your biggest pet peeves.

I use a hands-free headset, even at home.

When I was a cashier, it drove me crazy when someone couldn't get off the phone, long enough to complete their transaction.

Another peeve: when the light turns yellow, DON'T drive hell-for-leather to beat the red. Just stop!

i hate when people create meaningless spam posts on message boards to get their post counts up.

OH WAIT! I do that!


just kidding...

Oh how I could go on and on...

1.) Very obviously slender women who say they are fat. Argh!

2.) When someone moves to my country, and doesn't take the initiative to learn to communicate. If you are going to live here, you need to learn at least some key phrases in English. Heck, I only visit foreign countries and I attempt to learn at least general phrases.

3.) Religion, I don't push mine or lack there of on you, please don't push yours on me. I can't take it, I feel a little demon on my shoulder whenever someone tries to convince me to go with their god to say things that are totally inappropriate.

(Sorry to those that are peeved by bad spelling, I am terrible at it.)

4.) People who bash me because I am American. I am part of my country but I am not the whole country. We have many different people over here, and many different views and attitudes and opinions, much like the rest of the world I would imagine.

5.) Public displays of affection. I can deal with hand holding and putting your arm around someone, or even taps on the lips or cheek, but if you are panting for breath because of arduous kisses, or you can't keep your hands from groping your s/o, either go home or get a room. I don't want to see it.

6.) When people who are older than I am assume I can't possibly understand something simply because of my age or lack of life experience. Ha! Have you walked a mile in these shoes? I think not!

7.) When in family gatherings, my Aunt (Uncle, grandmother, mother)says to me: Why haven't you called me recently? Argh! I mean the phone lines go both ways, and I have yet to see broken fingers. You want to talk to me, pick up the phone!

8.) Tele-sellers. Dear god, Thank goodness PA has the do not call list now. I am too polite to them sometimes. I once let a tele-marketer finish her pitch before I politely told her that I wasn't interested. Her response: You didn't have to let me go through that whole thing to tell me that. You're rude!!!!

9.) I work on a helpdesk, actually on a second level which means I call people back whom first level could not fix. With that said, I hate when I get assigned a call, and I ask a supervisor to see what on earth they want me to do with it, and they tell me to do something that was already done. I tell them it was already done. They tell me to do it AGAIN. Why must I repeat steps???? It never works. AHHHHHHHHH.

10.) People who calorie count out loud to everyone. I can't take it, let me enjoy my 650-calorie and 26 gram of fat doughnut in peace for goodness sake. Back off!


Really I could go on, and they aren't the top ten, just the first ten to pop into my mind . And now reading back on them, I sound awfully bitter. hehe.

I thought of another big one for me.

11.) When women with large breasts wear the wrong size bra, and stick out the top of it, causing the four breast look. I can't take it. Buy one that fits, and while you are at it, tighten the straps so that they are on your chest instead of your belly. I realize gravity has an effect, god knows it effects me, but I do battle by adjusting those straps.

When women with large breasts wear the wrong size bra, and stick out the top of it, causing the four breast look

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Hey, some of us are still trying to at least get the 2 breast look! :LOL:

People who are ignorant enough to believe that I am selfish and unnatural for not wanting to have children.

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Ooh I can totally relate to that one!

I'm only 19, but I've already decided that I just don't want to have children. Never. I DO like kids, but only other people's. I couldn't stand having a child who I couldn't give back at the end of the day. I'm not un-maternal, I just know that being a mother is not for me. 5 girls who I grew up with who are either my age or a year or two younger all have kids. They are still pretty much teenagers but will lose out on their twenties and thirties because they'll be too busy playing Mum to have a proper life. I would hate that.

Anyway my pet peeves....

1) Complete random strangers who give you looks challenging you for a fight even though you don't even know them. Happens all the time in my hell hole town.

2) Rude stop staff who act as though they're some sort of God/Godess.

3) Rude people.

4) Rascit people, homophobes, etc. I hate discrimation.

5) Public Transport.

6) The fact that I have Digital Satalite TV yet I can STILL never find anything worth watching.

7) Gangs of teenagers who hang around trying to be imtimidating.

8) People who run you over with their baby strollers, even though they clearly see you or can easily get round you without causing pain.

I think that's all...for now.

Jessica.

Oooh, boy, what fun!!

1. Bad spellers (sorry, Luv Those Paws).

2. People who mispronounce library as li-berry.

3. Rude teenagers.

4. Rude older people.

5. Just rude people in general (am I the only person whose parents taught her to say please and thank you?)

6. I believe that someone else posted something similar, but people who come to America BY CHOICE and bash Americans. I'm working with one right now.

7. Bad drivers talking on their cell phones.

8. Heck, cell phones in general (I know that there is some good to them, and that some people actually need them, but do you need to talk to some random friend while grocery shopping? OK, so you're popular. Get over yourself).

9. Strange whining noises that only I seem to hear (really tough in the lab, since we have so much equipment you can NEVER hunt down what's making the noise).

I'm sure I'll think of more...

Women wearing spaghetti-strapped tops or dresses, with regular bras.
Ditto, thin skirts, without a slip.
Pants, with the waistband at crotch level and the crotch at knee level - buy a belt! Last week, I saw a kid, at a buffet, trying to juggle his plate and the serving utensils, while trying to hold his pants up with one hand.

i hate seeing people with their pants halfway to their ankles! a study was done in NZ that it causes hip and knee problems because they have to walk with their hips jutting out, and causes some problems. go figure.

rude people suck!

i guess this is like a vent thread!

Speaking of fashion pet peeves, how about those ladies who are overweight but dress like they are Kate Moss or Pamela Anderson-Lee-Rock? EEEWWWW!! I'm qualified to have this pet peeve because I am overweight as well, but I know what I can and most definitely what I CANNOT wear.

oh i hate that too! like on the talk shows, they have those overweight girls wearing tiny tiny skirts! YUCK!!!!!!!

Thickly drawn BLACK lipliner, with pale lipstick. What's worse, they line where there isn't any lip!

Shorts cut so high and tight, that half the butt cheeks hang out. Who ever got the idea that THAT look is attractive?

Shorts cut so high and tight, that half the butt cheeks hang out. Who ever got the idea that THAT look is attractive?

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LOL! i couldn't agree more!

On the subject of appearance.

Okay, I'm in Canada. It's cold in the winter.
I'm sick of walking around school and seeing girls in tank tops and tube tops and spaghetti straps complaining that the school won't turn up the heat. Yeah, it's cold because it's February... put some clothes on. I'm not wearing this massive huge sweater because it's fashionable!

Rant over...sorry 'bout that.

Jenn, I have always thought that. I've done my fair share of sacrificing comfort for style, like going out dancing in 4, 5 or 6 inch stiletto heels (hey, they were fashionable then!), but when it's below zero put some darn clothes on!!!

I cast a second vote for telemarketers! It drives me insane that it can even be legal. If some one wants us to come to the phone and listen to their speil, they should pay for our time!

Originally posted by binkyhoo
I cast a second vote for telemarketers! It drives me insane that it can even be legal. If some one wants us to come to the phone and listen to their speil, they should pay for our time!

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Actually, having to deal with these people so many times, I make a game out of it if I'm in the mood.I know I'm evil, but I might as well get some entertainment out of it!



There are people who phone me selling newspaper subscriptions. I go into this huge story about not being able to read, and hoped that the delivery boy who would bring me my paper would sit down with me and read each article one by one. I would then ask if they would charge me extra for this service. When the rep tells me this isn't possible, I start crying and telling them that they are bad people.

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My all time favourite is when carpet cleaners phone me and say they have a great price to clean my carpets. I tell them that we had an 'accident' the night before when some drug dealers came over and we didn't have the cash to pay them. Something bad happened, and now I'm wondering if the carpet cleaning rep knew if they could make 'blood stains' disappear out of carpets. I warn them that they can't say anything to anybody! Usually I hear them hang up first!!

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Hey, if your going to phone my place and interrupt my home time at your convenience, I'm going to take you for a ride!!



I don't get many calls anymore, I wonder why??

Kass - sounds to me like you're lucky the police didn't stop around! LOL!

I still like the Seinfeld response to telemarketers: "Sorry, I'm busy right now. But if you give me your home phone number, I'll call you back this weekend."
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Just thought of another big pet peeve.

That our President cannot properly pronounce the word "Nuclear." It isn't cute.

Laurie - how does he pronounce it?

Originally posted by katl8e
Shorts cut so high and tight, that half the butt cheeks hang out. Who ever got the idea that THAT look is attractive?

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Goodness knows! But I bet it was a bloke!! :laughing: