Pet peeve thread

[Zavulon]

I'm sure this has been done in the Lounge before, and probably on several occasions, but curiousity motivates me to create this thread.

As you can probably guess, the question is: what are (non-political) pet peeves of yours?

Some of mine (and I have a lot) are as follows:

1.) A few selected misspellings, "definately" in particular.

2.) Panhandling musicians near entrances to supermarkets, public transportation points, etc, playing at Van Halen-type levels of volume. I have to deal with this every fucking day. I'd have given these guys some money if they had shown any consideration for my eardrums, but no....by the way, during the holidays you can add that blaring Salvation Army bell I hear every time I walk into a store, too. Bah humbug.

3.) A. period. after. every. word. (Stopped. being. cool. ages. ago. - IMO)

4.) Each and every Christmas song in existence. Bah humbug.

5.) Ridiculously excessive use of the phrase "...everyone's talking about...". A recent example is an ad for an episode of CSI Miami I saw, in which the announcer described it as "...the episode everyone's talking about." How can that be if none of us have seen it yet, asshole? Further, once EVERYBODY sees it, they'll all be talking about it? Please.

6.) When you ask directions and the answer you get begins with the phrase "Oh, it's so easy" before going into a rapidly pronounced, lengthy set of instructions given as if you know all the streets involved and the layout. ("How do I get to Tanya's house?" "Oh, it's so easy. You go Route 198 East to Route 29, turn right from Colesville at the second light, hang the next left, drive to the fountain, pass the cul de sac, hang a right on Mount Casey, drive up to the football field but hang the last possibly right before it, go down three stop signs, pass the Rite Aid, go down the hill and turn left at the hydrant, pass the high school, drive up to the park, take the first right after the pool, go down eight streets, take a left at the blue house, and Tanya is the fourth house on the right.") Give me a fucking break. "So easy," my ass.

7.) Friends and relatives hounding me to be on MySpace. Even if I wanted to be on it, some kid beat me to my choice of username, and what the hell would we do with it that we can't do with e-mail?

8.) Any commercial that says "ask your doctor if ... is right for you." The list of side effects is usually annoying, too.

9.) Office Christmas parties. Bah humbug.

10.) School fundraisers. If you need money, just ask for a donation - don't try to pass overpriced junk that I don't need on me.

You?

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

1. my list (not comprehensive)

1. People who subject you to their rap songs (happened a lot on the subway in NYC), blurted out very loudly, of course

2. Here in my cubeworld, noisy neighbors who laugh loudly and cackle like hens

3. People who mistake it's and its

4. People without a sense of humor

5. People with W stickers, even now, despite all that is happening in Iraq and has happened

7. People who veer right to make a left turn

8. People who ask me 'where I church' (that's an actual quote)

9. People who let their pets run around town unsupervised when it's dark

10. The thing that passes as 'Italian' food in many US restaurants

11. When songs from southern Italy played by a mandolin appear in commercials for Venice

12. People who have children to prove to the world they can breed

I feel better already!

[Guava Jelly]

2. I have a few

People who are just snarky to people for petty reasons If you can't say something nice STFU.
And The Grammar police..So I spell like shit big deal.

[Mad_Dem_X]

18. Just don't put apostrophes where they don't belong

and you and I will get along just fine. :D

[azmouse]

3. ...

1. Guests who leave the toilet seat up. We put it down in my house.

2. It's "my friend and I(or me)" NOT "me and my friend". Wasn't anyone taught this in school? You put the other person's name *first*.

3. Garage left open when no one is around. Ever heard of crime?

4. Republicans... every last one of them.

5. Being called 4 times in one day (and it was a Sunday!) by the same telemarketing firm

[madinmaryland]

4. Number 6. STOP. GIVING. MY. ADDRESS. OUT!

:grr:

[SoyCat]

5. Greedy, rude people and my mother's neighbors who let their dog bark all the time and leave it out

in the rain and when it's too hot or too cold to be outside.

**NOT comprehensive--I won't bore you**

[Zavulon]

6. Just got reminded of another one

People who take eight minutes to leave you a twelve-second message to your voice mail, especially at work or on a cell where you have to pay for the call. :mad:

[S n o w b a l l]

7. Those spray bottles...

....when there's still stuff in the bottom and it won't spray cause they didn't make the tube long enough. That really pisses me off bad.

[skygazer]

8. Pet peeve threads

They're the worst, man. O8)

[Ms_Dem_Meanor]

9. When a parent says...

I can't go, I am BABYSITTING MY KIDS!!!
What the F&*% do you mean?! You don't babysit your own kids. You are supposed to take care of them. It's not so much as the mother saying it... IT'S THE FATHER!!! You should be happy that you get to spend time with your children especially when they are little. When they get older you'll be wishing that you spent quality time with them.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. A few of mine:

Those bluish-greenish car headlights that are bright enough to melt your rear-view mirror and incinerate your retinas at 100 yards.

"The Little Drummer Boy," especially as sung by Las Vegas lounge-lizard-type singers.

Ebsco Industries, a telemarketing firm that has been calling me at least once a day for two weeks.

Kleenex with lotion in it. You can't clean your glasses with that stuff.

The ad for Oprah's radio show "Oprah and Friends" on XM Radio. That stupid jingle drives me right up the wall.

My passive-aggressive co-worker who is pleasant as can be to everybody to their face but sends out sly little e-mails criticizing other people's work in the guise of being helpful. I hate him and want him to go away.

[Ariana Celeste]

11. people that don't leave messages

especially the ones that don't leave a message, and then call again- not leaving a message. sometimes again, and again, and again. no amount of ringing will make me pick up when i'm in the mood to screen my calls.

[ganeshji]

12. Ejaculating in the ranch dressing is pretty high on my list.

[NMDemDist2]

13. OK that one made me laugh right out loud

:rofl:

let's see, pet peeves huh?

Leaving the shopping cart loose in the parking lot, especially when several people do it so the three closest spots are blocked by 10 carts

honking your car horn for no apparent reason while driving down a busy road

having your autolock set to honk when you press the button. can't you just hit the button on the way out of the car for heaven's sake instead of making me jump 50 feet away? or at least set it to just blink the lights

the newspaper delivery person who throws it behind the railroad ties in my landscape so I can't see the paper from the kitchen window. what happened to just tossing it in the driveway? and what's with delivering the paper after 8AM in the first place?

people that leave a message and say their call back number so fast you have to replay it 5-6 times to get all the digits. if you are leaving me a message PLEASE state your name clearly and repeat the phone number at least twice and slowly so I have time to write it down

that's enough out of me I think

[MikeH]

14. I have a few pet peeves

People who drive with one arm out the window, or otherwise don't use both hands to steer, most particularly when making a turn or driving in tight traffic.

A person not using one's turn signal, particularly when making a left turn or any turn across the path of traffic, or changing lanes and coming close in front of me. Across the path of traffic includes pedestrian traffic.

This is a big one: someone talking on a cell phone while in a restroom. :evilgrin: Damn it, I don't like the sounds of my doing my thing in the restroom to be picked up on someone's cell phone. And I would think other people feel the same way. And neither do I like hearing bathroom sounds on the other end of a phone conversation.

I am not certain why this bothers me, and if it is just me, or other people are bothered by it too. I dislike it when someone does not close the door when going into a stall in a restroom.

Someone not flushing a toilet.

And someone not washing one's hands after using the restroom. Basic sanitation.

Someone ringing my doorbell and asking me to help them win some contest by buying some stuff I don't want, as if I would personally care at all about whatever contest they are trying to win.

[InvisibleTouch]

15. My misspelling pet peeve:

"tomarrow"

Maybe because it was used by an ignorant rethug that I used to know, but that one always irritates me, even when it comes from otherwise decent individuals. I've tried to tell them, think of the word "morning" - it comes from the same root. It's not "marning", is it? Not sure if it helped, though.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

16. Well...

anyone talking on a cell phone while they should be:
driving
swiping their CC at the checkout
holding the door for the person right behind them
speaking to the person that accompanies them
... *sigh*

drowning while I am waterboarding them for constantly talking on their oh-so-cute phone :eyes:

[Mad_Dem_X]

17. #1 for me: Rampant abuse of the apostrophe!!!!

I can't stand seeing apostrophes stuck where they DO NOT BELONG, especially on business signs:

"Flower's for Sale"
"Ask About Our Special's"

NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :argh:

It's a PLURAL, people, not a possessive! There is no need for the g--d---- apostrophes!!!!!!!