. :wink: Seems crazy to me...but then some states repeal their helmet laws - DUMB! I haven't heard of a state repealing a seatbelt law.
  • Captain12
    Captain12 Posts: 3
    My pet peeves are at the supermarket in the 20 items or less someone is buying a weeks worth of grocerys and I'm standing there with 1 item. And the checker lets them do it.
  • ilike2moveit
    ilike2moveit Posts: 776 Member
    I haven't read all the posts so these may have already been mentioned.
    :grumble: liars
    :grumble: boasters
    :grumble: know-it-alls
    :grumble: laziness
    :grumble: those that aren't willing to help themselves
    :grumble: "will work for food signs" it's an oxymoron- OKAY THEN-GO WORK!!!
    :grumble: people who blame others for their own choices
    :grumble: people who are pretentious
    :grumble: rude people who don't use manners
    :grumble: people who are overweight but "don't eat that much" and don't know why they are overweight
    :grumble: not taking ownership of their own actions
    :grumble: people who are really sick but insist on coming to work "to spread the love"
    :grumble: giving unsolicited advice
    :grumble: those who always have a story that matches or one-ups yours
    :grumble: parents that don't discipline their children
    meetings-they always seem to be a waste of time-and get off track-and unproductive
  • nolachick
    nolachick Posts: 3,278 Member
    My pet peeves are at the supermarket in the 20 items or less someone is buying a weeks worth of grocerys and I'm standing there with 1 item. And the checker lets them do it.

    I HATE THAT
  • nolachick
    nolachick Posts: 3,278 Member
    My pet peeves are at the supermarket in the 20 items or less someone is buying a weeks worth of grocerys and I'm standing there with 1 item. And the checker lets them do it.

    I HATE THAT
  • KatWood
    KatWood Posts: 1,135 Member
    I haven't read all the posts so these may have already been mentioned.
    :grumble: liars
    :grumble: boasters
    :grumble: know-it-alls
    :grumble: laziness
    :grumble: those that aren't willing to help themselves
    :grumble: "will work for food signs" it's an oxymoron- OKAY THEN-GO WORK!!!
    :grumble: people who blame others for their own choices
    :grumble: people who are pretentious
    :grumble: rude people who don't use manners
    :grumble: people who are overweight but "don't eat that much" and don't know why they are overweight
    :grumble: not taking ownership of their own actions
    :grumble: people who are really sick but insist on coming to work "to spread the love"
    :grumble: giving unsolicited advice
    :grumble: those who always have a story that matches or one-ups yours
    :grumble: parents that don't discipline their children
    meetings-they always seem to be a waste of time-and get off track-and unproductive
    I agree with all of your choices except I don't understand how "will work for food" is an oxymoron. Maybe I just don't get it?
  • ilike2moveit
    ilike2moveit Posts: 776 Member
    I haven't read all the posts so these may have already been mentioned.
    :grumble: liars
    :grumble: boasters
    :grumble: know-it-alls
    :grumble: laziness
    :grumble: those that aren't willing to help themselves
    :grumble: "will work for food signs" it's an oxymoron- OKAY THEN-GO WORK!!!
    :grumble: people who blame others for their own choices
    :grumble: people who are pretentious
    :grumble: rude people who don't use manners
    :grumble: people who are overweight but "don't eat that much" and don't know why they are overweight
    :grumble: not taking ownership of their own actions
    :grumble: people who are really sick but insist on coming to work "to spread the love"
    :grumble: giving unsolicited advice
    :grumble: those who always have a story that matches or one-ups yours
    :grumble: parents that don't discipline their children
    meetings-they always seem to be a waste of time-and get off track-and unproductive
    I agree with all of your choices except I don't understand how "will work for food" is an oxymoron. Maybe I just don't get it?
    I was thinking that if they are really willing to work for food they would be working and not holding a sign saying they are willing to work for food. :smile: Maybe the word ironic would fit better instead of oxymoron?
  • thumper44
    thumper44 Posts: 1,464 Member

    I HATE when everyone is stuck in traffic and some (insert bad name) on a motorcycle decides that he can fit in between the cars and rides down the road BETWEEN the two lanes of traffic!!! Thankfully the little angel on my shoulder is stronger than the little devil on my other shoulder cause I am so tempted to open my car door and let them run into it.

    Don't go over to Italy then.
    I was just there in June, and they do that all over the place.

    Motorcycles/scooters/mopeds, passing between cars.

    Many times I was stopped at a red light, and about 5-10 people, male/female, old/young they would pull up between traffic and all be at the front when the light turns green.
  • ivykivy
    ivykivy Posts: 2,970 Member
    Men who talk to your breasts. I mean full scale conversations- little to no eye contact.

    People who start a public vendetta against you because you point out a personality flaw in private.

    People who make a big seen in public but want to apologize and admit they are wrong in private.
  • CasperO
    CasperO Posts: 2,913 Member
    Women who display cleavage that could easily conceal a small child, and then complain if a guy notices.

    So there,,, Hehehe :laugh: <<Kidding ma'am, but you get my point>>.
  • CasperO
    CasperO Posts: 2,913 Member

    I HATE when everyone is stuck in traffic and some (insert bad name) on a motorcycle decides that he can fit in between the cars and rides down the road BETWEEN the two lanes of traffic!!! Thankfully the little angel on my shoulder is stronger than the little devil on my other shoulder cause I am so tempted to open my car door and let them run into it.

    Don't go over to Italy then.
    I was just there in June, and they do that all over the place.

    Motorcycles/scooters/mopeds, passing between cars.

    Many times I was stopped at a red light, and about 5-10 people, male/female, old/young they would pull up between traffic and all be at the front when the light turns green.

    If they didn't do that, and each vehicle no matter how small took up a full 10 foot wide by 15 foot long piece of highway (like we do), they'd never get anywhere.
  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
    I agree with all of your choices except I don't understand how "will work for food" is an oxymoron. Maybe I just don't get it?
    I was thinking that if they are really willing to work for food they would be working and not holding a sign saying they are willing to work for food. :smile: Maybe the word ironic would fit better instead of oxymoron?

    It may seem ironic, but maybe they can't find a job? At least it's not some young healthy looking guy standing there with a cup asking for spare change- some people make a living out of that.
  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
    What really PEEVES me- men looking lustfully at my 14 year old daughter or trying to flirt with her. Even when she was younger than that. It's not necessarily a pet peeve...more of a, "I'd like to punch their face off" kinda thing. :smile:
  • CasperO
    CasperO Posts: 2,913 Member
    Yeah, that's creepy. I don't really see females under about 25 anymore - and I think there's something odd about 40 year old men who do...

    Love the new pic BTW Brenda.
  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
    Yeah, that's creepy. I don't really see females under about 25 anymore - and I think there's something odd about 40 year old men who do...

    Love the new pic BTW Brenda.

    Thanks. :wink:
  • LittleSister
    LittleSister Posts: 207 Member
    I had a coworker who always showed a lot of cleavage - I couldn't help talking to her breasts either, and I'm a heterosexual female! I figure if you show it, you must want people to see it, and in order to see it, people have to look at it.
  • ivykivy
    ivykivy Posts: 2,970 Member
    I cannot conceal a small child but I can hold a cell phone, 1/2 cup of popcorn and a small box of raisins:bigsmile:

    My aunt can hide a pistol :noway:
    Women who display cleavage that could easily conceal a small child, and then complain if a guy notices.

    So there,,, Hehehe :laugh: <<Kidding ma'am, but you get my point>>.

    Noticing is fine, even frequent glimpses but don't strike a conversation just to oogle my completely covered breasts. If you do at least leave a tip. :wink:
    What really PEEVES me- men looking lustfully at my 14 year old daughter or trying to flirt with her. Even when she was younger than that. It's not necessarily a pet peeve...more of a, "I'd like to punch their face off" kinda thing.

    I'm with you. My niece was highly developed at 14. I was always in fight mode because there are a lot of lecherous old men around.
  • NotSurprised
    NotSurprised Posts: 8,083 Member
    people who dress & act like thug's when they are not even ***** cats, note not that I approve or like people who are that way for real. hahaha
  • cwvanek
    cwvanek Posts: 111
    Ugh I hate it when people wear their pants too big! What in the heck is the point of wearing your pants around your knees!? No one wants to see your underwear. What kills me is when they're belted around their knees :grumble:
  • toots99
    toots99 Posts: 3,794 Member
    Ugh I hate it when people wear their pants too big! What in the heck is the point of wearing your pants around your knees!? No one wants to see your underwear. What kills me is when they're belted around their knees :grumble:

    Me too! I mean, I can't wait til I have pants falling off of me, but I'm going to buy new ones as soon as I can!

    Another thing that bugs me is when people say they hate being stereotyped, but then they act exactly lke that stereotype! If you don't like it, don't act like it!
  • TheMaidOfAstolat
    TheMaidOfAstolat Posts: 3,222 Member
    Ugh I hate it when people wear their pants too big! What in the heck is the point of wearing your pants around your knees!? No one wants to see your underwear. What kills me is when they're belted around their knees :grumble:

    Me too! I mean, I can't wait til I have pants falling off of me, but I'm going to buy new ones as soon as I can!

    Another thing that bugs me is when people say they hate being stereotyped, but then they act exactly lke that stereotype! If you don't like it, don't act like it!

    LOL, me too...not about the pants but about the stereotype. I'm Goth and I love it...but I'm not moody or depressed. I love the looks I get when I hold open the door for an older person or seeing their mouth drop open when they learn that I'm Christian and that my daughter is in a private Christian school. It's as if they think that I'm heathen. I defy my stereotype. :bigsmile:
    I always try to remember not to judge a book by it's cover but by the 'words' (ie a persons actions).
  • CasperO
    CasperO Posts: 2,913 Member
    I actually am a heathen,,, Ok, an agnostic (and a Jesus loving Unitarian Universalist - google it). I'm also a pretty nasty looking biker dude. I enjoy doing the painfully nice stuff too. I do it 'cause I'm a nice guy, but I do enjoy blowing holes in people's perceptions and stereotypes.
  • amandadaisylotus
    amandadaisylotus Posts: 311
    It's fun to smash stereotypes, but we all must realize that if we dress a certain way, we will be viewed a certain way.

    My pet peeve is in general my aunt and her boyfriend. They're the types of people growing food in their own back yard because "The government puts chemicals in our food to make us fat and eat more," and then they go to a restaurant and eat a 20 oz steak and a huge potato and wonder why they're still fat. >.<

    But I'm the unhealthy one because I drink water out of plastic bottles. CAAAAANCERRR!

    Seriously. People who are closed minded annoy me. And people too easily swayed by things they hear like talk radio and political commercials.

    (Aka my grandmother - OH MY GOD OBAMA'S GOING TO KILL ME BECAUSE I'M OLD WITH THIS HEALTH CARE BILL! Never mind that she's 76 and still up and walking around and in pretty good health for a 76 year old with no debilitating diseases yet)
  • mello
    mello Posts: 817 Member
    Cell phones.

    I own one and I like having it, but what few manners some people had flew out the window the the inception of cell phones.

    I've never worked as a cashier but I think it's so horribly rude for someone to be checking out and talking on their cell phone the whole time and never acknowledge or speak to the cashier.

    I have a co-worker that will respond to a text in the middle of a conversation with me or even a client...and this is a white collar professional!!!!! His phone has made him a total idiot!!!!! He has no clue how rude he's being!! We'll be in the middle of a conversation and he'll start texting and tell me, just keep talking, i'm listening....no he's not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARRRRRRGGGGHHHHH

    Going out to dinner w/someone who is on the cell phone the whole time is really irritating!!!!
  • JoyousMaximus
    JoyousMaximus Posts: 9,285 Member
    Going out to dinner w/someone who is on the cell phone the whole time is really irritating!!!!

    Agreed. It doesn't really bother me if it is a big group but if you are sitting with one person and they are sitting there talking on their phone for 15 minutes, it's but plain rude.

    My pet peeve is not using punctuation. Half the time, I skip posts without it because I don't feel like spending 10 minutes decifering a period/coma-less paragraph.:grumble:
  • KatWood
    KatWood Posts: 1,135 Member
    I must say that I find this thread very therapeutic!
  • KendalBeee
    KendalBeee Posts: 2,269 Member
    I used to work in a grocery store on the front end and yes, you HATE the customers who are on their cell phones. All the stores I worked for had customer service expectations where you were REQUIRED to greet every customer, ask them if they found everything and ask for their discount card. I got to the point where I wouldn't even smile at people coming through the line on their cell phone. I would ring up their crap, put it in a bag, wait for them to pay and let them walk away without saying a word to them. And then I'd be all smiliey and happy for the next person. And I was a DAMN GOOD cashier. I moved up to front end assistant and it was wasn't as bad at the customer service desk.



    Another pet peeve...when you are walking into a store and its raining and people in cars don't let you walk in front of them to get into the store....YOU ARE IN A CAR AND NOT GETTING WET!! All I want is 10 seconds to cross in front of you to get out of the rain!! (ESPECIALLY if they are going to fast through a puddle and splash water up on you)....d-bag
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