No peeve is too petty to be your pet. Post early and often.
Where I work, by the coffee pot there’s a basket of those little half & half coffee creamer mini-cups with the sealed tops. Someone in the office opens one of them and uses half the creamer and then leaves the opened mini-cup there on the counter. I also find opened, half-used envelopes of artificial sweetener. C’mon, people, is this some kind of bogus thrift? You’re not helping either the economy or the environment by conserving 1/2 teaspoon of creamer or fake sugar. Are we supposed to gather up those fragments and mail them to refugees in third-world countries who are condemned to drinking their coffee black? Just throw the g.d. things away. :rolleyes: Aarrggh.
This is a petty one also.
In the restroom at work they have the paper towel dispenser loacted above the garbage can. After I’m done drying my hands I scrunch the paper towel up in a ball to throw it away. It helps it find it’s way to the bottom of the trash can liner and you could probably fit a few hundred sheets of paper towel in there.
But everyone just tries to throw an open sheet in there and they just sort of lie at the top of the trash can, amass at the top, and soon they’re spilling out onto the floor.
Loading the photocopier.
At work, we have a fairly large copier, and all four trays can take an entire ream of paper. I get irrationally annoyed when I see people open a new ream, put a few sheets in the (empty) copier tray, then put the rest of the ream back in the cupboard.
It’s the inefficiency that gets me - they’re actually doing more work than would be involved in just filling the damn thing up properly.
Austin is debating whether to rename a street from Bruce Jenner Drive to Caitlyn Jenner Drive. I’m happy if Caitlyn is happy but renaming streets (and other cartographic/geographic features) is a huge pet peeve of mine. I think it is an obnoxious practice. I hate it about as much as I hate it when they rearrange the shelves in the grocery store. Just leave the fucking things alone.
God damn it! I hate it when they re-arrange the hardware store. I’ve told the owner several times not to do that without contacting me first but he just ignores me.
Also, while I’m at it, people who don’t know how to make an unprotected left turn are on my shit list. Get your ass out into the intersection while you are waiting for a break in the traffic so I can tailgate you through after the light turns red.
I was driving to the grocery store last night after work and I see this redneck with three little kids in tow trying to cross a busy four lane road less than fifty yards from a corner with a stoplight and a crosswalk. I’ve seen this a lot lately - people trying to cross a busy street wherever they please instead of at the corner. But it really pissed me off that this yahoo was putting his kids in danger like that.
And after they change the name of the street/highway to honor the war hero/movie star/etc. no local people EVER use the name. So it only serves to confuse.
That reminds me of another… I recently started subscribing to my local daily paper again. Every day there is a giant advertisement the same height as the paper that wraps around the front section and extends halfway across the front page. I always peel it off and throw it away. Is that really a good way to sell air conditioners or roofing or whatever? It just annoys the snot out of me.
I do this. BUT. I take the half used packet with me for my next cup of coffee.
Honestly, I look askance at anyone who would use a whole packet in an 8 or 12 oz. coffee. I’d feel I was drinking coffee-flavored sugar, they’re so sweet.
People who write checks at the supermarket. Especially the ones who wait for their total before they even start writing. They just stand there the two or three minutes it takes to ring up their groceries when they could start filling the check out. The longer the line behind them, the slower they go. They try to smile and act nice, but I’m not falling for it. I know its a personal attack on me.
Almost forgot to add. They always have a shitload of coupons too.
Oh good Lord yes, I hate those too! I also hate the sticky note advertisement that my local paper insists on slapping on the front page every day. It’s some sort of sticky note on steroids, because when you go to peel it off so you can actually read the top story some of the newsprint comes off with it and sometimes it even tears the paper. I’ve vowed to never do business with any of the sticky note ad companies.
There’s some guy in my condo building who has to be a special snowflake and park his car on the line between two spaces so no one can park close to it. :mad::mad:
Every time I see his car I think, “Dude! It’s a fucking Toyota Camry, not a Porsche!”
And then I felt shitty because, maybe it’s the nicest car he’s ever had or bought new or something. So thanks for letting me vent about that.
My other pet(ty) peeve is all dishes-related at the office. I’m going to set up a nanny-cam to catch the people who put stuff down the garbage disposal and don’t run the disposal. gag And the people who rinse their dirty dishes but don’t wash and dry them and take them back to their damn desks. They just leave them in the sink. With the sponge in the dirty dish. gag
And then there are the ‘exact change’ shoppers. They all seem to have the largest purses available to search through for the coins loose on the bottom.
People who walk on the wrong side of the sidewalk, especially when those sidewalks are mixed use paths. Why is it so hard to understand that it works just like a road? WALK RIGHT, PASS LEFT, DAMMIT.
A variation on this is people who don’t even take out their checkbook OR wallet until after the checker gives them the total. They seem unprepared and even a little surprised that they will be expected to pay for the stuff.
And to GrumpyBunny: YES! The people at work who leave the nasty, wet sponge or dishrag lying in the sink without even squeezing it out. Gag.
