Petty Pet Peeves

cheeseface · Jan 20, 2005

Originally Posted by hissy

I can't go barefoot either- I hate it when the mailman honks in our driveway. I guess I am remembering the time when they actually walked up to the door, pushed the mail through the mail slot, or if they had packages they rang the doorbell. I miss that!

Hah!.. funny you should mention that. I don't like being barefoot either, but today I was awoken about a half hour before my alarm today by a few urgent sounding doorbell rings. *Ring ring ring!!! I immediately bolted out of bed and threw on the first thing I saw on the floor... some old black cargo pants from which the button fell off just yesterday.

I barely get them zipped up thinking this will just have to do considering the "emergency" outside, so I rush out into the porch and see a blurry shape of a person still outside the porch door. I hadn't even slipped my glasses on so I didn't realize it was only the mail carrier until I opened the door. The world wasn't coming to an abrubt end as I had suspected. I don't know if she felt awkward, but I always thought our mail carrier was... well, male. Now I know. She said I had to sign for something. Then she handed me a form where I have to print and sign.

So... there I am leaning against the wall inside my porch, in the cold, trying to spell my own name correctly and hoping that my pants don't fall off. I hand her back the pen and form, and all I got was a lousy registered mail from my insurance company! The neighborhood wasn't on fire after all. I think next time I'll at least put on a shirt.

Anyway, the only pet peeve I can think of right now is friends who DON'T/WON'T ring my doorbell. I have two friends who insist on using the stupid little knocker on my inside door. I can't hear it if I'm not in the living room.

mskymi · Jan 20, 2005

pinkdaisy226 said:
When my boyfriend cooks and just leaves all the dishes and pans in the sink piled up, without soaking. Ewww... it's so nasty to have to clean them later, with everything all congealed and stuck together.

I hear ya on that one ...my hubby is a good for that... which i dont understand cause hes a neat freak when it comes to a clean house GO FIGURE

Ms Kymi

batgirl2good · Jan 20, 2005

I'm an English major, and I cannot help it, but the misuse of "your" and "you're" drives me nuts!
your is a possessive pronoun.

you're is a contraction for "you are."

cheeseface · Jan 20, 2005

Originally Posted by mamacat

When people suck their teeth. Might as well be fingernails on a blackboard as far as I'm concerned.

That's three times this got mentioned. I don't think I know anyone who sucks their teeth. What do they do... slurp their tongue around and suck air in?

marge · Jan 20, 2005

People who double park for non emergency's. Ugh happens all the time here in Berkeley.

I get so incensed with bay area drivers, use the cell all the time, drive too fast, don't signal. I swear whenever I drive a long distance I can always tell when I return I am getting close to home by the drivers attitude.

pinkdaisy226 · Jan 20, 2005

I guess this isn't really petty because it really irks me and I'm not sure if it's been mentioned... but I can't stand when people tell me they'll be somewhere to meet me at a certain time and they aren't. My boyfriend does it to me every once in a while and it infuriates me... not only should you keep your word and be on time, but if you have a cell phone, use it to tell me what's going on!

kiwideus · Jan 20, 2005

Originally Posted by pinkdaisy226

I guess this isn't really petty because it really irks me and I'm not sure if it's been mentioned... but I can't stand when people tell me they'll be somewhere to meet me at a certain time and they aren't. My boyfriend does it to me every once in a while and it infuriates me... not only should you keep your word and be on time, but if you have a cell phone, use it to tell me what's going on!

You know what tees me off??? I have this "friend" (not anymore) - if you page her, she doesnt respond at all, takes weeks to reply. Even with a question about plans!!!! It got me so p***ed off that I decided I wasnt going to waste my time with her anymore. Why do all the work in a friendship, when she does nothing. Not worth it.

batgirl2good · Jan 20, 2005

Students do it, mainly, as a way to show distrespect and disgust. Here's the best way i can describe it.Put your teeth together and blow thru them. Look disgusted.

Roll your eyes, while you're at it.

Mutter under your breath, "GOna tell my mama!!"

valanhb · Jan 20, 2005

Originally Posted by batgirl2good

I'm an English major, and I cannot help it, but the misuse of "your" and "you're" drives me nuts!
your is a possessive pronoun.

you're is a contraction for "you are."

As a fellow English major, I feel your pain.

And the too, to, two.

And the they're, there, their.

And the its, it's.

Although I must admit that I am horrible with ie-ei combinations, even with the ditty...I before E except after C, and when it sounds A as in neighbor and weigh. I still manage to mess it up all the time! LOL

rosiemac · Jan 20, 2005

Originally Posted by Hydroaxe

That's three times this got mentioned. I don't think I know anyone who sucks their teeth. What do they do... slurp their tongue around and suck air in?

Press your tongue against the back of your front teeth and suck!

Some people do it if they've got food in between their teeth.

cheeseface · Jan 20, 2005

Originally Posted by rosiemac

Press your tongue against the back of your front teeth and suck!

Some people do it if they've got food in between their teeth.

Ahhhh... now I get it. I wasn't doing it right. Now I want to catch someone doing it!

sofiecusion · Jan 20, 2005

Originally Posted by valanhb

As a fellow English major, I feel your pain.

And the too, to, two.

And the they're, there, their.

And the its, it's.

Although I must admit that I am horrible with ie-ei combinations, even with the ditty...I before E except after C, and when it sounds A as in neighbor and weigh. I still manage to mess it up all the time! LOL

The they're, there, and their is the most annoying to me. I have a friend who just doesn't GET this, even though I tried explaining the proper usage of each.

I hate it when I clean and then the boyfriend decides to "empty" the clothes hamper looking for something and doesn't put them back. The last ew times I MADE him. LOL.

I also hate my boyfriend's whiskers and toothpast in the bathroom sink!

My boyfriend is also guilty of not soaking dishes...GRRR to men!

While doing some teaching at a middle school, kids blowing bubbles and snapping their gum drove me nuts!

captiva · Jan 20, 2005

I must be so mellow compared to most of you. And I'm not tooting my own horn, either. Maybe it's just in my advanced age that some of this stuff doesn't bother me anymore

And I REALLY hate it when the TP isn't on the roll at all!

Warning - do not use the toliet at my house. We have not been able to leave the toliet paper on the roll since George came to us six years ago. He has TP radar and will "search and destroy" every single time.

You did bring up a couple of small things that still bother me. One thing that drives me crazy is to hear someone clipping their toenails/fingernails. I don't know why. Another thing that drives me crazy - people leave their dirty coffee cups, etc. in the sink at work. I always send out a nasty email telling them they have 2 hours to get it cleaned out or I'm pitching what's in the sink.

katl8e · Jan 20, 2005

Signs that use an apostrophe for plurals.

People with ill-fitting dentures, that click and/or whistle, when they talk. That HAS to be uncomfortable - get them adjusted!

Men who think that they're fooling/impressing anyone, with cheap hairpieces. Fellas, I've got news for you - NOBODY is favorably impressed, with that piece of roadkill that you've plunked on top of your head!

grissom · Jan 20, 2005

Originally Posted by stormy

This is one of mine....
It really annoys me when someone else washes the dishes and they leave the dirty rusting brillo pad on the sink....what is so hard about throwing it away!

Oh yes! I understand! Or the don't rinse the suds out of the sink and leave the sopping wet rag in a ball in the sink!!! OHHH and Robert NEVER stacks dishes right in the strainer! He stacks them like he would in the cabinet and so the bowls all have puddles of water in them that never drains!

grissom · Jan 20, 2005

Originally Posted by valanhb

As a fellow English major, I feel your pain.

And the too, to, two.

And the they're, there, their.

And the its, it's.

Although I must admit that I am horrible with ie-ei combinations, even with the ditty...I before E except after C, and when it sounds A as in neighbor and weigh. I still manage to mess it up all the time! LOL

I'm only fussy about that in papers and such. When it comes to message boards or instant messenger, I'm in such a rush that I barely use apostrophe's. And I, too, suck at the ie ei combos. And au and ua. For some reason my fingers always find the u before the a and cause is always cuase.

captiva · Jan 20, 2005

Originally Posted by Grissom

I'm only fussy about that in papers and such. When it comes to message boards or instant messenger, I'm in such a rush that I barely use apostrophe's. And I, too, suck at the ie ei combos. And au and ua. For some reason my fingers always find the u before the a and cause is always cuase.

Oh I wish you could help me! I knew how to spell most of my life and then that part of the brain that knows the difference between "are" and "our", "here and "hear" , "there" and "their" just suddenly shut down. I have no idea why. I woke up one day and just started doing it. What's worse, is that spell check doesn't catch it because it's spelled correctly.

cirque · Jan 20, 2005

Originally Posted by Grissom

Oh yes! I understand! Or the don't rinse the suds out of the sink and leave the sopping wet rag in a ball in the sink!!! OHHH and Robert NEVER stacks dishes right in the strainer! He stacks them like he would in the cabinet and so the bowls all have puddles of water in them that never drains!

Thats another couple of mine too!! Not using the drainer properly, after all its ment to hold dishes so you can maxamize how many are in it if used properly, and they drain so much nicer when not stacked all over the place. And of course, leaving the dish spongey in the sink instead of ringed out and drying, is annoying as heck too!!

mrsd · Jan 20, 2005

Pet peeve threads drive me nuts.

Just kidding!

One of my pet peeves is to hear finger nails being clipped while someone is giving a speech or while at church. It seems rude.

Going to the store for the sale item, and they're sold out.

sharonkay · Jan 20, 2005

ooo....

I hate it that my husband never fills up the water in the brita pitcher!! and he is the one that drinks constantly! (I use it to for kitty's water...I just think the stuff that comes from our tap is not fit for anyone...)

so everytime I fill up her bowl I have to fill up the pitcher and then the next time I go to refresh her water ITS ALL GONE AGAIN!

I swear, the man is a camel

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