Pet Peeves

michelle2677 · #1 08-27-2006, 02:44 PM

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??

eclipse · #2 08-27-2006, 03:23 PM

OK- Some of mine:
-People who use bad grammer...not because they do not know better-just lazy...
-People that drive in the left lane of the highway going 55...It IS the passing lane...Moron!
-Blaming someone else because you have had to much to drink/eat/spend/whatever...It is all your responsibility!
Wearing clothes that are too tight...

Just my 2cents!

HomerMcvie · #3 08-27-2006, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by michelle2677

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"

People who drive too slow.

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!!!

xxxmx · #4 08-27-2006, 03:55 PM

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.

skcin · #5 08-28-2006, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by xxxmx

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.

I could NOT agree with you more.

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.

Livia · #6 08-28-2006, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by xxxmx

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.

AMEN!

SuzeQuze · #7 08-28-2006, 11:37 AM

What y'all said.

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.

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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Red · #8 08-28-2006, 11:44 AM

-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.

-guys who whip out the "finger-guns"

-fake boobies

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

estranged4life · #9 08-28-2006, 11:56 AM

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.

HomerMcvie · #10 08-28-2006, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Red

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

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!)?

HomerMcvie · #11 08-28-2006, 12:30 PM

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!

skcin · #12 08-28-2006, 12:39 PM

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.

DrummerDeanna · #13 08-28-2006, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by estranged4life

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.

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 -

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....

michelle2677 · #14 08-28-2006, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by estranged4life

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.

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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

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Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

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!

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

ragandbone · #15 08-28-2006, 01:28 PM

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.