Biggest pet peeve

[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...

[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...

[Trek420]

Hypocritical closet-cases get right up my nose.

the one that got glittered by barbarian hordes

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.

[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.

[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!

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? "

[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]

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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

[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...)