Pet Peeves IX (9th)

[sandragonfly]

..thought it was a little messy bringing old thread (with too many posts in) back up -- so I update a new one along with old threads here -

pet peeves I (gina's ark inc)
pet peeves II (cathybogart)
pet peeves III (ilovemyabbygirl)
silly pet peeves IV (2kitties)
work pet peeves V (djfyrewolf)
pet peeves VI (jods)
pet peeves VII (ktluvskitties)
pet peeves VIII (laurie's babies)

well....my new pet peeve from camping..

RUBBERNECKS!!! (from driving for over 40 hours in five days total)...agggggggh.

moooo-ve please?!

sorry if I missed anyone!

[CagneyDog]

When people walk really slowly....Dont you have anywhere to go?!!

When people let there dog run up to mine when they are supposed to be on a leash

When people take a trillion years in the bathroom...What are you doing in there?!

Liars

People that cannot take the time to email/phone me back..

When the radio plays the same song over & over again

Hmmm there are so many more, but I will keep it simple

[jesse_3]

lets see here:

People that abuse their pets

Hipocrits

Liars

People that don't shut up long enough for you to say something

and, as CagneyDog said, people that walk too slow!

That is all for now, I will post more later

Steph and Jes

[finn's mom]

I put this in another one before, but, I just got an email with this...

using ect, instead of etc...it's ETCetera, ETCetera...not ECTetera!

[sandragonfly]

[color=purple]

posted by finn's mom
ETCetera...not ECTetera!

my addition, common words misspelled!

it's congraTulations, not congraDulations.
definitEly, not definitAly/definAtely..

no offense but I don't understand when it's everywhere and it still can't be spelled correctly.

[Kfamr]

Incredibly picky and anal people.

Irresponsible and immature adults, ditto on that for kids, but even worse when they're adults.

Misbehaved dogs, children, etc. Control your "kids", people!

[finn's mom]

Originally posted by Gina's Ark Inc.
[color=purple]

my addition, common words misspelled!

it's congraTulations, not congraDulations.
definitEly, not definitAly/definAtely..

no offense but I don't understand when it's everywhere and it still can't be spelled correctly.

Yeah, grammar and spelling are things that I always notice. I want to take some classes just to polish up on my own vocabulary and sentence structure. I'm ridiculously anal about some of the silliest things, and, then other things that bother the heck out of most people, don't bug me at all. Ha ha, maybe that's because I'm almost a Libra. Virgos are perfectionists. I'll alphabetize my cd and dvd collections, but, then there are times in my room, I can't even find a pair of clean socks, I'm so disorganized. It's funny.

Let's see...another pet peeve. I love these threads, it's so funny to see the little petty things that drive people batty. It's a wonder we don't all end up on the funny farm.

I HATE it when people refer to Asian people as "Oriental." My dad does it, and, it's not something I'll correct him on, because he means no harm by it. But, it does make me stop in my tracks when I hear it. I don't usually say anything, unless I know the person won't be offended by my correcting them.

I had so many when I worked at Suncoast (a video store, for those that read this and don't have them). It's no big deal when someone says a name wrong and then at least acknowledges their mistake when you show them the correct spelling or whatever. A few examples of what I mean...

Muffets instead of Muppets. I had a regular customer who would never say it correctly. It drove me bananas. She was cool, though, except for that.

Jack Nicholas instead of Jack Nicholson...unless you're referring to the golfer (Nicklaus, I think is how you actually spell it, though). But, in a video store, the actor is usually who people meant.

Ah, and, the last one I can think of right now...when people would say Sally Fields instead of Sally Field. Again, petty as heck, but, then...that's why they're called PET peeves. They usually aren't important, but, irksome things nonetheless.

[binka_nugget]

Using "your" instead of "you're". Same goes for "their", "there" and "they're".

[sirrahbed]

typos and misspelled words (obviously not alone here )
- oh and it is GRAMMAR, not Grammer

store clerks who talk across my head to another store clerk

trying to talk to someone who starts talking before I can finish a sentence

when a waiter/waitress asks "how are WE doing?"

doctors who think they know what I need before I am done telling them what is wrong could this come from being a nurse??

[PJ's Mom]

Screaming kids and their parents who don't seem to care that their kids are spoiled brats. Discipline your kids, people.

People who put their stupid flyers on my door when I have a huge sign that says "no soliciting". Grr.

Dogs riding in the back of trucks.

People who take small children into a movie theater. Leave them at home if they can't shut up!

People who talk at full volume during a movie.

[finn's mom]

Originally posted by binka_nugget
Using "your" instead of "you're". Same goes for "their", "there" and "they're".

Same here. I do find myself once in awhile making that mistake, though...from just being tired or typing too quickly. It's so funny, I'll edit my posts, even I don't find the mistake for months.

Originally posted by sirrahbed typos and misspelled words (obviously not alone here )
- oh and it is GRAMMAR, not Grammer

Ha ha, obviously not! I think it's a good thing to care about grammar and such. I don't edit people, usually, but, I always notice it.

[JenBKR]

Pet peeves...hmmm...I have many it seems. I agree with the grammar conversation. There was a car dealership near my work and for the longest time the sign on it read something like "Huge Car Sell!" I'd look at it every day, until I finally realized it meant car SALE. That really drove me crazy. Another pet peeve is people on cell phones everywhere. Talking about personal things, talking loudly at the movies, etc. And some people cannot drive and talk on a phone at the same time. That's pretty scary!

[dogzr#1]

Those girls that scream when the lights go out. I mean come on it is just dark.

When people make fun of you because you like something that they don't like or vise versa. I don't really like music (kinda weird right?) so my brothers and the people at school always make fun of me because I can never answer them when they ask me what my favorite band or song is. Also I am one of those really healthy people so I like alot of vegatbles, and some of my friends go "EWWWW you like brocoli and spinach? Gross!!"

People say "like" after every other word in there sentence.

Talking on the cell phone in the middle of the movies or resteraunt. Also answering the phone in the middle of a conversation. You are talking to them then "RIIING RIIING" they answer it and talk away not even saying I'm busy or something.

I have alot more but these are a few.

[Kfamr]

Originally posted by PJ's Mom
People who take small children into a movie theater. Leave them at home if they can't shut up!

This is one I can totally agree on. There was this lady who brought her child that was in diapers when I was at the movies the other night. The little girl was crying the whole time and even worse her diaper needed to be changed! The smell was so horrible I wanted to vomit. The little girl kept crawling on the floor and touching my shoes.

Generally I wouldn't be that bothered by kids but it made me so furious that the mother was so irresponsible. Besides letting her scream at the top of her lungs, sit around in a dirty diaper, she was letting her child crawl on the nasty movie theater floor!

Poor kid.

[caseysmom]

I never took my kids to movies until they were at least 5 then it was disney matinee's, I can't imagine someone doing that.