What Is Your Greatest Pet Peeve?

[Mr. Ected]

Mine is when someone clanks their teeth with their utensils when they're eating. My wife does it all the time and it drives me batty.

How about you?

[FormerDittoHead]

1. The older I get the more I have... My current favorite: "100% complete"

The completion thermometer on computer programs. My logic says that if at all, I should but see "100% complete" for but an instant. Rather I consistently see "100% complete" for a long time...

"I could care less", when it should be "I couldn't care less".

Poorly written SIGNS, especially using apostrophes to mean multiples e.g.: "pea's"

People who write very poorly, then claim that they're teachers or otherwise highly educated.

[fizzgig]

5. using a possesive rather than a plural irritates me so much

but i think the over use of quotation marks is even worse.

a restaurant here took out giant ads on the city buses to announce they are celebrating 50 years of business, but the ad says they're celebrating "50" years. are they actually celebrating 50 years, or is it 49 and they're just rounding up to a hypothetical 50?

[Heidi]

2. Genuine, intentional mean-spiritedness.

I _loathe_ it.

[WildEyedLiberal]

95. .

:thumbsup:

I do so love you Miss Heidi :loveya:

[Wapsie B]

3. People who when they have a problem act as if the world is ending.

But when you have a gripe or complaint about something the first words out of their mouths is something to the effect of, "Oh you'll get over it," or minimizing/trivializing my point of view.

:mad: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

[Odin2005]

60. Oh god, I HATE that!!!

:grr:

[fizzgig]

4. people with bad manners

not necessarily my biggest pet peeve, but one of my top.

for the love of god, how hard is it to say please, thank you or excuse me?

[Heidi]

7. Or to send a short, handwritten thank-you note.

I won't say it's one of my biggest pet peeves, because I understand the cultural divide with regard to graciousness between Europe and the US, but it's really a sweet, personal thing to do, and it hardly costs anything in terms of time or money.

By the way, sweets: :* :hug: Are you married yet?

[fizzgig]

8. i agree with the thank you notes

i still send handwritten thank you notes and i think it's a shame that it's no longer a common practice.

the wedding is sept. 26 and i'm in a frenzy trying to get everything together. it seems like every time i turn around there is one more damn thing that i have to take care of :crazy: the hardest part, at least so far, was actually writing the invitations. i've written some complex things in my life, but that damn invitation had me stumped for days :rofl:

thanks for asking :hug:

[Odin2005]

61. I agree. Maybe it's ebcause I grew up in a little town, but I was shocked by the...

...lack of courtesy and manners when I moved to Fargo.

[Sky Masterson]

6. When someone is in a shitty mood

And they do their best to get you in the same shitty mood.
:mad:

[Strong Atheist]

9. Guess. nt.

[keroro gunsou]

10. stupid people

that and fundamentalists of any stripe.

[Swede]

11. People that drive slow in the hammer lane.

Get the hell out of the way!

[Deja Q]

38. MC Hammer?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZaKPWrkWMs

[Call Me Wesley]

12. I go with Heidi,

mean-spirited people, no matter what.

That and flattening a cover sheet out with your hands. I can stand chalk on a blackboard, but I can't stand this. :shudder:

[UTUSN]

13. Currently, here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x8886482

[cwydro]

22. Lol.

No such thing as a "normal" lounge.:rofl:

[PassingFair]

14. People who say they have "food poisoning" all the time.

Somme times they even name the restaurant
where they got "food poisoning".

Really, you don't get over "food poisoning"
in a day.



I have actually been working on a list of
peeves....

The next one is people who WILL NOT THROW
OUT AVOCADO PITS. (Are you listening, husband!)
He either stabs them with toothpicks and puts
them on the window ledge to ROT, or he
just leaves them floating in the sink.

:puke:

He CANNOT seem to just throw them out.

[auntAgonist]

17. uh oh ...

I JUST this morning threw out an avocado pit that I had stabbed with toothpicks and put on the windowsill to see if it would do anything. It was only there for about 3 months :) It didn't rot though.

:hi:

aA

[PassingFair]

18. It didn't turn into a bounteous, leafy, shade and fruit producing TREE, did it!

Throw those PITS OUT!! Now!!!

:hi:

:P

[siligut]

23. I had a hard time tossing avocado pits into the trash.

It seemed like such a waste. Now that we compost, I don’t have any trouble.

[PassingFair]

25. Did your mother used to "grow" them on the windowsill?

My husband's mother did.

That's why he can't throw them away...

well, that or their bizarre resemblance
to testicles. He can't let them go!

[siligut]

29. Yes. As a matter of fact. Maybe that is why I had trouble.

well, that or their bizarre resemblance
to testicles. He can't let them go!

:rofl:

[PassingFair]

31. I am using your answers in my informal study...

entitled: Avocado Pits

"Windowsill Wonders; or Nuts to You"

For a while, he took to SOAKING them in
tea water, in baggies, stuck to the
fridge with magnets.

His sister came over one day, and observed
a pit, soaking in the tea, in the bag, on
the fridge, and looked at me quizically...

I said to her, "Yep, he won't act up like THAT again!!!"

Ladies and Gentlemen, throw those pits away!!!

[siligut]

33. Heehee

Why the tea bags though? To hold the moisture?

[PassingFair]

39. He claimed that the tea water infusion would make the pits sprout more quickly.

:crazy:

It looked like Jeffrey Dahmer's fridge door.

:crazy:

[Odin2005]

62. LOL, paging Dr. Freud!!!

:rofl:

[smirkymonkey]

103. Ugh! That drives me crazy - That and people who are "allergic"

to all kinds of food when they either don't like it or they are just trying to get attention. I know someone who is "allergic" to numerous different foods everytime I see her and they change all the time. And she's always having "stomach problems". Of course, she still somehow seems to be very overweight. She'll eat a turkey sandwich at a restaurant and then complain that she's allergic to it and it's making her sick, and she'll cut the evening short so now we all have to go home because she became "sick" from the turkey sandwich (when she ate a half bag of cookies in the car on the way to the restaurant - or something like that).

It's so manipulative - I can't bear to be around people with food issues.

[PassingFair]

105. My aunt claims to be allergic to pork....

but I have observed her eating
hot-dogs at parties and ham
sandwiches and bacon throughout my life.

When I question her on this, she
claims that she is not allergic
to CURED pork.

:eyes:

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. Cute women with awesome boobs who wear clothes over them.

:P




on edit: making tense of sentence correct

[Brigid]

48. That would be me.

:evilgrin:

[Vektor]

73. And me...

Always wearing way more layers of baggy clothes than anyone ought to, so that I can at least attempt to be invisible.

[shanti]

16. gum poppers

and people who talk loudly on their cellphones, especially in an enclosed place like a train or a bus. makes me want to go ballistic!

forgot one - brown-nosers at work! :grr:

[PassingFair]

19. Uh oh...

I'm a brown-nosing, gum popper.

I DO try not to answer my cell in
public, though...

:hide:

[shanti]

21. well then

you need to change your evil ways! ;)

[janx]

20. Advertising--especially TV advertising. n/t

[MajorChode]

24. Farts in elevators

The goddam little fan ain't gonna clear out a fart in less than 20 minutes. You get on, unaware of the air biscuit some prick left for you and the doors close before you realize it. Then you're trapped inside pressing all the buttons, and sticking your head in the armpit of the guy next to you to get some fresh air.

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

26. Flaky parents

who let their kids run around causing big commotions in public places. They are yours not mine, take care of your responsibilities instead of inflicting the rest of us with your shitty parenting and out of control kids.

People who stand too close in line at the store or bump into me and don't apologize.

[Mr. Ected]

50. Or people with a full grocery cart who cut in front of you

and your one item.

[fNord]

27. Pet Peeves. n/t

[xxqqqzme]

28. people who say off-ten

instead of of-fin. My daughter picked this up sometime in HS & it drives me nuts. Also people saying al-blum instead of al-bum.

[PassingFair]

30. How do you feel about people who say "pacifically"....

when they mean "specifically"?

:wtf:

[xxqqqzme]

36. I don't think I've ever heard that but then

I live at the pacifical ocean.

[PassingFair]

43. Well, I guess if you have a pacific ocean in mind....

that's OK!

[mysuzuki2]

86. I just can't phantom why someone would say that

I actually had a girlfriend once who said that all the time. She was actually a college graduate too.

[PassingFair]

91. Hahahaha!

That's my best friend's pet peeve!

Her sister-in-law says that all
the time.

:hi:

[Odin2005]

54. Pronouncing the T in often is a hypercorrection that is extremely common.

I do it myself. It is a typical example of a "spelling pronunciation" that becomes common, even dominant, over time.

[Iggo]

71. Hypercorrection? Hmm....

Is that what people are doing when they use the subjective form of a personal pronoun as the object of a preposition?

Either way, I hates it.

[Odin2005]

79. Or the overuse of "I" more generally as an object because of the...

..."Me and X are... is bad English" nonsense. Never mind that many other languages do similar funny things with pronouns but English grammarians have this BS inferiority complex that causes them to want English to be more like Latin.

[Curtland1015]

32. "Could care less"

It's COULDN'T! You COULDN'T care less! You're saying the EXACT OPPOSITE of what you MEAN!

AAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrgh!!!!!

[Zavulon]

34. I'll go with non-admins in other forums who tell us what we should and shouldn't say, think, do...

Fucking pompous assholes drive me nuts. I've got at least 50 of them on ignore.

[greenbriar]

35. when you are in the bathroom and the door is LOCKED and people knock

obviously someone is IN there

it is not like we have a choice and we are not in there for fun

I will be out when I get done


no amount of knocking will speed things up

[Digit]

63. If the door is closed, a person SHOULD knock first

I would much rather someone do that than see the doorknob moving....

My poor mother was taking a shower and she did not have the door locked as it was her own home and she was alone, or so she thought. A Realtor came by to show the property and he opened the unlocked bathroom door only to find her standing there naked. :blush:
Oh, and the people ended up buying her home.
If he had KNOCKED, she would have heard him. Just saying...

[greenbriar]

83. but the ones who try the door...it is locked and then they knock?

just irritates the crap out of me

if it is locked it is obvious someone is using it


no amount of knocking will make things come any faster...


just saying

[Auggie]

37. When someone uses Photoshop as a verb. It's called retouching,

not "Photoshopping". :dunce:

[Kali]

40. males and their inability to hit targets

between the urine and the q-tips on the floor of the bathroom, and the ^%#%^&*&^$#ing pancake batter all over the kitchen, I have to wonder how the great ancestors ever killed a mammoth. Probably slipped on some kind of fruit peel and died of a concussion.

[Curtland1015]

41. Mammoths are big. It's the only way we hit them.

That's why we had to invent scopes on rifles, we can't hit anything without them.

[Kali]

42. and conversly ...

probably why the shotgun was invented. A familiar approach.:rofl:

[madeline_con]

65. ...

:rofl:

We live with the same men!

[graywarrior]

44. Duck advocates

[dixiegrrrrl]

57. Duck tape.

[SeattleGirl]

45. Idiotic, stupid, selfish, asshole drivers.

:grr: :grr: :grr:

[Moondog]

46. Women who forget to put the toilet seat back up when they're finished.

:hide:

[Sky Masterson]

47. Thank you!!!

:applause:

[Moondog]

49. You're welcome.

It had to be said ....

:scared:

[astral]

72. Now WAIT a minute ~~~

'Tis the MEN who do NOT CARE how dirty the toilet under the seat is, and tis the WOMEN who not only keep the seat DOWN but CLEAN up under the seat where they men they co-habitate with mess up.

Not to mention women like to leave the light off if they have to go in the middle of the night and it is rather unpleasant to be reminded the hard way there is a man in the house.

Attention men: It is not worth it!

[dysfunctional press]

89. the proper solution is to keep the lid down when not in use.

each person accommodates their own needs, and then returns the lid to a closed position before exiting the room.

[FormerDittoHead]

51. 1)CELL PHONES IN MOVIES 2) TALKING IN MOVIES. n/t

[SeattleGirl]

53. People seem to forget they are not sitting in their livingrooms.

Probably why I don't go to movie theaters much any more; it's often impossible to hear the movie with all the talking going on around me.

[csziggy]

93. Yes, my husband is one of those. I had to elbow him about 30 times the last time we went to a movie

He just kept talking. And he is NOT a good whisperer. :evilfrown:

[Skittles]

97. elbowed him?

I would have royally kicked his ass

[csziggy]

98. If I still wore cowboy boots, I'd kick him in the shins, but the soft soled shoes I weat these days

Don't make much impression on his shins.

[Odin2005]

52. Grammar Nazis that say dialect and language change are "bad English"

No, they are perfectly good English, they just aren't standard formal English! Native speakers cannot, by definition, speak their language badly. I especially hate when people correct by adverb usage, spoken English is coming to drop the -ly ending off of many adverbs ("that's real good" instead of "that's really good") and that seems to drive the grammar Nazis crazy. I also hate when some idiot says that "ain't" or some neologism isn't a "real word", Christ, if people use it its a real word

[Skittles]

69. Grammar Nazis WHO say

:7

[Odin2005]

80. Well, I wouldn't consider the Grammar Nazis human!

:evilgrin:

[DeepBlueC]

108. oh, touche

:rofl:

[Steely_Dan]

55. "Irregardless"

People who use the word "Irregardless." It's NOT A WORD! The word is "regardless."

-P

[timtom]

78. I like to say,

"Irrespective and regardless..." thus hoping to confuse someone.

[Steely_Dan]

84. LOLOLOLOLOL!

[kwassa]

56. driving slow in the left hand lane ...

[ZombieHorde]

58. Ghost writers. Famous people are allowed to plagiarize for some reason.

Whistling gets on my nerves. The higher the pitch, the more annoying I find the whistling to be.

Senseless beeping. I own objects which were made by people who seem to think lots of beeping enriches people's lives.

[GOPisEvil]

59. 1. The willfully ignorant. 2. People who suck the joy out of others. 3. The mean-spirited.

For a start...

[silverweb]

64. Those are my top 3, as well.

:)

[Awsi Dooger]

66. Aggressive drivers

It can't be overstated how many problems they cause. I saw an accident on Thursday when a classic moron weaving from lane to lane to gain a few feet advantage clipped the back of a car.

On internet forums it's chic to assert slow drivers are the problem. That's scary ignorance.

[madeline_con]

67. This nosy woman who works in the office at work. she always inserts

herself into conversations, when she has no clue what's being discussed. Other people who work there will explain what's going on to her, even though she still can't do anything about it. I'd be considered "unprofessional" if I told her to please mind her own business. :mad:

[Skittles]

70. you want I should kick her clueless ass, madeline?

lemme at her

[Skittles]

68. for sheer immediate irritation, whistling

I just can't stand it

[Vektor]

74. People who stare, and behind-your-back shit talkers. n/t

[Believing Is Art]

75. The phrase "pet peeve"

Seriously, it bothers the shit out of me. I cringe every time I hear it.

[Demoiselle]

76. Yeah! I thought this was an animal thread! (eom)

[NJmaverick]

77. I have so many pet peeves I was considering starting a zoo

just a couple off the top of my head:

People that clip their nails on planes

People that groom themselves on buses in the morning

Speed humps to slow traffic on roads

[LeftinOH]

81. Loud car audio systems (loud car audio culture in general) = criminally rude assholes.

[hobbit709]

82. People who wait until the light turns green

and then put on the left turn signal during rush hour traffic when there's no designated left turn lane or light.

[Scurrilous]

85. "Meats & cheeses."

I have no explanation why, but I find this term intolerable.

[PassingFair]

92. How do you feel about "cold cuts"?

:evilgrin:

[cherish44]

87. When my S.O. gets all sulky and pouty when he's mad at me

Just grow the fuck up

[dysfunctional press]

88. stupid drivers.

number one being people who hit the brakes instead of the gas when they merge and/or change lanes....:grr:

[scheming daemons]

90. People who turn their bass WAY up in cars... enough to shake the whole road and

several cars around them.

[ElboRuum]

94. Willful Ignorance.

[begin_within]

96. Non-disabled people using the disabled parking spaces!!!!!

There is a very common misconception that if you are simply in possession of one of the disabled parking placards, you can use it. Not so - the law (at least in California) states that the disabled person it was issued to must be present. Using the placard without that person being present is a violation of the law. Yet I see it all the time - people park in a disabled space, and then fly out of the car like teenagers at a track meet or skipping to and fro like kindergarteners on their first day home. It really irritates me big time. I'm fully expecting the official DU Admonishment Crew to reply to this with things like "not all disabilities are easily visible" and all that crap. I'm talking about whole families or couples who are clearly and obviously in perfect health and then bounding out of their cars like Olympic gymnasts and practically cartwheeling into the store. Meanwhile I am forced to park in a regular space and struggle to get the door open enough to pick up my Mom and put her in the wheelchair - all because some goofballs secured possession of a disabled parking placard so they could save 4 seconds of walking.

[LaurenG]

99. A**holes

I mean that to indicate mean, self righteous pricks and prickesses.


Admittedly I have at times been one but I do try to watch that. :)

[Mr. Ected]

100. People Who Ride Your Ass

Especially when it's a 2 lane road with no place to pass.

Ratchets up my blood pressure; makes me wonder what kind of punk bully is behind me.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

101. People who block access to the cases in a grocery store with their carts!

LISTEN! You don't parallel park your cart at the meat counter and then leisurely peruse and pick up every package, scowl, find it wanting and then put it back. And repeat the procedure through the beef section, the pork section, the chicken section, the ham section.

[Nye Bevan]

102. Restroom attendants

I am perfectly capable of turning on the faucet and getting my own paper towel, thanks. I don't need some over-friendly dude helping me out and making me feel guilty for not having any dollar bills.

[TheMightyFavog]

104. People who ride thier bikes on the wrong side of the road.

I see it all the time where I am.

[DeepBlueC]

109. actually there is a logic to it

and I do not know why it is not the standard practice, except for the wholesale import of car laws for bicycles. A bicycle lane that runs against traffic allows you to see what is coming to hit you. The way we do it now you both drivers and cyclists have to rely far too much on rear view mirrors, cyclists on a straight lane and cars and trucks when they are turning right from a light with cyclists on their right. I'd feel a lot safer if I could see in front of me traffic I have to watch out for. But that is not the law around here. I think it's a lot safer for me to drive a car in the city although there is much conservation hoo hah about it. I am interested first in preserving my life.

[rasputin1952]

106. Self-imposed ignorance...

when empirical facts are there for all to see, or even when the evidence is not empirical but very heavily in favor of a point and someone still refuses to even accept the possibility that they might be wrong.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

107. People who hold up the line in the grocery store to buy cigarettes.

I don't know why it angers me so much, but it does. Not only that, but usually they take their sweet old time to choose out whatever brand they want. And the clerk always has to unlock the cabinet and then lock it up again.

All so that somebody can buy a product that poisons their lungs and provide absolutely no positive benefit whatseover.

[Inchworm]

110. They should get a pass up front

Sucks worse waiting on someone to buy their eggs, bread, meat, cookies...etc when all you want is a smoke (or a soda for that matter). :P

:hi:

[PassingFair]

111. No positive benefits?

What were YOU smoking?

As a former smoker, I can say
that these bullet points are
correct...I can't speak to the
Parkinson's prevention, but all
the studies I've seen back this
up....

* Nicotine increases alertness. It may enhance concentration, thinking and learning. This may be a benefit to people with mental illnesses whose symptoms or medication leads to cognitive problems.
* Nicotine’s psychoactive ingredients elevates mood. This may be a benefit to those with symptoms of mood flatness, and depression.
* Nicotine can help relaxation and stress. It can also reduce negative feelings such as anxiety, tension and anger. Smoking may help people with mental illness deal with stressful situations.
* Nicotine might have an antidepressant effect. Nicotine stimulates dopamine production in the brain and so may help negative symptoms of mental illnesses, such as lack of motivation, lack of energy and flat mood.
* Nicotine may reduce negative symptoms, such as hallucinations, for a short period.
* There is some evidence to suggest that smoking is associated with reduced levels of antipsychotic induced Parkinsonism (tremor, slowed movements, rigidity, and postural instability).
* Smoking can help to relieve boredom and provide a framework for the day for those with few activities.
* Smoking can improve social interaction, something that may be of particular benefit to people with negative socialization symptoms.

[astral]

112. And then of course there's always nicotine gum and stuff

like you don't have to SMOKE it to have some if you want it. The chemicals put into cigarettes to keep them burning are way more harmful than nicotine, in my opinion. Don't know about natural cigarettes, the REAL natural ones wouldn't stay lit by themselves either.

[BlueIris]

113. People who don't write thank you letters. nt

[AllenVanAllen]

114. When drivers waiting to exit a parking lot ,

think they have the right of way over someone who is waiting in the median. They treat it like a four-way stop when it's really not.