Biggest pet peeves?

[$cirisme]

Well?

[Xmansmommy]

People that use the restroom and don't wash their hands. :eww:

[Ryan Dallion]

The phrase "of a lifetime" it's become meaningless from overuse.I mean you hear about the chance "of a lifetime",the trip "of a lifetime",the job opportunity "of a lifetime",the vacation "of a lifetime",the deal "of a lifetime" ad nauseam.

[Xmansmommy]

Ummmmm..... Cher! :doh: :wink:

[robert65]

people that pull out of driveways in front of you so you have to slow down and when you look there is no one behind you. They could have waited 5 seconds till I went by but NOOOOOOOO. Jerks.

[robert65]

Ummmmm..... Cher! :doh: :wink:


:lmbo:



Sorry Ivo. :blush:

[Xmansmommy]

People who drive 35 in a 55! :rant:

[Ryan Dallion]

People who's pet peeve is Cher :tongue:

J/K :lol:

[Ryan Dallion]

Actually XMM,that was pretty good...:thumb: I'd give you points for that but I just gave you some recently...:smile:

[Xmansmommy]

It's all good. I just love pickin' wit ya. :tongue:

[Xmansmommy]

On a much more serious note....some other pet peeves of mine.....

People who never accept responsibility for their own actions. They blame everybody else for everything. :argh:

[Xmansmommy]

People who want something but are afraid to ask for it. :doh:

[Xmansmommy]

Guilt trip games. :rant:

[Xmansmommy]

People who never shut up. :blush:

[SlipSlidin'Away]

The phrase "of a lifetime" it's become meaningless from overuse.I mean you hear about the chance "of a lifetime",the trip "of a lifetime",the job opportunity "of a lifetime",the vacation "of a lifetime",the deal "of a lifetime" ad nauseam.
OK, I don't understand XMM's inside joke to Ivo, so I'm going to jump in.

The phrase "changed my life" bugs me. God changed my life, that sermon changed my life, a Christian book changed my life, "The Passion" changed my life and on and on and on.

Changed it from what to what? It doesn't appear better from the outside. Maybe it's not changing for the better.

Slipster

[Xavier]

People who drive 35 in a 55! :rant:
OR 55 in a 35...

[Tfbandie]

on the driving thing, it would be people who speed up when you try and pass them (on highway- haven't had it on normal road:shocked:). I'll have cruise at 68 in a 65, and be slowly approaching a car from a while back, but as soon as i get near they start to speed up inexplicably to go faster than me. than they get a good distance ahead and stop accellerating and i slwly approach them again and they repeat (all the while I'm on cruise and haven't touched the gas)

[TCapp]

Folks who insist on peppering their statements with the misuse of the word "like" (repeatedly).

I hate driving down a main thoroughfare to have someone perpendicular to me drive up to their stop sign with all the speed they can muster - making me doubt that they are going to stop at all. I fear getting clobbered thusly.

Gunky crud on my glasses.

The frequent misuse of the word "dampening" on the Star Trek series. What are they trying to do, drench their equipment with water? The word is damping! :rant: (yeah, dumb pet peeve :lol:)

Perfectly-abled persons parking in the "handicapped" parking space! :mad:

Childless persons parking in the "customer with child" parking space! :mad:

Clueless persons parking in a non-existant parking space!

Tailgaters!

(Gee, a lot of my peeves are vehicle-based).

[nomad]

my pet peeve is when people take my keys and then drop them into a pool of molten lava. man, that really BUGS me.

[TCapp]

Gee, that would kind of be a bummer. :no:

[Xmansmommy]

OK, I don't understand XMM's inside joke to Ivo, so I'm going to jump in.

Hey Slipster, my joke to Ivo had absolutely nothing to do with his post but with his fanatical obsession of Cher. :doh: I was teasing him. :teeth:

[Xavier]

my pet peeve is when people take my keys and then drop them into a pool of molten lava. man, that really BUGS me.
Where do you find a pool of molten lava on demand???

[Tfbandie]

another pet peeve for TWeb would be posters who make assertions, flatly refuse to back them up with facts, and deny and dismiss all opinions counter to his/her including outside citations and sources

[nomad]

people who talk too slow. (and they all probably get annoyed that i talk too fast).

people who ramble on an on in conversation, and you know that they have a point somewhere, but they don't seem to remember where they put it, and my mother has a very interesting history, and doesn't this tie look good on me? oh yeah. and as they wander around trying to circle in on it - that reminds me, i need to stop by the grocery store on the way home, don't let me forget - you get to find out all kinds of interesting things that you're not sure exactly what they have to do with their point, but they seem to enjoy telling them - i have a shirt EXACTLY like that at home! i got on a vacation in jamaica. remember the slides? you know i got nine new rolls of film back this week! what? oh yeah, and you had an interesting, or even a completely boring and mind-numbing comment so you could feel like a part of the conversation - you're not leaving yet, are you? i haven't even gotten to the good part! - but no one seems to want your interruption and you feel too guilty and trapped to try to get away - you know, i really need to get going, i'd love to stay and chat some more - all for something that would take you 19 seconds to say, and that's that people who talk without a point irritate me.

[nomad]

Where do you find a pool of molten lava on demand???

why, 'pools of molten lava R US', of course. check the yellow pages for a local franchulate.

[mossrose]

people who talk too slow. (and they all probably get annoyed that i talk too fast).

people who ramble on an on in conversation, and you know that they have a point somewhere, but they don't seem to remember where they put it, and my mother has a very interesting history, and doesn't this tie look good on me? oh yeah. and as they wander around trying to circle in on it - that reminds me, i need to stop by the grocery store on the way home, don't let me forget - you get to find out all kinds of interesting things that you're not sure exactly what they have to do with their point, but they seem to enjoy telling them - i have a shirt EXACTLY like that at home! i got on a vacation in jamaica. remember the slides? you know i got nine new rolls of film back this week! what? oh yeah, and you had an interesting, or even a completely boring and mind-numbing comment so you could feel like a part of the conversation - you're not leaving yet, are you? i haven't even gotten to the good part! - but no one seems to want your interruption and you feel too guilty and trapped to try to get away - you know, i really need to get going, i'd love to stay and chat some more - all for something that would take you 19 seconds to say, and that's that people who talk without a point irritate me.
People who use run-on sentences......

:slinkoff:

[luv1another]

people who don't put things away after they use them.

people who drive too slow

people who drive to fast

people who tailgate

people who cut in front of you in a queue

people who talk to me like Im an idiot or something

people who always expect me to say yes to them then get angry and gossip about me when I say No.

ummm let me think anymore :teeth: I'm sure there are I just can't think of them right now :lol:

[Alien]

The phrase "What you need to do is ....".

Typically used by people that should be supplying you with a service because you are the customer (that is the person that is paying for whatever it is) in order to shift the responsibility for providing it (in part at least) to you.

Particularly prevalent in the offices of medical providers.

[Chuck Lee]

Quote mining.

Discussing mainly using quotes instead of one's own opinions.

Smokers who drop their cigarette butts all over the place, even when a handy disposal bin is available.

[Xmansmommy]

When you go out of your way to be polite to someone and they don't acknowledge your politeness. For instance, getting to the door first at a store and holding it for them, and then they don't even say thank you. Or worse yet, act as if you were obliged to hold the door for them. :doh:

[Ghettochild]

really really really long posts

[kafka]

on the driving thing, it would be people who speed up when you try and pass them (on highway- haven't had it on normal road:shocked:). I'll have cruise at 68 in a 65, and be slowly approaching a car from a while back, but as soon as i get near they start to speed up inexplicably to go faster than me. than they get a good distance ahead and stop accellerating and i slwly approach them again and they repeat (all the while I'm on cruise and haven't touched the gas)

right on...I cant stand that...

[NSMinistries]

speeding in a school zone...

[Alien]

When you go out of your way to be polite to someone and they don't acknowledge your politeness. For instance, getting to the door first at a store and holding it for them, and then they don't even say thank you. Or worse yet, act as if you were obliged to hold the door for them. :doh:

How about when you hold the door for one person then about a dozen others just walk through without either taking the door from you or acknowleging your presence, like it's your job to stand there and hold the door for everyone? I wait until there isn't a little kid in the way then let the door go on to whoever is there and walk on! (If anyone is confused, I will have already walked through the door and will be holding it open for the next person, who would normally be expected to take it from me.)

(I can be vicious when roused!)

[India]

Shopping carts that are left in the parking lot, blocking parking spaces (and sometimes my car!)

Netscape 4, the most worthless, benighted browser still in use (the software I write at work still supports it)

Okay, fess up - how many pet peeves listed are you guilty of? I talk too slow and I'm bad at remembering to thank people for things (actually, thank-you notes are another of my pet peeves).

[nomad]

i have trouble collecting my thoughts, rant on rambling notwithstanding.

[Marcus1962]

How about drivers who pass you only to pull in front of you and slow down dangerously fast; then when you don't hit them, they take off at high rates of speed.

I can imagine the thought process of those types"

"I need me a new fuzzy dice fa muh rearview."
"I'll jess slam on da brakes in front of sum'on."

[Pretty Pink VICTORY]

I've taken a poll here at the homeland and this is what we've come up with.................

Speeding in school zones.

People who blow through stop signs.

Like, ya know, like this and like that happened, then like this and like that........like like like like! :argh:

Having to explain my jokes 47 times to the kids, all the while having blank clueless eyes staring back at me.

Shoppers who obviously don't know the rules of the aisles!
1. No random stopping in the middle of the aisle. Especially for mindless chatting!
2. Always walk on the right side of the aisle. Road rules apply!
3. If you drop the produce on the floor, pick it up! Noone wants to walk on squished grapes or tomatoes!
4. Baby C's husband's new rule....... 80% of shoppers should leave the store before he enters.

Mayonaisse, ketchup, mustard.

[Alien]

Okay, fess up - how many pet peeves listed are you guilty of? I talk too slow and I'm bad at remembering to thank people for things (actually, thank-you notes are another of my pet peeves).

None, I'm perfect! :lol:

That's the problem, you don't realise what you do that annoys others ...

"Oh wad the Lord the gift to gie us,
To see ourselves as others see us!"

Robert Burns (probably poorly remembered)

[NSMinistries]

I've taken a poll here at the homeland and this is what we've come up with.................

Speeding in school zones.

People who blow through stop signs.

Like, ya know, like this and like that happened, then like this and like that........like like like like! :argh:

Having to explain my jokes 47 times to the kids, all the while having blank clueless eyes staring back at me.

Shoppers who obviously don't know the rules of the aisles!
1. No random stopping in the middle of the aisle. Especially for mindless chatting!
2. Always walk on the right side of the aisle. Road rules apply!
3. If you drop the produce on the floor, pick it up! Noone wants to walk on squished grapes or tomatoes!
4. Baby C's husband's new rule....... 80% of shoppers should leave the store before he enters.

Mayonaisse, ketchup, mustard.rules of the aisles...:lol:

[NSMwife]

the stockers in stores who put the product in the middle of the aisle while they are stocking the shelves so if you need somethg from that aisle who go down to and then have to turn around to get out.

having wide aisles in a store and then putting product on display in the middle of the aisle so everyone has to go single file on each side and if you need to cross you have to go down four aisles and then double back to get to the aisle you want.

NSM knows what store I'm talking about.

[NSMinistries]

the stockers in stores who put the product in the middle of the aisle while they are stocking the shelves so if you need somethg from that aisle who go down to and then have to turn around to get out.

having wide aisles in a store and then putting product on display in the middle of the aisle so everyone has to go single file on each side and if you need to cross you have to go down four aisles and then double back to get to the aisle you want.

NSM knows what store I'm talking about.just don't get in her way...

[Tobias Reiper]

Guilt trip games. :rant:

I'm with you there. Rebecca is laying a guilt trip on me because I won't let her spend the night with me every weekend anymore. We don't do anything physically, but it still reflects poorly on my parents, especially with my dad being a deacon in a Baptist church (not the, as we have at least three in the community area).

I'm unemployed now. I have no income, so my time is divided up between looking for work and actually working (clearing lots, programming (haven't made any money off of that yet), etc.).

When my job hunts lead me away from where she lives (she lives 15 miles west of me, and sometimes I'll hunt in the north, south, or east) to conserve gas, which is $1.65 in most areas, higher in others, I will just wait for her to call me.

Wednesday I headed to her town, but I also had to head to another town for some interviews. If I would have stopped to see her I would have been late for my other interviews. To go from my home town to the interview is a 40 mile round trip. To go from my house to Rebecca's is 30 miles round trip. That would be 30+40+30=100 miles, which would be 1/3 of my gas tank.

My dad had to use his good truck (the one I've been borrowing since the motor blew out on my car) both Thursday and yesterday, so I couldn't go see her then. Today I thought there was a car show, which would tie up traffic (found out it isn't until May 1st). Even after finding out I was wrong, I decided to devote this day to working and seeing her tomorrow.

Today I got a message on the phone with some rant about how there's something wrong with our relationship because I don't want her staying with me (aka shacking up, which we've discussed so many times that if she starts going on about how she should be able to stay with me I just go home or hang up) and how it's not normal to spend this much time apart. The amount of time we spent together last winter wasn't normal. My mother said we were spending more time together than most married couples. If anything we're becoming normal now, and a relationship between two people who would be homeless if not for their parents will not progress until they can become self sufficient, so it makes sense to spend all of this time working and looking for work.

Lesson learned: Don't ask about everyone's biggest pet peeves in a forum I post in, because if someone has hit a particular nerve it will lead to a big long rant.

[kafka]

disco over the loud speakers.

[Ghettochild]

Mononoke making me feel like a slow typist.

[Xmansmommy]

People cut you off and then get upset because you get upset. :rant:

[Em7add11]

Slow people who drive side by side.

[Ghettochild]

That is what the middle finger is for...

[TCapp]

That dumb dog on old style Nintendo "Duck Hunt" that laughs at your bad aim. :wink:

[Tobias Reiper]

Kids/teens who say things like "You don't know what it's like to be a kid/teen." (alternatively, "<insert age here>.")

I've been their age before. They haven't been my age yet.