Time for another pet peeves thread:

[rbnyc]

Sorry, I have to do it.

U.F.O.s: U.F.O.s are Unidentified Flying Objects, NOT spaceships or flying saucers, so it makes no sense to ask if someone believes in them or to say that you do or don't believe in them.

OfTen: The T is silent!

Hopefully: What bothers me most about this one is that I use it incorrectly myself, even though I know it's wrong, because I hear it used incorrectly so often. Hopefully is an adverb. To say, "Hopefully, he'll be okay" is not to say that one hopes he will be okay. When one says "Hopefully, he'll be okay," one is saying that he'll be okay in a hopeful way.

I feel better now.

Your turn:

[Jessica]

1. "Irregardlessly" is not a word.

Thank you. :D

[Lavender Brown]

4. What about "supposebly?"

:shrug:

[StopTheMorans]

6. that's unpossible

[KamaAina]

22. What about "misunderestimated" or "Hispanically"?

:evilgrin:

[kick-ass-bob]

43. But "Irregardless" is a Cafe.

http://www.irregardless.com/

[Garbo]

77. AAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Boy do I hate "irregardless"!!!!!!!!

[pres2032]

2. people who do something for someone

and actually wait for the "thank you" or some other reply that reinforces why they did what they did.

I don't know why that bothers me, maybe because i have no problem doing things out of the goodness of my heart. My dad and brother on the other hand, actually get pissed if they do something and it turns out they don't get anything in return.

[Richardo]

7. Related: "No problem" instead of "You're welcome."

...particularly from retail workers (and I are one).

I KNOW it's not a problem, it's your JOB. I'm thanking you for your assistance, so as a customer I'd rather hear a polite "you're welcome!" rather than "Not a problem". :eyes:

[pres2032]

9. i'm actually guilty of that one

i never understood what "you're welcome" is supposed to mean and so i use "no problem" as in i'd do anything for you.

[Richardo]

10. Maybe it's a geezer thing.

But for some reason "no problem" gets to me.

[ProfessorGAC]

41. I Think They Mean The Same Thing

By the logic of the first poster, you could say "I know i'm welcome to your help, IT'S YOUR JOB!"

I admit i don't get the objection to "No Problem".
The Professor

[BurtWorm]

32. It's worse when they snap "You're welcome!"

:grr:

[grace0418]

98. I gotta disagree

It always seems to happen when I hold doors open for people. Sure, ultimately I do it because it's the polite thing to do. But sometimes it's just because I'm trying to go into a building and a bunch of people are standing in the way and I can't go in until they come out. It's amazing the number of times I've held a door open and a family of four or more will walk through, taking their own sweet time, and not even glance in my direction much less say thank you. In that case, I don't snap "You're welcome!" I say it in the sweetest voice possible, as if I actually thought I heard them say thank you.

I just don't see what's so difficult about saying excuse me, please, thank you, and you're welcome. It costs nothing.

[StopTheMorans]

3. pet peeve threads are my pet peeve

:P

[rbnyc]

89. This one got pretty huge too.

I had to run after I started it and just checked back in now. Sorry, I created a monster.

:)

[drumwolf]

5. a pet peeve specific to DU

People who intend to respond to the original post on a thread, but who aren't savvy enough to do so and instead respond to the thread's last reply.

[Xipe Totec]

30. Doh! Guilty! n/t

[driver8]

83. Another DU pet peeve...

People who write an amazing subject on their post but do not write anything else. That is fine, but save me the trouble of clicking your post by writing n/t, eom, etc...

[New Earth]

8. there's a few for me.......

my biggest one right now is when people use 'voter fraud' or 'vote fraud' as the general, broad term when referring to ELECTION FRAUD. It drives me out of my mind and i will NOT stop correcting people until they get it right. i actually decided to just put it in my sig so that i can remind people all the time.

another one: when people don't reply to my PM's.

and another: when all the Turkish people in my life or circle of friends say 'stuffs' instead of just 'stuff'.

[lpbk2713]

11. Long commercial breaks on TV.

I swear I've seen some go for 5 or 6 minutes.

[McKenzie]

12. people using infer when they mean imply

Both are transitive verbs but they have different meanings.

An inference can only be drawn from something that has been previously shown to be correct. For example, it is reasonable to infer that DU people would be fun to party with. My inference is based upon observing the content of the posts on DU. Without that knowledge I could not infer that you guys would be fun to meet; I'd be guessing.

On the other hand, I could imply anything I like about DU'ers. I wouldn't need facts; I'd just insinuate...or imply.

I will now go and take another shot of anti-pompous git serum. Heeheeee.

[smbolisnch]

13. Double negatives, bad grammar in general.

A big one for me: when someone says "He COME over to help me paint the bathroom." Instead of "He CAME over". I hate that.

My biggest pet peeve: people chewing with their mouths wide open or talking with a mouthful of food. Slurping drinks etc. It makes me want to scream. So gross.

:P

[Worst Username Ever]

20. "Poor" grammar, not "bad" grammar

so there! pthpppthbbbb

:P

[smbolisnch]

46. Well there's my moment of shame for the day!

Thanks for pointing it out! :P

[Stuckinthebush]

14. Typing "prolly" for "probably"

I see it quite often on DU.

It bugs the crap out of me.

[Jessica]

15. One not grammar related ...

It really bugs me when you're on an elevator, the doors open & the people outside don't wait to see whether or not you're getting off on that floor. They plow on in & then you have to weave your way out. Sounds silly, I know - but many things bug me that involve people simply not being patient & considerate.

Okay - I feel better. :)

[eyepaddle]

19. Wow, I wasn't hinking along those lines

but damned if that isn't a big one for me, too.

[Lerkfish]

25. That both bothers me, AND I've been guilty of it as well...

I've been preoccupied and stepped on without thinking.

But here's my REAL elevator pet peeve: people staring at you as you run up to the elevator and not stopping it for you even if you're bare inches from the door....grrr.

[BurtWorm]

35. People do that on subway trains all the time.

Or they get on the train and stop right in the doorway. Or they won't step out if they're in the doorway when the train's in the station.

[Left Is Write]

58. I agree!

I am adamant about teaching my children that we stay back and WAIT for people to get off the elevator before we get on.

[dubyaD40web]

79. Another elevator one:

When someone is on the same elevator as you and farts. They proceed to get off the floor before you and you're stuck in there breathing their butt particles. Then, you get off your floor and a whole bunch of people are waiting to get on. How embarrassing!

[Pithlet]

85. I hate that.

Someone actually tried to bait me into a confrontation doing that. She tried to barge in right after the doors opened, and as I was getting ready to leave the elevator. She snorted, rolled her eyes and and said "Get out of my way, b*tch". I had my kid in a stroller, and she was knocking into both of us. I just stepped to the side and let her in. The other people waiting politely for me to get off looked shocked.

[Lavender Brown]

102. Oh jeez... that's awful.

[New Earth]

16. i HATE when this happens.....

when I am driving in a certain lane on a highway, and i NEED to get over to get off an exit and NO ONE WILL LET ME OVER. :grr: :mad: :grr:

i hate it!!! it's so rude!!! so i make it a point as often as i can to let people over when they are trying to make an exit.

grr!

[Lerkfish]

29. related: on a two lane hiway, and a slowpoke in front of you..

so you finally reach a stretch where you are allowed to pass, you shift to the other lane, and speed up...and the slowpoke SPEEDS UP TOO! and then he's racing you, because he doesn't want you to pass him....then a truck comes the other way, or its no longer safe to pass, you have to drop back, and once you're behind him again, he slows back down.

[New Earth]

33. LOL!

actually I do that to people. i HATE HATE HATE speeders who think they can get in the left lane and go whatever speed they want as if they own the road. I will go no more than 5mph over the speed limit no matter lane i am in. it pisses ppl off so bad behind me, but oh well. they can have fun getting pulled over and getting a ticket :hi:

sometimes i even slow down on purpose to piss them off :o

[Lerkfish]

39. I think you misunderstood: I meaning a two lane hiway...

meaning only one lane in each direction. Where the ONLY way to pass someone is to take a risk and go into the lane going the other direction. To play that sort of game is not only arrogant, but unnecessarily risks the safety of all concerned.

[Left Is Write]

69. I hate that too. It's as if the slowpoke can't bear the thought

of anyone being ahead of him.

If I know I'm travelling too slowly for the person behind me on a two-lane road, I will pull over and let him pass.

[bettyellen]

52. shit faye, if i wasn't doing 80mph when i could, we woulda never got

back from DC......
Hope I'm forgiven.

[MissMillie]

95. pull over earlier

I drive on a major turnpike to get to and from work every day. As I get to the section where the road joins with another major highway, I try to stay far left (on the 3 lane road) so that I don't have to deal with exiting and entering traffic.

Seems every day there's 5 or 6 cars within my line of sight that wait until the absolute last minute to pull into the right lane to take the exit. This action causes the far left lane to come to a STANDSTILL as those cars have to brake because the right lane is pretty crowded. It drives me absolutely ape.

Most exits are marked AT LEAST one full mile before the ramp. When you see the sign, get in the lane. Don't expect to pass everyone who DID get into the lane on time and expect them to let you in. When you do this it's YOU that's holding everyone else up.

[Sporadicus]

17. At the Movies

People talking audibly during the movie is bad enough - and I'll confront the talkers if it goes on for more than a few seconds.

Yesterday I had the misfortune of sitting in front of a guy with the 'jimmy leg' - kept brushing the back of my seat with his restless leg. After about ten kicks, I turned half-around to let him know that I was getting annoyed. After a few more kicks, I turned around, looked him in the eye, and said loudly enough for all around to hear, 'if you don't stop kicking my chair, there's gonna be trouble!', thereby breaking my own rule about talking during the movie, but I'd had enough! The rest of the movie went swimmingly.

[magnolia]

21. I'm replying to the last thread....

...because my pet peeve is movie related not because I'm not savvy enough to go to the top and reply to the original post.

I absolutely hate when I'm watching a movie (at a theatre or at home) with a man, (I've honestly never heard a woman do this) and he insists on constantly predicting what will happen next in the movie. Not only is it extremely annoying, but when they turn out to be wrong, which is 99% of the time, they look like idiots and I feel so embarassed for them.

To all you men who do this: Let me say that no one thinks you are a genius for guessing right and no prizes will be given out at the end of the movie for every right prediction.

[Lerkfish]

36. In college, I was watching "A Clockwork Orange" for the first time...

in a theatre (yeah, it was an old movie, but universities have movie series in actual theatres).

There was an idiot, who kept proclaiming in a loud voice what was going to happen next in every scene to his two friends. This was in 1979, so vcrs were not pervasive...so the odds of everyone having seen an older movie was not a given.

After about twenty minutes of this, I'd had enough. I walked my 6'4", 280 lb frame over to his seat, leaned over, and said:

"I take it you've seen this movie before?"
he gulps and nods.
"That's nice. I've NEVER seen this movie before, and I'd kind of like to see it now, only how the director intended, not with you providing a running commentary."

The immediate area around the guy heard me and broke out into a thunderous applause. He sheepishly kept quiet the rest of the film.

[Lerkfish]

31. In defense of "jimmy leg"....

I personally have this problem. I cannot prevent myself from bouncing my right leg. Its unconscious and I'm usually unaware I"m doing it.
Over the years, my wife has trained me to curtail it quite a bit...she reaches over and touches my knee, which reminds me I'm doing it, and I stop, with some concentration.

[American Tragedy]

18. Oh boy, where do I start?

People who talk with their mouth full of food. It's gross and I can't understand what they're saying.

When people pronounce picture as 'pitcher'.

When I'm watching a movie that I've already seen with someone else, and they incessantly ask me what's going to happen next.

Hair so heavily hairsprayed that it's as hard and shiny as vinyl.

The stench of cigarette smoke on somebody's clothing and hair. The girl next to me in the library right now is about to make me gag.

I'll come back when I think of more.


Oh, and by the way, Merriam-Webster says that either pronunciation of often is acceptable. It may be a regional thing.

[kick-ass-bob]

45. Picture as "pitcher" is definitely regional.

Just like Boston is "Bah-stan"

Only different people.

[American Tragedy]

51. A girl I knew who said 'pitcher' was from up in Michigan, I believe

I don't know if that's typical for that area or not.

[rbnyc]

90. I think that because of the organic nature of language...

...the hard T pronunciation became included due to common usage. I believe that's the case, and I'm resentful about it.

;-)

[Lerkfish]

23. when people want to "unloosen" something...that would mean fastening...

or when they say the troops were "decimated". That's a mistake that has become so pervasive the colloquial actually changed the meaning. It really means to reduce by one tenth, but people have misused it to me total destruction of something. So NOW the dictionary includes the incorrect, but pervasive misuse as a definition.

When people want to tell you to go to their "sight" instead of their "site"
Conversely, they'll also say they'll "kill you on site" instead of "sight".

When people directly ask you your opinion and then argue with you about how you're wrong. How can I be wrong about my own opinion? I can be factually wrong, but not wrong about my point of view. Only I am an expert on that.

[eyepaddle]

24. How about if they actually meant

They knew which specific location where they plan to kill you?

"I'm not going to kill you in the office--I'm going to kill you on-site." ;)

[Lerkfish]

27. LOL! good one.

hadn't considered that. ;)

[eyepaddle]

38. No Problem!

(see posts above!) ;)

[Tom_Foolery]

26. People who don't turn their headlights on when it's raining n/t

[DS1]

28. A friend who insists on using the "word" soonly, instead of shortly

I fucking hate it.

[Left Is Write]

59. Soonly? That's a unique one.

[WindRavenX]

34. people who don't say "please" or "thank you"

I work on campus making lattes and coffee for spoiled kids, and it PISSES THE HELL OUT OF ME when someone does says "Give me a __ ". No you rude asshole, you ASK for it. Don't say "give me".
Graaaah!!

[Worst Username Ever]

37. Just curious, does paying 5 bucks for a latte warrant someone having

to ask/thank another for making it? Devil's advocate and all. I say it to be polite, but I wouldn't lose any sleep if I forgot now and then.

[WindRavenX]

44. yes it does

I don't care if you drop how many bills on whatever- if you are interacting with a service person, be it food or retail or whatever, it is common courtesy towards the other person that you are polite. Is it REALLY that much a hassel to say "please" and "thank you"?
Purchasing something expensive does not get you out of this. Seriously. This is my BIGGEST pet peeve.

[Left Is Write]

62. Yes.

No matter how much the latte costs, it's rude and dismissive to say "Give me a __________."

Paying for a product - even if the customer thinks it's overpriced - doesn't buy his way out of common courtesy.

[smbolisnch]

63. Yes, absolutely!

The person behind the counter doesn't set the prices, she is just trying to do her job! You never know who needs a smile and a kind word.

[Jessica]

42. I hear ya on that one.

I waited tables for a few years in college & that demanding attitude drove me crazy. :mad: I also hated when people would say things like, "Um, yeah - I need a full rack of ribs & a Bud Light."

There are certain items you can need, such as a fork or some napkins -- but you never need a full rack of ribs!

[American Tragedy]

54. I agree.

I've found that how a person treats servicepeople is reflective of how they were raised, and their degree of basic respect for people in general. I can't stand rudeness.

[Lerkfish]

72. I've always treated service people respectfully, and it works wonders..

since I"ve been a service people at various times, I understand what its like.

further, I find especially with government or bureaucratic workers, smiling and being very polite is a sure way to make things run a lot smoother. They catch a LOT of frustration from people, and appreciate the kinder touch, even if you're having a big problem.

[smbolisnch]

61. I agree completely! There is something to be said for manners.

Similarly, when you hold a door for someone or let them in your lane in traffic, and they don't say thank you or wave. :eyes:

My sister was in NYC last year, and she and my niece were in line at a boutique. Her husband called her cell phone just as it was their turn to checkout, and so she told him she'd have to call him back later. Apparently, the sales girl actually thanked her. She said most people would just talk right through checkout and never even acknowledge her existence.



End of Miss Manners Rant. :P

[BurtWorm]

40. I think "hopefully" in the sense of "I was hopeful" or "We are hopeful"

is as acceptable as "fortunately" is in the sense of "It was fortunate." I think the rule against "hopefully" in that usage is unfortunate (and unnecessary).

[Lydia Leftcoast]

100. It actually came into American English via the speech of

German immigrants in the nineteenth century as a direct translation of the German word "hoffentlich," which is perfectly acceptable.

[Pied Piper]

47. Here's mine

People who take one step into the bus or subway car, then stop, not letting anyone pass them. Move into the train, bee-otch!

[BurtWorm]

64. Yeeeeeaaarrrgh!

Or people who get to the top of a staircase out of the subway or onto a platform and just stop. :grr:

[Left Is Write]

68. Similarly, people who stop in the middle of the walkway or aisle

in a store, instead of moving off to the side.

[Lerkfish]

70. or one better: at the top or bottom of an escalator.

yes, I've had this happen...some old lady ended her trip on the escalator, and STOOD THERE deciding which way to go...meanwhile, people are slamming into each other and trying to avoid knocking her down.

[lpbk2713]

82. Yes, that annoys the hell out of me.

When someone in a grocery store parks their shopping cart on one side of the aisle, sometimes diagonally so it takes up more room, and then proceeds to examine in minute detail a label of an item on the other side of the aisle completely oblivious to the fact that other people to their left and right cannot get by.

[DS1]

48. Recently sighted: Ending a question with "at"

:eyes:

[Bouncy Ball]

53. Hey DS

Where you stay at?

LOL

[DS1]

56. Whachho gettin at?

[Bouncy Ball]

57. Homie

I SAID where you stay at?

You know, stay at?

[Lerkfish]

71. oooh..this reminds me (not you) of another one: white people trying to act

black to be cool...if you can pull it off, ok, but if youre favorite food is mayonaisse and you have no rhythm, trying to use the lingo just looks....embarrassing.

[Bouncy Ball]

73. Hey I know lots of black people who love mayo!

Watchoo sayin G?

LOL

[BurtWorm]

75. I know a white guy who always breaks into a Jamaican lilt

when he talks to a Jamaican woman who works near me. It's clear he's being affectionate and not disrespectful, but after a million times you begin to wonder if he thinks she doesn't speak "English" and NEEDS him to speak "Jamaican." (He's not particularly good at it, either.)

[vikegirl]

49. Driving related

When it snows a bunch and instead of clearing off their front and back windshields, people clear off a SMALL HOLE, clearly obstructing most of their vision. Nonetheless, off they go! :grr:

[DS1]

88. and then as the wind peels off the snow on top of the car

flake by flake - however at a few thousand flakes a second - everyone behind them is constantly having to use the wipers and wash to get it off their windsheilds

[Moloch]

50. The way some people in Alabama talk...

For example, the term "Shanecoomah" means "Shit ain't cool, man."

[Bouncy Ball]

55. I must not have many pet peeves.

Not many of these things bother me. Here are the ones I could think of:

1. Someone sitting behind me in a movie theater, kicking my seat, even unintentionally and occasionally. Just can't stand that.

2. People smacking gum/chewing gum with their mouth open. It's gross. I don't want to see that and I don't like hearing the slurping while you are trying to talk.

3. People who let their kids interrupt them and others. This should have probably been #1 on my list as I REALLY can't stand this. I have a kid. I TAUGHT HER NOT TO INTERRUPT. She's even been known to raise her hand in non-school conversations (which is a bit goofy, I'll grant you) because she knows if she interrupts me or the person I am talking to, I will be VERY perturbed.

It's no big deal to stop and correct the child by saying something like "Excuse me, I'm talking to Mrs. Smith right now. Do not interrupt, please." God knows I've had to say that several times. (Now that she's older it's rarely a problem.)

But I'm talking about parents who stop and answer the kid over and over again and the kid never has it pointed out to them how rude it is. How are they supposed to learn???

[Left Is Write]

65. I wish I had a nickel for every time I said that too.

"I'm talking to Daddy right now. Please don't interrupt. You'll get a turn."

[Left Is Write]

60. My use of the word "unique" above reminded me of a peeve.

People who say "very unique". Unique can't be qualified - it's either unique or it's not.

[bunkerbuster1]

66. "For your convenience."

Not sure who originally pointed this out to me, but 9 times out of ten, when someone prefaces an announcement of some sort with the phrase "For your convenience," it's NOT for the indended victim's convenience, quite the opposite.

[jdonaldball]

67. I love my Pet Peeve! They make very loyal pets!

Your Pet Peeve will never abandon you as long as you feed it every day.

[FuzzySlippers]

74. Kids screaming in the public library.

When I was a kid there were these old lady librarians who really ran a tight ship and were all over you like white on rice if you so much as breathed too loudly. Now kids are running around the library yelling and screaming, and nobody does anything about it.

[kslib]

81. OOOOO, me too I HATE that!

[Bertha Venation]

76. folks who have to say SOMETHING to you every time they walk past your desk

My desk is a large cubicle w/ a 3-ft wall. I'm right on a very busy corridor -- it's the shortest route to here & there for more than a quarter of the people on this floor.

Fortunately there's only ONE person who does this but she has to say something every time she walks by. Something cute. A little chuckle. Last time it was "well, it's almost stopped snowing, you think you'll have a hard time getting home?"

I get down on myself when I complain about people because I try really hard to be nice to everyone, as long as they don't spit in my face). But w/ this one, it's tough.

[leftofthedial]

78. my pet peeve is pet peeve threads

just drive me up the wall

[kslib]

80. there, they're, their

it's, its

yours not your's

I can't handle the there, they're and their mixups. It KILLS me. I'm being very serious. I think I may have a problem.

on edit: I also really hate that my mom, an otherwise intelligent person, pronounces tortillas (and all other Spanish "ll"s) tor-teal-yuhs. With a really obvious "l" sound. I've told her what's up, but to no avail!

[Duncan Grant]

84. YELLOW means YIELD not "hurry up"

How stupid do you have to be to stomp on the accelerator to run a yellow light? If you want to take chances like that go play Russian Roulette in your basement and leave me out of it.

(phew, I've been holding that one in for awhile...)

[tjwmason]

86. Disinterested and uninterested

So many people (including a few television journalists who really should know better) have decided that these two words are synonyms, despite having utterly different meanings.

Using hyper as a prefix to indicate greater than super. They mean exactly the same thing, one is Greek one is Latin. The U.S. is not a hyper-power, it's a super-power; the large shop is not a hypermarket it's a supermarket. One would not say that a person is superventilating would one? Grrs.

Ignorance in general. There's a guy at work whose office is through mine. So he walks past me and the two other people in my office several times per day; he works very closely with one of them. Yet he has never said 'good morning' or 'good bye' or anything like that.

[WritersBlock]

87. People with crying kids in airplanes who

get up and take the kid to the back of the plane, like it was a church or something.

Maybe they think they're disturbing fewer people by doing this, but all it accomplishes is pissing off the people in the back rows of the plane. Passengers in an aircraft cabin aren't an audience. There's no performance going on, and those sitting in the middle and front of the cabin are no more worthy of a little peace than those in the back.

/rant

(ready for the flames) :D

[rbnyc]

91. I'm so lucky.

My baby is almost always quiet in public. He's 4 months old and has been on 2 airplanes, a wedding, a formal dinner, just about everywhere but the movies, and he saves up his crying and fussiness for when he has us alone at home.

But I hear you. If Garrison were to cry on the plane, I wouldn't move him around to simply annoy a different set of people.

[Rabrrrrrr]

92. Then vote for me for president! See link inside:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2498058

The list will also include all the types of people listed here, especially the elevator bargers, the people who don't say "thank you" and "please", the customers who say "gimme..." or "give me...", and the assholes who stop on the subway stairs and decide to chat, or check their phone messages, or light thei cigarette.

And I will also include the assholes who are at the top of the stairs, when a shit load of people have just gotten off the train and the stairway is packed with people going up, I hate the asshole who wait at the top, patiently waiting for the people to get out, but who wait STANDING IN FRONT OF the flow of people. So that the double line of people trying to exit the station are now choked down to a single exit point because of one fucking idiot useless moran.

[Beware the Beast Man]

93. DUers who refer to all neo-conservatives as "Freepers."

Not all neocons post on Free Republic. The differences between the two are subtle, though.

[MissMillie]

94. "should of"....????

Isn't it "should have"?

Of course there's always "your" and "you're"

And lastly, I hate it when people use adjectives as adverbs. It's "come here, quickly" not "come here, quick"

[Bullwinkle925]

96. F*ing Cell Phones

They're everywhere! I long for the days when I can quietly browse through the bookstores and sip my lattes uninterrupted at Starbucks.
I just don't understand the rudeness of people now. WTF? Why must I be subjected to having to hear others' conversations? Trust me - I DON'T CARE!

I have a cell phone. It is never turned on. I use it for emergencies only. I use it when I am in my car - PARKED - and never, ever while driving.

AARRGGHH!!
There - I've ranted. And I still don't feel better.

[x-g.o.p.er]

97. People who snap gum and chew with their mouth open...

Oh my God!!!

[grace0418]

99. I get peeved when I'm in a grocery store and I need to get past

someone who is taking up the whole aisle with their cart and their body. So I say "excuse me" and the person moves a grand total of one or two inches. I realize I'm chubbier than average but not even a super model could fit through the space this person just created. It's one thing to be spaced out and not realize that your cart has rolled away, blocking an aisle. Everyone has done that at one time or another. It's another thing to be completely oblivious after someone asks you to move.

[Bluzmann57]

101. A grocery complaint

At virtually every supermarket in this country, when one looks in the fresh ground beef case for one or two or three pounds of fresh hamburger, it's almost always a little over. For instance, the other day I went to a local grocery store and sure enough, there was 1.02 lbs. 1.07 lbs., etc. What is so damn hard about cutting exactly one pound of hamburger and then packaging it? OK OK so it's borderline insane, but it just bugs me.

[LynzM]

103. People who tailgate

Drives. Me. Crazy. If I can't see your headlights, on the highway, if anything happened, we are both in big trouble. So get off my ass, thanks.

Oh, and most of the grammar peeves that have already been mentioned :)

[rbnyc]

104. More:

Referring to Frankenstein's Monster as Frankenstein

People who jog and/or go to the gym regularly, but take the elevator to the second floor

People who roll through or run stop signs

Colleagues who don't return phone-calls within 24 hours