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Pet Peeves

funes said:
- people who don't use "bring" and "take" properly.
But you are an American (I assume), so what do you define as 'properly'? As a British English speaker, here is what I regard as correct usage:

I am in one room with my son, his mother is in the kitchen. I hand him a cup and say "take this to your mother please". I think in US English you would say 'bring', not 'take'. However...

Same scenario, but this time my wife asks for the cup - "bring me your father's cup please" In this situation, logically a US English speaker would say 'take', since they have already 'reserved' the use of 'bring' for the first scenario. But 'take' just does not work in this sense, which is why I think we Brits are right and you colonials are wrong :D Or maybe we are just "two nations divided by a common language"
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I don't easily get annoyed.

But one thing that does make me angry are people who take their dogs out (often off the leash) to take care of 'business' and do not pick up after their animal.

It is so often done in public parks where little kids are playing!
 
My pet peeves:

sitting at a stop light next to a car which has music so loud that I can hear it through the vibrations it makes in my car...

pedestrians who strole very slowly across an intersection. We have all seen them. It becomes a power play to see how long they can make us sit in our cars and watch them (not your average cross the road type... I am talking Realllllly slooooow crossers)...

drivers who tail gate me... so close that it is scary. It just makes me want to slow down and often I do just that...

folks who get in elevators while stinking of perfume - even expensive perfume. The only person who should be able to smell your perfume should be in a close romantic position...
 
People that have enough courage to change the channel on the TV at the gym but not enough to ask a couple people around them if they mind.

People that attempt to point out an error you seem to have made, find out that they are the ones that are wrong and then don't have the class to admit to a mistake.

These are similar personality types I think. They suffer from a malady called testicular misallocation.
 
People who call you on the phone and then don't say anything, or have a conversation with someone else that is with them, or take 2 hours to spit out a 3-word sentence.
Another is when companies telemarket you (which I hate with a passion anyway), but have the gall to put you on hold when you answer.
 
Only thing that really peeves me are people making appointments and then coming late. I hate that in business and private life.
 
Sleepy said:
Only thing that really peeves me are people making appointments and then coming late. I hate that in business and private life.
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I absolutely hate being late. I'd almost rather stay home than show up late. What really irks me is the family members who don't share my urge to be on time, and who wait til the last possible seconds before doing whatever mundane chores they needed to do before walking out the door. Makes MamaABC not a happy mamabear.
 
abecedarian said:
What really irks me is the family members who don't share my urge to be on time, and who wait til the last possible seconds before doing whatever mundane chores they needed to do before walking out the door.
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Welcome to the club. I married an exemplar like this.

It is like this:
11 AM:
"Dear, we gotta be there at 2 PM."
"OK."

12:30 PM
*glancing at the clock*
"2 PM, I don't want to be late."
"Yeah, no worries."

12:45 PM
"Sweetie, don't you want to take your shower now ?"
"Yup, just a second."
He continues to do whatever he is doing: gameing, watching a movie for the 1000th time)

1:15 PM
He moves his butt sloooooowly towards the bathroom.
Running water.

1:30 PM
He comes out, best mood ever.
I'm sitting there, already dressed, shoes on, quite bored because I don't have anything to do.

1:45 PM
He: "Are you ready ? I don't want to be late !" :devil:
Me: "Very funny." :angry:

1:50 PM
"Gosh I've got to fill the tank."
I'm rolling my eyes, they can't stop.

2:00 PM
"Were do all the cars come from ? It's not sunday, is it ?"
"Well, it is sunday." (My eyes begin to hurt)
"Why are you rolling your eyes ?"
"Oh, it's a new relaxation exercise I read about."
"Hmmmmpf."

2:19 PM
Ole ole, party, we're there.
He's got fun, is laughing and I am almighty peeved.
 
Mine has to be when a business promises to be done with something on a time schedule and doesn't follow through. Case in point-I have been off line due to some computer problems. Turns out my tower was over heating and was creating some interesting problems. The guy promised a 24 hour turn around. that was two weeks ago! He worked four hours on it, but only charged us for one as the wife and I were not thrilled with the service. That, and the fact that he already printed out the charge sheet with one hour on it when we dropped it off. I'm thrilled it's back up working again, but not so thrilled about the service. Ahhhhh!
 
I'm on the other end of that. I can't promise specific times in my business because I never know how long the call(s) prior will take. So, after explaining that specific times are impossible to give, I give them a 3 hour window (that's pretty good compared to "sometime today" that most companies do), such as 12-3pm. It never fails that they're calling me at 12:15 angry because "you said he'd be here at 12:00". Argh!
 
I cannot stand the sounds of people eating. It literally makes me sick.

If you are chewing something in my company, PLEASE for gawd's sake keep your mouth shut and make as little noise as possible.
 
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