What are your top pet peeves?

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

I hate when people open a cabinet, get what they need, and walk away without closing the cabinet. To me, closing the cabinet is part of the same task, not a second task that can be completed later.

 

In a similar vein, I hate when my wife takes out the orange juice, pours herself a cup, and then leaves the juice on the counter. Somehow it becomes my job to put the cap on the bottle and return it to the fridge. I have to do this every damn morning, right after I close the bread bag that was also left open on the counter.

 

Man...you would hate living at my house. I leave cabinet doors open, my wife leaves juice out and my son leaves the bread open.

 

We might be married to the same woman. Does she also leave the used butter knife just sitting on the counter?

 

Wow...do you guys have a hidden camera in my house?

[sonicshoulder]

When people say they could care less when they mean they couldn't care less.

I used to work with a guy who would always say " for all intensive purposes" ...love that one

[Beltmann]

We might be married to the same woman. Does she also leave the used butter knife just sitting on the counter?

Not only that, she always manages to get butter all the way down the knife's handle. I think she uses it like a squeegee.

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

Not only that, she always manages to get butter all the way down the knife's handle. I think she uses it like a squeegee.

 

Downtown uses a spoon instead of a knife to spread stuff.

[austrya]

I hate when people open a cabinet, get what they need, and walk away without closing the cabinet. To me, closing the cabinet is part of the same task, not a second task that can be completed later.

 

In a similar vein, I hate when my wife takes out the orange juice, pours herself a cup, and then leaves the juice on the counter. Somehow it becomes my job to put the cap on the bottle and return it to the fridge. I have to do this every damn morning, right after I close the bread bag that was also left open on the counter.

 

 

We might be married to the same woman. Does she also leave the used butter knife just sitting on the counter?

 

 

Not only that, she always manages to get butter all the way down the knife's handle. I think she uses it like a squeegee.

 

I didn't realize I was married to BOTH of you! I also never put the butter back in the fridge and often put the jelly in the pantry and the peanut butter in the fridge.

[Guest Ordinary Beehive]

When people do something nice for you, but then constantly remind you that the did. Or when they even go as far as acting like you owe them something and that they can call in a favor later when they need it.

 

Adults making a big deal out of their own birthdays, save for the big ones like 30, 40, 50, etc.

 

Rude casino dealers.

[Calexico]

In a similar vein, I hate when my wife takes out the orange juice, pours herself a cup, and then leaves the juice on the counter. Somehow it becomes my job to put the cap on the bottle and return it to the fridge. I have to do this every damn morning, right after I close the bread bag that was also left open on the counter.

 

Well, obviously this is an ingrained trait in all women. Crumbs left on the counter after making a volcanic mess making a sandwich. Empty toilet roll tubes left on the shelf in the bathroom. Of course, the horrific butter on the knife trick too. Butter, a vile substance.

 

Litter, I abhor litter. Especially cigarette butts just thrown on the ground. I smoke but will go out of my way to not throw the butt on the ground. Disgusting.

 

People who will pick at various parts of themselves while actually talking to you. Noses and assorted bits of skin being truly disgusting.

[bleedorange]

Litter, I abhor litter. Especially cigarette butts just thrown on the ground. I smoke but will go out of my way to not throw the butt on the ground. Disgusting.

 

Yeah, all forms of litter really rile me up, too. It isn't that hard to find a trash can. And it's not that painful to keep something in your car until you get to your destination where you can properly dispose of it.

[sonicshoulder]

KISS, Kiss's music,Kiss fans, Kiss jean jackets, Kiss videos, Kiss Dr.Pepper commercials, Kiss's members, Kiss related reality shows, people that karaoke Kiss, Kiss caskets, the song Beth, Kiss with makeup, Kiss without makeup,Kiss reunion tours,Kiss action figures, Kiss sleeping bags from the 80's,anything Gene Simmons says,Kiss posters, Kiss's boots...I think you get the point but I could go on

[Nobody Girl]

*Tip jars at places like Starbucks and fast-food restaurants.

*People who make stupid jokes about how quiet I am. ("You need to keep it down over there." Like I haven't heard that one a million times.)

*People who don't understand that not everyone works 9-5 and act like I'm some kind of lazy bum because I'm still asleep at, say, noon on a weekday.

*People who block the aisle at the grocery store while they have personal conversations. This isn't your living room, people.

*People who wash their hands and don't dry them -- and then touch things I have to touch. (OK, really only my dad does this.)

*People who hold the door for me when I'm a million miles away.

*People who spit on the sidewalk.

*People who throw trash on the ground and act like the Earth is their personal garbage can.

 

Pet peeves, driving edition

*People who signal as they're turning. (Why bother at that point?)

*People who tailgate me when I'm in the slow lane (and if you really need to tailgate me, turn off your freaking bright lights).

*People who won't get out of the fast lane even though they're driving slower than molasses. Then when you try to pass them, they speed up.

*People who aren't going anywhere near highway speeds when they try to merge onto the interstate.

 

 

I hate (and this is a recent phenomenon - like in the last ten years) when they ask "How is everything tasting?"

And it seems like they always ask that right when you've just taken a huge bite of food. And along those lines, I hate it when the cashier at the grocery stores asks, "Did you find everything you were looking for?" Or when they ask if that's all I have when clearly there are no more items in my cart.

 

 

- Spoilers on cars. If you're not in some kind of real auto race, you don't need a spoiler. (OK, maybe that's not one of my top peeves)

They're not only useless, but they're also ugly.

[cryptique]

I hate when people open a cabinet, get what they need, and walk away without closing the cabinet. To me, closing the cabinet is part of the same task, not a second task that can be completed later.

 

In a similar vein, I hate when my wife takes out the orange juice, pours herself a cup, and then leaves the juice on the counter. Somehow it becomes my job to put the cap on the bottle and return it to the fridge. I have to do this every damn morning, right after I close the bread bag that was also left open on the counter.

My girlfriend does these kinds of things. I have a "clean-as-you-go" attitude, but she leaves a path of debris in her wake. Our kitchen is usually a disaster (especially the counter) because I decided long ago that I would drive myself insane if I cleaned up after her every time she makes a mess, which is constantly.

 

Also, despite all the times I've told her not to, she continues to throw stuff into the sink that really shouldn't go down the disposal. I don't complain any more, because she doesn't actually put it down the disposal (which would normally be another peeve of mine, except that by leaving stuff in the sink I'm able to extract the stuff that should be thrown in the wastebasket).

 

Her kitchen habits extend into the rest of the house as well, with clothes, magazines, etc. I'm hardly a neatnik, but she's a hurricane.

[caliber66]

And along those lines, I hate it when the cashier at the grocery stores asks, "Did you find everything you were looking for?" Or when they ask if that's all I have when clearly there are no more items in my cart.

I ask every customer who comes to my line at the wine store if they found everything they were looking for. Obviously, it's a little more difficult to find a specific Barolo than a box of Captain Crunch, but it's often a pretty useful question. Lots of people are too timid to ask if they can't find something, and being able to determine what they wanted to find, but couldn't, is good customer service.

[barbkm]

Yes, I am afraid so.

 

I thought that was an old lady with bad plastic surgery. Yikes.

 

I concur with many of the peeves mentioned above

 

People who make too much noise when they eat

 

Cell phone use in public, especially private conversations. I've heard a woman confess that she does not love her finance, another who was crying -- no wailing --cos her boyfriend left her, a couple fighting over who did not put water in the furnace -- dropping the f-bomb like crazy. And this one was on speaker phone. Have they no pride?

 

Marking every email as important -- when it's just a note to say "okay" or "thanks", the unnecessary reply all, and the email-followed-by-a-phone-call.

 

People who take too long at the salad bar.

 

Kids on those dang roller skate shows in crowded stores.

 

Cashiers who no longer tell you the price, just point at the display

 

Oh god -- liter, I forgot my biggest peeve. How can an adult think it's okay to drop an empty french fries box on the side walk -- and there's a garbage can a few feet away. I just don't get it.

[Nobody Girl]

I ask every customer who comes to my line at the wine store if they found everything they were looking for. Obviously, it's a little more difficult to find a specific Barolo than a box of Captain Crunch, but it's often a pretty useful question. Lots of people are too timid to ask if they can't find something, and being able to determine what they wanted to find, but couldn't, is good customer service.

You're right. There is absolutely no reason for that to bother me, but it does. But as you can probably tell from my list of pet peeves, I'm a little off.

[Guest Speed Racer]

*People who don't understand that not everyone works 9-5 and act like I'm some kind of lazy bum because I'm still asleep at, say, noon on a weekday.

 

Many of my friends are grad students, and it doesn't bother me at all when they send out an email to a bunch of people about going to 4pm happy hour some place. What does bother me is that they still consistently ask me, "Why don't you ever come?!"

 

*People who wash their hands and don't dry them -- and then touch things I have to touch. (OK, really only my dad does this.)

 

I do that, too. I hate the idea of using 9 paper towels per day, or 45 a week, just so you don't have to touch a semi-wet door handle that my clean hand touched. If there's someone else in the bathroom, I might use a paper towel. The handle is much worse on account of the people who don't wash their hands at all (but even then, I think that fear is kind of overblown).

[u2roolz]

People who put butter on muffins.

 

Really?!

 

Do we need Mr. Roger's Neighborhood to show people how muffins are made and they don't really need any or extra butter for that matter?

 

I'm going to start putting butter on my cookies to get my point across in public. Guaranteed someone will think that is gross.

[Sir Stewart]

People who put butter on muffins.

 

Really?!

 

Do we need Mr. Roger's Neighborhood to show people how muffins are made and they don't really need any or extra butter for that matter?

 

I'm going to start putting butter on my cookies to get my point across in public. Guaranteed someone will think that is gross.

 

But a cookie topped with butter would probably taste gross. Butter added to a muffin (particularly melting atop a split, toasted muffin), is fucking delicious.

[cryptique]

People who put butter on muffins.

 

Really?!

 

Do we need Mr. Roger's Neighborhood to show people how muffins are made and they don't really need any or extra butter for that matter?

Somewhere in Savannah, Paula Deen just shed a tear.

 

I put butter on my muffins ... because they're gooooooood that way.

[u2roolz]

I looked up butter on muffins for a Google image and I came across the Urban Dictionary definition.

LOL

[Sir Stewart]

"It ain't nuthin' but a muffin...and we gotta lotta butter to go!" - Prince, onstage in Sign 'O' The Times

[u2roolz]

The recent resurgence of 3D movies.

 

At least have the decency to shoot them in 3D and not 2D 35 mm because the transfer looks like muddied crap. Everything that is being greenlit nowadays is getting the 3D treatment. I understand the economic logistics of this: a few extra bucks (between $3-$5) for "surcharges" - which aren't rental fees for 3D glasses as most people think. I'm holding out for the rerelease of Howard's End in 3D.

 

Speaking of 3D glasses and movies, there is now this upsetting, yet extremely classic funny trend going on at your local movie theaters.

 

People are sneaking into 3D movies and being caught easier than Hans Landa caught Jews in Inglourious Basterds. I mean, come on. A theater employee and/or manager walks in and does a quick glance at the audience. Gee, I wonder who isn't supposed to be here?!

[Sir Stewart]

I read this:

People are sneaking into 3D movies and being caught easier than Hans Landa caught Jews in Inglourious Basterds.

 

As:

People are sneaking into 3D movies and being caught easier than Han and Leia caught Jawas in Inglourious Basterds.

[cryptique]

- People who never say "no" to their children.

Not pick a fight, but one of my biggies is having people without kids give me advice on how to raise mine.

Not to take up the fight, but I never give anyone advice on raising their kids. I just get peeved when I see parents who never say "no," because it's a stupid way to raise kids. I don't say anything to them about it, because it's not my place to do so. If you disagree with me about how to raise kids, that's cool, but this is a peeves thread, and that's one of mine.

[barbkm]

Ummmm... has any one said talking during solo acoustic performances?

[theashtraysays]

Not to take up the fight, but I never give anyone advice on raising their kids. I just get peeved when I see parents who never say "no," because it's a stupid way to raise kids. I don't say anything to them about it, because it's not my place to do so. If you disagree with me about how to raise kids, that's cool, but this is a peeves thread, and that's one of mine.

Not to prolong the fight, but I will see your peeve and raise you two annoyances!

 

We're cool. I get your point.