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In reply to the discussion: What are your pet peeves [View all]

markodochartaigh

(5,545 posts)
7. I seem to be collecting more pet peeves as I get older.
Thu Aug 14, 2025, 05:22 PM
Aug 2025

But very few are likely to get me killed, so I'm going to second your dive bombing the exit pet peeve.

And stopping for no reason on on or off ramps. I was exiting I35 in Dallas when a vehicle two cars up suddenly stopped for no reason. I stopped in time as did the car behind me. But a few cars back we heard a horrible crash. My sister was with me, we are both registered nurses so we looped back. By the time we got there police were on the scene. We passed the vehicle that caused the accident, they had no clue what had happened. They were from Indiana. I understand that the DFW Metroplex has more people than your whole state, but if you can't handle the traffic just stick to the side roads.

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What are your pet peeves [View all] LogDog75 Aug 2025 OP
I got a menagerie. Don't get me started. EYESORE 9001 Aug 2025 #1
People who crowd you in a line, like it will make things go faster. Coventina Aug 2025 #2
The same can be said about tailgaters on the road. Xavier Breath Aug 2025 #18
I could write a book of them get the red out Aug 2025 #3
I am a retired educator who has taught everything from Head Start to grad school Grim Chieftain Aug 2025 #11
I seen what you done there k0rs Aug 2025 #34
Restaurants that call chicken nuggets "boneless wings" BuckIowa Aug 2025 #4
Telephone texts in movies too small print and/or too quick to read. Many times I have doc03 Aug 2025 #5
I hate when drivers block me from dive bombing my exits. nt Shermann Aug 2025 #6
🤣 Luciferous Aug 2025 #17
I seem to be collecting more pet peeves as I get older. markodochartaigh Aug 2025 #7
Rude inconsiderate people. TommieMommy Aug 2025 #8
People who walk in a doorway and just stop CanonRay Aug 2025 #9
People who take advantage, such as users and moochers anciano Aug 2025 #10
Dirty street signs and signs blocked by foliage. subterranean Aug 2025 #12
People who use the subjective form of a personal pronoun as the object of a preposition. Iggo Aug 2025 #13
People who are snobs and have this sense that it is their way or no way. Thank you , LogDog75, debm55 Aug 2025 #14
Similar to yours, Rizen Aug 2025 #15
A similar pet peeve LogDog75 Aug 2025 #19
As a NYC'r on very crowded streets - tourists walking 3 to 4 abreast, usually more slowly, too. Arg electric_blue68 Aug 2025 #16
I live in a small beach city in California LogDog75 Aug 2025 #20
Oh, pecking order! I always try to be mindful as a tourist. Usually successfully.... electric_blue68 Aug 2025 #21
On the pecking order LogDog75 Aug 2025 #23
Ah, got it. electric_blue68 Aug 2025 #24
Failure to put a question mark Oeditpus Rex Aug 2025 #22
People who wear their baseball cap backward. Jeebo Aug 2025 #25
Fingernails on a chalkboard, crawling skin. I grit my teeth so hard... 3catwoman3 Aug 2025 #28
people not returning shopping carts to their proper place Skittles Aug 2025 #26
Negative, hopeless people NJCher Aug 2025 #27
Talking with a mouthful of dlilafae Aug 2025 #29
Tailgating Emile Aug 2025 #30
People who drive slow in the passing lane. THIS IS NOT THE UK, PEOPLE. GET IN THE RIGHT-HAND LANE catbyte Aug 2025 #31
Selfish, illogical, and mean narcissists no_hypocrisy Aug 2025 #32
One I think most of us can agree on: "Democrat Party" subterranean Aug 2025 #33
Instructional books... k0rs Aug 2025 #35
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