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whats peoples pet peeves
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Young lads who wear those trousers where the crotch is down by their knees.
People who think they own the bit of road outside their house for parking their car.
People who completely ignore my unbelievably cute puppy when they walk past us.
People who say "You know what I mean" because they havn't got the intelligence to explain.
People who cough and sneeze without covering their nose and mouth.
People who smoke in the car whilst there children are in there.
Women who smoke and drink throughout their pregnancy.Some days I wake up Grumpy ... Other days I let him lie in.0 -
Young lads who wear those trousers where the crotch is down by their knees.
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Not far from me there's a hairdressers called 'OMG'. I'm thinking about ringing them just to see how they answer the phone, I'd love it if they actually said 'Hello, Oh My God'.
We have a creche called "Destiny's Child Day Care" Why??
Additionally, BT staff who having totally failed to resolve your complaint, sign off by telling you to have "a totally wonderful day"0 -
Been watching for days, but now cannot resist joining in.
At pedestrian crossings people who press the button (and my powerful intellect allows me to deduce that because there are only two of us waiting to cross, and it wasn't me), but then look ASTONISHED that the light has gone red, and traffic has stopped. Or people who wait at crossings without a single person actually pressing the button - this is hardly new technology!
At train barriers, the people who are equally ASTONISHED at the presence of said barriers, and spend AGES fumbling for their ANNUAL SEASON TICKET, ONLY THE TEN MONTHS OLD when they get there - you do this EVERY DAY! The barriers have been there for YEARS!
When commuting, those who tut at others moving more slowly, or getting in the way. Just rude.
Rudeness.
People who glare at you for having the temerity to refuse to step off the pavement, into oncoming traffic, so that one of them has to suffer the inconvenience of not walking two/three/whatever abreast - I am not getting run over to save you the trouble of possibly not hearing a couple of words!
People who stop to gawp at the bottom of busy stairs or escalators.
Bad spelling and grammar.
And to the person who said use of "pacific" instead of "specific" - gah! It drives me INSANE! One of my dearest friends does it, and I literally grit my teeth every time. I love her, I've known her twenty years, and she mispronounces loads of words and always has done, but that one just.... GAH.
It's quite fun being grumpy though!
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On the subject again of mispronounced words, Mother has come out with another corker today. DD is off to Paris with her school tomorrow and Mum asked if she had her 'artillery'.
I explained guns wouldn't be allowed on the coach but she did have an itinerary.....0 -
pulliptears wrote: »My husband who insists on pulling a grubby handkerchief out of his pocket in public and loudly blowing his nose. It riles me, I dont know of any other bloke who carries a hanky and its all a bit 'mummy's boy' to me. The foghorn sounds he emits wind me up even further. Problem is he knows it winds me up so does it all the more. lol.
Are you married to my OH? I didn't realise it was actually possible to make as much noise as he does when blowing his nose!That's made me think of one I dislike intensely - people who hold knives like pens.
Or just use their fork in their right hand, usually in the manner of a spoon. Often Americans but creeping in more and more here.
I wonder how people get to being grown up without being told how to properly hold cutlery! It does my head inClaiming you are too ill for work and then managing to run around and do personal stuff during the day - if you are ill go to bed, stay there and get well then get back to work
I've got ME and am currently off work (since November). If I stayed in bed every day I felt ill, I'd've been there for the past four years and would have wasted away to nothing. I get up and do stuff, only a little, but in the hope that one day soon I'll be well enough to go back to the office.catch_me_if_you_can wrote: »People that chime in and say the last word of your sentence as you say it :huh:
I used to have a "friend" who did this. In the end, I'd finish sentences with the most idiotic, non-sequitur of a word - like "I think I'll go to the...lollipop/foxglove/sausage"
My peeves:
Bad grammar & spelling - there is NO excuse. DF is dyslexic (which is really hard to spell!) and uses spellcheck - lots. And gets me to proof read anything for "misused" words (ie there/their/they're etc)
The fact that it takes longer to say "www" than it does "world wide web"
Mis-matching cutlery/socks.
People who think that watching Jeremy Kyle or reading chick lit means I'm stupid or chavvy. I watch TV and read to relax, not always to improve myself.
If I ask for Coke or Diet Coke, being served Pepsi. I don't like Pepsi (or non-branded cola). I'd rather have lemonade or lime & soda than Pepsi.We may not have it all together, but together we have it all :beer:
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People who can't sign emails/ letters using their own name. People not putting their hand in front of their face when they sneeze.0
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Oooooh I've just thought of another one!
When people describe themselves as mental or crazy.
I bumped into someone today who I haven't seen in a few years. Asked her how she was and she replied' Oh you know me, mental as ever'
She's about as mental as a rave in a nursing home.
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Jemima5317 wrote: »At pedestrian crossings people who press the button (and my powerful intellect allows me to deduce that because there are only two of us waiting to cross, and it wasn't me), but then look ASTONISHED that the light has gone red, and traffic has stopped. Or people who wait at crossings without a single person actually pressing the button - this is hardly new technology!
The people who infuriate me are the ones who press the button before looking then see they have time and walk across so the next car (usually mine!) has to sit there on a red light for no reason at all :mad:pulliptears wrote: »On the subject again of mispronounced words, Mother has come out with another corker today. DD is off to Paris with her school tomorrow and Mum asked if she had her 'artillery'.
I explained guns wouldn't be allowed on the coach but she did have an itinerary.....
A woman I know was on crutches recently because she had injured her "hercules tendant" :eek:14 Projects in 2014 - in memory of Soulie - 2/140
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