"Pet Peeves"

[Lilypickle]

My biggest peeve is people who make excuses for their mistakes but never take steps to educate themselves enough to prevent making the same mistakes in the future.

Employees that come in last and leave first and do very little in between, but yet still manage to get paid for the same amount of hours as ones who work their full hours.

Business associates / clients who disregard phone messages/e-mails/ fax notifications of change/termination/implementation and then want to call and complain that they weren't properly notified.

Meetings called together by people who have absolutley nothing to say or accomplish, but just like to hear themselves talk. I guess it makes them feel important to successfully waste my time.

Traffic that comes to a halt and backs up for miles for a flat tire on the OTHER side of the interstate. Almost as if to pay hommage to the other poor motorists that are actually being inconvenienced.

Sloppy drunks in bars that feel as if they need to express everything they say with their hands and there just happens to be a lit cigarette in the one pointed toward me.

The gas station attendant at the Chevron on 280 who treats me as if I have interrupted her day when she has to do HER JOB when I come in. Half the time she doesn't even stop her conversation to her friends long enough to even offer me service, much less service with a smile.

The kids in the neighborhood that call out to my dogs EVERYTIME they see us out ,but then run and scream bloody murder to their parents if the dogs even look in their direction. News flash - if you are scared of them - you little twits - then don't call them to you.

And my biggest pet peeve is this migraine headache that I have had for two days that has contributed to much of my grumpiness and due to the slacker employees mentioned above I do not have the option to take a day off for relief.

 

[Orionsmomma]

People that can't drive or park. If you're going to buy an SUV, learn to park it!

Oh yeah! If you're going to buy it... learn to make a right hand turn without taking up both lanes!

People that can't drive worth anything, but still think they're the best drivers in the world! (i.e.... drive way too fast around a curve because they think they can handle the car, but end up in the on-coming lane. Then cuss at the driver that's coming at them)

Women that try to drive, in the fast lane mind you, while putting on make-up....especially when you notice 2 small children in the backseat.

When DH leaves the seat up.

When I'm all into watching a movie, and I only have 10 minutes of it left, and DH walks in the door from work and abruptly changed the channel.

Man Oh Man... I could go on.

 

[FarleyBoxer]

Ah, my friends, I have decided that in fact, most people in the world annoy the s**t out of me. Here are a couple specifics:

Fast-food workers and other bad seeds in the service/retail industry. As mentioned before, is it really that difficult to remember that I did not want onions or mayonaise? The exception: Chick-fil-A and Whole Foods employees. They are fantastic.

People who check voice mails on speakerphone or otherwise conduct business on speakerphone.

People who cut in line, both on foot or on the road. Your time is no more valuable than mine, I can assure you.

People who talk on their mobile phone loudly. Yes, everyone else has a cellphone too, and no, no one is impressed with yours or the fact that you are talking on it. Get over yourself.

Older men with very young women. Usually this couple rides around in some sort of sporty convertible, like a Porsche, and eats at restaurants they think are quite trendy. Usually the man is balding, ugly and overweight. Of course the woman is pretty in a very conventional way, the way that Playboy models are pretty, but very fake, the way that Playboy models are fake.

 

[ricos_mama]

~ how you have to have credit to get a credit card:rolleyes:
~ assuming that I am Hispanic and speaking only spanish to me. I am Lebanese, totally different continent!
~when someone tries to talk to me when i am already on the phone
~why is it that whenever i am waiting for someone to call, they always call once i get in the shower, or leave???
~ when people try to act like they don't care about something that happened, even thought they are obviously mad about it, because they keep talking about it.
~ "nachos with cheese"... hello... nachos are chips with cheese ON THEM!!
~ when you are walking at the mall or grocery store or something like that and someone pushes their way in front of you and stops. causing you to have to back up and go around them. (happens to me all the time esp. in Disneyland!!) its even worse if they have a cart or a baby stroller. Grrr!! i understand if you want to stop and look at something, but get out of everyones way!!

but there are lots of thing I like about this world too!! lovicon but thats a whole new thread!!

 

[abradbury.5]

I have to admit, Camille, I'm with you.... there are so many things that annoy the s**t out of me, LOL! However, I must admit that I am a very happy, smiley person (really, others will vouch for this) despite that

I agree with most other posts. Also:
Traffic jams caused by people that are incapable of merging

People that come to an *abrupt* stop at the end of the moving sidewalks (I'm in airports a lot) or, even better, come to an abrupt stop right before getting OFF the moving sidewalk (I almost crushed a woman once when she did this)

Meetings and telecons, in general. It's rare when they're well run and something is actually accomplished

Commercials with door bells that cause Toffee to go nuts

Oh--and Scrapper's Mom--it isn't always the big vehicles that can't park. I watched a TINY car pull in, back up, pull in, back up getting into a parking space next to the one I had pulled a friend's Tahoe right into!

 

[lexintitus]

pet peeves

I don't care for aggressive drivers either. One of my biggest pet peeves is when one of the lanes, in a two lane highway going in the same direction, is being cut off because of construction or what have you, and a person breaks out of line , goes flying down the shortened lane, and tries to cut back into traffic before the road ends. When I see someone doing that, I don't let them in.

Oh my other one is when we go to the gas station and the attendant is standing outside smoking a cigarette! They of all people should know better. I guess they don't "like the skin they're in!"

 

[Scrapper's Mom]

Scrapper's Mom.....your funny. I love your post! Very very clever.

Aw, thank you, Diane!

 

[xenaprincess]

Yep...there are a few things that really tick me off, like;

People who call my # and ask "who is this?" when I answer! We get that alot cuz our # is similar to a local grocery store. Sometimes I mess with them if I think they are totally rude. Once I replied with "Chinese foo...you order chinese foo..what your address?", and this bonehead figured his wife ordered so he gave me his address and I promptly had $43 worth of Chinese food sent to his home! :D

People with LESS than 8-12 items in their cart and they stand in the checkout lanes for the bigger orders!! GEESH..c'mon people...there are at least 2 express lanes..use them...I wanna go home too!!

People who spit..hork!! Especially in public! Again..c'mon people! Shooting bodily fluids from ones mouth is NOT attractive and the sound makes me want to puke at your feet!!

People who swear or curse like it's a second language then give their kids crap for swearing! DUUHH!! Also..people who do drugs and preach to their kids not to. How hypocritical is that?!! :rolleyes:

...these are just to mention a few.

 

[DannysGal]

Sometimes I mess with them if I think they are totally rude. Once I replied with "Chinese foo...you order chinese foo..what your address?", and this bonehead figured his wife ordered so he gave me his address and I promptly had $43 worth of Chinese food sent to his home! :D


People who swear or curse like it's a second language then give their kids crap for swearing! DUUHH!!

Too funny! I did that once at work. Our number was close to a doctor's office and after trying to explain they had the wrong number I said to heck with it and made them an appt. :D

As for the cussing in front of kids then fussing at them for doing it... ugh that drives me crazy!! I see it all the time and just think Monkey see Monkey do

 

[jo.mcqueen]

biggest one has to be People who cannot wipe their kids noses and they are walking around with a chunk of green slime between there nose and mouth, and every so ofter the kids wee tongue comes out and licks a little slime away eeeeoooooohhhhh so so sickening!!!!