Pet peeves

[fuzzybuddy]

Peeved by people who seem unable to understand you can't use a cellphone when you live where there is no signal, and they insist you text instead of call

I hate the mandatory text thing, too. I don't know how to text, and I'm dyslexic, with big hands, so punching tiny buttons to write out in "text speak" ain't for me.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Another pet peeve. People who talk with their mouth full of food.
Eat and then talk. This isn’t multitasking.

 

[Wayne]

Per topic "know it all types of people"

 

[John cycling]

Peeved by people who seem unable to understand you can't use a cellphone when you live where there is no signal, and they insist you text instead of call

I hate the mandatory text thing, too. I don't know how to text, and I'm dyslexic, with big hands, so punching tiny buttons to write out in "text speak" ain't for me.

I don't use a cell phone either.
However, texts can be sent and received through Google Voice, which is also connected to email.

 

[oldaunt]

And then there are the people who don't know the difference between then and than, lose and loose.

except/accept, and effect/affect

 

[Bella]

Until my live in partner got his own bathroom, he didn’t understand any of this. Now that he cleans his own bathroom he does and actually pees sitting down. lol

Thankfully, I married a gentleman who was more than capable of cleaning up after himself.

 

[Bella]

Greeting someone or answering someone's questions, but they don't acknowledge me.

 

[DebraMae]

People opening my gate and driving on in.

 

[hollydolly]

Litterbugs. I completely don't understand people who throw trash and cigarette butts on the ground. The world is not your giant littlebox or ashtray! and people who talk on the phone in the checkout line completely ignoring the cashier.

Both are peeves of mine.. but the latter is particularly annoying to me....

 

[Naturally]

Loud music from home or vehicle, of any genre.
Even if I like the song, I don't want to hear "you" play it at an annoying decibel level.
Harshes my calm ~~~

 

[CarolfromTX]

I hate when people are texting at red lights, but don’t look up and just sit there when it turns green.

 

[Ronni]

I hate when people are texting at red lights, but don’t look up and just sit there when it turns green.

I have been guilty of this.

One of the features on my new car is it chimes when the car in front of me is pulling away. I think this must be a direct result of the frustrations of folks like yourself (and me too when I’m the one stuck behind someone who’s texting!) Car manufacturers are now building in that feature to compensate!

 

[PeppermintPatty]

I have been guilty of this.

One of the features on my new car is it chimes when the car in front of me is pulling away. I think this must be a direct result of the frustrations of folks like yourself (and me too when I’m the one stuck behind someone who’s texting!) Car manufacturers are now building in that feature to compensate!

Busted!

 

[RadishRose]

Doing anything with a 'phone' while driving, at someone's home, doing something with a friend, at church, temple, concert, lecture, class or meeting of any kind.

 

[Mr. Ed]

Pet-peeves my dogs bark too much

 

[SeniorSally]

I used to be-bop into a store like I was on fire. Before I could reach the back of the store, and certainly before I could come back out, I could barely walk. I had to save whatever steps I could just so I could make it in and out. Therefore, I did use the handicap spaces when available. No one could have known watching me walk in how much pain I would be in coming out.

Today my husband and I went to doctor appointments, parked in handicap, and went in. When we came out I realized we had forgotten to display our placard so I worried about what people thought. Surely seeing him barely able to walk (hip replacement next month) and me covered in bruises from two cancer surgeries in three weeks and port insertion would have convinced onlookers that we were legal to park there?

Oh, and I hate litterbugging with the heat of a thousand suns. Also, people who don’t return their carts and, finally, open cabinet doors and drawers.

 

[oscash]

One of my pet peeves is backing out of a parking spot and some idiot comes hurtling down the area driving against the arrows. It was a near miss today at the shops. No "Sorry". The music was so loud with ethnic drums banging. The driver seemed to be in a state of ecstasy. Don't think he'll make old bones.

 

[Devi]

Just a note: to get a Disabled hanging placard, at least in Washington state, you have to get a note from your doctor and jump through a few fairly easy hoops:
https://drhandicap.com/insights/washington-state-disabled-parking-program-important-details/

In other words, it's not just a matter of being disabled ... there are steps to take in order to legally use the disabled parking spots. And, if I recall correctly, a fairly hefty fine for using them otherwise.

 

[Mr. Ed]

Pet Peeves: Slow drivers in the passing lane. When all of the electric carts are being used at the grocery store, not really, just thought I would mention it, when technology fails, car repairs, tremors, involuntary movement, life.

 

[Ronni]

Oh, and I hate litterbugging with the heat of a thousand suns. Also, people who don’t return their carts and, finally, open cabinet doors and drawers.

@SeniorSally First of all; I almost spit my coffee out I was laughing so hard at your “heat of a thousand suns” comment! Be warned, I’m stealing it and will be using it judiciously for maximum impact from now on!

Also, open cabinet doors are Ron’s pet peeve!! Cabinet door corners seem to be a magnet for his poor head and NAIL him every time! He shaves his head so the bruises are obvious! I always can tell when it happens, because I’ll hear “SON OF A B****!” and an accompanying cabinet door slamming!! It doesn’t help that typically he’s the one who left it open to begin with!

 

[oldaunt]

I hate when people are texting at red lights, but don’t look up and just sit there when it turns green.

They do make a compelling argument for life after brain death, don't they?

 

[caroln]

How about those thin plastic bags in the produce department? PITA to get them open.

Same goes for checking out at Walmart. You scan an item and try to get the next bag on the rack to open but they are so glued together you get 6 bags at a time (and none of them open!).

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Temperamental Bible thumpers.

 

[jimintoronto]

Just a note: to get a Disabled hanging placard, at least in Washington state, you have to get a note from your doctor and jump through a few fairly easy hoops:
https://drhandicap.com/insights/washington-state-disabled-parking-program-important-details/

In other words, it's not just a matter of being disabled ... there are steps to take in order to legally use the disabled parking spots. And, if I recall correctly, a fairly hefty fine for using them otherwise.

Here in Toronto in 2022, the Parking Enforcement unit confiscated over 1,000 handicapped parking permits, from people who were " borrowing the permit " from the person whose name was on it. In Ontario, the permit is issued to a specific person, and they have to be there when it is used. The fine for this offence is $500, and the permit is seized at the time the offence ticket is written. Toronto Parking Enforcement has their own fleet of tow trucks, so it only takes a few minutes to tow away offenders who are illegally parked. JimB.

 

[jimintoronto]

People that park their Giant Pickup Trucks beside me in parking lots where the spaces were designed years ago for an average size car. Need a can opener to get in/out of my car cuz I sure don't have enough room to open the door and you just have to pray someone isn't coming toward you as you slowly back out of the space because you can't see a thing with one of those behemoths blocking your view

Back in to the space, then you will have a much better view, when you are leaving. Basic driving school teaching point, when I was a driving instructor with Young Drivers of Canada. JimB.