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Pet Peeves

Not in any particular order, but...

1. People who walk or drive too slowly and don't let you pass them.

2. People who have the music on their iPods to max. I don't want to hear the crappy music you're listening to. Keep it to yourself!

3. People who keep their cell phones on during movies

4. Parents who let their children run all over the place, so I almost trip on them since they're so small.

5. Old ladies in grocery lines in front of me who take so long paying for their groceries with nickels and dimes.

6. Ignorant people

7. The whole "PCs vs. Mac" thing.

8. Moochers begging me to lend them money, when we both know I'll never see it again.

9. Drivers who don't signal

10. People who can't park

11. People who bring their babies or young children to the movie. Especially if the movie is 14A or rated R.

That's about it for now.
 
11) Sales people who assume just because I am female i want the 'pink' model

12) Men who assume just because they are male , they know more about computers or electronics or fixing something than a mere female

13) women who wear so much make up you just want to chisel it of their faces. really it should not take you an hour to apply paint to your face before you can go out in public.

14) Women who get fake nails done so long they cannot use their hands properly and cannot do their job. plus fake nail look stupid and fake.

15) Spray on tans. please orange is not a good skin color on anybody

16) inconsiderate neighbours who party till 4 am on a weeknight when you have to go to work at 6am

17) hit and run drivers

18) People who spit indoors

19) Hard to find nice womens shoes over size 9.5

20) people who bathe in perfume/cologne , seriously I should not be able to smell you from a block away, especially when in a clearly marked 'no perfume/scents' zone.
 
1) People who just don't get common courtesy or common decency...you know the ones who don't even think about how their actions are affecting others...most of the list below really falls under this...

2) People who talk or text or do anything but sit quietly during a movie...yes, you can laugh at the funny parts, but I really don't need to hear you say "oh did you see her do that?" to your friend next to you...they are sitting next to you watching the same movie. I pretty much can't go to the theater any more because it's insane.
2b) People who bring 6-year-olds to R-rated movies because they suck as parents and are too lazy to get a baby-sitter.

3) People who park across several parking spots to protect what they believe to be the most whack fo' shizzle car out there.

4) People who won't wait in a line of cars waiting to turn left, so they pull out, go all the way down the right lane, then stop to try to get back into the left lane...stopping the right lane in the process (this is an epidemic where I live).

5) People who turn left from the right lane or right from the left lane.

6) People who feel the need to draw attention to themselves by driving overly pimped out cars, turning their bass up to brick-cracking levels, wearing stupid clothing, or just being loud and obnoxious.

7) People who feel the need to yell things like "SPRING BREAK 2009 WOOOOOOOOO!!!" while holding up the "fist of rock". I don't get it.

8) Anybody who practices political correctness or enforces "zero tolerance" policies.

9) People who refuse to think or learn and just rely on everyone else to pull them through.

10) Bad spelling or grammar. I just can't stand it. Even on internet forums (I await someone pointing out a mistake on this post, as I'm sure there is one :p)

11) People who wait in line at a busy restaurant, then get up to the order-taker and say "Hmmm...what do I want? Let me look...Hmmmmm"

12) People who speed and weave in and out of cars during heavy traffic. I drive fast, but I also know when to slow down and go with traffic.

13) People who talk a big game but can't back it up, or just say random crap to make themselves sound intelligent.

14) Any scam artist or fraudster...

15) Chewing gum with an open mouth...smacking it. Drives me NUTS.

16) People who never put their cell phone down, even while ordering at a restaurant, checking out at the store, or eating. If you are conducting world-changing business, then fine. If you talk all day long just because you can...stop it.
16b) Those jocky guys who answer their phones in public areas and talk at the top of their lungs..."Look how important I am!"
16c) Nextels and their incessant beeping

17) People who can't go 30 seconds without their iPod in their ear.

18) People who constantly creep forward at a stoplight until they are almost in the intersection, then don't go when the light turns green.

19) Any one, at any time, who uses "text speak" in IMs or email. r u going 2 b there? I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE that. I even see "u" in professional communication and it makes me want to vomit.

20) Cheaters and people who sail through life by beating the system (no it's not because I'm jealous, it's because I hate lazy people with no ethics)

21) People who always want stuff for free when what they want is nowhere near free.

22) People who blame others for their own mistakes (like people who took mortgages that they could never afford and blame the banks for giving them to them)

23) Frivolous lawsuits.

23) People in general. :D
 
samiwas said:
1) People who just don't get common courtesy or common decency...you know the ones who don't even think about how their actions are affecting others...most of the list below really falls under this...

2) People who talk or text or do anything but sit quietly during a movie...yes, you can laugh at the funny parts, but I really don't need to hear you say "oh did you see her do that?" to your friend next to you...they are sitting next to you watching the same movie. I pretty much can't go to the theater any more because it's insane.
2b) People who bring 6-year-olds to R-rated movies because they suck as parents and are too lazy to get a baby-sitter.

3) People who park across several parking spots to protect what they believe to be the most whack fo' shizzle car out there.

4) People who won't wait in a line of cars waiting to turn left, so they pull out, go all the way down the right lane, then stop to try to get back into the left lane...stopping the right lane in the process (this is an epidemic where I live).

5) People who turn left from the right lane or right from the left lane.

6) People who feel the need to draw attention to themselves by driving overly pimped out cars, turning their bass up to brick-cracking levels, wearing stupid clothing, or just being loud and obnoxious.

7) People who feel the need to yell things like "SPRING BREAK 2009 WOOOOOOOOO!!!" while holding up the "fist of rock". I don't get it.

8) Anybody who practices political correctness or enforces "zero tolerance" policies.

9) People who refuse to think or learn and just rely on everyone else to pull them through.

10) Bad spelling or grammar. I just can't stand it. Even on internet forums (I await someone pointing out a mistake on this post, as I'm sure there is one :p)

11) People who wait in line at a busy restaurant, then get up to the order-taker and say "Hmmm...what do I want? Let me look...Hmmmmm"

12) People who speed and weave in and out of cars during heavy traffic. I drive fast, but I also know when to slow down and go with traffic.

13) People who talk a big game but can't back it up, or just say random crap to make themselves sound intelligent.

14) Any scam artist or fraudster...

15) Chewing gum with an open mouth...smacking it. Drives me NUTS.

16) People who never put their cell phone down, even while ordering at a restaurant, checking out at the store, or eating. If you are conducting world-changing business, then fine. If you talk all day long just because you can...stop it.
16b) Those jocky guys who answer their phones in public areas and talk at the top of their lungs..."Look how important I am!"

17) People who can't go 30 seconds without their iPod in their ear.

18) People who constantly creep forward at a stoplight until they are almost in the intersection, then don't go when the light turns green.

19) Any one, at any time, who uses "text speak" in IMs or email. r u going 2 b there? I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE that. I even see "u" in professional communication and it makes me want to vomit.

20) Cheaters and people who sail through life by beating the system (no it's not because I'm jealous, it's because I hate lazy people with no ethics)

21) People who always want stuff for free when what they want is nowhere near free.

22) People who blame others for their own mistakes (like people who took mortgages that they could never afford and blame the banks for giving them to them)

23) Frivolous lawsuits.

23) People in general. :D
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You pretty much nailed it for me. Dang.
 
Leareth said:
11) Sales people who assume just because I am female i want the 'pink' model

12) Men who assume just because they are male , they know more about computers or electronics or fixing something than a mere female

13) women who wear so much make up you just want to chisel it of their faces. really it should not take you an hour to apply paint to your face before you can go out in public.

14) Women who get fake nails done so long they cannot use their hands properly and cannot do their job. plus fake nail look stupid and fake.

15) Spray on tans. please orange is not a good skin color on anybody

16) inconsiderate neighbours who party till 4 am on a weeknight when you have to go to work at 6am

17) hit and run drivers

18) People who spit indoors

19) Hard to find nice womens shoes over size 9.5

20) people who bathe in perfume/cologne , seriously I should not be able to smell you from a block away, especially when in a clearly marked 'no perfume/scents' zone.
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Agreed, on all of the above! I am glad there are other women out there who feel the same way.
 
Teenagers who get cars bought for them by their parents the day they can legally drive, despite the fact that they've never worked a day in their lives

Old people in the library (you cannot find a nosier clientele when you're trying to study)

Family Guy

Flo Rida

When people talk about having a British accent. WTF is that?

People who come up to me in work ten months after they've bought a phone, hand me the box and phone and roar, "not happy, not leaving until you give me my money back and cancel my contract" :mad:

Eating noises.

People who drive jeeps and pickups despite the fact that they live in a suburb. Overcompensating?
 
In no particular order, AFTER #1... :D

• People who just *assume* they know how to spell my name after I tell them (BrYan) - no people, not *EVERYONE* spells it with a freaking I!!! (This includes bulk mail where they somehow spell it with an i.)

• <Grammar nazi mode=ON> People who don't know the difference between its/it's, there/their/they're, etc. Also people who put a damned 's after a singular word to make it plural. Better yet, how about something like this: "I have want's and need's" -- what does that even mean?

English *IS* more than just a spoken language - if you can't properly write what you mean, it makes you look more uneducated than you might actually be, but hey - first impressions count, even on the wild n' free internet!

Finally, people who are too lazy to write out words that have 5 or fewer letters...abbreviating "you" or "are" is just lame.

• Parents who regularly curse in front of their kids. How the **** do you *THINK* they learn to talk that way, huh?

• People who drive slowly in the left lane (no wonder I want to pass on the right, because this fool isn't in *their* proper lane!!)

• People who chew food with their mouth open...sounds like a freaking horse eating...

• Smokers & Smoking....one of the nastiest habits in the world.

• I can't stand the word "proud" - it makes me think of being haughty or arrogant, and I'm not like that at all, so I especially don't like when someone tells me I should be proud of myself.

• People who don't tip "on principle" or leave really lame (less than 15%) tips. I worked as a bartender for 4 years, and that's when I really learned what it means to tip and to work for your tips. If you don't wanna tip then don't eat out, or order your food to go so you don't have to waste the server's time. That's how servers get paid - if you don't like it, go live in a country where tipping is optional.

Finally, a few retail peeves (I work in retail tech sales...)

• Customers who butt in on a sale to give my customer "advice" which may then lead to the loss of a sale (it's happened more than once.) Please stop eavesdropping and mind your own damned business.

• Customers who whine and act like babies when they don't get what they want. "If you don't take back this item that I bought 4 months ago, I'm talking to your manager and never shopping here again!!" Fine, we don't need customers like you anyway. Geez, we have return policies for a REASON, people!

I have to share this one that happened 3 weeks ago: Customer: "I buy $100 worth of supplies here EVERY month! Do you really want to lose my business because you won't take back this DVD burner??" Wow, you spend a whole $1200 a YEAR with us, how nice of you. Do you realize that a lot of customers spend 5-10x what you do, and they're the ones who keep us in business?

• The whole retail technology selling system -- Printer manufacturers are too cheap to include the BASICS that you need to use their product (Include the freaking USB cable already, it only costs you like $2-3 extra!) On a similar note, how cheap does a computer company have to be that they won't include the *Operating System* disc...how much is that in bulk? Again, maybe $2-3? Charge an extra $5 and be done with it already!

Charge a little more for the desktop/laptop/printer and include an accessory or two in the price. Don't put it on retail salespeople to convince customers that they NEED the item.

Part of this is the customer's fault - everyone has come to expect the cheapest of cheap prices, and aren't willing to pay for quality, so they get a $399 Emachine...yep, you're getting *exactly* what you pay for with that.

If PC manufacturers priced their machines at a decent price point and didn't settle for 10% (and usually LESS!) retail margins (and gave you quality materials to compensate for the higher price), then ....well, then they'd be selling Macs, wouldn't they? :D
 
Confusing i.e. with e.g. (or vice versa).

i.e. - id est - "that is to say"

e.g. - exempli gratia - "for the sake of an example"​

You use the former as a synonym for "in other words," while the latter is used when providing a example.
 
1. When people write till instead of 'til. A till is a cash register, 'til is an abbreviation of until.
2. When people correct you for saying something like "The people who went to the store were Cheryl and me" as "Cheryl and I" when "Cheryl and me" was correct.
3. When people say they're turning their life around, 360 degrees. (Or something along those lines)
4. allusion/illusion
5. "Like I said" instead of "As I said"
6. I dislike that in Microsoft Word when it underlines a grammatical error in green half the time it's because of a sentence fragment. So when you right click on the error it says, "Fragment; consider revising", which is a sentence fragment.
 
These are some really great pet peeves. I think there is at least one thing in everybody's comments that I can agree with :D I think I have a different pet peeve everyday. Here's some of mine I'm feeling right now

1) Myself. All the complex and paradoxical things that make up who I am

2) when people make you feel or try to make you feel rushed for no reason.
Especially when something only literally takes 5 sec. to do. It's like "kick back, it's done right now". Everything takes too long if it's not done in the snap of a finger. I feel life is too short for this. I don't want to be "rushed" through my life, I just want to take my time with it. I'm all ready 27, I'll be 30 before you know it. I just want to enjoy life, pressure free (yeah, only in a perfect world)

3) Everything about my job. I scan paper for a living, and that's it! Ever see the movie Office Space? Well, remember that printer they f-d up with a baseball bat and a gun(?). Yeah, having a day like that with my scanner would probably be one of the most memorable days of my life up until my death.

4) Working in an office (I used to be a gardner, I really miss working outside and miss my yard tools. I only get to use them at my own house on the weekends now :( seriously keep contemplating on starting my business back up which leads in to #5

5) Money! 'Nough said

6) How when I get home from work, it's always all of a sudden 8 o'clock. Damn, even the day itself is constantly trying to rush me.

7) My 2 dog's constantly fighting over each other bones. It's like, "you both got the same freakin' bone, what the hell" but I love them. They're my girlies. Plus, they always know how to make their daddy feel better :)
 
samiwas said:
5) People who turn left from the right lane or right from the left lane.
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I was in an accident last friday because of this. Going to cost the old lady $2500 to fix my car. Sucks to be her. Maybe 88 year olds shouldn't be driving... hmm...
 
1. When teachers think just because college kids do it, so can we. Three 3 page papers, one 1 page paper, and 2 visual components due on the same day? Were just freshmen in high school.

2. Teachers who insist that its not that hard, when they are the ones going to bed at a reasonable hour.

3. When teachers think that the only class we have is theirs. We do have other subjects, not just yours.

4. When people insist on being right. I proved you wrong. Get over it.

6. Compulsive liars. You didnt hurt your ankle, you were running a second ago.

7. People who expect you to give them things, then when you ask for something from them, they look at you as if your crazy. I gave you a dollar, why cant I have one of your cheetos?



Ill add more when I think of them.
 
I can't really think of much, mainly because I'm feeling sick and my head hurts when I cough (on my BIRTHDAY!)

But anywho..
Anyone who has to put a signature of their username after each and every post on a forum, we can see your avatar, we know who you are.

Grammar/spelling nazis, but it's always great when they make mistakes in their own sentence when they're trying to correct someone else

People who say "FML" (f..... my life) after something like "I was 5 minutes late for work, and accidently wore a bra, FML." Wow.. that's nothing compared to receiving a dirty text from a significant other, that was meant for someone else!

When ordering a hamburger at a restaurant, asking for something specific, they always get my order wrong. I usually deal with it, but it gets annoying having to scrape off toppings each and every time I visit a restaurant
 
People with poor shopping cart etiquette at the supermarket. GET THE F*** OUT OF THE WAY! Don't leave your cart parked in the middle of the aisle while you're off 30 feet away looking at the frozen pizzas. Move it to the side!

Also (and I'm sure this has been mentioned in here already), when people talk about MACS instead of Macs. It's not an acronym, you twit.
 
Leareth said:
14) Women who get fake nails done so long they cannot use their hands properly and cannot do their job. plus fake nail look stupid and fake.

15) Spray on tans. please orange is not a good skin color on anybody

20) people who bathe in perfume/cologne , seriously I should not be able to smell you from a block away, especially when in a clearly marked 'no perfume/scents' zone.
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I agree with on many points. I'll pick three to elaborate.

#14 - But you have to admit it's funny to watch them try and pick up a pen off a flat surface. I've seen several pat their fingertips all over it and not be able to grip.

#15 - Any kind of fake tan is a turn off for me. There's a girl I know who is very attractive, but she's started tanning and wearing heavy eye makeup. Now her naturally olive-toned skin is a dark yet bright orange (as only fake tans can do) and she wears black eyeliner with blue and lavender eye shadow. Gag.

#20 - As one who has allergies to perfumes, I agree with you. Wearing a bit of a scent is one thing if you're in an airy spot, but there's no reason whatsoever to have a bath in it.
 
TuffLuffJimmy said:
Till became synonymous with until the same way gray replaced grey. It was spelled grey originally, but enough people misused it as "gray" that eventually they were both acceptable.
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"Interestingly, while it is commonly assumed that till is an abbreviated form of until (the spellings 'till and 'til reflect this), till is in fact the earlier form."

OS X's dictionary disagrees. :p
 
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