PET PEEVES
#79329 - 06/15/04 09:49 AM
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jenX
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i was thinking about pet peeves today and i was curious as to what everybody's were. i know Ruchie did a thread about this a long time ago, but i'm bringing it up again.
i have a few pet peeves:
people who chew with their mouths open
drivers who don't give a "courtesy wave" when you let them past you or switch lanes
people who don't say "thank you"
when someone leaves the toilet paper roll empty
so what are YOU pet peeves!?
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I have a few, too (and I definitley agree with all of yours, Jen!):
*People who take everything for granted and only look at the bad parts of their lives
*Drivers who feel the need to drive 15 mph at all times
*The noise that people make when they eat a banana and they open their mouth every now and again while chewing. It is the nastiest noise ever!
*When American Idol gets moved to a different night because of some worthless TV program!! 
I'm going to try and make it to AI auditions this summer so we'll see how that one goes! 
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LOL - I hate that banana noise too! Haha.
Let's see...
People who crack their knuckles all the time...
People who badmouth the President and don't vote.
People who swear in every sentence...
I don't know why this bugs me so much - but when people write 'your' instead of 'you're' or 'there' instead of 'their'....ooohh that bothers me... 
Being on hold....
There's more but I'm drawing a blank right now!
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The courtesy wave is one of my biggies. Other drivers in general figure big in my pet peeves, haha.
Scraping of teeth on a fork when eating. I've been known to pick up my plate and leave the room when people do that.
I have more. I'm sure I'll be back later. 
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#79356 - 06/15/04 10:26 AM
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jenX
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People who take everything for granted and only look at the bad parts of their lives - oh, that's a good one! i hate that too!
The noise that people make when they eat a banana and they open their mouth every now and again while chewing. It is the nastiest noise ever! -uh oh, i have no idea what you're talking about! i hope that doesn't mean i DO this! LOL.... i don't want to start listening for it, so i'll take your word for it.
I'm going to try and make it to AI auditions this summer so we'll see how that one goes! -oh boy! i hope you do well! i'm looking forward to seeing you on TV! don't forget us when you're famous, k?
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My pet peeves...
people who whistle all the time, especially if they are bad at it! (does that make me a big meanie?)
when people at work post things to our database that are spelled wrong
always being asked to do stuff during my unpaid lunch break (then doing it, because I am such a push over sometimes!)
people taking my laundry out and setting it on top of the dirty machine when I only left it unattended for a minute!
that people only drive slow when I have to hurry home to potty
I guess that I am not grumpy enough to think of much right now!
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Re: PET PEEVES
#79365 - 06/15/04 10:34 AM
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jenX
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LOL - I hate that banana noise too! Haha. -oh boy, i'm definitely going to notice this the next time! why did you guys bring it up!?
People who crack their knuckles all the time... -oh. i do that! sorry! it's a compulsive habit and we don't know we're doing it most of the time.
People who badmouth the President and don't vote. good one!
People who swear in every sentence... i'm a bit of a sailor, but i don't curse in EVERY sentence!
I don't know why this bugs me so much - but when people write 'your' instead of 'you're' or 'there' instead of 'their'....ooohh that bothers me... -maybe your just anal. it's you're big pet peeve, eh!? calm down over they're! it's no biggie! many people didn't learn there school lessons!
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Re: PET PEEVES
#79366 - 06/15/04 10:35 AM
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jenX
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Scraping of teeth on a fork when eating. I've been known to pick up my plate and leave the room when people do that. - OH YEAH. i totally concur!
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Re: PET PEEVES
#79370 - 06/15/04 10:38 AM
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jenX
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people who whistle all the time, especially if they are bad at it! (does that make me a big meanie?) -no, but i don't mind whistling, personally.
when people at work post things to our database that are spelled wrong -yup! me, too!
[*}that people only drive slow when I have to hurry home to potty -it sure seems that way, doesn't it!?
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I don't know why this bugs me so much - but when people write 'your' instead of 'you're' or 'there' instead of 'their'....ooohh that bothers me...
That bugs me too but lately I've caught myself doing it when writing really fast for a post here or something. Sometimes I catch it, sometimes I don't. FIBRO FROG strikes again! (ribbit) I've also gotten really casual about punctuation. I used to be a real stickler about it. I used to do a lot of proofreading in my job. I was really good at it, but now my brain has turned to mush...or frog food!!
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My pet peeves are....
* people that change the channel during every commercial.. and flip back and forth. I usually end up missing some of my show. *
* when people hang up on me.. whether we are in a fight or not *
* when people use my stuff without asking.. especially when my roomates get the mail and read my magazines before they give them to me. hello I pay for those bad boys. *
* getting an ibs attack right before you have big plans *
* and of course I concur about people chewing with their mouths open.. chewing loud etc. I especially hate when people chew their gum loud. gross. *
* oh, and because i'm a waitress.. people that change everything about what they are ordering (you know.. people like us  ) I just want to say.. dude if you don't like what we have then don't come out to eat.*
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oh!
#79378 - 06/15/04 10:49 AM
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jenX
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* and of course I concur about people chewing with their mouths open.. chewing loud etc. I especially hate when people chew their gum loud. gross. *
-cracking gum. i really hate that !
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LOL. I am anal about that! Don't do it! I understand that it slips now and then....but isn't it just common sense most of the time??
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OH YES! I hated that about the laundry too when we didn't have a washer/dryer. One time I was seriously like 2 minutes late, and it was all my underwear on top of the dryer!! So I stopped the all the person's stuff - LoL.
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When I can't get a live person for customer service about a problem. I'm tired of pressing (1)(2) (3) and everything is automated!
People that don't take their babies out when crying really loud at church, wedding, restaurant, etc. I always took mine out.
When my computer "locks up" and I can't use it.
When the satellite goes out in bad weather....searching for satellite signal.
That's all I can think of at the moment. I'm sure there are a lot more that will come to mind later.
Barbie
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This just totally grosses me out every single time!! When people blow their nose at the dinner table,UGH! My parents invited an older gentleman over for Thanksgiving dinner and right in the middle of me eating some Green Bean Casserole(we all know what that looks like anyway!)he decides to blow his nose in a hanky,,,,OHHH i thought i was gonna get up and run to the bathroom to puke!!!!!
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* People who are presumptuous about ANYTHING (this includes not doing a courtesy wave, not asking before borrowing things, etc.)
* When people pick at their skin or bite on their fingers
* When people talk on their cell phone in restaurants, movie theaters, while at the checkout counter, etc.
I have many more (I'm just an irritable gal, I guess ), but this is all I can think of right now.
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This drives me absolutely insane. It's like I can taste the metal in my mouth when they do it, and the noise... yuck!
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Re: PET PEEVES
#79413 - 06/15/04 11:29 AM
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Kandee
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The older I get the less pet peeves I have. I've found trying to put my self in their shoes does a world of good for tolerance. If something really bugs me I remove myself from the situation and turn my thoughts to something else. The IBS, and blood pressure doesn't need that aggravation!!!
Kandee
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Oh Yeah!
#79445 - 06/15/04 12:35 PM
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Bevvy
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No one wants to see food being digested. I used to enjoy "Roseann," but I couldn't stand to watch her eat, chomping away with her mouth wide open while the camera was rolling. Ditto with "Raymond." No one Loves Raymond when he throws a slice of pizza into his pie hole and the camera focuses in on it rolling around inside his wide open mouth!
Okay, I'll calm myself...
There's also the total annihilation of the English language. (Damn I hope I spelled that right.) When did we lose the ability to mouth the words, "I said"? Now it's, "I go like." What does that mean, "I go LIKE"? And why did we adopt it?
Or how about "okay?" after every sentence? Or "you know"? I love my friend Cindy, but when she keeps saying, "you know," I respond with, "No, Cindy, I don't know." And she just looks at me with a blank stare. She has no idea that she says "I know" after every other word.
Okay, having registered my stupid idiosyncracies, I confess that they're all minor compared with the absolute worst of all: people who have no consideration for others. This one is more than a pet peeve with me. I will totally lose it around these people; my blood will boil, my face will turn bright red, and I'll see nothing but daggers. Hubby has to actually hold me back.
See how I am?
Bev
P.S.: And it gets worse with age -- oh yeah! I have SOOO much less tolerance. That old expression, "mellow with age" is a misnomer!
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Your post reminded me of this one lady that works with my mom....we went out to eat a couple times, and after EVERY sentence she would say, "and stuff like that". It drove me NUTS! Finally my mom started doing it too, to see if she would notice. I tried SO hard to not laugh. I don't think the lady ever understood. I'm sure I have a bad habit people are annoyed with. Well, I hope not, but I guess everyone must have SOMETHING!
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Re: PET PEEVES
#79634 - 06/15/04 04:41 PM
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gigi
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OK, here i go:
People who dont teach thier children manners
Those who do not respect their elders
People who do not show humility to those who cannot help their physical appearance
Rude sales people and business owners (after all it is MY money I am spending with you)
Stupid drivers
Thats enough right now ! gayla
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Aaargh! I hate this. Jen, how could you? Surely it doesn't help the Fibro!??!
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Oh, I though of another one...people who drive at, say, 60mph when it's a 70 limit and then CONTINUE driving at 60mph when the limit changes to 50! WHYYYYYY?
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My boys having a contest to see who can scream the loudest right in front of me in my house!!!
People who speed through a yellow light while I'm taking a left hand turn
People who run through red lights
My nine year old says, "when his brothers eat with their mouths open".
My neighbor swearing while talking on the phone sitting outside
When I have PMS
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Because there are alot of stupid drivers on the road.
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LOL! Anyways, I jsut had to tell ya, my mom and I also noticed that Raymond chews his food with his mouth WIDE open!! It was sick this one time when they were eating this weird green and yellow mixture, and it was just rolling all around and it was - EW! Why don't they edit this stuff out or at least change the camera angle?? 
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1. Okay, like you know, talking to my 14 year old daughter, okay, and she said, you'll never guess.
When I need clarification I get the eye roll. Sometimes she doesn't even use words. It is all sound effects. The scary part is when I know what she means.
2. People who eat or chew gum while using a headset attached to a telephone. It is right there in my ear. Call me back please.
3. Family members who stand in the hall and yell to me "the cat yakked again" and then they walk over it. Or see a pen or something on the floor and ask me "why is there a pen on the floor?" "Perhaps I left it there so you would speak to me today."
That's the big three.
This thread has given me the best laugh of the day - I see myself in so many of your pet peeves. Gives you pause, huh.
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3. Family members who stand in the hall and yell to me "the cat yakked again" and then they walk over it. Or see a pen or something on the floor and ask me "why is there a pen on the floor?" "Perhaps I left it there so you would speak to me today."
I hate the pen thing, too!! It's so stupid! I always just say, "Gee I don't know, let's pick it up and ask it!" and it's always good for a laugh! (and it makes them realize what a stupid question that was!)
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You know? I crack you up? Okay? I go like, yeah, you know?
Chomp chomp (banana bread rolling around inside my pie hole, with a wide-open mouth here) -- Okay?
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now that's funny stuff!
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yes, Yes, YES!
when did that happen!?
what happened to "the customer is always right?"
now it seems like it's "the customer is always a pain in the a**."
argh!
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this is a horribly picky pet peeve of mine.
let me preface this by saying: i mean NO OFFENSE AT ALL to anyone with a speech impediment. i have a brother who stuttered for years and a sister-in-law who is not only a speech pathologist but has a slight speech impediment herself.
i have the utmost respect for anyone with any kind of speech problem.
ok, here goes my pet peeve:
radio stations (in the Baltimore/Washington area at least) who hire sub-par voice-over announcers. these guys (and a few women) all have "slushy speech." it's not a lisp. i don't know that i have a word for it, but i'm sure there is one if you're a speech pathologist. it's probably more than just sloppy speech (which i also can't stand!). it's this horrible sound when pronouncing Ss, Zs, some CHs and some Js. i don't know if you know what i'm talking about and/or how prevalent it is, but boy does it drive me up a wall. these people are supposed to be professionals! they are paid to make these commercials and whatnot nice to listen to. they should be able to speak clearly, with nice crisp Ss, the way the language was created! oh my, i really hate listening to those voice overs....
then again, there are people who over-enunciate, on the radio or otherwise. oy, does that make my skin crawl, too!
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unfortunately, all of my joints "crack." and i don't know why.
i have always had this little twitchy thing (not obvious upon looking at me, though) that has been unexplained by any doctor, not that i have ever really persued it for more than about 2 seconds. now that i've read a bit about restless leg syndrome, i think it's probably of that ilk, but not the same exactly (it doesn't bother me at night that i know of and it's certainly not just my legs!). it's like a tightness in the joints and the muscles around the joints- a tightness with maybe a little tiny burning and pulling sensation. well, to relieve it, i need to kinda flex the joint. that seems to have led to cracking in most of my joints. so it's not like i set out to crack my knuckles, it's like this thing i just can't help doing.
i am probably going to seek out a neurologist about my fibro in the near future and i'm going to ask about it. one psychiatrist i saw back when i was having a lot of migraines had put me on meds that aggrevated it a lot and he thought it was probably some very slight version of tourette's syndrome (with no screamed curses!). it is definitely aggravated also by cafienne and sugar, which is why i cut back on those--- by having too much soda or sugar or even adrenelin i get these twitchy things worse and then that seems to make all of my muscles hurt more (from the excess movement), sometimes quite painfully.
sounds like i'm a big fat mess, but really i'm not! i swear it! you'd never ever know any of this by looking at me or spending time with me. the only people who have probably picked up on it without me mentioning it are my best friend (and i have no idea if she noticed it but she knows i crack my ... everything) and an exboyfriend who i think was slightly annoyed by the moving around before i fell asleep!
so there you have it... the true story of me! and i've never told anyone before! ('cause it never really ocurred to me to think about it much unless i was in a really painful period, much less mention it! )
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those people probably set that bugger and then don't worry about it from then on out.
i do get irked a bit by the people in the "fast" lane who go whatever speed they go, even if it's above the limit, and won't get out of the way when a faster vehicle (me) comes up behind them. they figure they're going 70 or whatever and that's fine with them, so up yours, you can deal with it! ARGH!
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And here, a lot of the highways are 65mph, so dude, 70 is NOT fast enough to block up the left lane! And I will not even get started on people who do *45* on the highway. If you're afraid to drive fast, stick to the country roads, buddy!
I could go on for a loooong time about things drivers do to annoy me, hehe.
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I used to work in retail at a children's clothing store. We were taught that we always greeted the customer and were always watching the register to be sure no one was waiting. The customer always came first before we were talking to one of our salesperson buddies. It seems like a lot of places I shop sales people are talking to each other and seem bothered that you have a question. A big pet peeve for me is.....where is the salesperson when you are at the register waiting to check out???? I usually have to go hunt one down. And... how about a smile once in a while????
I do have to say that I think Old Navy has a great sales staff.
Barbie
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i agree! Old Navy does have a good sales staff, now that you mention it.
i wonder if the management beats them to get them that way!?
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Good one. I specialized in traffic engineering in college, and I did many reports/presentations on Red Light Running. You would be amazed at the stats on it - deaths, injuries, etc. Just unbelievable. Luckily, some states already have them, but hopefully all will have them soon - cameras. There is actually a camera that can follow your car through the intersection, catching both plates and a picture of your face. It starts recording when the light it yellow and determines if you'll proceed through the intersection by tracking your speed! It's amazing. It can even stay with you if you change lanes.
SO - hopefully people will quit running red lights. It's incredibly dangerous and doesn't save time overall.
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When my husband (as he is sitting on the couch watching TV) says to me, "The birds need some bird seed put in their feeder", as I am doing the dishes. Is there some rule that says men can't get up from the couch and put bird seed in the feeder???
Barbie
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the dishwasher may explode if you put a plate in it (sub article 415-A: if no dishwasher is present, all women in the area are considered "dishwasher" and washing any dishes personally is considered "offensive" to said dishwasher.)
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do not replace toiletpaper rolls before their time or suffer the consequences
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sitting in a restaurant and my water glass is empty and the waiter/waitress doesn't fill it unless I ask.
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JenX,
Have you wead Making Minty Malone? It's Bwit chick lit, but thewe is a wadio announcew in it with a vewy pwedominant speech inpediment. Good stuff!
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