Can we discuss pet peeves here? (10 Viewers)

[DallasDMac]

do you people that chew with your mouths open realize it and are doing it because you know how crazy it makes everyone else around you & you get some sick enjoyment from that?

or are you completely oblivious to the sounds of your slurping, crunching and moaning while you eat?

there's absolutely no reason i should be able to hear you eating grapes from 20 feet away over my radio and general office chatter. 

These are the most disgusting people in society. Should be legal to just euthanize them on the spot.

 

[El Floppo]

People that turn right on red where there is a big honking sign that says "No Turn On Red".  There is a reason that sign is there.

I actually had some honking jerk behind me mad because I waited for the light to turn green before I turned.

People that mistakenly think they can make any turn on red in NYC. 

 

[Scoresman]

Crosswalks that only change signals if somebody pushes the button. 

I actually hate the ones that don’t have the button. This means the pedestrian light turns green every time and in a lot of cases no pedestrians are there and it makes the signal take longer to change which delays traffic in the other direction. 

The worst people are the ones who push the button then jaywalk across anyway

 

[Gr00vus]

mine are getting out of control.

The ones I get are always in Chinese.

 

[Bull Dozier]

Tempted to add "who's hottest" polls to my list.

 

[belljr]

MOAR DRIVING----

If there is a jogger, biker, mail truck, trash truck - driving on the shoulder going in your direction - this does not give you carte blanche to swerve into the on coming traffic lane -- you are supposed to make sure its clear before you swerve over.  YES IT HAPPENED TODAY4

 

[Osaurus]

MOAR DRIVING----

If there is a jogger, biker, mail truck, trash truck - driving on the shoulder going in your direction - this does not give you carte blanche to swerve into the on coming traffic lane -- you are supposed to make sure its clear before you swerve over.  YES IT HAPPENED TODAY4

I like to get as close to cyclists as I can with my car.  I like to see the look of fear in their faces knowing I have their fate in my hands.  

 

[Jobber]

Losers who, after Christmas, drive their tree under cover of darkness to toss it on the side of the road. May they and their family die in anguish in a raging house fire.

 

[El Floppo]

The ones I get are always in Chinese.

Yeah. They've become omnipresent. And not sure I get using such a specific, non-native language to make robocalls.

But I still hear from Elizabeth at travel rewards the most... cloning onto local numbers similar to mine so that it appears to be from a friend or neighbor. I know she's just a robot, but I still tell Elizabeth to #### off every time before hanging up.

 

[parasaurolophus]

Yeah. They've become omnipresent. And not sure I get using such a specific, non-native language to make robocalls.

But I still hear from Elizabeth at travel rewards the most... cloning onto local numbers similar to mine so that it appears to be from a friend or neighbor. I know she's just a robot, but I still tell Elizabeth to #### off every time before hanging up.

These calls are weird. Even if i say i want to talk to somebody it hangs up on me. 

 

[NREC34]

Drivers. At least one damn near every time I go anywhere. Various reasons but someone usually manages to piss me off. 

 

[mr. furley]

Losers who, after Christmas, drive their tree under cover of darkness to toss it on the side of the road. May they and their family die in anguish in a raging house fire.

you mean just ... randomly on a city street?

people can't leave them on their curb?

 

[arrow1]

you mean just ... randomly on a city street?

people can't leave them on their curb?

We can leave on curb with a sticker that costs about $6

 

[Jobber]

you mean just ... randomly on a city street?

people can't leave them on their curb?

Exactly. It costs nearly nothing to have it picked up. Which makes it even more annoying when I see it.

 

[ZenMaster]

People that turn right on red where there is a big honking sign that says "No Turn On Red".  There is a reason that sign is there.

People that turn right on red without stopping first.

 

[parasaurolophus]

People that dont understand "tax writeoffs" as they like to call them. 

 

[belljr]

People that dont understand "tax writeoffs" as they like to call them. 

But they do and they're the ones writing it off

 

[parasaurolophus]

But they do and they're the ones writing it off

"They only made that donation for the huge tax writeoff" 

 

[Pipes]

Another Driving one

So the streets in my neighborhood are pretty wide to accommodate parking on both sides.  So when someone is making a left turn, leaving our subdivision, onto a busy road please move over towards the middle of the street so those of us wanting to make a quick right can swing by you and go about our day.  I realize there is no center line painted on the road but you don't need to leave room for 2 lanes of traffic coming the other direction especially since it's rare to see 1 car coming our way that time of day.

Honestly all of these driving ones are either a.) about people being selfish and not giving a #### about other drivers or b.)about people just being completely clueless when it comes to interacting with other drivers.  Both are incredibly frustrating. 

 

[mr. furley]

Yeah. They've become omnipresent. And not sure I get using such a specific, non-native language to make robocalls.

But I still hear from Elizabeth at travel rewards the most... cloning onto local numbers similar to mine so that it appears to be from a friend or neighbor. I know she's just a robot, but I still tell Elizabeth to #### off every time before hanging up.

plot twist: Elizabeth likes it rough

 

[mr. furley]

TIL: people have to pay for Christmas tree pickup

 

[Wrigley]

you're on my list

There is a list?  

 

[mr. furley]

There is a list?  

more of a document

it's on file with my lawyer

thing is under lock & key

 

[Stinkin Ref]

lady ordered $68 worth of food in front of me at Chikfila drive thru

smokers that go "outside" to smoke, but don't go far enough away from the door (by law 20ft IIRC) so when it is opened the air pressure basically hits you with a wave of smoke

"premium game" ticket prices

and my biggest one...(followed closely by people that nervously bounce their knee up and down when sitting) and its probably been mentioned a bunch in here...but the guy who comes speeding up behind me in the right lane when I am in the passing lane going the speed limit or above and because he is more important than me, cuts in front of me causing me to have to slam on my brakes even though I was only leaving a safe amount of space between me and the original car in front of me, not enough space for a safe "slide in" by the #######.....and the fact that that guy is really not going anywhere because of the traffic in front of us anyway....

 

[arrow1]

People who walk slow....

pick em up and put em down....

 

[Pipes]

People who walk slow....

pick em up and put em down....

This is a good one.  I don't mind if you walk slow but keep to the right and for the love of god walk in a straight line.  I notice this all the time when leaving a sporting event when I'm in a hurry to get to my car to beat traffic and idiots are meandering around looking at the clouds zigzagging right in the middle of the crowds trying to leave. 

 

[Jobber]

This is a good one.  I don't mind if you walk slow but keep to the right and for the love of god walk in a straight line.  I notice this all the time when leaving a sporting event when I'm in a hurry to get to my car to beat traffic and idiots are meandering around looking at the clouds zigzagging right in the middle of the crowds trying to leave. 

And if you walk slow, don’t walk five wide like I see families doing all the time.

 

[Bull Dozier]

And if you walk slow, don’t walk five wide like I see families doing all the time.

Drives me crazy at work.  The big bertha's of the workplace have a need to walk three wide in a hallway wide enough for five people, until they spread themselves out not allowing you to pass around or through them.

An even bigger pet peeve is when you walk down the hallway at a group of people walking in a lump, taking up the entire width of the hallway, yet none of them move from their path to create room for you to pass.  Just exactly where do you think I'm supposed to go?  Join your group and start walking in the opposite direction?

 

[Leroy Hoard]

This is a good one.  I don't mind if you walk slow but keep to the right and for the love of god walk in a straight line.  I notice this all the time when leaving a sporting event when I'm in a hurry to get to my car to beat traffic and idiots are meandering around looking at the clouds zigzagging right in the middle of the crowds trying to leave. 

Right, its not the speed but the wandering back and forth across paths that cause you to stop in your tracks as you try to pass.

 

[arrow1]

adding to this...people walking on the bike paths staring at their phones oblivious to their surroundings. 

 

[wlwiles]

and my biggest one...(followed closely by people that nervously bounce their knee up and down when sitting) and its probably been mentioned a bunch in here...but the guy who comes speeding up behind me in the right lane when I am in the passing lane going the speed limit or above and because he is more important than me, cuts in front of me causing me to have to slam on my brakes even though I was only leaving a safe amount of space between me and the original car in front of me, not enough space for a safe "slide in" by the #######.....and the fact that that guy is really not going anywhere because of the traffic in front of us anyway....

Related to this - here's a scenario that happens to me almost daily.  I'm in the left lane trying to pass a semi-truck.  Mr. Important is behind me riding my bumper, obviously wanting to pass everyone.  As I get past the trucker, with my right blinker on to try and signal to him that I am about to get out of his way , Mr. Important shoots over between me and the trucker and zooms past me, giving me a dirty look because I didn't move over quick enough.  

My uncle was a long haul trucker. He said one of the most unsafe things people do while driving is cut off semi-trucks, or squat in front of them, so I always try to get ~3 car lengths ahead of them before I move back over.  

 

[parasaurolophus]

adding to this...people walking on the bike paths staring at their phones oblivious to their surroundings. 

Freaking people ride their bikes and look at their phones

 

[Arodin]

Another Driving one

So the streets in my neighborhood are pretty wide to accommodate parking on both sides.  So when someone is making a left turn, leaving our subdivision, onto a busy road please move over towards the middle of the street so those of us wanting to make a quick right can swing by you and go about our day.  I realize there is no center line painted on the road but you don't need to leave room for 2 lanes of traffic coming the other direction especially since it's rare to see 1 car coming our way that time of day.

Honestly all of these driving ones are either a.) about people being selfish and not giving a #### about other drivers or b.)about people just being completely clueless when it comes to interacting with other drivers.  Both are incredibly frustrating. 

Absolutely this.  Here's another:

Major road basically ends in a T wih another road (you CAN go straight, but only into a parking lot).  Two lane road coming in adds a third lane on the left for turns, with the former left lane (now middle) going straight/left.  99% of the traffic in it will go left.

But almost no one will actually use the dedicated turn lane!  All the idiots stay in the middle lane, backing it up so far that no one can get into the left lane!  Light changes, and only about half the possible capacity actually gets thru the light, thanks to the nearly empty lane.  So traffic backs up even more....

 

[Ray Barboni]

When i drink too much whiskey on a week night, hit some oils and then wake up hungover ...

that rubs; makes me peave 

 

[Zegras11]

people that use the word "loose" when they mean "lose."      STOP IT.

 

[Ray Barboni]

Loosers 

 

[rockaction]

I've got a pet peeve along the lines of lose/loose and they're/their/there. 

####### autocorrect and its predictive text. You apparently have no idea, Watson, what I want to type. Especially at the beginning of sentences where I'm using a proper name. Yes, you save my ### a lot. But stop it. I'd rather the occasional cheeky little mistake slip in than the tyranny of autocorrect at the most basic levels. 

Stop. Stop the algorithm. Please.  

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

I've got a pet peeve along the lines of lose/loose and they're/their/there. 

####### autocorrect and its predictive text. You apparently have no idea, Watson, what I want to type. Especially at the beginning of sentences where I'm using a proper name. Yes, you save my ### a lot. But stop it. I'd rather the occasional cheeky little mistake slip in than the tyranny of autocorrect at the most basic levels. 

Stop. Stop the algorithm. Please.  

My grocery shopping site "corrected" catsup to catnip.  Ghah.

And stop with all the possessives when you mean a plural.  "Shorts" does NOT require an apostrophe when it's the clothing.

 

[rockaction]

My grocery shopping site "corrected" catsup to catnip.  Ghah.

And stop with all the possessives when you mean a plural.  "Shorts" does NOT require an apostrophe when it's the clothing.

Ah, possessives to plurals. Lovely. Working wonders with the miracle of technology.  

 

[pollardsvision]

The worst slow walkers are the ones going into or out of the grocery stores in that lane in front of the entrance. 

Speaking of Christmas tree dumping, the worst that humanity has to offer can be found at recycling drop-offs. Those of you in fancy towns probably don't know because the city picks up your recycling. Ours does not. We have recycling  drop-off centers (usually 4-5 boxcar sized dumpsters for paper, metal, plastic, etc). ####heads will dump everything from tires to couches there.

 

[parasaurolophus]

My grocery shopping site "corrected" catsup to catnip.  Ghah.

And stop with all the possessives when you mean a plural.  "Shorts" does NOT require an apostrophe when it's the clothing.

Seems like a fair punishment for using catsup instead of ketchup. 

 

[El Floppo]

This is a good one.  I don't mind if you walk slow but keep to the right and for the love of god walk in a straight line.  I notice this all the time when leaving a sporting event when I'm in a hurry to get to my car to beat traffic and idiots are meandering around looking at the clouds zigzagging right in the middle of the crowds trying to leave. 

Rule 1a of obvious nonUK existence. In NYC people tend to walk down the middle of sidewalks...treat them like roads- stay right, pass left, pull over if you're looking for directions or need to stop.

And if you walk slow, don’t walk five wide like I see families doing all the time.

Most NYC sidewalks can't accommodate more that two across in each direction.I like to play the Red Rover game with these people who fan out across the entire or most of the sidewalk.

adding to this...people walking on the bike paths staring at their phones oblivious to their surroundings. 

Freaking people ride their bikes and look at their phones

The worst slow walkers are the ones going into or out of the grocery stores in that lane in front of the entrance. 

Speaking of Christmas tree dumping, the worst that humanity has to offer can be found at recycling drop-offs. Those of you in fancy towns probably don't know because the city picks up your recycling. Ours does not. We have recycling  drop-off centers (usually 4-5 boxcar sized dumpsters for paper, metal, plastic, etc). ####heads will dump everything from tires to couches there.

The people who come though doors and then stop or slow... Or finish a flight of stairs and tldo the same. Usually to check their Facebook feed.

 

[matuski]

I was getting so annoyed on the plane yesterday morning.. to the point I was about to say something I would regret.

Until I remembered this thread.  This thread saved me.

Remembering this made me laugh out loud a bit  The dude next to me was bouncing his leg up and down like he had to piss for 45 minutes straight and randomly rubbing his bouncing leg against me while I was trying to grab some shut eye on a 545AM flight.  My laugh apparently inspired some self awareness and he stopped.

Thank you pet peeve thread. 

 

[matuski]

catsup

Do what now?

 

[jhib]

people that use the word "loose" when they mean "lose."      STOP IT.

My latest grammar pet peeve is "should have went." 

"The Giants should have went with a QB with the second pick." 

I don't know if more people are saying it or if I noticed it a few times recently and now I'm paying more attention to it.  Anyway, I guess I should just be happy they didn't go with "should of went."

 

[jhib]

Absolutely this.  Here's another:

Major road basically ends in a T wih another road (you CAN go straight, but only into a parking lot).  Two lane road coming in adds a third lane on the left for turns, with the former left lane (now middle) going straight/left.  99% of the traffic in it will go left.

But almost no one will actually use the dedicated turn lane!  All the idiots stay in the middle lane, backing it up so far that no one can get into the left lane!  Light changes, and only about half the possible capacity actually gets thru the light, thanks to the nearly empty lane.  So traffic backs up even more....

I'm having trouble seeing why this would happen, since the Tetris law of filling the lanes seems pretty universal if there's no reason to be in the longer lane.  Is there a popular right turn soon after the left where it makes sense to not want to be in the far left lane?

 

[Bull Dozier]

Related to this - here's a scenario that happens to me almost daily.  I'm in the left lane trying to pass a semi-truck.  Mr. Important is behind me riding my bumper, obviously wanting to pass everyone.  As I get past the trucker, with my right blinker on to try and signal to him that I am about to get out of his way , Mr. Important shoots over between me and the trucker and zooms past me, giving me a dirty look because I didn't move over quick enough.  

My uncle was a long haul trucker. He said one of the most unsafe things people do while driving is cut off semi-trucks, or squat in front of them, so I always try to get ~3 car lengths ahead of them before I move back over.  

My pet peeve is semi-truck drivers.  They have all these "courtesy rules" they expect other drivers to follow, and show that same courtesy to other semis, but don't show the same courtesy to passenger cars.  My worst experience was driving through Nebraska in the heaviest downpour I have ever experienced.  Lightning strikes all over, torrential rain.  Wipers were on high speed, but still couldn't keep up with the sheets of rain coming down.  It was the middle of the night (my and three other college friends were driving overnight coming back from a hiking trip).  Traffic was crawling in the right hand lane at under 30 mph down the interstate.  Granted, traffic was light but no passenger cars were passing each other.  The semi's couldn't be slowed though as they continued to cruise past us at 70, adding to the torrents of water we had to fight.  Screw them.

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

My latest grammar pet peeve is "should have went." 

"The Giants should have went with a QB with the second pick." 

I don't know if more people are saying it or if I noticed it a few times recently and now I'm paying more attention to it.  Anyway, I guess I should just be happy they didn't go with "should of went."

I would like to know when the English stopped teaching conjugation of the verb to sit.  I was sat on a bench.  Really?  Irritates the hell out of me.  That was not the standard when I was in Brit school.

 

[Stinkin Ref]

I've got a pet peeve along the lines of lose/loose and they're/their/there. 

####### autocorrect and its predictive text. You apparently have no idea, Watson, what I want to type. Especially at the beginning of sentences where I'm using a proper name. Yes, you save my ### a lot. But stop it. I'd rather the occasional cheeky little mistake slip in than the tyranny of autocorrect at the most basic levels. 

Stop. Stop the algorithm. Please.  

not sure....but can't you turn that feature off...

 

[rockaction]

not sure....but can't you turn that feature off...

I'd imagine. But on my desktop? Haven't figured that out yet. I kind of wish Grammarly -- the editing software -- didn't exist. I don't mind the red lines under bad text if I know they're okay.