Pet Peeves

[npmommie]

what are yours?

Mine
cashiers who lick their fingers to open those plastic bags........I bring my own bags, but it never fails when I forget my bag I get the cashier who licks her finger.
or the other day at the farmers market, getting veggies, the lady licked her finger to open a bag, then proceeds to touch the stuff with the fingers that she just licked.
so why not just lick the tomato

I know I know I wash the fruits and veg at home before eating, but its my pet peeve. I can't stand anyone licking their fingers then touching my stuff.

so what is your pet peeve?

 

[MM27]

Pet Peeves, let's see...

people that don't understand personal space.

people that walk at a snail's pace with their equally slow friends/family and form a wall where the rest of us can't get by.

those same people that suddenly decide they need to stop and do something.

people in the grocery store that put their cart in the center of the aisle and block everyone else.

People who complain out loud while waiting in a long line at the store.

people that follow you in the grocery store parking lot because they want your space and then honk at you because they don't think you're moving fast enough (what they don't realize is that that makes me go even slower)

people that don't move when you say excuse me. I give them two chances. Excuse me, excuse me (a bit louder). After that I push through

people that say common words incorrectly (fustrated is one I hear a lot)

Someone standing over my shoulder reading the computer screen.

People who don't know the difference between their, they're and there, your and you're or other similar words.

People who don't control their children and/or believe their children do no wrong.

People who won't take their kid out of a restaurant when they are crying, screaming, etc.

Men who say they have to babysit their own children. Um, it's not babysitting, it's called parenting.

People who talk about their favorite sports team and say "WE" like they are a part of the team.

This is only the beginning of my list. It's why I tend to like dogs more than I like most people

 

[Kimberly]

Cashiers who put your change ON top of the flimsy dollar bills... I usually just want to smack it so the change lands right in their face. Don't make me juggle, I'm not in a circus.

People who use the express checkout lines in the supermarket when they have literally a shopping cart filled with groceries. Can you read? Or are you that arrogant? When I just have a package of tampax, I'm usually in a hurry to get out of there. And then you make things worse by not even bagging all of your groceries while they're being scanned out... and a few dozen coupons.

This pretty much only happens in the US, since they pull you over very quickly in the Cayman Islands for this. Driving in the passing lane. There is no FAST lane! I grew up in the US, and this is clearly written into the highway system. I don't care if you're driving 75 mph, 20 mph over the speed limit. You should not just be driving in the passing lane if someone is trying to pass you.

Tourists who think Cayman is a 3rd world country. Sorry, I'm not on the island for your entertainment.

Water taxis from cruise ships... they're worse than NYC cabbies.

 

[AlohaPolynesian]

10. People who take FOREVER to decide what they want at Starbucks, Panera, etc. or ask for samples when there is a ridiculously long line. Step aside and let someone else order!

9. People who don't put their dogs on a leash

8. People with dog-aggressive dogs who don't control them around other animals (specifically, the 2 PSYCHO shi tzu's that live in my building who scare the scrap out of my dog and have tried to attack her)

7. People who don't pick up their dog poo

6. When people let their children wander up to you/touch you with drool all over their fingers and think its cute. NEWSFLASH: Not everyone enjoys little children! This happens to me often at the airport. I guess I look a lot nicer than I am!! Haha!

5. People who don't say excuse me and rudely push you when it would have been no problem for me to move, if they had said excuse me

4. Bike riders who think they are cars, yet don't go nearly as fast and then are in the way

3. When people stop with their carts in the middle of the aisle at the store

2. Getting stuck behind slow walkers

1. People who wear sunglasses indoors

 

[Pakey]

People who toss their cigarette butts out car windows or drop them on the ground. Extra points given if said butts are still smoldering.

 

[maxiesmom]

Cashiers who put your change ON top of the flimsy dollar bills... I usually just want to smack it so the change lands right in their face. Don't make me juggle, I'm not in a circus.

Wow that is pretty harsh! You want to hurt someone for the way they give you back your change? Geeze. Is it really that hard to just slide the change into your other hand?

 

[LilyWDW]

I'll break it down for ya...

Internet: People who don't read stickies or the whole thread and then get mad when others point this out.

Driving: People who tailgate (especially when I am already over the speed limit) and people who can't seem to even GO the speed limit (get off the road if you can't even do the legal limit).

Shopping: People who stand in the middle of the aisle chatting away with their friends and then give you the evil eye when you say excuse me.

Kids: People who don't control their screaming children in public places.

School: Professors who seem to think you have nothing else in your life besides their class. Luckily this seems to have gotten better in the MBA program since we have a lot of working students.

I'm sure there are more...

 

[acejka]

I'll break it down for ya...

Internet: People who don't read stickies or the whole thread and then get mad when others point this out.

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Uhoh! That would be me... but I don't care if others point it out to me... doesn't kill my day. I don't all stupid about it.

Mine are drawers and cupboards left hanging open.

People who walk slow and get angry when say excuse me and go around.

People who don't control their kids... that's nice and all that you think its expressing themselves when they are climbing all over the booth in a resturant, but eally I'm just trying to have a nice meal with my husband, I don't want my hair yanked by your 5 year old.

PEOPLE WITH STROLLERS IN WDW WHO USE THEM AS BATTERING RAMS! AHHHHH! that one drives me nuts.

 

[LuvOrlando]

People who go around correcting other people for spelling, grammar or punctuation. This is soflippin rude it drives me up the wall. No manners at all besides it isn't ok use one's education as a weapon. This is a form of bullying and I can't stand it.

Companies that have a voicemail message telling me I matter to them. Ummm, no you don't or you would be a big spender and give an American a job to sit on the other end of the phone to talk to me.


Businesses who make me jump through hoops to get to a live person or whose systems hang up on me if I won't work with their automated system.


Salespeople who act like they are above their jobs & teachers who obviously can't stand kids. news flash, you can pick your job so if it's not what you want to do go do something else but quit taking it out on people who are forced to deal with you.

 

[maxiesmom]

Here are some of mine:

People who wait for an elevator right in front of the doors. Leave the people who are on there some room to get off. I can't tell you the number of times I have seen this, and how suprised some people seem to be that they have to move out of the way so people can leave the elevator.

People who take their strollers on escalators instead of using the elevator. No, you are right, you baby's safety isn't worth walking 20 feet to the elevator. Not to mention what would happen to the other people on the escalator if you lost your grip on the stroller.

People who throw their cigarette ashes or butts out their car windows. Use your car ashtry, or buy one if you car doesn't have one. Don't trash the rest of the planet with your dirty habit. You can suck on that thing, you can keep the remains of it in your car with you.

People who drive around with their pet in the back of their pickup trucks. I really don't want to see your dog jump out and become road kill.

People who post on the Dis asking for opinions, and then get mad when they don't like what they are told. No matter what you post, you are not going to get everyone to agree with you. If you can't handle people having a different opinion from yours, then don't post.

People who have a bad day, and storm around the house like they want to beat up the world. I have one of those here with me now, and it isn't any fun.

 

[Art 1]

People who toss their cigarette butts out car windows or drop them on the ground. Extra points given if said butts are still smoldering.

Smokers in general.

 

[LilyWDW]

Uhoh! That would be me... but I don't care if others point it out to me... doesn't kill my day. I don't all stupid about it.

HAHA... well, what I mean are the people who post about some topic (which can be found in a stickie) and then get peeved when someone posts the link to the stickie. The linker wasn't even mean about it, just "Here's where you can find the info *link*" and the OP just goes crazy about it.

People who take their strollers on escalators instead of using the elevator. No, you are right, you baby's safety isn't worth walking 20 feet to the elevator. Not to mention what would happen to the other people on the escalator if you lost your grip on the stroller.

I don't have a kid, but I would most likely end up on the escalator if it was a choice. While yes, it's not the safest, I have extreme claustrophobia and have had panic attacks in crowded elevators in the past. If I could be alone or nearly alone on the elevator I would have no issue taking it, but if it would be crammed full, it wouldn't be a good situation for anyone.

People who post on the Dis asking for opinions, and then get mad when they don't like what they are told. No matter what you post, you are not going to get everyone to agree with you. If you can't handle people having a different opinion from yours, then don't post.

People seem to forget that these are discussion boards and that the internet means that people from all different backgrounds will be here. If you don't want your topic "discussed" then you shouldn't post it. Make your own little private page if you don't want people to disagree with ya.

 

[phorsenuf]

I agree with many of the above, except smokers.

Anyways, people that write 10$ versus the correct way of $10. For some reason that makes me crazy. Isn't that math 101?

 

[Kimberly]

Anyways, people that write 10$ versus the correct way of $10. For some reason that makes me crazy. Isn't that math 101?

I've done this on cheques for one reason... so nothing else could be added to the numerical value. Then again, you could have a 00/100 directly after it, but sometimes it doesn't work out that way.

 

[dimimi]

Watching people brush their teeth! I don't know why, but it really bothers me...close the door!....don't put it on commercials!

People who throw things out their car windows...including cigarettes.

When they open a new line at a cash register and they ask for the person who is next....and the person who just walks in line runs over to the new line!

People who spit! It just seems so rude.

 

[DisneyFan32WI]

My #1 pet peeve is when someone blows their nose at the dinner table or out at a restaurant. It is just disgusting to hear snot come out...and then to have it sit inside a balled up tissue for the remainder of dinner....EWWWW.

Please don't do this!!!!

 

[thebigkahuna]

Co-workers who clip their nails at their desks. The sound of the nail being clipped bugs me -

PS, this isn't a " I broke one nail, let me clip it and file it"; this is multiple nails, weekly.

thank goodness for the ipod!!

also, people who blow their nose at the table. I actually witnessed this at a restaurant, and it made me queasy. (and now I notice it a LOT!)
There was no sneeze (that would have been understandable) it was after the meal, it was a big 'ol HONK, and it was into the restaurant CLOTH napkin.
YUCK!

 

[stm61]

1) bike riders who think they own the road. I don't mind sharing the road, but that doesn't mean you can ride 2, 3, or 4 across while cars are backed up behind you trying to pass. Ever hear of safety first and single file?
2) stoller users who use them for battering rams and insist that their snowflake has the right of way, no matter how crowded it is. I actually saw a woman running straight into walkers with her 2 yr old in the stroller. She then became incensed when a woman she literally ran into fell backward into her stroller, on top of her child. Security ended up breaking up the fight that followed.
3) I'm not complaining about those that need to use ECV's, I know there are many invisible illnesses or injuries. What drives me nuts is the people who drive like they're on a race track, run into people, then jump off and literally run to the next attraction.
4) the people that rent a wheelchair thinking it gives them front of the line access. We saw 3 groups who were argueing over whose turn it was to ride and whose turn it was to push. Their kids were making a game of jumping in and out while the chair was moving.
5) the large groups with 1 person in an ECV or wheelchair that show up at bus stops at the last minute and board first, when the lines are very long. I don't mean the family group of 4-6 or so, I mean the larger groups with 1 person in an ECV. By all means, send 2 or 3 people along with the handicapped person, but the rest of the party should wait in line along with everyone else, unless it's a situation with 2 adults and the rest kids. One person in an ECV should not mean that 12+ people get on the bus when others have been waiting over 20 min.

 

[maslex]

Pet Peeves, let's see...

people that walk at a snail's pace with their equally slow friends/family and form a wall where the rest of us can't get by.

those same people that suddenly decide they need to stop and do something.

people in the grocery store that put their cart in the center of the aisle and block everyone else.

People who complain out loud while waiting in a long line at the store.


people that follow you in the grocery store parking lot because they want your space and then honk at you because they don't think you're moving fast enough (what they don't realize is that that makes me go even slower)

people that don't move when you say excuse me. I give them two chances. Excuse me, excuse me (a bit louder). After that I push through

people that say common words incorrectly (fustrated is one I hear a lot)

Someone standing over my shoulder reading the computer screen.

People who don't know the difference between their, they're and there, your and you're or other similar words.

People who don't control their children and/or believe their children do no wrong.

People who won't take their kid out of a restaurant when they are crying, screaming, etc.

Men who say they have to babysit their own children. Um, it's not babysitting, it's called parenting.

People who talk about their favorite sports team and say "WE" like they are a part of the team.

This is only the beginning of my list. It's why I tend to like dogs more than I like most people

Wow, I couldn't have said it better. I encountered the first 4 pet peeves just this morning. My son is always hovering over me while I'm on the computer...Just told him to get away a few minutes ago. LOL

Others that make my skin crawl is hearing people eat!!!! OMG people CLOSE YOUR FREAKIN MOUTH!!!!!! My husband is one of the worse people, I swear. I refuse to eat in the same room with him (unless there are a lot of people around) Not only can I hear him, he'll talk with food in his mouth and all I can see is food stuffed on either side of his mouth while he's talking away. Makes me want to hurl Even hearing people swallow a drink will send me over the edge (even on TV....those damn Kit Kat commercials AARRGGHH)

I also cannot stand when people have cupboards open. Not sure what it is but my friend is famous for this. Every time I go over to her house, I shut atleast 3-4 cupboards. LOL (and no, you don't have to tell me how rude it is that I go to someone's house and shut their stuff) She laughs at it.

And one more (for now...I have MANY) what is up with the people who have to laugh after everything they say? I mean what's so funny when you say things like, "hey, it's actually nice today..hee hee hee" why do you feel the need to laugh after every sentence????? I have a BIL like this and I'd like to strike him with a baseball bat!!!

 

[PUZZLDY5]

I have lots but only because I'm house cleaning.

I JUST got through cleaning the house. PICK UP AFTER YOURSELF. I AM NOT THE MAID! UGH!