I can't stand people who don't yield and refuse to use turn signals. And tailaters. I seem to get one every time I'm in rush hour.

Oooo. Another one are those people who just use parking lights when it's raining or really early in the morning. Parking lights really don't help me see you that much, as hard as that may be to believe.

Probably my biggest pet peeve are when people give me advice when my daughter throws a tantrum in the middle of a store. I had one woman tell me that I should just come back later. I wanted to tear her a new one - if I didn't work 9 hours a day, had a house to clean, dinner to make, laundry to start and actually be a parent... SURE!

Right now at work my pet peeve is my coworker - not only is she a negative Nelly, but she will constantly come to work sick and say how sick she is but never GO HOME. She'll even whine about how she has 70 hours of sick time and doesn't know what to do with it.

Another big one (apparently I'm just raging today!): people who judge you when they find out you're a working mom. Vice versa for people who judge you when they find out you're a stay-at-home mom. I hate it. I always feel like I have to justify that I'm not a bad mother because my kids are in daycare for 3 hours a day while I work.

I SO agree with you! I can't stand when I get parenting advice without my asking from people who are single with no kids! Or who give you dirty looks when your kids decide to act out in the store! It's hard enough to discipline for that behavior without strangers putting in their unwanted 2 cents!

Plus, judging the working-mom/stay-at-home mom (I'm a stay-at-home mom, and I get tired of being judged as worthless, I bust my ars, and I'm sure you do the same as a working mom!) All moms/parents do what we have to do!

Next time that co-worker complains about having so much sick hours stock up, tell her she should USE THEM WHEN SHE'S SICK, SO SHE'S NOT SPREADING THE BLUE-BONIC PLAGUE!!! Just flat out let her know that it pisses you off that she comes to work sick (Maybe even talk to a supervisor that it's counter productive for this woman to come in sick and make everyone else sick.) and you don't want to risk catching it! That is so selfish and thoughtless of her, not to mention rude! Even point out that she complains a lot. . . Maybe she's unaware that she's that negative.

People who say they hate when someone does something then does it themselves.  (I grew up with an adult figure in my life saying I hate a thief and a liar, but she was both.)

Slippers, pajamas, and robes being worn in public.

When you tell a telemarketer no and they hit recall like you were never home, then someone calls you again later about the same thing from the same number.

When someone lies to you when it is obvious they are lying. So, I guess to rephrase that would be someone taking you for stupid.

Children trying to rule their parents.

When you go to the doctor thinking something is wrong with you and they send you away for testing for months on end, then they diagnose you with what you thought you had in the beginning.

Surveys that let you give up way too much information then disqualify you. Grrrrr!

PattyTherre said…

As much as I think cell phones are a great invention, I can't stand people who talk or text on them constantly while with me. I feel invisible. I understand if a call comes or whatever but have the decency to actually talk to the person you are face to face with and not all the people inside the little box in your hand. My own sister does that to me and I hate it. I want to fling the phone out the window. I never use my phone when I am with people unless necessary.

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My future sister in law is text-crazy.  I think she finally realized how much time she spends texting and a phone call is much faster most of the time.  Last week we were going shopping but had to drop off her kids at the house first.  She is sitting in front passenger's seat and kids in back and I'm driving.  I get a text message and look at my phone.  It's her!  She actually sent me a text saying that "wow, he sure is talkative today" referring to her son.

Now that is really overboard in my opinion.

Pajamas in public!!! That is one of my major pet peeves! If your house catches on fire at night, or you are sleepwalking, OK. Usually if I don't care enough about my appearance to even get dressed, then I don't want to leave the house.

I don't have kids, but I don't like getting unsolicited advice of any kind by anyone.

I hate it when people say something really rude and uncalled for, and then when you get offended use the "people are so sensitive these days" excuse. Also, being slanderous and then saying they have freedom of speech.

Holy heck, do i hate it when any woman or girl wears a piece of clothing with some kind of word written across their butt. And as if it's not bad enough that they are blatantly trying to get people to look at their butt, the word is sexually suggestive. One college team's mascot is the "gamecocks" so i think you know where that one is going.

People in line, either at a grocery store, K-Mart - wherever, talking on a cell phone & not paying attention to when the line moves or when the cashier has finished ringing up their purchase.  GET OFF YOUR D*** PHONE! 

Or...people who get almost up to the front of the line then think, "I forgot something."  They leave their cart & wander off.  Then they get P.O.'d if they don't get their same place back in line.  I actually got kicked out of a grocery store over this.  A lady left her cart & wandered off.  The cashier was done with her existing customer - so I loaded my stuff on the belt.  Guess who came back?  This lady (???) seriously started beating on me!  And I was the one tossed from the store!?  Talk about reverse discrimination.  Yep...she was black & I was the 'token white boy' in the store.  If you get out of line...you lose your turn.  That's my point of view.

AngiBowman said…

Oooo. Another one are those people who just use parking lights when it's raining or really early in the morning. Parking lights really don't help me see you that much, as hard as that may be to believe.

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Try seeing that gray car in the rain that has NO LIGHTS ON...and you're driving a tractor-trailer.  All the spray those big tires churn up is what color?  GRAY!  Now put a gray car - with no lights on - next to the big truck.  The driver of the big truck can't see the car...period.  If it's raining - turn all your lights on - headlights, tail-lights - everything.  "Daytime running lights" on a lot of cars are practically useless in the rain. 

Here's a biggie for me.  When I see someone emptying their car ashtray in a mall / store parking lot, it just angers me so much, why can't you dump it into a trash bag and properly dispose of it??   Keep your butts to yourself!!!

So many of the peeves stated above are high on my list as well. Great stuff! Here's a few of my own:

1. TV and radio news promos that give you absolutely no information (or misleading information), forcing you to watch something you're ultimately not interested in. You know how it goes -- the promo as the news goes to a commercial is something like, "A major highway is shut down while officials deal with hundreds of dead pigs... we'll have that coming up." And you stay to watch, just to find out that the accident happened in Turkey or Guatamala. And there's no good video. In general, news promos have really gotten terrible in the past 20 years... they never give any actual information anymore.

2. Home shows. A month ago, I went to a "home & garden show" where I paid $6 to get in. At literally every booth, someone tried to sell me something, often with high pressure. I swear I will not go to another "home & garden" show. I do not want to pay money just to get sniped at by salesmen every few feet. 

3. People who toss their cigarette butts out the window. The world is NOT your ashtray!

4. People who empty their ashtrays in parking lots. They are slobs of the highest order and deserve to be arrested. (Ooops! The poster above me said exactly the same thing and I missed it!!)

5. People who talk when I'm performing at a club.

6. The jerk behind me at the movies who rustles his food container constantly.

7. People who want to tell me every little detail of their lives but can't be bothered to hear about anything I'm doing.

--Bob

Hey, Bob I see you have a new badge! Nice.

I hate when a movie puts all of the interesting parts in the trailer, or when they make a movie seem funny and you get there and it's a drama.

I hate when movie stars say how hard it is being famous. boo-hoo I think we all know what fame entails. quit and get an office job if it's that bad

people that meddle

I hear ya' pitcherday, it was similar for Where The Wild Things Are; the commercials made it look so good and it was horrible! So disceptive!

Bob just made me think of another:

How about when the person or people sitting behind you in the theater decide to lay their feet against the back of your chair and then they start shaking those feet, like they're having a seizure! So rude!

I cannot stand rude people in stores.I mean if I am on an isle and I see someone needing to get by I just move or if I am coming into an isle I always say excuse me.People are so rude.You go to a shopping center and they just stand there like their not moving and it makes me so angry where are the manners at! I like ot have a good experince while I am shopping but sometimes i come out mad as a hornet at people.

I have several pet peeves.

I can't stand when you go to a movie and someone's cell phone goes off during the movie. Why don't you turn it off and be considerate of others who paid to see the movie?

I also can't stand when you go into a restroom and someone forgets to flush the toilet

Another pet peeve is rude people who call into my job wanting credits for services that are rendered! I know economic times are tough for all but enough is enough. If you're nice you might get a 1x courtesy adjustment but rude gets you nada! No sense to be rude and demand a credit because I won't give one for no reason. If it's a legitimate credit for an outage I'm more then willing to assist but just because your friend gets a credit is no reason for you to callin to demand one. Who knows why he/she got a credit? Was it a power outage? A problem with the service ?

I also can't stand people who cut you off on the road while driving only to slow down in your lane once they get into it. Makes me totally po'd.

I also can't stand people who try and tell you how to descipline your children in a store. Most of which have never even had children.

I too hate people who at the checkout bring out tons of coupons only to find out they "forgot" an item and ask the cashier to start imputing the coupons while they go to "fetch" a forgotten item!

I have a lot of pet peeves, but a couple of the most irritating ones are:

1. People not saying thank you when I hold a door open for them.

2. When people see me coming and close the door on me anyways because it takes too much to hold the door open for someone these days.

3. Poor customer service.  Once I was buying a bottle of water at the Washington D.C. airport and the lady at the counter didn't even look at me and just told me what I owed her.  No greeting, no hi, no nothing, just: it's $2.50.

4. When I order a book off the internet and it reeks of cigarette smoke.

5. When people are making a right turn and turn from the center of the lane instead of scooting closer to the curb so other people can pass.

6. When people in front of me don't use a blinker.

7. People who are too lazy to put their shopping cart in the cart return and just leave it in the parking lot.

8. People who put their trash on the ground when getting out of the car because they are too lazy to put it in the trash where it belongs.

The list could go on and on, but who has time for that :)

I thought of another one today. I was out shopping and ran through a drive-thru for a soda. It felt light so I took off the top to see that they had only filled it 3/4 full!

Or how about one ounce of soda and a pound of ice?

I have too many to list. :)

I have quite a few pet peeves.

I get impatient with lots of online writers who insert Instant Messaging or Text lingo into reviews, articles or anything remotely relating to writing that's not an IM or text message.  It makes my teeth itch when I see such bon mot fragments as IMHO, IMO, and LOL in a review or article.  Are people in such a rush that they write complete sentences, paragraphs, and essays that make sense, but feel the need to avoid writing "In my opinion" in parts of their reviews?

LOLs in reviews are even more annoying.  If you're making a witty remark that you think is funny and want to elicit a similar reaction, it's not necessary to add LOL; it reminds me of the laugh tracks on old sitcoms.  If writers are genuinely funny, most readers will laugh.

People who insist on using cells in movie theaters, restaurants, and other places where we go to get away from home, work or school for a few hours.  Sure, parents need cells to contact or be contacted by a babysitter, but to me, the constant chattering away on cells and texting is so unnecessary.  I turn off my cell phone the minute I get to a theater...why can't everyone else?

My niece likes to jump on and "cyberchat" with me sometimes and, being 17, she is hopelessly addicted to texting so everything comes through in code. I quickly got tired of it and started replying to her in made-up code that was impossible for her to figure out. It pretty near drove the poor kid crazy (what are uncles for?). She now sends me complete sentences and I reply in kind.

I'm pretty short-fused at times and I'm sure if I ever hear someone on a cell phone in a movie theatre I will gladly tell them to turn it off.  Just thinking about it has me on edge. No way could I put up with that! 

Speaking of phones, I hate it when there's a show I've been waiting to see coming on and the phone rings and someone answers it and talks for exactly 30 minutes in a loud, distracting voice with lots of laughter and "I know!"'s every fifteen seconds.

I've learned to get to the phone first, say it's a solicitor when it isn't, and pray they don't leave a message.

When I was dating and had girlfriends, I hated it when they would call me at midnight and ask what I was doing then expect me to keep the conversation going so I could basically babysit them all night. After the last one I finally just said "I can't do this anymore" and it's been very peaceful since.

Phones are an infernal creation. The priviledge of disturbing people is horrendously abused. I don't even have a landline anymore.

One of the things I dislike are ignorant people.

one of the things i dislike is when people try to put there makeup on where driving,I fell like that it should be done at home or even they could pull over toi the side of the road and put there make up on,

I also dislike when people try to make calls on there cellphone while driving,and there are not paying attention to there driving.

rustaddsflavor said…

My niece likes to jump on and "cyberchat" with me sometimes and, being 17, she is hopelessly addicted to texting so everything comes through in code. I quickly got tired of it and started replying to her in made-up code that was impossible for her to figure out. It pretty near drove the poor kid crazy (what are uncles for?). She now sends me complete sentences and I reply in kind.

I'm pretty short-fused at times and I'm sure if I ever hear someone on a cell phone in a movie theatre I will gladly tell them to turn it off.  Just thinking about it has me on edge. No way could I put up with that! 

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More movie theater-related pet peeves:

I'm usually a very nice and patient fellow, but there are a few things that do make me rather short-tempered.  One of them is the cell-phone users who don't turn off the darned things during the movie, of course....

...but before cell phones were all the rage, there were:

1. The people, mostly young ones but sometimes older adults, who have seen the movie before and are there with someone who hasn't, and will (in loud voices) start saying, "Now, in the next part coming up, that girl is going to take off her clothes...." or some other comment.  It might be obvious if the actress is unbuttoning her blouse, say, but it could be a spoiler like "In the next scene, the guy comes into the room and shoots them both!"   I don't know about you, but I really am annoyed by people who ruin a movie for everyone else by giving their friends a play-by-play.

2. People who talk during movies, period. 

3. Parents who want to go to a movie together but can't or won't hire a sitter and instead take babies or toddlers to the multiplex.  I know couples have the right to go to the movies, but the rest of us also have the right to not have the experience ruined by a baby's incessant crying because he/she is hungry, needs a diaper changed or is afraid of the dark.

Fardreamer said…

 

I'm usually a very nice and patient fellow, but there are a few things that do make me rather short-tempered.  One of them is the cell-phone users who don't turn off the darned things during them movie, of course....

 

 

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If you go to YouTube and type in "Annoying Bluetooth Talker" you'll see Larry David giving his opinion on Bluetooth. Pretty.. pretty... pretty good! 

I get annoyed by movie theater disturbance offenders too!

Other pet peeves:

1. Adults who never read for pleasure or teach their kids to read for fun.  Sure, it's none of my business, but when I hear people complaining about not being able to find jobs or get into college because they failed the basic skills tests and the SATs, I get peeved because most of the time its because they can't read or write well....because they chose not to be readers or were told that reading was for "sissies."

2.  Bad spellers.

3. People who think being smart is for suckers and that athletic prowess is what counts.

4. People who play loud music of any genre in their cars at 100-decibel or more volume levels....so loud that we can hear it even if the car's windows are closed.  It's nice that those people love their music, but it's not so nice when you can hear the thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of the car sound system's woofers from a mile or so away.

Well, Fardreamer, I find myself agreeing with much of what you say, esp. the people that spoil movies. It happens a lot in the cheap theater, when a few people want another time seeing it on the big screen. Due to my husband's work schedule, I often go to new release movies alone and then we can usually squeeze in something in his schedule at the $1.50 theater later on. 

I feel like the "hall monitor" of the cheap theater at the North Grand Mall. If someone is behind me, I have to turn around and look them in the eye and say "are you serious?" and if they're in front of me, I poke them. I'm not ruining the movie for Adam, why should all of them? people do it all the time!

How about to combine your hatred of people inserting LOL's in reviews where you are supposed to laugh, AND people talking in a theater? Have you ever been to a real live Mystery Science Theater 3000? The live version isn't so funny (or at least not as funny as they think they are).

I don't use the acronyms that often. LOL, IMO, maybe an IDK or WTF if I am particularly ticked off. Sometimes on Twitter it's unavoidable. I hate when people go past the LOL, into the ROTFLMAO and all of that. I know you didn't think it was that funny. For some reason kids around 18 have started using the word, I guess, "meh" instead of "me."

The Mister has dyslexia, and sometimes he mangles the words so bad spell checker can't come up with the right one. "cloues" for "clothes" etc, and since he can't spell anyway, how can he be sure which alternative is the right one? I know you weren't getting on the learning disabled, but some people say "well, there's always spell check!" no... spell check can't help everyone. sometimes a human back-up is necessary  :)

so, that brings me to my biggest and most personal pet peeve... I hate that when people read something my husband writes before I can edit it, or that I do not have the chance to edit... that he's stupid. being able to get your point across well in writing cannot always be taught, even for someone who is a voracious reader such as he is... 

You have an exceptional talent, Alex, and you may have been born for it. Some people can't remember when it's appropriate to use an apostrophe no matter how many times it is explained to them

pitcherday said…

Well, Fardreamer, I find myself agreeing with much of what you say, esp. the people that spoil movies. It happens a lot in the cheap theater, when a few people want another time seeing it on the big screen. Due to my husband's work schedule, I often go to new release movies alone and then we can usually squeeze in something in his schedule at the $1.50 theater later on. 

I feel like the "hall monitor" of the cheap theater at the North Grand Mall. If someone is behind me, I have to turn around and look them in the eye and say "are you serious?" and if they're in front of me, I poke them. I'm not ruining the movie for Adam, why should all of them? people do it all the time!

How about to combine your hatred of people inserting LOL's in reviews where you are supposed to laugh, AND people talking in a theater? Have you ever been to a real live Mystery Science Theater 3000? The live version isn't so funny (or at least not as funny as they think they are).

I don't use the acronyms that often. LOL, IMO, maybe an IDK or WTF if I am particularly ticked off. Sometimes on Twitter it's unavoidable. I hate when people go past the LOL, into the ROTFLMAO and all of that. I know you didn't think it was that funny. For some reason kids around 18 have started using the word, I guess, "meh" instead of "me."

The Mister has dyslexia, and sometimes he mangles the words so bad spell checker can't come up with the right one. "cloues" for "clothes" etc, and since he can't spell anyway, how can he be sure which alternative is the right one? I know you weren't getting on the learning disabled, but some people say "well, there's always spell check!" no... spell check can't help everyone. sometimes a human back-up is necessary  :)

so, that brings me to my biggest and most personal pet peeve... I hate that when people read something my husband writes before I can edit it, or that I do not have the chance to edit... that he's stupid. being able to get your point across well in writing cannot always be taught, even for someone who is a voracious reader such as he is... 

You have an exceptional talent, Alex, and you may have been born for it. Some people can't remember when it's appropriate to use an apostrophe no matter how many times it is explained to them

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Of course, I do make exceptions for people who have dyslexia and other learning disabilities.  I myself have issues with math and know how frustrating it can be when you want to do something but can't do it no matter how hard you try.

My impatience, though, is with people who think school is for losers and spent much of their time in school socializing and not paying attention in class because "they didn't need to learn X subject" once they graduated.

I am not a huge fan of rude children.I have always taught my kids to say yes mam and yes sir and none of my childrens friends do that and sometime it bothers me a little bit.I really cannot stand bad manners.For instance my sons had this friend from church mind ya thta spent the night.He farted out lous several times at my table and sitting on my couch and he never said excuse me or anything and he would do this while he was talking to you.It literally made me sick .I could not believe he was so rude it was horrible and he burped in everyones face and I thought to myself what is wrong with you.I didnt want to hurt his feelings so I told my older son when they went back inot the room to tell him not to do that because it was making me a little angry and he came out and done it again.When his mom came she was going through a divorce so I didnt want to say anything because I felt like they were going through alot so I didnt I just told my kids that he could not spend the night anymore because I didnt want ti hurt his feelings and I was afraid I was going to and it made me sick too.I cannot stand really bad manners it is awful.

Fardreamer said…

Other pet peeves:

2.  Bad spellers.

 

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