Pet Peeves

[Katieinwonderland]

People who tootle along in the passing lane at 10mph below the speed limit, totally oblivious to the line of cars backed up behind them.

People who get a big surprise when they come to pay at the checkout in the grocery store...they stand aimlessly whilst their bags are being packed, then when they are told the total, they have to start rooting around in their purse. Did you think your groceries would be free?

 

[mhsjax]

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!!!

Right there with you on the eating thing. I swear it makes me almost violent. It started when I worked for an Insurance company, this woman called about a claim. She must have been on her lunch break but that woman slurped her soup in my ear for at least 10 minutes. This was at least 15 years ago, and I still get the urge to punch her lights out just thinking about it. Now, if I hear anyone chewing I become crazy.

 

[acejka]

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.

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My husband thinks its funny ot run around and open all the cupboards to set me off... when I am shutting all of them, he will run to the next room and start pulling drawers open! Ahhh!

 

[si-am]

I hate it when people write checks in the Express Lane. UGH!

I also get irrationally irritated when I'm driving through a parking lot and am stopped by someone taking an inexplicably long time backing their car out of the space, and I'm just stuck there waiting to get around. Similarly, I hate when I'm waiting on someone's space in a crowded lot and they are sitting in their car fiddling around instead of leaving!

 

[bananda]

when parents decide that you have nothing better to do than cater to their every whim or clean the entire house. i know i have to mop the floors today, but it can wait half an hour. and i wasn't home yesterday, so why should i clean up your mess? can't you do it?

people who don't leave the room or go outside to blow their nose.

chewing with your mouth open or talking with your mouth full.

people deciding that if i get along well with a guy there must be something going on between us. and then asking my sister what's going on. can't i have male friends?

pedestrians who think its ok to walk slowly in front of my car when i'm driving.

people who drive really slow until i get in the overtaking lane. then they speed up.

leaving the toilet lid up.

people who decide to push in between my friend and i when there is plenty of room for them to walk around us.

people who say things wrong. it is "converse," not "conversate."

 

[npmommie]

I see many more of my pet peeves mentioned '
I am so glad to know I am not alone!

 

[kaytieeldr]

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.

Not about the peeve, but about the "education as a weapon" and bullying parts. Isn't it, at least for the most part, the same education we ALL have? Why is it okay to correct - i.e. disagree - with anybody on pretty much anything, but not when it comes to absolute errors?

As for peeves? Well, I suppose the one that comes immediately to mind is when someone starts a GENERAL thread about grammar/spelling errors where all participants are getting along great and everyone is posting non-specific/non-identifying examples, and suddenly one or two posters appear and start criticizing: "...learning disabilities..."; "...nobody's perfect..."; "...you're all bullies..." (NOT directed at the quoted poster)

 

[acmmommymouse]

people who stand and wait in a long line and then don't think about what they are going to order until they get up to the register! Really, you just stood there for that long and you couldn't have come up with a decision and now we all have to wait for you and your family to decide!!!! Drives me crazy!

Why do men have to spit? I hate that when you are walking and come across it there on the pavement. Women can swallow their saliva! What's with it men, so very gross!!!!!

 

[goofyernmost]

people who stand and wait in a long line and then don't think about what they are going to order until they get up to the register! Really, you just stood there for that long and you couldn't have come up with a decision and now we all have to wait for you and your family to decide!!!! Drives me crazy!

Why do men have to spit? I hate that when you are walking and come across it there on the pavement. Women can swallow their saliva! What's with it men, so very gross!!!!!

Know what? I'm a man and I wonder the same thing. A man cannot seem to walk over three feet without spitting. I don't know why!

 

[acmmommymouse]

Know what? I'm a man and I wonder the same thing. A man cannot seem to walk over three feet without spitting. I don't know why!

I applaud you!!!!!!! ....I took that to mean you are not one of "them"!

 

[goofyernmost]

I applaud you!!!!!!! ....I took that to mean you are not one of "them"!

Nope...as my father used to so graphically say..."just put it through your teeth to get the knots out then swallow it." Now that I look at that in print it kind of makes spitting sound more like the lesser of two evils.

 

[erincon23]

You just stood there and watched me unload the dishwasher and put dirty dishes in it... why do you have to put your dirty plate/cup on the counter instead of the dishwasher?

I hate seeing signs in store windows with misspellings or grammar mistakes. If they're handwritten signs, I can maybe live with it, but if they're professionally-made signs, I want to write to the Better Business Bureau.

Like a PP, I hate hearing people mispronounce words. I have QVC on right now, and the hostess said "charmeleon" but was corrected. Joolery, nucular, fustrated (or fusterated), wallah ... NO!

Other PPs have mentioned when people get upset on these boards when you provide a link to a previous thread on the same topic... why should those of us who have some knowledge on whatever it is have to retype and retype, instead of referring you to something that can already answer all the questions you have asked, and probably provide some additional info? (American Idol...)

And #1 --- I HATE HATE HATE that look of guys with their pants waist low on their butts with their underwear hanging out. I was waiting for DS to come out of school yesterday and there was a boy getting his bicycle with his pants completely under his butt cheeks! I don't want to see your boxers -- ICK.

 

[dejr_8]

my pet peeve is people who have pet peeves.

 

[mrodgers]

And #1 --- I HATE HATE HATE that look of guys with their pants waist low on their butts with their underwear hanging out. I was waiting for DS to come out of school yesterday and there was a boy getting his bicycle with his pants completely under his butt cheeks! I don't want to see your boxers -- ICK.

I suspect you won't have to worry about that soon. I just caught a glimpse of a commercial on TV my girls were watching and all the kids were done up 80's style. 80's are on their way again.

 

[starrzone]

One of my many, many pet peeves is when my mother gives me a recipe, spends 15 minutes explaining the whole thing to me, and what I make NEVER turns out like hers! It always looks AND tastes way different, even though I follow the directions to a T. I think I'm just hopeless in the kitchen; the guy I end up marrying had better be a good cook!

 

[cm8]

my pet peeve is people who have pet peeves.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Not about the peeve, but about the "education as a weapon" and bullying parts. Isn't it, at least for the most part, the same education we ALL have? Why is it okay to correct - i.e. disagree - with anybody on pretty much anything, but not when it comes to absolute errors?

As for peeves? Well, I suppose the one that comes immediately to mind is when someone starts a GENERAL thread about grammar/spelling errors where all participants are getting along great and everyone is posting non-specific/non-identifying examples, and suddenly one or two posters appear and start criticizing: "...learning disabilities..."; "...nobody's perfect..."; "...you're all bullies..." (NOT directed at the quoted poster)

To me it's just a cheap shot. When someone totally stops all meaningful discourse to humiliate another person because of some high school linguistic faux paux it just gets under my skin. I am sure most people who read whatever the error may happen to be actually do recognize an error took place. However, I tend to think that the appropriate etiquette in such an instance is to allow the their person to maintain their dignity. I stand by my statement that in these cases education is, in fact, used as a weapon because all the behavior does is subjugate the other person and no good ever comes from that, ever, at least not in my opinion.

Bullying happens when one person degrades another, how is reducing another adult to the position of a child in grade-school with words any different from backing someone up into a corner with fists? Same effect - different weapon.

I don't generally make it a point to step in and declare my feelings on this when it happens, but it does bother me every single time

 

[kaytieeldr]

Thanks for explaining that - I was truly confused! How do you feel about, if somebody types something followed by "(sp?)" without the quotes, of course, someone else sending them a PM with the correct spelling? I did that ONCE, thinking I was being helpful? Never again! Boy, if you think people get angry when you disagree with them or call them out publicly, just TRY thinking you're doing something nice out of the public eye :

 

[starrzone]

To me it's just a cheap shot. When someone totally stops all meaningful discourse to humiliate another person because of some high school linguistic faux paux it just gets under my skin. I am sure most people who read whatever the error may happen to be actually do recognize an error took place. However, I tend to think that the appropriate etiquette in such an instance is to allow the their person to maintain their dignity. I stand by my statement that in these cases education is, in fact, used as a weapon because all the behavior does is subjugate the other person and no good ever comes from that, ever, at least not in my opinion.

Bullying happens when one person degrades another, how is reducing another adult to the position of a child in grade-school with words any different from backing someone up into a corner with fists? Same effect - different weapon.

I don't generally make it a point to step in and declare my feelings on this when it happens, but it does bother me every single time

(Bolding is mine) I'm very "into" grammar and spelling, and if you give me a newspaper page, I can spot mistakes in under a minute. However, I agree that it is beyond rude to stop conversation to correct someone. I would never do that!!!

Actually, one of my pet peeves is people who butt into others' conversations with "Who were you talking about?" "Where did she go?" or anything else, really. I have an aunt who does this and it DRIVES.ME.NUTS!!! She lives with my 86-year old grandmother, who does pretty darn well, considering she's 90% blind. She'll be telling us all a story about one of her friends, or another family member: "I went to a lovely party the other day. Jane was there with her sister Dana", and my aunt will barge in with "NO Mom, her name was Deena". Really, we all know who my grandmother was talking about; just let her be!!!

 

[tiggerlover]

My biggest pet peeve is people who throw their gum on the ground......hello, someone may step in it, throw it in the trash. Especially bothersome in the summer.....ick.

Some of my smaller pet peeves are people who park their shopping cart in the middle of the aisle at the grocery store; people talking on cell phones in the bathroom; people who do not wash their hands after going to the bathroom and pokey drivers, driving under the speed limit.