What are your pet peeves?

[lightningandsnow]

Here's one that's really annoying, that my dad mentioned to me:

People who applaud when their plane lands. What are they going to do, boo the pilot if it crashes?

Also: people who obnoxiously blast music over iPod speakers. That's why god made headphones - so I don't have to listen to your crappy music for hours on end.

People who vandalize wikipedia with things like "MR. SMITH IS GAY!!! PASS IT ON!"

Add your own. I'll add more once I think of more.

[IzaSparrow]

1. at the bar...

when the bartender knows you're going to cash out and he keeps skipping over you. Is this supposed to make me buy more drinks?

[Whoa_Nelly]

2. Bass woofers in cars

They hurt my ears, shake my car, and really bother me when am at home and the guy across the street has his music blaring through them while he's parked in his driveway.

Oh...and just WHY? do these people think I, or anybody else, really want to hear the bass beat/shake of their music????? :grr:

[lightningandsnow]

4. I hate that too.

I hate feeling the bass. Eww.

[Skittles]

35. have you noticed

it is always crappy music too?

[Maraya1969]

37. I've told my neighbor that I have an anxiety problem and the bass makes

me very nervous. And that is the truth. I was just about to tell it to a guy at the gas station and also add that that loud music would be harmful to babies that were around but he left before I got the guts. I know I am going to do it at some point. I think the answer is not act angry; act serious and nervous, (which I am!)

[Hand]

107. Dang! Ya beat me to it! nt

[Droopy]

3. Slow drivers in the wrong lane

I drive a truck for a living and I know I'm slow. Therefore, I stay in the right lane when I'm driving a big rig. As a courtesy, you should not get out in the hammer lane if you are driving slow. Get over in the right lane with the truckers if you want to do that. Leave the left lane for those of us who need to get somewhere quickly.

[fizzgig]

77. right on, droopy

there's a ton of semi traffic on i-25 between my town and denver and nothing is guaranteed to drive me crazy like having to go 10 miles under the speed limit because a truck is in the left lane

[MrSlayer]

5. People who do movie quotes and get them wrong.

Also goes for comedy routines.

People who can't sing but do anyway.

Men wearing sandals.

Lots of things irritate me.

[mitchum]

6. "Are you speaking to me?"

[MrSlayer]

8. Grrrr.

:mad:

[unpossibles]

78. I am a paraphraser not a quoter, but I also don't go around "quoting" things incorrectly either

what's wrong with men in sandals? Dudes have been wearing sandals for thousands of years. Do you hate Jesus or something? ;)

my pet peeve: people (almost always men) who say "(real) men don't eat/drink/wear ______"

Real men and women don't give a flying fuck if someone cares about them eating veggies or quiche or wearing sandals and drinking a "fru-fru" drink. Please. Beer and hard shoes are for kids anyway.

[question everything]

81. What's wrong with men wearing sandals?

As long as they do not have high heels and their toes are not bright red?

How else would you recognize a true liberal without those Birkenstoks?


:hi:

[geardaddy]

82. "f*ck that noise. Pabst Blue Ribbon."

:D

[CreekDog]

104. yeah, but what if men wear socks with their sandals?

:shrug:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Those greenish car headlights that blister your retinas

when they shine in your rear view mirror. I just fucking hate them. People who have those damn things should be forced to sit right in front of their cars staring at their high beam headlights with their eyelids taped open with duct tape.

[mitchum]

9. People who stand in doorways and thoughtlessly block the passage of others...

just drive me freaking crazy

[Patiod]

64. Arrgh! My brother does that.

And he's a mouth breather, too. A doorway-stander AND a mouth-breather!

[MissMillie]

66. this school is full of those

thoughtless jerks.

[geardaddy]

83. Yep. That's one of mine.

[KitchenWitch]

10. People who do not use their turn signal

Yes, I live in SoCal, and clearly NOBODY uses them here...

[SallyMander]

11. I had an Irish babysitter when i was a kid

and this drove her CRAZY -- i can still hear her -- "tis not a fekkin' Christmas decoration, ya eedgit!" :rofl:


Edit - typo

[KitchenWitch]

13. I love it!

:rofl:

[CreekDog]

105. sometimes I give people a hard time about their turn signals

"Beautiful new car, is that problem covered under warranty?"

"What problem?"

"Apparently, the turn signal doesn't work."

[Hellenic_Pagan]

12. Loud mastication.

I HATE smackey noises and slurping.

I also am REALLLLLY nauseated by people who eat their boogers.

People who don't pick up their pet waste should have it deposited on thier doorstep.

People who litter the street infront of my apartment (yeh, I live in the city, in a loft, but it's my neighborhood!) make me wanna take all my non-recyclable garbage, hunt them down, and pile it on thier front porch.

Hmmmm... oh yeh, people who say "George Bush is a Godly man!".

Argh!

[lightningandsnow]

14. Teehee, you said mastication!

Sorry. Someone had to say it.

[Hellenic_Pagan]

20. Yeah,

I was hoping somebody would respond to that so I could say:

"mastication is a great sensation"

(I got in trouble once for saying that in school... apparently the teacher thought i said something diffrent! tee hee) O8)

[stuntcat]

47. (the chewing and "mmm,mm mmming")

There are certain family members I have dinner with every couple weeks who LIVE for FOOD.. dinner with them is an hour of lip-smacking and 'yummy num num' noises :puke:

People who litter ANYWHERE should be 'put down' IMHO.

[GoneOffShore]

15. 99% of American drivers

The worst drivers in the world.

(I got my license in the UK). Didn't realize what a bad driver I was until I failed my UK driving test THREE times after having an American driving license (including one for driving school buses and taxi cabs) for 7 years.

[DS1]

17. For what did they fail you?

[GoneOffShore]

44. Lane discipline and signaling

First time I actually frightened the examiner when I pulled out of a side road.

[DS1]

16. Dorkwads who post that Deckard is not a replicant, then close discussion forever

People who are standing in line, then a new register opens and the cashier says "I can help the next person" and some douche who just got in line will run over. You are NOT the next person you fucking dick.


People who sit in their cars with the engines running just because it's a wee bit chilly.


People who try pass themselves off as pro photographers when they don't even have a standalone flash.


Snow.


Restaurants that don't have hot sauce available.

[DarkTirade]

26. Regular camera flash is the enemy when trying to take pretty pictures.

If I don't have enough light, I don't have enough light and I just ain't gonna take the damn picture. :P

And I've only owned a camera for what... two and a half months now? :P

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

62. Deckard is NOT a replicant

and I'm putting you on IGNORE!

Douchebag!

:rofl:

[Fox Mulder]

18. The question should be: What aren't my pet peeves?

That would be a shorter list.

[WinkyDink]

53. You? Are me. And I'm adding that to my list!

[Fleshdancer]

19. I have too many to list but one of the biggest involves cell phones

Chatting on the cell phone while driving
Chatting on the cell phone in a restaurant
Chatting on the cell phone while grocery shopping
Chatting on the cell phone in a @&#*$*! movie theater/concert/play etc

Even in appropriate places, I can't stand it when someone SCREAMS into their phone.

When people aren't talking on the phone but keep their bluetooth ear piece thing on, they look ridiculous.

Then there are the few obnoxious friends and family members who truly believe that calling my cell phone means I should answer it every single time. I don't understand why certain people in my life refuse to recognize that I'm just not a phone person. I'm pretty straightforward about it but they either forget or just don't care.

[lightningandsnow]

21. Speaking of bluetooth, don't you hate it when

People are walking down the street talking into one of those things, and you don't see it, and you think they're insane, because they're walking down the street seemingly talking to themselves.

[Fleshdancer]

24. lol, YES!

I remember the first time I saw someone do this. I was sitting at my gate in the airport waiting for the plane when a random talking woman sat down a few seats away from me. It took me a good 5 minutes to figure out what in the world was going on because her hair covered the bluetooth.

[SoxFan]

58. It's not "Bluetooth"

The proper term is "Borg implant".

We now return you to your regularly scheduled Lounging.

[Chan790]

74. Or this:

I work in food service for a large coffee retailer. At least 4 or 5 times a day some idjit comes to my counter yakking on their bluetooth headset, stands there either saying things which make no sense like: "where is my #$%&@ report?!", or giving me the "one-second gesture" while they gab away for another 4 minutes while they finish their conversation. This person inevitably throws a fit if I skip over them to wait on the next customer. This is my pet peeve. Hang up your phone calls before you get in line, otherwise I'm not going to serve you.

[geardaddy]

87. I just hate those Bluetooth things, period.

[Hellenic_Pagan]

23. I worked in a vet clinic

and people would be talking on their bluetooths while i was trying to go over their pet's treatment options or meds.

When they kept on talking on the bluetooth, i'd just join in the conversation. For example, an actual conversation:
Them: "Oh yeh, i went to the doctor, and he said I had a bladder infection"
Me: "That sucks, mebbe you should try taking a cranberry diet suppliment"
Them (staring at me, but still talking on the headset): "Yeh, he prescribed me (some strong human antibiotic)"
Me: "Man, be sure to take that with meals, or you'll get really nauseated. Oh, and avoid dairy, or you'll have realllllly bad diarrhea"
Them: "Oh, i need to let you go. I'm picking up Kingsley at the vet, and the nurse is trying to tell me something"
Me: "Thanks for hanging up." and then I'd tell them the important info.

The worst is the things people talk about on their cell phone - at the same above job I heard people talking about:
-firing their maid for theft
-a chick asking one of her friends if she should "break up" with her fiance who she just caught screwing the neighbor
-another skanky chick talking about her vaginal discharge (VERY GROSS!)
-someone ordering drugs (coke)
-a dude trying to decide if he was gay or straight. I suggested bi as an option before he hung up with the caller.

Why do people do this? DO THEY KNOW WE CAN HEAR THEM? Geeeeez!!!

I couldn't deal with the people, so i quit that job to go back to finish up some college so i can do something else.

[Withywindle]

31. I'll never forget the guy

who sat in an airport waiting area in Detroit having a VERY LOUD argument with his girlfriend on the cell phone about her birth control pills. Apparently he didn't trust her to take them regularly.

Apparently some 100 people waiting for a packed flight needed to hear all about it.

This was 10 years ago and if I saw him on the street again I would still laugh at him.

[Skittles]

32. I hear you, Gloria

I detest it when they CHECK their phone during a movie - that thing is very bright and very distracting. The people in my life know I am not a phone person and they complain about it too - WTF!!! I HATE CHIT-CHATTING ON THE PHONE.

[Skittles]

33. dup

:o

[pippin]

40. I am with you on this one

. . . particularly people chatting LOUDLY and they invariably talk loudly,m goodness knows why.

[Patiod]

65. No - the worst is TEXTING while driving

I saw a guy in a big flashy Mercedes doing about 85 on the NJ Turnpike and he was TEXTING as he drove. Another trip a woman in a white Lexus was swerving all over the Garden State Parkway, and she was TEXTING. I tried to get my friend to speed up so I could get her plates and call 911, but the damned woman was DRIVING TOO FAST.

GloriaSmith - I don't answer my cell either if I don't feel like it. It drives other people insane.

[Awsi Dooger]

22. Referring to a person as that instead of who

Drives me absolutely nuts. AspieGrrl passed my pet peeve test 3 times in the OP:

* "People who applaud..."
* "...people who obnoxiously..."
* "People who vandalize..."

Awesome! But I can't believe how often it is butchered, on DU and elsewhere, things like, "Name the person that influenced you the most." There's even a current commercial that does it.

I've been an Edwards supporter for years, but I must say I admire Obama, partially because I don't think I've ever heard him say that instead of who.

[FloridaJudy]

25. People who leave their empty shopping carts

Smack dab in the middle of the handicapped spaces. If it were someone in a wheelchair who found it too burdensome to return the cart, and left it to the side of the space, I'd understand, but Nooooo: these twits leave them right in the middle of where a van needs to park, so you know it wasn't done by someone who used the space legitimately.

And people who are rude to service personnel. Whenever I see someone being nasty to salesclerks or waiters I'm tempted to ask "Tell me: are you always this much of a jerk, or did you forget to take your meds today?"

[MissMillie]

69. Frankly I hate them left in any spaces.

People who use a cart should return the cart to the cart coral or to the front of the store. Leaving them in the parking lot means someone is going to hit them into someone else's car.

[DarkTirade]

27. Anyone who is willing to put themselves above EVERYONE ELSE for ridiculously selfish reasons.

I.E., people who risk other people's lives on the road just because they wanna do whatever the fuck it is they're doing... whether it be that they wanna drive fast, or that they just CAN'T put down that cel phone.

And I think most other instances of such ridiculous selfishness have been mentioned: people leaving shopping carts in parking spaces (especially the handicapped ones), ect.

[SarahB]

28. The truth?

Fake bi women trying to hold onto or impress men.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

29. #1 peeve=People who steal elections

#2= Tailgaters
#3= People who speed up to keep you from changing lanes ahead of them
#4= People who wait for friends in the grocery loading area
#5= People who can't put their fucking carts in the corrals

[SeattleGirl]

30. I was part of a group of passengers that applauded when the

plane landed. It was just one time, and it was because the flight from Vegas to Seattle was the bumpiest, scariest flights I'd ever been on. The flight attendants were buckled into their jump seats for nearly the entire flight, and most of the passengers were white-knuckled.

Normally, I don't do that, and that's really the only flight I've ever been on where that happened.

[Skittles]

34. women who make noise with their shoes when they walk

I really hate that.

I don't like hearing people whistle either.

[Catsbrains]

36. people who follow sports relentlessly but can't be bothered to vote.

[Maraya1969]

38. People who do not pick up the free newspapers that are throw in everyone's

driveway 2 times a week! Actually I am furious at the newspapers for creating such litter and I'm thinking about letting my opinion be known.


And people who put food in their mouth with a fork and then grab hold of it and slide it out of their mouth while their teeth are clomped on it. I hate the sound.


EDIT: To add that one newspaper comes in a yellow plastic bag and the other comes in an orange plastic bag.

It's so attractive.
:sarcasm:

[CreekDog]

106. People who deliver those free newspapers every week!

I always have to pick them up, all wet and yucky, pull the plastic off them and recycle them.

And those stupid loose ads that go in my mailbox seemingly everyday!

:grr:

[dorkulon]

39. Ridiculously loud Harleys

Whoopee, guy! That's so fucking rock-n-roll how you set off all the car alarms on my street at 4:30 AM! I bet you have an extremely large penis!

[lightningandsnow]

52. Uggh... I hate that.

and, on a related note, I hate it when people find it necessary to mow their lawns at 6:30 in the morning on a saturday.

[SPKrazy]

41. Anal Retentive Neighbors With Perfectly Manicured Lawns

and who spend most of their time mowing or trimming their lawn.

[Highway61]

42. People who park in a handicap area

who are NOT handicapped.

2nd....people who don't clean off the snow and ice off the top of their cars.

[Initech]

85. Just like George Costanza?

:evilgrin:

[geardaddy]

90. lol

I don't clean the snow and ice off the top of my car. It's usually because it's subzero cold when I have to.

[greymattermom]

43. digital stuff

I shouldn't have to read the instructions to figure out how to work an alarm clock. I have a Ph.D. from MIT and sometimes just give up.

[SteppingRazor]

45. People who ask what my pet peeves are.

GOD I HATE THAT SO MUCH!!! :grr:







:P

[chknltl]

46. The fact that everyone on the road is in my damned way....

...before I get my morning latte. Things tend to smooth out for awhile directly afterwords. I am thinkin' of switchin' to decaf before someone gets hurt! (some bright college kid oughta do a study on caffine's effect on road rage)

[av8rdave]

48. A few...

People who stop in the middle of the crowded airport concourse to talk on their phone, stare at the ceiling, etc.

People who, during deplaning, stop at the front of the plane to talk the the flight attendants or their friends, delaying everyone else trying to get off.

Ingredients in restaurant food that are not mentioned on the menu. "Turkey and swiss on wheat bread with lettuce and tomato." Then the sandwich comes, slathered with mayo and piled high with pickles and onions.

People who cut into the turn lane ahead of the dozens of others who have been waiting in the slowdown.

[geardaddy]

91. The term "deplaning"

;)

[raccoon]

49. People who yak on cell phones while driving.

People who litter. A group of slobs yesterday obviously went to a fast food joint and returned to the apartment parking lot. They unceremoniously dumped their litter in the parking lot.

Who raised them? :wtf:

Oh, and people who empty their car ashtrays in parking lots or while waiting to get on the interstate.

[bookworm65t]

50. kids jumping on me when I try to swim

the little bastards. I hate them! :mad:

[LibDemAlways]

51. Stores that allow "returns" in the check-out aisle.

The craft store Michaels has numerous customers who apparently have second thoughts about all the crap they buy. Inevitably, they are in front of me when I'm just trying to buy something and get the hell out. I end up trapped behind some moron who is returning $40.00 worth of small items that have to be entered into the register one at a time, often with tags missing. The store should set up a separate "customer service" counter to deal with these idiots, but they insist on inconveniencing everybody else.

[Xipe Totec]

54. People who slash seats on public transportation

for no reason, some people just love to destroy the seats with blades.

[Hayabusa]

55. Region Encoding

I'm about to lose my cool, because I can't find a Region 1 version of the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie. Same with Battle Royale.

Who's bright idea was it, so I can give them a good verbal beating?

[SoxFan]

59. If I knew what the hell that was, I'd agree

[Greyskye]

72. Your peeve is no more

All you need to do is get a Region-free DVD player. I'm really happy with my Oppo - http://www.oppodigital.com/

They are all up-converting and can be set to any region with the remote. Quite inexpensive actually, and the next best thing to HD/Blue Ray DVD.

[grace0418]

56. Dealt with two at the gym tonight. #1 People who get on the machine next to

you then proceed to have long, annoying conversations with someone standing next to them. Even worse, sometimes the person actually stands between your machine and their friend's machine so they're about 6 inches from you. I'm there to WORK OUT. I need to be able to concentrate on what I'm doing. I'm not expecting the gym to be as quiet as a library or anything but it makes the time go by soooooo much slower if I'm forced to listen to someone yapping incessantly about the stupidest things. And, yes, even with headphones on I can still hear it. If you really need to have that conversation, go to the lobby or the locker room. One of the most frequent offenders seems to be an employee of my gym. She always shows up after I've started working out and just loves to choose the machine right next to me. Inevitably, the long line of visitors starts about 2 minutes into her workout. Grrrr.

#2 People who leave the treadmill or elliptical at the highest incline and jump off when they're done without putting the incline back down. I'm 5'3". Trying to climb on an elliptical at the highest incline while holding my iPod, towel and water bottle is an accident waiting to happen. It's not as difficult to climb on the treadmill at a high incline, but then *I'm* the one that has to sit there and wait for the machine to reset itself before I can start my workout. Even if I plan on working out at the highest incline, the treadmill will reset down to zero grade then back up to whatever I want.

[woo me with science]

57. quack medicine hawked on tv

oh, and people who feed or give treats to other people's pets without asking.

[Initech]

86. That is a big one of mine too.

Although I personally believe that if you're stupid enough to buy pills off the TV without talking to a doctor first, you deserve whatever side effects you get.

[geardaddy]

92. "HEAD ON! APPLY DIRECTLY TO YOUR FOREHEAD!"

lol

[kwassa]

60. Public toilets, and slow drivers in the left lane, and cell phone drivers

Specifically, men who pee on toilet seats because they won't lift the seat, and then splash all over the seat. Lowest rung of hell is reserved for them. A great sociological study could be done on human behavior in public restrooms.

Second lowest rung of hell is reserved for the left lane hogs, those who wish to drive slowly and block traffic in the PASSING lane, oblivious and uncaring about traffic backing up behind them. Often, they are on cellphones as well, which renders them slow and idiotic.

[raccoon]

61. Women do that too.

"men who pee on toilet seats because they won't lift the seat, and then splash all over the seat. "

I assume they're squatting over the toilet, not actually sitting on it. BUt if they're going to do that I wish they'd lift the seat.

[kwassa]

63. yeah, I've heard women's restrooms are as bad or worse than the mens

all kinds of disgusting unsanitary behavior in restrooms.

[DS1]

76. for me it's people who don't bother to flush because someone else will

or some poor cleaning sap will do it. They need a brown-swirly after the second offense.

[unpossibles]

80. ugh - even worse is when it goes on long enough that the floor is wet all around the urinal/toilet

and the puddle just grows because no one wants to walk in it (understandably).

[Patiod]

67. Dads with their kids, talking on cell phones

I've seen dads playing catch with their kids in the park, while chatting on the cell phone. Way to ruin your good intentions, asshole.

I'm not talking about "Hey honey, I'm heading home, do we need anything?", I'm talking about mostly ignoring the child while you're on a long call.

We were in a local pool hall one night (a fairly nice one, where there was no alcohol served, so young people and kids were welcome), and a (obviously non-custodial) dad was there with his little boy (about 12), and the dad spent at least 1/2 hour on the phone while the kid just sat there. It was SO sad.

[bluethruandthru]

68. People who leave huge spaces between them and the car in front of them at traffic lights.

What they don't seem to realize is that by not pulling forward, they are blocking people behind them from entering the left turn lane. 9 times out of 10 the the left turn arrow is green, but no one can turn because they're all backed up because some asshole stoped 5 car lengths behind the car in front of him. Usually, it's someone who wanted to stop in order to do their makeup or send a text message.
Drivers in general piss me off. No one seems to think that their actions while driving affect others. When they don't use their turn signal, when they yak on their cell phones, when they brake constantly on the freeway. I could go on and on and on!

[MissMillie]

70. I've been immediately behind someone at a stop light

only to have the person behind me hit me into the car in front of me.

While 5 car lengths is a lot, a driver stopped behind any vehicle should be able to see the tires of that other vehicle connect w/ the ground.

[halobeam]

71. yep. agreed.

[zanne]

73. Chuck Norris and the "Total Home Gym". nt

[geardaddy]

94. Chuck Norris. Period.

[bif]

75. People who use a flash camera from hundreds of feet from the stage

People, a flash goes about 12 feet, max. It's not going to help your picture one bit!

[DS1]

79. in fact it'll make it worse

because the camera is expecting the light, so it'll under expose a lot of stuff.

[Initech]

84. DVD players in the back seats of cars

Honestly, how many times does your kid need to watch the Spongebob Squarepants movie? :grr:

[kwassa]

88. when you are sitting in the back seat with the baby ...

the DVD/CD/satellite radio thing is pretty cool, on a long trip. Can listen to something different than the driver, via headphones.

[Initech]

96. On long road trips its fine.

But here in California I see those god damn things going on the freeways every fucking night! Honestly, are kids that bored going just from point A to point B?

[kwassa]

97. Short attention spans, plus bad city gridlock.

Not as dangerous as texting while driving.

[hamsterjill]

89. People at Drive Up Bank Lines

The people who get into the drive up lane at the bank and THEN start getting their deposit slips, etc. together.

Then, the same dipsticks will be the ones who sit there after they get the deposit slip back and organize their purse or wallet while everyone behind them waits.

They couldn't just drive up a few feet and let someone else have a turn!

[geardaddy]

93. When presenters/chefs on cooking shows

use the term "plate" as a verb. :grr:

[calico1]

98. I also can't stand a certain cooking show host who

makes up words for things that already have a term. For example, a thick soup is called "stew." No need to make up another word for it, especially a stupid sounding one.

[geardaddy]

99. Who's that?

That could be anyone.

[cloudbase]

95. People who throw out

what might be considered really wild-assed opinions then justify it with a "just sayin."

[redqueen]

100. People who are assholes.

GDP is JAM PACKED with 'em.

[Throd]

101. Wilmington, California

God I hate that.

[Initech]

102. When you're at a take out restaurant and people stare at the menu for like 20 minutes.

Boy does that one make my blood boil.

[CreekDog]

103. cash money, Rush, (other) people who copycat threads

:)