People who suck their teeth (thssst) really should know (thssst) how to control their sucking (thssst), especially on the phone.
(thssst) backhand slap POW!
OK I’m better now.
I don’t know if mine qualifies as a pet peeve but I HATE it when I hear the sound of a broom against pavement. It makes my skin go into goosebumps and it makes my brain crawl. I almost get physically ill when I hear it.
I get that same feeling if I see someone put fabric in their mouth. Goosebumps and instant nausea.
Wow, Opal, I thought I was alone! With me it’s loose cotton, not fabric. Just thinking about it touching my teeth or my fingernails makes me shiver! I’m shivering typing this. YUCK!
People who don’t understand: one line, next available teller/register. No, just because you walk in after everyone else and sneak off to the left side of the check-out counter, doesn’t mean you get to pounce on that left-side open counter when the present transaction is finsihed. There’s three people waiting, jerk.
Adding to that, people in line who don’t understand the idea of exchanging good or services for money.
well well well…looks like im not alone! hehe…i cant stand when people flip their hair either, it just bugs me and makes them look really snobby…
The second time at least. I referenced you before this in the Pit thread.
You’re welcome.
I agree with alot of whats up there, but add pen chewing. Then they offer you the pen to sign something. I carry my own pen
And fat people on the bus, especially when they have poor personal hygiene. I actually saw an elderly woman have to give up her seat in the ‘reserved for elderly/disabled by federal law’ part of the bus so a really fat woman could have two together.
And people that assume that 18 to 20somethings are all dangerous/worthless/useless/up to trouble. We have jobs and bills and responsibilities and rights dammit. We usually work longer and harder than the idiots giving us condescending half-smile through clenched teeth cause they are scared but smug. I’d like to…umm…tell them to have a nice day…or something.
And food service people who put on gloves and then wipe their nose, scratch their ear, retuck their shirt, etc. Those gloves are touching my food!
And people who eat in grogery stores…its not a restaraunt folks
And people who call to see if I am watching the game/race/show
Ahhh…I feel better now. Deep calming breath. I ammm a Halloweeeen, trouble blows through me like the winnnd.
[Kids In The Hall]My pen! My pen! Someone stole my pen! The one I do my work with![/KITH]
It is a side note, but if it helps alleviate your annoyance, some have suggested “aks” or “axe” is actually the historically accurate way of pronouncing “ask.” Some dialects are thought to have continued this pronunciation, while others changed it to the current “ask.”
So what you are hearing may in fact be the history of English.
People who explain something and then, AFTER I assure them I understand, insist on explaining it AGAIN.
People who ask me questions that they could easily answer for themselves with two seconds’ thought.
People who interrupt my work to ask me if I’m finished.
(DO I LOOK FINISHED!!!)
People who think they know my preferences better than I do. This is especially common with regard to food.
People who insist on using “women” as an adjective in place of “female”.
People who don’t know how to end a phone conversation.
People who call and don’t promptly identify themselves.
People who ask me a question, get an answer, and then ask again because they don’t LIKE the answer, and are somehow hoping it’ll be different five seconds later.
People who say they’re going to do something and then don’t do it.
I hate that guys think just because they are guys that they can pass gas in public and not even say “excuse me”
I have a pet peeve with the gys in the office who pass gas and then walk away to get away from the odor. Ah, how about going to the mens bathroom to relieve the gas?
Speakerphone use when it’s a one-on-one conversation and people who eat while they’re talking to me on the 'phone.
Use of call waiting, period. Second for people answering their cell 'phones while already engaged in conversation. Can you say voice mail?
Smilies and emoticons annoy the s**t out of me for some reason (but that must just be my issue since everyone else on the planet seems to think they’re truly dandy).
I think it’s rude to go off on Call Waiting and have a conversation, but I quite often want to know right then that someone needs me, or be able to get a quick message.
Any–I mean any–comments on my eating habits. This includes comments on how much or little I eat or what I eat. No, I don’t care if brand X food is healthy and good and yummy and crunchy and cures cancer and toe fungus and all that, if I don’t like it I won’t eat it. And I will eat when I’m hungry; when I’m no longer hungry don’t try to get me to eat more unless you want to see an impressive display of projectile puking.
(Yes, I may have some major eating issues; even a harmless comment such as “Oh, you like BLT’s” or “You don’t drink coffee?” ticks me off.)
-panhandlers that have pets with them sitting on the sidewalk, why do you need a pet if you cant afford to feed yourself?
-spit, it is gross that is why I dropped the clarinet playing, couldnt stand the spit.
-ppl who stare
-ppl who hit the back of my seat at the movie theatre
-loud talkers, close talkers
Shopping queues where nothing seems to be happening.
Shoppers doing something completely ambiguous inside some bag or a pocket while they are stood in the queue.
Life.
ive been a bad girl, i havn’t come back to the website for a while, and i had a spare second so i came back…i’m just glad that i’m not the only person with strange pet peeve’s…thanks everyone! keep posting!
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Drivers in the fast lane who pace the car to their right and won’t go even a quarter mile per hour faster so the other traffic can get around…
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Talk radio hosts who ask their guests questions and then don’t give their guest a chance to talk 'cause they’re too busy answering their own question because they’re in love with the sound of their own voice…
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Sports announcers who spend an entire inning/quarter/period talking about something other than the game transpiring on the screen… except to observe that the period is over and it’s time for a commercial…
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People who aren’t looking where they’re walking… or don’t notice that they’ve stopped right in your path…
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Worse, people in buffet restaurants who aren’t looking where they’re walking, stop right in your path, can’t decide what they want, change directions and speeds erratically and without warning, and jump in your way after you’ve waited paitiently for your turn while the doddering elderly woman finishes serving herself blueberry cobbler…
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People who bring their toddlers to restaurants and then ignore them when they scream/bang spoons on the table/argue/run amok or in general distract and disturb the other diners. (My parents would never let me behave like that, and my children aren’t going to behave like that, either.)
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People who have pet peeves involving things that are none of their business…
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People who complain about ellipsisitis…