Biggest pet peeve

[Jen12]

So the "significant other" thread got me thinking that I really enjoy these share about yourself threads, so I'll ask another question...what is your biggest pet peeve? What one (or few) thing that other people do that drives you up the wall and makes you want to scream?

[jlnc]

-When I hold a door open for someone and they don't say thank you!
-People who are late!

[Jen12]

Oops. I asked the question but didn't post mine.
It's people who lie. I don't care if it's my students lying to get out of doing something, a politician lying to get elected, or grown adults who claim not to have been on Facebook when you can see that they've posted other things during the period of time they claimed to be gone. A lie is a lie and when I catch you, it chips away at my trust in you. Not to mention that most people are very bad at it and it's very easy to tell they're spinning tales!

[Ursula745]

bad grammar. I hate it. HATE it. More so in a professional environment. I can't stand it. I grammatically correct everything I read. Most of the time, it's laziness. Don't be lazy. :eek:

[Ered_Lithui]

Oh, Ursula, I'm there with you. Which is why I have to post this: http://asofterworld.com/index.php?id=700

:)

[solobiker]

Oops. I asked the question but didn't post mine.
It's people who lie. I don't care if it's my students lying to get out of doing something, a politician lying to get elected, or grown adults who claim not to have been on Facebook when you can see that they've posted other things during the period of time they claimed to be gone. A lie is a lie and when I catch you, it chips away at my trust in you. Not to mention that most people are very bad at it and it's very easy to tell they're spinning tales!



Me too. I had a patient (a male that was in his late 80s) tell me once that his Dad told him "you always have to remember a lie but never the truth".

I thought that was a very wise statement.

[Aggie_Ama]

Today it is:

People (co-workers) that say "it's not my job" when they are able to resolve the issue quicker than passing the buck.

[badger]

I have a few:

open mouth chewers - this makes me almost go postal, it's SO GROSS!!

when people wear flip flops and drag their feet on the ground - pick up your heels!!

when people don't use their turning signals - it's as if they're the only ones on the road or they expect you to read their minds. And similar to this one, I hate it when police patrol cars don't bother signalling - how can they enforce regulations if they themselves won't??

dog owners who don't pick up after their dogs - gives responsible dog owners a bad rep.

[Sardine]

Clothing companies, who despite the millions of us around, haven't seemed to grasp the fact that women can have an inseam of less than 30in. At 5' 2” I find buying trousers/jeans that are the right length hard work. Baggy cycling shorts, which I prefer, can end up looking like 3/4s on me. Oh, to be tall...

[goldfinch]

Michelle Bachmann.

[Eden]

+++++1 on the open mouth chewers/noisy chewers - drives me up a wall. I've taken to wearing my headphones and listening to white noise in the cafeteria because so many people seem to do it.

Movie yakkers are totally irritating too - which is why when we go, its usually on a Wednesday, after the movie has been out for a few weeks. Having the movie theater all to yourself is bliss....

[KnottedYet]

Michelle Bachmann.

And her "ex"-gay husband. And his government-funded pray-away-the-gay clinic.

Hypocritical closet-cases get right up my nose.

[Biciclista]

my pet peeve is motorists who are already mad at me and I didn't do anything wrong.

[pll]

All of the above.

And today: dirty windows in my apartment. Just cleaned them and *love* to see the sunshine and trees through clear windows.

PS: Add to the list: people who wear Ugg boots and drag their feet. Visually (so ugg-ly) and audibly offensive.

[Crankin]

Second the whole Michelle Bachman and her husband thing.
It's obvious he didn't get his training in counseling where I did...

[Trek420]

Hypocritical closet-cases get right up my nose.

the one that got glittered by barbarian hordes :rolleyes: :p ;)

I know everyone's busy, I'm busy too. But when you're talking to me on the phone I don't need to hear you flush. OTOH if I'm in the bathroom and the person in the next stall is talking, eww.

Make time to have a conversation in person, on the phone but out of the bathroom and out of the car too.

[Catrin]

Second the whole Michelle Bachman and her husband thing.
It's obvious he didn't get his training in counseling where I did...

I hadn't heard about this...

[Velocivixen]

When I drive behind someone who, for no apparent reason, is going way slower than the posted speed limit. OR people who have stopped for the red light, are going to turn right, but don't do it on a red light. They wait for the light to turn green! Like...it's alright to turn right on a red light as long as there are no cars coming, no pedestrians in the crosswalk, etc.

[Crankin]

Ha, that's what people here do at 4 way stop signs. I guess this is a *real* pet peeve. This is what happens. Car #1 arrives at stop. Maybe #2 does, too. They are both sitting there, looking like dumb azzes, when I pull up. No one moves. I wave them on, and they still don't move. So, I go. Seriously, this worked like clockwork in AZ. The first one there goes. End of story. Last week I approached the 4 way stop in my neighborhood. There was a car sitting there, for awhile. He waited until I stopped and then, he waved me through.. It's like they wait to see what you are going to do, instead of following the rules.
It's even worse when you are on a bike. Drivers wave you through when it's not your turn, confusing everyone.

[Jen12]

Second biggest pet peeve:

People who won't shut-up during movies.

First biggest pet peeve:

People who won't shut-up during movies when I tell them to stop talking.

:p


LOL...how about when it's the person you're with who won't stop talking? Ugh...

But we could start a whole thread just on movie misbehavior!

*People who text
*People who crinkle cellophane during the quiet parts of the film
*People who bring the stinkiest food they can find into the theater

[badger]

OR people who have stopped for the red light, are going to turn right, but don't do it on a red light. They wait for the light to turn green! Like...it's alright to turn right on a red light as long as there are no cars coming, no pedestrians in the crosswalk, etc.

actually, this is getting to be a pet peeve in that drivers are always in SO MUCH hurry that they don't look for pedestrians and almost mow them down. I'd rather that they make it so you CAN'T turn right on a red, because it's quite dangerous, especially in cities where there are usually pedestrians. Do a couple of seconds out of their lives really mean that much?

It's also illegal in a lot of places, so it could be those drivers are from places where turning right on a red isn't allowed.

[Trek420]

I make the exception for very young or elderly and/or disabled cyclists but for most cyclists when you're on the sidewalk you are to me like a car is to you.

Get your @zz on the road! :mad:

I admit to jousting with them downtown. I'll slow down a bit but "take the lane" walking straight down the middle of the sidewalk. This is especially fun when as a rider I know "hmm, hole in the sidewalk to my right, glass debris to my left ... what're you gonna go, bubbah? :rolleyes:"

[jessmarimba]

actually, this is getting to be a pet peeve in that drivers are always in SO MUCH hurry that they don't look for pedestrians and almost mow them down. I'd rather that they make it so you CAN'T turn right on a red, because it's quite dangerous, especially in cities where there are usually pedestrians. Do a couple of seconds out of their lives really mean that much?

It's also illegal in a lot of places, so it could be those drivers are from places where turning right on a red isn't allowed.

Drivers who have a stop sign but don't stop if they don't see cars. Did ya check the bike path before you tried to run me over?? And the turn signal thing. I'm pretty sure drivers in Colorado must be trained to slam on the brakes, and then signal as they're turning, rather than signaling before braking. I mean, if they bother signaling at all.

People on cell phones at the checkout counter anywhere. At least tell them to hold on and put the phone down and deal with the cashier as if they're a person!

[channlluv]

misplaced apostrophe's


And whoa, whoa, whoa...I don't know a thing about Bachmann's husband. She's a nutbar. Didn't know a thing about him. Where's this video?

Roxy

[Mako]

When people borrow things and then have the nerve to return them when they look like they've been dragged through a hedge backwards :mad:

I lent a co-worker a book once and I was appalled at the state that it was returned, all dog-eared and battered :(

[indysteel]

misplaced apostrophe's


Please tell me that your use of an apostrophe above was meant to be ironic! :)

[Crankin]

Oh G-d, the apostrophe thing :eek:.
Somewhere, somehow, people have it in their mind that you use an apostrophe whenever there is an "s" at the end of a word. Noooooo! Plain old plural words don't use an apostrophe.
People, an apostrophe is used to show possession! That means when something belongs to something or someone else.
The only other time is when you have a contraction.
I admit, I get roiled when I see this misuse here on TE.

[KnottedYet]

And whoa, whoa, whoa...I don't know a thing about Bachmann's husband. She's a nutbar. Didn't know a thing about him. Where's this video?

Roxy

Marcus Bachmann. He's an "ex"-gay, and like so many closet-cases, he is deeply involved in anti-gay politics and spends his time wallowing in gay culture while counseling young gay men to become straight. (much like George Rekers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Rekers and many others: Ted Haggard, Eddie Long, Larry Craig, etc. )

He doesn't have a license to practice, but he found a loophole because the state doesn't require it for what he does. He owns and runs a religious-based psychotherapy clinic that counsels young gay men to pray to become straight and to act more masculine using examples from the Bible. (Hmmm, Jonathan and David come to mind as strong manly examples... oh, wait, they were gay... http://wouldjesusdiscriminate.org/biblical_evidence/david_jonathan.html )

Bachmann has taken hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to fund his pray-away-the-gay clinic. He and his wife spew horrible cr@p about gays. One of the milder things he's said is that gays are "barbarians" bent on the destruction of all of Western society. (And here I thought that 10% of the population just wanted their Constitutional right to equal protection under the law so they could raise their kids and take care of their families... :rolleyes: )

Anyway, a group dressed as "barbarians" tossed glitter around his clinic in protest.
The best coverage is -of course- from European media: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2017528/Gay-barbarians-glitter-bomb-Marcus-Bachmann-clinic.html

[Eden]

When I drive behind someone who, for no apparent reason, is going way slower than the posted speed limit. OR people who have stopped for the red light, are going to turn right, but don't do it on a red light. They wait for the light to turn green! Like...it's alright to turn right on a red light as long as there are no cars coming, no pedestrians in the crosswalk, etc.

I have no problem with this...... You don't *have* to make a right on red. Maybe they see something you don't. Maybe they cannot accelerate quickly. You aren't up there you have no idea, so just be patient and wait...

Eden(who has nearly been run down enough times as a pedestrian that she thinks right on red should be outlawed within urban areas...)

[redrhodie]

My biggest cycling pet peeve is when a driver passes you, then stops to let a car approaching from the opposite direction turn left in front of them, and you by default. It's like an invitation to a left hook party.

Non cycling, noisy neighbors.

[Jen12]

When people borrow things and then have the nerve to return them when they look like they've been dragged through a hedge backwards :mad:

I lent a co-worker a book once and I was appalled at the state that it was returned, all dog-eared and battered :(

I don't care so much about the state of books if someone actually reads them, but when I let someone borrow things and don't ever get them back again, it makes me nuts.

I loaned someone a CD and months later asked for it back. He told me he thought it got lost in his recent move and asked what he could do to make it up to me.

duh...buy me a replacement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bethany1]

My biggest pet peeve are cars that try to pass more than one car at a time or attempting to pass a semi truck(s). Some guy almost killed his family in front of me yesterday and I get near misses everytime I use the road.

My two lane road has turned into I-29 since the bridges are out and people drive like they are still on it. The weekends are even worse.

[DebSP]

Please don't stand in doorways to chat. It makes me crazy. If you see some one you want to talk to going through in the opposite direction, BOTH of you should move aside to GET OUT OF THE WAY! Sorry but it makes me nuts along with the shopping cart thing. The chatty shoppers in the narrow aisles. You know what I am talking about!:rolleyes:

[Mako]

Queue jumpers :mad:

There's a line of people for a reason! This really infuriates me :mad:

[malkin]

I can let the apostrophes slide in casual writing like email and discussion boards, but I can't believe it when I see random apostrophes in formal documents written by people with graduate degrees.

And it is work, so I can't give them this:
http://www.angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif

(although I have it posted on my bulletin board.)

[limewave]

I know I should be grateful, but . . .

DH tries to help out around the house but instead he ends up hovering. If I'm washing the dishes, don't try and wash the dishes too--dry them or put them away for crying out loud!

[skhill]

Summertime pet peeve: people watering their lawns. Here in Central KY, a healthy, well-established lawn does not ever need to be watered. In a long dry spell, it'll fade to tan, but turn green with the next rain. Deal with it. It's especially peeving when folks are watering on a Monday when we got about an inch of rain over the weekend, and more is predicted Wed.-Sat. this week...

[Helene2013]

Had to re-opened a very old thread .... following one on makeup that I did not want to deviate from. :)

I have quite a few that were already stated on this thread.

One I can't stand: Too much perfumes. At least those who seem to wear a whole bottle in one shot or rather a very strong smelly one. I wear some once in a while in a given week. But I try to wear it for me...not the whole neighbourhood.

This morning again, I was sitting in the bus and this woman is wearing something so strong. I could not get up to chance seat as the bus is full. I tried to look away from her so my nose would not be too close to her. I try to avoid her but sometimes, just not possible. Why is it that some people have to wear so much. I was sneezing, nose was "blocking", etc.

Another one: garlic....Again, some people eat so much of it the night before, that next morning, they smell soooo bad. In fact, some at work it's like they live on garlic. It is a good healthy thing. But there is so much old-garlic-smell I can handle. haha

And what about smokers: some of them smoke so much that their clothes are permanently into the smell.

Can you tell I hate taking the bus to work....but no really other options for time-being. At least it is only in the morning as hubby picks me up after work since he finishes 15 minutes earlier than I do and is not that far away.

[lph]

I know I should be grateful, but . . .

DH tries to help out around the house but instead he ends up hovering. If I'm washing the dishes, don't try and wash the dishes too--dry them or put them away for crying out loud!

Heheh - my dh is infamous for hanging around while I do stuff until I'm almost finished, and then asking if I need a hand. He does loads of houseworkhimself, he just has terrible timing when it comes to helping.

I was reminded of my pet peeve when we went to see Blue Jasmine the other night - people who so badly need to talk about themselves that they just skip the whole polite "and how are YOU doing?"-phase of a conversation. I have several of them in my family...

[kajero]

I don't which is my best pet peeve. They seem to rate all the same:
People who put me on hold so they can answer another call. Am I not important? I usually hang up. I have prepaid minutes.
People who answer a cell phone while at a gathering and then expect everyone to be quiet so they hear. For Pete's sake, take it to another room.
Bicyclists who talk or text on their phones while riding! Are you observant.
And last but not least, what my SO does when he sneezes or yawns. It's annoying.

[Wasp]

Co-workers who sit down beside you in the staff room and whip out a cellphone, put it on speaker and proceed to have a very loud conversation.
Totally rude behaviour.......no one wants to hear your conversation TRUST me!!!!!!

[thekarens]

People who sing in the restroom stalls and/or talk on the phone in the stalls. Really? You can't wait 2 minutes to have that conversation?

[Veronica]

Parents who move their kid from school to school,every few weeks, hoping to find the "right" one.

Veronica

[Jolt]

I agree with kajero about the putting on hold to answer another call...whose brain fart was it to invent call waiting anyway? It is also a distraction to have the beeping when somebody else calls and you're already in a conversation. As for an "original" pet peeve of mine, it bugs me when I am checking out at the store and the person behind me moves up so he/she is super close. It's like they're worried about losing their spot in line or something, and I hate being crowded like that. I always feel like turning around and telling the person to back up, but the one time I said something the person got all huffy and acted like I was the one doing something wrong (to be fair, I was probably a little snarky in how I said it).

[marni]

My daughter and I have exactly the same pet peeve. She has it because she and her brothers were trained out of it by me throwing strikes and refusing to cook. I still have it because I cannot get my husband to understand how annoying it is. The peeve is this- dirty dishes left on top of and not in the dishwasher.

DH will even rinse out his dirty dishes but cannot be bothered to bend over to stick it in the dishwasher. Maybe he believes in spontaneous transportation. The secondary peeve is that he usually leaves dirty dishes and empty cans or bottles next to where he sits. He is slowly learning to pick up after himself since I refuse to pick them up but at the same time there is a certain resentment on my part because I tend to police the house before I go to bed but since he stays up later than me I usually find stuff lying around in the morning. Aside from checking to make sure that there is nothing for the cats and dogs to eat, I leave them alone, but it puts a sour note on the day. I have tried to talk to him about how much it bugs me but he is under so much pressure at work.... I think his retirement in two years will mean a whole learning curve for him and I both.

[Dogmama]

DH will even rinse out his dirty dishes but cannot be bothered to bend over to stick it in the dishwasher. Maybe he believes in spontaneous transportation.

Almost spewed coffee all over my monitor. That's a good one!!!

DH is a private investigator. He has found a single blonde hair on a yellow carpet. But he cannot see the socks in the middle of the floor.