What is your pet peeve? Here is your chance to express things that get on your last nerve. Mine is

[debm55]

people walking their dogs and not picking up the poop, I always clean up after Dolly and I'm tired of walking her and me through the poop mines.

[Peregrine Took]

1. I have so many but on the similar theme I hate it when I see someone pulling their dog on a leash

while on scooter, bike, etc. Dogs aren't built to run for a long time without stopping. its cruel.

[debm55]

3. Agree

[debm55]

52. Have never seen, but it does sound very cruel

[grumpyduck]

2. One of mine is people who are oblivious of their surroundings.

See it all the time at the supermarket and parking lots: someone will be walking or driving down the middle of the aisle without a clue that there's someone behind them trying to get through. I can't even blame it on cell phones; I see people doing it all the time without a phone. And it seems to be getting more common.

[debm55]

5. I agree or park their cart in the aisle ang go up and down shopping,leaving their cart where ever

they please.

[Polly Hennessey]

7. Especially the ones who leave their carts in the middle

of the aisle while they are looking at items on the shelf.

[liberal N proud]

4. Self centered people

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53. Who thing nothing of others.

[LakeArenal]

6. Incivility. Some people are just rude. Period.

But I really hate bad grammar. Dangling participles are one thing but some are a disgrace.

Part of the dumbing down of the US.

[Polly Hennessey]

8. Uh, oh, I know my participles frequently dangle. 😧

[LakeArenal]

12. Where they dangle at?

[Doc_Technical]

47. What did you end a sentence with a preposition for?

[Niagara]

54. Did you mean "why" instead of "what"?

Phones can be funny like that, so can humans.



DU's spellchecker isn't that great at times either.


We do what we can with what we have and how our brain operates at any given moment.

[3catwoman3]

30. I think i must have been an English teacher or grammarian in a previous life.

Sloppy language makes me grit my teeth so hard I’m afraid I’ll crack one.

I’m currently most bothered by the increasing frequency of people making a possessive out of “I.” “John and I’s vacation.” “Mary and I’s dog.”

I also recently saw something about “irregardless” now being acceptable. “Oh, no, it’s NOT!” I yelled at my laptop.

[Dulcinea]

9. Gum cracking sets my teeth on edge.

I cannot stand that noise. No one should EVER see or hear what's in someone else's mouth!

[3catwoman3]

29. My paternal grandmother was known to say...

…”I hope it tastes better than it looks,” to family members caught chewing with their mouths open.

[debm55]

55. True, very true

[Dulcinea]

10. People who walk around on their phones telling the world about their business.

I've heard so many people talking about personal stuff in the grocery store. WHY? Also, last time I went to Target, I saw a woman go into the bathroom stall STILL TALKING on her phone. Gross!

[3catwoman3]

31. I once saw a woman walk barefoot into one of the public...

…bathrooms along the highway.

[LeftInTX]

39. Eww

[debm55]

56. Why did she need to talk in the stall? You're right so gross.

[rsdsharp]

11. I have several, although they're not as acute anymore,

since I haven’t gotten out much in the last three years.

People who HAVE to pay with exact change, holding up the line as they search for, and count out, each penny, even though they have another dollar bill in their hand. How do they even have change? They never get any back.

People who park their cart sideways in the aisle as the look for what they want.

Related, people who stop in the aisle (usually at an end cap) to have a conversation.

This may just be local, but people who meet each other going opposite directions on a street, stop, roll down their windows and have a conversation.

I haven’t thought of this stuff in awhile; now my blood pressure is rising.

[3catwoman3]

32. Some years ago, we were in line behind a woman who kept...

…us, and several other people, waiting quite a long time while she insisted the checkout clerk verify the price of a glass vase she had picked up in their floral section. She insisted it had been marked at $1.29, and pitched a fit when it rang up at $1.79 (might have been $1.99.)

As if that weren’t annoying enough, she then pulled a $100.00 bill to pay for the vase!

[debm55]

57. Agree, stopping in the aisle to talk. They see you but don't care.

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[Midnight Writer]

13. Tailgaters.

What's the big deal? Leave some space. Riding someone's tail does not get you there faster, and it is the cause of many accidents.

[IjustDontlikeRepugs]

17. I hate people who ride my ass....

Especially, when they can pass. I generally slow down, sometimes 30 MPH below the limit.

[Niagara]

20. +1000

This!

[ailsagirl]

26. They're idiots, that's why

And we’re forced to share the road with them.

[debm55]

58. Absolutely. Then they pass you (many times illegally) and are the car in front of you at the light.

[Ferrets are Cool]

14. Hearing "I could care less".

Makes me want to

[debm55]

59. Tells you alot about them.

[doc03]

15. "My bad", Liberty ads, all drug ads, people on phones and TV preachers. To name a few.

[debm55]

60. Yes to all.

[TlalocW]

16. Food gate-keeping

We all have different tastes and respond to textures and sights differently so maybe what one considers a cardinal sin - getting a steak well-done for instance - is what others prefer. I get medium well to well-done depending on my mood, and I've found restaurants who can still make a juicy well-done steak. Want to do a Trump and put ketchup on it? Do it. Don't like pineapple on your pizza? Fine. Don't get it but STFU if I do.

More than likely you wouldn't put up with people trying to tell you that your favorite dessert, wine, vegetable, etc. sucks, and you need to not eat/drink them anymore. Start applying to everything.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be grilling a well-done steak to cut into strips to put on a pineapple pizza that also has artichokes on it. After which I'll enjoy an oatmeal-raisin cookie, and a Diet Pepsi (since I don't drink).

[Kali]

28. aaauuuggghhhh

do you know me?

[TlalocW]

34. Are you a food gate-keeper or

A victim of it?

[Kali]

37. ...

more of gatekeeper


I don't care what people eat truly, but your examples... the only thing missing is pineapple in coleslaw

[Niagara]

44. +1000 I didn't realize there's a term for this annoyance.

I'm not married, although I refer to my SO's parents as FIL and MIL. Unknowingly to MIL, she is referred to by another member of the family as Puppetmaster.



Some years back before I realized that I had adverse reactions to gluten, MIL was appalled to find out that I didn't like brown gravy on turkey and was even more appalled to discover that I wouldn't eat a slice of pumpkin pie topped off with whipped cream. (The whipped cream being the offender, not the slice of pumpkin pie).


One of our last holiday events was Thanksgiving in 2018 at a buffet type restaurant. She said, "Niagara, you should get some of this on your plate." I looked at her a said, "I'm (insert my age here), please stop treating me like a child and let me pick out my own food." I was polite about it even though I was annoyed.


By the way, both in-laws are tRumpist so I avoid them when I can.

[TlalocW]

69. I think gatekeeping is relatively new

And you see it most often when talking about video games ala
You can't be a real gamer unless you like XYZ video game

But I've seen it applied to cultural appreciation, etc. One of the best examples - especially in how it got shot down is this:

[Niagara]

76. Interesting.

I'm going have to remember the term gatekeeping.

[debm55]

61. I like oatmeal-raisin cookie.

[ProfessorGAC]

18. Short List

• People occupying more than one space in the parking lot. What do they think those lines are doing there?
• Songs about cities. (Yeah, that includes those about Chicago.)
• People flipping me off for not going fast enough when I'm doing the speed limit.
• Nearly all harmonica players. Everybody isn't Toots Thielmann, Larry Adler, or Sonny Terry.
• People with 25 items in the 10 items or less aisle. They aren't more important than the rest of us.
That's enough.

[rsdsharp]

36. You triggered a memory. Many years ago -- late 60s

my older sister (then in her late teens) parked the car at the supermarket, and was walking toward the store when she was accosted by an older man (probably younger than I am now). He was screaming that she had parked illegally.

My sister had terrible depth perception, and was embarrassed to think she had parked incorrectly. When she got back to the car she was confused to see it was exactly between the lines. The guy kept screaming that she was illegally parked. He finally told her that she was supposed to straddle the lines, not park between them.

When she politely disagreed, he went into the store and called the cops! For a perceived parking violation in a private parking lot. The police came, looked at the car, listened to him, and then ‘splained (politely, politely) that he was full of shit and shouldn’t waste their time while acting the fool.

[ProfessorGAC]

42. That's One Of The Dumbest Things I've Ever Heard

The guy thought the lines were to be straddled? Sheesh!
What would he think about the cross lines? Straddle those, too? Every car would suck up 4 spaces.
What an idiot!
Who, in the late 60s, didn't know how a parking lot worked?

[stuck in the middle]

46. I love songs about cities.

Songs about cities

Cali Pachanguero, Grupo Niche - Video Oficial

Willy Garcia - Así Es Que Se Baila En Cali (Video Oficial) | Salsa Para Bailar

[stuck in the middle]

49. Apparently, I'm not alone.

I love songs about cities.

Cuando la Goyo de Chocquibtown llora

ChocQuibTown - Condoto

[ProfessorGAC]

63. Then, We're Opposites On That

I could not care less where the singer calls home. I just don't want to hear it.
When I was a teen, I actually refused when my jazz coach suggested working up a version of Take Me Back To Sorrento.
Then 27 years later, i had dinner in Sorrento! And, my next time in Naples, I went back! Go figure.

[stuck in the middle]

78. I'm not familiar with the tune.

When I was a teen, I actually refused when my jazz coach suggested working up a version of Take Me Back To Sorrento.

Perhaps you could post a music video of it?

I could not care less where the singer calls home.

Here’s a tune about popayán, the Capitol of Cauca, by a band that is not from popayán.

son del tuno-popayán

[stuck in the middle]

50. A couple towns in Cauca

Songs about cities

This one is about Guapi:

Grupo Bahía-Te Vengo a Cantar

And this one is about Galindez:

HACIENDA DE CHALGUAYACO EKLIPSE DE LUNA video oficial

[stuck in the middle]

51. We visited Cartagena a couple of weeks ago.

Songs about cities

We had lots of fun.

LA REBELION (NO LE PEGUE A LA NEGRA) - Joe Arroyo

LA TIERRA PROMETIDA, CARLOS VIVES, CARTAGENA DE INDIAS, COLOMBIA, TURISMO

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62. Yes to the privileged people checking out more then the amount stated.

[ProfessorGAC]

64. I'm Shocked At How Many People...

...can't count past 10.

[stuck in the middle]

80. Neil Young - Harvest Moon [Official Music Video]

Nearly all harmonica players. Everybody isn't Toots Thielmann, Larry Adler, or Sonny Terry.

[Niagara]

19. My hulk-out annoyances.

People who talk during a television show/movie without pausing. I can't listen to two separate entities at the same time. Either pause the show or movie, or STFU, it really is that simple. How many times do I have to explain this to SO anyways?


People who don't wash their hands after using the restroom. Gross!


Horn honking on radio commercials/traffic reports. It's annoying. I don't know if it's someone behind me or on the radio.


Tailgaters. There is no reason to be that close while I'm driving the posted speed limit. I'm not in heat, get off my ass! Perhaps the tailgater should adjust THEIR schedule so that they make it on time to where they need to be, just like the rest of us.


People who record concerts and share those videos. Nobody cares. If I wanted to see a recorded video of a concert, I would have gone to the concert to begin with.


Inconsiderate neighbors. Letting your dog bark around 5:30am any day of the week isn't cool. Letting your dog at 11:00pm to midnight any night of the week isn't cool either. My bedroom is right next to where your dog barks.

[stuck in the middle]

82. I don't drive in Colombia.

Tailgaters. There is no reason to be that close while I'm driving the posted speed limit. I'm not in heat, get off my ass! Perhaps the tailgater should adjust THEIR schedule so that they make it on time to where they need to be, just like the rest of us.

If you leave enough space between the you and the guy in front of you to fit a car, the guy behind you will immediately fill it.

[ailsagirl]

21. Tailgaters drive me crazy!! 🤬

Noisy neighbors
Inflation
Repukes
Hot weather
Television (with a few exceptions)
Rude people

any many more…

[Glamrock]

22. Ari Melber's fucking rap quotes.

I was listening one day and he says, “in the words of Chuks the Destroyer…”. Feels like a news program from Idiocracy every time he does it.

[Paladin]

72. +1000.

It's like Ari is still trying to be the coolest kid in middle school---and failing miserably. The rap lyrics are a needless distraction.

[Trueblue1968]

23. my spouse coughing every 15 seconds or so. he has a LOUD voice, can iinterupt tv or reading

[Trailrider1951]

24. Mine is people who let their cats roam

Cats that roam the neighborhood are vulnerable to predators like coyotes, large dogs, birds of prey and, unfortunately, other humans.

https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/cat-need-lifesaving-surgery-is-third-recently-brought-shelter-with-gunshot-wound/3QYLTSICP5DBVCU3DWWHQPPL24/

They also are killed by cars, and the cats will kill birds even if well-fed. Please, please, please if you love your cats, keep them at home! And I say this as a mom of two adopted shelter cats.

[ailsagirl]

25. That goes for me, too

Mine are strictly indoor cats and it works out well.
😻

[IcyPeas]

27. I hate getting glochids stuck in my fingers

When repotting cactus.... no matter how careful

[3catwoman3]

33. Thank you for teaching me...

…a new word.

[LeftInTX]

40. Hurts like the devil

Mine are in the ground.

I take a machete to the pad base and whack to prune.

No way would I have them in a pot!

[Kali]

35. cops

fucking COPS who can't give an accurate location.

law enforcement agencies that insist on communicating through a dispatcher. EVERYBODY has cell phones, just fucking call me direct. playing post office with a dispatcher in a city 60 miles away in a potentially dangerous situation is ridiculous. especially when you don't even know your fucking location!

cops that don't know location and then fucking leave the scene before I can find them.

cops that don't have a clue how to work livestock out chasing them around and making everything WORSE.

cops that will write me a ticket if I cut across the median to save 15 minutes getting home, but don't mind at all when I am out helping them do their fucking job. (I think it is part of their job, not sure who else is supposed to keep the highway safe)

[WestMichRad]

38. People who walk their dogs off leash

Over the years, I’ve been bit three times, had snarling dogs circle me, and several others jump up on me. It’s always either “You provoked him/her” (bullsh*t!!) or “(s)he won’t hurt you, just being friendly.” Sorry, no, your dog terrifies me. But it’s not the dog’s fault for behaving like a dog, it’s your fault for not controlling the animal, you inconsiderate idiot.

[MistakenLamb]

41. people who use more than one hand drier at a time

you’re not drying your hands quicker, you don’t look clever and you’re wasting energy

[3catwoman3]

43. Interesting. I've never seen...

…anyone do that.

[Niagara]

45. Welcome to DU, MistakenLamb.

I've never seen that happen, although it wouldn't surprise me.



I live in NY so we pay deposits on bottles and cans. I've seen people at the bottle and can redemption machines keep all three plastic, glass and cans in one trash bag and they hog up all three redemption machines at once since they haven't figured out how to separate the materials.

[Hotler]

48. Drivers that ignor the Keep Right Except To Pass rule. nt

[Different Drummer]

65. So many. The following is just a start, arranged in the order of my annoyance with them.

*People who think a plural just isn't a plural without an apostrophe.

*The overuse of buzzwords and catch phrases, like "epic" and "game changer." If everything is "epic" and/or a "game changer", then nothing is.

*Commercials for prescription medicines. The "ask your doctor..." part of every one of them, I'm sure, makes some people feel they know just as much about pharmacology as any doctor. Personally, I don't think there should be television commercials for prescription medicines but, obviously, that ship has sailed and likely isn't coming back.

*Insurance commercials. IMO, most of them are incredibly annoying.

*Backseat drivers!

[debm55]

68. I defiantly agree with backseat drivers.

[LeftishBrit]

74. Are these still legal in America?

'Commercials for prescription medicines. The "ask your doctor..." part of every one of them, I'm sure, makes some people feel they know just as much about pharmacology as any doctor. Personally, I don't think there should be television commercials for prescription medicines but, obviously, that ship has sailed and likely isn't coming back.'

Definitely banned in the UK.

[Different Drummer]

75. Very much legal in the U.S.--unfortunately.

We could learn a lot from the U.K.

[stuck in the middle]

83. People who think that...

…if you take an adjective like “illegal”, and add an “s”, you’ve created a plural noun.

People who think a plural just isn't a plural without an apostrophe.

[Different Drummer]

84. Exactly!

[yardwork]

66. People who insist on backing into parking spaces while others wait.

Drives me crazy. It's so selfish to hold up a line of cars because you want to make it easier to drive away later.

[3catwoman3]

70. I don't even like backing out of our garage, especially if...

…my husband’s car is on the driveway. I like to have plenty of maneuvering room.

Trying to back into a parking space with a car on both sides of me - ain’t gonna happen.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

67. One of them is, complainging about the political commenters that show up television.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218162774

Change. The. Channel.

[Fla Dem]

71. My pet Peeve is low toilets.

Whether it's in a movie theater. a restaurant, retail store, or anywhere you may have to use a toilet other than your home. Those low toilets are really difficult to use if you have any type of back or knee problems. I had both my contractor installed short toilets replaced with 16.5 inch high toilet seats.

Yeah when you're young and don't have back or knee issues it may not be a problem, but just wait.

For the extra $30-$50 for a higher toilet seat, 16.5, I get really pissed off when I have to lower myself onto a shorter toilet. 2 inches makes a big difference.

[LeftishBrit]

73. Drivers and cyclists who are inconsiderate of pedestrians...

especially those who don't stop at green pedestrian lights.

Senior people in a workplace who use more junior people as pawns in their power struggles.

And anyone who tries to push me to celebrate my birthday/ tell them when my birthday is. I am totally birthday-phobic!

[stuck in the middle]

77. Fundamentalism, and...

…a refusal to coexist with other cultures.

[Emile]

79. Seeing guys my age wearing Trump hats.

[stuck in the middle]

81. Seeing anybody wearing a trump hat.

#UnravelHate | Peace Collective

[Different Drummer]

85. That one is seriously annoying to me. n/t

[Niagara]

86. I have a new pet peeve to add to #44.

People with serious control issues.


The final straw was a client's adult child telling me that I should only use their mop instead of my own.


My mop doesn't require batteries and the microfiber cleaning pads are machine washable compared to their crap battery operated Swiffer mop that has refillable disposable cleaning pads.


Last week, they didn't want their senior citizen mother (my client) watching television and called her and gave her a difficult time since she was sitting in her recliner. I have her get up to use the restroom and we complete physical therapy exercises together on the daily, but I'm not forcing her to stand for the entire duration I'm with her. I just don't understand the client's family or exactly what the hell they want. These people are getting on my last nerve.


Thank you for letting me vent.