Pet Peeves! Arrgh, Arrrgh Matey!

[blinc]

Well, what are yours? Those little things that just seem to get under your skin? Make you grind your teeth?
Here's a few of mine:

People who chew and pop gum when talking to you on the phone.

People who find fault in everything, but find nothing constructive to offer in place of what they are criticizing.

People who are so interested in what they have to say, you can tell they really don't care about others opinions.

People who can NEVER admit they are wrong.

The way the mail person always comes early, when you have mail you wanted to go out that day! Arrgh!! {toothy}

[jamesglewisf]

People who pop their gum at any time.
People who walk through the office whistling.

[Karenluvs6]

People who chew and pop gum at all!
People who walk into other ppl's houses without knocking.
People who insist on touching me while they're talking to me.
People who pretend to be something they are not.
People who smoke cigarettes in a restaraunt. {fire}
People who call your house and say "who's this?"
People who will not give up thier seat for elderly ppl on public transportation!
I've got a zillion of em!!

[4everHis]

Originally posted by blinc
The way the mail person always comes early, when you have mail you wanted to go out that day! Arrgh!! {toothy}

How about: The way the mail person always comes late when you are waiting for that $1,000,000 check (or something else you might be expecting -- since I've never seen a $M check) {toothy}

[4everHis]

Originally posted by jamesglewisf
People who walk through the office whistling.

Hey, that's MEEEE! |:o

[Karenluvs6]

People who chew with thier mouth open.
People who wear thier pants down around thier hips.
People who yell when they talk.
People who wear too much perfume or cologne.
People who don't clean thier house.
People who don't take care of thier pets.
People who keep thier dog in the yard all day and night..even in the freezing cold.
People who say, "I never!" when someone farts...{fart}
like they don't fart!!
People who wear shorts with a sweatshirt.
People who do not read directions then say, "I do not understand!
People who wear a watch and still ask "what time is it?"

[blinc]

But... but "I never" do!! {rolleyes} It's the dogs!!

Oooh, I'm guilty of the sweatshirt and shorts thing once in awhile AND having a messy house on occasion.

I'm totally with you on leaving a dog chained up outside all year round. Chained up ANYTIME actually. People who don't take care of their pets... ARRRRRRGGGGHHH!!! {flame}

[Karenluvs6]

I forgot this one...

People who put sugar on Cheerios and other healthy, non sweetened cereal.
why not just buy sweetened cereal?!
People who are late for every single appointment, and apologize each and every time!

[kezzer]

I'm guilty of a messy house, it's not that I don't want to clean it(well, I really don't but...) I never have time to clean it!

I hate how we're told about policies at work and we follow them but as soon as a customer goes to managment they give whatever it is to them and it the meantime we look stupid! ARgh!!
I hate how when there's a chance of snow everybody runs out to the store as if there were a blizzard on the way, and what do they buy?? Icecream and steak!!!
People who move to Virginia but leave their 2 cats to fend for themselves.
People who literally scream at their kids in the middle of the grocery store.
People who let their kids run around and not pay attention to them, then scold them for it.
People who take my outgoing mail out of the mailbox, hold on to it for 3 weeks and then give it to my babysitter as if it had been sent here. ARgh!! I haven't gotten my mail for 3 weeks because the ppl upstairs took my change of address form and kept it and then gave it to the babysitter with only a days worth of mail just the other day. I am steaming about this!!! {flame}

[Karenluvs6]

WOW Kezzer,
that is against the law isn't it?
messing with someone's mail, I mean.
I think you should report that to management and to the post office.

What the hek is the matter with ppl?!?!?

[kezzer]

Argh!!! People who ask what the difference is between a roll and a bagel because bagels are on sale, they have rolls and wanted the sale price!!!
(can you tell that I have a lot of pet peeves geared towards my job!!!)

I thought it was against the law too, My hubby went to the post office yesterday and today I got my mail!! Hopefully things will be better with the mail situation from now on.

[blinc]

Wow Kezzer, if I'm not mistaken mail tampering is a federal offense. Are they whacko's or something?

[kezzer]

Wackos, scuz, I dunno. I hate not being able to find a parking spot in my driveway because they have at least 5 cars in the driveway each taking up 2 spaces. ARGH!!!

[blinc]

Vent Kezzer, VENT!! Gosh, if you hold that all in, you'll blow!! {toothy}

People who cut in line! AARRGHH!

Check out cashiers who stand around and talk to each other while checking your items out. What? They aren't moving slow enough already?

[Debby]

I agree with everyones pet peeves except the smoking in the restaurants one, cause I smoke, but only in the smoking section...:)

My pet peeves are......

Backstabbing.....if you have something to say about me....say it to my face!!!!!!! And don't act like your my friend in the meantime!

Cheapskates.....there's a big difference between just not having the money, and just plain being cheap!

People who judge other people without actually ever getting to know them.(This one really bugs me,as i have had several people tell me, gee, I thought you were really prissy till I got to know you, but your not ANYTHING like I thought you were.) geesh. Don't judge me.....I like to get dirty just like the rest of you.

People who say one thing and then do another!

Long lines!

Being put on hold!

People who complain all the time!

Hmmmmmm.....I'm sure I could think of more, but Ive probably said enough.:)

[blinc]

Boy Debby you sure nailed this one... I've had so many people say to me, I used to think you were really snobby, or really stuck up. I don't know WHY people think that of me, as I'm neither!! The only thing I can think is that in real life, I'm sometimes shy when meeting new people, so it's just that I don't say much til I get to know them better. For people to just assume I'm being stuck up really bothers me, because I can not STAND people who put on airs.

Originally posted by Debby
People who judge other people without actually ever getting to know them.(This one really bugs me,as i have had several people tell me, gee, I thought you were really prissy till I got to know you, but your not ANYTHING like I thought you were.) geesh. Don't judge me.....I like to get dirty just like the rest of you.

[Debby]

I agree!! Well said! I don't understand why people get that opinion of me either before they know me...but I do sometimes curl my hair up high (I have big hair...lol) It's really long too, and I always like to wear makeup, (not alot though) I don't cake it on like some, just a little, but just because you like to take care of yourself doesn't make you prissy or mean you think your better than anyone else. Oh well, at least once people get to know me they don't feel that way. The nice thing about the forums is noone can judge you on appearence...LOL :) And by the time they maybe do see a picture of you, they already know you ;)

[PaulGoodman]

People who chew ice, I can't stand it!!!!!!

[Military Mom]

Who me? Have Pet Peeves? Nawww....

People who INSIST on driving the speed limit or just BELOW it. Don't they realize it's really just a suggestion? {chicken}

People who do NOT buckle their kids in while driving. {fire}

People who don't smile back when you smile at them. {freak}

Patients who use the ER as a doctor's office, arriving with minor complaints but pitching a fit when they are told they have to wait to be seen. {moz}

When people tell me I'm not a "real nurse" becasue I'm a Licensed Practical Nurse rather than an LPN - or that they'd rather "have an RN do that." Puleeaze - I've TAUGHT RNs how to do 'this or that.' {flame}

When I'm working the night shift and people who KNOW this STILL freakin call me during the day when I am asleep!! {sleeping}

People with a chips on their shoulders who feel the world owes them a free ride. {homer}

Closed minds. {anon}

Rich kids who's mom and dad have worked hard enough to be able to pay for their college tuition - then the kid goes to college and goofs off the whole time. {dunce}

People who have never had to work for a darned thing their entire lives and have everything handed to them. {rolleyes}

Women without cellulite. Sheesh - the nerve! Have a dougnut for cryin out loud - it WON't kill you. (darn) {chef}

EX-GIRLFRIENDS. need I say more? {pukeface}

Men who hit women and beat the living daylights out of their kids. {pig}

People who DON'T ever discipline their kids. {frusty}

People who act like they are too good for you. {freak2}

Ferrets. (sorry, i hate those little things) {smash} hehee

[Debby]

Heh, heh....that was good! Especially the speed limit thing!!

[Karenluvs6]

the one with the kids without seatbelts...yeah, definitely.

ppl who allow their small kids' to sit in the front seat of the car.
ppl who won't admit their kids' do wrong.
ppl who talk too much...way too much.
ppl who drive with their dogs hanging out the car window. don't ppl know? Dogs are your children too..be more careful with them in the cars
This election!

[blinc]

An annoying speech or writing habit. Like "ok". OK, I've caught myself using that word so much lately it's driving me to distraction! I used to hardly ever use it and now it's in almost every dang sentence I use. heeeelp!!! I'm ranting about annoying myself! Heeeellp! {toothy}

[Karenluvs6]

ppl who say 'Umm' after every other word!



Hey, you see that?? I am up to 550 posts now!
woo hoo.

[Austruck]

My pet peeve is people who chew gum, pop it, and fart while walking through the office, then blame it on the dog who's hanging out the car window without a seatbelt while the driver's going 15 in a 65 zone and not smiling at anyone because he thinks he's better than everyone else because he can smoke in the nonsmoking section and admits he doesn't think I'm a jerk any more.

Boy, I hate that.

[Austruck]

;)

[kezzer]

Uh, Austruck, that's definitely an interesting peeve. I'll uh, just be leaving the thread now. Yeah, that's it,:);) s'ok.

[Austruck]

I WAS JUST KIDDING, OF COURSE.

Actually, I'm agreeing with most of these peeves!

[kezzer]

It was really funny though!! I was hysterical when I read it!

[Debby]

It was funny! It took me a second to realize you didn't actually know someone like that! LOL ;)

[jamesglewisf]

I'll have to agree. I think people who fart and blame in on their pets, creatures that cannot even defend themselves, are despicable.

[Karenluvs6]

hehehe..you can't be serious....right?
so what do you think about ppl who fart and blame their kids?.....{fart}

[blinc]

Geez, I don't know anyone who would blame it one their pets. *blinks innocently*

Hey, if the kids don't catch on... heh heh. why not? {toothy}

[Debby]

My husband farts and blames it on his son, who is 10...LOL.

[Karenluvs6]

yup....kids' are great to have around for just such an occasion.

[Austruck]

Sometimes there are six kids in this house and the cat. Therefore, the logical conclusion is that neither my husband nor I ever have any gastrointestinal problems whatsoever.

And if the kids are all at their other parents' houses, and the cat is upstairs, well, there's always the goldfish.

[Debby]

Or a loose floorboard.

[blinc]

And frogs. Frogs are notorious for that certain "noise" they make. {scientific smiley}

[kezzer]

My hubby blames it on geese. I on the other hand never have to blame anyone. I never!!! It's always the kids or the cats!! ;)

[blinc]

Putting something in the oven that needs to bake slowly, all day long. Setting the temp to the correct setting. Wondering why a few hours later you haven't started smelling the aroma of baking goodies.... look in the oven, it's cold. Forgot to turn the blooming thing on! (again!)

[CommunistPanda]

LOL
I do that!
And even worse, is when you put something in the oven, turn the oven on, set the timer, come back a few hours later - only to remember that the oven's broken. I've done that one a few times too!

[kezzer]

Aha! I've got you all beat. Putting a pizza box in the oven the night before then preparing to bake a pumpkin pie for the hubby. Preheat the oven, go give the daughter a bath, smell smoke. Walk in the kitchen where there is thick black smoke pouring out of the oven. That is when I remembered the pizza box was there. So much for that pumpkin pie. We didn't have a stove for 3 days while it sat on the yard airing out!

[CommunistPanda]

Out of curiosity, what was the pizza box doing in the oven?

{confused}

[kezzer]

My hubby put it there so he could have the left overs after work so the box would be out of the way. Why he couldn't take it out of the box and in the frigde is still beyond me.

[jamesglewisf]

My wife puts stuff in the crock pot and forgets to plug it in.

[blinc]

Oh gosh Kezzer, I do believe you do take the prize for the worst oven disaster! {toothy}

The crockpot... nope, now that's one I haven't forgotten yet! Yes!

[kezzer]

It was quite a scene and a night I will never forget, or my friends will ever let me live down! The smoke was so thick it was seeping into the upstairs apartments where my friends there thought the furnace was on fire! Not to mention Halie was only 2 and I was 8 months preggers with Ash. I had to take Halie out in nothing but a towel and blanket since it was in the middle of her bath. And of course it was quite chilly out since it was the middle of November. But one good thing has happened from this incident..... Noone ever asks me to make a pumpkin pie anymore! ;)

[CommunistPanda]

LOL

Hmm...I guess my pet peeve would be the whole teenage cliche and it's power...

[Debby]

Oh Kezzer!! That was funny!!!! I bet you smelled smoke in the house for days!!!! :)

[kezzer]

Ugh!! That and the stuff from the fire extinguishers the firemen used! Plus for months I kept finding more and more of it. It was this yellow dusty stuff and it was everywhere! I bet even now the people who live in that apartment are finding it amd thinking " what the heck is this!" I at least knew what it was but couldn't figure out after 6 months why I still kept finding it and needing to clean it up over and over and..... That was one mess I'd never want to look at again!

[Swimmers]

ME!!!! <--- PERFECTIONIST!!! :D

[blinc]

Trying to remember where the directions are for resetting the digital clock, on the automobile stereo system. Was that hold in the scan and reset button? Nope! Channel select and scan? Nope! Aaargh!

[kezzer]

We had a car that we couldn't figure out how to set the clock for the longest time. It was annoying to get in the car and have the clock 6 or so hours off.

[Debby]

The clock in my car is right for half the year, then when daylight savings time hits...it is off an hour for the other 6 months!!!! LOL

[jamesglewisf]

There is probably a manual in your glove compartment.

[Debby]

LOL....yes, there probably is, but then, who has the time to read it?????? :)

[4gvnAngel]

Yes, but thats just what they'd be expecting us to do.....

heheheheheheheehhee

One of my biggest pet peeves is not having matching socks. That and people NOT telling me when you've got something on your face or T paper stuck on your shoe or your zippers down...stuff like that. I would really like to know. There are so many situations that it seems like I am the only person who will tell people the truth and not let them walk around lookin like an idiot.

[Debby]

Yep, yep.....I know whatcha mean!!!

I had the kindness in me to tell a guy at work (politely) that he had something hanging out his nose....lol

I felt stupid saying it, but he thanked me over and over for not letting him go about his day like that.

I would want to know if it were me!!!!!

[CommunistPanda]

Strange. I've been thinking about this thread a lot while I've been at work.

Don't ya just hate rude customers, customers who don't speak English or English and American tourists with strong accents? It's pretty funny with the accents though, 'cause I can't understand their accents, and they can't understand mine.

[jamesglewisf]

I have a pretty strong accent, but I don't know if anyone has ever had a hard time understanding me. I'm a member of a lot of forums, and no one has ever said anything.

Now that we have over 100 members, why don't some of you tell me how thick my accent is.

[TTP]

I can't stand getting food on my hands when I eat...{rolleyes}

[blinc]

Ooh TTP I'm the same way. If it's finger food, I just have to have napkins at the ready... it freaks me out!

Jim... we'd tell ya jess how bad that thar axcent of your'n was, but see heah, we all don't want to be a puttin a hurtin on yer feelings. *blink*

[Freezerwaffle]

Hmmmm, should I admit my biggest pet peeves when I'm certainly guilty of violating someone else's?

Well okay, if you insist:

Cigarettes - they are insidious. They lie & seduce & put nice people into bondage. Then they kill them. Like Mike, who died this summer at the age of 40, leaving behind a 34 year old widow & a 4 year old daughter. Massive heart attack due to long time smoking. {bawling} Also cigarette induced annoyances like second hand smoke, piles of butts on the curbs & seeing children & pets trapped in a car with a smoker. (oh, but I crack the window!!)

Boom Boom cars - Those people should be locked in a small room and forced to listen to "The Best of Hee Haw" for 72 hours straight.

Anyone who doesn't buckle up their children. Especially irking to see small children riding on laps. Hellloooo??? {fire}

Calvin Peeing on (fill in the blank) window stickers - totally juvenile & rude.

Obscene bumper stickers - My 7 year old is reading now & the truck in front of us at McDonalds had a nasty one. {flame}{flame}

That's enough whining from me!

{flake}Freeze {flake}

[jamesglewisf]

Freeze, I agree with all of those. Especially people who don't buckle up their kids. I know people who don't. They always have some lame excuse. I also know someone who didn't buckle his daughter and sent her flying threw the windshield to her death.

[Freezerwaffle]

:o Erps! Sorry I didn't hold back there. Wasn't thinking. Mea Culpa!!

{anon}

[blinc]

FreezerWaffle, you nailed several of my pet peeves! Those Boom-boom cars as you call them. Arrgh! I know exactly what you mean.. and the cigarettes. Ouchy, that one really gets to me because can you name one other product on the market that kills 1 out of every 8 people who use it? (Or is it 1 out of 4?) If a person was to invent something... a brand of cold medicine let's say, that was addictive and killed people at that rate, how long would it be on the market? It would be yanked so fast it would make your head spin... and yet, cigarettes are allowed to stay on the market. Why??? I don't understand how this is allowed to go on and on!

Back to another pet peeve of mine... thought I had posted it already but don't see it. (Ahhh, another pet peeve, memory loss! *grin*)
Hurting your big toe by stubbing it or dropping something on it. Then your sore toe attracting everything within a two mile radius to be dropped on it. OR, the furniture mysteriously moving itself an inch or so out of place so that when you walk by, your judgement is off enough to make you bang into it... with your sore toe of course.

[blinc]

Being thirsty and drinking water til you feel you're gonna bust... then still drinking more... then more and more! aaaaaaaaah! Still thirsty!

Pet Peeve #41: That sloshing noise your tummy makes when you're full of water. ]:{

[kezzer]

I know what you mean! I get the feeling I'm a water balloon, and I just hope I don't pop when I bump into something!