I'll start out with People who don't use turn signals! Do you think we can read your mind? Do you want them to be new and unused when you trade the car in?
ERRRRRRRRRRRR!
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| Posted by: Dogshirt 09-Aug-2006, 10:49 PM |
| A place to air the things that people do that DRIVE YOU CRAZY! I'll start out with People who don't use turn signals! Do you think we can read your mind? Do you want them to be new and unused when you trade the car in? ERRRRRRRRRRRR! |
| Posted by: Celtic cat 10-Aug-2006, 07:18 AM |
I don't have one specific pet peave about people, but, here is a weird one. You put something on a table, chair, etc then it falls off. You kindly put it back where you wanted it to go....then it falls again. You ,much more forcefully, place it somewhere else where you think, it shouldn't fall here....then what does it do? It freakin falls. It seems as if pencils, notebooks, and anything else not weighing a ton all have an obsession with the floor. This is the only time I ever throw things.  Sorry I broke the rules, Dogshirt, but I guess you can see people do this and it works the same way. |
| Posted by: CelticCoalition 10-Aug-2006, 07:37 AM |
| I can't stand listening to people eat. Especially when I'm on the phone. drives me nuts! |
| Posted by: crazykiltedcelt 10-Aug-2006, 09:04 AM |
begin asked what my pet peevers are!!!!   |
| Posted by: Dogshirt 10-Aug-2006, 05:30 PM |
Ah dinna ask, ah started th' thread fer folk tae AIR their peeves.  |
| Posted by: Dogshirt 10-Aug-2006, 05:33 PM | ||
I've been known to put a nail in things that will NOT stay put. I once nailed my partner's hammer to the roof because it kept sliding down the valley, he was NOT happy!  |
| Posted by: ballydun 10-Aug-2006, 10:26 PM | ||
I'm so grossed out by what I call "mouth noises" That includes people eating...especially crunchy foods, chewing finger nails, any thing that makes noises like that. My kids think it's so funny, they like to chew in my ear and I get sooooo mad! I don't know if that is a pet peeve pr just a wierd psycho thing. |
| Posted by: Dogshirt 10-Aug-2006, 10:44 PM |
| I hate listening to someone chew ice! |
| Posted by: John Clements 11-Aug-2006, 08:28 AM |
| Dog, thank you for starting this Pet Peeves topic. It’s a vast one. Yes, I couldn’t agree more. Not using turn signals is a big one. In fact I’ve taken to reading car language, not un like body language. Rather then depending on whether other drivers have intentionally indicated their intentions. Especially when you pull up behind someone at a red light, at a busy intersection. Then, all of a sudden the car in front of you indicates a left turn, after the light went green. It’s enough to make you wish you had a Howitzer mounted on my hood. Always leave yourself enough room to go around. But that’s doesn’t pisses me off as much as when someone tells me that I don’t understand something. Excuse me! I’ll be the one to deciding whether I understand something or not… |
| Posted by: CelticCoalition 11-Aug-2006, 09:15 AM |
| I hate when you are talking with someone about something and tey just completely dismiss and ignore what you are saying as irrelevant. Example: "I loved Superman Returns, it was a great movie!" Me: "Well, it was alright, but I thought it was kinda boring and had some flaws." "No, it wasn't boring. You liked it." Drives me nuts! |
| Posted by: WizardofOwls 11-Aug-2006, 09:54 AM |
| People talking on cell phones while they are driving. People talking on cell phones while they are in the line at McDonalds. People talking on cell phones in the stall next to you when you're using the bathroom at Wal-Mart. People talking on the cell phone while they are in the library. Hearing someone's cell phone ring while you're in CHURCH! Come on, people! Whatever happened to common human courtesyand dignity? Don't you think the poor kid behind the check out counter at McDonald's deserves your entire attention? Or is your discussion of WHATEVER it is you are talking about more important than treating that poor kid - who is only trying to do his or her job - like a human being rather than your menial servant? Don't you think church is important enough to take the time to turn the darned ringer off? If you are expecting an important call then at least put the ringer on vibrate, then silently excuse yourself and go out of the sanctuary to talk. As one preacher said during a service - "You'd better answer that - it might be Jesus calling!" |
| Posted by: Dogshirt 12-Aug-2006, 09:48 AM | ||
Perhaps I understand, but don't care! |
| Posted by: myaleigh 12-Aug-2006, 11:07 AM | ||
Amen! I admit I've answered a few phone calls in Wal-Mart but usually I'm telling my beloved partner my location because she wandered off and can't find me. What I don't do is carry on an entire conversation from the time I enter to the time I leave. I've seen people actually do that. I've almost been run over by them because they can't control their carts while they talk!  I have to say cell phones in the library are the worse though. I worked for a library for two years and if I had a nickel for every time I told someone to get off their cell phone... Which brings to me my #1 pet peeve - people who don't read (i.e. pay attention to large signs that are right in front of your face) then get enraged when you call them on it. Example: When I would tell people that cell phones must be off in the library and point to the numerous signs stating as such a majority would either argue with me like the rules didn't apply to them or throw a fit. One lady proceeded to tell me that it was a f$@#%$% stupid rule, call me a beatch then dramatically storm away.  Reality check please. |
| Posted by: zeryx 14-Aug-2006, 02:17 AM |
| Impatience and people who think they're always right |
| Posted by: defzeppelin 14-Aug-2006, 04:00 AM |
| When people say things like: "Just my two cents" or any other variation, either on a forum or irl. |
| Posted by: stoirmeil 14-Aug-2006, 06:59 AM | ||
Yeah. The world is a vast phone booth. I even hate most of the ring tones, nowadays. You can add -- "People whose phones go off in class and they answer them, right then and there." It's odd -- but the "enhanced connection" people supposedly get when they are available for phone messages 24/7 just isolates them even more -- from the people standing (or walking or driving) right in front of them. |
| Posted by: Dogshirt 14-Aug-2006, 06:51 PM | ||
Let your students know the FIRST day of class, that answering a call in class is an automatic failure. I can understand forgetting to turn it off smoetimes, but to answer the call in class is unforgivable. I fully understand why restaraunts and theaters are putting in these little jamming devices! As for ring tones, I have "Sweet Home Alabama"! |
| Posted by: ballydun 16-Aug-2006, 11:13 AM |
| Mine is the Pink Panther! I totally aggree about cell phones. I can't stand when I have a customer walk into my shop talking on their phone and never even aknowledge me. I have had them spend the entire time in the store on their phone...even when they are checking out. How Rude.   I also can't stand when people feel that their cell phone call is more important than face to face conversation with me. I sure hope I don't come across that way to other people!!! There is my rant for the day, Thank you! |
| Posted by: Dogshirt 16-Aug-2006, 06:18 PM |
| Do these people NEED to be linked by this umbilical? Will they DIE if they can't talk to someone RIGHT NOW? I don't turn mine on half the time unless I need to call the lumber yard for wood for the job or to tell my wife I'll be late ('cause I'm having a beer with the guys ) If someone needs to get a hold of me... leave a message, I'll call you back when I get home (After my beer!). |
| Posted by: marti64 16-Aug-2006, 07:02 PM |
When I used to work in a department store, I disliked the people that insisted on having a conversation on their phones when I was trying to ring up theri purchases, and collect their money.......sometimes, I had to ask them a few times to pay...while there are other customersin my line.....really RUDE!!!   Another thing...the really loud clicks when people ring on their NEXTEL phones...it drives me nuts!!! Ok, I'm done!!! Marti |
| Posted by: Dogshirt 16-Aug-2006, 07:41 PM |
| This one may not apply to those of you who live in cities, I don't know, perhaps it's unique to rural America. People who block the ailsles at the grocery store so they can visit with friends. I"M SHOPPING, GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY AND LET ME GET ON WITH IT! Visit somewhere else!  |
| Posted by: ballydun 16-Aug-2006, 10:55 PM |
| How about when you go to the drive through and not only does the speaker thing make it hard to understand the person taking your order, but they also don't speak very good English so when they read your order back to you it sound like mush with an accent. You never know what you're going to get in the bag. That is pretty annoying!! |
| Posted by: TheCarolinaScotsman 17-Aug-2006, 06:26 AM |
| 1. I don't own a cell phone. Hope I never own a cell phone. I don't want to be that connected. 2. Shopping carts blocking the aisles aren't so bad, it's the cars blocking the roads while the drivers chat that gets me. (VERY rural America) 3. Don't go to the drive thrus for that reason. I park my car and go inside. I like to talk face to face. |
| Posted by: CelticCoalition 17-Aug-2006, 08:07 AM |
| Ok here are a few: 1. Girls that wear low cut shirts with shiny or sparkly letters right across their chest that get mad when you stare at their chest. If that's what you're advertising, people aren't going to look at your face. 2. When you are driving and someone almost hits you and you look and see they are talking on a cell phone. 3. People that sit in the passing lane going the speed limit while other cars are going faster than they are on the right. 4. When you go through the drive through, get home, and they messed up your order. No matter how ticked off you are, it's never really worth it to go back. 5. People who let their dogs run around off leash and then glare at you when THEIR dog runs up to play with YOUR dogs, who are leashed, and THEIR dog won't listen to them. It isn't MY fault they can't control their stupid dogs. 6. When you've rented a movie and have to return it because it's late and you haven't even watched it. 7. Call in Support Lines in general. Why is it when they want your business they are more than willing to bend over backward for you, but once they have your business they don't seem like they care about keeping it? 8. On the flip side, working in customer service and being yelled at by idiot customers who caused their own problem and yet want to blame me for it. The customer is NOT always right, and is usually wrong. 9. Dogs that, when fully grown, cn fit in the palm of your hand. They sit in girls' purses shaking out of either cold because they have zero body weight to keep them warm or the realization that the only natural protection they have is to pee on themselves and hope that makes them unappetizing. |
| Posted by: Dogshirt 17-Aug-2006, 06:13 PM | ||
One of my bits of advice to people when they come to see me about getting a dog is this "Never own a dog you can't pick up!" If you have to move the dog after it gets hit on the road or have to pull it out of ANY sort of situation, you better be able to handle the dog. I'm a big guy, but 50-70 lbs of limp dog is quite an arm load. So I guess some of these twits are better off with"keychain" dogs! Besides, most of them are as neurotic as their dogs, they deserve each other! |
| Posted by: zeryx 18-Aug-2006, 01:07 AM |
| When I walk into a shop to browse and am pounced upon by store assistants wanting to know if they can help me - if I want help I'll ask for it! |
| Posted by: Dogshirt 20-Aug-2006, 07:46 PM |
| What about the wingnut that isn't paying attention at the stop light and sits for most of it so you don't get through? Isn't that grounds for justifiable homicide? |
| Posted by: Roberto Phoenix 20-Aug-2006, 10:14 PM |
| My wife and kids all have cell phones. I refuse to get one untill I can ownload an entire movie off of a DVD onto the phone cuz that would be my only use for it. We had one girl at work who actually had the earpiece and was talking for a vast majority of the day while she did her work. They finally banned them from our workplace except for break times. My wife has the Irish Washwoman and Scotland the Brave for her ringtones. Kids have got whatever is popular at the moment. Such individuality!! |
| Posted by: Roberto Phoenix 20-Aug-2006, 10:22 PM |
Six+ hour drive back from Irishfest in Milwaukee to U.P. of Michigan. Kid and wife arguing about music, seating position, car temperature, when we are getting back, my driving, behavior, road construction, etc.  My pet peeve- no possible way to kill myself and end my misery on said drive back home.  |
| Posted by: zeryx 21-Aug-2006, 01:17 AM |
| My other half when he slurps his tea!!! arghhhhh |
| Posted by: CelticRose 05-Sep-2006, 12:15 AM |
| My big beef? I cannot absolutely deal with the cell phone people! I have a cell phone, but it does not rule my life! I go to my hairdresser and she feels the need to text message and chat with folks while I am there!! Really aggravates me cause I am paying for her time for me! I hear that the most serious offense now in our state is text messagaging as opposed to drunk driving...how sad is that? Just makes me furious! I go into Wal-mart, the grocery store, or whereever and all these women are chatting on their cell phones. I listen to their conversations and have to think...can you not wait till you get home to talk about this crap?! I just want to holler at these women to 'get a life."! What the heck is going on? I have my cell phone for emergencies or if someone cannot contact me otherwise. This is really an atrocity and a huge problem in our country. |
| Posted by: teashoci 05-Sep-2006, 06:58 AM |
| i despise cell phones so much i refuse to use them, I do not like the idea of people being able to contact me 24-7. I also think using them on public transport and pubs etc, is completely anti social ( more so than smoking ) I also cannot stand tv presenters , right wing orientated politics and ill have to think of some moreto put up. |
| Posted by: sisterknight 06-Sep-2006, 10:38 AM |
| little old people who really shouldn't be driving because a) they can't see over the dash insist on going under the speed limit in the "fast lane" c) just basically bad drivers..... cell phones period!! it's also a canadian rural thing with the car/truck stopping on the road to catch up with the neighbours!! |
| Posted by: stoirmeil 06-Sep-2006, 12:38 PM |
| I can't stand people who stop in narrow places like doorways of offices (when others have to get through) to chat -- it's like sticky platelets in an artery. I think it may be evolutinary -- the narrow place feels more protected somehow. OR eejits who stop dead at the top of an escalator because they are on their cell phones and are too distracted to step off!!!! I just shove 'em and say SCUSE ME!! as I walk away. |
| Posted by: mamamac 06-Sep-2006, 04:00 PM |
| CELL PHONES!!!!!!!! Ringing, ringing, anywhere and everywhere!!!!!!!! ARRRGGGHHHH!! Outlaw the things, especially for teenage girls and anyone driving a car!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No turn signals!! You paid for 'em, use 'em!!! People with overly jacked up pickup trucks who are compensating for a lack of something else!! I don't like their fog lights in my rear view mirror!!! Ok, I feel better now!!  |
| Posted by: Lady of the Loch 13-Sep-2006, 02:00 PM |
| mine is when you are talking on the phone and someone comes up and starts tapping you on the shoulder or trying to talk to you when you are on the phone. Usually, when I get calls at home they are impostant, but it never seems to fail that my kids or someone waits til that minuite to tell me something...drives me insane! |
| Posted by: ballydun 13-Sep-2006, 02:04 PM |
| I think kids have an instinct that tells them that you are on the phone so it is the perfect time to get in trouble, hit their sister etc. or have something important to tell you. It never fails! |
| Posted by: Lady of the Loch 13-Sep-2006, 02:43 PM |
rofl, ...what is bad is when the adults do it too  |
| Posted by: ballydun 13-Sep-2006, 03:41 PM |
| Yup, That's just wrong. Oh, people who read over your shoulder, be it a book magazine or even email. How rude!! |
| Posted by: Lady of the Loch 13-Sep-2006, 04:52 PM |
| I agree with you on that one! How about visitors who put there feet up on your furniture...I know a person who puts there feet up on my furniture all the time, and I wouldn't get so bothered by it if they didn't have mudy shoes or dirt clumps stuck to the bottom of them...lol |
| Posted by: Roberto Phoenix 13-Sep-2006, 08:14 PM |
| My kids have the annoying hait of showing up at home about half an hour before the stores close and tell me they ned to go shopping for stuff for tomorrow. It's either then or right before I go to sleep they need something found or done.. |
| Posted by: stoirmeil 13-Sep-2006, 08:35 PM | ||
arrrhhh -- it's an evil ploy to make you say "Hell with it -- take my car keys and get it y'self." I don't care if they ARE still only six years old -- it starts early. I'm am awful person. I know what this is going to sound like, and it's awful -- but I hate it when people go to a buffet type event, load up their plates, and then stand right in front of the table to chat with friends and eat. Oh MAN! -- somebody gets between me and free food, I'd like to knock 'em down and pour the swedish meatballs over 'em and call the wolfhounds.  |
| Posted by: Lady of the Loch 14-Sep-2006, 05:47 AM | ||
rofl...I had to laugh at that one.... |
| Posted by: sisterknight 14-Sep-2006, 08:46 AM |
how about people who go to buffets and load their plates and don't eat it all then go back for more plates and do the same again!!!  |
| Posted by: TheCarolinaScotsman 14-Sep-2006, 07:05 PM | ||
Ahh, the memories.  |
| Posted by: gwen 06-Oct-2006, 10:32 AM |
| neighbors that borrow stuff and don't bring it back, or bring it back broken! my mother's habit of viewing the world just slightly skewed from reality. (and in a light that always makes her look saintly and my sweet husband look like Charles Manson.) me monsters. (folks that can only talk about themselves, and can't stand for anyone else to talk about anything else, either.) |
| Posted by: Eiric 12-Oct-2006, 06:00 AM |
| BUBBLE GUM CHEWING BIMBOS POPPING THEIR GUMS AND GIGGLING LOUDLY AT THE BUS WHILE EXPLAINING HOW GOOOOOOUUUUUURRRRRGEEEEEOOUUS THE NEW GUY IS.... (Or well to be honest, I cannae stand the sound of anyone girl, boy, young or old popping their bubblegums - I am serious, it really drives me bollocks...) Secondly, as I am Swedish and we have just changed our government after this years election I have to air my honest disgust for the new politicians To start with, in order to watch tv in Sweden you have to pay a licence (currently 200 € a year) and our new culture politician ( in charge of this fee, and other issues concerning culture) haven't payed this fee for 10 f***ing years. BUT ORDINARY peoples will have to pay and can get dragged to court by the government if we don't pay the license fee... Secondly, the same politician is veeeeerrrrryyyy much against socalled "black workers" (has nothing to do with black people) has told (after it was revealed that she has used black workers) that it was okay, as she couldn't afford to get someone to clean at her house otherwise. FOR GOD'S SAKE, she earns millions of SEK every year - if she cannot afford it, how does she think the rest of the country's inhabitants will afford it... |
| Posted by: TheCarolinaScotsman 12-Oct-2006, 08:37 AM |
| This could either go here or in "You Know Your Getting Old When", oh well, here goes. When you're snoring, your wife wakes you up to stop. When you're not snoring, your wife wakes you up to see if you're still alive. |
| Posted by: Eiric 16-Oct-2006, 01:17 AM |
Hah! Another reason to live as a single!  |