Pet Peeves ...

[nooskye]

I just noticed that I have gone past my 1000th post mark ... :smt038 ... In light, I'd like to follow with tradition, even though it's way past broke already :) ... Teach me to pay more attention, won't it???? :smt118

For mine ... pet peaves ... What are the little things that drive you absolutely insane????

One of my biggest is lack of table manners ... talking with food in the mouth (gross!) or smacking like a cow during feeding time, this particualr one is worse than finger nails being raked down a chalk board for me. What's worse is that I am having an insane time trying to teach my two year old that she can't do that, but just about every adult around her does and allows their kids to do the same ... she sees them doing it and thinks it's ok :banghead: but I'll get her. :D

What's your pet peave?????

[zorro]

Congrats on your 1000th post!

My pet "peeve" is mispelled words (or is it "misspelled"?) :)

[58ford]

I hate tailgaters! Hate 'em, hate 'em hate 'em.
The only thing that peeves me more are those stupid drivers that won't speed up no matter how close you ride their a$$!

[nooskye]

Congrats on your 1000th post!

My pet "peeve" is mispelled words (or is it "misspelled"?) :)

LOL! Thanks for the correction! :D

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

toilet paper put on the wrong way, or better yet one uses it up and don't replace with a new roll.

when someone gets something out and don't put it back. ex. phone book taken out of the drawer to look up a number and don't put it back in the drawer after using it.

I am sure I have more that has not crossed my mind as of yet I will post more later.

[virgo]

Congrats on your 1000th post.

This pet peeve goes back to my law enforcement days....

People who refuse to move over (or even slow down) when there is an emergency vehicle behind you. This still bothers me to this day because those vehicles have their lights and sirens on for a reason and maybe they are going to save/help someone you know! Move over!

[Elle May]

Opening a box thinking there is something there to find that it is empty. When it is used up, throw it away!!

[big john]

people who slow down for green lights
and people at red lights who wont go when it turns green,if the light is green,that means GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD,GO!

[amanda]

People talking on cell phones while they slowly drive down the highway. MOVE OVER!!! I know you are too busy talking to notice there are a dozen cars behind your pokey butt - but MOVE!!

Okay...I feel better now.

Oh, and congrads on the 1000th post!! :)

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

oh yeah congrats on your 1,000 post..

[threekidspa]

My pet peeve is dog owners who refuse to take care of their pets by keeping them on a leash

[fuzzis]

Toothpaste tubes that have been squeezed from the middle. The directions say squeeze from the bottom; you're supposed to squeeze from the bottom. (and if you can't, I'll get my own tube...touch it and suffer the consequences :smt070 )

Words like "conservative" and "liberal" used as pejoratives.

fuzzis

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

fuzz we used to have this same problem, it would drive me crazy. When we moved into our new home a couple of years ago, I decided then we would all have our own tube.

[virgo]

Here's a good one.....

Whenever you call a business and a human does not answer the phone. It's an automated system and it asks you to press all these stupid numbers or enter everything from your SSN to your current height in order to talk to a live person. And then, it makes you wait for like 10 minutes while you listen to most boring music ever. Augh!

[Elle May]

Telemarketers. I hate that they can't understand "I'm not interested". Then you call you back later.

[58ford]

Telemarketers. I hate that they can't understand "I'm not interested". Then you call you back later.
I love Telemarketers.

Fun with telemarketers:


Scream, "Oh no!, He's got a gun!!", fire a cap pistol & drop the phone.
Ask them what they're wearing & depending on their reply answer, "Well, ya call me this late at night we might as well make it interesting." or, "I'm trying to form a mental image while I m*s*u*b*t* to your sexy voice." after that ad lib.
Tell them thanks for calling, you were just about to commit suicide & you really needed to hear another voice. Tell them if they hang up you'll pull the trigger, then go into a long winded explaination of your descent into life as a parapalegic crack whore.
Just set the phone down in front of the TV.
Tell them the person the've asked for is in the next room & you'll run get them. set the phone down till you hear a dialtone.
Answer all their questions by barking.
Buy the product & give them a fictitious credit card #, then insist that its their fault it won't go through. Keep giving them different fake #s till they give up. (You would be amazed at how many #s some of these people will go through before they figure out you're messin' with 'em)
Flush the toilet into the phone. In some parts of the world this is a grave insult.
Tell them that although you are not interested, you have a friend who is looking for that exact service/ product, and give them the Ph.# of someone you don't like.
Talk to them in a made-up gibberish language.

[daisy]

Toothpaste tubes that have been squeezed from the middle. The directions say squeeze from the bottom; you're supposed to squeeze from the bottom. (and if you can't, I'll get my own tube...touch it and suffer the consequences :smt070 )

Words like "conservative" and "liberal" used as pejoratives.

fuzzis


Fuzzis, those people that use liberal to describe me and my immediate family must not know what Webster knows. I found it to be flattering after I looked it up. To paraphrase it- it says being able to think for yourself and to give generously. My father always encouraged and would fuss at me if I accepted the mold unless I thought about it. Not general safety rules or accepted truths. He said he was sending me to school to learn to think for myself.

Well Fuzzis, when someone calls me, my mother, or my sister "liberal" because we don't follow along with them, I just smile. When these people write a dictionary with their name on it, I'll listen to them on that. They're just upset because we challenge them and they want it THEIR way. :smt038

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

Telemarketers. I hate that they can't understand "I'm not interested". Then you call you back later.


Oh yeah my favorite is repeating hello like you can't hear them and before you know they are screaming at you and still you keep repeating hello and then they finally hang up. It is great to see how long they will keep it up.
Try it next time.

you will rofl....

[big john]

posts on here that start out with the 1st 2nd or 3rd word,
actually
aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!!

well,actually your not right,thats actually wrong.

again
AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!! !!!!!!!!

[pEtAl pUrr-Dog]

I have many... but one of my bigggest is when you have an in depth conversation with someone about an opinion or ideas on a certain subject.
Then days or weeks later, maybe the same subject comes up with more people involved in the conversation this time, and the person you originally stated your opinions to, decides to proclaim them as their own!
AAHHhhhhhhhhhhh!:smt019

[big john]

I have many... but one of my bigggest is when you have an in depth conversation with someone about an oppinion or ideas on a certain subject.
Then days or weeks later, maybe the same subject comes up with more people involved in the conversation this time, and the person you originally stated your oppinions to, decides to proclaim them as their own!
AAHHhhhhhhhhhhh!:smt019well actually,that shouln't bother you,you see da deee da da dee yada yada,
see, didn't that make ya wanna puke:smt118

[Southern_Belle]

i have many, many little things that bother me. I am with ya on the toilet paper Petal Misfit! and fuzzis - i am right there with ya on the toothpaste!

i don't like when empty things are put back into place, left empty.
i don't like tapping. of any kind. keep your feet, leg, hands, etc... still.
i don't like loose, messy sheets. i like tight, tucked sheets.

and there are so many more.

[pEtAl pUrr-Dog]

SB, I am SOooooo with ya on the sheet thing! my sheets MUST be straight and tucked! :)

[big john]

Carpet lines have to be straight or I have to have a bad spell.

[Augustus McRae]

Mine is tight-assed people who take themselves WAAAAAAY too seriously!

[threekidspa]

Mine is tight-assed people who take themselves WAAAAAAY too seriously!

Would you like them better if they were tight assed but didn't take themselves so seriously? :smt118 JOKE!!! HA!

[Hermione]

One of mine is men who give extremely strong handshakes. While I also dislike a weak, wimpy handshake, I wish some men would understand that women over forty, and especially into our fifties are often beginning to get a little arthritis in our hands, and those super-jock grips are painful. I had a job interview last year where a young man squeezed my hand so hard it brought tears to my eyes, and hurt throughout the whole interview.

[Augustus McRae]

Hermi, I honestly do appreciate the reminder. I cannot abide "dead fish" handshakes, so I've tried always to offer a firm one. But I've noticed just what you just brought up in recent years - both with ladies and with senior citizen men (75+). I try to remember to "back off" a little. Thanks..


One of mine is men who give extremely strong handshakes. While I also dislike a weak, wimpy handshake, I wish some men would understand that women over forty, and especially into our fifties are often beginning to get a little arthritis in our hands, and those super-jock grips are painful. I had a job interview last year where a young man squeezed my hand so hard it brought tears to my eyes, and hurt throughout the whole interview.

[Augustus McRae]

Dang, boy...



Would you like them better if they were tight assed but didn't take themselves so seriously? :smt118 JOKE!!! HA!

[threekidspa]

One of mine is men who give extremely strong handshakes. While I also dislike a weak, wimpy handshake, I wish some men would understand that women over forty, and especially into our fifties are often beginning to get a little arthritis in our hands, and those super-jock grips are painful. I had a job interview last year where a young man squeezed my hand so hard it brought tears to my eyes, and hurt throughout the whole interview.

Very true. Its one of those lost arts, I think. I a good handshake always leave a good impression. Now it seems as if, assuming you even get someone to shake your hand, its usually one of these submission/intimidation deals, they don't care enough to look you in the eye when they do it, or the dead fish deal you spoke of...

[Hermione]

I did complain (nicely, I hope) to one man at church, and he has been very thoughtful and conscientious about it ever since. Btw moms & dads, hope you're teaching your boys that the lady offers her hand first.

[LoneStarGirl]

Wow...just WOW! I'm going to have to make my husband read this thread so he'll appreciate me more. I guess maybe I'm just too laid back...for example:

We both squeeze the toothpaste from whichever end we please...either way it still comes out.

I have no idea what the "correct" way is to put toilet paper, I think as long as it's not in the floor with an empty roll in the dispenser then it is on correctly.

If you come across something empty in the cabinet...now you know it's empty, throw it away.

The only pet peeve I think I really have would be the use of incorrect grammar and spelling. I can not stand speaking with an adult that uses worse grammar than my 11 year old nephew. :smt092 Also, if you're going to write a blog or something that the general public will see at least use the spell check and proof read it before actually posting it. It's "misspelled" not "mispelled".

[58ford]

I cannot abide "dead fish" handshakes, so I've tried always to offer a firm one.
Ray Nagin has a "deadfish" handshake, it felt like 12 yr old girl, he didn't even curl his fingers. It felt icky.

[Imapepper]

People who don't know what that little stick on the left side of the steering wheel column is for. I hate to be sitting and waiting to pull out into the traffic and see a car coming, so I sit a little longer, and guess what??? they turn onto the road I'm coming out of without a signal!!:zip:

[dollfus46]

toilet paper put on the wrong way, or better yet one uses it up and don't replace with a new roll.

Huh? Wrong way? I saw that in Dear Abby once. That's when I heard you could set it up for the paper to roll off the top instead of from under. I prefer over the top.

when someone gets something out and don't put it back. ex. phone book taken out of the drawer to look up a number and don't put it back in the drawer after using it.

I hate it when someone doesn't put a kitchen tool back. When I reach for the zester or the sifter, it'd better be right there.

Opening a box thinking there is something there to find that it is empty. When it is used up, throw it away!!

Yep. How about putting empty cartons of milk or orange juice back in the fridge.:smt093

People talking on cell phones while they slowly drive down the highway. MOVE OVER!!! I know you are too busy talking to notice there are a dozen cars behind your pokey butt - but MOVE!! :)

Or taking a call on your cell phone in a restaurant! Probably my worst peeve. Put the dadgum thing on viabrate and take the call OUTSIDE!



Donna G.(whoever she is) gave my phone number as the number to call, apparently to everybody she owes. I get a phone call. I answer. I get a recorded message....."please hold for an important message. This is not a sales call." Excuse me? Like I'm not busy? I'm 'sposed to be at your beckoned call? Please just snap your fingers at me when you're ready and I'll come running.:angry3: And people who will knock you down to answer the phone. Just because someone wants to talk to me at 3:14 and 25 seconds in the afternoon, does not automatically mean I want to talk to them then. I may or may not answer the phone just because I'm doing something else at that time. I have caller ID. I'll get back to you. Doesn't mean I don't love ya.

I also hate ink pens that don't work. Let me pick one up that won't write. It's going through the nearest wall. There. I showed you! Hmmm. Let me see....Drywall repair.....here's one. What? You mean a 19 cent Bic is going to cost me $185!!!:smt119

[dollfus46]

One more. Ever been posting on MH and have to take the dog out? you come back to type a lengthy response or reply to multiple posts. When you finish and hit "Submit" THEN is when it tells you you've been logged off. Hey. My dog had to pee!

[fuzzis]

Wow...just WOW! I'm going to have to make my husband read this thread so he'll appreciate me more. I guess maybe I'm just too laid back...for example:



Eh. I'm pretty laid back too. I'll cook, I'll clean, I'll handle it all and then some ;). Just leave my toothpaste alone. Don't think that's a lot to ask. :-D

fuzzis

[wilebill]

I hate people who pull up to a 4 way stop without paying attention to who's turn it is to go, then pull right out in front of you when you try to go when it's your turn.

[carsalesguy]

I did complain (nicely, I hope) to one man at church, and he has been very thoughtful and conscientious about it ever since. Btw moms & dads, hope you're teaching your boys that the lady offers her hand first.

i didn't know that was proper etiquette?!?! i usually say hi the the man then the lady and pay all my attention to the lady on the lot:smt102

[wilebill]

When you send somebody a nice friendly PM and they ignore it. Then they turn around and ask everyone to PM them about something.

[dollfus46]

Fuzzis, those people that use liberal to describe me and my immediate family must not know what Webster knows. I found it to be flattering after I looked it up. To paraphrase it- it says being able to think for yourself and to give generously. My father always encouraged and would fuss at me if I accepted the mold unless I thought about it. Not general safety rules or accepted truths. He said he was sending me to school to learn to think for myself.

Well Fuzzis, when someone calls me, my mother, or my sister "liberal" because we don't follow along with them, I just smile. When these people write a dictionary with their name on it, I'll listen to them on that. :smt038

Conservative: Moderate. Avoiding extremes. Slow to change. One could just as easily think that liberal was the converse of that.

They're just upset because we challenge them and they want it THEIR way.

That's a swinging door. We feel the exact same way about liberals. :) Besides, fuzzis used the adjective, pjorative. Makes a difference. At least you are just called "liberal." We conservatives hardly ever hear that word without an adjective in front of it. We usually get adjectives like, radical, far right, radical right wing (the phrase of choice). Rarely do you hear just conservative. How can one be a radical moderate? Radically slow to change? Radically avoiding change? Those are other dictionary definitions of a conservative. Yet liberal is also defined as favoring political and social change. Seems that could be more radical at times than being against change. Or for slow change. Words tend to change meaning over time I think. You know a conservative when you hear one. We know a liberal when we hear one. We both recognize a moderate. One can be liberal yet support a conservative occasionally and vice versa. Doesn't make you a moderate. Just more of my musings

[citygirl]

Wet towels in the dirty clothes hamper.

People that do not acknowledge with a "hi" sign or a "nod " of the head, when you let them pull out in front of you during rush hour. That's just plain RUDE!!! :mad:

Those are the only 2 that come to mind at the moment. Trust me there are plenty more...

[Mr. Bama]

I have one and only one pet peeve. If someone makes plans with me they BETTER show up and see those plans through or have a damn good excuse for backing out. The fastest way to piss me off is by canceling on me without prior notice or by agreeing to do something and then not doing it. When I say I'm going to do something then you can bank on it that I'll do it.

[58ford]

My pet peeve is people who have "Pet Peeves".

[dollfus46]

I hate people who pull up to a 4 way stop without paying attention to who's turn it is to go, then pull right out in front of you when you try to go when it's your turn.

Me thinks you give them the benefit of the doubt. They know who's next. They are just rude drivers. Those 3 seconds they save by going in front of you means the world to them. Like the jerks who come flying around you only to break in front of you in order to turn. God bless their little pea-pickin' hearts.

[dollfus46]

When you send somebody a nice friendly PM and they ignore it. Then they turn around and ask everyone to PM them about something.

I've never ignored one of your nice friendly PM's.

[virgo]

Me thinks you give them the benefit of the doubt. They know who's next. They are just rude drivers. Those 3 seconds they save by going in front of you means the world to them. Like the jerks who come flying around you only to break in front of you in order to turn. God bless their little pea-pickin' hearts.

:smt046

[LoneStarGirl]

OOOH I thought of one...I'd almost forgot!

#1) Men who don't rinse out the sink after shaving! I do not want to go in and see your hair all over my sink and counter, is it that hard to rinse it down the drain!?!?

And while we're on this subject...

#2) How hard is it to aim? Can you really not hit that big bowl?

[Hermione]

OOOH I thought of one...I'd almost forgot!

#1) Men who don't rinse out the sink after shaving! I do not want to go in and see your hair all over my sink and counter, is it that hard to rinse it down the drain!?!?

And while we're on this subject...

#2) How hard is it to aim? Can you really not hit that big bowl?

Welcome to marriage, sweetie.:)

[Conveyor Belt]

#2) How hard is it to aim? Can you really not hit that big bowl?

It depends on what kind of gun you're using. Someguys have a pea-shooter, others have a shotgun. Sometimes it comes out like a lazer, sometimes it's like a water sprinkler. you never know what's going to come out or how it's going to go. hell, there are even times when it's going two directions at once.

[LoneStarGirl]

I couldn't help but laugh, even if that is the most pathetic excuse ever!

[fuzzis]

#2) How hard is it to aim? Can you really not hit that big bowl?

Perhaps you've just not provided him proper tools (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/25/garden/25urin.html?_r=1&oref=slogin) to get the job done right. :smt102

fuzzis

[LoneStarGirl]

Why would you spend this much money on something you're going to pee on? :smt119 It amazes me! Examples:


http://www.philipwattsdesign.com/prod-img/spoon.jpg
Philip Watts Design "Spoon" $1,369

or how about

http://www.clarkmade.com/imagesshow/pinkorchid_small.jpg (http://www.clarkmade.com/imagesshow/pinkorchid.jpg)
"Pink Orchid"
Hand built and sculpted by Clark Sorenson
"Kathy Dorfman, 36, spent $10,000 on a one-of-a-kind urinal hand-sculptured from porcelain by Clark Sorensen, a San Francisco artist, in the form of a pink orchid and gave it to her husband as a gift. "

[wilebill]

No self-respecting man would even enter a bathroom with that orchid thing in there.

[Booshay]

I cant really say that I have one particular pet peeve. Somethings just piss me off more than others depending on the day that Im having and the situation.

[58ford]

No self-respecting man would even enter a bathroom with that orchid thing in there.
I'd go in just to piss on it.

[wilebill]

I'd go in just to piss on it.The damn thing looks dangerous to me. No way would I unzip in front of that.

[amanda]

The damn thing looks dangerous to me. No way would I unzip in front of that.


:smt005 :smt046 I'm sorry, I'm a woman and wouldn't want that thing in my bathroom.

[Conveyor Belt]

The damn thing looks dangerous to me. No way would I unzip in front of that.

My luck, I step up and some big assed bee would come buzzing out and sting me on my ... well, you get the point...

[amanda]

Here's a whole page of some fancy urinals for those who are re-doing your bathrooms! :)

http://www.clarkmade.com/exhibits.html

[58ford]

I had a pet peeve one time, but I couldn't figure out what to feed it & it died.:(

[nooskye]

ok ... I have a new one ...

jerk guys who lead on beautiful, intelligent, independant women, just to use some piss ant excuse to bail.

[Hermione]

:smt005 :smt046 I'm sorry, I'm a woman and wouldn't want that thing in my bathroom.

Me either. Of course I'm at the stage in life where I evaluate everything in terms of maintenance required, and that thing looks like a pain to clean. Not that the silly woman who bought it has to clean it of course.

[fuzzis]

People who refuse to take responsibility for being an ass. :smt013

:smt070 :smt070 :smt070

fuzzis

[iheartellisons]

one of my pet peeves is people poking me! i hate it!!!

and ok - i always get in debates with people....but maybe its just me but arent you SUPPOSED to enter and exit through the door on the right if there are double doors???? Walmart bugs me (49 one i think) bc they have it backwards...but thats also one of my biggest pet peeves...i mean it makes sense bc when walking down the side walk always step to the right and therefore you are never playing dodge the person walking the other way!!!!

[nooskye]

one of my pet peeves is people poking me! i hate it!!!

and ok - i always get in debates with people....but maybe its just me but arent you SUPPOSED to enter and exit through the door on the right if there are double doors???? Walmart bugs me (49 one i think) bc they have it backwards...but thats also one of my biggest pet peeves...i mean it makes sense bc when walking down the side walk always step to the right and therefore you are never playing dodge the person walking the other way!!!!


What about the people who use the enter side to leave and the exit side to come in ... jimminey cricket ... *that* urkes the hell out of me

[LipsofanAngel]

I absolutely can not stand it when people interrupt when I'm talking. I think it's because growing up I was extremely shy and soft-spoken and I let anyone talk over me. I'm still soft-spoken, but more assertive... so if someone interrupts me, I just talk louder.

Today was awful... for work, I had to go do a presentation/project thing for a class on campus. It was an upper level course, so I expected the students to be a little more mature- WRONG. When I was trying to speak they just kept on holding their own private conversations. I almost walked out. If I take the time to walk through the rain to go to their class to do something to HELP them, then even if they don't pay attention, the least they can do is shut up!

[amanda]

I absolutely can not stand it when people interrupt when I'm talking. I think it's because growing up I was extremely shy and soft-spoken and I let anyone talk over me. I'm still soft-spoken, but more assertive... so if someone interrupts me, I just talk louder.

Today was awful... for work, I had to go do a presentation/project thing for a class on campus. It was an upper level course, so I expected the students to be a little more mature- WRONG. When I was trying to speak they just kept on holding their own private conversations. I almost walked out. If I take the time to walk through the rain to go to their class to do something to HELP them, then even if they don't pay attention, the least they can is shut up!


Get em' girl! Should have just said in a very loud and rude way "hey, I know you may think you know everything - but there may be one or two tid-bits of information I can impart to you that may help you deal with jerks in the future."

[fuzzis]

Today was awful... for work, I had to go do a presentation/project thing for a class on campus. It was an upper level course, so I expected the students to be a little more mature- WRONG. When I was trying to speak they just kept on holding their own private conversations. I almost walked out. If I take the time to walk through the rain to go to their class to do something to HELP them, then even if they don't pay attention, the least they can do is shut up!

Classroom management 101 says (generally) you wait...not talk over them. Or you move closer to the folks who are talking so they begin to get cues that it's time for them to listen.

:smt102

fuzzis

[LipsofanAngel]

Get em' girl! Should have just said in a very loud and rude way "hey, I know you may think you know everything - but there may be one or two tid-bits of information I can impart to you that may help you deal with jerks in the future."

ha, I would have loved too... I didn't yell... I actually refused to even attempt to talk over them... I just rolled my eyes several times. We had some really good discussion, but after each question they'd get on their own little tangents. If I ever end up teaching at the college level (I'd like to one day), then one pet peeve I will not put up with is students talking excessively in class. I will be glad to ask them to remove themselves from the room if there is something that much more important to them to talk about.

[Hermione]

Lips, I find that walking around the room helps to curtail that sort of thing, as does having students sit in a circle (this only works in small classes of course.) I taught in one of those horrible little rooms in the LAB where it was hard to move around, but I would go stand by the back window sometimes. For one thing, I think it helps students feel more involved in the class, and shows that you're involved too. I hadn't taught for a long time when I was an adjunct a couple of years ago, and I thought the rudeness level had really increased. It was amazing to think that students had so little respect. International students hardly ever behave like that.

[LipsofanAngel]

Lips, I find that walking around the room helps to curtail that sort of thing, as does having students sit in a circle (this only works in small classes of course.) I taught in one of those horrible little rooms in the LAB where it was hard to move around, but I would go stand by the back window sometimes. For one thing, I think it helps students feel more involved in the class, and shows that you're involved too. I hadn't taught for a long time when I was an adjunct a couple of years ago, and I thought the rudeness level had really increased. It was amazing to think that students had so little respect. International students hardly ever behave like that.


Thanks, I'll have to keep that in mind for the future. The thing today was a "Hunger Banquet"... so it was interactive to begin with... I just didn't like it when it was obvious the times I was trying to speak and they wouldn't let me.

[Referee]

One of my pet peeves is staring at a misspelled word so long that it forces me to correct the spelling. :)

[Hermione]

Was it me? I have an inline spell checker.

[Referee]

It was the thread title. It was originally spelled "peaves". :)

[nooskye]

lol ... I know ... it's already been pointed out to me ... just haven't had the time to fix it :) Thanks for doing it for me :)

[Hermione]

oy vey! Thanks! Guess I just got used to it.

[HorseWhisperer]

One big pet peeve of mine is when someone reads over my shoulder, especially private stuff like mail, letters, or even text messages!

[TheCapitalist]

People who lick their fingers at the table. People who eat as they go through the buffet line(and lick their fingers-and cough and sneeze, then reach for another dish!). People who go to the buffet and pick all the shrimp or whatever from a dish, leaving everything else. (I gotta stop going to buffet all together!) People who aren't handicapped parking in these spots. People who pull up to the curb store and park in the front door. People who are behind the wheel doing everything but driving! (Reading the paper and text msging are the worse)
Whew! That's a lot of peeves, no wonder i stay peeved off! See you in traffic on the way to the buffet!!!!!!!

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

oh yeah thought of another I hate dishes in the sink....

[58ford]

I hate cats.

[Butterball]

OK, OK - I just read through this thread and had to laugh at some of your posts (especially the "please aim" stuff. You ladies know that you could paint a fly down there in the bowl and guys would just have to try and 'knock it off'. I, too, have idiosyncrasies but I tend to overlook them (and those I choose to be around). Life is too short to argue about some things, even though I, personally, am quite anal (sorry, just the 'left-brain coming through).

Being a reformed math teacher, I do have one ''peeve'' that really jerks my chain:
Sales clerks who have no idea about how to give (or count back) change when I purchase things. Lordy, I always have to stop when they lay a wad of change in my hand and make sure they got it right - well, duh, the register told them the right answer (ha) - I am always surprise when they get it right, but I still find some mistakes - which I correct - without regard to who's favor the mistake is in. I don't want to get on my soapbox about public education - - it would only serve to get me 'started'..........
'nuff said ! :)

[Hermione]

You would think that retail businesses would spend a little time teaching folks how to make change if they didn't know. I'm always amazed that if you hand them the extra few cents (like, your bill is $4.78 and you give them $5.03 so you'll get a quarter back) it completely throws them.

[Mr. Bama]

I have one and only one pet peeve. If someone makes plans with me they BETTER show up and see those plans through or have a damn good excuse for backing out. The fastest way to piss me off is by canceling on me without prior notice or by agreeing to do something and then not doing it. When I say I'm going to do something then you can bank on it that I'll do it.

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[Conveyor Belt]

You would think that retail businesses would spend a little time teaching folks how to make change if they didn't know. I'm always amazed that if you hand them the extra few cents (like, your bill is $4.78 and you give them $5.03 so you'll get a quarter back) it completely throws them.

Most of it's due to lack of skill, but there are some of us who can count, and making change is not really the first thing on our mind, so when someone gives us something like this, it takes a second to register. Then, you'll get that customer who's total is $5.17 and they'll give you $8.31. Why? I don't know.

[Ted]

Add the knotheads that sit in the right-hand turn lane until the light turns green.

[Ted]

OOOH . . . . . .

And while we're on this subject...

#2) How hard is it to aim? Can you really not hit that big bowl?:)heh heh heh
Well . . . . sometimes we can't. Maybe we need help.:smt118

Try it standing up for yer self sometime. It ain't as easy as it looks.

[fuzzis]

If my neighbors block the driveway one more time, I may have to let the air outta some tires. :smt070 Twice tonight. TWICE. Pull your heads out of your asses. Idiots. :smt070 :smt070

fuzzis

[Ted]

If my neighbors block the driveway one more time, I may have to let the air outta some tires. :smt070 Twice tonight. TWICE. Pull your heads out of your asses. Idiots. :smt070 :smt070

fuzzis
Over the years, I've had to have a couple of those idiots towed.
It's been about 20 years ago, but HPD used to take of that sort of thing. I don't know if they will nowdays, but it might be worth a call.
That'd be better than getting caught deflating the tires. If your luck is anything like mine, you'd get caught.:(

What we'd really like to do is beat 'em senseless, shoot 'em, or burn their @#$% vehicle.
Or - all the above!!:)heh heh heh

[fuzzis]

Over the years, I've had to have a couple of those idiots towed.
It's been about 20 years ago, but HPD used to take of that sort of thing. I don't know if they will nowdays, but it might be worth a call.
That'd be better than getting caught deflating the tires. If your luck is anything like mine, you'd get caught.:(

What we'd really like to do is beat 'em senseless, shoot 'em, or burn their @#$% vehicle.
Or - all the above!!:)heh heh heh

I wouldn't let the air out of their tires; I'm too sweet for that. I may, though, let my local law enforcement friend stop by for a visit.

****wits. :smt070

fuzzis

[Ted]

I wouldn't let the air out of their tires; I'm too sweet for that. I may, though, let my local law enforcement friend stop by for a visit.

****wits. :smt070

fuzzisThat'll work.:)
Ask him/her if HPD will still have these knotheads towed.

[pinkytuscadero]

Can you call Peanut's Towing Service or any of the others? I thought he would come pick something up, the people who own the car have to pay to get it back. That will get them where it hurts, the wallet.:smt006

Pinky

[nooskye]

I wouldn't let the air out of their tires; I'm too sweet for that. I may, though, let my local law enforcement friend stop by for a visit.

****wits. :smt070

fuzzis


Or call the hubby :) He'll tow em out for you ... and pinky is right ... you don't pay ... the owner of the vehicle pays to get it out of hock :smt118 One day when I was in there ... he had just pulled five or six vehicles from a Subway because the manager called them and said she had two parking spots for her customers ... one guys charge was $180.00 ... once or twice of this and they'll find alternative parking spots :D

[fuzzis]

Like I was telling a friend...I don't want to be petty or a bitch. I just want them to be considerate. I don't want to cause problems, but when I can't get in or out of the drive, it pisses me off.

I'm going to call the landlord a little later. Even though it makes me feel like I'm in second-grade and tattling. :(

fuzzis

[nooskye]

Like I was telling a friend...I don't want to be petty or a bitch. I just want them to be considerate. I don't want to cause problems, but when I can't get in or out of the drive, it pisses me off.

I'm going to call the landlord a little later. Even though it makes me feel like I'm in second-grade and tattling. :(

fuzzis


It's not tattling ... Not if you are standing up for yourself and the property *you* pay for ... on time :) ... I bet your land lord will take your side :D

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

fuzz,

Call your landlord and let them deal with it.
Have you talked to your neighbors about blocking your drive already? If not you can turn your sweet charm on them and see if it helps.

Me knowing how I am.... well I would start blocking their drive and when they looked at you or anything I would probably say "it don't feel so good does it" or "Oh I am sorry I thought that is what we do block each other"

I am just mean like that...

[No-Halo]

Donate your neighbors cars to the next Monster Truck Event at the Multi-Purpose Center. :smt038

[LipsofanAngel]

When people SMACK so freakin loud that you can hear them all the way in your office although they are in the conference room next door. It's happening right now- and I want to HIT someone. Maybe I'm just grumpy today, but I really can not stand to hear people eat.

[Mr. Bama]

When people SMACK so freakin loud that you can hear them all the way in your office although they are in the conference room next door. It's happening right now- and I want to HIT someone. Maybe I'm just grumpy today, but I really can not stand to hear people eat.

Totally agree. When I was a kid I would always tell my brother to quit smacking and that it was disgusting. My mom and dad would tell me to leave my brother alone and I'd be the one that got in trouble, which is completely BS. At least now I have manners for the most part and my brother is a slob :rolleyes:

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

Ohhh I Have Another One To Add With That Lips...

Talking W/ Your Mouth Full Of Food!
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