Post your most trivial pet peeves

In My Humble Opinion
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People who use bad grammar (and don’t care that it’s wrong); bugs the crap outa me.

People who say “nucular” when they mean “nuclear” and “relator” when they mean “realtor”. The president of the US, for cryin’ out loud, can’t properly pronounce “nuclear”. You’d think one of his advisors would pull him aside and say, “Mr. President, the word is pronounced “nu-cle-ar”; you sound like an ignorant boob the way you say it.”

People who come into a room, take off their shoes, and leave them right where people need to walk, like between the couch and the coffee table.

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I’ve only got a week left in The Suburb Where Everybody Works in Construction, so I won’t have to deal with it any longer.

It’s worse than the cell phone peeve … much worse, yet quite tolerated among locals, since everybody engages in the practice.

Nextel Direct Connect. Any time, any place, it doesn’t matter. Only here will you hear a Nextel go off, and a tinny voice screech out inquiries regarding the pouring of a foundation – DURING A MOVIE – and nobody minds, because everybody else is carrying around their “West Orange County Passports.”

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I don’t know whether this will make you feel any better, Homer J, but wasps do eat garden pests and help in pollination. One of my (many) pet peeves is people who try to kill wasps when it would be just as easy to open a window and scoop them outside.

Many of mine have already been mentioned, but as well as the slow walkers and people who won’t get out of the way, I hate people who insist of overtaking even though they evidently don’t want to walk/drive faster than me after all, because they slow down as soon as they’ve got ahead.

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I hate those paddles, too! Oh my gosh, I feel so vindicated. It’s like fingernails on a chalkboard.

Other trivial pet peeves:

Listening to someone chewing gum while you are on the phone with said person. (I know someone already mentioned bovine gum chewers, but I feel it is ten thousand times worse if you can hear it while on the phone.)

People who, for some reason, do not want to break a $20 bill, as in “could you leave the tip, I only have a $20.” It’s fine if you don’t want to spend your $20, but don’t expect me to spend my money in its place. In my life, the only people who do this never seem to get around to making up this difference (although there’s always a vague promise to pick up the next round, or something). If they did, it wouldn’t be a peeve.

Mr. Del wears socks that don’t match! For the love of all that is holy, please stop this! Granted, they may be two white athletic socks that are very similar, yet I can tell that sock A is of one brand, and sock B is of another brand. Grounds for divorce, I tell you!

At work: people who discover that a ball point pen no longer works, and return it to the supply closet. Boggles the mind. I know pens don’t grow on trees, but if it really doesn’t work, please throw it away.

People who will not drink from my glass because they don’t want my cooties, but are still so determined to sample my drink that they dip their SPOON in my glass, only it’s the SAME SPOON that was just in their CLAM CHOWDER. Ok, so this is an isolated incident, but it really happened, and I tell you, I am not over it yet.

My SDMB Pet Peeve (I like to call it “Fluffy”):

When the OP asks for something, for example “What is the best book about a cow ever?” and Poster #4 lists a certain book, and then Poster #25 lists THE SAME BOOK, and others congratulate Poster #25 for his/her excellent taste in cow literature. I am sometimes tempted to post just to point out that Poster #4 deserves all the credit, but that would be snotty. However, if you have ever been in the position of Poster #4, please rest assured that I, sitting quietly in my very own home and refraining from making snotty posts, have noticed, and thought of you with great compassion.

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Oh, where to begin…?
[ul][li]I hate it when people squeeze the toothpaste tube from the middle. I also can’t stand when they leave gunky toothpaste crud on the nozzle.[/li][li]The band name “Blessid Union of Souls”. I actually like some of their songs, but they way they spell “Blessid” really upsets me. Not for any religeous/spiritual reasons, either. I just don’t like the way it looks.[/li][li]The loose end of the toilet paper should go under the roll, dammit![/li][li]When people refer to themselves as “myself” instead of “me” or “I”. As in “John, Susan, and myself will be attending the meeting.” AAARRRGGG!!![/li][li]Please, for the love of all that is holy, wash your hands after going to the bathroom. You don’t even have to use soap, if you don’t want to. Even if it’s just a quick run-some-water-over-my-hands type wash, it’ll make me feel better.[/li][li]Being stuck behind a group of slow-walkers. It’s not like I walk blazingly fast all the time, but I have the courtesy to get out of the way if someone is trying to get by.[/li][li]Webpages with music. Especially if there isn’t a way to turn it off.[/li][/ul]
I know there are more, but I’ve already worked myself into a lather just thinking about those ones… I may post more later.

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Lampshades that are askew.
Pictures that aren’t straight.
Using your thumb as a food pusher instead of a knife( to get the food on a fork)

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People who demonstrate an inability to correctly distinguish between “your” and “you’re.”

People who say “regress back” or “respond back.”

People who stand right in the center of a people-mover, even though there’s a huge, conspicuous sign that reads WALK LEFT, STAND RIGHT or some such.

People who hold up an entire class lecture because they feel the need to alternate pens while note-taking (Believe me, I’ve met a few).

People who continue to talk on the phone after you’ve already said you had to go.

People who run over squirrels for fun (Again, I’ve met a few).

Instant messenger bots.

Slow walkers.

Stupidity and incompetence in general.

There are others, but I shan’t bore you.

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Oh, god, and Anne Geddes. More than anything.

Shudder.

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Easy … Don`t get so excited.

We have forumns for such discussions. Try to raise a substitive religious issue in the GD or ask an intelligent question in GQ. Please!!!

Pet peave - people who ALWAYS use the same response when you ask “how are you ?”. Use some creativity people but don`t drag out your life story either.

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Oh wait, I may have a new one.

People with obnoxious sigs.