People (usually young women) who make a statment but use an intonation like it’s a question (exaggerated rising tone at the end of the statement). I guess the person is implying a “right?” or a “do you understand?” at the end of the statement, but I find it irritating.
I find the intonation irritating, not the people who do it. Often, I hear it with an intelligent statement, but the intonation ruins it.
I’m surprised more people didn’t say anything about “the Drummers” as we like to call them. Those cooool dudes who listen to ONLY the bass, and the lines are vibrating YOUR car, too…
Another car thing: Parallel parking. It’s annoying in itself, but that’s not the end. I pull in, everything’s okay. But when I come back, and I find that the cars on either side of me are pulled in so close to me that I can’t pull out…
One last thing: Screaming Pre-Teens. (A complete American subculture). went to an N*sync concert (my cousin wanted to go) and there are girls screaming so loud you can’t hear the band! Can also applied to the Criers. Or the Singers. I came to hear THEM, not you screaming or singing along…
grr…
Maybe you’re better off NOT hearing the band!
At work on the weekends, we have three lunch breaks: 12:00, 1:00 & 2:00. I have to schedule which employee takes which lunch. Invariably, someone complains about being on the last lunch.
"Why do I hafta go on the “Somalian” lunch? I’m starving to death!"
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The term “Somalian” lunch is soooo offensive to me. The situation there is not a joke; people are dying. This is about as funny to me as child abuse and rape…is there anyone out there who would incorporate rape “humor” into a term they might bandy about at work?
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You are not “starving.” You feel like noshing. You have hunger pangs. You wanna snack. You have the munchies. You feel like a nibble. Whatever.
People, have breakfast in the morning before coming to work. I don’t care if you were out late last night partying, that’s not my problem. You get a ten-minute break in the morning…eat something to hold you over.
Quit bitching about how hungry you are. Or, let me drop you off in the middle of the desert for a month, then you can talk to me about starving.
FWIW, I take the last lunch every weekend…believe me, it isn’t a problem.
AAAAAUUUUUUGGGGGGHHHHH!!! There’s something even worse than the WASSSUUPPP commercials! Those stupid “What are you doing?!” Bud commercials! I think they’re racist in a way, showing white guys as tight-butt, highfalutin’ yuppies. I was actually kind of offended by them. Maybe I overeacted, but I hope they die soon. Please kill the commercial, Budweiser! PLEASE!
I agree with most. Esp. the comments about people who step off a bus, out of a building, off an elevator, or whatever, and just stop dead. This is SO dumb. And it’s even more annoying when it’s a pair of people or a group. They just stop and have a whole conversation about which way to go. Just take a few steps, get out of the way, and THEN stop and figure out which way you need to go. Yes, maybe it will turn out that you took those few steps in the wrong direction. So what? You wasted, what, 30 seconds?
A pet peeve of mine is people on busses who MUST have an aisle seat. They sit down in one, leaving the window seat empty. Or putting their stuff on it. Eventually, as the bus fills up, someone stops next to them and says, “excuse me?” or something of the sort. Will they scoot over and let the newcomer have the aisle seat? No. They stand up, the newcomer takes the window seat, then they sit back down. Meanwhile, the aisle is blocked. People pile up, waiting to get past. What is so terrible about the window seat? If it’s during the AM commute, we’re ALL going to get off at the same stop – the last stop, the terminal. In the evening, yes, it’s possible that when the bus reaches their stop, they’ll have to ask the other person to let them get by: do they really think he or she will refuse to let them off?
Another bus peeve: people who recline their seats. There just isn’t that much space between seats. A reclined seat is really, really in the way of the person behind. Most of my ire is reserved for the jerks at the bus company who made the decision to buy busses with seats that can recline. I’m also pissed at them for buying busses with windows that can’t be opened. When it gets hot and stuffy, opening a window would eliminate the discomfort. But the windows can’t be opened. What idiot failed to understand the need for windows that open?
TV peeve: I turn my set on at the proper time for a program. It’s not on. I check the listings. It’s supposed to be on. Almost always, the problem is some sports event “running late”. Hey, guys, if these things always take 3 to 5 hours, why do you pretend to think they’ll be over in 2 hours? And why, why, why can’t you have the consideration to let people know what’s up? Especially people who tune in for something later in the evening, after the sports thing is over? And don’t know a thing about what you were up to earlier in the day? Just run the message across the bottom of the screen on the hour and on the 1/2 hour: “Due to a late running game, our schedule is off. All programs will be shown. Start times are delayed by 47 minutes.” Would that be so hard? Better yet, start the games earlier in the day, so they’re over before prime time.
People who sniff constantly. By adulthood, people should have learned to blow their noses, and should have developed the habit of doing so when necessary. My message is this: constant sniffing is very annoying to everyone around you, so, folks, when your nose fills up, give it a good hard blow into a tissue or handkerchief. Blow a 2nd time if you need to. You should then be able to go at least ten minutes before you need to blow again. If you need to blow more frequently then that, go home and stay there until you’re feeling better. Or take an over-the-counter cold or allergy remedy.
My pet peeve is some men who do the cliches and then say “it’s a man thing”.
Like not cap the toothpaste, not replace the toilet paper when it runs out, not remove muddy boots before crossing the house.
These are all kid things, not man things.
A said this on a similar post, but it bears repeating:
I’m on a bus and I see the next stop up ahead. There’s aguy standing there, non-chalantly puffing on a cigarette.
He sees thew approaching bus, and begins furiously puffing on the cigarette…really loading up on the nicotine.
As the bus doors open up to let him on, he tokes one last huge inhale, and steps onto the bus…
And THEN he exhales!!!
Polluting MY air, the Sonovabitch!
People who use the wrong word in a sentence when they clearly mean something else: “The point is mute”
People who over emphasize the S in a sentence. If it almost turns into a whistle, I am ready to kill…
People who drag their feet/shoes on the ground. You hear about those things called knees? Use them, asshole!
People who are overly dramatic. Get on stage or shut up.
Dumb people who think they are smart. If they try to use big words to prove it, they get extra points.
People who smell really bad in public. I don’t really care what you think about the whole deoderant thing - just wear some.
Guys who are overly aggressive to women in any situation, but especially in bars/nightclubs. Come on asshole, give her a break. If she actually liked you, she would have made eye contact by now.
People who are believers - I don’t care what it is, if you believe in something beyond a shadow of a doubt, you get tossed into my “dumb as shit” box. On a related note, people who quote the Bible to defend their belief in God. Does the term “circular reasoning” ring a bell?
People who make that dumb quote gesture with their fingers when quoting someone.
Arrogant people (OK, so I have some self-loathing to do).
That’s it for now.
Ahhh, it feels so good to vent.
People who pronounce the days of the week as if the last three letters are D-E-E, rather than D-A-Y.
Sundee, Mondee, Tuesdee…
No, it’s SunDAY, MonDAY, TuesDAY…and so on.
That’s not so much a pet peeve as it is intolerence, but lets not go there.
Okay, then why did you go there?
My pet peeves consist of
EVERY peeve posted
so far …
and
EVERY peeve that will be posted from here on in until the end of time…
anenquiringmind, I like your post AND your sig.
One of my pet peeves: the narrow range of available clothing sizes in so many stores and catalogs. Why do so many merchants seem to feel that they have no need to make any attempt to try to offer a product that just about anyone can buy? Why this willingness to just write off as much as half of their potential customers?
Hey merchants! If you have, say, a t-shirt, polo shirt, simple tailored shirt, or regular, standard slacks to sell – why do you only try to sell it to a narrow segment of the full range of potential customers? To be more personal, why is MY money not good enough for you?
Let’s get real. Consider t-shirts. In store after store; catalog after catalog, t-shirts are available in only a few sizes: sometimes 4 sizes, sometimes 3; sometimes only 2. And ALWAYS, whatever sizes are available are adjacent sizes. Seems to me if they are only going to offer 3 sizes, they’d increase sales if those 3 sizes were NOT adjacent. Instead of just carrying M, L, and XL, why not carry S, L, and XXL? Or better yet, carry a FULL RANGE of sizes; everything from S to XXXL, plus kid sizes. If your shelf and storgage space are limited, have fewer designs and colors. Instead of 100 different shirts in 2 sizes, have 50 in 4 sizes, or 30 in 6 sizes.
Stores of all kinds - but especially bookstores - that play Top 40 music irritatingly loudly. This isn’t a freaking nightclub, dammit! If you HAVE to play music with lyrics, keep it soft enough so you can’t understand the words. When I’m trying to read, or shop, loud music is distracting as all hell. Even supermarkets are starting to do this! What IS it with people nowadays?
Agreed; there’s one man who hangs out at my local library a lot. He doesn’t look homeless: clean-shaven, short hair. But he smells like he never allows water to touch his skin! I have to gag whenever he walks past. And one particular Fairfax Connector bus always stinks of B.O. no matter who’s on board. The smell has just sunk into the walls somehow.
Supermarkets -
Aisles
People who park their cart in the middle of the aisle thereby blocking everyone else (sometimes they aren’t even there)
Checkouts
People having more than the minimum number of items
Whole families in line when only one person is purchasing
People who argue over the price of an item
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People who drag their feet when they walk.
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The trend of teenage midriff-barers.
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People that don’t comb their hair or who wear wrinkled clothes to work.
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Bad morning radio DJ’s–Just play some music and shut up!!
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People that litter or cig smokers that are too lazy to throw their butts in the trash, but instead think it’s cool to “flick” them and let them lay wherever.
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Messages left on my voice mail from someone that called the WRONG NUMBER!!! What are they listening to when they hear my v-mail message?
Minor hijiack:
I was at the grocery store today. I got in line to check out. I had more than 15 items. They had open a 10-or-less lane, a 15-or-less lane and one other regular lane. The two “Or less” lanes were free, but I got in the regular lane. I was third in line. The manager walked by, pulled me and the person in front of me out of line and directed us to the “Or Less” lines. Fine with me. Of course, as soon as I had my thirty or so items on the belt, someone walked up behind me with 2 things and gave me “the look.” What should I have done? I laughed weakly and said the manager told me to go there, the cashier backed me up, but she still acted bitchy about it. Sorry.
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Arrgghh! I hate this! Our home phone message says, “You have reached 410-123-4567, the Kinsey residence. Please leave a message and we’ll get back to you. Thanks.”
Why do we get messages for Dave or Karen or Mike or Jeff or Allstate Insurance? Don’t you listen to the message?