Pet peeves?

[chinchillalady]

I liked this thread on CnQ so much, I thought I would bring it back. It's a nice venting subject for me. LOL!

I'd have to say my biggest pet peeve (and I'll probably get ripped for this one) is misspelling words. Now, I admit, I will spell a word wrong here and there, but it constantly happening drives me up the wall. It makes it very hard to read things, when you're trying to guess what the word is supposed to be.

Not putting a new roll of toilet paper up when it's been all used also drives me batty. My husband is notorious for doing that! Ugh!

What's your pet peeves?

 

[susansheila]

Okay, when the plows come around and clear the streets, I hate when people go out and shovel and throw the snow back into the street. That is one of my pet peeves! :banghead:

 

[jmdebb]

Okay, I'm not a great speller, so I probably drive Susan up a wall, I blame it on spell checker because I used to be good at it. But when someone does correct me on it (like I used to spell hey instead of hay), I do try to remember. So sorry for my mispellings.

Pet peeves: When someone doesn't put the toilet seat down. UGH!!! If you find it down, put it back down when you are finished. I've got this fear that someday (because growing up our dog did) will drink out of the toilet and I don't want Cairo to because of the cleaning solution. Don't want to take chances.

Definately, when someone cuts you off in traffic, if you just ask politely, I'll let you in.

When someone comes in your house with you and leaves the door open, hello this isn't a barn. If I open it, you close it.

I know there's more but can't think of them right now. But don't we all have them...lol And wish we didn't.

Jean

 

[oxchincerelyxo]

Ha, I can't spell to save my life....so sorry already, but here I go!!!

ummmm...liars-if there is something wrong, something you don't like etc. tell me...don't make up excuses and fibs to "save my feelings from being hurt" or what ever the case may be. Just be adult and all will be fine-I promise *sigh*

people in debt-now let me clarify, I don't mean debt for reasonable reasons (? lol) like medical bills etc.-I mean like my sister who is 24 with a 25 year old bf, both of whom make a good amount of money and are soooooo horribly in debt (keep in mind this is debt that is affecting other people like my poor grandma and sick grandpa) that they cannot do anything for themselves and still decide that eating out everynight and buying new pets (like her dog who still needs shots etc.)...yea her list does on and on and on. I mean come on!!! You are susposed to be setting a good example for your younger sister and instead ask me for money each moth to save your electricity from going off...*I'll stop before I can't anymore*


those are my two big ones as of today seeing as that is what I am dealing with right now:yuck:

 

[allchins]

This just really ticks me off....
People who choose not to work at all, continue to have babies they cannot support, are supported by the state & yet spend loads of money buying lottery tickets every day & think nothing of dropping $30 or more on nothing but junk food. Personally, I think welfare benefits should be monitored & if it's not a necessity they shouldn't be able to get it.

 

[Stackie]

-People who are fake nice/overly nice
-People who feel they must suck up to everyone and be liked by all
-People who chew gum with their mouth open, i.e. the girl who sits next to me in my genetics lecture. I can hardly pay attention to the professor because I am so annoyed/grossed out!
-People who need to be the center of attention..look at me look at me!
-Repetition


....Apparently I just don't like people in general rofl

 

[SusieJJ]

Okay, when the plows come around and clear the streets, I hate when people go out and shovel and throw the snow back into the street. That is one of my pet peeves! :banghead:

It's also illegal

I was working with plow drivers this winter and listening to their stores, omg. One guy was saying that he was doing his route and this guy would start shoveling the end of his driveway back into the street as soon as the plow went by. The plow came back for another pass and the guy stood there, at the end of the driveway with his shovel in his hand refusing to move. The plow driver didn't stop, he really couldn't.. So he kept going at about 15 mph and the snow pushed the man back and he fell backwards.

You're a man, with a shovel, against a PLOW going 15 mph.. And you think you're going to stand down a cranky plow driver??

 

[oxchincerelyxo]

It's also illegal

I was working with plow drivers this winter and listening to their stores, omg. One guy was saying that he was doing his route and this guy would start shoveling the end of his driveway back into the street as soon as the plow went by. The plow came back for another pass and the guy stood there, at the end of the driveway with his shovel in his hand refusing to move. The plow driver didn't stop, he really couldn't.. So he kept going at about 15 mph and the snow pushed the man back and he fell backwards.

You're a man, with a shovel, against a PLOW going 15 mph.. And you think you're going to stand down a cranky plow driver??

My stepdad does plowing in the winters and has had that many times...


Funniest thing...there is a brother and sister (we call them the Nasties) who live across from us. They are horrible gross people. They only come in the summer, but will check up on their house every few months. My step dad just kept putting the snow pile in front of their house/gate for their car-so a few days ago they cme to check up on things and went nuts!!!! Makes me wish I still lived at home-I bet their faces were priceless...:rofl:

 

[Aladdin'smommy]

I hate when people eat with their mouth open and smack their food.
I also hate when people don't clean up after themselves and their guest.
People sitting around watching me clean up their mess. Hello I'm not your maid. I just can't stand for my apartment to be dirty.
And a new one. My roommate keeps leaving the front door unlocked so that her friends can just walk in. Um no. This is not their apartment. You can get off your lazy butt and let them in.

 

[oxchincerelyxo]

I hate when people eat with their mouth open and smack their food.
I also hate when people don't clean up after themselves and their guest.
People sitting around watching me clean up their mess. Hello I'm not your maid. I just can't stand for my apartment to be dirty.
And a new one. My roommate keeps leaving the front door unlocked so that her friends can just walk in. Um no. This is not their apartment. You can get off your lazy butt and let them in.

I don't get that either...all of my friends just walk into my house...the other day I was sleeping and my friend "felt like saying hi". That's nice and all, but get out of my bedroom-out of my house and let me be!!!:hair:

 

[Bekks]

I hate it when people come into the bathroom and (unreasonably) use the stall directly next to me. When it can't be avoided it's ok, like when there's only 2 stalls or the rest are full. This mostly happens at school...there are 5 stalls. When I do go into the bathrooms I'm usually the only person in there, but it never fails that someone will use the stall RIGHT next to me. Hello! I don't need someone sitting right next to me to use the bathroom..do you?

 

[Sasha]

I can't stand:
~ sticky fingers
~ sand in between my toes/on my feet
~ traffic - I am very impatient!
~ know-it-alls
~ overly obnoxious people
~ liars (especially when you KNOW they are lying!)
~ people who don't listen to good advice
~ talking on the phone (I really hate talking on the phone for extended periods of time!)
~ guys in big trucks. I don't know, they just scream "arrogant" to me! Especially when they ride your butt when youre already going over the speed limit
~ selfcentered people (get over yourself!)
~ losing or misplacing something. Drives me bonkers! And I HAVE to find whatever it is right away, so that means put everything else that is really, very important on hold
~ profs that talk like teachers on charlie brown "wahh wah wahh wah wah"
~ people that don't hold the door open for you, even though your just a step or two behind them (people are actually very very nice on campus, they'll stand there and wait even if you are not that close to the door)

 

[3CsMommy]

1) People who won't even attempt to take care of themselves, their kids, or the pets they take responsibility for, properly. Example: a mother that came into my pharmacy regularly threw a hissy fit one day b/c her doctor prescribed a brand-name medication with no generic available. Her state funded insurance copay was $3.10, instead of the usual $1.00 to reflect the difference in cost to the program (Cash cost of this birth control? $90.00, easy). Before she threw the bag back at me, she summed it up perfectly: "I on <i>WELL-FARE</i>, I git my (expletive deleted) fo' <i>FREE</i>. If it ain' a dollar or less, you can keep it." The kicker? While she was yelling at me, her infant was chewing on the pack of Kools (cigarettes) sticking out of her purse. :yuck:

2) I've been called a "grammar nazi". To, too, and two are three entirely different words that can't be used interchangeably. W-e-r-e is not the contraction of "we are" without an apostrophe in the middle. And for crying out loud, Firefox has a spelling checker built in; if you're in this browser, there's no excuse for misspelling "bathroom", "litter" or other common words. I generally don't say anything about it, just sit and grit my teeth before moving on, but god the itch to fix it is hard to ignore!

3) Those who park their oh-so-special cars across 2-3 parking spaces, particularly in a very busy parking lot. You're *more* likely to be dented, scratched or keyed for parking like a (expletive deleted) than you are if you just park a little farther back from the doors and learn how to stay in the (expletive deleted) lines! :hair:

And if someone doesn't have a handicapped sticker, plate, or sign, I've been known to report their butts for using handicapped spaces. Some war veteran with a prosthetic leg or 90 year old woman on a walker has to park in BFE so your able-bodied keister gets to stay close to the door, "and you were here first anyway"? Heck no. Until your legs/heart/lungs/eyes/whatever doesn't work, walk an extra 10 feet and show some courtesy for others.

 

[allchins]

1) 2) I've been called a "grammar nazi". To, too, and two are three entirely different words that can't be used interchangeably. W-e-r-e is not the contraction of "we are" without an apostrophe in the middle. And for crying out loud, Firefox has a spelling checker built in; if you're in this browser, there's no excuse for misspelling "bathroom", "litter" or other common words. I generally don't say anything about it, just sit and grit my teeth before moving on, but god the itch to fix it is hard to ignore!

I'm one of those as well! My husband gets really mad every time I correct him (which is quite often)! And yes, I've even grabbed the dictionary before typing a word to make sure it was correct! LOL!

 

[3CsMommy]

I'm one of those as well! My husband gets really mad every time I correct him (which is quite often)! And yes, I've even grabbed the dictionary before typing a word to make sure it was correct! LOL!

:wave3:

I cheat and use dictionary.com a lot, but I'm glad I'm not the only one!

 

[chinchillalady]

Okay, when the plows come around and clear the streets, I hate when people go out and shovel and throw the snow back into the street. That is one of my pet peeves! :banghead:

Oh my! Our pet peeve with that is the plows PLOW the snow into the end of our driveway. Drives us up the wall. Sometimes I think they hate us and do it on purpose. LOL!

 

[chinchillalady]

1) People who won't even attempt to take care of themselves, their kids, or the pets they take responsibility for, properly. Example: a mother that came into my pharmacy regularly threw a hissy fit one day b/c her doctor prescribed a brand-name medication with no generic available. Her state funded insurance copay was $3.10, instead of the usual $1.00 to reflect the difference in cost to the program (Cash cost of this birth control? $90.00, easy). Before she threw the bag back at me, she summed it up perfectly: "I on <i>WELL-FARE</i>, I git my (expletive deleted) fo' <i>FREE</i>. If it ain' a dollar or less, you can keep it." The kicker? While she was yelling at me, her infant was chewing on the pack of Kools (cigarettes) sticking out of her purse. :yuck:

2) I've been called a "grammar nazi". To, too, and two are three entirely different words that can't be used interchangeably. W-e-r-e is not the contraction of "we are" without an apostrophe in the middle. And for crying out loud, Firefox has a spelling checker built in; if you're in this browser, there's no excuse for misspelling "bathroom", "litter" or other common words. I generally don't say anything about it, just sit and grit my teeth before moving on, but god the itch to fix it is hard to ignore!

I agree with the apostrophe. That drives me nuts that it's hardly used anymore. Or they're and their. Two completely different meanings to those words, yet they're used incorrectly a lot.

And I cannot believe that woman! Complaining about paying that little amount? I wonder if she realizes how lucky she is that she can pay that little amount for her prescription. And the fact that her infant is chewing on a pack of cigarettes? This is all I have to say-->

 

[Jeanette]

People who don't understand the difference between

advice- noun, words of support or direction
advise- verb, the action of giving support or direction

"I'm going to give you a piece of advise" - WRONG:hair:

"Let me advise you on what to do" *ding*ding*ding* RIGHT

*ahem*
Sorry. That's the linguist in me coming out.
:frog:

 

[Aneesa's Muse]

I have a few ...and have been told that "I just don't like people... " ..so what can I say... :wink3:

-Unnecessary, obnoxious, LOUD noise ..especially when it's coming from one's mouth.
-People that don't take care of their pets or their children properly.. make sacrifices... etc.
-Spelling and grammar ..you can add spellcheck and a dictionary to your toolbar! Do so... please.
-People that visit my home ..family or not... and leave their little pieces of trash behind ..as if I am someone's maid. I only perform clean-up behind myself, my hubby if he's ill ..or the kids if they are , and my animals.
-Food service people that don't know it's improper to touch my food receptacle where my mouth is going to have contact... gross!!
-People that don't know how to use merging lanes.. Oh My GAWD... just pull it out there and merge.. for somebody's sake!
-Excessive perfume, cologne, smelly products that send me into an immediate migraine nightmare ..and when I step away from you with my hand covering my face, don't follow me!!
-People that use derogatory ethnic terms ..especially when they are not of that ethnicity or race ...but they have 47 cows if another person makes a racial slur to them. How 'bout ..NONE of you use those kinds of words and we can all be spared?

There's more ..but I'm beginning to sound bitter.. :hug2:

 

[tkc1038]

O'kay I cant spell for the life of me, but I try to use spell check when I can, plus sometimes I type way to fast,
1. Using slang, my kids know that is they use slang I wont answer them.
2. Its a Bathroom not a Bafroom, say the words right people not how you think is sound "cool" My daughter is hearing impaired and we worked MANY years to make sure she says the words how they are suppose to be said not take the easy route .
3. Bad drivers, impaired drivers, aggresive drivers, STUPID drivers.
Okay I live in NY what else can I say.
4. Parents that let their kids get away with anything,
My daughter who is 12 was tormented by this child in school, I complained I took it to the Principle and know what Mom said "Boys will be Boys" NOT


O'kay enough, breath, good air in, bad air out,Thanks for letting me Vent. LOL