Stupid Pet Peeve

[MamaBelle4]

Hopefully these dumb people don't say this crap in front of the kids? What a way to make a kid feel bad because of gender. I have two girls.

They do! I think it's one of the reasons it bugs me so much. My oldest was down right upset when we found out we were having a boy. She was worried Daddy wouldn't take her mushroom hunting or teach her how to shoot a bow and arrow since he was getting a boy. We reassured her that that wouldn't happen and Daddy loves doing those things with her.

 

[Breezy_Carol]

When people who use multiple question marks or exclamation points at the end of a sentence.

After each of our kids were born, people were constantly saying how much they looked like their dad. I had them both by C section. I started to get tired of hearing it and wanted to show them my scar to prove that I was involved. My DH even started suggesting that they might not want to make that comment.

 

[lorimay]

My daughter has two children and one has her very light (and beautiful alabaster skin tone) and the other has her husband's beautiful olive skin tone.
She has lost count at how many times she has been asked, " do they have the same father?" I mean really, people are so rude. She has been mostly kind in her answers but she says one of these days someone is going to ask on the wrong day.

 

[sam_gordon]

Huh?

Some don't like it when others point out a "zombie thread". I assume that's what they're talking about.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

I hate it when people don't wait for people to exit the elevator before squeezing on. I also hate it when people squeeze onto the elevator period.

It happens EVERY DAY when I go to class.

 

[Marchand63]

People yapping on a cell phone in a bathroom. You mean you can't 2 minutes out to go to the bathroom in private. One time I was the ladies room at the local casino there was a lady yelling in her phone so loud there we're were 2 security guards outside the door and they asked the lady that walked out ahead of me what was going on. They stayed by the door even after I left. Another one is when people are either walking in one direction and looking in another direction or there reading there phones not paying any attention to who's in front of them.

I just do the fold my arms and be the wall the run in to. Gee I'm sorry. Yeah passive aggressive

People cracking chewing gum, I just want to slap them. I have a pretty distinctive name and I've heard every single joke that can be made about it, it irritates the hound out of me when people either laugh or make a joke, like they are the first people to have noticed it.

Yeah my name is that of a famous landmark in Boston so I hear " Do you own famous landmark?" yeah if I owned it what I be working for a living.

 

[Soldier's*Sweeties]

I also hate it when people ask if I feed my kids, or say things like, "Somebody get that kid a cheeseburger!"
If only they saw how much those two eat!

 

[RedAngie]

We have 4 girls and an infant son.

I HATE it when people say "Oh, poor Dad." Or "Finally got your boy, huh?"

You wouldn't believe the number of people who make the exact comments above. And before DS was born, people would straight up ask "Going to try until you get your boy?" I found it intrusive and insulting.

We have 5 kids because we wanted 5 kids. If we had all girls we would be perfectly happy. If we had all boys we would be perfectly happy. I know it is stupid to be so irritated by it, I think it would be less aggravating if it didn't happen ALL THE TIME.

So, do you have a stupid pet peeves you want to share?

I think your 'pet peeve' is a pretty serious issue, actually. Hopefully these dumb people don't say this crap in front of the kids? What a way to make a kid feel bad because of gender. I have two girls. Sure, a boy would have been fine, too. I'm guilty of having stupid gender issues back when I was pregnant. I wanted to 'give my husband a son' and felt like I hadn't done my job (even though I know gender is all on the male!) but guess what? I have two daughters who are absolutely amazing, and have done everything and anything they set their minds on doing. I've wised up about the limiting stereotypes some people put on gender, and don't feel a bit of regret that I don't have a male offspring. About the only thing I missed out on is getting peed in the face while changing a diaper!

ExH and I have two daughters. We decided before the second was born that there'd be no more kids. (I had my tubes tied after a C-section and he had a vasectomy.)

We would often get comments like those above. I know most people are just making friendly conversation and we treated it as such but occasionally they were just so intrusive it was necessary to put people in their place.

As for that "don't you want to give your husband a son?" routine, I jokingly retorted that he'd already have one if he was man enough to produce one.

 

[L&Lfan]

Some don't like it when others point out a "zombie thread". I assume that's what they're talking about.

Especially when they're obnoxious or over the top about it.

 

[maxiesmom]

Here are a few of mine that are work related (I work retail).

#1 People who continue to talk on their phone when you are ringing them up. They are also the ones who get mad because you didn't give them a discount or ring up their coupon. The ones you didn't know they had because they were so busy on the phone they couldn't even make eye contact with you.

#2 Women who pull their cash out of their sweaty cleavage. Have had that happen more than once. Seriously? Yuck!

#3 If a tag is missing off of an item, people who say "Gee there is no tag, it must be free!!" Ha. Ha. Ha. Haven't heard that a thousand times before. So witty!!!!

 

[LSUmiss]

We have 4 girls and an infant son.

I HATE it when people say "Oh, poor Dad." Or "Finally got your boy, huh?"

You wouldn't believe the number of people who make the exact comments above. And before DS was born, people would straight up ask "Going to try until you get your boy?" I found it intrusive and insulting.

We have 5 kids because we wanted 5 kids. If we had all girls we would be perfectly happy. If we had all boys we would be perfectly happy. I know it is stupid to be so irritated by it, I think it would be less aggravating if it didn't happen ALL THE TIME.

So, do you have a stupid pet peeves you want to share?

I hate this too! I’m pregnant with a boy & ppl say “oh I bet your husband is happy”. Uh yeah we both are & would have been with a girl too!

 

[LSUmiss]

I hate it when people don't wait for people to exit the elevator before squeezing on. I also hate it when people squeeze onto the elevator period.

It happens EVERY DAY when I go to class.

Ha! I hate this too! Sometimes I can’t help it & say “well you can have it all to yourself in a minute if you just let me out!”

 

[shoney]

I hate it when people don't wait for people to exit the elevator before squeezing on. I also hate it when people squeeze onto the elevator period.

It happens EVERY DAY when I go to class.

Or a subway or train. How are people going to get in if you don’t let people get out???

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Social functions where I am looked at in a funny way because I have a beer in my hand instead of a wine glass. I enjoy a glass of wine every now and then but I def. prefer a good porter or stout

Really silly but the few people, at least in my experience, who still use bluetooth ear pieces to talk on cell phones. Nearly everytime I have the urge to say something because I think they are talking to me lol. But along those lines I really don't like being in the car with my father-in-law because he will use the ear piece the entire time we are in the car to talk to his girlfriend. Seriously I don't want to be tortured with your long conversation about nothing. Other than that I don't like when he drives because he tends to drive around 15 over the speed limit and has a radar detector and that beeping is annoying at least to me.

 

[tvguy]

People who say "reach out to" instead of "call".
People who say "gone missing" instead of "disappeared"
People who don't either setup their voicemail, don't delete old messages so their voicemail is full, or don't ever listen to their voicemail.

 

[jevs]

People who’ve had kids close together and tell me they understand what it’s like to have twins *eyeroll*

People who put down others when they misspell or mispronounce a word, especially if the person they’re targeting is ESL. Wish I could master more than one language.

Any debate on which is better WDW or DL - everyone knows DL is better

People who don’t think PoTC is the best ride ever.

 

[Wubar]

When posters don't research the boards to see if their same question hasn't already been previously posted (exception for repeat questions when the answers have changed due to adjustments in procedure Disney has implemented) or when they post a question on a thread without reading through some of it first. So many times the answer they are looking for is merely a few posts or one page back from their post.

 

[L&Lfan]

^^^that especially peeves me when the identical topic is ON THE SAME PAGE!!!!!

(Pardon me to the PP who hates multiple punctuation at the end of sentences.)

 

[kaytieeldr]

The boys were all because birth control in the 50s was non-existent.

Mmm, the Pill, yes. Various forms of birth control have been used for at least the last couple of millennia.

My friends name is Rhonda and she said she gets tired of the "Help me Rhonda" jokes.

Correct response: "Oh, yes, Brian wrote that for me back when we were a couple. I was ____ [age in 1964.]"

My daughter has two children and one has her very light (and beautiful alabaster skin tone) and the other has her husband's beautiful olive skin tone.
She has lost count at how many times she has been asked, " do they have the same father?" I mean really, people are so rude. She has been mostly kind in her answers but she says one of these days someone is going to ask on the wrong day.

"Yes, they have the same father. I'm not sure they're both mine, though."

Yeah my name is that of a famous landmark in Boston so I hear " Do you own famous landmark?" yeah if I owned it what I be working for a living.

No way! Your name is Massachusetts Statehouse? How awesome, and what a pain that must be!

#3 If a tag is missing off of an item, people who say "Gee there is no tag, it must be free!!" Ha. Ha. Ha. Haven't heard that a thousand times before. So witty!!!!

Do what Disney does before the next year's room rates come out. Find the highest priced item you sell, and quote that price for any unmarked merchandise.

 

[lorijohnhill]

When I was pregnant and people would ask, “How did that happen?”

Um, are you really that ignorant or do you just think fat people cant get pregnant?