I hate it when I go to Mcdonalds, Burger King, etc… and ask a roomate or freind if they’d like me to pick them up something and they respond with “Yeah, a plain number 4” or "a 1/4 pounder with no pickles. Fast food is fast food. If you dont like what they offer, then go to a grocery store. It’s one of those things that very rarely happens, but when it does it drives me crazy.
I think it’s cause I used to date a girl who would ask me to get her a “Cheeseburger with no meat.” :rolleyes:
Those little subscription cards in magazines. I hate them. Whenever I buy a magazine, the first thing I do is go through it and rip out every postcard and paperboard thing in it.
Mine are uber-trivial…you’ve been warned.
I can’t stand to see a gentleman wear a tie with a button-down collar shirt. I also cringe when I see a gentleman wearing a tie with a short-sleeved shirt. Cut it out!
People who say ‘recommend me a …’ e.g. recommend me a camera.
I see it all the time here on the sdmb.
How do you suggest that “recommend” should be used in that context?
When people don’t pronounce the “h” in words like human–they say “uman” instead. It drives me mad. It just sounds pretentious and stupid to me. I mostly hear transplants from up North and announcers on NPR do it, so it may be a regional thing.
Khadaji: What’s wrong with that? It means “Recommend a camera to me” in the same way that “Give me a camera” means “Give a camera to me.”
People I don’t even know who pat me on the shoulder or otherwise touch me when greeting me. This was especially a problem when I worked in retail, and semi-elderly men seemed to be the worst offenders.
People who call my number repeatedly while I am out. Look, just call once, leave a short message, and as soon as I am home, I will call back! Trust me, I will. Even if you don’t leave a message (another trivial pet peeve) I’ll at least see your number on the caller ID. Calling me 7-8 times is not going to get me home any faster!
People who use the stairs as a place to stop and hold a conversation with their co-workers, disregarding the fact that some of us are actually trying to pass through.
>>>People who forward me emails on topics
>>>that I am not really interested in reading
>>>about in the first place and don’t have
>>>the time to read.
People at the checkout counter in line ahead of me who don’t even begin to write out their check until they have been given the total. This goes double for the ones who reconcile their account balance before tearing out the damn check and handing it to the cashier.
People with call waiting who get a second call while I am on the line with them and keep me waiting while they hold a conversation with the other person.
Having to listen to music on crappy speakers without enough bass.
Watching a VHS tape recorded in SLP mode.
People who park too close to my car, leaving me about 4 degrees of clearance to open my car door.
I have plenty of language usage/pronunciation rants, too, but these are too numerous to list here. I’ll save them for the next language pet peeves thread that comes up.
“ppl hoo type lyke diz on da intanet speshally wen da ‘shortkut’ dey uze iz juzt az long or ven longa dan da orijinal wurd!!!”
tears face off
Eating sunflower seeds and biting into one that just taste like crap. Ruins the whole sunflower seed eating experience for me.
And/or. That’s redundant, people.
Oh, you reminded me of another one: Y2K01.
Don’t ever go to the south of England then. It’s 'orrible.
People moving slowly
Men wearing sandals with white socks. Just irks me for some reason
I have called you all of these things 
Then again, I call everyone these.
I don’t like Taxi drivers who moan about deregulation.
That’s not a pet peeve that’s a legitimate psychotic major grievance!!! …says the guy who just about got in an accident cause some nitwit didn’t signal when they were going around a roundabout.
Small movie pet peeve:
Nuns haven’t worn elaborate habits with long gowns since I was in first grade (that’s abou 35 years!). And yet, even now, when a nun appears as a character in a movie or TV show, she’s invariably shown wearing 1950s garb.
Would it be too much to ask Hollywood costume departments to join the 21st century?
Saying “Recommend me a camera” is incorrect usage. Yes, it means the same thing as “Recommend a camera to me,” but the second way is proper English.
PTA Moms™ who try using current teenage slang in everyday conversation.
People who talk incessantly.
People who insist on parking on the street when they have a perfectly good driveway and empty garage.
People who, while dining out, peruse the menu, then ask “do you have such-n-such?” Duh, do you see it on the menu?
People who park their shopping carts in the middle of the aisle.
Voice Mail - and telephone menus. "press 1 for English, press 2 for Customer Service, press 3 to hear our automated menu, press 4…ad nausem
Small talk
Cars next to you in traffic or at a light who insist on making sure you hear their music.
Apparently, I have issues.
People who post pet peeves that are incorrect;)
And/or is not redundant, for one. “I want milk or sugar” does not mean the same thing as “I want milk and sugar”. As such, “I want milk and/or sugar” is not redundant.
And the fact that something is on the menu does not necessarily mean they have it available. Just last night I was at a restaurant with two friends and one of them asked for cheesecake. It was on the menu.
Guess what they didn’t have:)
My biggest peeve: people who talk about their religion as if it is The Truth of The Universe So Help Me God. Also, people who are against a particular book/religion and obviously do not know much of anything about it (hmm, I wonder if we’re talking about the same crowd here…).