What Annoys You? Pet Peeves and Worse....

[misskarne]

It took me a long time to come up with a pet peeve but I finally remembered one - people who keep water running unnecessarily while they are doing other tasks. I sometimes get strange looks when I instinctively turn off other people's taps in such situations. Wasting food bugs me too but it is hard to avoid sometimes; I don't always predict accurately how long produce will last. But turning off the tap is so easy!

When I was in high school, and it was during a drought (no big surprise), there was a group of "teenyboppers" (the name for the popular girls) who simply could not abide the thought that - GASP! - someone might - HORROR! - hear them peeing in the bathroom - the SCANDAL! So they would go in there, turn on the taps, and then go into the bathroom stall.

I would always turn the taps off. Stupid idiot teenage girls. We were in a drought, everyone was trying to save water, but no, it was more important that no-one heard them peeing in a place where it's perfectly natural to do so.

 

[twinsissv]

When I was in high school, and it was during a drought (no big surprise), there was a group of "teenyboppers" (the name for the popular girls) who simply could not abide the thought that - GASP! - someone might - HORROR! - hear them peeing in the bathroom - the SCANDAL! So they would go in there, turn on the taps, and then go into the bathroom stall.

I would always turn the taps off. Stupid idiot teenage girls. We were in a drought, everyone was trying to save water, but no, it was more important that no-one heard them peeing in a place where it's perfectly natural to do so.

...and these days...ANYTHING GOES!!!

 

[cocotaffy]

Don't twist your pearls so much. They'll break and you'll be like Jami Gertz picking them up and such.

Oh thanks I had forgotten about this expression, I cracked up so much when I red it

 

[moebius]

People who forward long email strings with a note that simply says "See below" or something like that. If you want me to respond to you, it's only thoughtful to take a minute and summarize the question you're asking (or at least the general topic) rather than having me read a string of less than clear notes and trying to guess what you want.

I do that b/c I don't want to waste my time to repeat what has been said or I just received an e-mail that isn't relevant to me.

I don't care if it's natural, but there is one woman at work who always decides to take the poop from hell when I am in the restroom for non poop activities. Why can't this woman poop at home or go over to the restrooms at a nearby park like normal people do? My god it is foul.

Hey the woman can't control when she has to go. What do you want her to do? Hold it for your sake or let her go in her pants? Sometimes, it cannot wait. Why would anyone at work go to a nearby park to take care of their business when they can do it at work? Do you do that? Geez... be more reasonable.

Anyways, today I saw a bunch of dumbs a** high school students and an older woman who followed the stupid students crossing the street when the traffic light had already been red for several seconds b/c they didn't see any cars coming. But in the middle of the crossing the street, a car came by and stopped for them (I would have run them over or at least gave them a long honk) and the students took their sweet a** time crossing the street instead of running across so that the car wouldn't have to wait for them too long.

 

[Spun Silver]

I understand the desire to not want to waste water, but I would consider it an invasion of mg personal space if you reached into my faucet to turn it off.. in fact it creeps me out to think that stranger would get that much into my personal space.

I'm not generally in the homes of strangers, are you? I'm talking about friends. You can stop the lurid fantasies.

 

[rhapsody]

Humans.

 

[once_upon]

I'm not generally in the homes of strangers, are you? I'm talking about friends. You can stop the lurid fantasies.

I didn't read any reference to friends in your original post or even a reference to exactly where these actions would take place. I assumed you were speaking about public places where one may encounter others washing hands.

However, if I was in the kitchen washing dishes and you reached over into my personal space without previously making a comment about wasting water, I would still be startled.

I have a thing about my personal space and people, even good friends, entering it without permission.

Whatever

 

[leesaleesa]

Got me a new pet peeve. People who oughten to be eaten by alligators and didn't get et.

I mean that figuratively, all you pearl twisters out there.

Oh, and the running water thing? Right there with you sister. Chaps my ass

 

[PRlady]

People who ask me in person to pray for someone or something. I don't mind the public requests to "everyone" but if you know me well enough to ask me, then you know I don't pray and don't like the concept behind being asked. I'll be happy to extend good wishes but face it, your grandmom will die anyway.

This I know is not a popular peeve, but I get tired of humoring something I regard as irrational.

 

[judiz]

Coworker who is constantly telling us how she is one month away from having her electricity shut off due to nonpayment, whose property taxes are overdue, received free formula and diapers from the state yet still manages to go to Disney in Florida every single year.

 

[Johnny_Fever]

People who ask me in person to pray for someone or something..........

I'm not a religious person, but if the Pope asked me to pray for him, I would take it as a personal honor.

 

[Johnny_Fever]

Radio disc jockeys who talk during the initial instrumental part of a pop/rock song. After all, why would you want to listen to something that doesn't have vocals on it?

 

[PRlady]

I'm not a religious person, but if the Pope asked me to pray for him, I would take it as a personal honor.

And that's fine, for you. Most people don't mind. I quietly resent the assumption that everyone is a theist and everyone prays, when more and more that is not the case. ("Nones" are the largest-growing denomination in the US, and we're still more religious than other Western countries.)

But, incidentally, I've got no problem at all with Merry Christmas.

 

[oleada]

People who heat up fish in the work microwave. It really should be a fireable offense

Men (it's always men) who tell me to smile when I'm walking down the street/buying a coffee/doing whatever sends me into angry fits of rage.

 

[Johnny_Fever]

..........But, incidentally, I've got no problem at all with Merry Christmas.

Ah, that's where we differ. I associate Christmas with slave labor. Having to set up a tree and lights and so on. Now that I'm at no one's mercy, I gleefully threw all that stuff away. No more harsh reds and greens in my world. By the way, I like your JK Rowling quote.

 

[Kasey]

People who heat up fish in the work microwave. It really should be a fireable offense

Dammit, you blow up halibut JUST ONCE in the work microwave of a very small unit without a separate break room and NO ONE lets you forget it!

(hence the reason my work meals consist of yogurt and other non-nukable foods)

 

[Johnny_Fever]

So you blew it up just for the halibut?

 

[myhoneyhoney]

Current annoyance: seasonal allergies. UGH! GRRR! Zyrtec usually works except on days when the pollen counts are high, very high. Today, it's NASTY.

 

[Japanfan]

I don't care if it's natural, but there is one woman at work who always decides to take the poop from hell when I am in the restroom for non poop activities. Why can't this woman poop at home or go over to the restrooms at a nearby park like normal people do? My god it is foul.

Does your employer allow employees the time they need to go over to the nearby park for a bathroom break?

My general philosophy on the matter is if some leaves a foul smell in the washroom, the best way to handle it is to open a window wide and then wait until the odour dissipates, which it does quite quickly. It's discrete, and it's polite.

Now of course there are some bathrooms in apartments without windows, which is not design feature I would care for in a living space, having always had a bathroom with a window. Even a fan cannot substitute for fresh air.

 

[Japanfan]

Caucasians who use chopsticks at Chinese restaurants. Get a life. Pick up the frickin' fork.

Chopsticks are eating utensils. And for some foods (i.e. Chinese foods ) more functional eating utensils than a knife, fork or spoon.

 

[Johnny_Fever]

Chopsticks are eating utensils. And for some foods (i.e. Chinese foods ) more functional eating utensils than a knife, fork or spoon.

I think you're missing my point. Which utensils did you grow up with? From a purely functional perspective, a big soup spoon would be the most practical for rice. A spoon in the right hand, and a spatula in the left.

If you live in a big city, chopsticks might be considered an alternative utensil. In a little cowtown like mine, I see it as a sign of pseudosophistication.

 

[meggonzo]

Got me a new pet peeve. People who oughten to be eaten by alligators and didn't get et.

I mean that figuratively, all you pearl twisters out there.

Oh, and the running water thing? Right there with you sister. Chaps my ass

I certainly think being in the bathroom with someone else constantly for their hell poops is a pet peeve, but it is a bit ridiculous to expect the woman to go to a nearby park or to go at home! Can you hold your poop in for hours??

I think you're missing my point. Which utensils did you grow up with? From a purely functional perspective, a big soup spoon would be the most practical for something like rice. A spoon in the right hand, and a spatula in the left.

If you live in a big city, chopsticks might be considered an alternative utensil. In a little cowtown like mine, I see it as a sign of pseudosophistication.

Why do you care what other utensils people use to eat? I'm more annoyed if I get chopsticks and no fork, but if people prefer to use chopsticks it doesn't bother me.

 

[orbitz]

^ ITA. It's rather silly to think that a white person needs to "get a life", because he's trying to use chopsticks in a Chinese restaurant. That's part of the experience. Yes, someone needs to "get a life", but it's not the person using the chopsticks.

 

[Johnny_Fever]

^ ITA. It's rather silly to think that a white person needs to "get a life", because he's trying to use chopsticks in a Chinese restaurant. That's part of the experience. Yes, someone needs to "get a life", but it's not the person using the chopsticks.

You're different because you acknowledge that you're just having fun with it. You're not the type I'm talking about.

 

[cholla]

People who say "me and my friend", "me and my mother", "me and the rest of the world" ... When I was small I was taught that putting oneself ahead of others in a sentence was disrespectful and a sign of self-centeredness. More than 50 years later I still agree. "Me first" never gets anyone my indulgence.

 

[cocotaffy]

People who say "me and my friend", "me and my mother", "me and the rest of the world" ... When I was small I was taught that putting oneself ahead of others in a sentence was disrespectful and a sign of self-centeredness. More than 50 years later I still agree. "Me first" never gets anyone my indulgence.

How about "my friend and I" ? Is that any better ?

 

[quartz]

I put my husband and then my kids ahead of myself (and my self esteem) for over thirty years. Putting me first is very difficult but also what I need in my life right now. So it is indeed, me me me!

 

[twinsissv]

So you blew it up just for the halibut?

 

[twinsissv]

I cringe every time I see those balloon releases. I'm certain they are heartfelt and meant to be gestures in honor of someone special but I keep thinking about where the track of big bunches of balloons will finally end. Whether hung up in treetops or floating in our waterways possibly causing harm to sea creatures...not a happy thought.

 

[Nomad]

How about "my friend and I" ? Is that any better ?

Well, unlike "me and my friend" (as a subject) it's grammatically correct.

I hate people who multitask while driving. Just f*cking drive before you cause an accident, people.