What are your top pet peeves?

[Guest Ordinary Beehive]

You know, if you just buy a new pair, they won't squeak anymore.

[Lammycat]

Crocs don't squeak when trod in....

[cryptique]

Crocs don't squeak when trod in....

...and thus ends the list of good things about Crocs.

[PopTodd]

You know, if you just buy a new pair, they won't squeak anymore.

 

On my list of things to do this coming weekend. (The squeak thing just started.)

[sonicshoulder]

On my list of things to do this coming weekend. (The squeak thing just started.)

I'd try WD-40 first.

[Moss]

Leaf Blowers, hate them.

[jff]

...and thus ends the list of good things about Crocs.

 

Crocs are suposedly a good choice of footwear for sufferers of Plantar Fasciitis.

[Lammycat]

They match well with Snuggie, too.

[Guest Speed Racer]

Search functions on computer-buying websites. The build-your-own ones. For whatever reason, they have you toggle between a series of options "Portability v. Sandwich-making," "Word processing v. Readability creation" instead of entering the specifications you would like. I consistently indicate that I want a small, high-performance model and I consistently get some 17-inch, slow dinosaur when I'm finished.

[Dude]

Search functions on computer-buying websites. The build-your-own ones. For whatever reason, they have you toggle between a series of options "Portability v. Sandwich-making," "Word processing v. Readability creation" instead of entering the specifications you would like. I consistently indicate that I want a small, high-performance model and I consistently get some 17-inch, slow dinosaur when I'm finished.

 

Along those lines, sites that make it difficult or impossible to sort by price, and instead show you "Best Value" or "Recommended Specials" by default, which are usually huge ripoffs that the site is making the most margin on. This applies to booking hotels on travel sites (Expedia, Hotwire, Travelocity, etc.) also.

[Guest Ordinary Beehive]

I was just using Kayak earlier and easily sorted by price.

[Nobody Girl]

E-mail forwards.

[jenbobblehead]

you people sure have a lot of complaints!

[The High Heat]

you people sure have a lot of complaints!

Can we assume that complaints are your pet peeve?

[jenbobblehead]

My pet peeves:

 

• people who do not give you the universal "thanks" sign when you let them cut in front of you
  
• litter bugs
  
• folks who think recycling is too hard
  
• loud music in cars parked outside my house
  
• the idea that lawmakers 3000 miles away think they know what is best for the District of Columbia
  
• That DC still doesn't have voting representation in the house or the senate
  
• The Washington Inquirer who still will not stop delivering the free paper to me even though I have requested that they stop THREE TIMES
  
• people who don't understand migraine headaches
  
• the way iTunes is always asking you to update, sometimes TWICE IN ONE DAY
  
• servers who ignore me, or hide when the kitchen is slow getting the dinners out, rather than just come out and apologize
  
• people whose signatures are far bigger than their actual posts
  
• Women's clothing sizes
  
• My mother's inability to stock Coca Cola in the house when I am coming to visit even when i say "do you need me to pick up cokes?" and she says, "No I'll get some" and then she doesn't.
  
• Cards that require extra postage because they are a weird square size
  
• Muddy paw prints tracked through the house
  
• People who say they are allergic to cats even when they aren't just because they don't like cats.
  
• Drunkards at public events
  
• when there's no sugar at the table at the diner, but there's 400 sweet n lows.
  
• getting half and half when i ask for milk
  
• fake maple syrup instead of real maple syrup (i'll pay extra!)
  
• hotels that don't have NESN available in the rooms, when you're in NEW FUCKING ENGLAND.
  
• the lack of counter space in my bathroom
  

 

And that's just my starter list.

[bjorn_skurj]

My pet peeves:

• the way iTunes is always asking you to update, sometimes TWICE IN ONE DAY

Preach on, sister.

[embiggen]

people who fart in elevators or on train cars.

[The High Heat]

Why do restaurant servers always put a lemon on your tea or water glass? What's the deal with lemons? Who are these people?

[cryptique]

Why do restaurant servers always put a lemon on your tea or water glass? What's the deal with lemons? Who are these people?

I love that, actually.

[The High Heat]

I love that, actually.

It's fine if you like lemon, but alot of lemons go to waste because of this practice.

[Moss]

It's fine if you like lemon, but alot of lemons go to waste because of this practice.

 

 

Plus I tend to wonder where that lemon has been sitting and who has touched it, I'm doubting they get a good cleaning before they cut them up and stick them in your water.

[PopTodd]

Why do restaurant servers always put a lemon on your tea or water glass? What's the deal with lemons? Who are these people?

 

Agreed.

I do not use lemon and find it irritating that I have to try to pawn off my lemon.

 

Although its worse when they actually put the lemon IN to your tea or water, and you have to fish it out. Who the hell said that I even LIKE lemon?!?! Maybe I'm allergic to citrus. huh?

[English St]

Sydney (except when Wilco is there)

[ih8music]

[*]People who say they are allergic to cats even when they aren't just because they don't like cats.

guilty as charged. Well, I am mildly allergic to some cats - but if you were to ask my kids, having a cat in the house would almost kill daddy.

 

so sue me - it works.

[u2roolz]

Why do restaurant servers always put a lemon on your tea or water glass? What's the deal with lemons? Who are these people?

 

I have a friend who was always cheap and would only order water, so he kept bragging about how lemons were a natural disinfectant and yada yada yada.

He ended up dying of dysentery.

No. I'm just kidding. No I'm not. Yes, I am. Just kidding. Didn't really mean it cheapo. Yes, I did. Just kidding. No, I'm not. Just kidding. Just kidding.