The snap of gum coming from the obnoxious girl in line ahead of you at the grocery store is enough to send you over the edge. Then she whips out her cell phone and starts to talk as the poor cashier attempts to tell her the total of her purchase, and you are certain you're going to lose it. Shaking your head in disbelief as she leaves the store, you make your purchase just in time to see her speeding out of her handicapped parking spot, although she didn't look the least bit hurt when you last saw her.
Pet peeves. We all have them. The little things that people do that drive us past the brink. What are yours??
Friday, January 18, 2008
Oh Snap!
Posted by A Pea at 3:18 PM
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1. People that say any of the following things: irregardless (um, so you have regard for that then?), exspecially (didn't know there was an x in that word), "seen" when it should clearly be "saw"...like "oh, I seen it!",
2. Thanks to my husband - popcorn in the movie theatre. Stop and listen sometime. It sounds like a bunch of cows. Now, I love popcorn, don't get me wrong, but really it is cows grazing!
3. Anything teenage. No wait, anything middle school to young adult.
4. When you can't distinguish who is the Mom and who is the daughter until you are really close. Come on, is that the way the world is supposed to work? Get your botox injectioned, tight jean wearing, bleach blonde highlighted, mid-riff baring self into a much needed reality check! It is okay to get older!
5. Parents that have absolutely no rules and no structure for their kids (i.e. no naptimes, no bedtimes, no mealtimes, no time outs, nothing...my brother-in-law is like this and I almost had an aneurism over Thanksgiving).
6. People that curse in public, especially the eff word. Dude, why do I have to hear that? Why do my kids have to hear that?
7. The way that most people don't even think to say "excuse me, pardon me, I'm sorry, I beg your pardon", or "God Bless You", or even "Thank you!"
I guess this is just the afternoon for a rant! Thanks for the venue!
Oh my goodness, there are not enough bytes in the world for me to post all of my pet peeves. (I know, I know -- those of you that know me are SHOCKED by this.)
Number one of all time: Gum chomping/popping/you name it. Hate it. If I have a close enough relationship with someone, I flat out make them spit it out. Into my hand.
2.) People who don't smile or say hi to you when you pass them in the hallway -- ESPECIALLY when you do so first. Hello, can you acknowledge that I'm here? You almost crashed into me, the least you can do is give me the half smile/laugh and say "excuse me."
3.) When you repeatedly call someone and leave them messages over an extended period of time because they refuse to call you back and then when you FINALLY get them on the phone, they act as if they've never heard of you. Um, yeah, that was me who left you forty million messages on your voice mail. Don't pretend this is the first you've heard of me.
4.) People who say "FASFA." I work across from the Financial Aid office, and it drives me absolutely bonkers when I hear people pronounce "FAFSA" (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) as "FASFA." The worst part is when they pronounce it that way WHILE SPELLING OUT THE WEB ADDRESS. "You can just go to the Fasfa website -- that's w-w-w-dot-f-a-f-s-a-dot-e-d-dot-gov."
YOU JUST SPELLED IT!!! WHY ON EARTH CAN'T YOU PRONOUNCE IT??
Phew. Okay, I think that's enough for me. Steam is starting to leak out of my ears.
1) Pacific instead of Specific
2) Axe instead of Ask
3) When people sneeze more than 3 times in one sitting. Once is acceptable, twice is borderline, but three definitely crosses that line.
4) When people say "bless you" or "gesundheit" after each sneeze of another. Expesically after the 3rd time.
I encourage you all to say (or maybe just think) "Felatio" when someone sneezes. Yes, I stole this from some reality show, but it's brilliant. When said out loud, and fast enough, no one really knows what you just said. They usually just say "Thank you". This makes the peeve #3 more manageable.
4) The slurping noise made by my 10 year old son now that he has braces and an expander in his upper mouth. Wanna know what it sounds like? Put the tip of your tongue on the roof of your mouth, smile, then suck in as fast as you can. Dinner time is lovely these days.
I know I'm not perfect, and I'm sure I do plenty of annoying things, so forgive me for what I'm about to say. In no particular order...
1. Mispronunciations - libary (uh, where'd the r go?), pacific (specific isn't an ocean), punkin (there's an mp, as in pump... do you say gas "pun"?), supposebly... and the list goes on
2. Misspellings - you're/your, their/they're/there, it's/its (I'm an editor, what do you expect?)
3. Overly loud talkers - you know, those people who talk loudly b/c they think they're super important. If you work in a cubicle village, you get this (Hot Pockets!)
4. Close talkers - so close they spit on you when speaking. And when you take a step back to get away, they step closer! NOOO!!
5. Loud and/or open mouth chewing - ew. That's all I can say.
6. Coughing - we all cough, I know. But when people cough and cough and cough without getting a drink, UGH! Get some water!
And T Pea, I know you have more. I'm only posting six just b/c I'm not letting you get away w/only four :)
When you are holding the door for the person walking out behind you and they don't take the door from you. Then you end up holding the door and more people walk in with you still holding the door. The kicker of the whole thing is that not one person says thank you or acts like you are even standing there.
1. when you do something nice for someone else while you're driving (like letting them go first at an intersection) and they don't give you the thank you wave.
2. the sound of someone clipping their (or is it they're, a pea? ;) ) fingernails.
3. ditto on the fasfa annoyance. i work in a financial aid office and it drives. me. bonkers.
I suppose mine could be classified not as a peev, but just downright rudeness. When I'm in a movie theatre, most people usually respect staying silent during the movie. However for some reason, they believe it doesn't include the previews. I actually look forward to the previews and I've had both young and old yapping away right in back of me. Do they need to put out the "silence is golden" slogan earlier?
Oh and another one I have is the disrespect in the grocery stores for the "10 items or less" line. I count my items every time before I use this line to make sure I'm compliant. It's small but I'm convinced when people with 12 items use these lines, it contributes to the eventual downfall of our society... ;-)
1. I know it's weird, but in the morning, I cannot sit and listen to people eat cereal. I get violent.
2. I will leave this very broad, not get into specifics. When people are public speakers, actors, etc., and they have speech problems I can't stand it. I am a very picky speech therapist listener, so this can become very distracting to me...like I miss the movie, since I am diagnosing the problem. I can't focus on anything else, and it drives me crazy! If you are going to speak in front of large numbers of people, you should have good speech skills. Period.
3. People who overshare. This happens to me all the time at work. I don't want to know about your disease/marital problems/money problems/drug and alcohol fun/etc. I cringe everytime, and I can't believe the things people have told within minutes of meeting me. The stories I could tell!
*People who drive slower than the speed limit in the LEFT lane!! This happens regularly in Florida!!
*People who "name drop."
*People who don't say "thank you" when you have held the door open for them---especially when are managing to do it while pushing a stroller with one hand and holding a toddler's hand with the other.
I've got to go with Apea on the word punkin...hate it and misspellings of words/improper use of grammar thing. I'm not an editor, but sometimes feel I missed my calling. lol. I'd also like to add that listening to people eating is so annoying, especially those who smack their lips. Aka, my boyfriend. I want to kill him when he does that.
1. I hate when people say 'take copius notes' when I'm supposed to attend a meeting. What the hell... Copius has got to be the worst word EVER.
2. It drives me nuts when people talk about themselves endlessly.
3. Rude people
4. People who try to tell me how to do my job when they don't have the slightest experience in the field.
Okay, this is a bit tough to explain, but it bothers me tremendously...
I pull up to a stop sign with two lanes, cross-traffic does not have to stop. I'm the first to pull up to the stop sign. However, another car/truck/suv pulls up in the lane beside me. Here it comes... the person driving this vehicle pulls up so far forward, so that he/she can see cross-traffic, that I can't see what the heck is coming from the direction he/she is blocking. And I was their first! Jerk! I was their first! Irregardless of if you're turning right or left, I was there first! I want to be very pacific with these idiots, expecially the ones who drive the SUVs. Supposebly if you're turning right you have the right-of-way, but I don't care. And I don't care where you're going! Even if you're going to the libary, have some respect! My God, I want to pick up a giant punkin and smash it on their freakin' windshields.
:)
Using FYI/ASAP in normal everyday conversation. (No not emails or memos) I can't take it I will explode if one more poor uneducated soul does it. Enough said.
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