Pet Peeves

I hate it when you let a car come out of a side road, or let it past...and they fail to thank you. Just a raised hand or nod is all it would take. Also if you hold a door open for someone and they just walk out without a thank you or they walk through a door in front of you and just let it go into you. I also hate tailgaters.


Whilst we are on peeves. Failure to pick up dog poo and spitting in the street.
 

Water wasters!!!!!! :mad:

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Especially people who let the water run FULL BLAST while they're washing a couple of dishes or while washing their hands or brushing their teeth. First of all, there is no need to turn the tap on full blast to begin with. A lower flow will work just as well. And leaving it running while you soap up is just completely unnecessary.

And don't even get me started on people who use the hose to spray grass clippings off their driveway or let the hose lay on the driveway running while they wash their cars!!!

The current situation in California is a perfect example of irresponsible, wasteful attitudes towards water usage. Just wait until the same situation begins to occur in other parts of the country.

Fresh, potable water is not an endless commodity. Use it up faster than it can be replenished by nature & we might find ourselves doing what some communities in this country, including some in California, are already doing... drinking treated sewage.

Yum!!!!!

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My pet peeve is when i enter a store and start looking at the items and all the while the shop assistant is either standing at the counter or chatting to a friend on their mobile phone and they ignore me completely, i never buy from a shop when they can't be bothered acknowledging me, i leave..
 

Just today I realized that I can no longer put up with people who think their opinion is the only opinion and won't listen to anyone else express their opinion.
People who say nasty things about others,especially children. When I was outside today My neighbor was talking about the little girl that lives across the street from us. She laughed and said the 5 yr old couldn't get any uglier if she tried. She said the girl was as ugly as a mouse. I wanted to tell her to go look in a mirror,but instead I just went inside.
 
Thanks Ina, fortunately I don't think the little girl heard her remark. I have never seen an ugly child in my life. To me all children are Beautiful. I just wish my neighbor would watch what she says.
 
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Sassycakes said:
Thanks Ina, fortunately I don't think the little girl heard her remark. I have never seen an ugly child in my life. To me all children are Beautiful. I just wish my neighbor would watch what she says.
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Although I certainly agree that calling a child "ugly" is mean, I think some people who may not be mean people, sometimes say mean things in jest because in some ways, saying things you know you shouldn't say can be sort of cathartic.

I've heard comedians make jokes about "ugly children" & the audience laughed. I think many, if not most people, have to get in touch with that little "mean streak" inside them once in awhile, as long as it doesn't go too far.

I remember when the space shuttle Challenger exploded in 1986, within a couple of weeks, people were going around telling these awful jokes about it. Sure they were mean, but in all honesty, they were funny too.

If that woman had called the little girl ugly to her face, that would've been beyond the pale. But saying that kind of thing about a kid out of hearing range, even though a mean thing to say, is probably not that unusual.

Not defending it, just trying to add a bit of analysis & perspective.
 
Honey said:
Men who leave the toilet seat up!
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****People who don't have a "sense of humor".
I remember when my wife and I use to live with her mother. We'd all be sitting in the living room watching something on tv that was very funny to wife and I while her mom just simply sat in her chair w/no emotions at all. We'd start laughing at what was on tv, but to tell the truth, don't know what we were laughing at more.......what was on tv or about how her mom was acting (totally "straight faced".
I'm very humorous for an old man, and my wife love it, but many people we know in our age bracket, don't like my humor at all. We love watching Last Comic Standing, but the folks that don't like sarcasm or arrogant type humor, sure won't watch this show.

****People who don't clean up/erase the messages/voice mail on their cell phone.
A person calls them, it goes to voice mail, BUT can't leave a voice mail b/c their voice mail is full.

****Companies that don't update their websites.
They no longer sell a certain item, but it's still showing "for sale" on their website. Incorrect info.

****Misspelled words, or words left out, in a news article.
Don't they have/use Spell Check????

****Vehicle repair shops where the Manager or Asst. Manager does the "hunt and peck" typing on the computer keyboard.
By the time they get done typing the invoice on the computer, I could have gone home and took a 2-hour nap!

****People who don't have a "sense of humor".
I remember when my wife and I use to live with her mother. We'd all be sitting in the living room watching something on tv that was very funny to wife and I while her mom just simply sat in her chair w/no emotions at all. We'd start laughing at what was on tv, but to tell the truth, don't know what we were laughing at more.......what was on tv or about how her mom was acting (totally "straight faced".
I'm very humorous for an old man, and my wife love it, but many people we know in our age bracket, don't like my humor at all. We love watching Last Comic Standing, but the folks that don't like sarcasm or arrogant type humor, sure won't watch this show.

****People who don't clean up/erase the messages/voice mail on their cell phone.
A person calls them, it goes to voice mail, BUT can't leave a voice mail b/c their voice mail is full.

****Companies that don't update their websites.
They no longer sell a certain item, but it's still showing "for sale" on their website. Incorrect info.

****Misspelled words, or words left out, in a news article.
Don't they have/use Spell Check????

****Vehicle repair shops where the Manager or Asst. Manager does the "hunt and peck" typing on the computer keyboard.
By the time they get done typing the invoice on the computer, I could have gone home and took a 2-hour nap!

****Men and Women bashers.
Just b/c a person is in/been in a bad relationship or marriage sure doesn't mean the entire male or female population is bad! It took me almost 30 years to find "Mrs. Right", but I found her. Two previous divorces and 21 years of unhappily being single. But, just b/c I was in bad relationships and in had two divorces, I sure don't "bad mouth" women for that.

Well, that's it for now. I could think of other things, but this is a few.
 
People who finish a 10 minute "commercial" about how great they are, by saying "But enough about ME"!
 
Most everyone in an airport. There are no ruder people than those in an airport.
Hitting every traffic light RED makes me see RED.
Having to repeatedly tell my Grandchildren to do something that I would like them to do.
When I worked, I did not like having long layovers between flights.
Missing out on a big sale at my favorite clothing store.
Having my hot food served cool or cold in a restaurant and having to send it back. I do not trust the cooks in the kitchen not to spit, or otherwise tamper with my food, so I just put it in a 'doggy' bag and take it home to reheat it.
And a whole lot more.
 
Honey said:
Men who leave the toilet seat up!
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To this day I could never understand the big fuss about this.
If that seat is not the way you want it then use your eyes to correct it.
Next they'll be complaining the toilet paper is mounted the wrong way.:D
 
people who yammer loudly on cell phones in restaurants, while waiting in line or anytime people are in close proximity to each other

people who are usually late; plain selfishness
 
Come to think about it, I've noticed this as well. And, when in places where people are nicely asked "Please silence your cell phones" (put on "vibrate", somebody leaves theirs on! And, this happens in church as well. Everyone should know to have their cell on "vibrate" during the Service, but somebody leaves theirs on and it just happens to ring during the Pastor's message. It's almost like some of today's society is outright saying (in their minds), "You're not going to tell me what to do! No way!"

RadishRose said:
people who yammer loudly on cell phones in restaurants, while waiting in line or anytime people are in close proximity to each other

people who are usually late; plain selfishness
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oldman said:
There are no ruder people than those in an airport.
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I found that true in laundromats. I had been waiting 45 minutes for someone's load to finish. When she was done and unloaded the washer, I started to move towards it when another women stepped in right in front of me and started putting her laundry in it. I said, "Excuse me, but I was waiting for that washer." She totally ignored me and kept loading her washing.
 
debodun said:
I found that true in laundromats. I had been waiting 45 minutes for someone's load to finish. When she was done and unloaded the washer, I started to move towards it when another women stepped in right in front of me and started putting her laundry in it. I said, "Excuse me, but I was waiting for that washer." She totally ignored me and kept loading her washing.
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Rude people like that are everywhere! .. they like to play dumb, pretend they don't understand, don't know the rules of common decency, language barrier, etc..
 
Sure are glad apt. owners now put washer/dryer into apartments! We remember when we lived in an apt. in Colorado, no washer/dryer, so we got up early on Saturday AM and done laundry in the complex Laundromat. At 7AM, nobody was in there! Got laundry done pretty fast using 3 washers/3 dryers........much faster than we can now with only one set. It can take me all day to do our laundry and it's just the two of us!


debodun said:
I found that true in laundromats. I had been waiting 45 minutes for someone's load to finish. When she was done and unloaded the washer, I started to move towards it when another women stepped in right in front of me and started putting her laundry in it. I said, "Excuse me, but I was waiting for that washer." She totally ignored me and kept loading her washing.
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I learned the hard way that Saturday is the WORST day to go to the laundromat. Now that I'm retired I can go on a weekday. I found just before noon on Wednesday or Thursday is best to avoid crowds. I have a washing machine (see photo). It's a Whirlpool and was in the house when my parents bought it in 1975 and who knows how long it was there before that. It broke last year (agitator turned very slowly and wouldn't empty). I spent what it would have cost to buy a new one trying to have it repaired. I think it's more economial to just pay the $2 a load at the laundromat every 6 weeks than to spring for a new machine. I also don't have to worry about maintenance. (If you think 6 weeks is a long time between washings - I am single, have plenty of changes to go through until I need fresh undies or bed sheets, and I don't wash outer clothes every time I wear them).
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