Good day, all. This week's list is pretty straightforward. We've all got'em, some more than others, and they invade our daily lives as little nuisances that may go completely unnoticed by many but get you totally bent out of shape. What we are talking about here is the classic pet peeve. So strap on your whinin' shoes and have at'er!
Top 5 Pet Peeves
- Speling Mistaks. Nothing drives me up the wall quicker than seeing spelling and grammar mistakes made by grown men and women. Spelling is almost unforgivable, with grammar a close second. You learn this stuff in grade school, people! I don't claim to be perfect myself, but if i think something may be amiss i'll fire up Word and run the checkers on my stuff to see what's up. At least attempt to correct your shit! And for the love of all things good and pure, figure out and use the proper instances of there, their, they're, you're and your! (For the record, i like to start sentences with "and" a fair bit. I know it's technically wrong, but in my book can still be used on occasion when continuing a point. :)
- The word "Whatever". Ok, i lied. Using "whatever" drives me just as crazy as spelling mistakes do. To me, there is no one word more dismissive and apathetic than whatever. The ONLY way i can tolerate it's use is at the end of a string of options, as in "Grab me a Bud, or a Blue, or a Keiths, or whatever's going." If you come back at me with whatever as a one word answer be prepared to receive the sonic death stare!
- Cigarette butts thrown out car windows. Do you have an ashtray in your car? Use it! If not, grab a pop can and keep it in your drink holder. The world is not your ashtray, and neither was my old Supra with the leak in the gas tank. Talk about a double whammy if i saw a butt fly out in front of me - super pet peeve and potential death wish!
- Websites that resize my browser window. Ok, now we're getting into geek territory here, but i honestly will close down a site immediately if my browser window is resized to their specs when the page loads. If you want to pull that shit, give me an intro page and resize a popup page on top of it.
- *smile* *wink* *grin* etc. Nauseatingly cutesy. Smiley faces are fine, textual facial expressions enclosed in asterixes** are not.
** correction contained in comments. this was too funny so i had to leave it here. Posted by scotty at October 29, 2002 12:02 AM
Food left in pots on the stove drives me nuts too...
Al
Posted by: Sweet Al on November 1, 2002 12:15 AM1. People who don't replace the toilet paper when it is done. You don't have to put it on the roller, but at least get it out!
2. People who leave pots (with food in them) on the stove.
3. Human hair. People shed way to much.
4. Insecure girls. They just have to have a man in their lives other wise their lives are empty.
5. People that don't say thank you! Especially when you have really gone out of your way to help them.
I don't know if I like this whole roommate thing. Especially when it is somebody you don't know at all.
Posted by: Paula on October 31, 2002 05:49 PM1. narrow minds
2. people who cut me off in the middle of my sentance.
3. people who fuss or make a big deal out of little thing.
4. People who are inconsiderate, i mean those people who don't hold the door for you when you are right behind them. Those type of people.
5. People who feel the need not to say thank you, please, sorry...
I'm going to make a honorable mention to those people who litter. I know the city could use more garbage cans but the ground is not the place for your coke can, gum wrapper, chip bag.
Posted by: Janelle on October 30, 2002 12:26 PM1. Spandex - especially if the person wearing it needs a forklift to help them into bed at night. disgusting.
2. Mothers who scream at their kids on the bus, or say "I'll give you something to cry about". They make me angry and I already hate the damn bus, the crying screaming children just add to the fact that I suck because I have to ride the bus.
3. People who say "aksed" instead of asked. Who the hell taught you how to talk. ASKED, ASKED, ASKED!!!
4. Girls who need a sandblaster to remove their makeup at night. It doesn't cover up the ugly you boneheads, it just makes it more obvious.
5. People who talk in a whiney voice ALL THE TIME.
Posted by: Mandy on October 29, 2002 04:33 PMhere ya go:
1. Pettiness.
2. Manipulative people.
3. Hypocrites.
4. People who take themselves too seriously. Get over yourself! What makes you so great?
5. People who can't see other points of view. You know the person who can't accept different opinions, if you don't agree with them, you
are "wrong". I find this characteristic in many bible thumpers...but then again, they are often hypocrites, take themselves too seriously and are manipulative also. hmm.. (bring on the flames)
damn, that was fun.
Posted by: eris on October 29, 2002 08:03 AM
#5) Meathead Tragically Hip fans. You know the ones...
#4) Roommates you sing along with the radio or whenever they feel like it. Annoying I tell you.
#3) Celine Dion
#2) Nickelback
#1) Bank ATM fees. Ridiculous and Bullshit.
Al
Posted by: Sweet Al on October 29, 2002 02:18 AMi stand corrected. asterisks is the word i want. the way i have it would be facial expressions sandwiched between the cartoon character Asterix. :) it appears that i am my own pet peeve! great job so far girls.
Posted by: scotty on October 29, 2002 01:36 AMYes, I agree with all of those! I've posted mine. Another pet peeve is that I suck at studying. Grrr.
Posted by: maddy on October 29, 2002 01:20 AM5. panty lines under skirts. if you're wearing a skirt, why are you even WEARING underwear?
4. people who i work with and friends of mine who drink 2-4 cups of coffee a day from the local coffee bar and get a disposable cup EVERY SINGLE TIME. even after i went out and bought reusable cups for the whole office. this also includes anyone else who i see at the coffee shop every morning who i know never use a regular cup but always get a disposable.
3. people who use plastic produce bags for things such as bananas at the grocery store. i really, REALLY cannot stand this. i don't even put my BASIL in plastic bags, and yet some stupid person next to me feels the need to individually bag her apples.
2. people who like, use the word "like" like every other like, word. it's so, like, annoying.
1. people who tell me EVERY show they go to is "soooo good" and amazing, even when i know for a fact that the band sucks, and everyone else i know who went to the show says it sucked, but there are always those people who NEVER ADMIT that a show sucked. never. drives me mad.
is asterixes a word?
Posted by: leblanc on October 29, 2002 12:49 AM5) hypocrites - i get really sick of people who pontificate yet do not practice what they preach. either shut the fuck up or take action!
4) pda's - not palm pilots, but couples who smooch in public. i am more of a quick hand squeeze in public kind of a girl.
3) groups of 14 year-old girls/17 year-old boys - i have pinpointed the ages when each gender is most annoying. have you ever seen a group of 14 year-old girls at the movies? or a group of 17 year-old boys in a car? ghastly.
2) kill your television people - it drives me crazy when people get all high and mighty about tv. lots of them brag about not being subjected to the crap that's on tv while spending 12 hours a day online, being subjected to more crap in a day than a tv viewer gets in a week.
1) liars - the most deplorable creatures on the planet.
Posted by: laura on October 29, 2002 12:04 AM