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A pet peeve (or pet hate) is a minor annoyance that can instill extreme frustration in an individual. Typically each person has several pet peeves that aggravate her or him more than the average person. Another person may not react as negatively or at all to the same circumstance.

People who chew their nails? forget to put the cap on the toothpaste? leavie the seat up?

What is your pet peeve(s)?

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When people eat the food I am cooking whileI am still cooking. You know how you will be frying bacon and someone will keep eating it as you fry it

My husband does this all the time! Bacon,anything I make in the deep fryer. It really makes me crazy.

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Pop cans. I cannot stand to see pop can laying around they drive me insane and they are usually half full because the person or kid forgot where they left their poor little pop can. So the can sits there and sits there until I go over empty the can and put it in the recycle bin. Pop cans are the biggest waste of money I have ever seen. Don't get me wrong I love my diet coke in a can but at least I finish it.

That's my pet peeve

I probably have too many pet peeves but my biggest one is drivers that are doing everything except driving when they are behind the wheel of a vehicle. They are chatting on the phone, putting on makeup, eating lunch, slapping kids, reading, writing, fighting with their spouse, having their dog on their lap,and some things I don't even want to think about. Driving is a full time responsiblity.

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I think I have a million pet peeves but finger nail clipping is a big one. There are two guys that I work with - one clips his nails in his office (clip, clip, clip) and another clips them in meetings! OMG. He also takes out his pocket knife and cleans the crud out from under his nails. Makes me gag. But the clip, clip, clip drives me crazy....not to mention the thought of the nails flying all over the place....

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People who will not put up their shopping carts. Right now my ds car and his co worker car got hit with a shopping cart during a storm. Going to cost us $200 for a new headlight . The coworker lost her headlight too plus a big dent.

People who don't have any manners...The ones who don't say thank you when you open the door for them...The ones who don't say please when they want something and just grab something out of your hand...I also don't like drivers who don't use their turn signals...Another one is people who shake their head all over the place and mess with their hair when they're in front of me...Especially when they do it in restaurants...No, I don't want your hair flying all over the place, thank you very much...People who carry on a thirty minute conversation on their cell phone in a public place...very annoying...I'm sure I have tons more... ~Lisa

way too many to list....but heck I will try.

people who are touching any ustensil while I am cooking(like stirring or tasting the food I am cooking,putting a lid on a pot that doesn't need one,changing the heat on teh stove.....) Dh does it ,and it bugs me to no end(he knows it....)

rude people who after they know I am french ,tell me why they don;t like French people or France,and then proceed to tell me not to take it personaly.
or the ones who asked if it is true that French women are easy ....

people who don;'t use their turn signals the right way(hello!!! you put your darn turn signal ,slow down and turn,and not: slow down to a stop ,turn and put your turn signal!!)

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Get a beverage and get comfy, this will be long...

Along the lines of nail clipping - nail biting - it's gross and really, no one wants to witness this. Just stop for the love of God, just stop!

Also on driving (this could be an entire thread all on it's own) people who do at some point remember to use their turn signal then just leave it on....and on...and on...and 15 miles later you are still waiting for them to turn already.
People that tailgate me. Just because I am in a sports car and you are in your gas guzzling SUV or Dodge Ram ( from my experience these trucks, the Dodge Rams, come equipped from the dealerships with the Ok to ride someones butt whenever they so choose) does not mean you are bigger and better and can tailgate.
People who ride their brakes. Seriously, if you are that scared of other drivers then there is the option of public transportation.
People with obnoxious untrained dogs. The big dogs that will lodge their noses in your crotch or butt so far they are able to actually lift you off the ground. And their annoying owners that always feel the need to say, "Ahhh....He is just saying Hello!" Teach your dog some manners already!
People that say whatever pops into their head and never see that they are really out of line.
A few examples:
These are all actual things said to me while I was pregnant...
1. This was from a co-worker who (and Im trying to be nice here) is bigger than I am even when I was pregnant. She actually said ," Hurry up and have that baby so we can go on a diet together." My reply, "You may want to get started without me"
2. Random old man at work, "Damn, you are fat!" My reply was one worthy of getting me put on the naughty list.
3. "You havn't had that kid yet?" (what was your first clue...maybe the fact that I am still pregnant?")
4. "When's your due date?" Same as it was when you asked me just yesterday....

I could go on with the stupid comments....think before you speak, run it in your head and see how it sounds then decide if it really needs to be said out loud.

Another pet peeve - people who talk nonstop at the movies or while you are watching TV. If someone has the guts to chatter on to me while Greys Anatomy or House is on....you will experience a wrath the likes of none other, darn it!
One of my biggest is when you are say, in the break room at work, and random person is sitting at the next table and you are at your table with others having a conversation and the random person will just butt in or will say "What were you saying about so and such?" Its rude and annoying....I work with several that do just this.
People who chew with their mouths open. Seriously, g-r-o-s-s!
Men who dip. enough said.
Women who dip. Just kidding - I dont know any but it sounds like it would be nasty lol.
People who slip off their shoes in public. We dont wanna see your nasty hooves or talons. Keep your hoof covers on, thank you very much. If your shoes bother you that much wear a different pair.
People that park so crooked there is no way anyone can park next to them because they have taken up that space or we know that if we do chance parking there when you back up you will no doubt hit our car. And then you will probably just drive off.
Men who stare at your chest the entire time you are talking to them.
Parents that say to their children, "If you do that one more time Im going to spank you." Then after then 6th time of the child doing it.....the parent is still saying the same thing.
Parents that let their kids go hog wild in public, at the store, movies, restaurants, wherever.

Ok, I will give it a rest but I really could go on....as if you couldnt tell....lol. I dunno, maybe I get irritated easily or maybe I just think common sense is NOT so common.

Ok, so what exactly is 'dipping'? I'm sure that I probably do it. LOL. Do you mean double-dipping?

I'm still thinking but as soon as I think of something, I'll post it! Too bad this thread wasn't posted about a week ago when I was PMS-ing!!!

Dipping refers to chewing tobacco/snuff. Do you really do it?

cj/

ppl who drive w/ their music and base up so high-it gives me a headache. I HATE your music, and I don't want to listen to it.....I especially *enjoy *when at a stoplight, my kids get to listen to all the "best" words from said music....

also, another pet peeve is when the mom from the show Little People, Big World says the word "height" but pronounces it "heith" as in width or length. As a Little Person, she really should have figured that one out by now.

Aah, ya caught me! LOL. Nah. I gave it up... I feel so stupid. Oh well -- not the first time!

I totally agree!!!! I like to choose my own music, thank you very much.

Ok, my DH told me what my pet peeves are! Ha ha. He says that all of my pet peeves are attributed to him.

1) When he looks over his glasses to read instead of taking them off (he wears the glasses for distance and doctor said he doesn't need bifocals yet, yea right... age 45, come on!).

2) When he trims his eyebrow hairs and leaves them all over the sink.

There are more but I don't want to bore you. Heh. He's a sweetheart.

My ultimate pet peeve are people on the highway who get in the left lane (the passing lane) and cruise along like they are out for a Sunday afternoon drive! And, what ticks me off even more is if they are in the left lane and there is a car in the right lane too and they ride side by side where no one can pass either car! I have a tendency to always be in a hurry and when I get trapped behind two cars (one in the left lane--that is not actually passing- and a car in the right lane that is taking their own sweet time-which is OK--that's the right lane--the cruising lane), I get so frustrated!....Road Rage!!! (not really but....I get ticked off! )

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One of mine is when it says 10 items or less in the store and they have 20 or when it says cash only and they pull out a charge card. (can you people read) I also agree with the one were people drive the passing lane. when people who are large (I am large) and wear their clothes to tight so I have to see every roll they have. Have alot more but cant think right now. Oh ya people who cant think right now.

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These are some of mine also. Especially seeing the "Muffin Tops" on people. I at least try to hid my rolls. (I am a large woman also).

My biggest is when you are driving down the road and a child in the car in front of you is bouncing around the backseat/front seat out of restraints. The parent will be fastened in though. What are the parents thinking. Don't they know that the child could become a projective and fly through the windows if you are in a wreck!

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one thing that makes me crazy is when we have a potluck at work and people who bring desserts sit down and share them with their friends before the potluck at an earlier break than lunch and them think they have contributed to the meal!!!
along that same line is people who eat the food you have prepared for everyone before anyone else eats

I guess I just hate greedyness

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mine lately & It happened today at CEC & it happens quite frequently to me when eating in public someone will flip thier hair basically on my food today a ran past our table the pizza was just placed down by the people working thier & a girl ran by & flip her hair up then down right over my pizza EEWWW how flipping gross & adults do this all the time too not just kids anytime I am in public it seems with food or drink

My other is people on cell phones constantly I have even had a order screwed up at mcdonalds like 2 months ago because the guy was talking on his cell phone while getting our order in the bag. Next is people who constantly spank thier is one family in dd's swim lesson group she has 5 kids 4 girls & 1 boy she always everyday spanks the boy I have never seen them spank the girls & the boy IMO is well behaved it irks me everytime I see her & her dh do this.

My last but not least is when my kids whine its like screaching to my ears it drives me crazY!!!!

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My pet peeve is when people lick their fingers to turn pages in a book or magazine. It's also annoying when cashiers lick their fingers to open the plastic bags. It's very unsanitary!

Roaming cats. Along those lines, people that allow their cats to roam and don't spay or neuter.
People who walk their dog, let them potty on our yard and don't clean it up.
People who walk right in front of you and don't say excuse me.
People that drop by without calling first.

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You took the words out of my mouth! That is the absolutely most annoying thing in the world!

*I see you are in VA too, I also tend to be in a hurry, maybe it's a virginian thang, lol. j/k

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1. People who spit on the sidewalk/grass EEWWW I hate watching where my feet/shoes are going so that i don't step in a nasty drool pool!
2. People who don't pick up their doggie waste (same reason as above except pile instead of pool)
3. Not closing the lid on the coffee creamer(DH, this means you!!)
4. Jen from BB8(this is a temporary one as I'm sure I'll forget about her once she's gone)
5. and last but not least, People who take message boards WAY too seriously

This list could go on forever but I'll stop short as It's still early in the day

Ooohhh, the spit reminded me....absolutely hate it when people spit their chewing gum on the ground. What a pain to get that gooey blob on your shoe....Things that make you go grrr.....

cj/

People who leave their cigerette butts any where they feel like....including people who flick them out the window.

I can't stand drivers on the freeway who are constanly changing lanes to get 'there' faster. I'm talking about when traffic is heavy and there is really no way to get 'there' any faster. They keep changing lanes to get half a car length ahead of anyone else. Traffic in this town is BAD and the only way to get somewhere on time is to leave earlier!

Since this is one of my pet peeves, I really enjoy it when I have witnessed a car doing this for several miles and when I get off at my exit - they are the car BEHIND me waiting for the light. So much for all their bobbing and weaving and putting other drivers in danger.

Smokers who are considerate by not smoking around the kids at the youth league games and go to stand on the walking track so that the people who are there to walk and jog for exercise get to breath their second hand smoke plus get to detour around them.

Guilty as charged! Ican't help it....I'm always in a hurry. I'll try to do better, honest!

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I have 2..........

I. People who do not use correct English or mispronounce words.
(If i hear my friend say "jigger" instead of "chigger" one more time I think I will strangle her!)

2. Spitting. Especially when it follows a big cough gag noise. That's about the only thing that litterally upsets my stomach.

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Bad customer service. If you don't like working with the publice then get another freaking job! It's not my fault that you had a fight with your mother before you came in to work. It's not my fault that you are scheduled on a crappy shift...and I'm sorry, but I do not understand your heavily accented English and need to speak to someone I can understand!

Trust me, I did not want to have to call customer support/shop for whatever/ask for your assistance, but I am but one person and unfortunately am not perfect! Occasionally I will have to ask for help from someone who's job it is to assist the customer!

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Ok, I'm jumping aboard.....

I have lots also....

I hate and I mean absolutely HATE to see dvd's,vhs tapes, and xbox,gamecube,PS2 games/cases on the FLOOR! I am forever saying this. Those games are not cheap! And on the floor is the prime place to get stepped on, HELLO!?

I hate to see a kids nails long.

LYING AND SNEAKINESS (absolutely drive me insane) -- my kids, (of course no where near saints,) are usually pretty good about these. They know how wrong it is and I have usually got no trouble with them in this manner, one of the kids I'm watching however.....not so much.


When you unwrap something and have trash, walk the #@$%^ 3 steps to the trash NOT leave it on the counter so *I* can pick it up!

People who pull out in front of you after waiting while you drive down the road at a steady speed, pull out JUST as you get to them, only to step on their brakes and turn at the NEXT turn! I have had this happen (as I'm sure you all have)more than once. I always look in my rearview and see NO ONE behind me, what they couldn't wait that 2 seconds?? Or did I become invisible?

Whining. From anyone. Not just kids.....

Ok, I'm done for now.

i found more!!!:
empty containers in the fridge /cupboard....

on the highway,people who are on the left to pass a big rig and just stay beside it....just go and pass it ,or get behind it!!

close minded people who think their religion is THE only religion worthy in the world....
(i am gonna duck and run.....)

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Well daltonmama, maybe just maybe the hurrying IS a Virginia thang!!! Where are you within the Commonwealth of our great state VA??? I am in Danville (on the NC/VA border).

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1. People who butt in to conversations.
2. People who act like the world owes them something.
3. People who constantly complain.
4. Kids that constantly whine to get their way because they know thier parents will give in, I am talking about the whining little cry "pleeeeease mommy pleeeeeeese, boo hoo, sticking out bottom lip"
5. When people see that I am trying to correct my kids and say "Oh no its ok, they are just kids, why did you get mad at them?" Kids they may be but I don't hesitate in letting my kids know when they are wrong and I don't like people butting in.
6. My husband's computer desk mess.
7. When I am trying to tell someone something and they don't listen to me first, they just cut me off and start putting in thier two cents.
8. People that don't listen to thier kids and communicate with them to know what is going on in thier lives.
9. Men who control thier wives.
10. Old people who think the earth revolves around them and they are the grumpiest old things you will ever see.

I hate it when people pop/smack their chewing gum. It makes me want to turn around and poke their eyes out. It has to be the most annoying sound ever! ~Lisa

People who bite their nails. I don't care if they do it in private, but please don't do it while you're sitting next to me. I can hear the chewy sounds -- ewwwww. Today I sat in a meeting and was surrounded by 3 nail biters. It was a freakin' presentation. They didn't have to do anything but listen, but there they are chew, chew, chew. Oh yeah, and then they have to check them out and see how much they've made themselves bleed. Please, if you have this nervous habit, get treatment. It's gross.

My absolute biggest pet peeve is when people tug or pull on my clothes. All h-e-double-hockey-sticks breaks loose if you tug on my clothes. I have told people numerous times that I cannot be held responsible for my actions if you pull on my clothes. I have no idea why this just unleashes the witch in me, but it does. It must be a past life thing or something.

Others :

When people trespass through my yard or the neighbors yard after being told SEVERAL times not to.

When people back into a parking spot instead of pulling forward into it (his one bugs me way more than it should).

When people who go to yard sales (mostly hardcore ebayers or second hand store owners) drive like maniacs on the road, trying to beat other hard core people to yard sales. They have no concern for other peoples safety (or their own).

People who don't take care of their animals : breed them, have them living out side, don't take them to the vet for shots/checkups, etc. (not breeders alone, but backyard breeders who are only in it for the money and refuse to get vet care for their animal, while counting the potential $$ from the puppies).

When people make rude comments about other peoples kids under their breath so the parent of said child hears them. It is not my fault you are not familiar with Autism, and sorry, I didn't make sure my son wore his "I am not a brat - I have Autism" shirt today.

I have many more, but I will leave it at that.

People who have so many pet peeves that you know they must long for one single peaceful moment in their day when someone is not causing them to lose their mind.

Anyone's pet peeve run-on sentences?

Rebecca

I don't really care where people drive, so long as they allow room for passing, and keep their high-beams off. And don't follow so closely if I'm already over the speed limit! A lot of the things posted here are pretty awful, and things I'd forgotten about. Manicures should be done at home.

People wanting a bite of my food. Dam, get your OWN!!!

Rude people.

People who are always "right".

I'm with the poster above on the religion thing, too.

I'm sure there's more,but, that'll do for now.

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--Loud television. Makes me crazy, and is a constant point of contention around here. Goes along with
--T.v. on for no apparent reason, nobody in room. Just don't get it.

--Adults having conversations in front of children that are inappropriate. This ranges from a friend who will call me with her kids in the car and talk about a fight with her d/h to parents who will ask me in front of the kids if their kids can swim with us, or sleepover, or whatever. Hate it. Ask me privately if you don't know better than to ask for an invitation.

--People who are just bitter about life. Had a conversation with a relative recently who advised me that "summer is over after 4th of July" and "there is no such thing as a happy life" in one 10 minute conversation. WTH? Take a pill.

nope, it's not a hurrying thing in Virginia-just drive behind my husband....He is such a grandpa behind the wheel...Hmmm, could that be yet another one of my pet peeves?

Getting an inbox full of forwarded emails....many saying "send this to ten people......." or whatever.

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Bless your heart!!! If my DH drove like a grandpa, I would die!! That would definitely be a pet peeve for me, if I were you!! Good luck with that one.....All I can say....YOU DRIVE!!! LOL J/K

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Thought of one other pet peeve - grammar/spelling....
improper use of there, they're, their and your, you're
and the piece de resistance: toy's i.e. using 's for plural....
no ' needed! makes me crazy....LOL

cj/

Biggest one for me is people who smack or slap when they eat. It is such a huge peeve that it is now even my son's peeve. One member of our extended family slaps, slurps and smacks. It is awful. We have to race to sit as far from them at the dinner table.

I also hate when people make a sandwich and don't cut it in half.