Name some of your pet peeves.

[Lil Missy]

I'm impatient when someone slows to a stop in traffic, anticipating a yellow light. 4 more cars could get through!

It annoys me to pay someone to clear the snow in my driveway, and they don't do the front or side of the the car where I have to walk. Do the whole thing!

I hate it when someone checks through all their 2 carts of groceries, and wait till it's done to start searching for their checkbook or debit card.

When there is some local event at the nearby Casino that seems to require fireworks. It scares my pets.

What are some of your pet peeves?

[Nevilledog]

1. Hubby putting the dishes on TOP of the dishwasher instead of it in.

Drives me crazy.

[Lil Missy]

2. My brother used to leave his dishes all over the house. I started scooping them up and dumping them

on his bed. He had to bring them to the kitchen before he could go to bed. I was a mean big sis.

I did the dishes, but wasn't going to go around the house to pick them up.

[Nevilledog]

5. LOL....that's not mean, it's smart.

My hubby brings the dishes downstairs, rinses them off but just can't seem to make that final commitment to OPEN the damn dishwasher and put them in....he has no explanation for it either, it's like it doesn't compute.

[1gobluedem]

3. I hate it when people don't put the newspaper back together after reading it

But just wad all the sections together. I also hate it when people scribble, doodle, and write all over shared lists, papers, etc.

And I hate it when people send each transaction separately at the bank's drive through window and when people have to go through each transaction one at a time at the Post Office. Why can't they say "I want to send this package, buy a roll of stamps, and get ten postcard stamps" instead of waiting for the clerk to ask if there is anything else?

I have many thousands more but will leave it at this for now.

[rurallib]

4. PEOPLE WHO POST IN DU AND DON'T GIVE A LOCATION

where a story took place. I was just looking at a post on homeless folks. No location or area indicated where the story is about.
Also, looking at a link on the net that has neither area or date. I once went to a TV clip and had to dig through to find the weather report to figure out where the story was from.
DU is a national forum, not the local gossip blog. Let us know the area your story is from. And it would be nice to have at least the date on a link. I was reading one a while back that someone posted as new, but seemed anachronistic. After some digging I found it to be @4 years old.

So when you post something about a guy building dirty bombs in his basement start out by saying "here in Maine", or when your discussing weather say "here in upstate New York" not just "oh-oh tornado warnings."

[Lil Missy]

21. Or post a bare link, and not tell what it is about. I skip them.

[no name no slogan]

6. I hate threads that ask me to name my pet peeves

I've got so many of them, I need my own damn forum. One thread just isn't enough.

[Swede]

7. Slow drivers in the hammer lane.

Get the hell over to the right already.

[skygazer]

8. Fred, Joyce and Eliza

I think those are good names for pet peeves. :P

[mcctatas]

9. I am surprisingly less peevish lately, but I will never be able to abide:

Pen clickers, yes we get it, your pen goes in when you click it and out when you click it again, but must you do it over and over and over and over?

Knuckle Crackers, the sound literally makes me nauseous

Snot Snorters, blow yer fecking nose already!

I am sure there are more, but these are the top three (today at least :P )

[Lil Missy]

13. LOL! Those are good ones!

The snot snorter in particular. I worked with one of those. She'd 'bout make me puke. And when she did blow her nose, it was a loud HONK that could be heard all over the building.

I'm not especially known for my tact. I asked her one day if she should see a Dr about that. Cause it shouldn't set off the fire alarms every time she snorted or blew her nose. Or make me want to puke.

[mcctatas]

16. I love you!

:yourock:

[Lil Missy]

20. Was it something I said? LOL!

I love you too! I'm glad things are going well for you. :hi:

[DevonRex]

24. Oh. That last one is one of the worst. Yuck.

[Heidi]

10. I only have one: intentional mean-spiritedness.

I have no problem moderating my reactions to a jillion other scenarios, but I have not yet mastered even one pica of understanding for intentional mean-spiritedness.

[hippywife]

28. >>>

:thumbsup: :loveya:

[FedUpWithIt All]

11. Chewing with a wide open mouth pretty much wakes a primitive, murderous rage in me.

It is insane but it takes everything i have to not FREAK OUT when people eat like that. It is a pretty visceral reaction.

[DevonRex]

23. That's mine, too. I have had to change seats in restaurants because

of it and then still couldn't finish my meal.

[octocat lady]

12. I hate when people feel like they need to rush others on the road

I favor safety over getting nowhere fast.

I hate when drivers yak on cell phones and don't use their turn signals.

I hate when people have their iPods up too high and I have to hear the tinny bass on the El or computer lab (like right now).

I HATE LITTERING!!!!!:(

[FedUpWithIt All]

14. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[octocat lady]

17. Thank you...I saw your pet peeve...

hope I never do that (it's entirely possible, though).

I depise SPITTING! I am constantly dodging phlegm on the sidewalk.:puke:

[Heidi]

18. Welcome to DU, octocat lady!

:hi:

[TZ]

15. I'm peeved at my pets..

For waking me up at 6am!:P

[Lil Missy]

19. Oh, don't get me started on the pets.

It's like being a mom. Since they love you, they are always in your space.

My cat, "snarly butt" refuses to be held. However he must sleep on my butt. Kinda makes my hip hurt, because I'm arthritic. But I'm used to it.

I'm probably like you. I'd rather get up and let the dog out, or feed them, than give them up. They are worth it. ;)

[TZ]

25. "snarly butt" what a great nickname

I also enjoy hearing about your pillow stealing dog:)

[Lil Missy]

27. "snarly butt" also answers to "punkin face". He's just rotten.

The dog did steal my pillows again. He's laying on one he trampolined onto the floor right now.
:eyes:

[DevonRex]

22. People who smack and eat with their mouths open. Nothing worse than that.

[av8rdave]

26. Marathon length messages on my answering machine

Does it ever occur to ___________ that I have lots of other messages to get through?

Couldn't you just say "hi, this is Jan*, and I was calling about that party we talked about. Give me a call."

How simple. Instead, I get this 8 paragraph speech. It's agonizing, and a waste of time!


*Not her real name

[Lil Missy]

29. And also! Why do body parts go south before every birthday?

[azmouse]

32. Yeah! Why can't they go north just once?

North is a good direction. I'm talking to my boobs today and telling them to get with the program! :hi:

[Lil Missy]

34. I'm gonna have a talk with mine! Yeah!

[cherish44]

30. People who talk with food in their mouths

Yuck and gross

[Lil Missy]

31. That seems to be a frequent response. I don't run across that.

But I agree that would be yucky.

[Arugula Latte]

33. People who say "monkey" when they mean "ape."

APES DON'T HAVE TAILS, PEOPLE!!!!! :grr:

[SoxFan]

36. Nice post, Dr. Zira!

[Lil Missy]

38. Guess you had to be there. I don't understand the significance.

Or how that would come up in conversation.

:shrug:

[Arugula Latte]

44. I was actually being sarcastically overdramatic in that post.

But, it does sort of rankle me that there is such widespread ignorance about a basic piece of knowledge.

Maybe it bugs me because they're my fellow primates.:)

[SoxFan]

35. Nick, Seamus, Rocco, Marissa, and Joyce

[dynasaw]

37. People who . . .

talk loudly on their cell phones in restaurants, stores, and public places;

write checks and balance their checkbooks in the check out lane;

have long conversations with checkers while a line people are standing behind them;

walk around with those stupid blue tooth devices stuck all the time in their ears;

bring huge parcels, bags etc. on planes and stand forever in the aisle trying to shove their stuff into overhead bins;

with kids who leave restaurants looking like ware zones--food on the floor, on the table, used napkins etc.

[Lil Missy]

39. Welcome to curmudgeon.

:P

[BeachBaby]

40. Oh, I've got a few.....

1. The evangelical agenda - self-explanatory.

2. Manipulators/mindfuckers - you don't want me to elaborate. I think it would cause DU to implode.

3. The soccer moms who seem to think that their schedule is much more important than the other people around them. I am well-aware that schlepping kids all over town isn't a picnic, but please, ladies....we're all busy people, and your schedule is most likely no more hectic than ours.

4. People who chew with their mouths open. :puke:

[Lil Missy]

41. There seem to be a lot of people who chew with their mouths open.

That's making a lot of people sick here.

I have honestly never seen that with my friends or family. Not for many years, anyway.

[sammythecat]

42. Inconsiderate, lazyass fucktards

who leave shopping carts in the parking lot.

People who talk out loud using their cellphones in public

People who use their cellphones compulsively

People who do shit on their cellphones while I'm talking to them

Cellphones

Ill-mannered and inconsiderate cretins who use offensive language in public. It's especially offensive when they don't even know how to do it well. Some people can use profanity in a way that's almost a pleasure to hear. Ill-mannered and inconsiderate cretins are almost never able to do this.

Golf. Everything about it.

All the multi-level safety crap on OTC medicines.

Cryptic, sometimes indecipherable, hieroglyphic symbols on everything from dashboards to industrial equipment replacing words like "stop", "on", "off", "start", etc. Really, if I was in a foreign land I'd much rather just learn a dozen basic command words instead of relying on my intuition to interpret some graphic designers artistic interpretation of those words.

Boorish clods who can't acknowledge a courtesy because they are boorish clods.

People who fail to consider my needs and wants as their top priority. How dare they

[Lil Missy]

43. Your needs and wants are not priority. The world revolves around ME!!!

;)

[sammythecat]

48. Only in Nebraska Lil Missy, only in Nebraska.

Over here it's all about me.

:smoke:

[Lil Missy]

50. My family is from Philadelphia. One word, and your butt is kicked!

:)

[bluethruandthru]

45. Idiots who don't use their turn signals!

I guess they think we're all mind readers and should just know where they're going!!

People who put their turn signals on AFTER they've been braking for 30 seconds (and you're wondering why the hell they're braking!)

[Lil Missy]

49. Oh yeah! And people who come to a full stop to turn a corner.

I have a word for people like that....

[bluedeminredstate]

46. Drawers and cupboard doors left open

I mean, how lazy is it to just walk away from the silverware drawer or cupboard after you've got what you want and not close the damn thing? It makes the kitchen look messy when everything isn't shut and closed.

People who leave the last teeny, tiny bit of leftover food so they don't have to clean up the container it's stored in and/or taking the last of something and sticking the empty ice cream container, soda bottle, etc. back into the fridge or freezer. :grr:

Not winding up the 40 foot cord on the vacuum cleaner before putting it away or shoving it in the corner.

Taking the last square of toilet paper and not changing the roll. :nuke:

[Lil Missy]

47. Uh oh. If there is no TP left, I just grab a new roll. And set it on the counter.

:hide:

[Rabrrrrrr]

51. The way my fish just swim and plot. Swim and plot. Swim and plot. I haven't slept in three weeks.

:scared:

[Lil Missy]

52. I'd be worried too! They are plotting to steal your identity!

Just ask Raven. Her cats steal her charge cards!

My dog steals my pillows. I know it's just the first step to doom.

:scared:

[trof]

53. Elaine and John, for two.

:rofl:

[TheCentepedeShoes]

54. Ok, I'll ask him

(a couple of minutes later)... He says I can name is left hind foot "Peeves" but the rest needs to stay "Raven"

[femmocrat]

55. Horse manure all over the road.

Disgusting!

[RiffRandell]

56. Where do I start?

People who write checks at stores and don't start filling anything out until they're given the total.

Commercial radio----Sirius rules.

People that are driving and talking on cell phones going 2 miles an hour. WTF?

Cheap tippers-I used to be a server.

People that don't say thank you when you hold the door for them---I always say really nastily "You're welcome!"

People that don't recycle----there's lots of them in my neighborhood.

People that use plastic or paper bags at the grocery-----we ALWAYS bring our "green" ones.

I'm embarrassed that I live in the state of GA. An article in the paper today had our dumbass Gov, Sonny Perdue, stating he doesn't ethically support stem cell research.