Crumbs in the butter and other Pet Peeves!

[Guy]

When you are seated at a restaurant, eating, and an employee starts sweeping the floor right next to your table.

[Bèsame*]

People who drag their feet. Literately, hearing their shoes drag...pick up your feet!.

[cinnamongrrl]

i hate when you in the bathroom...public or otherwise...and you come out and there's someone standing right there............privacy people!!

[~ocean]

pppl who assume .. huge pet peeve ..

[cinnamongrrl]

Originally Posted by ~ocean

pppl who assume .. huge pet peeve ..

soooo you've met my mother?? lol

[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by Kenna

Yes Ma'am! ..people letting themselves into my house after I didn't hear them knock...went right though two doors mudroom and kitchen before I found them ...

Originally Posted by Gemme

That's what tasers are for.

Negative reinforcement is effective in changing inappropriate behavior...

[Massive]

I have a long list of pet peeves, almost all people related because of my being disabled, but, right at this moment in time, if I start I'll be sitting here typing for the next half hour and if I do that, I'll be running late, so, for now I'll stick with my biggest pet peeve of all:
Ignorant people ...

[JustJo]

On the subject of phones...

If you're talking to me, talk to me....don't do the "oh hang on so and so is calling me" and have other conversations in the background. Drives me nuts. Either talk to me, or say goodbye and go have your other conversation.

On the flip side, I'm struggling with teaching this to Rooster right now. He will come up and ask me questions or try to tell me things when I'm on the phone. I understand that he's accustomed to me working from home and frequently on the phone....and some things can't wait until my conference call (or personal call) is done, but most things can.

It's all about priorities....if I'm the one being put on hold or told to hang on repeatedly, I may just hang up.

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by Guy

When you are seated at a restaurant, eating, and an employee starts sweeping the floor right next to your table.

i didn't even think of this one but that drives me absolutely BONKERS.

The resort where i worked the servers would start running the electric broom vacuum thingy as people were eating! Between the racket of that or the dust flying up from sweeping i don't know which one drove me nuts the most.

ETA i liked the electric broom so much i bought one for personal use!

[ruffryder]

working in a customer relations position,

people who will not get off their phone to deal with you. I'm thinking just ignore them till they are done. haaaa.

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by ruffryder

working in a customer relations position,

people who will not get off their phone to deal with you. I'm thinking just ignore them till they are done. haaaa.

There's a sign at Hop Dinner in LR that says *if you don't have time to hang up and talk to us we don't have time to take your order*.. or something like that.


i work in the Massage industry and when people get on their phones in the office it drives me nuts. Emergencies are one thing but i had a client in my chair during her treatment call her daughter to discuss the laundry. It's rude to me and ruins their 80.00 per hour treatment.

Where i used to work we had a pretty fish tank, only there were no fish. Just old cell phones hanging from the top. It was a clear message that cell phones are not appreciated during this place of relaxation!

Ohmmmmm

[willow]

When the phone rings and someone says "if that is **** tell them I'm not in" I don't answer because I don't want to lie to the person on the other end and I don't want to chat to someone (because they always feel the need to justify the call and chat) I don't know or have nothing to say to. THEN the one who 'is out' freaks out because I didn't answer the phone and lie. "That could have been important!" Yeah it could have......next time you'll just answer huh

[Nomad]

1 - baby talk/purposely babyish voices ----> the silly dog/cat voice is something i tolerate with an extreme amount of good nature and have even tried to participate in myself. (ugh) also, children should not be spoken to in that voice once they reach 2 years old, if at all. they are not morons. but i've also been told that that kind of voice altering is engaging to kids in pre-verbal stages. i have met kids who had no idea how to really talk though, because the adults in their immediate environment spoke baby talk to the constantly. one little girl had issues by the time pre-school rolled around. her teachers thought she was hearing impaired. turned out that her parents and older sisters just spoke to her in baby talk all the time.

2 - tailgates ----> yes i know you hate being behind slow drivers. yes i agree that driving too slowly on the interstate is dangerous. but guess what Sparky? tailgaiting is megadangerous too. i dont know what kind of ego is required to make you believe that, with sheer force of will apparently, you can bring a vehicle traveling 65 mph to a complete and safe stop without hitting the car ahead of you when there's way less than a couple of car lengths between us and their back bumper (or in the case of yesterday, about 18 inches MAX) but i imagine it must be the same brand of ego that thinks that there's such a thing as "legitimate rape" and that Viagra is important while birth control is not.

3 - turn signal avoiders/delayed turn signals ----> it's a shame that so many cars apparently come without turn signals. i mean, if you had it you'd use it, right? it does tell people what to expect from you after all. that's a pretty helpful thing to the, oh i dont know, HALF A GAZILLION OTHER DRIVERS who are all just trying to LIVE to reach their damn destination!!!! it's also an indication of something you're going to do IN THE NEAR FUTURE, not the opportunity to point out to the rest of us something you've ALREADY DONE, as if to say, "see what i just did there? i changed lanes!" it's also something that you should TURN OFF once you've used it instead of leaving it on for the remainder of your trip, thus making the rest of us believe that at any moment you could veer into a different lane or turn a (real or imaginary) corner on your cross country tour to the left (or right, of course, depending upon which blinker you bloody well couldnt turn the f*ck off!!!!!) --- people who assume driving is a right rather than a privilege are also automatically on the peeve list

4 - people who use "god" as their excuse/reasoning/explanation for everything ----> one of the most inane examples i've ever heard ----> when asked whether or not she chatted with her bikini waxer during appointments (yes, that's the indication that the rest of my sentence is going to be the stupidest thing you've ever read), Kathi Lee Gifford (told you it was going to be stupid) replied that she didnt have a bikini waxer as she thought that "some things should be left the way G*d made them." i suppose her plastic surgery doesnt feature on that list of things. as a more serious example, Richard Mourdock's (IN state treasurer) comment, "“I think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, it is something that God intended to happen.” and that when rape results in pregnancy the baby should be considered "a gift from G*d" made me want to vomit up my spleen. it also begs the question why, if G*d wanted to give someone the gift of a baby He couldnt just sprinkle some baby glitter over a uterus and 'make it so'. seems to me that there are a lot more pleasant ways to become pregnant. i'm pretty sure He can forgo rape as one of them. (which begs the question, if G*d is running your universe and is the guiding force in/reasoning behind all things, why rape exists at all? surely there isnt a proviso for rape in G*d's name too?) in a related peeve, the word "god" does not belong solely to Christianity. nor does the use of it as a name (because really, it's sort of a job description rather than a name if you think about it). when you say things like "in the name of G*d" and etc you had better be prepared for the question "which one?" or better yet, "whose VERSION?"

5 - people who use the phrase "i'm allowed to have my feelings" as a justification for any kind of behavior, a demand that everyone else shut up and put up with their behavior, or the attitude that they must be right just because they're having those feelings. anger is healthy stuff. it should be used sparingly and wisely. over the top reactions to things make people tune you out. dont be surprised if something big happens and no one cares/notices. we're all used to your 9.5 on the Richter Scale freak outs every time you break a nail or cant find your favorite pencil. because of that you have zero right to be verklempt when no one notices that your world actually did just burst into flames and you have less than zero right to be pissy if people are ignoring any situation appropriate anger you try to express simply because they're used to you beating them over the head with your feelings rather than starting an adult conversation about what's upset you.

6 - people who say "if you dont love this country you should leave it." really? REALLY? and go.......................................where exactly? a) leaving the country is a privilege of the rich and b) since when cant i criticize my government or its policies? of equal disdain are people who claim to be "proud" to be a/an insert your country's name here . unless you crawled across the tundra (or whatever) on your lips to get to said country and then became a citizen of that country you have done nothing of which to be proud. you were BORN THERE idiot. more you should be proud that you remembered to wear underwear today or didnt sleep with your sister after that last tractor pull when you drank 7 PBRs in an hour and told your old Sunday school teacher she had great tits for an old lady.

7 - not cleaning out the sink after you do dishes (or doing dishes in a dirty sink to begin with) if you want something clean, use clean things to clean them. once you've cleaned dirty things, clean up the things you used to clean the dirty things. ditto to the people who cook and do the dishes but dont clean the stove, microwave, counter tops, table and so on. (and P.S. please wipe off the sticky fridge handle too)

8 - people who continue to speak to you when you've left the room ----> dont get frustrated with me if i didnt hear what you said. i stopped and listened and engaged in conversation and then i left. i'm not their anymore. you can stop talking now. or, if you have more to say get up off your tuchus and find me again or wait until i come back. this peeve rests on equal footing with people who, when they hear someone call their name, shout back "what?!" and continue to have a conversation at that volume rather than closing the gap between themselves and the person who needs something but cant leave what they're doing.

9 - people who cant engage in a conversation about money or sex without being manipulative or honest about needs and expectations. yes i know it's scary. guess what? it's probably scary for the person you're talking to as well. you dont have the monopoly on that particular feeling. take a breath. take the conversation in small bites. let someone else have feelings besides you. and dont take everything personally (i admit to needing to work on that last one)

10 - people who wake me up when i'm sleeping to ask whether or not i'm asleep. i'm a chronic insomniac. if i'm sleeping THAT is an legitimate and bonafied "gift from G*d". (frankly, i dont care if it's a gift from Satan doing an Andy Warhol impersonation while riding a Skittles shitting unicorn --- I WANT THE DAMN SLEEP SO F*CK THE F*CK OFF!!!!!!!)

[macele]

people who stop at STOP signs and there's not a car in sight. not for days. nobody. nope, no one coming.

[Fatale]

Originally Posted by Nomad

frankly, i dont care if it's a gift from Satan doing an Andy Warhol impersonation while riding a Skittles shitting unicorn

Hands down, the funniest thing I have ever read here.

A huge peeve of mine, dirty fingernails. Unless you're a mechanic who constantly has your hands in grease, or maybe an avid gardener, there is simply no excuse. It's just fucking gross.

[ruffryder]

Originally Posted by Cajun_dee

There's a sign at Hop Dinner in LR that says *if you don't have time to hang up and talk to us we don't have time to take your order*.. or something like that.

I saw that! .. and another reason we love LR! heh.

[Massive]

Back to my pet peeves:
- Non-disabled people using disabled parking or disabled toilets, the excuses are such bullshit "oh, I won't be long..." "it was easier to use this toilet" f*ck off, you've just made a genuinely disabled person either have to wait or walk even further, whereas you could've taken the time to not be a dickhead and saved someone who's probably in an inordinately large amount of pain from more pain ...
- Getting glared at using the ladies toilets when there's no disabled toilets available to use, so what if I'm 6' tall, have short hair and wear mens clothes, doesn't mean I can't tell the difference between the male and female toilet signs!
- Having old men or women muttering away if I'm sitting on a disabled seat anywhere, I'm not some young kid sitting here being ignorant, I've been disabled since my late teens, what hurts even more is when said old person doesn't even have a disabled bus pass, etc ...
- when people see me struggling to walk and still walk into me, it doesn't take much to apologise ... and it takes even less effort to simply NOT walk into me
- the patronising way people talk to you if you're sitting in a wheelchair ...

Okay, done for now ... I'll probably remember more later on!