Pet Peeves- what's yours?

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George Carlin, probably my favorite comedian, has a comedy routine that he starts with "I don't have pet peeves, I have major F*&^%^ pyschotic hatreds. I'm not quite sure I'm in the psychotic level yet, but some days, I'm close...

What are your pet peeves? I have many many - but to start out...

When I answer the phone, with Hi, this is Maleficent, and the person ALWAYS says, Hello is Maleficent there? PAY ATTENTION YA TURD BUTT, I already said who I was...

The sound of popping gum... this will drive me up a freakin' tree very quickly.. In fact the sound of chewing gum is pretty revolting... I've seen too many people do pretty good imitations of cows chewing cud that it makes me ready to go postal.

People who chew (anything) in your ear while talking - especially on the phone-- Chew Swallow Speak - did your momma teach you no manners?

Parents who dont parent.. I've spent entirely too much time in restaurants, airports, places away fromthe safety of my home, where I encounter all sorts of extremely bratty kids who are that way because the parent doesn't discipline their child or god forbid ever tell it no.

Christian types who have the fish on their car, the WWJD crap all over the place, and yet act like not nice people... Hypocrites of any type really get to me but the overly evangelical christians set me over the edge, don't talk the talk unless you are gonna walk the talk.

Saying "Let there be light" every time any light switch is flipped anywhere

People who drag their feet when they are walking, especially noticable when they are wearing sandals of flip flops... PICK UP YOUR DANG BLASTED FEET ALREADY...

I'm just a little hostile :)
 
Oh yeah, and those little packages of nuts that have 3 servings in them - that'll serve three who? Mice?
 
hmmm.... my pet peeves are:

1) when you take chips or other food out of the closet/refridgerator and just put it on the table in front of you.... i don't understand why you took it out if your not going to eat it....!

2) people who are thickheaded....ie: radical conservatives, racists, etc.

3) people who won't try something new to eat because it "looks disgusting"...seriously, it's food. it's not poison...grow up!

4) anybody who cheats on their spouse/ significant other

5) and for the last time, agnostic does not equal atheist!

lol, i guess those are pet peeves...
 
Ugh I can't STAND people who eat on the phone! I used to do it all the time myself until I started working in a call center and really started to appreciate just how gross it sounds.

I get all bent out of shape about various Ladies' Room transgressions too - one I think only happens at my work, but girls go to the washroom rather than the break room to make personal calls. About half the time they go into a stall too, and I have bite my tongue to keep from telling them its not a freakin' phone booth! I also don't get women who refuse to sit on the damn seat in a perfectly clean public washroom. There are paper sheets to put down if you're concerned about it, but its not like you're going to catch crabs or something from a toilet seat! What's even worse though, is when the "hooverers" make a big mess all over the seat they won't touch and then don't even wipe it up and leave it for the next person!! *foams at the mouth*

Another thing that gets me are parents who bring their strollers on the bus. Okay, so the public transit here has fold-up seats for strollers, wheelchairs, etc, and so people figure that means they can bring their tank-strollers on the bus all the time! You know the ones, that can probably fit like three kids in it, but there's only one and his entire collection of toys? The big problem is that because people know that the bus can fit two wheelchairs then everyone with a kid brings their monstrous strollers on board, and I've seen up to four on one bus, taking up the entire front so that nobody else could get on. IF I ever have to take a child on the bus, I am going to make sure I have one of those tiny compact strollers that fits an upright kid,and that's it. Hopefully though I'll be smart enough to wait until we have a car before getting pregnant.

I have a lot more pet peeves, but I think I've gotten myself plenty worked up as it is.
 
As long as I live, I will never EVER understand cell phone use in the bathroom, and if someone actually does, I'd love to know WHY? I cannot begin to tell you how many times I have been in public restrooms to hear women yakking on the phone - while doing their business -- including flushing andnever missing a beat intheir conversation...

My other cell phone pet peeve, people who need to discuss what shouldbe personal business, loudly and in public - I try not to listen but some people's phones are so lousy you can't help but overhear.. I don't need to know who is shagging who or that you got so drunk last night you couldn't remember who took you home or that you lost your underwear or that you just got back from the doctor and now have some STD (all coversations I have heard in public areas)

Somedays, I think people are my pet peeve :)
 
pet peeves hmmm being a guy I have so many. I think the biggest is people should really learn to whisper correctly in public. I was at this buffet in Houston one time and this guy whispered to his wife/girlfriend/whatever that she should hurry and go get a plate before I got up there. ahhh well it all worked out as I passed him with my full tray of food I "accidentally" tripped and dumped it all over him and his date. ahhhh hillbilly justice. If he knew how to whisper they would have never had to get to their car covered in chicken gumbo and tea and cheesecake.
 
The sound of short fingernails on fabric. -hisses-

- When someone is talking to me and they feel the need to repeat themselves several times in different words. If I didn't get it the first time, I must be an idiot, now please shut the hell up.

Thats pretty much it really... Oh, also... when someone calls me really early in the morning to tell me they'll call me when they get back from work in the evening... you know for plans or something. Dude, just go to work... then call me. I'll probably be getting up around then anyway.

The end.
 
Hey there,

Okay one of my biggest pet peeves is when people are driving, it's two things that bother me, well actually three. 1, people using cell phones when they drive and who cannot pay attention to what they are doing and 2, people not using their damn turn signals when they drive. Another issue I have is people who buy these bigg ass SUV's and do not know how to park them or judge their length on the road. That irks me to no extent. I think my husband is right, everyday people just get dumber and more dangerous on the road. Well, that was my rant, I hope you enjoyed lol !
 
Pet Peeves:
1. People who complain about getting a speeding tickets..(Oh boo hoo hoo). Just pay the ticket and slow down.

2. People who do not ask for help when they need it. (This is aimed at my mother mostly) She beats around the bush. I have to figure out what she needs.

3. Telemarketers.......Aughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
 
These are a few of mine:
1. I hate it when people only think of themselves. There is a whole big world out there with like billions of people in it...how about you think about things on a global level and then make some decisions instead of being "me me me" ALL THE TIME!

2. I hate when people complain that they are sick of being judged or having other people be rude to them, but then in the same sentence turn around and make a type of judgment on someone else or be completely rude!

3. I hate when people won't listen to both sides of the conversation. In Dr.Phil's words " A right Fighter".

ok....I really take thing personally when people complain about people with kids. (I've had some really bad situations happen with people making quick judgements on me without even knowing me)

Oh and possibly because I've done the two aboved mentioned pet peeves about parents and kids.:eek:

Just some food for thought : how many kids do you know that behave well 100% of the time in public...just because a kid acts out doesn't mean that the child never recieves discipline. It's embarassing when they do that and you're not at home, where they would normally reveive the diciplince. Some parent's just don't know how to handle that type of situation unfortunately.

My son acted bad in walmart once and he didn't get to come out to malls etc for a full year. Now he behaves the majority of the time and plus, normally the kid is throwing a fit because the parent's most likey did say no and that's why the kid is upset.


AS for the bus and stroller thing, I used to haul my kid and stroller on the bus for a full 2 years. 1. It is a more earth friendly mode of transportation 2. You try carring all the things a child needs while out, plus your own crap and then lifting all that stuff on and off the bus and then you'll understand the big strollers.
 
Okay, here are my pet peeves ...

1. People who will not do something that has no affect on them what-so-ever to help someone else out. E.g. A van driver postie was taking a parcel that needed a signature, and my other colleague had a signature letter for the same house. I asked him if he could take it, as then only one person would be knocking the door. He said no, I don't take letters .... honestly, it was no extra work for him at all!!!

2. Being stuck behind someone who is driving slowly, you think that they are just being safe and concientious, then they turn without signalling!!! Oh I see, you are just a crap driver ... :D

3. Guys at work who think that everyone wants to here them announcing at the top of their voice about their last sordid (and I mean SORDID!!!) conquest. Men who don't realise how offensive disrespecting women is.

4. People who walk along pushing babies/toddlers while smoking!!! I am all the way across the road and I can smell the smoke!!!! Just because you are outside, does not make it safe.

5. Pregnant women who smoke and/or drink (not so much the odd drink) or sit in smoky environments. Do they not understand the way the human body works.

6. I'm with Hillbillylee. People who make comments in public, as if they don't realise, or care, that they might be being hurtful. While on holiday in San Francisco, hubby and I cycled the Golden Gate Bridge. On the way there, we went up a hill, and as I approached it I could hear this group of guys walking along saying, oh my god, she's not going to attempt that, etc, etc. I made it up the hill, knackered at the top but determined not to let them be right, but I didn't feel one-up-manship. I just thought, I must look really big if they actually commented on it :(

7. And finally, not to be a man basher or to say all men are the same, but relationships where the man and woman are both equal bread winners, but the woman still has to do all the housework (yep, that's pretty much my relationship!!)

Gosh ... I didn't realise that so much annoys me .... and I bet I've only scratched the surface :rolleyes:
 
I was reminded of another 'pet' peeve (literally!!) today. People who do not control their dogs, and don't seem to realise that just because their dog doesn't bite someone, that it is still really unpleasant to be charged at and barked at. I love dogs, but as you can imagine being a postie I do have a lot of run-ins with dogs. Today I had a dog run across a parking lot, barking very aggressively at me. They did not have it on a lead, and of course they said that it wouldn't bite me, but that's NOT THE POINT. Then another rather aggressive dog (its owners have tried to train it by yelling and hitting in :( ) was barking over the gate, and the owner gave me a biscuit to give to it when it was 'good' and sat down, but it would start barking and snarling straight away afterwards :confused: . I meet lots of friendly dogs as well, and I love giving them a fuss, it is just the owners that let either aggressive or just over-excited dogs run wild and, to be perfectly honest, scare me.

PS - I would never blame the dogs .... its the owners :mad:
 
I've got a pet peeve too... This is more aimed at things in High School though...

1. Guys who are rude and cat call you when you KNOW it's to make fun of you

2. The lack of courtesy in everyone nowadays.

3. The constant swearing. Seriously, I was walking behind these two girls and their conversation was something like this....

"Oh my god, he's such a f***er I can't F-ing belive that he did that to you!
"Oh I know! He's such an a****** I can't f-ing stand him any more. Oh, do know what else he f-ing did to me? he f-ing ......and so on and so forth...(get the picture?)

It seriously pisses me off like no other. I've sworn a few times in converstions, but not like that.

4. guys who wear their pants around their knees...ummm why?

5. Guys who act stupid to get the girls...(personally this confuses me, as they usually end up with one...I'm like, uh girls? what happend to your brain?)

6.Getting slammed for reading all the time when i'm not doing something, This one is pretty common. It happens ALL the time.

*sigh* there, those are a few of mine, and those are only the ones that deal with highschool life. :rolleyes:
 
i'll tell you what a big one of mine is. Elevator ettiquette. I mean, are people so damn stupid that they can't realize that the people getting OFF the elevator need to do so first, before they try to wedge them selves ON to the elevator. Makes me want to knock people down. :mad:
 
that is my biggest complaint about subways/trains as well... where they gonna go - they cant go anywhere until all the people get off... :)

Xorie your's are great - there is absolutely hope for your generation with young women like yourselves coming up :D (some days I have my doubts :D
 
Mrs Bear said:
Okay, here are my pet peeves ...

4. People who walk along pushing babies/toddlers while smoking!!! I am all the way across the road and I can smell the smoke!!!! Just because you are outside, does not make it safe.

5. Pregnant women who smoke and/or drink (not so much the odd drink) or sit in smoky environments. Do they not understand the way the human body works.

7. And finally, not to be a man basher or to say all men are the same, but relationships where the man and woman are both equal bread winners, but the woman still has to do all the housework (yep, that's pretty much my relationship!!)

Gosh ... I didn't realise that so much annoys me .... and I bet I've only scratched the surface :rolleyes:
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I really like these pet peevs (as in they're mine too). The only thing different is that drinker while pregnant is potentially more dangerous than smoking while pregnant. Even one drink can cause FAS (Fetal Alcohol Sydrome) which is extremely serious. A pregnant woman should NEVER consume any alcohol, even a woman trying to become pregnant should not consume alcohol because you often don't know you're pregnant until you've missed a period, which is typically 4 to 6 weeks and the most important development stage is 2 weeks to 8 weeks, because that is when the brain is formed.
 
People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.

People that repeat themselves over and over again.
 
That's just wrong, T2.
 
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