Biggest Pet Peeve?

[officegirl]

My friend sent me an email today trying to cheer me up because I am have ANOTHER one of those days, ugh! Well, he told me that he figured out what his biggest pet peeve is... He said he absolutely can not stand it when someone sneezes multiple times and another person insists on saying "Bless you" after every single sneeze instead of waiting until the person is completely done sneezing and saying one big bless you for all of the sneezes! I never would have guessed that would be someone's biggest pet peeve, lol! So I was wondering what everyone else's pet peeves were?

I think I have a lot of pet peeves because I am not a very patient person... but after lots of consideration, I decided my biggest of all was when people stare at me. It makes me SO uncomfortable and it's pretty rude. Wait, I also really don't like it when people talk over me when I am trying to talk. Yeah, I think those two are tied... :)

[Lace Neil Singer]

People bugging me about smoking. Yes, I know it's bad, leave me alone!

[NightWolf]

people that sit and snap their gum constantly.

[BrightEyedKitty]

People. That's it, just people.

[Phoenix79]

People that insist on talking on their cell phones when they are driving . . . and they aren't driving the speed limit . . . and won't stay in their lane . . . GET OFF YOUR DAMN CELL PHONE, IDIOT!

Phoenix - much better now, thank you! ;)

[officegirl]

People. That's it, just people.


Wow, I really never quite thought of it like that but I really think you nailed it :)

[Casino Jockey]

People bugging me about smoking. Yes, I know it's bad, leave me alone!

YES!! also people who think that because my disability is psychological it's not as important as someone who is in a wheel chair and does not deserve the same treatment.

[Ringtail Z28]

People who blurt out stupid comments for no real reason, usually in an attempt to be funny. Really just idiots in general.

[Seanette]

People that insist on talking on their cell phones when they are driving . . . and they aren't driving the speed limit . . . and won't stay in their lane . . . GET OFF YOUR DAMN CELL PHONE, IDIOT!

Phoenix - much better now, thank you! ;)
I share this peeve. I also loathe listening to someone whistle (I actually find this one physically painful), and really hate lip-smacking noises (such as someone chewing with mouth open or the near-constant lip-smacking my now-late greataunt with Alzheimer's used to do).

[Twotall]

Mine: Stupid rhetorical questions in small talk. I HATE it when I meet someone I barely know in the grocery store and they say "So... Out shopping?" or "Hey, is it you?" . I literally see red, and just want to go ballistic on them, but can't, since we're in public... If I know them well enough, I try to answer with something weird to counter, like "No, I'm shoplifting. This cart is just to throw them off guard".

[Fera Festiva]

He said he absolutely can not stand it when someone sneezes multiple times and another person insists on saying "Bless you" after every single sneeze instead of waiting until the person is completely done sneezing and saying one big bless you for all of the sneezes!

I have a hugely irritating co-worker that does that. I get hayfever and am allergic to various unavoidable things (like dust) so I sneeze a lot. So I get a "bless you!" every time I sneeze - or sometimes, it goes like this:

Me: *Sneeze*
Annoying: Bless you!
Me: *Sneeze*
Annoying: Twice!
Me: *Sneeze*
Annoying: Thrice!

He also has a very, very irritating tone of voice, which makes it even worse. On days when the pollen count is high I have come close to actually killing the guy.

(I keep meaning to post about this guy in the Co-workers forum - but the post would be incredibly long.)

Other than that, I would have to go with "people" as my biggest pet peeve, too. :D

[Kitten in the box]

1) People who stare at you....if I wanted to be stared at I would turn myself into a freakin' tv!!

2) People who look who "spy" and see what you are doing MYOMFB already!!

3) People who cut you off in their cars when you have the right of way when walking...then glare at you as if you said something insulting to them.

4) People who cut you off when you are speaking

5) 12 year olds having a tantrum because they cannot get their candy bar...stfu already!!

too much more to mention

[Lace Neil Singer]

5) 12 year olds having a tantrum because they cannot get their candy bar...stfu already!!


It's 1000 times worse when it's a grown man throwing a tantrum cuz you won't let him pay with a dodgy note, believe me.

[Spiffy McMoron]

These are things that just really rub me the wrong way-and for no particular reason, either.

1. When a band that I hate puts out a kick-ass song.
2. Guys with pink shirts and/or popped collars.
3. Rachael Ray
4. "Contest"-style reality TV. I.E: Survivor, Fear Factor, _____ Idol, etc. This is not to be confused with the "Observer"-style reality TV, such as American Chopper and Miami Ink.
5. Riced-out Cavaliers and Neon. Almost any other car model is OK, but for whatever reason, those two really anger me.

[Ryu]

Girls wearing shorts that are barely there or have stuff written on the backs
The first part goes for tops as well
Guys wearing underarmor or muscle shirts in public, nothing wrong with wanting to show off you work out but I dont care to see it when I'm minding my own business, eating, or at work

[Lace Neil Singer]

Buttword jeans

Fat girls in thin girl fashion.

Same goes for pregnant girls wearing skimpy tops. No, I do not want to see your veiny stretchmarked bump, thanks very much.

People bugging me about smoking, like one idiot who whined while I was standing at a bus stop, "Please stop the smoke blowing in my face." Well, for one reason, the wind was blowing the smoke away from her, so how it got in her face must be a miracle. Second, we can still smoke in public you know.

SCs.

People in people carriers with just 1 child in the back.

4by4s, see above.

[KuzcoLlama]

I cannot stand Rachel Ray either. It's mostly her voice. I'm a weird person who, when I hear a sound I don't like, I get into a "STOPITSTOPITNOWITMUSTSTOP" mode. I can't change the channel fast enough.

So going along with that, just simply the wrong sound will make me annoyed to no end.

That kid with the drumsticks who can't stop playing them in the library. We are going to give him an ultimatum though: Put them away or get banned.

People who won't stop treating me like I'm three. Yes I'm short, yes I've got one of those "youthful" faces, but if you talk to me like I'm an idiot and frail, my clumsy little hands are going to use the stapler on you.

That's pretty much it. I'm in zen mode most of the time now.

[One-Fang]

I know not this Rachel Ray chick, but there's this TV show, something like "Yoga TV", that is on after one I record. The "coming up next" ad for it is always the last one in the break, so when fast forwarding I generally have to listen to a couple of seconds of it. Her voice! Arrrgh!! Her voice!!! Can't stand it.

Driving slow on the open road for no apparent reason. Horse float? You take your time, buddy. Trailer? Don't go popping those tyres, take it slow. But no evident reason that you're driving your perfectly fine looking average sedan vehicle a good 20k under the limit? Get the F out of my way!!!

People who completely miss every single "I'm bored, will you stop talking and go away now please" hint there is. Shuddup already!! I was done listening to you 20 minutes ago but your mouth's still wobbling.

[ArenaBoy]

What annoys me, let's see:

That know-it-all in classes, who never shuts up and doesn't get the hint that we want him to.

White guys who think they're black but just look stupid trying to look it.

People who call me a "womanizer" just because most of my friends are girls.

Boomer cars that I can hear 10 blocks away from my house.

Trying to change my guitar strings myself, it can be a pain.

Those buttword shorts also.

Middle age women with WAY too much plastic surgery, witnessed that at work.

Any reality TV show

Getting angry looks for having long hair, I've gotten that so many times it's not even funny.

Finally, people who always seem to use thier kids as an excuse for EVERYTHING. If said kid is running around pinching me in the nose and I've asked nicely to stop, please do something about it.

[Ryu]

People who call me a "womanizer" just because most of my friends are girls.


I have a similar problem, not always but it has happened before
Most of my friends are girls so I've been called a pimp before :rolleyes:

[Lace Neil Singer]

Better than being called a slag cuz all your friends are guys. I used to have that problem. I still have a lot of guy friends, but now I don't give a s*** what various uptight girls think.

[Becks]

People bugging me about smoking, like one idiot who whined while I was standing at a bus stop, "Please stop the smoke blowing in my face." Well, for one reason, the wind was blowing the smoke away from her, so how it got in her face must be a miracle. Second, we can still smoke in public you know.

Same here, but not at a bus stop. At work, usually. Smoke goes towards the non-smoker, you know. Just ask Bella. :p

What else?

Tailgaters when I'm already going at least 5 MPH over the speed limit...and then when there's a passing zone, they don't take advantage of it.

I'm sure there's more, but it's now time for me to get ready for work.

[Plaidman]

Morally wrong people: (Cheating/lying/hurting/killing etc. That includes me)

Thieves. They need to have their legs/arms broken, tongue ripped out and toss into a dumpster so no-one can hear them scream or escape while they wait til they get crushed.

Mind you, this isn't children stealing, or mentally challange people, or people stealing food to feed their family, I'm talking about the ones who are smart enough to know better, and have the money, and make it a habit to steal.

Having a high immune system. So many sleeping pills, not affecting me at all. :(

Dumb people.

I'm sure there are more.

[MystyGlyttyr]

Sara Sidle from CSI. ...I want to assault my TV at the very sight of her. If she were a real human being and crossed my path, one of us would not walk away from the encounter. Sadly, since she believes in guns and I don't, I have zero doubt about who it would be :lol:

...the next four all tie together but they're all infuriating.

Getting gawked at by people who can't imagine there exists a 24-year-old girl who has never had sex, groped, or even made it to first base.

People who insist I must just be making it up when I explain to them what an "asexual" person is.

Especially so when this is a person who fully supports gay/bi lifestyles. Come on, you acknowledge there are different orientations so what the hell is wrong with mine??

People who point out that because I look at men, I MUST feel something for them. Here's the thing...I look at men. I also look at women. I also look at cats, dogs, statues, trashcans, and have been known to spend hours staring blankly at the ceiling. I know what's good-looking when I see it, but just because I like to look at it doesn't mean I want to have sex with it. DAMN.

...to be honest, just about anything can annoy me at the right time but these things REALLY drive me batty.

[AFpheonix]

People who tell me WAAAYYYY more information than I ever wanted to know about them. Like one of the techs at work. I just start yelling "TMI!" at him now. Egads.

People who can't be bothered to learn from mistakes, and keep making them. On the same token, people that are lazy and just let other people handle all the work.

Slow drivers, ones that weave all over everywhere, and ones that don't go right away when the light turns green, especially at intersections where I know the lights are short.

People that ask questions that make me or someone else repeat what has already been said. For the love of god, I just SAID that! Could you possibly listen to the words coming out of my mouth?

Whiners.

[CreepyCarrie]

When I'm walking in a store or whatever and the GROUP of people in front of me are...taking...their...sweet...time...to...move. They always walk side by side in a line so you can't even go around them. :rant:

The pieces of cellophane that stick to the spines of new DVDs. What is up with that? You can't get them off with a blowtorch.

The MPAA

Kids on those heely shoes (I think there was a thread about this a while back..). Run into me why donthca?

Count me as one of the people who hates butt word pants

10 and 11 year old girls wearing shirts that say 'Sexy' or 'Hot Stuff.' You are neither sexy nor hot stuff. You are 11.

Full screen DVDs

[BusBus]

-Folks who interrupt me while I'm talking (both at work and in my personal time)

-Renee Zellweger

-Slack jaw (folks who sit and/or walk around with their mouths hanging open)

-Seeing frequent spelling and/or grammatical errors in a printed publication (like a local newspaper)

-folks who insist on bringing ther damn purse dogs everywhere (I saw someone skiing with their dog on their back once)

[Kitten in the box]

1) People who ask generally stupid questions.... (like where is the bread and they are staring stupidly at the motor oil)

2) People who are butteaded asswipes when you are on lunch or break

3) People who play their stereos late at night/early morning when you are trying to sleep

[Kitten in the box]

some more here

1) People who get in your business
2) People who "twist" things around so YOU are the one who gets in trouble :pissed:
3) Hearing arguing late at night/early morning when you are trying to sleep
4) People looking at what you are eating....ITS FOOD!! DUH!!!!
5) Yapping little dogs who think they are big sh*t.
6) Having words put in your mouth when you never said anything
7) Snitches
8) Being bugged on lunch with things that 'waste my time' such as getting a buy one get one or giving directions to a place I could care less about.
9) Being interrupted when I am trying to help someone....DO IT YOURSELF IM BUSY!!!
10) Stupid people asking questions like "where is the bread" and they are staring like 'tards at the motor oil.
11) Being told HOW to spend your money
12) People who get in MY WAY when I am in a hurry to get somewhere....they just dart right out in front of you and stop you to ask a generally stupid question...Yes they have literally BLOCKED me to prevent me from moving....I moved they moved.

[Spiffy McMoron]

I cannot stand Rachel Ray either. It's mostly her voice. I'm a weird person who, when I hear a sound I don't like, I get into a "STOPITSTOPITNOWITMUSTSTOP" mode. I can't change the channel fast enough.

I think that it has to do with the way she waves her hands around when she talks. Oh, plus this-I was watching the show "Tasty Travels with Racheal Ray" or something like that, and she was in Vancouver. Every time she tried some food on the show, she would put next to none of it on her fork, and be moaning in esctasy before it reached her mouth.

Also

-People who hate gays, but not lesbians, or they hate lesbians, but not gays. If you're going to hate them, fine, but why exclude one gender? We all know it's hypocritical.

-98% of all rap videos. All of the macho-man posing, the bling, the bitches (or the hos), fancy cars, and talking about how "gansta" you used to be when you sold rocks in Bronx alleys. Shut up.

-A show on MTV called "My Super-Sweet Sixteenth". It talks about the birthday parties that pampered, spoiled sixteen-year-olds get. One girl got a Range Rover from her parents, another got a Bollywood star to teach her to dance. All of the episodes that I have seen, the "star" of the show blows a gasket and has a giant hissy fit because some minute detail of her extravagent bash got screwed up. It makes me want to punch the TV.

[Greenday]

1. Huge hipocrites(cough, my female friends here who want nice boyfriend but go out, get drunk, and hook up with random jerks...)
2. Bigots
3. People who think Tom Brady is God.
4. Cliques
5. When people act like they are entitled to whatever they want.

[CreepyCarrie]

It talks about the birthday parties that pampered, soiled sixteen-year-olds get.

Hehehe that made me giggle :lol:

[Mighty Girl]

Invasion of personal space.

This includes:
-the practice of forming a line, only to have the person technically behind you standing beside you. Here's a quarter, go buy a friend.

-touching me for any reason. My hearing works quite well, you don't need to touch my shoulder OR ANYTHING ELSE to get my attention.

-breathing on me- and for pity's sake, go buy some mints. If I can tell what you had for lunch, you're too damn close.

-bumping into me with your shopping cart when I'm in line at the grocery store. First time, fine. Second time, prepare to have that cart surgically removed.

-trying to get my daughter to smile or talk to you. I specifically teach her NOT to do those things, so shut up.

-parking your car too close to my car.

-pulling into a parking spot right next to me, when I'm obviously extricating a child from a car seat, and there are a million other suitable spaces nearby.

-Touching my hair, I don't care if you think it's pretty, it's still touching and you're still a stranger.

-by extension, touching my daughter's hair. I'm constantly teaching her that you don't have to touch things in order to admire them, and there you go refuting all my efforts- THANKS.

[susan]

--Whoever it is at our sister store who just slaps the price stickers on the books. Now I don't expect it to be perfectly straight and in the lower right corner at all times, but honestly....cockeyed in the dead center of the book? How can you look at that and think it's OK?

--People who think that because you work at a bookstore you have read every title in the store, as well as 100 others not in the store, are therefore willing and able to give an oral book report about a book and can magically discern whether they book they are holding is appropriate for Great-Aunt Sally. And the "tsk-tsk" they give after I confess that I do have other interests and have not had time to read whatever obscure "American classic" they are contemplating purchasing.

--The damn plastic bags we have at work that are designed to be hung on hooks that we do not have. So instead of ripping one at a time off the hooks like you are supposed to, you try to grab one from the box and thirty others come with it.

(Why yes, I did just get home from work. Why do you ask?)

--People who do not walk on the freakin sidewalk but insist on walking in the damn road that I am driving down. Sidewalks are there for a reason!!

--Buttword shorts/pants

--Skinny jeans...and all the fashion writers who keep insisting that curvy gals can wear them too.

--The people who work in the nursing home across the street from me who can't park. I am sick of having to park a block away from my house because everybody else is using 1.5 car lengths for their car.

--Comic strips/commercials/sitcoms/whatever that use the tired old stereotype of clueless women who can't understand sports and won't let their men watch them in peace. And the one about women shopping until they drop....bonus points if they drag their husbands along with them.

I know there are many, many more. These are just the ones that come to mind.

[Ree]

As a mod, here are my biggest pet peeves:

Excessive quoting. Use the edit feature, people, or don't hit the quote button when all you really want to do is reply.

Saying, "Mods, if this in the wrong place, feel free to move it." Believe me, we will.

Members ignoring the stickies that contain important information and guidelines.

(There are probably more, but I can't think of them.)

Aside from CS, my personal pet peeves:

People who use the word, "myself" instead of just saying "me".

People who put the toilet paper roll on backwards.

People who empty something and don't replace or refill, or tell someobody that it's empty.

People who see that something is getting low and don't mention it so that more can be ordered in, then when I go to use it, I realize there is no more supply and I have to wait a week to get more.

People who borrow without asking.

People who lose things out of carelessness.

People who make excuses instead of just admitting error or accepting responsibility.

People who only half listen and think they know what I said, then screw things up, or answer a question I haven't asked.

My husband thinking he knows what I'm going to say and then saying it before I do, or finishing my sentences either at the same time, or before me. (He does this to other people too, and it really bugs me.)
I know other people who do this, too, and it bugs me, so I'm not just picking on hubby tonight.

Smoking in my home when it's not supposed to happen. (My husband smoking at my desk when nobody is home. Hello?? I can still smell it when I open the door, I don't care how much air freshener you use.)

Probably more that I can't think of. (Is it just me ,or does it seem like I'm in a bitchy mood? :p)

[Ree]

I thought of something else that annoys me.
I detest the use of the words "gay" and "retarded" to describe something unpleasant.

[Twotall]

A few more from me:

-A couple of my friends, when they make themselves feel a little too much at home in my home. I know you've been here several times, but that still does not mean you can help yourself to anything in the cupboards, start making coffee or using the stove as you like. At least ask a small question, like "can I get some...?" or "How about some coffee?"

-Tom Hanks. And please, don't start replying how you "OMG, I can't belive it!" or how good an actor he is. I disagree. I can't stand the man, nothing you say will convince me otherwise. Once, every five years or so, I can bring myself to seeing one of the major blockbusters he's in (just so I'll know what people are talking about), if it's on TV or I otherwise don't have to pay for it. But I cringe every time.

-People who want me to "explain" my taste in entertainment, and ask me how I can enjoy hard rock, role-playing games, Star Trek or anything else they find boring, offensive or unappealing. Just shut up, and let me enjoy it in peace. I probably feel the same way about whatever they do, anyway.

-Indian givers. No, on second thought, I take that back.

[Ree]

-A couple of my friends, when they make themselves feel a little too much at home in my home. I know you've been here several times, but that still does not mean you can help yourself to anything in the cupboards, start making coffee or using the stove as you like. At least ask a small question, like "can I get some...?" or "How about some coffee?"I almost put that in my list. :)
My daughter's (and foster daughters') friends will just come in and start getting food and drinks, as if they live here.
Don't parents teach kids manners any more?
I told my daughter I would be mortified if I knew she went to other people's homes and did that.

I usually say to the kids, "Excuse me, but I don't go to your home and start rummaging through your cupboards. Please give me the same respect. Thank you."
Sometimes that sufficiently embarrasses them, sometimes it doesn't.

[Bella_Vixen]

Same here, but not at a bus stop. At work, usually. Smoke goes towards the non-smoker, you know. Just ask Bella. :p


Always.


Add me to the buttword shorts hate list, too.

[Kitten in the box]

People who piss ALL AROUND THE RING of the toilet seat at my workplace...what their parents never taught them HOW TO USE THE TOILET PROPERLY??!

People who stink up the bathroom and leave toilet paper all over the place

People who grab you and pull you in a different direction...Im NOT a touchy feely person unless I KNOW you and if I do NOT know you; you DO NOT...DO NOT grab my arm to pull me ANYWHERE unless it is a life or death emergency.

[Mighty Girl]

I forgot one too......

People who get on my ass for not seeing a particular movie.

A few that come to mind:
Forrest Gump (this one was especially bad, people would quote the movie all the time then express serious dismay when I had NO idea wth they were talking about).
Slingblade (And by extension, I can not stand Billy Bob Thornton, I think he's barely a step above toe jam)
Message in a Bottle
Mystic River
Memoirs of a Geisha
Polar Express
The Horse Whisperer

Yes, I know "everyone's" seen it. I don't care. I don't want to.

[BrassCowboy]

3. People who think Tom Brady is God.


Let me finish this one for you:

People who think Tom Brady is God, but think that Troy Aikman was just in a lucky "system" or he was surrounded by good players.

HELLO? Neither would have achieved the success they had without being surrounded by good players.

That is my biggest pet peeve: Cowboy bias....and yes it exists.

[Seanette]

People who get on my ass for not seeing a particular movie.
I hate that too. In fact, there are some movies I *refuse* to see because of the ram-it-down-your-throat "you MUST watch this" bit.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

My pet peeves are, in no particular order:

-Couples who hold hands or snuggle and walk slowly and manage to block off the whole aisle .
-Rosie O'Donnell
-People at work who leave their empty cardboard boxes and trash around, instead of taking them to the compactor or the bailer.
-People at work who backstock and don't scan the items into a section
-People who take the last of an item off the shelf and don't delete the location on a scanner
-Butt words on sweatpants and shorts. Maybe it's just me, but when I see "juicy" plastered across somebody's rear, I wonder if that means the wearer has an aversion to toilet paper.

[ArenaBoy]

- People who don't wait for me to pass when they are about turn while driving, causing me to freak out.
- Getting glares from others because of the way I dress.
- People who wear t-shirts with a famous person on them and do not know anything about them. EX: Che Guevara
- Wiggers
- Buttword shorts also
- Hypocrites
- Stupid people

[Spiffy McMoron]

Forrest Gump (this one was especially bad, people would quote the movie all the time then express serious dismay when I had NO idea wth they were talking about).
Slingblade (And by extension, I can not stand Billy Bob Thornton, I think he's barely a step above toe jam)
Message in a Bottle
Mystic River
Memoirs of a Geisha
Polar Express
The Horse Whisperer

Actually, I haven't seen most of those movies. I saw Mystic River about a year ago, and I haven't seen Forrest Gump in about 8 years or so. I wouldn't feel to badly about it, if I were you.

Some more to add to the list:

-The system my school uses to sign you up for courses and maintain your academic profile. Apparently, it was designed by drunken monkeys on a Friday afternoon.

-The way EVERY single store that sells more than a dozen books feels the need to have a coffee shop installed onsite. I fail to see how letting me drink a coffee and read a book from cover-to-cover and put it back on the shelf is good for business.

-How everyone looks at me like I'm a freak of nature when I say that I can't stand watching either Friends or Seinfeld. I thought they sucked, now move along, people.

-When people wonder why nobody is reading anymore. Really good DVDs can be bought for under $10, whereas you'll have to spend $25 for popular softcover, and $40-$50 for a good hardcover book. It's not that we hate reading, it's that we are cheap.

[Jaden]

I have several but here's my biggy:

Yes, I KNOW I have a weird taste in music! I don't need you to tell me that, and I ESPESCIALLY don't need you to tell me my taste in music is somehow INFERIOR to yours! I know I only listen to Bob Dylan, but stop telling me I NEED more variety!! I obviously don't NEED more variety, as I'm enjoying what I listen to now, and if I WANTED more variety I'd have gotten it by now!!! And also, to all you freakin hypocrites who have this conversation with me (and this exact conversation has happened more than once):

Me, to a friend who does like Dylan: "This song is really good."

Other friend nearby: "No, you're wrong, there's NO SUCH THING as a good bob Dylan song! *spends literally 10 minutes ripping into the man, explaining in great detail why he sucks and how I'm totally wrong and he's totally right and how I'm just an idiot for liking Dylan* Now, Ozzy Ozbourne, he's a real musician!"

Me: "I don't really like Ozzy..."

Same friend: "SHUT UP YOU JERK!!!! Quit trying to push your stupid opinions on me!!!!!"

It's really STUPID too cuz my friends aren't like this about ANYTHING but this one subject. It drives me crazy, I cannot begin to express my incredible frustration at being told over and over and OVER AND OVER at how stupid my musical taste is or how I need more variety, and how it's not good for me to not have more variety, and how I'm screwed up in the head because of it. God, IT'S MY MUSIC TASTE, last I checked there were no revolutions going on in 3rd world countires over it!!! I'm not hurting anybody with this!! I don't mind people having other opinions, but stop telling me mine are automatically wrong and yours are automatically right, and talking like it's some kind of established fact!

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that one's been building up for a while ;)

[Jaden]

Sorry to double post, but



People who use the word, "myself" instead of just saying "me".

People who put the toilet paper roll on backwards.

People who empty something and don't replace or refill, or tell someobody that it's empty.

People who only half listen and think they know what I said, then screw things up, or answer a question I haven't asked.

My husband thinking he knows what I'm going to say and then saying it before I do, or finishing my sentences either at the same time, or before me. (He does this to other people too, and it really bugs me.)
I know other people who do this, too, and it bugs me, so I'm not just picking on hubby tonight.



You'd really hate me, Ree, I do all of those things :lol: Though, as far as the half listening thing goes, I'm just really absent minded honestly ;) My mind's always in a million places, so often stuff will just go totally over my head when you tell it to me. Also, I only do the "empty without refilling" thing at home, when I forget to tell my parents I finished the last of the cereal or we're out of dishwasher soap. And I only finish people's sentences if I know them really well :D

[Broomjockey]

how I need more variety, and how it's not good for me to not have more variety,

As a joke, grab some old lame pop band. Think Spice Girls, or something like that. Play the same 5 tracks over and over. Try and get as into it as you can. Then your friends will be BEGGIN for the Dylan! BWAA HAAA HAA HAAA *hack, cough weeeeeeze*. Ah man, I forgot to warm up. Note to self: warm up before attempting evil laugh.

[Lace Neil Singer]

Just inform your friends that their music taste sucks, and yours is the best. That's what I do; altho lucky for me, my boyf and best friend will always back me up on that. :lol:

[officegirl]

People who put the toilet paper roll on backwards.

Toilet paper can be put on backwards???? :headscratch:

[Ree]

Toilet paper can be put on backwards???? :headscratch:LOL!!!
The age old debate. Yes, it can.
One way, it's easier to unroll. When you tear it off, the new piece is right there on top.
The other way, you have to reach around underneath to find the starting piece. (It's the same for paper towel.)
I always think of my rolled paper products as having a pattern, and I put it on with that in mind. If it was printed with a pattern, which side would face out?

Yes, I make no apologies for being nitpicky and anal about some things. ;)

[Broomjockey]

frankly, wrong way tp annoys me as well.
People who put their feet on seats.
People who make a mess when they eat, even when it's completely avoidable.
People who refuse to clear their own tray when they have plenty of time and ability.
People who refuse to spend time to try and find something out on their own (I was formerly guilty of this one.)
People who throw cigarette butts on the ground, especially if they don't put them out.
People who throw trash on the ground.
People who don't believe me when I answer a question. (Yes, the movie really IS sold out, sorry.)
Really, you can boil it down to people, and the things they do.

[TNT]

I'm the most even-tempered person I know, but there are few things that annoy me...

People who refer to themselves in the third person. Presidential candidate Bob Dole was the worse offender ever... "And let me tell you, Bob Dole is for lower taxes. Bob Dole is this... Bob Dole is that."

Hearing about the evil cable monopoly. It's not a monopoly. Don't use words you don't understand.

Women who complain to me for hours about men, but then interrupt themselves to say, "Hey there's a guy in tight jeans... see you tomorrow morning."

But there's one thing that annoys me more than anything... it's the thing that will ultimately get me fired from my job...

Caller: I can't figure out why my bill is several cents different from what I expected....
Me: Let's see... you've changed your TV package four times last month... added the internet... dropped it for a few days... added it again... bought four PPV movies... This will take me a moment...
(Two seconds of silent pondering later...)
Caller: Hello? HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOO? ARE YOU THEREEEEEEEEEEEEE?

[Seanette]

One way, it's easier to unroll. When you tear it off, the new piece is right there on top.
A lot of people with kittens in the house find that hanging it so it's harder to unroll tends to foil feline playful destruction. :D

[Ree]

A lot of people with kittens in the house find that hanging it so it's harder to unroll tends to foil feline playful destruction. I don't have a cat in my house. :)

[Chanlin]

Yay for reviving dead threads. Actually I searched for a thread titled "pet peeves" specificly because I know how annoying it can get to have several threads all for the exact same topic.

In no particular order...

- Bad Phone manners, including but not limited to.... Talking over me, loud music/tv in the background (and then complaining you can't hear me), eating/whistling on the phone, carrying on a conversation with somone else while trying to talk on the phone, asking something and then not waiting for a response...

- Repeating the same information over and over. For example one of the Authorized Cellular Dealers I work with and get calls from regularly will be like, Yeah i need Area code 706.... 706 Rome Georgia, 706.... 7 OoooH 6. I Just want reach through the phone and strangle him, I GET IT ALREADY!!!!!!

- People who give little information then pause and wait for you to say something.... Ok that number is 1 (long pause) followed by hello??/did you get that?

- People who spell too much or not enough for you - Ok I can spell Jones, or Smith, I can spell Columbus and I'm fairly sure I can spell my own name (yes I have had people with the same name as me spell it for me, an no its not some off the wall uncommon name, its actually that of a famous english King and a fairly popular boys name) or tell me how to abbreivate something, yes I know NE means north east, or the abbreviation for Avenue is AVE. But if your last name is something like Ronzywynskivich then don't act all surprised or disgusted when I ask you to spell it for me.

- Probably my biggest pet peeve are people who won't (not can't) but won't do things for themself. For example, if the directions are written down for you, then make a reasonable attempt to follow them before asking for my help. Or if I have just given you a direction, make an attempt to follow it rather than asking "can you do it for me" - For that matter don't bad mouth the automated system, I actually had one customer tell me we make that system fail on purpose so we'll have calls to answer..... That automated system exsists so we don't have to help your stupid ass with simple inquiries like how much airtime you have left, or when your air time will expire.... if everyone that needed the answers to those questions calls I have no doubts our call volume would double or tripple. How do I know this, because the volume does double or tripple when the system actually does break.


OK end rant.....

Oh.... I have to add people to my list too because that does pretty well cover it all

[Rubyred]

People who put their feet on seats.
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You'd probably want to kill me. Lol! I have this strange phobia of having my feet on certain floors, so most of the time I have to have them on my seat. :)


Anyway....:

1. My Super Sweet 16...yeah...they bug me.

2. Men who STARE at my chest (it's rather large)....glance if you must..I don't care ....just don't blatantly stare. Bonus points if I'm with my boyfriend and they still stare.:rolleyes:

[evilhomer]

People who refer to themselves in the third person. Presidential candidate Bob Dole was the worse offender ever... "And let me tell you, Bob Dole is for lower taxes. Bob Dole is this... Bob Dole is that."

Bob Dole's a friend of the tobacco industry. Bob Dole likes your style. Bob Dole. Bob Dole. Bob Dole! Bob Dole. Bob Dole. Bob Dole. Bob Dole. [mumbling] Bob Dole. [falls asleep] :D


People and everything about them covers it, but the two that pop into my head are:

Most infuriating: people who won't shut the fuck up. They give instructions, make a point, and then repeat themselves, and then repeat themselves, and then repeat themselves, and then repeat themselves..... Number one, I got it the first time, number two, if I didn't, I would have asked.

Most frequent: people who won't get out of your way. Something that had me ready to wring necks through the christmas season. It's like they're magnetically attracted to me, whatever direction I turn to go around them, they automatically go in that direction.

[AFpheonix]

I forgot about this thread!

Misspelled signs or billboards. Wow, makes me want to come buy from you, not.

Idjits who think my computer can do all. I had one guy call me yesterday to see if mail order had shipped. How the hell should I know? Their facility is a mile down the road! Call them! Took me 10 minutes to shut him up long enough to give him their phone number so he could pester them. Gah!

[TruthHurts]

My biggest one right now is how loud my roommates get when they have friends over. They will be sitting no less than 2 feet from one another yet feel it prudent to bellow everything at the top of their lungs.

It's barely tolerable when I'm awake but when it's morning or I'm napping I want to stuff socks in their mouths just to get some peace and quiet. Does no one understand the term inside voice anymore?

[alogram]

As a mod, here are my biggest pet peeves:

Excessive quoting. Use the edit feature, people, or don't hit the quote button when all you really want to do is reply.

Saying, "Mods, if this in the wrong place, feel free to move it." Believe me, we will.



Those two things drive me crazy! Especially the second one....I don't know why, but it really irks me.

As for my pet peeves, I could probably go on all day, but I won't.

Here is the shortened version....

1. Eva Longoria
2. Fergie. And that Fergilicious nonsense. Gross.
3. Those stupid bluetooth things that people have stuck to their heads.
4. People who bring an entire cart to the self checkouts. Especially those who have no idea how to use the self checkout!
5. People who stand thisclose to me and huff and puff when I am using the self checkouts. I only have 5 items....back off or I will go even slower!
6. People who don't get the concept of cleanliness.
7. Pedestrians who just run out in the road and then give me attitude. I get the whole "pedestrians have the right of way" deal, but I am not a mind reader, how am I supposed to know you are going to suddenly change direction. Same goes for people who run out in a crosswalk....you may have the right of way, but if you get hit by a car, it will suck. (I am not saying that drivers shouldn't stop for a crosswalk, just that it is really dumb for a pedestrian to run out before they are sure the car will stop!)
8. When you call the hotel I work at, the automated system tells you first thing "Thank you for calling XYZ hotel in my city, blah blah blah" I HATE IT when they press 0 for front desk, and when I answer, they say "Is this XYZ hotel? In my city?" Okay, good job, you have labeled yourself a dumbass right away. I cannot put into words how much this irks me.
9. When I am having a problem with the computer, and I say "just a minute please" GIVE ME A MINUTE PLEASE!! Repeating yourself over and over and over is just going to annoy me. Do this on the phone and I will put you on hold and call you an idiot. Or when I say "just a minute" and they go "HELLO??? HELLO????"
LISTEN. Why is that such a hard concept?
10. Slow pokes. maybe you want to hang out in Wal Mart all damn day, I don't. and does your cart really need to take up the whole lane?
11. Price matching. It is stupid. If I see something that I want on sale, I go to that store. I don't go to a different store and expect them to honor it.
12. This whole "DH", "DD", "DS", nonsense. (Dear Husband, Dear Daughter, Dear Son.) BARF.

Okay, I better stop....I am getting annoyed.

[Ringtail Z28]

A few more things I hate:

People who stop in the middle of a doorway to talk on their phones or go through their purse.

People who give me crap about having long hair.

Getting crap about not having a cell phone. I don't want one!

Politics. I'm so sick of politics getting into every aspect of life. There's been days where I refuse to turn on the TV or radio because I don't want to hear any of it.

Bimbos. Blithering idiots are really damn annoying.

[DesignFox]

Oh boy, you asked for it..I'm generally pretty easy going, but I sure have a list of things that piss me off....

1) People who crowd me. I HATE when people are up my ass. Unless we are at a concert or in some other such situation that there just isn't any room to stand- back off. Stop invading my personal space! It makes me antsy, and I'll likely bite your head off. I DO NOT like being crowded.

2) When I'm eating- back away. I like to eat my food in peace. Like most animals, I don't like being poked at when there is food in front of me. And don't touch my food! Ask first- I'm a nice person, I'll share.

3) Chewing sounds. Can't stand it. Chew quietly and with your mouth closed. I don't want to "see food." Especially applies to gum chewers.

4) Add me in to the group that hates butt expressions. What dumbass thought that was a good idea? I don't want to look at your butt. Stop drawing attention to it with stupid phrases.

5) Ditto for large people that wear skinny people clothes. Wear things that flatter your form! Hell, I don't want to see that skinny girls cleavage, belly button, ass crack. Cover up. You aren't impressing me. I don't care who you are or what you look like (but especially if you've got overhang...c'mon!).

6) Cell phone talkers. Cell phones ringing in the middle of a show. People who talk on cell phones when I'm in the middle of talking to them. Hang the fuck up. Remember back in the day when we all didn't have cell phones??? Remember going to a movie and NOT having to hear the mexican hat dance playing in the middle of the best action scene ever? I do. I'd like to go back to that.

7) People who interupt me. Especially when I'm trying to help them with something.

8) People who ask me to do things 100 times. Tell me once. I'm intelligent; I can handle it.

9) People who block doorways.

10) People who are slow and get in my way. Like the aforementioned huge groups of people who find it necessary to take up an entire hallway and walk as slowly as possible. Or the idiots on the highway who have to drive under the limit (and aren't towing or doing something that requires the slow down). Get Out Of My Way.

11) People who ask stupid questions...and don't own up to it- they are just that dumb.

This is getting long- how bout I just leave it at people in general? It annoys me thinking of these things. >_<