Pet peeves
 

When humans think it is funny to give you the finger or say f*** y***. That is not humor and is not funny. That would be the last thing someone ever said to me.

Be polite and be respectful to other humans.

:cigar2:

When someone blows his/her nose at the dinner table. Please do not. :quickdraw:

People who use a lot of floral bathroom spray and think it smells better than a fart.

Real Estate Speak:

"Starter home" ( it's a dump but $800,000 reno will make it liveable ).

"View of ocean or mountains" ( Here, get up on this ladder and grab these binoculars).

"Up-and-coming neighbourhood " (Once the gang wars end and shopkeepers return and remove the plywood and bars on their windows).

"Close to parks and shopping" ( You can walk your dog in the Walmart parking lot")

"If you're a gardener, you'll love it" (Especially if you're a heavy equipment operator).

etc

After slaving over a hot stove or oven for hours cooking someone's requested meal, and hearing....


it's called a backhanded compliment, meant to "sound" polite, but it's actually a slam directed right atcha.

I'm sure you have heard other versions...

You look great in that suit, too bad your gut sticks out....

A friend called them poison sandwiches....something delish wrapped in moldy bread.

It's a "you are not good enough" message meant for your solar
plexus.

Being intentionally rude and later acting all innocent.... for example:

"I'm glad to help while you transition to getting your own place! Glad to have you! Just when you leave be sure to take your Mom with you! hahahahahaha!!!!"

Not really seeing the humor in this, but I do see the ugly part.

Later in the evening it's : " What did I do now?? There is no pleasing you."

:| WTF

The dish washer is right next to the sink, but it takes the dishes being piled up in the sink before they make it to the dish washer...go figure.

I really hate when people take advantage of my safe traveling distance and cut in front of me...

Pet peeves
 

People that are self centered and arrogant.

Example, we have a new rider on the commute van and as soon as he sits down he lays his seat back in the lap of the passenger behind him without asking. He also blasts the a/c without asking the other passengers if they want a temperature change. Lastly, he expects us to wait for him to arrive when it is convenient for him.

It must be nice to be the most important person wherever you are.

Rude!

:explode:

The dish washer at home is less than a foot and a half from the sink, BUT, somehow the dishes never quite make it to the dish washer unless I say something about it... me thinks my off spring is lazy about these things... or worse.

when people at work will throw trash in a trash can when they can clearly see that there is no trash bag in the can!!! It makes me wonder, would they do this at home???? How disgusting!

I call these the "special people" :blink:

Crumbs in the butter...when washing dishes or loading the dishwasher...forks all belong in the same hole, spoons in a different hole, knives pointing blade down in a 3rd hole...drives me nuts to put flatware away when it is all mixed up

When people will put a container of food, juice, whatever back in the refrigerator instead of just throwing it out when there is only like a drop or two of stuff left in it! My step grandson does it all the time. There can be literally two swallows of kool aid left in the jug and he puts it back in the fridge! :seeingstars:

When someone insists on having towels folded a specific way! Give me a break , as long as it's folded what does it matter?:|

When smokers drop cigarette ashes all over the place.

When people see me pushing my spouse in her wheelchair in Walmart parking lot and they don't bother to slow down and let us cross the road!

Taking out the trash. My son will wait till its falling on the floor then take it out, yes its just plain laziness on his part. Be glad when I can do it my self.

I have to argue a point here. I have no linen closet since they apparently phased them out 50 years ago...so my towels go on an etagere. The towels only fit if they're tri folded. And yes...they look neater to some people it does matter. But fold them the way you want lol. That's the best part of being single! Self dictatorship

Grounds in the coffee.

I, too, play How High with the trash. When the tower crumbles, that's when you know it's time to take it out.

I make a point (a non-obvious one), to ask a new partner how she likes the towels folded. It is just easier and seems to be very important to some people.

I don't like when I am in a waiting room or bathroom stall and there are open chairs or stalls but the person comes and sits next to you.

You're magnetic that way, Wrang1er. Be nice; I'm sure they can't help themselves. (I understand your frustration, though; I often have the same problem, lol)

What I'm about to discuss is probably more suited to the gross out thread, but this is the one on the front page so it's going here (Ooh, more material for those of you who are easily annoyed, lol) :tease:

Ceiling fans. No matter how often you clean, they are dirt collectors. And while I think it's great that they move air around (particularly here in the south where it can be very stale), it's still disgusting. I detest ceiling fans over my dining table, in my kitchen, and over my bed. And I'm no germophobe (homoe!). I think some dirt is good for a person. It builds character. But not over my dinner and not over the place where my naked body is laid out for rest and for anything else I may want to do there, okay?

I wonder if this has something to do with tribalism and some people needing to have a sense of community (even when relieving themselves).

Something else to think about in the middle of the night.

You could very well be onto something there. For example, I've noticed it in parking lots, too. Empty spaces as far as the eye can see and 20 cars in a cluster in some far off corner of the place. And you know what else has always struck me as odd? Something could be laying around for ages, untouched, discarded, dusty, unwanted; but as soon as one person goes for it, everyone suddenly wants it.

Do you think those sorts of instincts are prevalent in the majority of people or are they just some weirdo DNA hangover from another epoch that hasn't quite been bred out of the collective gene pool yet? lol, or are the personal space people the outliers?

Human beings are simultaneously fascinating and repellent.

I am always nice...okay okay most of the time I'm nice. I prefer to be nice from a distance in those situations.

Perhaps. I guess I am that weirdo that likes to be on the outskirts of the community.

Orema, maybe we can think of Smiling resting nude in the middle of the night tonight. ;)

LOL I'll leave that to you, as pleasant as it is, though I will be thinking of someone in those wee hours.

Yes, I think it's in the majority of people and the outliers are those who don't conform. I think it's in our DNA to mingle.

True that ... whether right or wrong, I focus on the good shit for as long as I can. :bow:

When I wake up in the middle of the night it's usually because something hurts or I have to go to the bathroom. I just couldn't resist razzing Smiling.

Omg I've thought this so often when people sit next to me in a completely empty theater. I call it the herding instinct

Actually that's a peeve of mine I hadn't thought of. If people sit next to me in an empty theater then shush me if I choose to make a comment to my companion...boo hoo on you. It was your choice to sit next to me. That's why I love the drive ins...you can converse, laugh and eat in peace. And no one cares that you snuck in a can of soda...cuz good luck opening it in a silent theater lol

Crumbs in the butter
 

The sound of utensils hitting a glass container. That drives me nuts. It is as bad as incessant humming.
Grrr!!

:cigar2:

Uh Oh
 

I started reading this thread and "thanking" the posts the peeved me too.

I noticed a trend.

I am very peeved.

Like at everything.....I now have a new appreciation for what it must
feel like to live with me.


(*Note to self: Send flowers to your girl....She deserves them.)

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I should have explained that it is my coworkers that drive me nuts with humming and scraping their lunch dishes. Haha! Perspective.

I still remember the co-worker who came in and showed you her rash or whatever it was and you suggested she see someone about it! I sure hope she wasn't humming while doing that..LMAO