Pet Peeves......what REALLY ticks you off?

[LONDONER]

We need a humor font. I was trying to be funny... I know what niggle means. :biggrin:

Sorry, it didn't come over as such.

[Bowyn Aerrow]

Sorry, it didn't come over as such.

Sno problem, I tell little jokes all the time - very little.... :eek:

[MisterTinkles]

We need a humor font. I was trying to be funny... I know what niggle means. :biggrin:

Ive never heard of "niggle" before.
Coming from the South, Im pretty sure it doesnt mean what I think it would mean.
LOL

[MisterTinkles]

Went shopping today...here's another one I HATE.....


People who think they are the ONLY ones shopping in a store!! They just leave their damned carts in the middle of the isle and walk off!! Thats ok, I like RAMMING their carts into shelves. They get the hell out of the way REAL fast.

And those morons who cant be bothered to have their money ready BEFORE they get to the cashier!! Or have their check filled out BEFORE the cashier is done checking them out.
Not to mention those idiots who say "oh, I forgot my money", or " do you have a pen"?!!!!
REALLY????? You are so brain dead that you cant even make sure you have what you need BEFORE you go to the store and hold up people in line waiting to check out???!!!!

[partisan]

^yes and paying for a pint of milk with there platinum credit card, taking there sweet ass time about it!

Smelly people - unless you have medical condition, seriously theres a young couple i keep walking past and they stink something terrible, they were dirty clothes and have an intimidating air about them, but there stench is like a slap in the face, i image they have dirty smelly sex and then come out.

[Lilitu]

Something that really pisses me off is when recipes call for a cups measurement

O_O WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN BY 'CUPS?' THAT'S ANYWHERE FROM 200ml TO 250 ml

its especially bad with foreign recipes from north america or places that use cups measurements because I don't know what their definition of cup is and it seems to change all the damn time.

Metric system fo' life.

[Bowyn Aerrow]

A cup is contains 8 ounces. or 16 Tablespoons.

A tablespoon contains 3 teaspoons.

A teaspoon contains 120 drops.

Its all rather simple. I fail to see why you are having issues with it....

[Lilitu]

A cup is contains 8 ounces. or 16 Tablespoons.

A tablespoon contains 3 teaspoons.

A teaspoon contains 120 drops.

Its all rather simple. I fail to see why you are having issues with it....

Thank you so much. I think I'll just reduce everything I need to measure down to drops now.

I'm off to buy about a thousand eye droppers Thanks for the advice! BRB

[Kiid]

people not having a good time and bring people down the there level!

Thats when I come in and give no fucks for das person and tell them

[Lilmy87]

People who don't flush the toilet. It's something I do without thinking - I use the loo, then I flush it. It's that easy, why can't everyone do it ?!
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Oh wow, that. Thatis like what an animal would do, even little kids know to flush! Also people who leave (ugh!) SKIDMARKS, because it means the toilet stinks and looks gross,and if it is a public toilet, you kind of have to clean it, lest the next person think you are the cluprit. And I don't like cleaning lazy people's poo up for free!

I really despise hearing people chew. I dont care if its food, gum, ice, or their fingernails....I find it violently nauseating. Its gross, its disgusting, its extremely bad manners! Why the hell do you think anyone wants to hear whats going on inside your mouth????

Strongly agree! The rest of us can get food from outside our face to inside our bodies without making such a spectacle! I once was in a relationship with someone who did this, I genuinely considered dumping him over it at times. It is like 'can't you HEAR yourself?? Because we all can!'

I agree 200%! I worked retail off an on, part time and fulltime, for the past many years.
I found that the old fucks are more hateful, snide, rude, and mean than the younger ones.
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On a related point, I also find very posh people,despite thinking they are so well bred, are far ruder us lower orders. It is the sense of entitlement that their position in society bestows them with, I think. They expect everything to go their way, get angry if it doesn't, and give no thanks if it does.I can think of many an example of this.

I also dislike people being patronising. To anyone really, but one particular strain of this I can think of is when people are belittling and rude to young people (or young looking people!), who happen to be in some role of professional authority. In my role, I happenmto be the person responsible for the day to day running or operations, and lead a small team. I am not the big boss or anything, not at all, but staff are supervised by me, and if someone visits, it is me that they deal with, as I have the information they need, and need to know anything they have to pass on. But I am in my mid 20s and look younger. The amount of times I have had people insist on talking to older, male team members, rather than me, sometimes even being told I am NOT the senior here, by visitors.
I see it often enough; someone complaining in a bar and asking to see the manager, telling the young man he was NOT the manager when he appeared; people complaining that the police man/tutor/doctor etc who is helping them is too young to know what they are talking about; staff members being dismissive of advice/support from a younger person. It is all about their own insecurities really, I think.
Another example is people being patronising to people who present as having some kind of disability/impairment.

No more come to mind right now, but I am sure they will. I am actually seething with anger a whole lot, you just don't see it, ha ha!

While bad body odours are not pleasant, I don't have an issue with the person really. Apart from physical causes, poor personal hygiene and self neglect usually arise from some kind of inability to cope, often that person isn't doing so well with their mental health. No one wants to go around smelling. So personally I don't feel much irritation towards the person.