Question of the Day - Thursday, August 14

GemsGem · Aug 13, 2014

Good morning to you all

Today's question is........

What is your biggest pet peeve ?

I have a whole list of things that really annoy me :lol3:
But if I had to pick the one I can't stand the most, I would say.......

People who eat with their mouths open, especially if they do the whole lips smacking sound effects too. :wife: :argh:

Argh !!!! I really hate that - after all good manners don't cost anything :nod:

sivyaleah · Aug 14, 2014

I have a lot of them also, most related to noises people make in various ways.

Gum chewing is probably my big one. All the smacking, popping, chewing. Ugh. BTW, I do NOT chew gum. But that's probably obvious

catlover19 · Aug 14, 2014

sivyaleah said:
I have a lot of them also, most related to noises people make in various ways.

I can't stand a lot of noises people make, especially if they are repetitive. I think the one that annoys me the most is when people tap on things. It really bugs me when people tap their fingers on tables, steering wheels, etc.

alyssam · Aug 14, 2014

Ignorance and gum smacking. Also people that talk too much. Oh, and people that don't control their children in public places. I think that last one is the biggest.

pinkdagger · Aug 14, 2014

Oh god, the ill behaved children in public places. Since moving to a bigger city and starting my job in a store, I realized I have never in my life seen such disrespectful children before. Never, ever in my hometown.

They hit their parents, they scream, they cry, and last night two kids came into the store on their tricycles and just rode them all over the store (which is dangerous). The parents weren't even watching them. The littler one tried to use a blood pressure machine and one of the pharmacist's assistants had to run out and physically take him out of the machine before it closed in on his arm, and his dad stood to the side watching, saying nothing. They run everywhere and right into prohibited areas, take and touch everything... I don't know what it is that makes so many parents think their child is going to do well being a self-entitled snot. I think part of it is laziness and the other is wanting to be their "friend". Ugh.

sivyaleah · Aug 14, 2014

I have to add one because well, I do lol

My ex-husband, used to chew his fingernails. As if this wasn't gross enough, when we would go on long drives together, his hand was in his mouth literally the entire trip. So disgusting to see a grown man chewing up his fingers like that. I think, it was kind of a compulsion for him, and most times I'd just bite my tongue. But, after an hour in the car together, hearing that sucking and gnawing sound, well you could imagine the arguments that ensued.

MoochNNoodles · Aug 14, 2014

Mouth noises; hands down. Sometimes I just look at my husband and he knows. He can be awfully noisy even with his mouth closed. My 4 yo too.

In high school this kid sat next to me in one class after lunch. He would crunch a pack of hard mints every day. Our little school store sold the rolls of Lifesaver mints. He had a routine of using his thumb nail to peel the silver wrapper around each mint as he ate them. He'd suck on one for a minute; then CRUNCH the rest. And roll each little bit of silver wrapper into a ball. Which he would put in a pile. Then after he was done he'd take the paper over wrapper; which he left shaped like a tube and fold it so he could put all the little silver balls inside it. Drove me nuts. I'm in my 30s and I still remember all this. I wonder how much chemistry we each learned? At least he probably had good breath.

larussa · Aug 14, 2014

On the phone getting a busy signal, I hate that. Also people who yawn without covering their mouth.

larussa · Aug 14, 2014

pinkdagger said:
Oh god, the ill behaved children in public places. Since moving to a bigger city and starting my job in a store, I realized I have never in my life seen such disrespectful children before. Never, ever in my hometown.

They hit their parents, they scream, they cry, and last night two kids came into the store on their tricycles and just rode them all over the store (which is dangerous). The parents weren't even watching them. The littler one tried to use a blood pressure machine and one of the pharmacist's assistants had to run out and physically take him out of the machine before it closed in on his arm, and his dad stood to the side watching, saying nothing. They run everywhere and right into prohibited areas, take and touch everything... I don't know what it is that makes so many parents think their child is going to do well being a self-entitled snot. I think part of it is laziness and the other is wanting to be their "friend". Ugh.

Oh I so agree with you. I'm not fond of children to begin with and when they start their tantrums in stores, I would slap them if I knew I wouldn't be put in jail for it. Most parents today just don't give a poop.

littlelion · Aug 14, 2014

I have a lot -

Loud, annoying noises.

Boastful or pessimistic attitudes

Probably some more...

micknsnicks2mom · Aug 14, 2014

my biggest pet peeve is having a doctor appointment, getting to their office on time (usually 15-20 minutes early), and then being kept waiting in the waiting room for over an hour past my appointment time before they bring me back to an exam room to wait even more until the doctor finally saunters in. i have to pay (a co-pay) for the doctor appointment, but what about all the wasted hours of sitting in their waiting rooms? that's time i feel is stolen from me. it seems to me like doctors attitudes in general are that their time is more important than patients time. if they know they're always running late with their appointments, why don't they just allow more time per patient? i understand that insurance may only cover xx minutes per appointment, but it just isn't right imo to keep patients waiting every day -- even for their first appointment of the day!

this just makes me want to tell the doctor and receptionist that the next time i make an appointment i'll just plan to get there an hour later than the appointment, because that's when they'll actually be ready to see me. i'm sure that at some point i'll end up telling them just that.

chromium blues · Aug 14, 2014

People who bathe themselves in perfume. People who spit on the sidewalk. Swearing. Swearing. Swearing. When did it become normal to use the f-word six or seven times a sentence? Close-talkers. People who can't control their children or dogs. People who eat on the bus, subway, or streetcar. People who drive while using cellular telephones.

Maybe I should just stay home with my cats...

Willowy · Aug 14, 2014

LaRussa said:
Oh I so agree with you. I'm not fond of children to begin with and when they start their tantrums in stores, I would slap them if I knew I wouldn't be put in jail for it. Most parents today just don't give a poop.

Why, yes, because hitting people whose brains aren't fully developed will certainly make them stop crying/screaming

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I guess one of my largest pet peeves is people who don't have any tolerance for children and their developmental stages. I remember every single second of being a child (including the complete brain meltdown that results in a tantrum. A very helpless feeling really. Not made better by being physically assaulted) and I can say, with certainty, that intolerant adults did a lot of emotional damage to me.

On a lighter note, spit bottles. Guys who chew tobacco always spit into Gatorade bottles while in the car and throw the bottles into the ditch/someone's yard. Usually my yard. Ugh!

sivyaleah · Aug 15, 2014

Willowy said:
Why, yes, because hitting people whose brains aren't fully developed will certainly make them stop crying/screaming

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I guess one of my largest pet peeves is people who don't have any tolerance for children and their developmental stages. I remember every single second of being a child (including the complete brain meltdown that results in a tantrum. A very helpless feeling really. Not made better by being physically assaulted) and I can say, with certainty, that intolerant adults did a lot of emotional damage to me.

On a lighter note, spit bottles. Guys who chew tobacco always spit into Gatorade bottles while in the car and throw the bottles into the ditch/someone's yard. Usually my yard. Ugh!

While I've lost a lot of my tolerance for kids as I age, it still comes down to the fact that some parents just don't know how to control their children in public spaces. So, I cut small kids slack. Yesterday in fact, coming home on the subway, there was a tourist with 2 young sons, the oldest no more than 6 or so. He was climbing up the metal pole in the middle of the car, up to the ceiling. After several minutes of his antics, I calmly looked at the mom and mentioned that if the train hit its brakes, her son was going to go flying. She, said to me "Oh, well then he'll learn his lesson". Which wasn't the point. He also could have injured other passengers in the process, let alone himself. I kept my mouth shut after that and she finally told him to get down, sit down. To which, he began a string of verbal assaults at her. Well, where did he learn that? Obviously, his mom or dad. And while I also understand there are kids that have problems controlling themselves (my nephew, is one) and, I also know how embarraessing it can be to have a kid melt down (have been there for many tantrums of my siblings kids), I feel it's still the parents responsibility to find ways to manage their children. Most especially in public places.

alyssam · Aug 15, 2014

Exactly. I don't care how your child acts at home, just freakin' control them in public! The kids that scream and yell so loud that I can hear them all the way from the opposite end of Walmart drive me nuts. Makes me want to find said child and tell their parent to shut them up. The rest of the store doesn't want to hear that crap.

Winchester · Aug 15, 2014

The sound of screaming, squalling children goes through me like a knife. I didn't tolerate it from my son and I will not tolerate it from my grandchildren. The first time I was in a store with my granddaughter, she started whining and yelling about something. I looked at her and said, "Sweetheart, you hush right now! Otherwise we are leaving!" She didn't pay attention....until I picked her up, took her out of the store, put her in the car and we came home. Then she had to tell Grandpa why we came home early. That was the first (and last) time she ever did it, at least while I was around. She tried it one time after that and I just looked at her. And that was it. Didn't have to say a word.

I have, what is known in my family, as the Hairy Eyeball. Supposedly there's this look in my eyes when the last nerve in my body has been stretched to its limit. And everybody backs off from that point. It didn't take long for my grandchildren to learn that when the Hairy Eyeball appears, they'd better behave. I've not seen this look myself and I really have no idea what they're talking about. But they say it exists. And my son says he saw it more than once when he was growing up.

I simply will not deal with children who do not behave. There's no excuse for it, other than parents who don't care how their children act in public.

catlover19 · Aug 15, 2014

My daughter hasn't ever had a meltdown in public, but I won't deal with it if she does. We will just leave wherever we are. She does "squeal" quite loudly in stores sometimes but she's smiling and being happy while doing it. She only does it in quiet places, like the mall where we used to live. That mall is never busy and every time we would walk in, she would start making noises.

Some parents really do need to learn to control their children though. I hate when we go somewhere and there are kids running around and bouncing off of everything and their parents are just ignoring it. My husband was getting gas a couple weeks ago and there was a young boy climbing out the passenger window and hanging off the side of the car. His dad (I assume) was pumping gas and just let him do it, even when he went inside to pay. The kid should have been strapped into a car seat not climbing out the passenger side window.

Draco · Aug 15, 2014

I can't pick one either- most has already been posted above!

• Open mouth gum chewing (Especially if they chew as if the gum is bigger than their mouths)
• People making silly noises and won't stop because they like to hear themselves (my co-worker)
• Screaming kids in stores and parents don't do anything about it. I totally agree about this, especially that I work retail as a second job!

I didn't see this one posted, but I'd say it's my biggest:

• People who HAS to stand less than a foot behind me on a line.. standing close to me won't make the line go faster! I often "Step back and accidentally step on their feet" to get them to move back.

alyssam · Aug 15, 2014

I have just been reminded of another one... WHEN PEOPLE USE ALL OF THE TOILET PAPER AND DON'T REPLACE THE ROLL!

Draco · Aug 15, 2014

sivyaleah said:
While I've lost a lot of my tolerance for kids as I age, it still comes down to the fact that some parents just don't know how to control their children in public spaces. So, I cut small kids slack. Yesterday in fact, coming home on the subway, there was a tourist with 2 young sons, the oldest no more than 6 or so. He was climbing up the metal pole in the middle of the car, up to the ceiling. After several minutes of his antics, I calmly looked at the mom and mentioned that if the train hit its brakes, her son was going to go flying. She, said to me "Oh, well then he'll learn his lesson". Which wasn't the point. He also could have injured other passengers in the process, let alone himself. I kept my mouth shut after that and she finally told him to get down, sit down. To which, he began a string of verbal assaults at her. Well, where did he learn that? Obviously, his mom or dad. And while I also understand there are kids that have problems controlling themselves (my nephew, is one) and, I also know how embarraessing it can be to have a kid melt down (have been there for many tantrums of my siblings kids), I feel it's still the parents responsibility to find ways to manage their children. Most especially in public places.

I hate it when parents let their kids in danger like that.

Working at the Container Store, we have a wall of glass jars for food storage. I've often, too often, seen kids stand up in shopping carts, lean over to grab a glass jar because it's so shiny! I cringe, imagining the cart tipping over and the kid fall into the wall of glass jars, and all jars toppling on them.
(1. they're not supposed to be in the main section of the cart, there's designated seat area!. 2. the cart does get unbalanced with shifted weight)

One time when I saw this happening, I warned the kid, seeing the mother was not close by, let alone supervising. The kid got upset that I warned him not to touch the glass and to sit down in the cart.. the mother yelled at me. She only got even angrier when I told her that the kid was about to hurt himself.

Well, no more. let these kids hurt themselves and teach the parents a lesson. sigh.

I also see kids grab floor samples of food carts and race around the store with it. We have lego storage blocks.. yes, I find these built and left on the floor. if the kid plays with it, please be nice to put it back!

ok, I am getting off tangent here.. though I could go on and on!

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