# Random pet(ty) peeve thread **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 5, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708 "2015-06-05T14:12:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![mage-girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@mage-girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mage-girl)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/81 "2015-06-10T00:23:10Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I could run upstairs and KILL my father at this point. He has had some sort of something in his sinuses for like two years now and his regular but random throat-clearing just sets me off!! And now we have a new person in the office who clears her throat as a tic she’s probably not even aware of and I silently scream SHUT UP!!! > > Then I feel guilty that I am not generous enough to sympathize with someone who has had to clear his throat for like two years now. ☹ I have a college friend (someone I’ve known for like 25 years) who does the throat-clearing thing which turns into a sinus-clearing thing. It’s gross. He SNERKS like he’s gathering all the crud from his throat and sinuses, and then… he doesn’t spit it out. And he’ll do this repeatedly. I know when I do something like that, it’s A) not in the general public and B) I spit out whatever “came up” into a napkin, as discreetly as possible. Who wants to swallow that stuff when you’re trying to get rid of it? Ah, well. Not a peeve worthy of getting rid of a friend, I guess. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/82 "2015-06-10T01:48:48Z")
Something that bothers me, and I know I’m weird for being bothered by it: people who overuse the word “interesting.” The host of the local afternoon radio show describes every single event, interview, upcoming show, anything at all that happens or will happen, as “interesting.” There’s another show I listen to as well, where that host describes a lot of things as “interesting.” I find it really tiresome. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/83 "2015-06-10T02:38:02Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Something that bothers me, and I know I’m weird for being bothered by it: people who overuse the word “interesting.” The host of the local afternoon radio show describes every single event, interview, upcoming show, anything at all that happens or will happen, as “interesting.” There’s another show I listen to as well, where that host describes a lot of things as “interesting.” I find it really tiresome. Like this: [http://youtu.be/dLdKU4JCYqg](http://youtu.be/dLdKU4JCYqg) ---
**Author:** ![LouLou7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a87d85/32.png) [@LouLou7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouLou7)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/84 "2015-06-10T02:50:44Z")
Walking down a sidewalk or through a parking lot and seeing slimy little globs of snot hawked onto the pavement. Yes, I realize people have to clear their sinuses and spit outside, but it just grosses me out and I have a phobia about stepping into someone elses rejected mucus spittle. Is it always men that do that? I’ve only ever noticed men. Do women not spit on the sidewalks? What do women do with their sinus dump contents?😕 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/85 "2015-06-10T02:50:48Z")
> [@mage-girl](#): > > He SNERKS like he’s gathering all the crud from his throat and sinuses, and then… he doesn’t spit it out. And he’ll do this repeatedly. I know when I do something like that, it’s A) not in the general public and B) I spit out whatever “came up” into a napkin, as discreetly as possible. Who wants to swallow that stuff when you’re trying to get rid of it? > > Ah, well. Not a peeve worthy of getting rid of a friend, I guess. 😃 Oh man, my father does the hock up a loogie thing too. Probably not worthy of patricide, but close. Very close. > [@Leo Krupe](#): > > Two more: single. word. sentences. I can’t stand it when people write Best. Pizza. Ever. (or worse, evah). Because. Single. Words. Don’t. Make. Sentences. Yes! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/86 "2015-06-10T12:53:40Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Something that bothers me, and I know I’m weird for being bothered by it: people who overuse the word “interesting.” The host of the local afternoon radio show describes every single event, interview, upcoming show, anything at all that happens or will happen, as “interesting.” There’s another show I listen to as well, where that host describes a lot of things as “interesting.” I find it really tiresome. That’s interesting. Sorry. In fact, most of my pet peeves are language/word-based. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/87 "2015-06-10T13:07:44Z")
> [@dada2fish](#): > > \ > > Umm hello? I’m trying to teach my kid good safety habits. I don’t want him to think it’s ever okay to cross in front of a car for any reason even if the driver waves them through. He can wait until traffic is completely clear.\*\* You see me standing at the curb gesturing to a little kid to look both ways. You can’t tell out I’m trying to teach him to watch for cars? \*\* Not to pick on you since we’re all just airing our petty grievances, but what on earth would make you think anyone could tell that? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/88 "2015-06-10T14:22:38Z")
> [@mage-girl](#): > > I have a college friend (someone I’ve known for like 25 years) who does the throat-clearing thing which turns into a sinus-clearing thing. It’s gross. > > He SNERKS like he’s gathering all the crud from his throat and sinuses, and then… he doesn’t spit it out. And he’ll do this repeatedly. I know when I do something like that, it’s A) not in the general public and B) I spit out whatever “came up” into a napkin, as discreetly as possible. Who wants to swallow that stuff when you’re trying to get rid of it? > > Ah, well. Not a peeve worthy of getting rid of a friend, I guess. 😃 Sadly, I’m that guy sometimes and have been for decades. It’s noisy & uncomfortable for me too. I never spit the goop anywhere unless I’m in a bathroom. It sure doesn’t go into a napkin at a dinner table or onto the floor indoors or a sidewalk outdoors. Swallowing is far more discreet and non-eewww for folks around me than spitting would be. The throat-clearing noise is bad enough; not spitting is the least I can do for the unwilling audience. The cause is a nearly continuous slow drip of very thick goop down the back of my nose into my throat. It usually runs from about 30 minutes after a meal to 90 minutes after a meal. When it’s especially thick it can take a minute or more for this big glob to slooooowly drain off my palate onto the back of my tongue. It’s like having a Lava Lamp going around and around back in there. Yeccch!! If you (any you) think this is just a nervous habit or that sufferers enjoy this, you’re sadly misinformed. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/89 "2015-06-10T14:42:49Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > The cause is a nearly continuous slow drip of very thick goop down the back of my nose into my throat. It usually runs from about 30 minutes after a meal to 90 minutes after a meal. When it’s especially thick it can take a minute or more for this big glob to slooooowly drain off my palate onto the back of my tongue. It’s like having a Lava Lamp going around and around back in there. Yeccch!! And now we know what your name means: Long Slow Loogie Guy!😉 ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/90 "2015-06-10T15:15:05Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Drivers who can’t seem to just obey traffic regs. It’s all I ask of another driver: stop at stop signs; don’t stop if there’s not a stop sign. Yield right of way or take it, depending on the situation. Your being ‘polite’ confuses things. Just obey the traffic signs as intended, because anything else you do is unexpected, creates ambiguity in the situation, and can lead to accidents. Just fucking stop it, okay? More than once I have just about rear-ended some idiot who stops while going around a roundabout to wave someone in. Hey asshat, if you are in the roundabout you have the right-of-way. Don’t stop! ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/91 "2015-06-10T16:10:31Z")
As someone pointed out earlier, car windows tend to be tinted these days. So someone can be waving frantically at me and I can’t see them, and they don’t realize that. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/92 "2015-06-10T17:17:30Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > And now we know what your name means: Long Slow Loogie Guy!😉 Bravo. Well played Good Sir. Not real flattering, but well played nonetheless. I sure hope your idea doesn’t stick in folks’ heads. And no, that \*wasn’t \*what I was thinking when I picked the name. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/93 "2015-06-10T17:33:50Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Bravo. Well played Good Sir. Not real flattering, but well played nonetheless. > > I sure hope your idea doesn’t stick in folks’ heads. And no, that \*wasn’t \*what I was thinking when I picked the name. 🙂 Have you ruled out a deviated septum? There are surgeries that can fix it. I’m guilty of some of these, but the one I feel the worst about is not emptying my basket. Usually it’s at the dollar store and I thought I was being considerate leaving more room on the conveyor for the person behind me who’s usually loaded her cart to overflowing. ☹ I know better now. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/94 "2015-06-10T18:00:18Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > \*\* > > Not to pick on you since we’re all just airing our petty grievances, but what on earth would make you think anyone could tell that? You’re right I can’t, but I don’t know what they think I’m doing if they think that stopping in the middle of the road, obstructing our view of traffic and encouraging us to walking out into it is okay. Similar to when I’m exiting a parking lot waiting to make a left turn into traffic and one driver thinks they are helping me out by stopping and waving me through, while the rest of traffic drives on. I’ve seen too many accidents where a driver waves someone through and the other driver, assuming it’s clear, goes and hits another car. People, just drive and let me make my left turn when I can see for myself that it’s all clear. The same with crossing the street. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/95 "2015-06-10T18:40:52Z")
> [@dada2fish](#): > > You’re right I can’t, but I don’t know what they think I’m doing if they think that stopping in the middle of the road, obstructing our view of traffic and encouraging us to walking out into it is okay. > > Similar to when I’m exiting a parking lot waiting to make a left turn into traffic and one driver thinks they are helping me out by stopping and waving me through, while the rest of traffic drives on. > > I’ve seen too many accidents where a driver waves someone through and the other driver, assuming it’s clear, goes and hits another car. > > People, just drive and let me make my left turn when I can see for myself that it’s all clear. The same with crossing the street. Fair enough. I must say that when I see a child anywhere near the road, with a parent or without, my automatic instinct is to slow to a crawl / stop. Now I see that may be counterproductive so I’ll add this to the things this thread has taught me not to do 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/96 "2015-06-10T18:45:20Z")
Another one I thought of as I’m sitting here at work on a conference call: managers who insist on using a speakerphone so they can multi-task while on a call, but have their keyboard six inches away from their phone and bang away on their keyboard through the entire call. It’s bad enough trying to listen to three different people talking over each other on a call without all that other extra noise. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/97 "2015-06-10T18:49:42Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Another one I thought of as I’m sitting here at work on a conference call: managers who insist on using a speakerphone so they can multi-task while on a call, but have their keyboard six inches away from their phone and bang away on their keyboard through the entire call. It’s bad enough trying to listen to three different people talking over each other on a call without all that other extra noise. Agreed. On calls that I’m leading I say, “We have a lot of background noise and it’s making it difficult to hear the conversation. Please put your phones on mute if you aren’t speaking.” I got sick of the typing multi-taskers. People who put their phone on speaker and don’t have an office with a closed door are jerks. The rest of the office doesn’t want to listen to your conference call. Get a fucking headset! ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/98 "2015-06-10T18:51:35Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > There’s a name for this: [Misophonia](https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brain-babble/201305/misophonia-enraged-everyday-sounds), which, in spite of the name, does NOT refer to people who can hear Japanese broth speaking to them… **Wookinpanub** , you are probably afflicted with this, too. That’s interesting, and it’s entirely possible! I’m sensitive to noise anyway, since I have migraines. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/99 "2015-06-10T18:56:35Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > Agreed. On calls that I’m leading I say, “We have a lot of background noise and it’s making it difficult to hear the conversation. Please put your phones on mute if you aren’t speaking.” I got sick of the typing multi-taskers. > > People who put their phone on speaker and don’t have an office with a closed door are jerks. The rest of the office doesn’t want to listen to your conference call. Get a fucking headset! In case you haven’t seen this one 🙂 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/DYu_bGbZiiQ/maxresdefault.jpg "A Conference Call in Real Life") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYu_bGbZiiQ) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708/100 "2015-06-10T18:58:34Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > … > > People who put their phone on speaker and don’t have an office with a closed door are jerks. The rest of the office doesn’t want to listen to your conference call. Get a fucking headset! Ditto this. You can hear both sides of the call all the way down the hallway. One guy especially does this, and I will get up and close his office door. (Yes, he has an office.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-pet-ty-peeve-thread/721708.md?page=6)