pet peeve...
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I have so many I don't even know where to begin.
Chewing loudly and crunching is one of mine (like someone else said) I hate it when someone eats chips near me.
Whistling drives me crazy as well as the sound of keys clinking around.
This isn't going to be popular, but when people complain about others spelling, if I knew how to spell it correctly I would, I use spell check but I've always been a bad speller. I'm self-conscience about it enough without everyone saying they hate it on facebook, MFP, etc.
When I clean the house spotless and my hubby comes in and puts his lunch dishes from work in the sink rather then the dishwasher.
My biggest one of all is when someone is driving, realizes they have missed their exit, driveway, what have you and just STOP! Really? Just because you messed up doesn't mean you have to make everyone else stop. Drive up the next block, turn around and go back to where you need to go. Why stop traffic because you need to get into that lane. Better yet, the jack A%$ who missed the on-ramp for the freeway today and cut in front of 3 lanes of trafic as the light just turned green for them to go.
I'm sure I will be back more to rant in a bit as more come to mind :laugh:0 -
The extra fees that are always tacked onto the price of a concert ticket.
"Convenience charge" "Handling fee" "Order Processing Fee"
What a bunch of crap! Ticket prices are too high even without these ominous contributions!!
And, to add insult to injury, for the leasure of printing your own tickets at home:
- You save them money
- You save them paper
- You save them ink
- You save them envelopes
- You save them postage
- You save them an employee doing the work
YOU DO ALL OF THE WORK FOR THEM...
And you are still subject to these bogus expenses!!!!!
Why not put a tip jar on the counter or a place to submit an online gratuity...alms...bounty...contribution...donation...gift...............................?0 -
The extra fees that are always tacked onto the price of a concert ticket.
"Convenience charge" "Handling fee" "Order Processing Fee"
What a bunch of crap! Ticket prices are too high even without these ominous contributions!!
And, to add insult to injury, for the leasure of printing your own tickets at home:
- You save them money
- You save them paper
- You save them ink
- You save them envelopes
- You save them postage
- You save them an employee doing the work
YOU DO ALL OF THE WORK FOR THEM...
And you are still subject to these bogus expenses!!!!!
Why not put a tip jar on the counter or a place to submit an online gratuity...alms...bounty...contribution...donation...gift...............................?
"Everywhere you leak, somebody hangs a bucket."
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Mine are mostly driver related. I agree with slow fast-lane drivers and tailgaters the same. But may I add....
The declining usage of a great invention. The BLINKER!:grumble:
If you want to get in front of me, don't cut me off and cuss me out because I did not utilize the miracle of ESP to know what you wanted and where you were going.
And the elementary school parking lot. It is a very simple process. You drive through the drop-off lane to DROP-OFF your kid. You do not park there so you can walk your kid to the door. PERIOD! Can you not see the big yellow words painted all over the ground that say "NO PARKING". Leaving the car running still counts as parking.
Also, when you are pulling out of a parking lot that is a one way drive way. There are arrows painted to let you know that this lane goes this way > and this lane goes this way <. So please do not pull into this lane > and try to turn this way < and cuss me out for being in your way. There are no words to even challenge yourself with. They are simple arrows! Seriously, its not hard. Your kintergardener can understand it.......
You know, that kid you just walked to the door while your car was parked and left running half on the sidewalk and half in the drop off lane causing a backup of traffic out onto the main road and making 42 other students tardy while you stopped to chat it up with your PTA friends.
OK. I'm done. Feel better now. Can you tell I just came from the school parking lot?:laugh:0 -
People who chew with their mouth open! I have noticed this becoming more and more the "norm" when I look around when I am out to eat. I hound my son about it daily (often it will be a few times in a day) and would expect that others do to, but no. People are perfectly content to show off their food and make disgusting noises as they chew their cud! AAAAHHHHH, we are not animals, we are people!
Ok, so it bothers me more than a little bit :explode:0 -
My biggest pet peeve is people who are not listening. They are just waiting for a break in the conversation so they can interject their thoughts.0
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hmmm people who name their children ludicrous names. They have to spend a lifetime spelling and repeating it to people.
People who have blue badges that clearly don't need them or who (like my neighbour) use their parents/spouses to park for free or in the easy spots.
How the companies put a serving size on the nutrition panel that is SO tiny nobody would use it, they are only doing it so that at a quick or unthinking glance people think something is less calorific than it is (Honey Nut Cheerios is one that springs to mind, serving size is 30g, 111 calories, 30g is just over two table spoons, I defy anyone to say this is a legitimate serving size, it's just a con)0 -
hmmm people who name their children ludicrous names. They have to spend a lifetime spelling and repeating it to people.
I've worked in some dental offices for kids and have seens some dooseys! Some of the names that stuck:
Crisscross
Cash Monet
Sir Frederick
DeLovely
Godsson
Blessed
Just to name the ones I can spell....0 -
How about Summer Rabbit?
I suppose at least it's not Jessica....0 -
Well #1 is unannounced guests.
#2 is poor spelling and punctuation when you are writing for public viewing. If you're writing for people to see, crack the dictionary, that's my feeling.
#3 is someone telling me to smile. I hate this one. If I'm deep in thought or concentrating, I am probalby not smiling, it doesn't make me unfriendly, it just means I can't multi-task.
#4 last but not least, discussions or remarks about religion or politics that are made in inappropriate places. Really, some people think their beliefs and opinions are so dang important we all need to know about them, no matter the context. It's like they assume you are going to agree.
Other than that I'm pretty easy. I don't sweat the small stuff. Just call before you come over and once you get here don't tell me to smile, write me a note full of obvious spelling errors or try to engage me in religious or political debate.....and it will all be good! :laugh:0 -
OK: People who don't use directionals! They are there for a reason and I'm not a friggin mind reader! Please people! :grumble:
This is mine!! Use your frickin' turn signals. It's the law and people need to know what your dumb *kitten* is planning to do!!0 -
Screaming children, breast feeding in public, forcefully discussing religon or politics, racist remarks, choleric people, melancoly people, anyone younger than me who tries to boss me around, anyone who talks hours about a subject they know nothing of, anyone who hates pets, anyone who doesn't keep up with said pet and it winds up lying dead in the street or biting someone.
Oh yeah --- And all of these!!0 -
Well #1 is unannounced guests.
#2 is poor spelling and punctuation when you are writing for public viewing. If you're writing for people to see, crack the dictionary, that's my feeling.
#3 is someone telling me to smile. I hate this one. If I'm deep in thought or concentrating, I am probalby not smiling, it doesn't make me unfriendly, it just means I can't multi-task.
#4 last but not least, discussions or remarks about religion or politics that are made in inappropriate places. Really, some people think their beliefs and opinions are so dang important we all need to know about them, no matter the context. It's like they assume you are going to agree.
Other than that I'm pretty easy. I don't sweat the small stuff. Just call before you come over and once you get here don't tell me to smile, write me a note full of obvious spelling errors or try to engage me in religious or political debate.....and it will all be good! :laugh:
You mean "probably". (Please refer to pet peeve #2 while reviewing pet peeve #3.)0 -
Okay I'm guilty of this....but in my defense, sometimes I can't park close to a cart return and I can't leave 3 kids in the car alone. Any way on to my own peeve, slow drivers in the fast lane & people who text while driving ( which are usually one in the same drivers)When people leave shopping carts in parking lot of the grocery store. Is walking 50 feet to return it really that much trouble?0 -
Well #1 is unannounced guests.
#2 is poor spelling and punctuation when you are writing for public viewing. If you're writing for people to see, crack the dictionary, that's my feeling.
#3 is someone telling me to smile. I hate this one. If I'm deep in thought or concentrating, I am probalby not smiling, it doesn't make me unfriendly, it just means I can't multi-task.
#4 last but not least, discussions or remarks about religion or politics that are made in inappropriate places. Really, some people think their beliefs and opinions are so dang important we all need to know about them, no matter the context. It's like they assume you are going to agree.
Other than that I'm pretty easy. I don't sweat the small stuff. Just call before you come over and once you get here don't tell me to smile, write me a note full of obvious spelling errors or try to engage me in religious or political debate.....and it will all be good! :laugh:
You mean "probably". (Please refer to pet peeve #2 while reviewing pet peeve #3.)
Right. Fingers moving too fast. But for the record, spelling in forums is not an issue for me. Typos also no problem. I meant real dumbass obvious stuff like writing a newspaper headline and having it read: The Weather Ain't Gonna Be To Nice Teday.
Anyway I have to draw the line somewhere.......otherwise we get into pet peeve #5: fussy know-it-alls
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Not really a pet peeve... but WHY IN THE HECK is the air conditioning on in this office building... it's 54 deg outside FTLOG....
(yeah I could call to complain, but last time I did they told me I was the only one that had said it was too cold :huh: )0 -
When you stop to let someone out of a parking lot or whatever and they don't wave thank you or anything. I stopped about 50 cars to let you out the least you can do is wave thank you!!0
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Rude people who read over your shoulder at work0
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Okay I'm guilty of this....but in my defense, sometimes I can't park close to a cart return and I can't leave 3 kids in the car alone. Any way on to my own peeve, slow drivers in the fast lane & people who text while driving ( which are usually one in the same drivers)When people leave shopping carts in parking lot of the grocery store. Is walking 50 feet to return it really that much trouble?
I'll forgive you . I would not want your kids to get snatched because of a shopping cart. I also forgive those I see with obvious physical limitations and offer to return it for them. Most of the time though, it is a young able bodied person perfectly capble of returning the cart. It REALLY drives me crazy when the lot is crowded and I think there is an empty space only to see a cart in a spot. If you can't return, try not to block a space. 0 -
They're lazy or just don't care how their actions (or inactions) effect others.
Okay I'm guilty of this....but in my defense, sometimes I can't park close to a cart return and I can't leave 3 kids in the car alone. Any way on to my own peeve, slow drivers in the fast lane & people who text while driving ( which are usually one in the same drivers)When people leave shopping carts in parking lot of the grocery store. Is walking 50 feet to return it really that much trouble?
I'll forgive you . I would not want your kids to get snatched because of a shopping cart. I also forgive those I see with obvious physical limitations and offer to return it for them. Most of the time though, it is a young able bodied person perfectly capble of returning the cart. It REALLY drives me crazy when the lot is crowded and I think there is an empty space only to see a cart in a spot. If you can't return, try not to block a space.0 -
They're lazy or just don't care how their actions (or inactions) effect others.
Okay I'm guilty of this....but in my defense, sometimes I can't park close to a cart return and I can't leave 3 kids in the car alone. Any way on to my own peeve, slow drivers in the fast lane & people who text while driving ( which are usually one in the same drivers)When people leave shopping carts in parking lot of the grocery store. Is walking 50 feet to return it really that much trouble?
I'll forgive you . I would not want your kids to get snatched because of a shopping cart. I also forgive those I see with obvious physical limitations and offer to return it for them. Most of the time though, it is a young able bodied person perfectly capble of returning the cart. It REALLY drives me crazy when the lot is crowded and I think there is an empty space only to see a cart in a spot. If you can't return, try not to block a space.
There's another pet peeve of mine, people who just don't care how their actions (or inactions) effect others.0 -
People who litter and too lazy to put their grocery cart away and people who text and drive. Otherwise I am pretty easy going.0
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I have MANY, but the one currently driving me crazy is when people just "pop-in". I can not express how much I can't stand this. Am I crazy or is it rude to just show up at someone's house without warning? Grrr.0
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Actually my *biggest* pet peeve is other people's pet peeves *laughs* Well mainly those people to think their pet peeves should be known by everyone and forced upon them because otherwise they think it's personal against them. I have met quite a few of those people in my life who say "how do you dare to do this, don't you know i hate that..." and all i want to say is "no i did not and i don't care because that is my life and how i do things so don't pressure your views on me" *laughs*
Short note: i have not read a single pet peeve mentioned in the thread so that is not meant as an offense to anyone here 0 -
lol That's funny, I get that feeling everytime I see another 'what's your petpeeve' thread or a thread began with ' don't you hate when ppl can't spell or use grammer here on the boards' so perhaps if I had pet peeves (if I do not sure at the moment what they are lol) those 2 might be the ones.Actually my *biggest* pet peeve is other people's pet peeves *laughs* Well mainly those people to think their pet peeves should be known by everyone and forced upon them because otherwise they think it's personal against them. I have met quite a few of those people in my life who say "how do you dare to do this, don't you know i hate that..." and all i want to say is "no i did not and i don't care because that is my life and how i do things so don't pressure your views on me" *laughs*
Short note: i have not read a single pet peeve mentioned in the thread so that is not meant as an offense to anyone here0 -
Mine is whistling, this goes back to my teenage years, when we used to have a milkman come round at 4am in the morning, he used to go round whistling and used to wake me up. Now whistling can really put me into a rage, all my work colleagues know not to whistle in my presence lol :explode:0
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Slow Driver's in the fast lane!0
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Actually my *biggest* pet peeve is other people's pet peeves *laughs* Well mainly those people to think their pet peeves should be known by everyone and forced upon them because otherwise they think it's personal against them. I have met quite a few of those people in my life who say "how do you dare to do this, don't you know i hate that..." and all i want to say is "no i did not and i don't care because that is my life and how i do things so don't pressure your views on me" *laughs*
Short note: i have not read a single pet peeve mentioned in the thread so that is not meant as an offense to anyone here
I so so understand this!
I had a coworker who believed it was rude to answer someone by saying "What?" She would call my name in the middle of a huge rush, I would peek up and say "What?" and she would refuse to answer and then later lecture me on how disrespectful I was in front of so many people:huh:
When I would call her name, she said "Huh?" But it was always drawn out so it sounded more like, "Haaaaaaaaaaaaah" That was acceptable. "What" is rude, "Haaaaaaaaah" is not. I was supposed to know that.0 -
procrastination...
abbreviations for certain words or phrases ( example; PC -for computers, id- I don't care ) and the word via ( send something via fax)....Just don't like that word...My husband is in the technology field so I guess that is why I just can't stand abbreviations for certain words or phrases....
People who do stuff to just get attention ( it is called DRAMA) and they don't care about the consciences of their actions.... (ahem...my sister)......Which leads to another peeve....People who "try to commit suicide" (swallowing a cocktail of pills---which turned out to be vitamins, flintstone to be precise) and then call someone to tell them what they did... "Just calling to say I am committing suicide and to say bye"....Hello ???.............I know that might sound dark on my side....but if your going to do it....JUST DO IT and do it right and don't leave me something to clean up and don't give my father ANOTHER stroke ........If you want attention get a dog.
People who do no want to exercise because they only wash their hair every other day..but complain of being fat.......hum...okay.
Diabetics complaining of their glucose being out of control and eating a few donuts and a side of pineapple and a glass of orange juice while telling you this statement.
People getting mad at me for telling them what I think after (KEY WORD HERE) asking what I think....they know better to ask me my opinion of something if they don't REALLY want to know what I think.
I am a nurse---- so patient's call me and want to know what to do about XYZ but don't want to make an appointment, don't want to see a specialist, don't want it to cost anything, don't want to do anything about it ....they just want to call me and expect me to just fix if over the phone and mad at me when I "just can't come up with a solution".........IF I had the easy button people I would press it...... and they need a medication for XYZ but don't want it to cost anything, don't want side effects from the medication, need a sample for 6 months, want insurance to cover it, don't want to come and get the sample, want me to mail it to them and then made when I can't do it right away..because they have to leave in 10 minutes. (we close at 5 and they call at 4:55).... Why call me if you know your going to not do or take anything suggested....
People complain because "we never do anything" and then when it is scheduled.....They don't show up....
Putting the laundry BESIDE the laundry hamper....yep those beside the laundry hamper don't get wash anymore at my house
People including strangers knocking on my side screened-in LOCKED porch to knock on the door instead of coming to our unscreened in front porch to knock on the FRONT door
Someone or something touching my nose....lol0 -
I have MANY, but the one currently driving me crazy is when people just "pop-in". I can not express how much I can't stand this. Am I crazy or is it rude to just show up at someone's house without warning? Grrr.
ME TOO!!0
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