Pet Peeves - Page 2

emily · #1 01-23-2007, 09:49 PM

my major pet peeve is ppl who get on an elevator that ppl are trying to exit from.. geeshhhh ppl cant you wait halfa second while the ppl who are already on it get off??

BlackVelvet007 · #2 01-23-2007, 10:33 PM

Emily, you wouldn't last long on the New York Subway. That happens every stop.

We get pet peeves all the time at my job. I work in a wax museum where we get tourists from all over. Every day, I see the bar for human stupidity lowered more and more. How many people here would bring an infant or small child into a "CHAMBER OF HORRORS" (our haunted house section)? What part of "no pictures" and "no touching the actors" is difficult to comprehend? Would you go into a haunted house if you were six months pregnant? Let's not talk about the number of people who ask "Is it REALLY scary??" (It's a CHAMBER of HORRORS!!!)

Sorry, just got off work a few minutes ago and this was the perfect thread to vent.

emily · #3 01-23-2007, 11:23 PM

BV i work in a Pediatric Dr's office.. The stupidity i seen in parents every day just simply amazes me so yes unfortunately i can see parents doing their children that way..

hwyman · #4 01-28-2007, 08:17 PM

One of my pet peeves are those who tell little about themselves or what they are looking for and then expect someone to write them the perfect introduction. Not likely to happen for those folks. And then there are the ones that use subjective phrase that can't be matched like: Mr. Perfect, the right one, my shining knight in armour and such. Then they can't figure out why they always hear from the wrong type.
It's hard enough to try to describe yourself objectively, but to do it when you have no idea if you are what they are looking for is hit and miss at best. Your chance of a hit are almost 0. You can be the perfect match but if you fail to mention one or 2 key items that they want to hear, but haven't bothered to mention, then you come off sounding like the wrong type. If you want to be succefull at meeting the right type of people then tell enough about yourself, what you what and what you are looking for so they have a chance of finding you.

spanked~amber · #5 01-31-2007, 12:16 AM

I have another one. Or two.
Back Stabbers.
Liars. It amazes me that there are those that lie, or leave out the whole truth and think that they will never get found out. Worse is that their inability to be honest has caused harm to those around them and they either refuse to see it or just don't care.

lil_dixiedarling · #6 01-31-2007, 02:36 PM

One of my lastest pet peeves have developed thanks to the internet era.....people who PM and bombard you in chats even though you politely say you are not up to PMs at the moment....some people just won't take the hint....but such is life hehe

Sherie

lil_babygirl · #7 01-31-2007, 11:05 PM

ya know.. I agree with sherie.. these folks need to use their manners in chat rooms. sheesh.

angela (babygirl)

sarah thorne · #8 02-01-2007, 10:58 PM

The grammatical ones have all been covered altho I do try not to judge too harshly, unless it's just horribly bad. I tend to write informally in many ways, use dangling participles as well as erring in other areas simply because I am not paying attention to sentence structure!

However, some of my pet peeves regarding the roadways are as follows: people who ride in my blind spot, or directly next to me on the road. I HATE that. It's rude and if you're gonna go the same speed as me, then get the hell behind me or speed up and get in front of me then reduce your speed once more -- but do not ride in my blind spot! Riding with those who do this is also a pet peeve of mine.

People who do NOT use blinkers!! Signal your intent!!! I do not wanna smash into the back of you when you suddenly go from 45mph to 15 in order to turn. Gimme a hint! Also, people who virtually STOP to turn right off of a main road. You don't have to completely STOP to make a right hand turn from a main road onto a residential street.

And it would be courteous when you are on a main road to signal that you are turning onto the same street that I am turning off of! It's hard enough to get out on a 4 lane street as it is!

People who go when it's NOT their turn at a 4 way stop! Grrrrrrr......

Let's see...anymore? oh yeah, when on an interstate it pisses me off to no end when everyone in ALL FOUR lanes are going the same exact speed. Someone get over, please!!!

People who cut in the carpool line. Or worse, park their car in the carpool line. WTF?? Use the parking lot....you screw it up for everyone when you park your freaking car in the carpool line and go into the school.

I'll come back when I think of more.

sarah