What is Your Pet Peeve?

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Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 6:15 am

Goodness! Lack of good lads out there people? Back to work!

This thread's ooozing negativity and bad vibes.... Sad

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 11:11 am

+1 from me on all the pet peeves related so far.

And a couple of my favourite pet peeves are (a) those that use the f word or other swearing every second word they speak (b) alcoholics and especially alcoholics that have anger management problems that seem to want to latch onto me 24/7. Only telling them where to get off and in the bluntest possible way only makes them latch on even tighter Crying or Very sad

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Thank goodness there are plenty of lads to vent my spleen upon Twisted Evil

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Baiting Guru Joined: 27 Mar 2011 Posts: 21158

One that hasn't been mentioned yet is the person that will come to borrow something from you but they make no effort at all to return it.

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:53 am

next victim wrote:

One that hasn't been mentioned yet is the person that will come to borrow something from you but they make no effort at all to return it.

You've met my brother then. If it's any consolation, he does the same with me.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 41

Reading through this, and agreeing with 99.3% of them, I apparently have a really long list.

So, taking my top <strike>three</strike> <strike>four</strike> <strike>five</strike> six:

- Already touched on several times, but being late, especially when others are counting on you to arrive on time.

- A refusal to take any personal responsibility for one's actions

- Irregardless

- People who abuse children or their pets

- Ethic threads

- The fact that my forks keep disappearing. Confused

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:42 am

Morgain Le Fay wrote:

I forgot a couple:

People that text while driving.

People that drive drunk.

People that drive drunk and think they can text and/or talk on the cell phone.

You forgot the idiots who are too busy trying to read the screen on their GPS or smartphone to actually make sure their car stays on the road they are attempting to navigate Rolling Eyes

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 1:50 am

Many of the above, plus

-People who find out or know I'm a vegetarian, then promptly offer me fish (or worse yet, turkey or chicken)

-People who don't understand the basics of genetics, and then try to "explain" to me how peke-a-poo, labradoodle, puggle, cockachon, schnoodle, or any other overpriced random puppy mill cross is an actual dog breed (and how the one they went out and bought is a purebred, of course!)

Elite Baiter Joined: 19 Jun 2011 Posts: 1066

+1 on the vegetarian thing. Back when I was strictly lacto-ovo, I had someone tell me, "But chicken is a vegetable." And he was serious. Rolling Eyes

In addition to everything else mentioned:

People who park in front of fire hydrants.

People who turn right without checking for pedestrians in the crosswalk (I have almost been hit many times).

People who barge into my office without knocking. I have to constantly restrain myself to keep from saying, "I have a door for a reason. It's to keep people like you OUT!"

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:53 am

People who jump queues.

People who have umbrellas with large spikey bits coming out of them, who then precede to walk down the middle of the street expecting you to dodge out of the way.

Able bodied people who stand still on escalators.

People who don't indicate.

Shoe shop assistants.

'We don't have a size 11, but we have a size 7...'

Planes. Nothing that heavy should be able to leave the ground. It's witchcraft.

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 8:24 am

Using an apostrophe to spell a plural word. (example: cat's, dog's, apostrophe's)

People or groups of able-bodied people who walk slow and/or block a hallway walking side by side.

People who block a parking lot to sit and wait for someone to free up a space so their lazy asses don't have to walk too far. Signaling your intended turn does not excuse you.

Chips and soup. Actually the eating of chips and soup. Really just the noise people make eating them. Seriously, do they have to attack their food? Petty, I know. As Glozell says "BARN YARD ANIMALS!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AoVLblrA6c

People who allow their children to run amok in stores and malls. Take them to a park and let them wear themselves out, first FFS!

That girl in my Macroeconomics class that is constantly flirting with the professor and asking stupid questions. And yes. There IS a such thing as a stupid question.

People who blame a particular gender for driving stupid when they have never seen the actual driver of that vehicle.

This is what I really want to do.. a lot. (repost) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g9n3aM0HkM&ob=av3e

~backs away slowly~

EDIT: Sorry about the video links, but they just seemed appropriate.

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 9:00 am

Smug conservative bloggers and commentators.

Leftie slacktivists.

People who block the doors on trains and trams.

People who call, text, or have their iPhones on in cinemas.

Cold callers.

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:27 pm

Those pointless little stickers they put on fruit these days. Especially apples and pears.

You didn't make it you muppet.

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 3:05 pm

Able bodied people who park in disabled parking bays.

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 3:11 pm

Speaking as a pedestrian:

Groups of teens, and the mums club pushing buggies, who think it's acceptable to take up the entire breadth of the footpath, and make no effort to move to allow other pedestrians to pass, making them step in the mud or the road. Selfish.

Cyclists using the footpath. It's a VEHICLE, it goes on the ROAD. Even worse, cyclists using the footpath when there's a dedicated cycle path RIGHT THERE next to it! Mad

Cyclists who think traffic lights don't apply to them and proceed to mow people down at the pedestrian crossing.

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Able bodied people who stand still on escalators.

Sorry.

(But, don't most people? Isn't that the point of mechanical stairs? Otherwise they'd just be, well, stairs.. Confused

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Also, agree with Ted about abusive people. They should be shot on sight.

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 4:04 pm

+++++++ on the Vegetarian complaints! I rarely eat out anymore, as most waitstaff have no idea what's in the food in the first place and the ones that do often just make up a bunch of lies to sell you something. Or what about going to someone's house and being offered, soup, for example:

Me: Is there any meat in the soup?

Them: No, it's vegetarian.

Me: What kind of stock did you use?

Them: I used Chicken/Beef/Pork/Frog/Squirrel/Kitten etc.

Me: Well, it's not vegetarian then.

Them (surprized and /or defensive): But there's no meat in it, look, see? There's no meat... Rolling Eyes

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 4:28 pm

Where do I start?!?

- People who stands in the front of exit on a bus or train, even though they're not getting off next. I HATE those people!

- Pregnant women with prams, that fills up all the sidewalk - and the little mom has aaaall the time in the world.

- Trains and buses not on time.

- Neighbours practicing playing the cello at home.

- Waiting in line to pay at the supermarket, and they don't bother to open another cashier.

- Cats. I'm a dog person, and was raised by a dad who had exotic birds and racing pigeons. Wink

- Defeats against Sweden in football. Luckily, those are few and far between. Razz

- Defeats against Norway in football. Even rarer. Razz

- My ex, aka The Unmentionable.

- People who send me wild offers on email, that ends up in my spambox. Allthough there is a way of dealing with those people....

I think I managed to keep politics and religion out of that...
EDIT: I can see it is a good thing I didn't touch the subject of gastronomy, either. Razz

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 6:16 pm

bearkat419 wrote:

You forgot the idiots who are too busy trying to read the screen on their GPS or smartphone to actually make sure their car stays on the road they are attempting to navigate Rolling Eyes

My problem is with people who try to enter data into their GPS as they drive. Watching a couple of them, made me decide if I need to change something, I will pull over and re-enter or correct.

- People who drive less than the posted speed limit in the fast lane and will not move over.

- 18 wheelers who move into the passing lane to pass another 18 wheelers and it takes them more than one mile to accomplish the task.

- 18 wheelers who drive 80-85 on a Freeway posted at 70 and/or trucks that it is posted they can only drive 70.

-18 wheelers or other trucks that stay in the monfort* lane when it is posted all trucks are to remain in the right land, especially when you are traveling on a bridge going over water.

* Left lane on a freeway, expressway, interstate (or whatever you call it)

419Eater is my life Joined: 07 Feb 2012 Posts: 438

People on the phone when buying something and don't pay attention to the cashier making me wait longer.

People who don't use turn signals.

Employees who try to shift blame from themselves and not accept responsibility for their actions.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 41

Such an interesting thread....and apparently, Morgain really has something against 18-Wheelers. Laughing

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:35 pm

^ And that's why I rewrote my post 3 times before submitting - just knew someone would think I had something against cyclists... Laughing

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:48 pm

Persnickety today, aren't we?

Food peeves:

People who put ketchup on a hot dog. Mad

- "Nobody -- I mean nobody -- puts ketchup on a hot dog!" --Dirty Harry
- ““No, I won’t condemn anyone for putting ketchup on a hot dog. This is the land of the free. And if someone wants to put ketchup on a hot dog and actually eat the awful thing, that is their right. It is also their right to put mayo or chocolate syrup or toenail clippings or cat hair on a hot dog." -- the late, great Mike Royko

People who order a high end steak and ask it be well done.

next victim wrote:

One that hasn't been mentioned yet is the person that will come to borrow something from you but they make no effort at all to return it

A friend who taught school for years once told me, "if there is somebody you never want to see again and you really want out of your life, just lend that person a book."

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 10:52 pm

Baiting Guru Joined: 27 Mar 2011 Posts: 21158

lakeside77 wrote:

A friend who taught school for years once told me, "if there is somebody you never want to see again and you really want out of your life, just lend that person a book."

I "loaned" one of my pressure washers to a great friend a while back. Before he made good on his word to return it, e died. There is no way in hell I am asking his wife about that. I've known this man and his family for many years. I just have to start telling people to forget it.

Elite Baiter Joined: 19 Jun 2011 Posts: 1066

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People who put ketchup on a hot dog.

Damn right, my Chicago brother. Very Happy

Also, people who complain about other people's taste in music, movies, etc. It's called "taste" for a reason. I'm sure they think the stuff you like sucks.

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 1:12 am

Tsnerd wrote:

Such an interesting thread....and apparently, Morgain really has something against 18-Wheelers. Laughing

Yes, I do. Nearly killed by an 18-wheeler many years ago while driving my MGB-GT. His wheels were bigger than my car!