I think it's time for our semi-annual Pet Peeve thread

[charlie and algernon]

The local sports radio station this morning was having people call in with their Pet Peeves. So what are yours?


Mine: When you're walking behind someone in a crowded area, say the mall, and that person suddenly stops to look at something or turns around and you have to quickly move out of the way to avoid running them over. Even worse, when you're behind a group walking that suddenly stops and now you have NO place to get out of the way. :grr:

[HopeHoops]

1. All those fucking flags for "SAVE NOW" that they stick all over the grocery store shelves.

You can't tell WHAT the fuck something costs with all that shit in the way.

[astral]

54. I found a sneaky one last night...

Carrs had a sale on a bulk candy item and i went to checkout and it was $2 mor per pound than the listed price. I said no thank you to that, and went back to look at the price tag again... oh, yeah it said $9.99 in the big black letters on the big yellow "SAVE~!" tag.. .and in LITTLE TINY LETTERS under that it said "after November 6." This was November 3.

The poor little gal checker was quite at the end of her rope by the time I came along, I could tell, but I wasn't trying to be rude to her about it and I think she handled 'me' quite well. I didn't push her over the edge by insisting to get the listed price for the item, just to take it away.

I have had it with lies and mislabling in the stores around here.

That may not be my 'pet' peeve -- just my 'latest' one...

[trof]

2. Phoning/texting while driving.

:grr:
Yesterday I stopped at a light that had just turned red on a 4 lane highway.
A car blew by me through the red light and he was on the phone.
Lucky for him there was no cross traffic.
Double :grr::grr:

[Denninmi]

3. Gee, mine is the same principle as yours.

It's people that drive way UNDER the posted speed limit for no apparent reason.

In crappy weather, slippery roads, I understand it. Drive what is safe.

When its bright and sunny and dry, and someone is going 30 in a 45 or 50 mph zone where it's not legal to pass (which we have a lot of here, many twisty, windy roads due to our hilly topography and thousands of lakes and ponds), it drives me nuts.

I'm not a super aggressive driver, I don't tailgate and I don't go way over the speed limit, but I would like to get where I'm going in a reasonable time.

It really bothers me when it's some person yacking on a phone. Often, it's someone very elderly, and while I kind of think that perhaps you shouldn't be driving anymore if you can't handle your car under normal driving conditions, at least I understand that more than some random rude person whose phone conversation is so important they can't pay attention to the road.

[hifiguy]

4. Cretins who get off crowded escalators and STOP!

Where the hell is everyone behind them supposed to go? Then there's their cousins, the imbeciles who, as soon as the elevator doors open, stampede in like a bunch of wildebeest and don't allow those inside to exit. :nuke::grr::nuke:

And those hammerheads who walk down the sidewalk looking in every direction but in front of themselves.

That's a start.

[charlie and algernon]

6. And it's a mortal lock that the stampeding imbeciles will get pissed at YOU

because you have the nerve to want to get OUT of the elevator.

[hifiguy]

7. Ain't that the dog's honest truth.

The elevator will be their ten seconds from now, nitwits.

[rrneck]

20. Get even. Fart as you leave. nt

[LNM]

33. Yep. That's right up there.

[LNM]

34. The person in line at the grocery store

who waits to write out their damn check after all their items are totalled.

Arrgh!

[LNM]

35. The person in line at the grocery store

who thinks that shoving their grocery cart up my ass will make them get through the line quicker.

[backtoblue]

5. Getting pulled over and being asked EVERY time...

"Where ya headed to?"

IT'S NONE OF YOUR GD BUSINESS, SO GIVE ME MY SPEEDING TICKET AND LEAVE ME ALONE!!!

Whew, I feel much better getting that out.. lol

[NV Whino]

8. People being oblivious to their surroundings

which includes all the pet peeves listed above, as well as stopping to chat in store aisles, on the sidewalk or wherever while blocking progress of anyone trying to get through.

[geardaddy]

9. Yes, that's mine, too.

And when you try to move around them or say "excuse me" they look at you as if you're being an asshole for wanting to get by.

[treestar]

49. First place goes to drivers who stop to talk to

another driver going the other way, blocking the road!

[Lilyhoney]

10. The decimal point means "AND"!

When people read a number such as $450,000.00 they will say four hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

NO! NO! NO!

It is four hundred fifty thousand dollars.

I see/hear this every where. No wonder why our economy is so fucked.

This is my biggest pet peeve outside of people not following the rules of the road while operating a vehicle/bicycle or while being a pedestrian.

Thank you for asking,

Lilyhoney

[AsahinaKimi]

11. Not sure it was a pet peeve... but I found it rather strange..

While I was living for a brief time period in Scottsdale Arizona, occassionally while talking to people, like waiting in a line at the supermarket check out, someone one would ask me.." Excuse me, are you Native American?" .."Are you Hispanic?". "um, no..I am Asian.. you know like Japanese..Korean.. Chinese?" You would have thought they had never seen an Asian before!

One even asked me if I was "Canadian". "No, I am from San Francisco.." "ooooh," they said,
"We're from Chandler!" Me: "oh nice!!"


Now it just seemed incredible to me.. that in this day and age I would get that? This was a few years ago..(maybe five years ago.) I hope things have changed.

This is a true story! Really!!

[blueamy66]

17. That's Scottsdale for ya!

strange people live there

[LeftishBrit]

25. Some years ago, a Japanese friend of mine was studying in London.

She was asked by an Englishwoman, 'Are you from Hong Kong?' 'No, I am from Japan'. Pause, and then: 'Does that belong to Hong Kong?'

[AsahinaKimi]

27. lol..

sad but .. still kinda funny.

[Patiod]

12. people using quotation marks for emphasis

ex: "fresh" fish

That, and as stated above, people who don't pay attention to anyone but themselves:
- standing there gawping at the top of an escalator
- stopping to gawp on a crowded street
- parking your shopping cart, and then standing beside it gawping at the shelves

And people who talk in the Quiet Car of the train, oblivious to the signs telling them they are in the FUCKING QUIET CAR, SO SHUT THE FUCK UP

[Arkansas Granny]

13. My pet peeve is the complete strangers who call you "Hon" or "Dear" on the phone.

If we know each other and you call me that as a term of endearment, that's one thing. To do it to a total stranger is just condescending and it kinda creeps me out.

[trof]

23. I don't like people using my first name when I don't know them.

I'm 70 years old.
No apologies at ALL!, but I'm MISTER, unless we're previously acquainted.
ESPECIALLY telemarketers.
:grr:

[LynneSin]

14. People asking me what my Pet Peeves are

:hide:

:pals:

[sarge43]

15. Supermarket

Two carts blocking the aisle; the drivers oblivious and chattering like howler monkeys. :nuke:

[femmocrat]

43. Yes! Especially if they are talking about all their recent medical problems!

Yuck! Ugh! Not near the food, people!

[BlueIris]

16. Lately it's when people repeat everything I've said as a passive aggressive request for info.

As in, after I've said, "I hate shopping there now."

Passhole Aggresshole: "You hate shopping there now." And then P.A. just sits there, trying to get more information, as opposed to asking a direct question why my feelings are what they are about the place I hate shopping in.

[blueamy66]

18. People who come in to chat at work

when I am obviously busy and am not even looking at them and not even responding.

Can you not see that I am typing an e-mail on my computer???

[rrneck]

19. Yea is pronounced "yay". "Yeah" is an expression of agreement.

People who step through the door at a store to get their bearings. You've got ten thousand square feet to figure out where the batteries are. Get outta the way.

Twenty questions when all I want is a cup of coffee.

The conversation I had with the tea bagger who is convinced that the president has committed an impeachable offense - who cleans houses for a living. Its a fair bet she doesn't make 100k a year.

Several hundred colors of house paint with smarmy names. I understand the reasoning but it still annoys me.

Winter.

[SCantiGOP]

21. No Problem

I don't know why this irritates me so much. Like you ask for something at a restaurant and the person says "no problem." Well, it shouldn't be a damn problem if you're working there and that's your job. Guess I'm just getting old and cranky.

[digonswine]

22. When people assume that, just by calling me-

and not leaving a message, that I did not return their call. Anyone calling me knows to leave a message-I don't check caller ID and rarely carry a cell phone. People are lazy and I'm a Luddite.

[KamaAina]

24. Bikes on the sidewalk!

:grr: :banghead: :argh:

[LeftishBrit]

26. Drivers and cyclists who ignore pedestrian lights!

[Brickbat]

28. "This is what ______ looks like."

Just...shut up.

[Ohio Joe]

29. Iced Tea foam

WTF is in this shit that every last brand foams up?

[BlueJazz]

30. People who play "It's time to fuck-around" when at an ATM

[pa28]

31. I have to agree with your particular peeve.

Why do certain people decide they have to hang out and chat at the exits of a building, block supermarket aisles or stop their cars and roll down their windows to talk on a two way street. The last one bothers me the most BTW. I always picture the conversation going something like OMG (Blank) I haven't seen you in years! Let's catch up right now! Don't leave anything out!

You can either wait all day until they have finished or try to politely work your way through and then, inevitably, you end up being the rude one. The cluelessness factor has gone way up lately. Who knows why.

[Lucian]

32. It'd be easier to ask what isn't a pet peeve of mine.

That's a shorter list.

[Kali]

47. ^^^THIS^^^

:thumbsup: :toast:

[madinmaryland]

36. People whining about trivial shit and calling it "pet peeves"...

:hide:

:hi:

[charlie and algernon]

41. People who repeat jokes that other DUers have already said above

:hide:

[madinmaryland]

44. I'm sorry, but...

Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing. He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed."

"OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!"

His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.

Finally, the President looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?"

:evilgrin:

[rurallib]

37. TV commercials

[ellisonz]

38. One word: hella.

Yeah I'm looking at you NorCal! }(

[UTUSN]

39. SEMI-annual?!1 Well *there's* a starter!1 (Here's my list)

*

[likesmountains 52]

40. emails from supervisors and directors that have a dozen exclamation points..

You ROCK!!! We appreciate all YOU do!!!! We would not be successful without YOU!!!!!!

[femmocrat]

42. Mine are grammatical:

1. People who use "that" instead of "who" when referring to people.
2. People who confuse "less" and "fewer".
3. I hear this one all the time and it seems to be used more often lately: "My husband, he....." The "he" is redundant!

I have far from perfect grammar, but these errors just grate on my nerves. I usually yell at the TV when I hear them!

[Boojatta]

52. Her husband, he wants people that make these mistakes to become less in number.

[Liberal Veteran]

45. Using a knife or spoon to spread peanut butter and not cleaning it...

I love my other half, 4 or 5 knives with peanut butter all over them drives me bonkers.

And the other dish related thing is filling the sink to let some dishes "soak" and never actually washing them (it's about as close to cleaning the dishes as he gets).

[kwassa]

46. Men who pee into toilets without lifting the seat.

and decorate that seat for the others that follow them.

[treestar]

48. People who follow too closely and run into me when I stop

at a mall to look at something . Just kidding. :hi:

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

50. The Sun

It sits up in the sky all day making me miserable.

People who talk very loud in restaurants, as if they are the only person everyone should be listening to, even if you are in an adjoining restaurant. They are even worse if they get all pissy when you comment on how annoying loud people are in a manner that is sure to make them hear it.

[nolabear]

51. Okay this is utterly silly but it is a pet.

Listen up people...the word "myriad" means "ten thousand" and should be used in the same way. It's not "There were a myriad of stars," it's "There were myriad stars."

Thank you. I feel better. Go and sin no more.

[applegrove]

53. I hate it when people walk down a sidewalk with a kid and do not hold onto their hands tight. I want

to run up to them and yell. I also feel that way when people are walking their dogs off a leash on a sidewalk. I can barely stand it.