Random pet peeves.

[Cazzi]

People that use loose instead of lose make me cringe, as in "i keep loosing my keys" Aargh!

To a lesser degree too are those that split words, like a sleep or a way. I know everyone had probably done it at some time or another due to brainfarts or typing too fast, heck, I KNOW I have but I know a few people who always split words like that.

On the plus side, I think i have the only teenager in town that totally detests txt spk

[Becks]

You'd have a meltdown if you ever visited Pennsylvania

I have nightmares about driving through PA.

I need to be held.

[Aut]

People that call to check on rates and then say they'll get back to me. I'm not stupid. I know you're not calling back. I'm not holding my breath. But then there's always that slim possibility you might, so then I can't ignore the phone for the rest of the day.

Better yet, when they say they'll come in and don't. Most of the time they don't, but they do just enough for me to be afraid to step in the bathroom all day for fear that's the moment they decide to show up.

Tenants that call wanting to know how much they owe - to that very day- only to not make a payment for another 2 weeks and then wonder why they are not current.

[AccountingDrone]

People that slam into me when I am either on crutches or in my wheelchair, and then act like *I* was the one that needed to get out of the way.

Hello? I am way less mobile/agile than you are.

Thanks for body checking into me and causing me to fall because *you* absolutely needed to get onto that elevator that I have patiently been waiting for since I pushed the button 5 minutes ago ...

And thanks for parking in the stripy area between handicapped parking spaces, preventing me from being able to actually open the door and get my wheelchair back into my vehicle ... I didn't really need all that space. I can wait here until the tow truck arrives to haul your car away. Oh, am I sitting behind your car and blocking you in? sucks to be you. The tow truck will help me move away by hauling your ass away and letting me finally load my chair in my vehicle.

[Peppergirl]

Mine:

1. Devils Advocates.

I have no problem debating an issue if you actually believe what you're debating, but disagreeing with me just for the sake of arguement is fucking MADDENING.

2. People who generalize.

"Women give the silent treatment more than men." or "Men like sports more than women." I don't necessarily mean in just a battle-of-the-sexes type of way, but I get soooo sick of people who do this. And I realize I probably sound like a hypocrite, because I used to man-bash alot.

3. Know-it-alls

(No explanation needed)


4. 'One-up' people.

Kind of a sub-set of the know it alls. No matter what the topic, they always have it worse, or better..or know more than you.


More later, probably

[Mishi]

People that slam into me when I am either on crutches or in my wheelchair, and then act like *I* was the one that needed to get out of the way.

Hello? I am way less mobile/agile than you are.

Thanks for body checking into me and causing me to fall because *you* absolutely needed to get onto that elevator that I have patiently been waiting for since I pushed the button 5 minutes ago ...

^THIS! This is why, even though I'm aching, I always run interference for my 82 year old nanna-in-law when we take her shopping or out somewhere. If some inconsiderate little brat ran into her, as they tend to do to me, she would fall and do even more damage to her back. Yeah, I'm rude, I body-block and shoulder-charge when I have to but only when they're more mobile than we are and are deliberately being arseholes. Besides, a death glare mixed with a toothy grin tends to make most teenagers move out of the way rather quickly.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I noticed that happened a lot the time when I'd hurt my foot and had to be on crutches. In the end, I was hitting people with my crutches when they did that... and getting away with it, cuz people assumed that anyone on crutches or in a wheelchair is mentally subnormal. -.-

[jedimaster91]

--Doctors who order tests and don't give some explaination to the patients as to why the doc wants said test.

--Patients who insist on bringing family members. Sometimes, it is necessary, but usually not. In my experience, family members tend to take over and the patient can't get a word in edgewise.

--A certain cardiologist who is never in the room when a stress test is going. Legally, a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician's assistant HAS to be IN THE ROOM when a patient is being stressed. I know of several who never are.

--People who think my tracers are dyes. I just told you it was a radioactive tracer and that the only thing you might feel from it is it might be cold as I inject it.

[Andara Bledin]

--Patients who insist on bringing family members. Sometimes, it is necessary, but usually not. In my experience, family members tend to take over and the patient can't get a word in edgewise.

I'd think that in a lot of those cases, the family member in question invited themselves.

^-.-^