The Pet Peeves Thread

[J a c k]

My neighbors.
-the ways they talk 
-the way they stomp
-all four of their cars

[Edwardo Piet]

Hehe!

[Joods]

My latest pet peeve:

Doing something for someone (like giving them a ride home) and they automatically assume you're going to say yes every time they ask.

[KevinM1]

People who state their opinion and then get all offended when you disagree with them. If you don't want your opinion challenged, fucking keep it to yourself.

Smokers. I'm allergic to cigarette smoke. I sneeze uncontrollably and my nose runs like a faucet. And since smoke clings to clothes, hair, and just about everything else, a smoker doesn't need to be smoking for me to be affected by it. It doesn't help that it smells like shit, too.

People who go to the movies then get up 10 minutes in to go to the bathroom or get a snack, only to return a couple minutes later. Lock that shit down before you sit down.

People who don't understand that I'm picky about certain things (food, music, etc.) and react as though I'm either sheltered ("Try it!" - why do you think I don't like it to begin with?) or I'm exhibiting some tragic character flaw ("You're just being stubborn/you don't like anything!").

Several of the Dunning-Kruger examples who plague these forums.

[Edwardo Piet]

Epic.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

People who are late and have lame excuses ('I lost track of time'). Shows a tremendous lack of respect for other peoples' time.

Boru

[Losty]

People who want you to be on time when they know you have young kids. I just tell people, expect me to be an hour late. If you want to lunch at 1 you ought to tell me 11:45. It's not as bad now that Miss P is almost 4. When Justin was born Lelibug was 13 months old. Being on time was not an option.

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Sorry, but being on time is always an option, kids or no kids. If someone asks you to meet them at 1:00, it's up to you (not them) to get ready early and be there at 1:00.

The ONLY three valid excuses for being late are:

1. Death.

2. Loss of a major limb (meaning an arm at the shoulder or a leg at the hip - don't dare be late because you cut your pinky finger off. Shake that shite off).

3. Heart attack/stroke, doctor's note required.

Boru

[Losty]

So...I was walking out the door 30 minutes early when my newborn shit out of his diaper, down his legs, up his back into his hair, and filling his car seat...in the time I was using to clean him up my 1 year old spilled a sack of flour into the living room floor and cracked several raw eggs into it because she thought a cake would make me feel better and just as I got that cleared up the baby started crying...a clue to my boobs that we wouldn't be able to nurse in the car right before we went in because it's time to feed the baby right now....if that's not a valid excuse then I'm afraid I'd just as well not ever make plans with someone who doesn't understand my life.

[Losty]

That being said, I secretly hate when people are late too. I try not to say anything because I know what it's like. For the most part I try to aim for being early in order to avoid being late.