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People who crush the end of white board markers. We can get a new marker at work one day and by the start of the next day the whole chisel tip will be crushed into the body of the marker.
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I hate when the parking lot is only half full and I leave an empty space between me and the closest guy so I have room to get out and collect my things and someone wants to pull into the empty space I'm standing in. Being two spaces closer was really that important to you?
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People who talk about the kind of person they are all the time, in a way that makes them sound like great big pretentious jerks. Like this:
But that's just me, you know, that's just the kind of person I am. I'm an iconoclast. If I see a rule, I just have to break it - I'm always testing the limits, you know, see how far I can go. That's why I didn't do well in the sciences, because the sciences are all about rules, and I was always questioning the teachers about, you know, why do we have to do it THIS way, why can't we do it ANOTHER way? They really don't like to have their worldviews questioned like that.
That is my pet peeve. I always want to smack those people.
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quote:* People who walk beside shopping carts in narrow grocery aisles.
This drives me crazy, as it's usually ME and my kids. They just will not stay in a line and out of the way of other people. I'm constantly grabbing their shirts and moving them over to the side.
*The person at church who takes up two of the only four parking spaces in the shade. Every week. (The first time I thought, okay, maybe it's a mistake, maybe he doesn't realize he's parked across two spaces. But it's been at least five times now ... parked the same way, across two spaces. Grrrrrr.)
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quote:* People who walk beside shopping carts in narrow grocery aisles.
This drives me crazy, as it's usually ME and my kids. They just will not stay in a line and out of the way of other people. I'm constantly grabbing their shirts and moving them over to the side.
I make some allowances for children (which is why my second peeve begins "people who let children..." not the children themselves.) It's when grown-ups who really ought to know better do it that really drives me nuts. I've all but stopped shopping at Winco because the modestly lower prices aren't worth the rise in my blood pressure... For some reason, the store seems to be full of oblivious people, and many of the aisles are long and narrow.
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* People who don't keep their fingernails clean and trim.
* People who don't have their house number posted in a place that's visible from the road, but expect delivery drivers to find it with the greatest of ease anyway.
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"Professional" photographers that blame me for their crappy photography and total lack in understanding of lighting, depth of field - and proportions of all things. No, I can't just make everyone fit in an 8x10 when the group spans the entire frame from end to end. Oh, you could do it on your computer at home could you? Well good luck with that. You have fun doing the impossible. I'll be here when you come back. Honestly, people actually paid you to shoot this crap?
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quote:People who talk about the kind of person they are all the time, in a way that makes them sound like great big pretentious jerks. Like this:
But that's just me, you know, that's just the kind of person I am. I'm an iconoclast. If I see a rule, I just have to break it - I'm always testing the limits, you know, see how far I can go. That's why I didn't do well in the sciences, because the sciences are all about rules, and I was always questioning the teachers about, you know, why do we have to do it THIS way, why can't we do it ANOTHER way? They really don't like to have their worldviews questioned like that.
That is my pet peeve. I always want to smack those people.
I completely agree with this pet peeve. Fortunately, these people tend to grow out of it, so if you wait it out, you don't encounter it as often.
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Websites that don't use a unique title for their pages. What you don't want me to bookmark interesting things on your site? On a related note, people with broken syndication feeds.
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People who use the phrase "when hell has frozen over." Hell already froze over when Linus Torvalds got a blog!
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quote: People who talk about the kind of person they are all the time, in a way that makes them sound like great big pretentious jerks.
You are my new best friend. Absolutely cannot stand people describing themselves. "I'm really eccentric, I do just crazy things all the times, people think I'm wierd." No they think you're annoying, because instead of actually being eccentric all you do is talk about being eccentric while trying to pretend to be eccentric. You probably watched a show with a character that had a quirky personality and you thought that would be cool to be like that. So now you spend your time trying to convince people of something that isn't true.
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ppl who chew with their mouth open a lot. i know it happens on occasion, but some ppl just do it naturally ALL the time. this is especially true for ppl who chew their gum like this.
When i was in college, i couldnt stand taking exams with ppl sniffling and coughing right next to me. it was so distracting. nothing you can really do about this, and there is no way i would ever say anything to someone doing it. i've been that guy a couple times. it just sucks for the rest of the class though.
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People who don't corral their shopping carts in the parking lot. Put them away, dagnabbit - I want to park where your lazy butt left that cart!
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The Office, the American version. Awkward humor causes me mental and emotional pain. When I see people getting into embarrassing situations I inevitably internalize it. It's why, "Meet The Parents" made me want to kill myself. The Office is like a weekly dose of Meet The Parents. It's awful, I wish my wife had not just discovered the show because she is now blazing through seasons one and two.
Save me from this show, I'd rather endure water boarding.
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If you dislike that form of humor, pray that your wife doesn't move on to the original version once she finishes with the American one.
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quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade: The Office, the American version. Awkward humor causes me mental and emotional pain. When I see people getting into embarrassing situations I inevitably internalize it. It's why, "Meet The Parents" made me want to kill myself. The Office is like a weekly dose of Meet The Parents. It's awful, I wish my wife had not just discovered the show because she is now blazing through seasons one and two.
Save me from this show, I'd rather endure water boarding.
I should get your wife into Arrested Development.
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Noemon: The only reason I'm currently safe from the British version is that Tiffany does not like accented English when she watches TV. I also have no intention of informing her that a British version existed in the past.
Samp: She had already seen both seasons of Arrested Development before we got married so that loose end is tied up.
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quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade: Samp: She had already seen both seasons of Arrested Development before we got married so that loose end is tied up.
You know... there are three seasons. It's also worthwhile to point out that they were aware the show would be canceled in the third season and proceeded to make it as zany and awkward as possible.
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quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade: Samp: She had already seen both seasons of Arrested Development before we got married so that loose end is tied up.
You know... there are three seasons. It's also worthwhile to point out that they were aware the show would be canceled in the third season and proceeded to make it as zany and awkward as possible.
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I don't find the humor in Arrested Development at all like that in The Office. The Office bugs me for the same reason it bugs BlackBlade (although I'm not at irritated as he seems to be), but Arrested Development is pretty much the best show ever.
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People who say "ohashi jyozu nee" and "nihongo jyozu nee". Look, I have mastered things you expect of a three year old, it isn't that amazing. When you come to America, we don't watch you eat and tell you how amazing you are with a fork.
People who spit or urinate where people walk.
People who think that they are entitled to their space bubble on a crowded train, OR people who shove for space that obviously isn't there.
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