What is your pet peeve or what are some of them?

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AutumnGal

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I'm still pretty new and it's difficult to see what all threads exist so sorry if there already is something like this.

I'm starting it because I just ran into one of my biggest pet peeves that I think most of us older folk would agree on.

I hate that for a few generations now (started with my kids' generation as far as I know) that they have been taught to say "these ones" and "those ones". It's just WRONG.

I'm not any grammar Nazi but that one irks me to no end and teachers and the school system taught it and let it happen.

It's everywhere now. I hear it in commercials and on TV, etc. And for the record not just in the US either....

THe person who started this needs to be hunted down or who put it in textbooks or however it came about. I'll never forget the first time I heard it out of the mouths of one of my own children and they certainly never got it from me. At that point, I thought it was just their teacher or something but then the years went on...

I have other more minor pet peeves but not many as big as this one.
 
1/. My pet peeves are littler bugs. People who think the earth is their personal garbage can.
2/. Tailgators - people who think riding your tail will get you to go faster
3/. Bad grammar - people who use the word ā€˜seenā€™ instead of I saw. I seen that on t.v. the other day. People who use the words I got to buy some groceries. Instead of Iā€™ve got to buy some groceries or I have got to buy some groceries.

Out of all of my pet peeves the grammar pet peeve is my least annoying one.
 
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PeppermintPatty said:
1/. My pet peeves are littler bugs. People who think the earth is their personal garbage can.
2/. Tailgators - people who think riding your tail will get you to go faster
3/. Bad grammar - people who use the word ā€˜seenā€™ instead of I saw. I seen that in tv the other day. People who use the words I got to buy some groceries. Instead of Iā€™ve got to buy some groceries or I have got to buy some groceries.

Out of all of my pet peeves the grammar pet peeve is my least annoying one.
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I have littler ones too. Tailgaters boy I think most would agree with unless they ARE that person who does it lol.

Or how about people that pass you and then cut back in right in front of you?

My ex had the worst table manners I've ever seen in my life. I never really noticed at first but as the years went on, you notice a lot more things... And so did most of his family. Which is surprising as he was a few years older than me and raised in the same neck of the woods where most of our generation were taught these things (among others). It was bad enough at normal times but at formal occasions like weddings, it was really noticeable.

I say excuse me to anyone like in a store if I cross in front of them looking at something or need to get around them BUT boy the ones that leave their cart in the middle of the aisle or stop it and don't pull it to the side so others can get by... Grrrr...

These are all more minor to me than the "these ones" but are some others...

I'm really pretty easygoing and don't let most things bother me but there are times...

I agree with you on the "seen" one. Or I've.

I don't pick apart most things, the little ones, but manners I think are one of the big ones for me. Just being polite and considerate of others. It's not so hard so to me people who don't exercise such, do not want to be nice and intentionally do some things. They are selfish.

For instance if you are 50 and can't hold a door for someone right behind you, in no way do I believe you don't know how to do that. You choose not to as you've seen others do it your entire life. You have had it done for you. So that's a choice to be selfish and not nice and exercise manners. If a person does not realize that, then they are either young or dumb. Youth I can forgive, they learn as they get older if a good person.
 
One of my pet peeves is someone who says "like" in every other sentence. "And I told him I was like done with him." "And he was like, well that was rude." And I was like, I really don't care". The other is people who don't know the difference between "it's" and "its" or "their" and "they're". People with limited vocabularies in general are one of my pet peeves.
 
People who use profanity in mixed crowds.
Drivers who donā€™t know how to get on and off of a freeway ramp.
People who are disrespectful and show no manners.
Waiters and waitresses that donā€™t keep my coffee cup full. (Itā€™s more of an inconvenience.)
Iā€™m sure there are more, but this being Easter, I will be kind.
 
AutumnGal said:
I hate that for a few generations now (started with my kids' generation as far as I know) that they have been taught to say "these ones" and "those ones". It's just WRONG.

I'm not any grammar Nazi but that one irks me to no end and teachers and the school system taught it and let it happen.
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I'm guessing, but I'm probably right that kids have been paying less attention to teachers and more to social media, and that's where the bad-grammar habits are coming from.

I spend 2-3 hours/day watching YouTube videos myself, because pain limits my activity, and even the AI narrators of some very well-done mini-documentaries and investigative stories are saying things like "cold, calculated killer" and "family-orientated man" :rolleyes:.
 
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~People who litter
~People who use foul language in public
~People who talk or listen to music loudly in public, especially closed in places like buses and trains
~People who don't add the 's to designate ownership (eg: I'm at my mother house instead of mother's house)
~And like @seadoug, people who use the word like in every sentence, sometimes it's a couple of times in a sentence! :rolleyes:

~It bugs the h*ll out of me when I hear people say they "changed out" or "switched out" something. I've begun to notice that trend in the last few years. It used to simply be I changed the light bulb, not changed out the lightbulb, which is a redundancy.
~Also, I hate being accused of doing something I know I didn't do and being told I didn't do something that I know I did.
I'm sure I'll think of more.
 
AutumnGal said:
I'm still pretty new and it's difficult to see what all threads exist so sorry if there already is something like this.

I'm starting it because I just ran into one of my biggest pet peeves that I think most of us older folk would agree on.

I hate that for a few generations now (started with my kids' generation as far as I know) that they have been taught to say "these ones" and "those ones". It's just WRONG.

I'm not any grammar Nazi but that one irks me to no end and teachers and the school system taught it and let it happen.

It's everywhere now. I hear it in commercials and on TV, etc. And for the record not just in the US either....

THe person who started this needs to be hunted down or who put it in textbooks or however it came about. I'll never forget the first time I heard it out of the mouths of one of my own children and they certainly never got it from me. At that point, I thought it was just their teacher or something but then the years went on...

I have other more minor pet peeves but not many as big as this one.
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What's wrong with that. It's a thing I could say.

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She says: mama that one, that one, that one! Please
 
Murrmurr said:
I'm guessing, but I'm probably right that kids have been paying less attention to teachers and more to social media, and that's where the bad-grammar habits are coming from.

I spend 2-3 hours/day watching YouTube videos myself, because pain limits my activity, and even the AI narrators of some very well-done mini-documentaries and investigative stories are saying things like "cold, calculated killer" and "family-orientated man" :rolleyes:.
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I don't think so with the these ones and those ones at least not in the days of my kids. I'll ask but I think it came from teatchers and perhaps textbooks which are their own stories who gets paid to produce those...

Yees, I agree with you on both YT and even MSM I hear or see such things... Just the other day I heard an attorney use infer when the right word would be imply. I'm not a grammar Nazi as I said and you'll see plenty of typos from me too but I'm not at work and so I'm not picky about correcting such then. Infer and imply are terms some just don't get. Words like affect or effect and when to use each too. Capitol and capital.

I can take any of them but hearing these ones and those ones drives me half up the wall but it is so common these days and I'm not a mean person so I just hear it and say nothing, from even PROFESSIONAL people.

It is probably my major pet peeve lol. I've corrected my 40 something year old children and they've corrected their language and tell others. That is how long ago it started... In high school for them. I need to ask them where they first started hearing it... My children were kind of on the "edge" of early internet. Thank goodness.
 
I have a few, but will start with this..

I'd call it speech fads.. I suppose it's acceptable if it comes from teens or young children, but I hate hearing it from so-called grown-ups.

One example is starting a remark by saying 'yes' when they really mean 'no.'
Another example that's been going around for years is "I'm not gonna lie.." (before saying what they plan to say)
But the newer one- new to me, anyway- and I wouldn't be surprised if it starts on forum, too.. this came up in FOUR separate images on Pinterest yesterday, FOUR different topics, before a sensible/important statement they say "Tell me I'm wrong."

It seems to me all of these examples are meant to put the listener/reader on the defensive. šŸ˜”
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OneEyedDiva said:
~People who litter
~People who use foul language in public
~People who talk or listen to music loudly in public, especially closed in places like buses and trains
~People who don't add the 's to designate ownership (eg: I'm at my mother house instead of mother's house)
~And like @seadoug, people who use the word like in every sentence, sometimes it's a couple of times in a sentence! :rolleyes:

~It bugs the h*ll out of me when I hear people say they "changed out" or "switched out" something. I've begun to notice that trend in the last few years. It used to simply be I changed the light bulb, not changed out the lightbulb, which is a redundancy.
~Also, I hate being accused of doing something I know I didn't do and being told I didn't do something that I know I did.
I'm sure I'll think of more.
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I can identify with almost all of these lol. I hate litter. Foul language to me means you do not know enough adjectives. I use speaker phone at times but not like some, I walk away to where it won't bother others. It is never with music. Yeah, the "like" every other word also drives me up the wall. Changed out the light bulk is like these or those ones to me. A word is being added that is NOT necessary.

I have more pet peeves to. They will come to me over the coming days lol but most I can let go, but some really at least in my own head bother me more than I express...
 
Rider77 said:
Hate to see a perfectly healthy person park in a Handicap space.

Drives nuts when some one says, "at the end of the day."

Why must people use the word LIKE every fifth word of their utterance.
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Or even every third word with "like"... I like went to the like grocery like I drove...

I agree with someone that does not need a handicap space, using it.

Never really noticed at the end of the day much but I know people depending on region that hate "have a good one". Now that's common and usual to me but to some people they wonder what is "one"... I think that is more a regional thing.... It's normal to me.
 
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RambleTamble said:
I hate it when a stupid person is in a position of authority -- especially if that person is a narcissist. I've had jobs that would have been really good if not for that one, stupid boss making life miserable for people who actually cared about the project's success.
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I walked out of the best job of my life over a boss that the owner had no clue of, and was his friend, that had no idea how to do his job.

Best pay, best benefits and one day I just walked out. I had put up with it as it was for way too long.
 
Sunkist said:
I have a few, but will start with this..

I'd call it speech fads.. I suppose it's acceptable if it comes from teens or young children, but I hate hearing it from so-called grown-ups.

One example is starting a remark by saying 'yes' when they really mean 'no.'
Another example that's been going around for years is "I'm not gonna lie.." (before saying what they plan to say)
But the newer one- new to me, anyway- and I wouldn't be surprised if it starts on forum, too.. this came up in FOUR separate images on Pinterest yesterday, FOUR different topics, before a sensible/important statement they say "Tell me I'm wrong."

It seems to me all of these examples are meant to put the listener/reader on the defensive. šŸ˜”
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You reminded me of another one with this post. It isn't necessarily a pet peeve of mine or bad thing even but someone says somehting and then they say "if that makes sense?". In other words "do you understand what i mean" and it softens whatever they just said OR encourages the listener to agree they understand...

I don't necessarily think that one is all bad, it's a way of being tactful and getting along but it became very common a few years back and it does put the weight on the listener...
 
People being interviewed on TV who, when they are asked a question, always start their answer with "So,,"

But what irritates me even more is the huge number of people, some of them respected scientists or government officials, who say "Noo-cul-ar" instead of "Nuclear."
 
PeppermintPatty said:
1/. My pet peeves are littler bugs. People who think the earth is their personal garbage can.
2/. Tailgators - people who think riding your tail will get you to go faster
3/. Bad grammar - people who use the word ā€˜seenā€™ instead of I saw. I seen that on t.v. the other day. People who use the words I got to buy some groceries. Instead of Iā€™ve got to buy some groceries or I have got to buy some groceries.

Out of all of my pet peeves the grammar pet peeve is my least annoying one.
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One of my personal jaw dropping moments, was in a criminal trial, when a defense lawyer used the phrase " so were these expensive shoes store boughten ' in her questions to a Crown witness. The Judge asked her if she wanted to "rephrase that last question ' ? She didn't get the hint..... JIMB>
 
RambleTamble said:
I hate it when a stupid person is in a position of authority -- especially if that person is a narcissist. I've had jobs that would have been really good if not for that one, stupid boss making life miserable for people who actually cared about the project's success.
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We had a micromanaging controlfreak. A lot of people either quit their job and went elsewhere or were at home with a burnout because of him. I was so stupid to be honest and ask him for more work, cause there was not a lot to do and he had to get rid of someone. Oh you have nothing to do? Out you go.

I'm still working there. Got help from a guy from the works counsil. We got rid of that manager. They had first sent him on a course to become less of an alphamale and listen to the people who work there. But that did not help, so out he went and then we got a great guy.
 
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