Biggest pet peeve

[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

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!

[Mako]

Queue jumpers

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

[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.