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caitlin1214
08-24-2011, 09:57 PM
Sorry, last set and I'm done:


People touching the stone on my ring. Yes, it's a dark stone, yes, it looks like onyx. But it's not an onyx, it's just an extremely dark sapphire. And I don't want your fingerprints on it.



People who take the simplest things and make them more difficult than they need to be.




People telling me I need to smile more.

Someone even told me I looked so beautiful when I smile.

I appreciate that but just because I'm not smiling, doesn't automatically mean I'm pissed off.

Believe me, if I was pissed off, people would know about it.


I'm not pissed off. I'm just . . . neutral. I have a neutral expression on my face.

justnuts
08-24-2011, 10:05 PM
Wow, GREAT Thread, & many funny comments!
Ok:
People who don't know me, & comment how 'lucky' I am that I'm thin, if I try to explain my hyperthyroidism, say, "oh that's great, I wish I had that"::)
People who talk a lot, in church, before services start can't you make it quick, stfu or wait?
Neighbors who pretend to care, while just trying to get in my business
People who wear strong, stink-ass cologne for days, especially on hot days
My next door neighbor, that must use like 5x +++ fabrc softener, she basicaly scents the county, also, bitch, please use freakin' garbage bags, & rinse the damn can out once in a while!
Lately, my friend who says, "well, if I was you I would do ______" Really? What about your situation, that you complain about, but do nothing to change, stfu there too.
People who tailgate me, up my ass, I am NOT driving faster, sorry, gas is too damn expensive.
Interviewers who tell me, "well you really haven't worked in ___" when it's clear that I have, just alternative type things like work from home, taking care of an ill/dying person. Duh.
Oh! Just thought of this, a big one: People who WON'T gtf out of the way of emergency vehicles, I wish they'd get ticketed! Especially people driving fancy-ass cars, I saw this Mercedes driving in front of a fire truck, who had to beep his horn at the jerk, on top of the sirens blaring!
Best topic I have read I a long Time.

sammii
08-24-2011, 10:23 PM
People telling me I need to smile more.
This!!!! I hate it soooooo much.

I hate it when people tell me I should cut my hair. Why? Don't people wear extensions so they can have beautiful, long hair? I'm not conceited, but it pisses me off when people tell me I should cut my hair for no reason at all. It's dark, long, thick, and I love it. It's my best feature.

^ Lol, I didn't mean for it to sound sexual in one sentence ... or maybe I did. :P

Almost Jaded
08-25-2011, 01:50 PM
Apathetic morons. This is more of a problem every day. Rapidly moving from "pet peeve" to "world wide epidemic".

firemaiden04
08-25-2011, 03:51 PM
Men who get dumped by some girl and then decide that all women are worthless cunts and decide to hate and disrespect women for the rest of their lives. My brother-in-law, who is my age, just got dumped by his SEVENTEEN YEAR OLD girlfriend and has now decided that his father was right in saying that women are all useless and all the same and he was right in his sexism. I'm like, dude...she's in HIGH SCHOOL...get the fuck over it. I mean, for chrissake. I've been raped and beaten by men and I still don't hate everything with a penis. And you get dumped by a 17-year-old and decide to take it out on everyone with a vagina for the rest of your life? You're so fucking emo it's ridiculous. Stop being a fucking pussy and get the fuck over it. Jeebus.

whirlerz
08-25-2011, 07:28 PM
Companies that post job ads, which are total fallacies: bullshit telemarkets for schools, fake or otherwise, the act like I'm the stupid one for calling them on it.

Almost Jaded
08-26-2011, 05:24 AM
^you left out the ones that make you think you're interviewing for a sales management position and hit you with an MLM pitch. Next one pulls that, I'ma straight punch the person. And I am NOT joking. I will hit them.

The worst one was years ago, in Seattle. I responded to an ad for a sales manager. Called ahead, got an interview. My car broke just at the wrong time (I think it suspected something) but I didn't want to miss the interview, so I bussed it all the way across town, sat for an hour, walked in dressed to the nines with my resume and my best attitude - and got pitched an MLM. Now I have to take the bus, at rush hour, back across the 520 bridge, for NOTHING.

The guy got really mad at me when I walked out and told everyone waiting what was up. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM got up and left. Most of them said something to him on the way out or cussed him out as they walked out. And he had the balls to get mad at ME.

Now when I walk in and see that shit, I just go off. Next one that pulls it is getting assaulted. Badly.

whirlerz
08-26-2011, 09:05 AM
Cripes, that straight up sucks, AJ! Sorry about all that crap! Good for you for telling everyone, & I think you handled it brilliantly!!!

obscurity
08-26-2011, 09:30 AM
THIS X 10000000000000000000000000000000000

I HATE that sooooooo much!!! especially when it's a stranger in public. I'm not gonna walk around the grocery store with a smile from ear to ear so why the hell would you walk up and say "SMILE!!" to me?

never had a female state this......but it seems to be the norm for loser men who dont know how to approach a female lolololol

silk55
08-26-2011, 09:45 AM
@ whole foods at the express check out line while someone in front of me has freakn 40 items to check out!!!!!!!!!!!!
>:(>:(>:(>:(>:(

unbeleavable
08-26-2011, 10:36 AM
^^Yeah I get pissed about that too. I usually start a conversation with the checkout girl while the person in front of me is scanning, stating SOMEONE doesn't know how to count. I get a smile from her & ignored by the idiot.

Mine today was the 65mph driver in the fast lane when I'm cruising 80.

Kellydancer
08-26-2011, 11:01 AM
^you left out the ones that make you think you're interviewing for a sales management position and hit you with an MLM pitch. Next one pulls that, I'ma straight punch the person. And I am NOT joking. I will hit them.

The worst one was years ago, in Seattle. I responded to an ad for a sales manager. Called ahead, got an interview. My car broke just at the wrong time (I think it suspected something) but I didn't want to miss the interview, so I bussed it all the way across town, sat for an hour, walked in dressed to the nines with my resume and my best attitude - and got pitched an MLM. Now I have to take the bus, at rush hour, back across the 520 bridge, for NOTHING.

The guy got really mad at me when I walked out and told everyone waiting what was up. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM got up and left. Most of them said something to him on the way out or cussed him out as they walked out. And he had the balls to get mad at ME.

Now when I walk in and see that shit, I just go off. Next one that pulls it is getting assaulted. Badly.

Good for you! Years ago (when I decided I was going to make dancing part time)I applied for a job stating "office manager no experience". I figured because I did have somewhat of an office background I would apply. I go to the interview dressed in a suit and the interview seemed like a typical interview. The guy then asked me to come in for a second interview but he mentioned it was a group interview for people applying for all different jobs. Ok, I'm not crazy about group interviews but figured it was probably a situation where they tell you about the job.

I then go to the second interview and they told us we were going to watch a video about the company. I've done this so didn't give it much thought. In the video they were talking about how wonderful people were paid and all that. The one guy then came in talking about the company and started talking the jobs. The first half was talking about the wonderful environment. After a while he admitted the job was in fact selling perfume and get this you would be in unpaid training for a month! Then after that you would get your own area to sell this cheap knock off perfume. He then dismissed everyone for lunch and told us to come back in an area to start our "training"which in fact was selling door to door. I never went back.

I still see this company advertise and the ads look legit. I know many people who fell for this scam, including my brother and best friend.

Addison
08-26-2011, 11:26 AM
I hate how slow the gas pump starting moving when you're putting in the last .30 cents...

I hate when people use the word "literally" when the statement is not to be taken literally.

Aurora_Sunset
08-26-2011, 11:42 AM
I know it's been repeated by many many many people on here, but my number one pet peeve is.... *drumroll* people telling me to smile. ::) Or saying something sarcastic like "Don't look so excited to be here." It especially grates my nerves when they insist I must be upset about something, I say no really, I'm fine, and they keep trying to find out "what's wrong" with me. le sigh...

People who try to "fix" something on my computer that I didn't ask them to fix. Especially when they inevitably end up changing settings I didn't want changed...

People who insist on using the self checkout at stores who either a) have a whole cartful of shit or b) are behind a million people when there's a cashier standing right there with no one in line :O wtf? The entire point behind these things is supposed to be convenience. It's not faster for you to scan 40 items by yourself, one at a fucking time.... And it's certainly not faster to stand behind 10 people for your 2 items when you could get them scanned immediately. I just... don't understand how people can be so fucking adverse to using the regualr checkout with *gasp* a real person.

When random-ass people ask me what I graduated with, then tell me my degree is useless and ask what I'm going to do with it.

People who think that 20 people on one table is acceptable restaurant etiquette... and then get pissed when their food and checks are slow in coming out.

People who won't let you into a long line of traffic even when it's obvious that they'll only make it a few more feet before being stopped again. Seriously, you're not getting anywhere fast - can I please pull out?

Kellydancer
08-26-2011, 01:34 PM
Another pet peeve that's pissing me off today: people that compare themselves to me though are situations are different.

Aurora_Sunset
09-25-2011, 03:06 PM
Totally reviving this thread with this one:

People who tell me "You're so quiet." I especially get this every single time I go in to get my hair done. I don't particularly like chit-chatting with strangers, and I really don't like chit-chatting when I'm trying to relax and pamper myself. It's especially annoying when this comes after a long period of them jabbering on and on and on... then they want to say "you're so quiet"? Well, duh - I'm listening to you! And if it's eerily quiet, and that's what got you to notice, you're probably not talking much either, so why point out that I'm the quiet one?? This is probably right up there with people telling me to smile...

stripperMBA
09-26-2011, 10:58 PM
something only women get. being told to smile.::)

roast
10-15-2011, 01:19 PM
^Yea I get it a lot. By "a lot" i mean by strangers in public places. The audacity is amazing. I think its because I have a fairly intense bitchface but I'm small so the vibe I'm trying to project isn't 100% successful. So men are only halfway intimidated.

"hey cutie, aww c'mon SMILE!" Ill gut you motherfucker "aww so cuuuute, let me see those dimples" Ill eat your entrails "you're too [complimentary but condescending adjective] to have a frown on your face" I drink the blood of the living "C'mon BIG SMILE" Ill kill you "That's better, right?!"

My pet peeve: terrible hand hygiene. Hands are by and large completely disgusting. Watching people in public bathrooms makes me ill. People that do the one second hand rinse or use hand sanitizer at least get a pass since they make a halfass attempt but if you leave the bathroom like a bat out of hell after flushing Im using a paper towel to open the door on my way out. God help you if you have dirty fingernails - cut your nails or buy a fingernail brush and scrub FFS.

Please cough and sneeze into a few tissues or the fold of your elbows while you're at it.

Also people who can't tell the difference between a venting session and a "give me your wisdom" session. Get a sense of humor or don't subject yourself to people's problems. I was with a friend an her new friend & m friend began talking about how her boyfriend's cum tastes like acid and how she should get botox so he never has to see her make the yuck face. I thought it was hilarious. Her new friend started talking about enzymes, clean diets, and how the breakdown of sexual communication can lead to infidelity. lol whyy

Kellydancer
10-15-2011, 01:29 PM
I too hate the "smile" comments. I've told these men (notice it seems to be men)that I'll smile when I have a reason to. Then again I am in a hate men mood lately because so many just piss me off. Speaking of which I absolutely HATE when men approach me. Maybe I would be fine with this if these men weren't all ugly, repulsive and rude. Good looking guys who talk nicely to me is fine but doesn't happen all that much. Instead it's the guys who I would NEVER date. Related to this but I have a free online profile (I will remove it eventually)and am getting spammed by the same men asking me out like every 10 minutes. Seriously dude, I don't want to go out with you if you keep doing it. I'm not even interested in these guys but am losing interest in just meeting them.

I realized my last few posts are all about men. I don't hate men at all, I just hate a certain type, namely the clingy losers who keep contacting me every few minutes or approach me in public though I make it known I hate this (I always have my iPod).

caitlin1214
10-18-2011, 08:58 PM
Add-on to my previous bus/subway seat post:


When you politely say "excuse me" so they can move so you can sit on the inside seat, I hate when they sigh loudly and roll their eyes like moving so I can get by is the biggest chore on the planet.


Sitting next to them is no picnic, either, but there are no other seats available. So I'm going to have to take the one next to them, as unpleasant for them as that is.

sammii
10-18-2011, 10:42 PM
Another pet peeve that's pissing me off today: people that compare themselves to me though are situations are different.
This pisses me off too. Some people love talking about themselves a little too much.

Kellydancer
10-18-2011, 10:46 PM
This pisses me off too. Some people love talking about themselves a little too much.

They do. I know someone (a relative)who no matter what it is always has what she considers a related experience. It drives me nuts.

firemaiden04
10-20-2011, 01:09 PM
Pet peeve of mine:

People who post quotes from themselves on their facebook profiles. Seriously, unless you're Winston Churchill, I don't think you're quote-worthy. And unless they were there, nobody gets your little inside jokes.

MiaStarr
10-20-2011, 01:15 PM
Mine today was the 65mph driver in the fast lane when I'm cruising 80.

Ditto. Get the fuck out of the fast lane and learn how to drive! Also hate it when people don't use their freaking turn-signals.

firemaiden04
10-20-2011, 02:50 PM
I can't stand people who never shut up about all these supposed admirers they have that they can't stand... I know girls who when a guy so much as glances at them at a bar or club they're all, "Oh my GOD, that guy will NOT stop staring at me, he's creeping me out, I hope he doesn't try to follow me outside..." Or on a dating website, anyone who sends them a "Hey, what's up," message, they're all like, "OMG, this scumbag is stalking me online, what a loser psycho!" Nobody is fucking stalking you, and what is the point of having a dating profile if all you're going to do is bitch about it?

ArmySGT.
10-20-2011, 03:58 PM
My Co-workers.

A couple of them, if they were any dumber, would need to be watered twice a week.

whirlerz
10-24-2011, 10:12 AM
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:^ That's funny!
Ugh, the metra train I need to be in the city around 3:30, however no train between 1pm - 3:30>:(

Almost Jaded
11-11-2011, 12:45 PM
Most modern parents. The fact that kids raised by these people will be running the country when I'm old scares me.

And lately more than usual - people with a lot to say about politics and societal issues who have NO FUCKING CLUE what the FUCK they're talking about. They read something online or watch one TV show and suddenly they have everything to say about everything. Add to this "cause" based platforms for politicians and the idiots who follow them, and people who get behind a candidate for no good reason at all. I have a middle-aged black woman as a good friend, who is highly intelligent, well educated, and generally well informed. All that went straight out the window in 2008. Obama went against half her personal positions and most of her beliefs but he was black, and she hasn't shut up about him since. If he murdered children on live TV and followed it with a speech about how much he enjoyed feeding kittens to fighting dogs before a fight, she would stand and applaud. Ugh.

Kellydancer
11-11-2011, 12:57 PM
Most modern parents. The fact that kids raised by these people will be running the country when I'm old scares me.

And lately more than usual - people with a lot to say about politics and societal issues who have NO FUCKING CLUE what the FUCK they're talking about. They read something online or watch one TV show and suddenly they have everything to say about everything. Add to this "cause" based platforms for politicians and the idiots who follow them, and people who get behind a candidate for no good reason at all. I have a middle-aged black woman as a good friend, who is highly intelligent, well educated, and generally well informed. All that went straight out the window in 2008. Obama went against half her personal positions and most of her beliefs but he was black, and she hasn't shut up about him since. If he murdered children on live TV and followed it with a speech about how much he enjoyed feeding kittens to fighting dogs before a fight, she would stand and applaud. Ugh.

Both of these are pet peeves of mine. I don't get why there are so many bratty kids and it's because of the parents. I have been so many places with screaming and running around kids and the parents refuse to yell at them. If I had done that my parents would have dragged me out of the place and spanked me. But nope not these kids.

Your second point I also agree with and see this all the time. It's not just politics but everything. I used to work in radio and have a degree in it so I like to think I am an expert. However I have been told by someone I know that they know more about it than me because they "listen" to the radio. WTF? I've seen people state they know something better than another because they read it online.

Not to get into politics but I know many who vote for politicians because of stupid reasons. I like to make an informed vote before I vote.

Almost Jaded
11-11-2011, 01:18 PM
The fact that Herman Cain still has ANY support AT ALL is pathetic. Forget the sexual harassment crap - doesn't matter. When he first hit the scene, I wanted to hear more. There wasn't any. His 9-9-9 plan is all he has, and even that isn't very well developed. He' a one trick pony with a bad one trick. Next.

Kellydancer
11-11-2011, 01:20 PM
He won't get the nomination and never had a chance. I'm still thinking it'll be a Romney/Obama matchup but I could be wrong.

firemaiden04
11-11-2011, 02:08 PM
My pet peeve?

Kristen Stewart.

Almost Jaded
11-11-2011, 02:50 PM
^lol - that's funny. Worse than her is Stephanie Meyer. Go die in a fire bitch, you got lucky once, you can't write, STFU.

God I hope you're right Kelly, 'cuz Romney would likely win and he's who we need and who we should have had in 2008. If there are better options out there - and I'm sure there are a few - they aren't running, lol. Romney is the best candidate we've had in decades. Finally someone I will actually be HAPPY to vote for! That's been a while. Like, never since I was old enough to vote, lol. There was a chance for another good one back in 2000/2004, but Powell wouldn't run. He's an amazing man & I would have been honored to vote for him.

The Six
11-16-2011, 06:16 PM
We should start wearing masks when we're sick, like they do in Asia, and perhaps other countries. It can look weird at first, like you just busted out of a hospital, but it's very considerate. Everyday I see people hacking and wheezing without covering their mouths, and even if they do, the mask would still help. It'll never happen in this country, though.

unbeleavable
11-16-2011, 06:39 PM
Vanity..Even if it did the mask would never be plain..designer mask, the difference between cultures, practicality to attention.

whirlerz
01-13-2012, 07:32 PM
Dancers who hate to dance.

Guys who walk into a stripclub and immediately throw their arms up in the air and shout incoherently, or do weird goofy dances.

Women who create their own reality, conveniently avoiding any sort of social responsibility or compassion whatsoever, and get bent way the fuck out of shape if you expect simple courtesy. ETA--Of course there are men who do this as well--I just have to deal with a lot more women at work doing it lol!

Dancers who tell me they are doing a stage skip when I have just announced them and started their song, usually by screaming at me as they run by the booth. And I don't get a dime of the 20$ fee for this--but I then have to find the next girl and make her dance to the first girl's music, for which I inevitably get blamed. And the ones who never, ever, ever tell me they are going up to Champagne Room, which is an automatic skip (95% of them in my club).

DJs with whiny, high-pitched, nasal voices who think they sound cool as shit, and never shut the fuck up on the mike. Managers who hire them and think they have a great DJ.



Dancers who blame me because the girls in front of them are in the Champagne Room and they have to go onstage sooner than they expected, or missed stage because they assumed no one would do a skip or a CR and went on break.

Dancers who decide they want to clean out their folders, delete all the good songs and leave the slow whiny shit and crap rap songs I'm not allowed to play, then get mad when I can't play it with the owner standing right next to the booth.

Controlling women who say they hate controlling men.

Women who assume their boyfriends can take me because they have 40 extra pounds of blubber.

Guys who let their girlfriends go into the men's room and stand outside the door all macho like, not letting any guys in to take a leak at midnight on saturday night. Never works if I have to go. Last guy who tried to push that one to the limit got a nice big upside down 'L' shaped bruise on his back from the front frame of the DJ booth.

This macho motherfucker newlywed who came in with his bride just now, whose birthday it is, and loudly corrected me about her name when I said 'Happy birthday to Sybil, welcome to the newlyweds!' on the mike. Maybe he doesn't like that she is a dancer, I don't know. I wonder if it bothered him when I said "I never know their real names." on the mike?

Luv this^
Reviving this thread, I want to hear more of everyone's pp's!

caitlin1214
01-13-2012, 08:51 PM
I don't know if it's been mentioned or not, but people who are rude to serving staff. I saw this on a poster once: "A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter, or to others, is not a nice person"


It's okay to send things back, just do it nicely: "Excuse me, but I didn't realize this salad has pine nuts on it. I'm allergic to pine nuts. May I please have the [substitute salad] instead? Thank you."

What you shouldn't do is to assume the restaurant already knows about your pine nuts allergy and then proceed to curse out the server when you find them.


Also, I know it's a joke, but there's some truth to it: It's not a good idea to mess with people who handle your food.

Spinnerette
01-13-2012, 11:51 PM
I hate that the two twitter accounts that I follow for my astrological sign are run by illiterate douchebags. I can't retweet anything because they have glaring grammatical errors on all their really good tweets. If you're going to be that public, proofread, yes?

Kellydancer
01-14-2012, 12:10 AM
I may have mentioned this upthread but I just did in another thread and it's the way that obviously obese people call themselves, "average" "athletic" or "curvy" then when you point out someone who really is one of those they say "oh that person is skinny". wtf?

I hate when people tell me I am "too old" to be listening to many bands I do. I happen to like many recent bands like Arcade Fire, so what? Just because I am 40 I should listen to elevator music? I do like many older acts as well.

Oh and I have mentioned this countless times but am so tired of people telling me I should "settle" when it comes to men. Yes I have standards and yes it could mean I never marry but would prefer that to marrying someone with issues I can't deal with. Related to this, but I really hate when people online and offline say "if a guy isn't married by 40 there is something wrong". Um no, I have met many decent guys (relatives and people who married people I knew)who married later and had good reasons like concentrating on career or never met the right woman. Yet someone like this is often branded less desirable than a man married multiple times, multiple kids (in and out of marriage). Personally the guys I have seen the most anti marriage were all previously married not single men never married. Oh sure I have met weird single guys too, but far more who had been married.