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Can this just be full blown annoyances? Like our cultures obsession with all things material and celebrity which ultimately produces shallow, self-absorbed individuals with no real goals or value to society? Who in turn repeat the vicious circle and breed ignorance on a horrific scale?

If not, I guess people who chew loudly near me is kind of irritating. Or when they fidget and shake their legs which shakes the entire couch/bench :mad:

edit: just read the rest of the thread...

UlsterApple said:
BT Broadband. (A download speed of 15 kbps???)
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BT Broadband is just terrible everywhere. We have BT Infinity, and I'm 99.999% sure they throttle our bandwidth. Not being able to successfully stream a HD video on a 30mbps connection? Shifty.

anjinha said:
US immigration. :mad:
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Everytime I pass through the U.S. I hope and pray that the officer that sees me isn't having a bad day. I appreciate that they are just trying to do their job, but for the south-Asian traveller it can be an...unpleasant experience.

Caliber26 said:
I HATE, HATE, HATE people who are slow to discipline their rowdy or unruly children, or who think that a simple "Johnny, please stop" is going to fix the BS. This is not acceptable. I wish more parents were quick to lash out like heartless drill sergeants and instantly ingrain the fear of God in their children.

I realize this post makes me sound like a total psychopath but I'll give you an example: my cousin recently brought his 3 year-old son to my house and the little mother****** kept running on top of my couches with his filthy little shoes on. He also decided he was going to start opening and slamming one of the little cabinet doors on my entertainment center. And then started to violently pull my dog's hair (luckily she's a loving soul so she didn't bite his face off, although I was secretly hoping she would). All three times, my cousin, nor his wife, did anything about it. All they said to him each time was, "Sweetie, get down from there....Landon leave the doggie alone....don't touch that, honey." Do you think 3 year-olds really listen to this crap, much less obey these commands?? Hell no they don't!! And that's what peeves me: parents who don't realize that the little SOB needs to be picked off the ground by the sideburn and yelled at in the most demonic voice possible and make the kid STOP and realize he's effing up and make him TERRIFIED to continue. I'm not really peeved with the children...it's the excessively patient parents that I loathe with a passion.
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Parents need to get a grip. That kind of behaviour just gets worse over time, case and point a couple of my nephews who are now in their early teens. I don't like shouting at kids, especially with their parents around but they need to learn to respect boundaries. My cousin just looked embarrassed but his wife on the other hand...if looks could kill :D
 
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Ultimate Pet Peeves:

Hearing people eat.
People that eat on airplanes, trains, busses basically all forms of public transportation.
Smelling what people are eating.
People that lick their fingers when eating.
Individuals that use the word currently when describing what they are doing at any given time, please find another word, there are so many better ones out there.
 
To all people who slice their banana onto their toast or bread... you're doing it wrong - you should be mashing it into your toast or bread. ;)
 
Oh...heres another although it won't affect everyone...


People who slow down going through the freaking tunnels in Pittsburgh. Its a tunnel! It says "Maintain speed through tunnels" on the sign before the tunnels yet no one listens :(

They're not even scary tunnels in Pittsburgh. For a scary tunnel try the one on the way to Milford Sound in New Zealand ;)
 
People who try to have a conversation with me while I'm trying to concentrate on something else... like work. For some reason there seems to be an unwritten Law of Attraction that the more important the task, the more people want to discuss the most inane subjects.

...and now that I am firmly entrenched in middle age, the other thing that peeves me is getting my sleep disturbed. Don't know why but it pisses me right off. :mad:
 
flopticalcube said:
...and now that I am firmly entrenched in middle age, the other thing that peeves me is getting my sleep disturbed. Don't know why but it pisses me right off. :mad:
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Because then your bladder 'nags' at you, you eventually will concede defeat and get up to pee.

Then drifting off again just got harder.

:)
 
my biggest pet peeve is threads started about pet peeves.

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Caliber26 said:
I . I wish more parents were quick to lash out like heartless drill sergeants and instantly ingrain the fear of God in their children.
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You don't have children do you...

...it's the excessively patient parents that I loathe with a passion.
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I'm confused - was this your house? Are you not allowed to talk at your house?
When did you decide to be such a whimp and not speak to the parents directly telling them that the behavior of said child is inappropriate in your house and to contain him or go elsewhere? It's pretty simple - you tell people what's expected and what the results are if those expectations are not met.
 
Caliber26 said:
I HATE, HATE, HATE people who are slow to discipline their rowdy or unruly children, or who think that a simple "Johnny, please stop" is going to fix the BS. This is not acceptable. I wish more parents were quick to lash out like heartless drill sergeants and instantly ingrain the fear of God in their children.

I realize this post makes me sound like a total psychopath but I'll give you an example: my cousin recently brought his 3 year-old son to my house and the little mother****** kept running on top of my couches with his filthy little shoes on. He also decided he was going to start opening and slamming one of the little cabinet doors on my entertainment center. And then started to violently pull my dog's hair (luckily she's a loving soul so she didn't bite his face off, although I was secretly hoping she would). All three times, my cousin, nor his wife, did anything about it. All they said to him each time was, "Sweetie, get down from there....Landon leave the doggie alone....don't touch that, honey." Do you think 3 year-olds really listen to this crap, much less obey these commands?? Hell no they don't!! And that's what peeves me: parents who don't realize that the little SOB needs to be picked off the ground by the sideburn and yelled at in the most demonic voice possible and make the kid STOP and realize he's effing up and make him TERRIFIED to continue. I'm not really peeved with the children...it's the excessively patient parents that I loathe with a passion.
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Oh lord, this is a pet peeve of mine as well!
 
I'm fairly eclectic in my pet peeves:
  • The improper use of 'that' versus ', which'.
  • Bankers.
  • People in the US who equate socialized services with the Red Menace. Socialized medicine in the UK costs less than the US and the UK life expectancy is higher than the US. I particularly don't like the anti-socialism attitude from people in the US who work in socialized organizations (public school teachers, police, fire, government, armed forces). (FWIW I am from the US)
  • Blister packs and other impenetrable merchandise wrapping. Like the ^&%#&^$@& plastic collars that cover the tops of Tabasco bottles....
  • Bus drivers who don't have or won't give change.
  • People who scam other people without any remorse. Hence the dislike for bankers (see above)...
  • Memos. Actually needless paperwork in general.
  • Spammers, trolls, sock puppets, guerrilla marketers and other abusers of bandwidth.
  • Virtually every pop sing in the top 40. Is it any wonder entertainment companies can't make money when they foist unmitigated crap on the listening public?
  • The plastic appearance of US politicians.
  • 9/11 conspiracy theorists.
  • Malfunctioning vending machines.
  • Street musicians (except those that play the pipes :)).
 
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MorphingDragon said:
Now imagine trying to go through there when its pissing down with rain and the damn council hasn't cleared out the drainage recently.

Not Fun.
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I have! Its crazy! There was water spewing n huge amounts from every crack and crevice. I kept thinking of the movie "Daylight" while driving through there :p

The view on the other side was completely worth it. TONS of waterfalls everywhere.
 
It drives me nuts when I contact a business I ask the owners or management for an email address and all I get is a Yahoo or Gmail (or whatever else is free) account! To me, that's just so tacky and it instills very little confidence. I mean, seriously, buying your own domain costs next to nothing these days, and it makes a world of a difference!!
 
I'd probably agree with 95% of the previous. Although, for some reason, I really don't care if somebody doesn't have PayPal.

My big pet peeve right now?

People talking to me when I'm in the bathroom.

Its not just public bathrooms either. When I'm in my house, or even someone else's, and people start talking to me from outside the door. And when I don't answer them, they start yelling.

I've tried being subtle. Excusing myself with the phrase: "I'd like to be alone for a little while.." etc. But people just don't seem to take the hint.

What the X$%^ am I supposed to do? Put up a big flashing red light outside the bathroom. And publish a memo to the effect that: A) If this light is on I'm in here; B) I'm either in the shower, or moving my bowels; C) I don't want to be disturbed, let alone have a conversation with anyone when I'm doing these things; and D) Unless the house is actually on fire, or is being invaded by flesh-eating zombies - I don't want to be disturbed in here.

Got that?!
 
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Peeps who is always late.
 
Lots of good ones in here already. Here are some of mine:

  • Adults who don't know the difference between your, you're...there, their, they're...it's, its. Plus, proper apostrophe use.
  • People who ask for computer-advice and then don't take it, and then get frustrated when what they bought ends up being a piece of junk that's difficult to use.
  • People who bring their kids to a restaurant and expect the rest of us to tolerate them acting like little brats. Discipline your g** damn kids, or I'll do it for you. This isn't a McDonalds. Either take them there, find a sitter and leave them home, or, don't take your kids to restaurants until they're of age to act appropriately. It's not enjoyable for ANYONE involved.
  • People like this (whether online or in person)
  • Users at work who put in helpdesk tickets, telling me something just "isn't working." Thanks. Details?
  • People who don't realize that the stuff record companies pass off as "country music" nowadays is anything but. Crappy pop-songs with the treble cranked up and a guy playing pedal-steel in the background do not a country song make. It's just swill.
  • When people don't understand the purpose of on-ramps and off-ramps. It's very simple, people. You use the on-ramps so you can be going the same speed (or close to it) by the time you're ready to merge. You use the off-ramps so you can slow down without making all the people behind you who are NOT getting off slow down with you.
  • Overly-religious, bible-thumping crazies who can't think for themselves and need a book to do it for them, and then have to stick their views in everyone else's face when they think you're doing something that's "not Christian."
 
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Tsuchiya said:
Everytime I pass through the U.S. I hope and pray that the officer that sees me isn't having a bad day. I appreciate that they are just trying to do their job, but for the south-Asian traveller it can be an...unpleasant experience.
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One of the times I went to the U.S. they took me to this room for secondary questioning. Was there for like 45 min, almost missed my connecting flight. :mad:
 
the average wait time at any CVS I shop at is 3 min per customer, including the shoppers with 2 items.

too much damn button clicking required by the clerks or whatever to get out of that store in a timely fashion.

It has to be the slowest checkout store in the country, am I wrong?
 
Today UPS is getting on my last nerve! I ordered my Sweetheart a gift and the store I ordered it from is requesting from UPS to obtain my signature. UPS in my tracking email says it was placed on truck for delivery today at 6:57AM is is NOW 4:57PM and it is STILL NOT here and UPS says it WILL arrive "by the end of day". I live about 3 kilometers from the UPS facility. Just simply annoying. With me living that close I would figure that UPS would be able to give me an ETA!
 
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