what's your pet peaves?

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
24/09/2009 11:41

I have so many of these, sometimes i feel like a right cranky old woman, but i'm interested to know if anyone else shares them....



pen clicking

noisy eaters/gum chewing

crisp packet noise when i'm watching a movie

repetitive use of a single word...ie: like (a common one with teenagers)

constant sniffing



soooo many...





DD

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
24/09/2009 11:45

Nose pickers

Niosy eaters

Drama Queens

Far....g

Oh crickey I better stop there as like you DD the list could be everlasting.

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
24/09/2009 11:58

I know!!! There sooooo many more irritating things than not...what does this say about us i wonder!!



DD

bridie


Joined: 18/09/2008
Posts: 308

Message Posted:
24/09/2009 22:01

I am a very patient person, but get really ratty when I have to use cling film. It nearly drives me potty.

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
24/09/2009 22:19

i have a really good tip for sticky cling film...store it in the freezer...no more sticky cling film!



DD

MsGarnet


Joined: 04/01/2009
Posts: 989

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 03:40

"bear with me" - what, we are all going to strip off? "Again" when no-one has said anything in the first place - folk breaking their necks, dropping bits out their bag, tearing at their clothes - to find/answer a damned mobile, NO-ONE can be that important surely, that one can't wait until a convenient moment to see who it was that called. Fifty-five million messages and options when you ring a company - BEFORE you get to speak to a human being (I NEVER tap in customer number or any information requested - I just tap 0000000 however many times it takes, before it says "we are connecting you to an operator" - damned right, I pay enough for a service, I am not going to spend time putting in information when I am eventually going to speak to someone anyway. People driving whilst using their mobiles - putting their lives and that of others at risk, people who sneeze without covering their nose or using a tissue..........oh, better stop now, or could go on for ever.......

kaysera


Joined: 14/07/2009
Posts: 103

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 05:46

msg 5: "i have a really good tip for sticky cling film...store it in the freezer...no more sticky cling film"



I thought cling film was supposed to be sticky??? ;)

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 05:53

Trying to get through to UK banks by phone

Anything to do with nostrils

Fervent masticating

"at the end of the day" "you know what I mean?" "like" "Understand"

Local drivers

Local civil servants

Local HSBC

Gordon Brown

Arsenal

Any Man Utd fan who doesn't come from Manchester

Smug Chelski fans

Geordies and Jocks who try to speak cockney

Being told by the above I am a cockney



I'm getting annoyed now, sod it I'm off to the golf course to unwind. (fat chance)

booitsme


Joined: 04/02/2009
Posts: 667

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 08:31

People who eat with their mouths open, people who say "at the end of the day" - what happens at the beginning of the day???? Bad grammar by people who are trying to be "posh", Man united fans who have never been to see a live footie match, people who have badly behaved dogs and think they're being cute not badly behaved, nosey neighbours who stop half way through a conversation to see what's happening down the street, Brits who get other Brits a bad name, boy do I sound like a happy bunny - NOT I am really, honest!

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 09:39

Barking dogs when I am trying to sleep

jacktheladett


Joined: 01/07/2008
Posts: 528

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 10:28

people who use and text on mobile phones in restaurants.



Rather than saying 'sorry I'm out with someone at the moment, I'll call you back later' they proceed to have a full blown conversation with them, while you're just sat there. I've been out and seen whole tables of people all on the phone at once.



The height of bad manners.

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 10:47

Kaysera msg 7....for some crazy reason, although it comes out really easy to peel off, it still sticks to the container...honestly...try it...it works!!



i h8 reading txt spk...the english language is too beautiful to screw with!

people who hold their fork the wrong way round...(i just don't see how it works)

tv surfers...just watch the damned telly!

people who roll their dentures around and make that clickety noise...eeew!

begging animals



oh boy, this is getting ridiculous....i hate EVERYTHING!!!!





DD

hattikins


Joined: 17/02/2008
Posts: 2793

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 10:51

People biting their nails

People who shout into their mobile phone

Dogs barking all night

Naughty Children

The parents of naughty children who just ignore their behaviour

Automated phone messages, press 1 etc.



That will do for starters.

MsGarnet


Joined: 04/01/2009
Posts: 989

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 13:05

Oh, did I mention when you 'phone somewhere, and the number is engaged - only to hear a recorded message saying "the number is engaged"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! To say we live in a nanny state is the BIGGEST understatement of the year......and yesterday, I was driving home, to read an ugly metal road sign that said "watch out for motorbikes", clearly the sibling of the other sign "watch for bicycles" what the HELL dumbarse citizens do our beloved leaders think we are - UNbelievable. What, I am ONLY going to look out for other cars, and bikes, children, animals et cetera - I'll just run straight through :o(

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 13:24

Ms Garnet....don't get even....GET MAD!!! I know it wasn't meant to be, but i did find that rather funny...probably coz i have to agree with you!



DD

jimmyG


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 900

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 18:14

People who can't spell peeves!! No offence meant DD

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 18:19

bloomin ek!!! Don't you think there are enough sodding word wardens!! I realise no offence meant, but it is irritating!



Another pet PEEVE...Word Wardens!!



DD

jimmyG


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 900

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 18:39

Ha Ha - having lit the blue touch paper DD, I'll retire immediately!! or as that irritating Michael Winner says - "Calm down dear"

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 18:41

Sam



Worry not, Jimmy 'G' string has his knickers in a twist!



Richard

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
25/09/2009 19:10

aaaaargh!! another pet peeve....MICHEAL WINNER!!!!



DD

MsGarnet


Joined: 04/01/2009
Posts: 989

Message Posted:
26/09/2009 02:59

*resists the urge to correct DD's spelling of Michael - not wanting to be as pedantic a grammarian as jimmyG* :o)



PLUS - I can't stand Michael Winner either.......

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
26/09/2009 16:26

nooooooooooooo not you as well Ms Garnet.....*hangs head in shame...*





DD

mamachina


Joined: 22/11/2008
Posts: 730

Message Posted:
26/09/2009 16:34

Bad spelling

Bad grammar

People breaking into conversations saying "sorry but..."

False teeth wearers who adjust/or move them about.

Too much sticky tape on parcels!!

Nosey Parkers

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
26/09/2009 16:48

people who wont let you finish what you're saying, by overiding or completely ignoring what you are trying to say!





DD

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
26/09/2009 17:15

Middle aged women wearing baseball caps.

HildySmith


Joined: 02/07/2009
Posts: 1708

Message Posted:
26/09/2009 17:21

waiting for news from my advocate - now ex-advocate

lovelife


Joined: 07/07/2007
Posts: 231

Message Posted:
26/09/2009 23:34

Irritating adverts that tell me 'I'm worth it, I know I am and I do not need their face/hair products to tell me. and no, I wll not have a wrinkle free skin if I use said product.

People who cannot live without their mobile phones, even in company.

Drivers who do not acknowledge you if you let them go before you, manners cost nothing.

Ditto for people who do not thank you if you hold the door open for them.

People who say 'you know what I mean' highly irritating and most of the time I do not.

Litter louts.



Well thats it for now, going to finnish my wine off.

LL

MsGarnet


Joined: 04/01/2009
Posts: 989

Message Posted:
27/09/2009 04:34

I agree about litter louts - this morning, my friend and I drove through McD's and parked up with two coffees - to watch two yobs throwing the entire packaging of a fulsome McD's meal out of their windows as they consumed it all there - right next to the McD's waste bins!!!!!!!!!!! We debated telling them through the car windows to damn well get out - pick it all up, and put it in the bin, but in society today, you can get stabbed for just "looking at someone the wrong way"......so to our great discomfort, we said and did nothing........... :0(

Smity



Joined: 14/09/2009
Posts: 826

Message Posted:
27/09/2009 20:01

Abroad call centers they try and tell you what the prolem is off a screen readout , and you have normaly done all they ask before calling them.

westender


Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 328

Message Posted:
27/09/2009 22:54

Loud music at parties, so you can't have carry on a decent conversation - that does make me sound old, remeber the days when the music was the only think you wanted to hear!

Fat women (and men) walking along the road showing off their big fat stomachs and scoffing McD's.

And yes Indian call centres. As soon as I hear their voices my blood pressure starts to rise as I know I will end up slamming the phone down on them in a right old temper.