What are your top pet peeves?

[cryptique]

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

 

We're cool. I get your point.

[mountain bed]

I saw this thread come up and I could NOT think of a thing that irks me very much. And then I remembered: #1 on my list would have to be people that watch Faux News and actually accept that BS as truth. I've met a LOT of people, from high school dropouts to people with masters degrees...it doesn't matter. That shit gets under my skin unlike anything else I can think of.

[The High Heat]

*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.

Not peeves of mine, but I'm totally with ya, sister!

[jff]

As a teenager, my biggest pet peeve was that my dad always contaminated the spreadable butter with his toast crumbs. So, he got me my own bucket of spreadable butter one year for christmas, and within a few days his toast crumbs had contaminated it, too.

[cryptique]

So, he got me my own bucket of spreadable butter one year for christmas

Shedd's!

 

[austrya]

I saw this thread come up and I could NOT think of a thing that irks me very much. And then I remembered: #1 on my list would have to be people that watch Faux News and actually accept that BS as truth. I've met a LOT of people, from high school dropouts to people with masters degrees...it doesn't matter. That shit gets under my skin unlike anything else I can think of.

 

What's funny about this is that the people who used to take Faux news as gospel now think it's a government run station put there to keep people from "thinking" they've been brainwashed by the liberal media. They think it's part of the plan that the NWO has implemented to take over the world. Bwaahahahaha!

 

So there you have it. Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin are part of the New World Order!

[bigshoulders]

I had a pretty good list in my head, but decided to sum it up thusly:

Everybody on f*ckin' I-40

[Guest Speed Racer]

Oh! When my girlfriend (or anyone really) says, "You pick!" regarding a movie/television/food/activity selection, and proceeds to nix every one of my choices. Don't ask someone else to choose if you're still going to retain highly-selective veto power.

[lamradio]

The neighbors across the street from my house are my top pet peeves. The other day we were having band practice at 2 o'clock in the afternoon on a weekday.. They called the cops on us.. It really wasn't that loud either (I could stand at the end of my driveway and barely hear the bass).. And the worst part; they call the cops and then immediately leave for vacation! What kind of sick f*ck calls the cops about a noise complaint just before they are leaving??

[Guest Speed Racer]

What kind of sick f*ck calls the cops about a noise complaint just before they are leaving??

 

The kind of people who wanted to have a stay-cation but couldn't find peace in their home on account of the weekday band practice across the street?

[jff]

The neighbors across the street from my house are my top pet peeves. The other day we were having band practice at 2 o'clock in the afternoon on a weekday.. They called the cops on us.. It really wasn't that loud either (I could stand at the end of my driveway and barely hear the bass).. And the worst part; they call the cops and then immediately leave for vacation! What kind of sick f*ck calls the cops about a noise complaint just before they are leaving??

 

On the bright side, at least you have a good place for your dog to use the bathroom for the next week or so.

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

So there you have it. Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin are part of the New World Order!

 

 

The years passed, mankind became stupider at a frightening rate. Some had high hopes the genetic engineering would correct this trend in evolution, but sadly the greatest minds and resources where focused on conquering hair loss and prolonging erections.

[lamradio]

On the bright side, at least you have a good place for your dog to use the bathroom for the next week or so.

 

This is true.

[The High Heat]

My biggest pet peeve is people, but only in real time.

[sonicshoulder]

Oh! When my girlfriend (or anyone really) says, "You pick!" regarding a movie/television/food/activity selection, and proceeds to nix every one of my choices. Don't ask someone else to choose if you're still going to retain highly-selective veto power.

My wife is constantly asking my advice or opinion on something and completely disregarding it often before I even answer her question. Another form of this is when she asks me how I would do something and then proceeds to tell me why it is wrong. I also have suspicion she likes to play Tupperware Jenga, you know when she puts the dishes away smallest on bottom forcing me to actually devise a strategy when reaching for a dish. Another great kitchen game in my house is walking across the kitchen floor barefoot and trying to guess what type of food I just stepped in that the kids decided they were done with. Apparently my lovely wife also thinks the dish towel is just a big dish rag that you can chuck in the sink and contaminate, it doesn't dry things very good when it is completely saturated with old food and milk...I feel better. Besides the kitchen I love her to death.

[redpillbox]

Ok...here it is...the #1 pet peeve and I'm sure you will all agree: The use of empty cups on TV and in the movies. I mean, the cup is clearly empty, I can tell by the way you hold it that it's empty. I'm not saying you have to put coffee in that coffee cup or even liquid, but at least weigh it down so it acts as if it has something in it. Totally breaks the suspension of disbelief for me.

[radiokills]

People talking at the Electric Factory on April 10th, 2010 during "An Evening with Wilco." Especially during the acoustic set.

 

And drying off after a shower with a cold, damp towel.

[austrya]

My biggest pet peeve ever is when my 12 year old decides at 8:45 to start doing his homework that he needs help with. So while I'm trying to get a 3 year old, 4 year old, and and 8 year old to bed, he's constantly interrupting me to ask questions about math. I'm at the point where I'm tired and easily distracted and he's asking me questions about MATH!

 

And then, after 9:00 when I'm still trying to get my 4 year old to sleep, he has to come in and tell me that his ear has been hurting all day and I need to go to the store and get some drops to put in it. If it's been hurting ALL DAY, why did he wait until I was trying to get everyone to bed to tell me that I NEED TO GO TO THE STORE for something that I could have gotten WHEN I WAS AT THE STORE 3.5 HOURS EARLIER!

 

To top it off, at 9:30 (yes, still trying to get the 4 year old to sleep) he finally decides to get in the shower and has the audacity to yell, "Mom, I forgot to grab underwear and a towel, can you get it for me? Mom, MOM, MOOOOOM can you get me underwear and a towel? Mom, can you hear me? I need underwear and a towel."

 

Grrrr!

[gogo]

People who don't take a step back after pressing their button in the elevator. Thus forcing everyone else gettting on the elevator either to try to snake a hand in to press their own button, or to ask the first person to get the button for their floor. The panel-hugger invariably sighs and looks put-upon at these requests.

 

This ties in with: pretty much anyone who chooses to stand in a place where there is already a naturally-occuring bottleneck. At the top of the escalator, while you look around and try to figure out where the restroom is on this floor; just on the other side of the security checkpoint, while you put your ID back in your bag; right inside the door of the streetcar, even though the entire middle of the car is empty (also: right outside the door of the streetcar, when it's pulling into the station; please please please, let the people on the car get off before trying to force your way in!).

[Guest Speed Racer]

OOooh! On that note, people who happen to get to the front of the airport security line and act shocked and amazed that they need to empty their pockets, take out their laptops, remove their shoes and do the same for their kids.

 

(Although, my favorite airport security moment EVER was when a four year-old walked through the metal detector six or seven times before her mother finally emptied the pockets of her fancy magenta jumper, removing a handful of screws and nails. )

 

ETA: People who put their bags in the bins as soon as they get on the plane and then walk one football field back to their seat. Or people who carry on a bag and a personal item, each the size of a linebacker.

 

We need a separate thread for airport/airplane indescretions.

[bleedorange]

Sticking with the elevator theme:

 

People who are waiting for the elevator and try to get on as soon as the door opens before letting people get off the elevator first.

[Lammycat]

Sticking with the elevator theme:

 

People who are waiting for the elevator and try to get on as soon as the door opens before letting people get off the elevator first.

 

This works for buses, too. And for group sex.

[jff]

 

 

ETA: People who put their bags in the bins as soon as they get on the plane and then walk one football field back to their seat.

 

 

 

I was going to post the same thing. This forces some passengers to put their bags several rows behind their seats, meaning you have to wait for virtually the entire fucking plane to empty before you can get your bag and get off the plane.

[Lammycat]

What about the reclining seat? To recline or not to recline. What if the dude behind you is Bill Walton (on a budget)? Do you still recline as is, technically, your "right?"

[Guest Speed Racer]

I never, EVER recline if there is anyone behind me. (Well, now that I'm a nervous flier, I remain in the brace position for most of the flight.) I won't ask people to return their seat to the upright position after they recline it, unless they start bouncing for some reason; generally, the reclining seat rests on my knees, which doesn't hurt if they don't move. Or, my legs will fall asleep, by which time my neighbor is also asleep.

 

My legs are disproportionately long, which is a real bummer when it comes to buying pants and commercial air travel.