My Top 10 Pet Peeves
November 16th 2006 00:13
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1. People who pronounce the letter “H” as Hey-che instead of Ay-che.
2. People who claim they are “so crazy” (they never are when they claim it themselves)!*
3. People who spell words phonetically (not just A for Alpha, R for Romeo, etc but they just say Alpha, Romeo, Sierra, Echo, Hotel, Oscar, Lima, Echo, Sierra really quickly and in the end I’m like ok, spell like a normal person now! I work in a call centre by the way.)
4. People who read over your shoulder on public transport
5. Drunk people who have lost the concept of “personal space”
6. People who don’t understand sarcasm
7. People who sit next to you on public transport even when there are other seats
8. People who strike up banal conversation on public transport even when there are other seats
9. People who insist they’ve called the right number despite the fact you’ve never heard of the person they are calling for
And my number 1 Top 10 peeve is….
10. The same Alpha, Romeo, Sierra, Echo, Hotel, Oscar, Lima, Echo from above, who then turns around and tells me “Never mind, this isn’t a personal call. Would you be interested in buying (insert useless but expensive item here)”
*That pet peeve is actually stolen from my boyfriend’s list but I think it’s valid!
So come on… we all have them! I wanna here some of yours!
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Comment by Little Angry Doll
Falling Haiku Leaf
Try Number 8 when you have a new baby. Strangers think it's OK to sit next to you and talk to the baby. And touch the baby. Or with an older child asking "is it alright for me to give him a lolly?" Well, thank you for asking and putting me in a position to say "no", but he knows the lolly is out there now, doesn't he? Thanks. Now I'm going to hear "I want a lolly" all the way home.
Ah. I needed to get that out!
Comment by Judy
Ex-Hostie
Comment by LaurenD
How about sober people who crowd me at the grocery check out while I'm trying to pay and get my receipt. Especially the people who repeatedly bump me in the butt with their trollies?
LaurenD
Comment by Chantal
Judy- Nope! I'm not one of those! We're an inbound call centre and I'm actually support for our cust serv reps... so I shant be interrupting your surfing!
LaurenD- Supermarkets are awash with pet peeve triggers! I understand your pain!!
Comment by Illie-T-Redd
The Devil & I
Majikal Mysterium
And those other numbnuts who, in the middle of the movie, whip out their mobiles and start texting or just mucking around with it and there's just this distracting ray of light beaming up. Don't get me started with those dipsticks who actually answer or make calls!
Comment by Johanna
PCOS Mum
Comment by Johanna
PCOS Mum
Comment by KylieW
Celebrity Obsession
your and you're AND
their, there, they're
My teeth start to nd when I see things like "I'm going over their" or "your an idiot". Grrrrrrr.....makes me angry.
Comment by Chantal
Safe Haven- I never thought about that, good question!!
Yes!! I hate the misuse of those words too... and so many people do it these days. Grammar has gotten pretty lax over the years!
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Comment by DuskDevi
Rucks and Rolls
Rugby World Cup 2007
My pet peeves are word related...
I get really annoyed at eg. "...the sun will rise at 5:35am...in the morning"
Hello? When else is 'am'?
Also 'end result'...yes, it may make sense if you have a project in 3 phases, but what else is result if not the end of something? So Johanna, I'm with you re "safe haven"...
Hate, hate HATE 'bling'...the word.
AND...when my kids get called on the home phone by their 'homeys' calling from their mobiles, why do they get asked where they are?
"I'm at home man".
What???
DuskDevi
Comment by Nina
TV Babble
Like DuskDevi, I dislike the word 'bling', but I hate hate hate the word 'gobsmacked'. My father thinks it's funny, because my mother and I will scream in frustration at the TV whenever we hear that word uttered.
And I should note with number 5, it's not just drunk people that have no concept of personal space. Being a checkout chick, my pet peeve is when customers think that it's okay to touch me. There's one lecherous old man in particular who will just grab my hands when he talks to me - it's very creepy.
Comment by Chantal
Yes, somefink and anyfink really annoy me. What about apposedly instead of supposedly! There are people who say that!
I feel for you, Nina. I was a bar tender at an RSL!
Comment by Andrea
Diet and Health
V8 Supercar Pitstop
I hate misuse of words as well. Annoys the hell out of me. Also detest unnecessary words, like when people say ATM machine and PIN number, so I'm with Johanna on that one. Safe haven is another one to add to my list.
Got to agree with LAD as well. Strangers who touch and chat to my children really bug me. I'm busy trying to teach my children about Stranger Danger and they're busy offering lollies and expecting my children to talk to them.
I also hate it when my husband cuts his finger and toe nails and then leaves them in the sink ... but that's just a personal one (you don't really need to know that). I hate other people's toe nails!
A.H.
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Comment by The Voices in my Head
The Voices in my Head
2. Someone who tries to sway me over to their political party, religion, bank, anything. Just live your life, man, let me live mine!
3. People who are rude, cryptic and think they are more intelligent that everyone else.
4. Anyone who believes all criminals can be reformed.
Great post,
Voices~
Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
My peeve-
People who use the phrase "120%"- eg: "it is 120% more efficient"
Its basic math, You can only give or take 100%.
There is nothing more than 100%, thats the whole enchilada, everything.
Hearing this bullshit arithmetic bandied around drives me crazy and quite frankly supports teh idea we are the stupidest generation ever to walk the earth.
Comment by Chantal
Yes... people should leave others to their own views on politics or Religion! It's basic respect!
Money-talk is pretentious!
Yes, I hate it when people say that. I'm like "Yeah, well I'm gonna give it 100% and that's pretty much the best I can do!"
Add people who use "Every other day" to the list. What the hell is every other day? I've been told it's every second day but I still dont see how!!
Comment by Lilla
Enviro Warrior
An Extra Ordinary Life
Dream Herald
I hate the new run of current affairs programs with names like; Today Tonight- Last- Night, next week... makes my skin crawl...
great post...
Lilla....
Comment by Chantal
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Celebrity Fox
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Comment by Filmpeeker
Film Peek
Gizmo Peek
Film Peek Forum
Since I work a lot with the written word, the only thing that just popped in my head is people who write "Noone" instead of "No one".
I know I'm a freak, but it's still annoying. Although you got some serious points in your list...
//filmpeeker
Comment by Chantal
Thank you for the props!!
Comment by David my David
I’ll supply you with my ‘real’ list later. But for now …
1. People who say Hey? instead of What? (What is much more ignorant).
2. People who think they are crazier than I am.
3. People who do not like the song Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo.
4. Frotteurs.
5. Other drunks.
6. Avid readers of the 'I'm so literary' type.. The type who don’t know what subtext is.
7. Nubile nymphettes who get upset when I sit next to them on an empty bus.
8. Nubile nymphettes who won’t answer my questions on the same aforementioned bus.
9. People who hang up on me when I’m desperate.
10. People who won’t buy things from me when I’m telemarketing.
David …
Comment by Damo
For the Sake of Argument
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Comment by Judy
Ex-Hostie
Comment by Always Eighteen
Always Eighteen
People with loud breathing noises.
People who keep talking about scenes they like in the movie, and recite the whole dialogue.
Comment by postmoderncritic
Postmodern Critic
Daily Inspirations
Relativity Watch
Padsoc
I feel your pain re: ppl who pronounce H hay-che and ppl who invade your personal space!
Comment by Chantal
Thanks, guys! It seems we opened Pandora's Box!!
Comment by JoshZ
A Simple Christian
Especially when I am reading.
JZ
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