Pet Peeves
 

Maybe I'm just in a bad mood, but I feel like discussing all the little annoyances that get on everyone's nerves.

Some of Mine:

when you apologize to someone and they say "uh huh" instead of "no problem" or "that's o.k." my boss does this.

When a waitress takes your money and says "do you need change?" Instead, just say "I'll be back with your change". If you get to keep it, they will tell you "keep the change"

when people push their eyebrows back the opposite way they grow. UGH. o.k-that's more OCD, but still.

People who drive too slow.


What are some of yours??

I'm with you 100% on the waitress.

I'm with you 9,999,999,999,999,999% on the slow drivers(shut up math majors!). I most definitely have PATIENCE issues!!!:rolleyes:

drivers who leave the turn signals on long after the turn. that blinking light kills me. really. i've held my hand up and closed one eye to make it go away.

people who drive right through parking lots instead of up and down the lanes. one day, i'm going to lose it and just not slow down and let one of those jerk-offs plow into my car and sue the **** right out of them.

people who misuse apostrophes. apostrophes show possession or contraction, they do not pluralize! also their, there, and they're. all different words!

actually, i think it's just most things that most people do that drive me crazy. :wavey:

I could NOT agree with you more. :wavey: Also hate when people blow through pavement stop lines marked in parking lots too. Just cuz there's not sign doesn't mean it's optional, jackass.

People that don't reply when you greet them.

People who continue to talk on cell phones when they're coming down the hall into my office, and then keep talking on their cell phones after they sit down. Now I just sit and stare at them until they finally get the message & hang up.

AMEN! :xoxo: :D

What y'all said. :lol: I especially hate the big hand when you say hello to someone. Rude rude rude. I'm sure I can come up with more.

Even tho I've told her a gagillion times she speaks too softly my roommate will still mumble. I no longer say "what" I just say nothing. Because she'll get annoyed if I ask "what", plus I'll have to do it at least twice. Cuz she thinks I don't understand, not that I can't hear. Well, right now she just annoys so I should get off this before I get myself going. :laugh:

Whenever Dubya speaks I get annoyed.

O'Lielley and the rest of the right-wing talking point parrots annoy me.

Office politics.

The speed of our internet connection at work. Hello, it's 2006 people!

Our FTP server, see above.

When people talk at you not making sure you're engaged (aka give a crap).

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-people who wear sunglasses indoors. You're not Corey Hart.

-mouth breathers

-people who can't speak proper English when it is their first language

-people who stop at the top (or bottom) at an escalator. Get out of the f'in way!!

-people who finish their sentences with "y'know what I mean?" No, I don't know what you mean, I'm retarded.

-people who don't say good bye when they hang up the phone...they just...hang up.:shrug:

-guys who whip out the "finger-guns"

-fake boobies



...okay I could go on for days, so I think I'll stop now.:p

People who...
 

park in handicap parking spots, who are not handicapped (Especially the elderly & overweight), But who are just too damned lazy to walk another 30-40 feet.

Doctors who are incompetent (Seems that my family members often are assigned these bozo's) and give you false info because they're totally inept and clueless from never researching the possible cause of an illness.

People who assume that if I dont listen to rap/hip-hop that I am a racist (Absolute BS!!!), and yes, this puzzling pile of caca has happened to me before.

People who seem to think that the speed limit on 2 lane state highways of 65 MPH is too slow.

People who drive while yapping away on the cellphone, all the while never paying attention to the other drivers on the road.

Yes! And did you ever notice that people always stop in the middle of the doorway? Move, you idiot!
And that ALOT of women stand with their hands on their hips, thus protruding their elbows out, as far as possible(I work in a crowded bar, and getting past all these elbows drives me nuts!)?

LAZY people, who drive around and around the parking lot(on a nice day), looking for a parking spot where they won't have to walk very far.
Hey fatass, walk that extra 100 feet, and you might lose an ounce!:lol:

Women who are slaves to fashion. Everyone wants to look good, but for God's sake if you physically can't walk in a pair of shoes, please don't buy them.

People who try to jam themselves onto an elevator as soon as the door opens. Dude, you'll have more room to get on in a sec if you'd get the hell out of my way & let me off first.

People who cut in line, mainly a bathroom line. We have to pee too, bitch, so get to the back of the line & wait like everyone else. Of course, if you're about to puke, fell free to run past us.

It's worse when it's a perfectly healthy 20-something college student.

This blondie just moved into my apartment building - and has parked in a handicapped spot EVERY DAY!!! There are only three and there are three ACTUAL handicapped people who need them - I complained - but apparently my apartment building has rules, they just aren't enforced (HUGE pet peeve) - so I left a nasty note on her car yesterday - it's just been bugging me - :p

I hate when you say "excuse me" and people STILL don't move. I'll say it nicely two to maybe three times - then if they still don't move I say it more forcefully which usually gets a rude response from said not-moving person....

I hate this too!! But be careful. I have a friend that only has one leg and a prosthetic on the other. One day he was wearing long pants and parked in a handicapped parking spot @ the mall. You really can't tell he's handicapped because he walks really good, but when he got out, a guy in a car started yelling and cussing to him. He took off his fake leg and started swinging it around his head. The guy felt really bad. I told my other friend this story and we got the biggest kick out of it, because it would be just sweet revenge. TWO DAYS LATER!!! she was at a restaurant and a guy parked in a handicapped parking spot. My friend (drunk) thought he was being an A$$hole and started giving him dirty looks and talking about him to her friends. About that time, the guy leaned over, slowly pulled up his pant leg and revealed his prosthetic. SHE. DIED. But at least he was pretty cool about it. He was laughing with her-I'm sure he gets it all the time


:o :o :o GUILTY!!! ha ha....drives my husband NUTS!!!

I hate it when cheap things ruin expensive things. The other day my son picked up a $7 lotion bottle, and it slipped into the sink, breaking the basin which will cost something like $150 to fix. Another example? How about a $2 pen leaking on a $100 sweater? Basically, I have issues with entropy. Curse you entropy!

I get a little peeved that many people have forgotten that "excuse me" is a polite way to ask to pass in a narrow aisle. Instead, people have a tendency to push a cart right up in front of you and then just stare, or hover behind you and wait until you sense their presence.

OH MY GOD I HATE THAT!!!

I'm horrid in public - if someone does that I will NOT move - not until I hear an excuse me. There are some who push through eventually and I can't help but utter, "An excuse me would have worked quite well..." or something.

I hate this too. How about on the sidewalk when walking in opposite directions? So many people just WON'T MOVE. Do you think you can walk through me? I'm going to smack the next person who does this.

See, I don't see what the big deal is about walking is. I'll see that vehicle circling, and I'll park out at the first space I see. Walk all the way into the store, and still see that same vehicle, still looking for the space they want. Wasting gas, and the opportunity for a little exercise!

^^ I think it is more of an OCD thing for me. HAVE.TO.GET.CLOSE.TO.DOOR. not so much I'm just lazy. :o

The other day in a checkout line, I had just finished paying my money, and was putting my groceries into the back of my son's stroller, and I felt daggers behind me. It was very loud, and of course I expected a tiny amount of lag time because I figured anyone behind me would be buying something, but I guess it was also a pass-through aisle for the other cashier or something. So I sensed the daggers, and turned to see a woman glaring. I thought I must have missed her "excuse me" in all the noise.
"Oh, I'm sorry," I said "I didn't hear you behind me!"
"Well! I just didn't know what to say" she said.

Can you believe that? I did something very passive-agressive, but I couldn't help myself: as she passed I told my son, very loudly, "See, Leo, when you need to pass someone, you just say, 'excuse me' and then they know you need to pass. It's the polite thing to do!"

I am sure she went home and told her family how rude I was
Maybe she will post here that her pet peeve is mom's who talk to their children in order to avoid confrontation. ;)

Hopefully she was embarrassed. "I didn't know what to say."? Um, okay, try a repeat of kindergarten then, obviously nothing sunk in the first time around.

I work fast. Really fast. For a basic immunization appointment, I can bring someone in, chat a bit, review their records, fill out paperwork, give the vaccine & bill it in the computer in less than 10 minutes.

Yet some patients still come in & tap their foot or drum their fingers impatiently, tell me that they have to get to class & ask me how long it will take. Well, kiddo, it was going to be about 6 minutes but just for spite, now it's gonna be 20. :D

People that show up late for appointments. We give them a 10 minute leeway, which I think is more than fair. But I've seen people sauter in 20 or more minutes late & can't understand why we can't just squeeze them in.

^^

Lateness (especially chronic lateness) may very well be my BIGGEST pet peeve :nod:

My pet peeves are bad/ignorant parents. If your kid just happens to be spawned from the bowels of hell and insists on running your life at the age of three, then step up, be an adult, and do something about it. I saw a mom at the grocery store shrug off a fellow shopper's complaint when her kid was screaming his head off because he didn't get a candy bar. She shrugged it off like she didn't know what to do.

It comes down to this:
1. Don't pacify your children with candy/tv.
2. The last I heard, spanking wasn't illegal. Not that I advocate beating the **** out of your kids, but discipline needs to be a bit stronger then "time out" or "no nintendo."
3. The counting thing? Sorry guys, it doesn't work. I never even got to "one" before Mom spanked me. Yet still, I always hear:

"Aidan, come here. Aidan, no. Aidan? AIDAN?! Okay...one. Two. THREE. That's it mister, you have time out."

Besides that, I really think that if people need to apply to be married, then they should have to apply to breed. I volunteer to approve/deny all breeding requests. Imagine how history would have changed had this been put in place years ago...

"I'm sorry Mrs. Hilton, but your request is permanently denied on the grounds of irreversible damage to society should you bring an heiress into this world."

^ Preach it, my brother. My next door neighbor is one of "those people." Her kids run around all hours of the day & night, ride bikes without helmets, go in the street all the time, talk back to her & the dad, etc etc etc. OH! And they're 8 & 11 - it's been this way since we moved in 5 years ago. No bedtimes, no discipline.

Any time I've mentioned anything to her (don't get me wrong, I don't go too far, I don't want to get a "what the hell do you know, you don't even have kids" speech) she shrugs & says "they just don't listen..." No ****. When I was 8, if I was seen near the street, I would have been in so much trouble. "They don't listen..." Whatever. When some guy speeding down the road hits your kid... I don't even want to think about it. :(

And I agree - you need a license to catch a fish, but any asshole can have a child. :distress:


And just to add on to that - YOUR kids are not MY f*cking problem. It's YOUR job to make sure they're safe, not mine. How may times have I seen a kid about to fall, or get run over, or get hurt somehow, and the parent is right there saying & doing NOTHING. This has happened at parties I've been to - if I happen to be talking to 1 kid, that does not mean that I'm going to stay inthis area & watch your kid, so don't f*cking take off to get a drink or pee & leave them thre, assuming that since I"m an adult I'll keep an eye on them.

^^

In-freakin'-deed. I am so sick of screaming/badly behaved kids and the parents who do nothing.

There does need to be some sort of parental application process - because this letting anyone have kids thing isn't working out.

I was driving to work the other day - and I saw a woman on a scooter - driving VERY recklessly - no helmet..I thought, "oh well...she's gonna kill herself - it's her problem..." THEN I saw that she had a very small child with her -on her lap...on the scooter - that really disturbed me.

There are tons of unruly kids at my apartment complex - and the parents don't do ****. But then, they're also really rude and disrespectful of others - so their kids aren't learning how to not be assholes.

I have too many unruly kid stories - because it's apparently acceptable nowadays for kids to be in charge...it's disgusting...

Oh no, she had a kid on her lap on a motor scooter? :eek:

Dare I add...
 

those customer service folk at retailers such as Best Buy, who are as clueless as they come.

I know we all, from time-to-time, had to contend with someone who is very clueless as to new music/movie releases...But c'mon folks, could ya better train these kids to assist instead of annoy us paying customers?

I love the bloated jocks they have at the front door in the yellow shirts. I always get the "Hey bud, whats up?" "Can I help you with something guy?" type. What, was there a hiring freeze at Chili's or something?

I think the jocks are there...
 

because saying "hello" is such a mental challenge for 'em (As is tying ones shoe or zipping up their fly), that puttin' 'em elsewhere in the store would be of no use whatsoever :lol:

Today...
 

People who wiz on a public toilet seat and don't wipe up.
People who drip water on a public restroom counter and don't wipe up.

:laugh: That's my favorite one so far - I can't believe I didn't think of it...

ewww.

Well, I agree with you about parents ignoring their wild-running children in stores, and I was neve alowed to run around in stores or restaurants, or even to speak around adults, unless spoken to. But, supposedly I just had a compliant temperment.
I have a little something to say about that candy, though. First off, I don't give my son candy bars, and we don't eat them either, but he has tried to grab a pack of candy form the bottom display, and then cried when I told him "no." I needed to pay for my purchases, so we all had to suffer another 30 seconds of horrible whining and crying. If a child wants a candy bar, and gets so upset that they scream, then a spanking isn't going to stop it, unless you knock them unconscious. A child's brain chemistry doesn't accomodate impulse control, or delayed gratification, that supposedly happens with mature brains. If the parent can, they should take the kid outside, but you know, sometimes parents have to eat too, and they might have to keep shopping. Now, if you want to complain, please walk right up to the MGR, and tell them to STOP PUTTING CANDY DISPLAYS AT TODDLER HEIGHT! They are on the bottom shelves for one reason only, and that is to tempt little children, and it just plain SUCKS!

Call marketing candy to children a pet peeve of mine.

Once, in once of my restaurants, I had a table where the mother was letting her child climb on the outside of a spiral staircase. Our floor was tile. I came running over, concerned for his safety and told her that he was absolutely not allowed to be climbing on the staircase. She shrugged, and said, "what should I say to him?" I might have replied that "no" would be a good start, or I just thought it, I can't remember, but I had to quit that job soon after, so I might have told her off. Unbelievable!

Ok, I must be really grumpy (back pain) because I keep thinking of more pet peeves. This one is big.
People who park huge SUVs and trucks in compact spots. I am tired of being trapped in my car by them, and I am tired of all of the dings on my car from them. If you want to park in a compact spot, then get rid of your big-ass car, and buy a compact one! Oh yeah, and hang up your little cell phone before you try to park, too!

^^

Grrr :mad: Stuff like that makes me SO mad - these kids are going to grow up thinking the world belongs to them - and will not care a fig about authority and rules of society - or how their actions affect others. How annoying.

When I worked at a Michael's Arts and Crafts store our manager thrived on yelling at and scaring children - she didn't care if their parents were offended. She yelled at/made cry many a running child :nod:

Yeah, someone has to do it. Of course, it was the mom I really wanted to yell at, and mostly because she didn't car that her kid could get seriously injured, it was byond my thinking that he was misbehaving.

:nod: Amen. Worse yet - people who purposely take two parking spots by either parking crooked or parking on the line...pisses me off!

yeah - it's usually the parent who infuriate me - because I realize the kid just doesn't know any better - of course that kid will then grow into an adult who infuriates me :laugh:

My mom got married a couple of years ago - and in the process I got a niece. Well I got her a few fun back to school things, my mom bought her more - I asked her how she liked them and my mom annoyed said, "ugh - she didn't even say thank you..." BUT I wasn't mad at the kid - more her loser parents who never taught her to have manners - or to say thank you - it's quite sad really.

other people's kids misbehaving in public is so damned frustrating. maybe it's more frustrating because i teach and deal with kids all day?

i was at Michael's yesterday (funny you mentioned that, D) and two twelvish girls were testing the spray paints by spraying the edges of the shelves. the entire aisle was stinky and they were causing damage to the store! two other customers walked past and shot them dirty looks. i can't settle for that. i turned on my Ms. D voice immediately.

"exCUSE me, ladies, i'm fairly certain that what you are doing isn't allowed..." (puzzled/embarrassed looks)

"i suggest you stop what you are doing and find something to clean that mess up with before you leave this store..." (embarrassed/guilty looks)

"and i think you should think things through more thoroughly before intentionally vandalizing property."

they stopped and wiped some of it off. then they probably keyed some cars and smoked up in the parking lot. but those shelves are safe! :wavey: