Pet peeves, annoyances, things that make you go GRRRRR!!!!

[Montauk6]

* People who giggle at love scenes in movies.

* User-unfriendly voicemail services (this may explain the root of my other pet peeve involving people who, no matter the circumstance, insist on answering their cellphone)

* Long sigs that even screw up search results.

* Grammar/spelling nazis who don't check their own critiques for errors. (extreme example "Maybe you should leatn how to spell.")

* People who read on down escalators.

* Deli chefs who think scrambled eggs means beat the eggs then do the flip-and-cook; from where I'm from that's called an omelet.

* Comedians who still think Lewinsky jokes score.

* Hollywood remakes of successful movies; why not make it interesting and remake horrendous flops, such as Bonfire of the Vanities, and try to get it right this time.

* People who insist on their individual expression/being edgy/blazing their own path by slavishly following every fashion/culture trend (e.g. piercings, tats, blue hair, etc)

* People who call before 8 AM, apologize for calling so early and then throwing in "it's not important, I was just calling blah blah..."

* Telemarketers who only go by the script and won't engage.

* Free speech crusader-wannabes and wishtheyweres who, even in light of spam and trolls, get righteously indignant over the concept of moderated forums.

[Lilyhoney]

1. My sink full of dirty dishes. nt

[Montauk6]

13. OR... sink full of dirty dishes FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE!!!!

But, when you dry that last coffee mug, don't you just feel this pleasant sense of victory?

[Lilyhoney]

20. Victory never comes.

It is like a friggin curse. It just does'nt end. You can think you are done and then you look and there is more somehow.

[Montauk6]

23. I actually feel better having learned that bleach is the key for caked-on

cheesy casserole dishes.

[Lilyhoney]

27. Funny that you mention cheesey casserole dish

because that is on of the 5 items I washed today. I did not use bleach. I used my foaming dish soap and let it soak in hot water for a little while. Then I used a wooden spatula to to scrape the foul muck into the garbage and followed thru with my new sponge. And ofcourse I used gloves.

[Montauk6]

31. The bleach is better though you gotta use caution

It takes the gooeyness out of the cheese.

[flvegan]

2. Hmmm...I can think of a couple

* People that leave their shopping cart in a place where someone else will have to move it (handicapped spot, behind another car, etc)

* Individuals that bought the high performance version of a car, for example, the Steeda Mustang, then drive it like they're on 4 stowaway spare tires. Seems almost hypocritical.

* Almost anyone, almost anytime on a cell phone in public. Double points for people yammering non-stop into those Bluetooth things.

* When folks don't rack their weights at the gym. It's the gym...why are you being lazy?

* Parking in the fire lane, anywhere.

* Those with turn-signal phobias. Just use the damn thing.

[kwolf68]

3. Plenty

-In traffic, when approaching a merge, some people go all the way till the end creating a bottleneck furthre perpetuating traffic. I hate them

-People who toss ciggarettes out their window

-Anyone who isn't handicapped that takes an elevator DOWN ONE FLOOR. WTF is that?


Those are 3 right now

[driver8]

16. Waiting until the last minute to merge drives me absolutely crazy!

There are two places to merge on my route to work. It drives me nuts when people wait until the last minute because they usually end up cutting me off.

[spacelady]

53. What about those that zip around you immediately before you can make sure

all is clear to merge because they cut off your line of sight & then you are totally blocked from merging because everyone else follows them before they get around you?

[cobalt1999]

46. ditto on the elevator thing!

That always bugs me. I have a 3 floor rule. If you are going less than 3 floors USE THE STAIRS!

[unpossibles]

4. yes

* people who make lists

;)

(just kidding)




* people who are jerks then say, "just kidding"

[Jamastiene]

5. Trash.

Having to take it off. I grew up where men came and took it away once I threw it in the can outside. Now, I have to load it into the trunk of the car which turns my stomach. I have a small car and have to use the same trunk for my books (to prevent theft at school) and for groceries. I'm one nasty heifer apparently.

[Zavulon]

6. People who give directions starting with "Oh, it's so easy..."

"...you go down 198 to 29, and then onto 495, get off at 395, take exit 53, go to the second light, take a right, go three more lights, take a left, go down the road until it veers to the left and then hang a right at the fork, go about 100 yards until you see a pink house, turn right, take the next left, pass the cul de sac and pull into the fourth driveway on the right."

Yeah, REAL easy.

[deucemagnet]

9. Directions are my big peeve.

I usually tell people, "Just give me an address and I'll look it up on Google maps. Really, it's easier for me that way." But no, giving directions is hardwired into their brains, they can't help it. "You go down 171 and make a right at the bridge, and then at the top of the hill there's this store, you know, that store, and you make a right at the store and then go a couple..."

I feel like I'm losing IQ points when people give directions. :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

[Montauk6]

17. The other side is also a beef with me

I believe in the concept of "Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You." Therefore, when I ask someone for directions or the time, I ALWAYS (straight up) begin with "Excuse me, I'm sorry, but..." It seems like every time someone approaches me it's "WHERE'S 50TH STREET?" And THEN no thank yous.

[skygazer]

7. Rudeness

The canned music and commercials that get played in all retail outlets.

People who say, "Smile! It can't be that bad!" (sometimes it is)

People who get into the checkout line then leave to get "one more item" and don't come back for ten minutes while the checker has already begun to ring them up so we all have to wait.

One-uppers - you know, the people whose answer to everything is, "Well, how do you think I feel?"

Radio stations that play one song for ever 15 commercials.

Rebates.

Junk faxes.

Litterbugs.

[cwydro]

8. i have a few of the same ones

litterbugs....rude people....loud cellphone talkers....people who answer the cellphone when they are talking to another person face to face....call waiting....hmmm, I guess all of these could just be filed under rude people.

I have to admit...the escalator thing...I live in a town with NO escalators and this intrigues me...why not read on an escalator? And why is the down different from the up?

[Montauk6]

18. That was my fault, Cwydro, I should've clarified

I was thinking of the scenario when you hear the train approaching which you're going to miss because you're blocked by a traffic jam of bodies led by Mr. Conspicuous Reader.

[cwydro]

55. OK, now I understand

I live in a town with NO escalators and no trains...probably less than a dozen elevators...sooooo....:dunce:
Lots of boats though

[LeftyMom]

10. Unhelpful salespeople

People with high performance cars who drive like grandmas. If you're going to drive like it's economy car in need of a tuneup, you could have saved a lot of money.

People who forget basic things about who I am. No, I don't want a cheeseburger Dad. :eyes:

People who think it's really really funny to offer my kid food he can't or won't eat.

People who chat all through the lecture. I paid to be there and it was to hear the guy in front of the class talk about political science, not to hear about the sale where you got your pants, you freakin' airhead. Shut up or go outside, 'cause you're going to fail the class anyhow.

[Merrick]

11. Overly courteous people

the kinds that see you coming towards the door they're entering from a half mile away and stand there holding it open for you - making you feel obliged to hasten your leisurely stroll, and motorists who see you looking to cross the street and hit the brakes, stopping traffic and (again) compelling you to hurry across when you were perfectly happy and able to wait for the gap in traffic that was coming three seconds later.

might sound kind of bad, but it's true.

[rug]

12. Andy Rooney.

[LadyoftheRabbits]

14. Where I work,

It's people who talk on their cell phones the entire time they're doing a purchase with me. :mad:

[Ariana Celeste]

15. Right this moment,

fucking chain emails that are now posted as bulletins on Myspace. (Yes I'm on there.)

[Montauk6]

19. Actually MySpace itself is VERY annoying!

Lately, I've noticed when Googling something, I'll see a result that looks interesting, I go to it, and it's some MySpace blog which is set to start playing loud music automatically. One time I had to reboot because the damned thing locked up my sound card.

[Ariana Celeste]

22. I hear ya

I can't look at profiles very often because I'm on dial up- grr.

[Zavulon]

33. That's not the half of it!

I had an account there, and every time I logged on I got about 50 friend requests from girls wanting me to check out some link or another. I'm straight as an arrow and some of the pictures were nice enough to look at, but I get enough spam as it is. I eventually shitcanned my account.

[KamaAina]

21. Bikes on the sidewalk

I'm doing 3, the jerk's doing 15 or 20... imagine tooling down the freeway at 55 and then being passed by Tony Stewart in the 20 car. :grr:

[Pool Hall Ace]

35. Oh, I'm with you there.

And those motorized scooters, too. I don't care if you're a kid or an adult, those things belong in the street.

:mad:

[lost-in-nj]

24. People

who pull out in front of me and decide to go 25mph in a 40 zone....
and there is NO ONE behind me ... geez cant wait 2 more seconds. You just have to cut me off??!!111

Calling a phone number to figure out a problem
and getting an animated voice system
I was on the phone for 20 minutes calling Verizon today before I could talk to a human
how many times do I have to press 1 or 4 or 3 as an option!!!!????



lost

[Montauk6]

30. And don't you hate those automated voice messaging systems who

tell you to listen everything as there are NEW options. Then, the voice REMINDS you that most of your questions could be answered by visiting their website.

I also hate that they eliminated the once-always-reliable zero option that would take you to a human.

[justacitizen]

59. Mine too

What exacerbates the problem is when they pull out in front of you, go slow and then shortly later they turn left into a line of oncoming traffic causing you to wait for them.

Or the idiots that drive in the left lane at speeds below the limit on interstate highways.

Screaming brats on airplanes...they always sit near me.

[mvd]

25. Electrical outages, emergency alert system tests, drying after..

a shower, the opinion that no or virtually no modern music is good, some music review sites, general rudeness, credit card companies and banks..

[mvd]

29. I'll add

people that say "like" all the time.

[politicat]

26. Chick friends who can't go to the bathroom alone.

I really don't want to listen to you pee, thanks. And yno, you can't flush yourself away.

Anti-smoking crusaders who want to confine smokers to desert concentration camps and let them dehydrate slowly. (I don't smoke, but I see it as a form of knee-jerkism that is just crazy.)

Knee-jerkism in general. Think, people. It's not painful, and your brains could use the exercise.

I got mine, so fuck you ism. You didn't always have yours, and if other people had treated you the way you treat them, you wouldn't have yours, either.

[suzbaby]

28. People who email or post on myspace things like the following....

If you're a TRUE friend repost this. If you don't send/repost this I know you're not a real friend.





*DELETE!!!!!!* That's what I do to you!

[crim son]

32. Internet service providers that, when your connection goes

down and you end up waiting for someone to take your call and help you, have any annoying "while you're waiting" message recommending that you go to their website for immediate help." How, for gawd's sake? How?

[Zavulon]

34. Sports announcers who treat you like you're stupid

"It's third and five, the Ravens are down by four and with nine seconds remaining in regulation they probably have time for two more plays. Remember, a field goal does them no good because they'd still be down by one."

Yeah, fuck you.

[crim son]

40. Hi Zavulon!

Where in Canada did you spend half your life? I left Canada when I was fifteen, in 1978. Just curious.

[Zavulon]

41. Hi, Crim. Laval, Toronto, Hamilton. You? (NT)

[crim son]

49. Born in Toronto and moved between there

and Vancouver several times. I know what you mean about missing it these days, although the government in place is a conservative one right now. Bush clone.

[Zavulon]

52. Better social system, though, and

I truly don't think Harper will last until Bush is replaced. Canada is a country which airs the funerals of Valerie Gignac and Jane Creba nationwide, whereas we lose dozens of cops and innocent teens a week and nobody outside of the zip code notices. Canadian voters won't put up with Afghanistan for long. Harper's total tenure will be 18 to 24 months, no longer. I'm hoping to be able to say "Prime Minister Dryden" soon.

[u4ic]

56. Grew up in Mississauga

Hi Zavulon! :hi:

[Pool Hall Ace]

36. My husband's rude friends

Here is an example:

{ Phone rings }

Me: Hello.

Doofus: Bill?

Me (less cheerful now): No, guess again.

Doofus: Is Bill there?


I guess phone manners are considered optional now. :(

[CBHagman]

44. That one's been going on a long, long time.

My then-housemate's boyfriend's mother (Got that?) used to call from Canada, where I thought people were polite, and when I answered the phone, all the woman would say was her son's name. Would it have killed her to say, "Hello. This is Mrs. Hoppenglopper calling from Niagara-on-the-Lake. May I speak to Brian, please?"

Names have been changed to protect the guilty! :-)

[raccoon]

37. People who drive like a bat out of hell in a parking lot. nt

[1gobluedem]

38. People who can SEE that I'm pulling out of a parking space

But walk directly behind my car anyway even though there are several other options available. That happened to me three times this week.

People who take a sick day just because they're tired or something else instead of being sick; leaving me here to handle their work and mine. I have a woman who works for me who has taken more sick time in 13 months than I've taken in 15 years.

[Deep13]

39. Mine & response to yours.

"* People who giggle at love scenes in movies."
As opposed to people like me who make rude comments a la Mystery Science Theater.

"* User-unfriendly voicemail services (this may explain the root of my other pet peeve involving people who, no matter the circumstance, insist on answering their cellphone)"
Phone rage?

"* Long sigs that even screw up search results."
My Sig has a 4.5" barrel which is longish for an automatic.

"* Grammar/spelling nazis who don't check their own critiques for errors. (extreme example "Maybe you should leatn how to spell.")"
I try not to do that, but a typo (finger misplacement) is different than constantly using wrong grammar. There have been posts on message boards that I simple had to guess what they meant. Having said all that, for an educated person I have a pretty loose grip on the spelling of a lot of words.

"* People who read on down escalators."
Yah mean da moving stairs? You must be a city folk!

"* Deli chefs who think scrambled eggs means beat the eggs then do the flip-and-cook; from where I'm from that's called an omelet."
Delicatessens have chefs?

"* Comedians who still think Lewinsky jokes score."
Yeah, Leno!

"* Hollywood remakes of successful movies; why not make it interesting and remake horrendous flops, such as Bonfire of the Vanities, and try to get it right this time."
Yeah, Nick Cage!

"* People who insist on their individual expression/being edgy/blazing their own path by slavishly following every fashion/culture trend (e.g. piercings, tats, blue hair, etc)"
Pants pulled down around ass: looked idiotic in the 90s and still does.

"* People who call before 8 AM, apologize for calling so early and then throwing in "it's not important, I was just calling blah blah...""
Good chance to try out the new telephonic death ray.

"* Telemarketers who only go by the script and won't engage."
Telemarketers period.

"* Free speech crusader-wannabes and wishtheyweres who, even in light of spam and trolls, get righteously indignant over the concept of moderated forums."
That's unfair to the crusader-neverwasses.

MINE:
Slogan blurting. The office manager snapped today and went on a rant about how shitty things are getting and how the rest of the civilized world is doing better. The responses were, "This is the greatest country in the world!" and "At least you have free speech." Others include "Life's not fair" and "snap out of it."

TV ads, all of them.

[youthere]

42. Here's mine:

The woman who is ahead of me in the grocery line who waits until everything in her two carts is rung up before deciding that she forgot to get a can of black olives on the OTHER side of the store and then makes everyone behind her WAIT while she LEAVES HER KID THERE gets the olives. Then she comes back 8 minutes later with the Olives, a jar of apple jelly, a package of hotdogs and a box of saltines-which she exchanges for the ones in her cart (that have already been rung through and now need to be cancelled) because she noticed THIS box was 3 cents cheaper. Once everything has been totalled she decides that this is the moment to start digging through her wallet and purse for any coupons that she might have brought because GOD KNOWS she might be able to save 15 cents on that jar of Jiffy spread. Never mind the fact that the line is growing and that the rest of us have things we'd like to do TODAY and that the frickin' gallon of milk in my cart is expiring and that her KID has just knocked down a candy display and is kicking MARS BARS all over the frickin' floor which she pays absolutely NO attention to. Then she absolutely MUST answer that cell phone because the future of humanity hangs in the balance of her knowing that the book she ordered from Barnes and Nobles is now available and the rest of us will be relieved to know that she will be in to pick it up around 2:00. Once she's hung up with bookstore and finished displaying and replacing the entire contents of her purse (no coupon by the way-"must have left it at home") she can finally start to make out the FRICKIN CHECK but she has NO FRICKIN' PEN!!!

that..and when the cashier calls me "hun".

and

[cobalt1999]

43. some good one already listed here.

A couple of others...

* People that stand still on the moving sidewalks in the airports. (It's not a ride at Disney!)

* Long Voicemail messages (Get to the point already and I'll call you back)

[Ediacara]

45. People who drive the wrong way in one-way parking lots

Look, if the parking lot looks like this:

/ / / / / / / / / / / /| 
 / / / / / / / / / / / |
    ---->
 \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ |
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \|
    <------
/ / / / / / / / / / / /|
 / / / / / / / / / / / |

YOU MUST DRIVE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE ARROWS.  If I honk at
you for driving the wrong way, you've no right to get mad. 
YOU'RE DRIVING THE WRONG FREAKING WAY ON A ONE WAY!!!!

[calico1]

47. One that has been bothering me since

Sept. 11, 2001---the need for some people to refer to that date as "Nine eleven" even going so far as to type "Nine eleven." Or worse: "Nine One One." Since WHEN do dates get expressed this way? Would that make today "Nine Fifteen" or "Nine One Five?" To me that date is either September 11, or 9/11 if I were typing it or "September Eleventh" if I were saying it. Just as I would refer to any other date. I would never say "Twelve Twenty Five" to refer to Christmas (certainly not type it that way!) or say any other dates that way. Why this one? Its just something that grates on my nerves. x(

[Ediacara]

50. The whole US date writing system bothers me

I always write days as 15 Sept 2006, which is the generally non-North American convention. It makes sense and leaves very little chance for confusion. Canada (at least on official docs) uses a reversed system: 2006-09-15, which also makes sense but I dislike because I already know what year it is so you needn't tell me that first.

[fizzgig]

48. generally speaking

* people who leave me voice mail at work and all they say is "hi, this is X. i need you call me at XXX." is it that hard to tell me why you are calling as i ask you to do in the greeting? guess what, no call back for you.

* all the previous traffic rants, but especially the ones who try to run you off the road when their lane ends and then slam on their brakes to make a left turn and people who go under the speed limit in the left lane on the highway or interstate. conversely, people who ride my ass in the right lane when i'm going under the speed limit (that's usually when i'm cresting a hill as my car has no oomph).

* people who are rude when i dial a wrong number

[bif]

51. Eating chips with your mouth open in the next cube

[fudge stripe cookays]

54. Overly solicitous and perky salespeople.

I've been there, I've worked retail, and I know the line you're supposed to be giving me in your FREAKING OBNOXIOUS, OVERLY PERKY voice!

"I'm JUST LOOKING, LEAVE ME ALONE." Grrrrrrrr.....

[mtnester]

57. Neighbors too lazy to bring the DAMN TASH CANS IN !!!

Dammit, everyone else on the court keeps a decent yard (as in cleaned up) and this guy leaves his cans at the end of his drive all the time...and he is at the front of the court

We all bitch about it. He also has 5 grills in his driveway, a trailer on the sidre of the house that has not MOVED in a year, BAILS HAY when he decides to mow his yard...

Must stop...stress level rising

[tinfoil tiaras]

58. nEt TaWlKiiN lYkE diiZz!11

aNd d1i1i1i1zZzZ1!!1111!11337!!1111

*stupid instant messenger screenames like "oLeMisSrEbElcHeErhOtTiEpInKgRl4lYF000004" or something along those lines
*FReepers
*bras that don't fit
*cheap-LOOKING clothes (all inexpensive clothes aren't nessisarily "cheap" looking), likw those jeans that look like they're made of real denim but they're not; instead they're made out of plastic/stretch/fake denim...gross
*Sequins on clothes, bags, etc
*CROCKS. OMG THOSE ARE THE MOST FUGLY THINGS EVER.
*Middle Schoolers who think they're cool but they really arent
*people who practice cheerleading/dance team in class (e.x. while taking a test, you glance over at Susie* and see her doing the motions to a new cheer she learned yesterday)
*people that would otherwise be cool exept they put conservitive as their political belifs on facebook :( :(
*skanks/whores/etc
...
*no real names were used