Pet Peeve Friday
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A pet peeve (or pet hate) is a minor annoyance that can instill great frustration in a very small group of people, yet is experienced by everyone. It also must be insignificant, so people insulting you is not a pet peeve. It meets all three criteria if: insignificant, experienced by all, and only you and a few others are annoyed by it. ~ Wikipedia
We all have at least one thing that makes us scream silently inside our head, or sometimes out loud.
I admit some of my pet peeves are out there, I’m trying to be more tolerant and play nice in the sandbox, but some are hard to ignore. So I’ll just name a few:
- Dripping or running water, unnecessarily. It annoys the crap out of me.
- Vehicles that are not parked within the white lines.
- People who have no opinion, can’t make a decision and have no preference.
- Wrappers that are left on the counter or inches away from the garbage can.1
Share your pet peeve and let’s chuckle (or be mad) together.
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Posted on March 6, 2009 at 7:08 am by Natural · Permalink
In: Rants, WTH · Tagged with: Annoyances, Pet Peeve
In: Rants, WTH · Tagged with: Annoyances, Pet Peeve
on March 16, 2009 at 3:23 pm
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those that are oblivious to the existence of others, and just walk into, by or around them without so much as an excuse me or hello or pardon me….
people in deep thought or maybe just oblivious.
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on March 17, 2009 at 11:11 am
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People who think its OK to tap your bumper when getting in and out of a parking spot even when they have plenty of room.
Bicyclists who run stop signs and traffic lights. To top it off, they are usually not wearing a helmet.
Loud music coming from cars.
People who don’t abide the “slower traffic to the right” rule when on a freeway; especially a two lane one (CA I5, parts of 101).
People who use their hands to sample foods in the bulk bins at the store.
Those who still write checks in line. At least have the merchant, date, signature, etc filled out ahead of time
that’s funny, bicyclist who think they are cars. one guy who would ride his bike everyday even had the hand signals going on..he would be first in line at traffic light like he was a car. i’m like dude, hop on the side walk and go through the light. no motor on his bike. puh-leeze.
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on March 19, 2009 at 10:24 pm
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Hey, did you leave Entrecard? Still dig your blog…
peace,
mike
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hey mike, my account is still open, but i removed my widget because 1. i don’t want to drop like i was before; 2. i don’t have time and 3. i’m stubborn and when i don’t want to do something, i don’t. regardless of the consequence. i have you in my RSS reader, i’ll be around now that i have a little more time. thanks for asking.
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on March 19, 2009 at 11:19 pm
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I do get annoyed at things but I honestly can’t think of anything at the moment. it probably tends to be when people don’t do their job properly, and it affects me in some way.
okay you are a peaceful person and that’s good. actually i read this article in scientific american mind that said the annoyances our significant other or people in general, may do is all about how we interpret the annoyance. like some women will interpret a man snoring as: he’s home, he’s safe, i know where he is – whereas i would interpret it as, you’re keeping me awake, you’re loud, i’m going to smother you. interpretation is the key. thanks for letting me comment on this now i don’t have to blog about it – as only i may find it interesting.
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on March 22, 2009 at 7:20 am
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Okay, all of the above. I number my pet peeves. I thought about having a page on my blog for pet peeves.
#783 let me finish a sentence
#862 if you let me finish, can you acknowledge the conversation with at least a grunt?
so many, so little time…
i love that you numbered your pet peeves. too funny. yes it’s difficult at some times to converse with some because they are so ready with what they want to say, they cut you off and then the conversation turns around and you never get to finish. buh. buh is just an expression for when i have nothing else to say
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on March 24, 2009 at 2:46 pm
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A major pet peeve of mine is when people park their shopping cart blocking the passage through the supermarket aisles.
oh tom, hello and welcome. thanks for sharing this one. i’m right there with you. i really really hate it. i move the carts myself after 1 excuse me or if they just look too preoccupied, i’ll move it. dare them to say something too. park it to the side, not the middle.
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