Pet Peeves

[FineyMcFine]

Totally, Candleshoe. Now, off to book my vacation on the coast of the Specific Ocean...

[Spighy]

People who don't respect the work of others, and then proceed to ruin it because of their carelessness

[JustSkipIt]

My wife can be so ridiculous sometimes. This morning she's all "well I just figured, we wouldn't get to go" (to lunch at her favorite restaurant) with the sad puppy dog, I'm so abused and misused face. Um, wifey, guess what? We always go. You've gone on and on and on every day this week like 12 times a day about how we have to go for lunch on Sunday. We never don't go. Never. No one ever said that we might not go. No one implied that. No one was thinking that. She just likes to be all "oh poor me." Jesus. Arggghhh!

[Katez0r]

JustSkipIt, your wife sounds exactly like my mother.

This is kind of a dumb peeve, and I only thought of it becaue I just saw it, but I get annoyed when people abbreviate UC Sunnydale as UCSD. UCSD is my school, University of California at San Diego. UC Sunnydale should be UCS, as Sunnydale is one word. Like UCR for UC Riverside. It's not UCRS.

[dynigirl]

When you lap top runs out of power as you are typing a post. There is never enought time to upstairs to get the charger before it dies. Even more when you plug it then gives you the power supply warning message.

[GayNow]

I have a few today...

• When a person gives backhanded compliments, that aren't really compliments at all.
  
• When a person is calling me for a job interview and has the nerve to be rude and say bad things about the company to which s/he is applying.
  
• When a person's opinion about something suddenly becomes your shortcoming.
  
• When a person's cell phone is ringing and ringing and ringing...and that person just sits and looks at the phone rather than either answering or rejecting the call.
  
• When a person believes 'constructive criticism' and 'being critical' are the same thing.
  
• When a person sits down across from me at the library and proceeds to stare rather than read or work.
  
• When a person finds a way to suck all of the fun out of my writing experience, turning it, instead, into a chore.
  
• When a person gets to the kiosk at the subway station and holds up the line to find a CTA agent and ask "how do I use this machine?" rather than simply reading the huge sign that says "insert money, press vend."
  
• When a person implies that since something wasn't done the way s/he likes it, then it must be wrong.
  
• Drunk baseball fans.

[Emms]

I second many of those peeves, car.

[umgaynow]

When the Red Sox lose and the Yankees win

[Darth Pacula]

People looking over my shoulder as I write or surf the net. Drives me absolutely spare!

[kisstheviolets]

When the Red Sox lose and the Yankees win

my pet peeve: yankees fans

[oneyedchicklet]

I am a Yankee fan and I have never said anything bad about Boston or their fans. And I'm sure we all know that there is much to be said about Boston. I was pleased when they won the World Series and can be quoted as saying "they deserved it".
Therefore, my pet peeve is Rude Sports fans in general.

ETA: May I go on record as saying that I'd like to see the Chicago Cubs win a World Series. That just goes to show that I am a fair and true fan of sports.

HUGS
Barb

[kisstheviolets]

Therefore, my pet peeve is Rude Sports fans in general.

i think it's a pretty fair generalization for one to make (not that peeves even have to be fair or rational, mind you), especially when you live in my area. i have friends who are yankees fans and are decent people 90% of the time, but when they get going about the team, that's when they reach my peeve level. and for me the yanks are the epitome of a sick uber-capitalistic mentality and culture. they're the republican party of major league baseball. so, i'm fine with being peeved by them and their minions.

[Candleshoe]

Today's pet peeve:

*cheesy advert voice* "Nothing works faster to relieve pain"

Why not use 'nothing' then?

[dorksrcool]

You know what, I just read Sass's post in her "Vignette Series" on Pens, and I'm a little drunk too, and I love this goddamn board and all of the people on it, and I can't believe I got involved in this discussion because it really is childish of me, so I'm editing my post. I love you all, Yankees and Red Sox fans alike. Although I sitll have to say, GO SOX! because they're my Dad's team and I love my Dad.

Pet peeve: None, I'm trying not to have any today.

[Auburn]

When people lick the lid they have just ripped off a yogurt put. Dirty

[Katez0r]

Co-workers who call in sick five minutes before they're supposed to be there.

Argh.

[oneyedchicklet]

People who feed off of someone elses pain, misery or suffering. And kicks that person when they're down. Show a little compassion sometimes, it does the body good.
Therefore, making my peeve insensitivity.

HUGS
Barb

[Emms]

When I'm trying to call my wife at work for something important and the line's busy for like an HOUR! that is so irritating. (god I dislike when people are actually doing work in the work place... it really pushes my buttons... )

[JustSkipIt]

When people want everything they want on the screen design but also want it to all fit...

[kindagay]

Parents who, when their child drops a lollypop in the street, pick said lolly up, lick it, then give it back to the child - gross!

Hugs
Jeanne

[justin]

The weather at the moment.

Hello, Summer? Where are you?

[oneyedchicklet]

People who drive under the limit in the fast lane and then proceed to constantly hit the brakes. I always want to yell "its the long skinny pedal on the right"

HUGS
Barb

[FemaleOfTheSpecies]

gmail. hmph.

[justin]

Games which have interesting storylines which make you want to play in order to uncover the story, but which have infuriating game play which makes it impossible to do that.

And yes, I am talking about Fahrenheit (or Indigo Prophecy as it's called in the US) bah

[LesbianJedi87]

People who dont close the cabinents in the kitchen after they are done cooking and getting plates, ect. It make's the kitchen look dishevled and I find myself always having this need that I MUST close them.

Im insane.

[oneyedchicklet]

Rose, that drives me insane.

Topic: An additional driving peeve: When I'm cruising at a normal speed with no one behind me and someone desides to pull out right in front of me.

HUGS
Barb

[FemaleOfTheSpecies]

Perfeclty politically correct couples browsing wine aisles in the supermarket with rice-cake munching toddlers (hello, do you know those things are just recycled cardboard?) discussing the relative merits of Chilean Chardonnay and Austalian Sancerre. It makes me feel completely inadequate. Just pick the one with the pretty label!

[Auburn]

People who have unnecessary trolly rage whilst shopping round ASDA.

[Candleshoe]

Just pick the one with the pretty label!

I thought I was the only person who did that, I am so relieved

People who have unnecessary trolly rage whilst shopping round ASDA.

Absolutely. There should be lane markings and indicators for those things. And we should be allowed to ram the backsides of the twits who stop in the very middle of the aisle to look at the back of a tin of tomatoes. They are tomatoes, for heaven's sake, how much more information do you really need?

[Auburn]

I thought it was just me who got mad at the silly people that do that.


Topic: People who let their children scream in the middle of the chocolate isle because they can't have all the pretty looking chocolate.

I'm a grown up now....I can have the chocolate so I don't have to throw a fit anymore.