What really annoys you?
 

Sitting here thinking about my pet peeves and the things that really annoy me. People who feel the need to be so ignorant and stupid bother me. You know those people... the ones that can't understand directions no matter how many times you give them. The people who do the same thing over and over again even though they've been told by many others that what they are doing is harmful. I have students like this. No matter what they've been told about sitting with the chair on two legs (instead of all four), they continue to do it (just an example).


What are your pet peeves? What really annoys you?

I hate when people choose usernames that can never be pronounced. :mad:

It drives me nuts to see a hot chic smoking or doing drugs.

I almost go insane when I'm at the grocery store and someone is paying whith a check. These morons always wait until they have their total to even start writing the damn thing out. They coulda had almost everything done while they waited in line for 5 minutes. Old people that pay for shit at the grocery store with a mountain of dimes and nickels. Just go to the bank and trade that shit in on some paper for christ's sake! :mad: :mad:

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Slow servers. I'm on a dual DS3 connection and I'm used to pages loading in less than a second and when they take forever to load, it can be pretty annoying.

And the paying for groceries with a check annoys me too! I always either pay with cash or credit (or check card) just to hurry the hell up. I've only written like two checks so far in my life (I'm 19)..

People who invade my personal space bubble

People who block the aisle at the store with their shopping cart

Not using your turn signal

when somthing annoys me I work on myself so it doesn't annoy me any more.

I prefer not to be annoyed.

That's the million dollar question.

1) People who build their careers out of criticizing other people's hard work.

Those who can, do.
Those who can't, criticize those who can.

2) People who leave their phone numbers on voice mail too fast at the end of a looooooong message.

3) People who think it's their God given right to act like an asshole on the Internet, simply because they cower behind their keyboards and use anonymous nicknames.

4) People who don’t think their software piracy is actually stealing. Pirate if you must, just don’t tell me what you’re doing isn’t stealing.

5) Bad parents, who blame violent video games for the corruption of our youth, yet couldn’t tell anyone what their children are up to at this very moment.

6) Protestors who think that tossing a mailbox through a window, or spraying graffiti all over a building is making a political statement.

7) People who abuse statistics to garner favour to their cause. That includes just tossing a news article that talks about a statistical study into the pile, and stating “Voila! I have succeeded in proving my point”

8) Brett Hull. He's not a pet peeve. He just pisses me off.

Oh, and another one: people who drive slow in the left lane of a two lane (each direction) highway that won't get over when you come up behind them, even if it is perfectly clear in the right lane.

Sometimes I wonder what would happen if I were to just ram into the back of them. That'd teach 'em :evil: (ok so not really, but it does annoy me).

People who think they're too good to use the parking lot like the rest of us at the grocery store. These people are always in >$30K vehicles'

It makes me want to leave a keystreak down the sides of all those Mercedes parked at the entrance to Krogers.

Usually I just settle for a loogie, though.

What annoys me is people who can't follow simple directions. This one is a little like JadziaDax's except I can't say anything about people leaning back in chairs because that WAS me. (and half the reason I did it was because it anoyed the teacher and I never had a chair fall down or break under me. Unless you are leaning waay back or weigh 300+ lbs or its a REALLY cheap chair it shouldn't happen) But were I work now I have to help people work there directv systems and I understand not everyone grasps electronic equipment the same way I do BUT come on. Its not that hard when I tell you to go to this option in the menu screen all you have to do is hit the down arrow button twice and hit either the select or ok button. This is not rocket science people. Another thing that bugs me is when you get into a debate with someone who does not know what they are talking about. You can disagree with me all you want but when you just simply do not even know the facts. This is mostly drug related and I am pro drug legalization for a number of drugs so of course alot of people want to argue with you and 95% of their arguement is "well... its illegal". Anyway.

Elitists, I hate elitists.

yournamehere: that is childish and petty. Messing with another mans car is so stupid. If you have a problem with the person, be a man and confront him.

so many to name,i'm not even gonna get goin' here or i'll end up pissing myself off................okay maybe one.


people...please use your fucking turn signals.

OK,OK - I admit it was more a wish than actual action, and I'll edit my post to reflect that.

And, BTW, I <i>have</i>, on many occasions, waited by the car to let the owner(s) know how I felt. Same for when they're in Handicap spaces.

That being said, I would respectfully suggest you evaluate your particlar way of expressing your opinion on this board. In one sentence, you called me petty, childish, and stupid - <i>and</i> questioned my manhood. There are ways of expressing your feelings other than name-calling. This isn't <i>Fark</i>.

A simple "Dude - that ain't cool." would've sufficed :)

Just about everything under the sun can get under my skin.


I'm just that angry of a person.

What really annoys me is coming out of Krogers in Houston to find my brand new >$30K Mercedes with loogie infested keystreaks. :D

Seriously, it's great to see so many others get pissed at the lack of turn signals. Makes me want to bust the signal stick off of the offending cars.
Or just loogie 'em!;)

It annoys me when people don't show respect for others...it is such a small world, why can't everyone just be happy.

Dumbasses who sit at a red light waiting for a green light so they can turn right when I'm right behind them. I never understand why they get mad at ME when I honk at them to go when they are the dumbass sitting there.

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People that lie to sound cooler or something alonf those lines. There is one guy i know who is a expert at this and every time he opens his mouth, i wanna drop a hook into it.

whats more annoying, the people who wont use their turn signals, or those that wont cancel the signal after a lane change? you know, the ones who leave it on for like 15 miles at a time.


my biggest pet peeve is tailgaters. I FUCKING hate people who tailgate. am I the ONLY one on the planet who remembers the old rule? ONE car length for every TEN miles per hour. At highway speed, that means 7 fucking car lengths between you and the car in front of you. Hell, these days you're lucky to get 7 feet.

one of these days i might just mount an oil spill device under that back of my car. maybe if one of these morons wipes out on 10 gallons of oil at 65 mph they'll get the friggin message.

cops. they annoy the hell out of me. always pulling you over and breaking up parties and whatnot.

Pet peeves: people who stop in the middle of the aisle to talk to someone at the grocery store/mall/other store and block up traffic on either side of them.

People who talk on cell phones while obviously with another person, neglecting the social opportunity sitting right next to them.

People who blame society and the educational system for their childrens problems and then vote to cut taxes to said educational system/social welfare system.

Parents who bitch about how expensive college tuition is getting when they either a) don't pay a dime of their child's tuition, and/or b) have voted to cut taxes to the educational systems in their state.

People in ungraduate requirement courses that are in my major who waste all the professor's time asking stupid, meaningless questions because they can't be bothered to listen or go to office hours.

People who whisper while surrounded by other people, not letting people in on that part of the conversation. C'mon, be considerate. If you can't say it in mixed company, wait and say it when you're alone with the other person.

Okay...think I'm done ;)

Impatient people, especially ones behind me in the grocery store or at traffic lights.

:D

people who act as though their wants/needs/rights take priority over anyone else's

and anyone who would hurt a kid

*Co-workers who avoid work (I don't mind a brain break, but your shit is affecting my shit)
*People who maliciously put you down to make themselves feel better
*Experts who don't know their shit. (not immediate info, but overall performance)
*Managers who don't manage

Here are a few of mine...

* Women that think they are princesses and don't at least blow you off nicely. (Ladies, it takes a lot of nerve to come up and talk to you, at least be nice about it)

* People that drive too slow in the fast lane. (If you see me coming up to you...MOVE OVER!!)

* People that don't understand normal road rules (ie..If you are in the fast lane and someone comes up behind you and flashes their lights, it means to move over!!)

* People that don't use their signal when turning.

That's all I can think of right now...

...oh, yeah...people who don't take responsibility for their own actions!! (ie: The idiot who spilled her coffee on her lap and wanted to sue McDonalds...How about admitting you are an idiot and takeing some responsibility for your own actions...You know the coffee is HOT!! Deal with it!!)

Snifflers. I make it a point to always have a Kleenex so I'm not one of them. It's such a simple thing to stop. I'd rather they just loogy it out. The ones that hork it back and then swallow ........ **barf**

--Poltical junkies

--Old people driving on the freeway

--Stupid people driving anywhere

--People who write checks

--The dearth of job listings

Parents and family, they know the best way to get under your skin.
Teachers who don't know a damn about what they are teaching, yet think they are the most intelligent beings on the planet.
Anti-War Rallies/Peace Protests.
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Poorly behaved children. I love my grandchildren and other than two, they are great. So, what irkes me is poorly trained children, they grow up to be poorly mannered adults.

Manners are very important to me.

Lack of personal responsibility really makes my blood boil, also. Like that bloke who tried to sue McDonalds because he got fat. Uhhhm. Riiiight. I'm an obese person, and I don't blame anyone but myself for it. I don't blame society, or my parents, or the fast food chains, or my cat or anything like that.

Same thing with people who blame society/video games/music/tv/movies for their kids doing idiotic things. My parents were nice enough to have a talk with my brothers and I about not doing the silly things we saw on television, instead of waiting until someone set my pants on fire to worry about it and say "Oh, damn it to hell! That damned television made my kid do something he/she ought to have known better about in the first place!"

It also angers me to see parents neglecting their kids. I mean blatantly. I know it's impossible to have an eye on your kids every nanosecond of the day, but I have seen some outrageous things. I was riding the bus home from class last summer, and there was this little kid outside -all by himself- with nobody looking after him at all. He was on his little tricycle and was sitting at the edge of his driveway, trying to touch the bus as it raced past him. This little boy could not have been older than 3, and there wasn't a soul around anywhere. Nobody in the yard watching, not even looking out the front door or window. The neighborhood was almost desolate, and this little boy was just wandering around to get hurt/killed/whatever. Things like that make me sick.

I personally don't intend to really ever have kids, and I don't profess to have all the answers (I'm only turning 20 next weekend, so I certainly don't know everything!), but common sense would say that people should -not- let their kids wander around in the street unsupervised. I'm sure if that little boy had been hit by the bus, the parents would have sued, and nobody would have asked why he was in harm's way like that in the first place.

Uh, whoops! Went off on a huge tangent. Sorry. :o

I said it last time, and ill say it again

People who make pet peeve lists :p



Actually, this is a bit difficult to classify as stealing in my books, based on my current circumstances anyway. I earn enough money to pay the rent/bills, and i have a little bit extra for food/going out once in a while. If i had to pay for my software, I would be flat broke very very fast. And, given the ultimatum between paying for software and not having software, id pick not having software.

If i didnt have software at home, i could use the uni computers to do what i wanted, so its no real biggie, and im not costing the company potential money by not buying it. Additionally, when I "pirate" software, I am not denying someone else the ability to go and buy it, so it doesnt really constitute as piracy either.

Just to name a few..

-Religious fanatics, leave me and other people the fuck alone
-Smokers who breathe smoke at you as they walk pass.
-Hot girls who have chunky kneecaps.
-People who brag about their PHds but have no common sense thus are complete morons.
-How the media reports news. People actually believe this shit?

People who will not acknowledge a problem, and attack the symptom instead of the cause, or a side effect.

-Drug abuse is almost never the problem itself, it's related to poverty, lack of real parenting, depression, kids just wanting to fit in so badly that they'll do anything, and things like that. It happens because a real alternative to living life as it is doesn't exist for people.

-Violence is not inherently caused by caused by music, movies, and TV. If a kid is brought up by parents who make sure they let him know that violence is only acceptable in fiction before they let him see and hear about it, and he isn't mentally ill, he will be able to make the right choices. A child who has had a history of depressoion nad psychosis should be taken care of and watched. If parents would take some time to think, they would realize that a psychotic teenager using a pipe-bomb as a paperwieght is a serious problem. Like Eminem (who I don't usually use as a reliable source) said, "... some kid's getting bullied/and shoots up his school/and they blame it on Marilyn [Manson]/ and the heroin/where were the parents at? ..."


The turn signal thing

Tailgaters

Slow people in the fast lane (they can now get ticketed for it in IL)

People who park cars across multiple spaces. I have a hydraulic jack with wheels, and my brother and I are not afraid to use it to move them (without damaging their vehicle) into only one space. I propose a law that makes the punishment for this offense as follows:
"Any person who parks a passenger vehicle in such a way that it occupies more than one designated parking space, shall be punished by the following: A law-enforcement official shall determine which space the majority of the vehicle occupies. Any portion that is outside of that space will subsequently cut off and welded onto the top of the vehicle in such a way that it will not prevent adjoining spaces from being used, and that it will not prevent the vehicle from leaving the parking area. Any material that cannot be welded onto the vehicle without violating the above conditions will be impounded and assessed a storage fee not to exceed 100 dollars per day. No legal or financial action may be taken against any person involved in the enfocrcement of this law, and insurance providers are not compelled to reimburse customers from damage to vehicles resulting from the enforcement of this law.

People with annoying cell phone rings, especially those that don't answer their phone right away. Our school library has a floor for quite group study and all is you hear all day long is annoying ringtones. They include a vibrate feature for a reason.

I think the most annoying thing that can happen is not having a good shower in the morning. If there is not enough pressure, that it just drips down... That will seriously piss me off.

Then people who don't know the road code. Like the "right-of-way" rule. You stop to let them go, and what do they do... nothing!!!

Or people that come up behind you on the highway, and start flashing already a km behind you for you to move over. I can't stand people driving unneccesarily in the left lane, but don't flash, that's even worse!