Pet Peeves

[lisztisforkids]

What are some of your pet peeves? For me the worst one is Che Geuvara clothing.. I mean really people! If you actually beleive what the man beleived in and fought and died for you wouldent by a shirt from a large corporation were the workers are paid minumum wage in some distant land!....

[lilypiano]

 always having to talk very loudly,  two loud talkers that interrupt one another and don't listen,  making high pitched, girly noises while watching television,  catty gossip,  thinking your liberal  and open minded when you discriminate against entire regions and assume people are rigid or narrow minded without knowing much about them,  backstabbing...ie fawning over people you barely know and then complaining about them later, hypocrisy, pretension

[contrapunctus]

All the slut girls running around these days.

[lisztisforkids]

All the slut girls running around these days.

  People like you and me are just jealous of them..

[pianistimo]

ok.  my pet peeve is fast becoming my husband using the navigation system (he loves the female voice because it 'never gets angry') all the way home.  the last statement is 'turn right'  (into yor driveway).  she says it so nicely, he says.  rwaaarrr.

i like to discuss things and occasionally get excited - but he likes this ultra-boring politeness like she's from france and applying for an airline stewardess position.  i'd like to slap her.  (hey, thal?)

[thalbergmad]

My pet peeve are teenage mothers.

The whole country is overrun with them.

You can see them hanging aroung town centres, cigarette in mouth, 2 kids in a pram, another 2 hanging off of each tit and clearly another on the way.

They claim to be poor, but always have enough money for cheap jewellary, tattoos, tobacco and booze.

They are pond life.

Thal

[pianistimo]

pond life, ehh.  so the teenage fathers are frogs?  do you know what a group of frogs are called.  an army.  woah. that's really important.  i just thought you might lke to know.  i thought they were called pods. 

[gorbee natcase]

always having to talk very loudly,  two loud talkers that interrupt one another and don't listen,  making high pitched, girly noises while watching television,  catty gossip,  thinking your liberal  and open minded when you discriminate against entire regions and assume people are rigid or narrow minded without knowing much about them,  backstabbing...ie fawning over people you barely know and then complaining about them later, hypocrisy, pretension

Yes but listening to this shee-ite gives my life meaning. And me and a sence of superiority, which can't be a bad thing.
                                                And besides its funny like two drunks discussing ABBA

[musik_man]

Pianistimo, my mom has the exact same complaint to my dad about the navigation system.

Number one pet peeve is piano books that won't stay shut.  Especially ones that close right as you are getting into the music.

[pianistimo]

that's funny that they really do like the voice.  i'm in a better mood today.  maybe i will practice talking like the navigation system.  it doesn't have any inflection, though.  perhaps it is soothing because of that.  (breaks down words into slight pauses between letters).  stephen hawkings talks like this.  and, he uses the same voice so people will be able to identify him. 

say, my pet peeve is now 'string theory.'  i was watching a pbs show last night - and u'd think from listening to people go on about it - that it was a real phenomenon.  but, from this show - they said 'it cannot be proven because the strings are so tiny - if you are researching this you cannot prove it - but it is likely.'  then some scientist say that maybe in 100 years we will know if it is true or not.

i could do that with music.  make a 'theory' a reality - and tell everybody that music is tied to the universe.  i 'll call it 'music relativity.'  i've always thought it anyway - but hey, if they can do it - so can i.  and, noone better argue. i'll generate computer images of what i think it looks like and stand and give a lecture on the importance of it.  basically what makes an idea fly is if you get enough people to agree with ur wild idea.

[quantum]

i could do that with music.  make a 'theory' a reality - and tell everybody that music is tied to the universe.  i 'll call it 'music relativity.'  i've always thought it anyway - but hey, if they can do it - so can i.  and, noone better argue. i'll generate computer images of what i think it looks like and stand and give a lecture on the importance of it.  basically what makes an idea fly is if you get enough people to agree with ur wild idea.

If you can do this and convince someone, you might as well finish your Masters Degree and have a paper to prove you did so.     With a little bonus of adding some letters after your name. 

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For me:

anything designed with aesthetics before functionality - function must always come first; gossiping; lack of efficiency;  those who ridicule others for living at home; people who borrow stuff and don't put it back in the same place where they found it; a person who enters a room then exists without leaving the door in the same position it was before they entered; people who talk to me when I am playing in public; when a person does not want to give effort into doing a better quality task........

That's all for now

[pianistimo]

about the door...are u serious?  everything else sounds 'normal'  - but as you can see from my signature 'normal is nothing but a cycle on the washing machine.'  i never thought to leave a door any way in particular.  perhaps i haven't gone far enough in politeness.  ur not talking about ur piano students are u?  i mean, if you have the door open a crack - you expect them, when they leave - to leave the door open a crack?  why does it have to be like this?  is there a reason for this phobia?  have u ever thought it through?  i think u have issues with loss.

i'm no psychologist - but i also need to have certain things stay the same.  i cannot take anyone moving the furniture (unless i work myself into a state that will prepare for the inevitable discomfort of working with a new situation).  when first married - my husband often rassed me by saying he wanted to move the bed near the window and stuff like that.  then, he'd say he wanted to move the couch here or there.  every time i'd get really upset - and he couldn't understand why.  i couldn't exactly tell him i had this furniture moving phobia.  perhaps it's also a pet peeve.

u must be better able to change from hour to hour though - because one moment the door might be open 1/2 way and the next a 1/4.  do u measure it first before the student comes in?  is it the noise factor - u don't want to get up and keep closing the door.  i could understnad that better - but then everything doesn't have to be understood.  do u think people would think any less of u or i if we told them our expectations of them?  i mean, finally after many times of suggesting moving the furniture -my husband let it go.  of course, there are people who are not so kind and once they know u have an issue - make it worse on purpose.

[thalbergmad]

Another pet peeve of mine are women who have never got the right money when they get on a bus.

They have probably been waiting 20 minutes and have had all that time to get the correct money. However, they get on the bus and then hold everyone up by emptying their purse out looking for coins.

The government should bring back hanging for this.

Thal

[pianistimo]

if it weren't for women like that , u wouldn't feel superior.  they're doing u a favor.  why are u hanging them for it? 

how about men who are vague when u ask them a very plain question. 

ps women are very discreet when they don't have the change and need to get somewhere.  if you get inside the bus and find u don't have the change - u might still get a ride. 

[thalbergmad]

how about men who are vague when u ask them a very plain question. 

Women don't ask plain questions.

[stevie]

pet peeve?

perverted pet? like a dog who humps legs? yes

[quantum]

about the door...are u serious?  everything else sounds 'normal'  - but as you can see from my signature 'normal is nothing but a cycle on the washing machine.'  i never thought to leave a door any way in particular.  perhaps i haven't gone far enough in politeness.  ur not talking about ur piano students are u?  i mean, if you have the door open a crack - you expect them, when they leave - to leave the door open a crack?  why does it have to be like this?  is there a reason for this phobia?  have u ever thought it through?  i think u have issues with loss.

i'm no psychologist - but i also need to have certain things stay the same.  i cannot take anyone moving the furniture (unless i work myself into a state that will prepare for the inevitable discomfort of working with a new situation).  when first married - my husband often rassed me by saying he wanted to move the bed near the window and stuff like that.  then, he'd say he wanted to move the couch here or there.  every time i'd get really upset - and he couldn't understand why.  i couldn't exactly tell him i had this furniture moving phobia.  perhaps it's also a pet peeve.

u must be better able to change from hour to hour though - because one moment the door might be open 1/2 way and the next a 1/4.  do u measure it first before the student comes in?  is it the noise factor - u don't want to get up and keep closing the door.  i could understnad that better - but then everything doesn't have to be understood.  do u think people would think any less of u or i if we told them our expectations of them?  i mean, finally after many times of suggesting moving the furniture -my husband let it go.  of course, there are people who are not so kind and once they know u have an issue - make it worse on purpose.

Actually yes I am very serious about the door.  It started in highschool, I have my study room at home and like to keep the door closed so I can concentrate and not be distracted by what other people are dooing.  Somone always kept coming into the room to get something or ask me a question, then would exit leaving the door wide open.  Then they would start the clothes washer (just across the hall) or fiddling pots and pans, or vacum, or whatever and I was just tring to concentrate on my homework.  So I had to get up and close the door.  This becomes a very big deal if someone keeps coming in every 10 mins or so. 

Thal, I know exactly what you mean on the bus.  We also have bus passes in our city so all you have to do is show that to the driver.  Some people stand in the door way, drop all their bags so others with passes ready can't show and pass them, and start digging through all the pockets in their bag.  Once they realize it's not it that bag they do the same with their 4 other bags.  After that they check their jacket pockets, while trying to ansewer their cell phone that just rang.  Once they finally find it they pick up their bags, but since they didn't close them properly their groceries roll all over the bus floor.  All this while 10 other people are outside the bus in a snowstorm.  How hard it is to prepare your bus pass / fair so you can easily deposit it?

[alwaystheangel]

I actually find the door thing an issue too, quantum, I mean If the door was closed beofre, when you leave close the door.  Not too truicky.

Pianistimo, I don't think quantum means the door exactly the same angle to the door frame if it's half open.  Just the door is open keep door open, door is closed, keep door closed.

My pet peeve is unbrushed hair.  Makes me want to attack them with a hair brush!

I also hate people that say Ain't and "Johnny and Me almost got____"

LEAARN YOUR FRIKIN GRAMMAR PEOPLE!!!!

[elspeth]

My current top pet hate is people who don't pronounce their consonants...

Also cyclists who don't observe the highway code, like the nutter who nearly ran me down when I was crossing a road at the lights this morning and then had the nerve to curse me for getting in his way... gaahhh!

While I'm on the subject, I can't bear people who use expletives in normal conversation because their vocabulary isn't extensive enough to get to the end of a sentence without....

Hmm, seem to have started ranting. Probably ought to stop there!

[pianistimo]

i understand the door thing better.  sounds like ur mom.  yes.  doing dishes and running the vaccum.  we'll never know how we affected our kids good or bad.  my dad always told my mom she was wearing out the carpet.  my mom was the 'return every 10 minutes type too.'  usually putting away laundry.  (*wonders if i am now? - no.  i'm sometimes gone for hours).  yesterday, my son had a completely quiet house.  now, today he probably longs for some noise.

funny about the consonants.  never really thought about it - but will be thinking about that one today - oh, ****T.  no.  not really.  i don't like swearing either.  it's totally unnecessary - but sometimes - when people just feel that swelling anger - there's something almost expectant in this day and age.  people can be shocked if u don't swear when u hit or cut ur finger - or make a huge mistake.  i really try not to swear - but occasionally (usually around my kids, no less) hit the counter and tell them if they don't start picking up their ****T, i'm not going to anymore.  then, what do i do - go and pick it up.  that's the problem with obsessive/ compulsive mothers.

now my pet peeve is closets that are not built for functionality.  we got a little money ahead to redo the closets - and now i've been thinking 'all these years' i should have thought of this. 

dressers are completely irrelevant pieces of furniture nowdays.  u can get a chest of drawers built into ur closet (or buy one and stick it in) - put the hanging clothing nearby.  and even, as i got designed recently - put rolls of wrapping paper behind the door ready to be pulled out as sheets and cut on razor cutter.  now if i suddenly start accidentally cutting myself in my closet - my design might not be the best - but the wrapping paper rolls (pop-out) are fairly high.

[pianojems]

my pet peeves are:

- people talking on cell phones/talking loud enough for me to hear their conversation when I'm in a restaraunt

- when girls let their thong/underwear hand out of their jeans...Its so annoying, I just want to tell them to pull them up....not to mention that it does not look comfortable

- people who never admit they're wrong about anything, or apologize

- when guys refuse to ask for directions even if it means them wondering for hours

got many more...but not enough time...hehe

[shasta]

-people who don't speed up on on-ramps to match highway speeds

-people who get on elevators before everyone who needs to get off has gotten off

-people who don't pull up into the intersections once the light turns green to make a left (in the USA)....  they just stay back there behind the white line so only one person (them) gets through before the light changes again!  ARRRGHHH!!

[johnny-boy]

My pet peeve is literally a "pet" peeve. I get so angry when neighbors let their dog go in my yard. I keep my dog's mess cleaned up as she goes. I think others should take care of their dog's mess (or keep it in their yard). Damn, that makes me mad.

I've been trying to catch the neighbors in question but they must do it when I'm not at home. Damn, that makes me mad as hell!

John 

[bella musica]

My pet peeve is literally a "pet" peeve. I get so angry when neighbors let their dog go in my yard. I keep my dog's mess cleaned up as she goes. I think others should take care of their dog's mess (or keep it in their yard). ***, that makes me mad.

I've been trying to catch the neighbors in question but they must do it when I'm not at home. ***, that makes me mad as hell!

John 

Tell me about it.  Our neighbors' dogs like to come over at least once a week and knock over our garbage cans.  Rawr.  They run wild throughout the neighborhood and one of them even bit a lady who was taking a walk.  Not to mention the people across the street had police cars at their house every other day because everyone complained about their dogs barking so much.

My sister and I have what we call the 'Irritating Wrinkle Syndrome'.  Have you ever been standing behind someone in a line whose shirt hem was flipped inside out, and you wanted to reach out and fix it?  (Sticking-out tags and pieces of fuzz stuck to their back count too). Lol!

[pianolearner]

There are so many and most are concerning people!

-People who use the 10 items or less checkout when they have 11 items because it is "Only 1 more"

-People who wait in a queue at a fast food shop, then when the finally get to the checkout and asked for their order they look up at the menu and say "Uhhhhhmmmmm......."

-People who turn their mobile phones on the second the aeroplane touches down

-People (MORONS) who get their luggage out of the overhead lockers BEFORE THE PLANE HAS COME TO A COMPLETE STOP. MORONS!! You won't get out of the plane before me, I promise.

-People who stop at the top or bottom of an escalator to put their tickets and passports away.

-People who think you MUST use the camera flash whenever you take a photo a night. Even if it's to take a picture of the moon, fireworks or a beautiful bridge that is a mile away.

-People who turn into "comedians" whenever a video/TV camera is pointed at them

-People who go straight into the pool from the sauna or steamroom

-Slow websites, badly designed websites with hard to find menus and/or broken links

[pianistimo]

when you go to a restaurant and even the special isn't available. 

candy, gum, and toys right near the check-out.

paint colors that aren't the same when you get them home.

things that break easily.

happy meal toys that are not made to be functional.  (say the camera that you can't look out of the normal way...you have to turn it sideways.  even kids know that is not how you use a camera).

[nanabush]

-Speaking of pets:  people who run away when my dog starts barking, he's gonna chase them obviously... if they stand there and let me grab hld of my dog that'd help, but they decide to run away screaming, and my dog's a fast little f*ck.
-People in the mall who just stare at you, then when you say 'what' they just walk away.
-Customer service pretty much anywhere...

[pianojems]

- people that drive below the speed limit

- cars not turning blinkers on before turning suddenly

- waitresses that check up on you too often in a restaraunt just as you got a mouthful

- telemarketers........calling anytime especially when I just sat down to relax, or dinner

- people that have no control over their kids behavior...or just simply ignore it....especially in public places

- people that don't let you get a word in edge-wise

- people that are stupid/dumb, naive or ignorant....you know what I mean,
(annoy me terribly)

- people that pick their noses or fix their wedgies in public.....and think you dont notice

- when people overuse the work "like" . Ex. I...uuhhhhh....like....uhhh....went to ....like blah blah blah blah.

- did I miss anything?

[quantum]

I got another one:

- parents that don't respect their kids.

We see in the news all the time about "at risk youth" and programs to help them out.  Well kids pick up a lot from their parents - and it just annoys me when I get on a bus and I see a parent giving their child "attitude".  I mean they make a big fuss even using swear words one second like "sit your a** down in your seat" and get all flowery the next like "come sleep on mommy's lap". 

[lau]

1. drivers who spaze at other drivers, what's the big deal?

2. being told how to do something, but having it over-explained

3. tomatoes, olives, mushrooms

4. I can't stand it when people are half asleep and you try to wake them up and they say "yeah, a few minutes" and they just fall asleep again. Everyday, that's my brother...

5. waking up in the middle of the night, and you were sleeping on your arm and it is completely numb and useless

6. Staying somewhere where they don't have a shower

7. printed sheet music that curls up on the bottom from slouching on the piano dashboard and falls to the ground!

8. Having a runny nose in school, and there is no tissues, so there is no crapping thing to do about it.

9. Uncontrollable coughing in public

10. saying "lol" way to much in the chat room when you know that there is nothing funny at all

11. musicals- I was literally mad when i saw one, the people act so... unnatural

12. people drinking straight out of the milk carton   

[aliena]

I hate each and every thing that every person has mentioned.

It's so good to know there are others out there like me. 

[sharon_f]

I also dislike drivers who don't use their turn signals and also parents who let their children run wild, especially in restaurants.

I hate drivers who insist on staying in the left lane, don't pass and won't move over to let you pass.

I hate cashiers in stores who have conversations with friends and co-workers when they should be paying attention to you, the customer.

I hate having a confirmed reservation at a restaurant and having to wait more than 10 minutes to be seated.

I hate going into a bank with six or seven tellers and only one is actually waiting on customers while the other five or six are doing God knows what.

I hate people who won't move to the rear of the bus.

I hate people who are always trying to "one-up" you. You know the type, if you were sick with the flu they were sicker. If you had a great dinner somewhere, they had an even better one somewhere else. If your child gets straight "As" their child has been offered a full scholarship to medical school while still in 2nd grade.

I hate people who use the phrase "you guys". This seems to be prevalent everywhere nowadays, especially with younger people.

I hate people who don't say, "Please" or "Thank you" or "You're welcome" or "Excuse me."

I hate people who litter.

I hate people who don't have the simple courtesy to hold a door open for someone else.

I hate people who don't tip chambermaids.

I actually should stop now, since I am starting to get really upset thinking about all of this unacceptable behavior.

[quantum]

When a person overuses "please" or "thank you".  I went to an orchestra rehearsal once where the conductor quite literally started every sentence with "please" and said "thank you" numerous times after the orchestra played a section of music.  It got really annoying after 5 mins.  He probably could have shaved 25% of time off his rehearsal if he didn't use so much verbal fluff and just cut to the meat. 

[lau]

when peeps call the TV the telly

[pianowolfi]

He probably could have shaved 25% of time

God shave the queen.

[kelly_kelly]

People who are just... stupid (There was this guy in my history class last year who proposed bombing Mecca as the solution to terrorism today. I almost strangled him)

Ketchup- I'm not sure why, but I find it absolutely repulsive. All red... and gooey...*shudder*

People who refuse to admit their mistakes, particularly teachers (My 6th grade teacher, after I had proved that I was right and that she had misled the class, refused to give the points she had unfairly taken off because I "hadn't followed what she taught")

Teachers who don't teach.

Teachers who grade inconsistently/unfairly/don't explain their markings.

People who, during an argument, refuse to recognize that you have outmanuevered them and simply reiterate the same nonsensical points over and over.

People who are amazing at absolutely everything.

People who suck up to teachers (and, conversely, teachers who pick favorites).

Parent who nag.

Parents who refuse to accept your independence.

People who are touchy (I'm not actually particularly touchy, despite what it may seem from my list  )

Jocks who take pleasure in ridiculing shy girls who are only minding their own business.

Asymmetricity (It's actually gotten better-I used to be really obsessive about it

There's probably more, but...

[henrah]

...but?

[kelly_kelly]

...but?

But I was too lazy to finish 

[Floristan]

-people who don't speed up on on-ramps to match highway speeds

-people who get on elevators before everyone who needs to get off has gotten off

-people who don't pull up into the intersections once the light turns green to make a left (in the USA).... they just stay back there behind the white line so only one person (them) gets through before the light changes again! ARRRGHHH!!

-people who don't signal their intention to turn left (USA) until the light has changed to green...and then don't pull into the intersection! 

-people who won't move out of the way when you want to get off a subway or bus but look at you like you're crazy when say, "Excuse me, please, getting off!"  They literally will not move unless you say something.  You can be seated, rise from your seat, turn towards the door, and they'll watch all that and just stand there.   

-people who won't move back into the bus when you want to get on and the bus is already crowded, and the driver won't say anything, so then it's up to you to say something like, "Excuse me!  Would you all please move back a bit so we could get on?" and they all look at you like you're crazy. 

-people who would rather block the door on a subway or bus rather than get off temporarily so others can exit. 

-people who wait on line at a sandwich shop but don't make up their minds what they want until they are at the counter. 

-people who once they get to the counter at the sandwich shop want to have a discussion with the minimum-wage sandwich maker about the virtues of various potential sandwiches. 

-people who do complicated banking at ATMs, monopolizing machines for several minutes at a time.
 
-people who are driving in the fast lane on the freeway, then get on their cell phones and their speed drops by 15-20 miles per hour but they remain in the fast lane. 

I could go on and on...