Pet-Peeves Anyone?

[seizures4ever]

O.K., I've been really mentally bored today...so I started making a note of the little things that annoy me (this all started when I checked my mail). It kind of became a game...wanna play?

Serious pet peeves:
1. I hate credit card applications and any other junk mail that I HAVE to shred because someone may go dumpster-diving.

2. I hate dumpster-divers

3. I hate the fact that everytime I buy a book of stamps, the price goes up by And then I have to buy a collection of assistant-stamps to mail my letters.

Not-so-serious pet peeves:

1. Why do they make washer and dryer covers? Even if you add frills and plaid fabric over the machine...it is still shaped like a washer!

2. Who buys a lighted, musical toilet paper holder?

3. How did I get on the mailing list of people who buy frilly washing machine covers and lighted toilet paper holders?

Well, I have more, but I'll wait to see if others share their serious and not-so-serious pet peeves.

-Julie

[jgbmartin]

ok, I have a few
1) Speaking of dryers...why do they charge you extra for the plug? If I spend $300-$400 for a dryer, the darn plug should come with it.
2) People talking on their cell while driving...unless you are calling in an emergency, pay attention to the road.
3) Celebrities that think I care who they are voting for. Do a Get out the Vote PSA, but I could care less who you are voting for.

ok,now I feel better!

[salright2baredneck]

Peeve

Origin

The term originated from the word 'peeve'. Its first usage was in 1919.[1] [2] The term is a back-formation from the 14th-century word 'peevish,' meaning ornery or ill-tempered. [3] (Definition from Wikipidia)

My main pet peeves are:
1. People that eat with their mouths open. Who in the world wants to see chewed up food, or hear the slopping sounds that it makes?

2. People that don't watch their children. I shouldn't have to keep a visitors child from breaking my things, the parents should be paying attention to them.

3. Being put on a mailing list and not having any say about it anytime you (a. get a drivers license (b. open a bank account (c. buy a car (d. obtain a state license to run a business, and the list goes on. When I got my corporation license for my placemat business I got bombarded with credit card applications and all sorts of unwanted mailers. The state apparently sells your information to the highest bidders. There should be a law!

Not so serious pet peeve? I guess that would be putting the toilet paper on the roller facing the wrong way. It's supposed to roll off the front, not the back.

[Birdbomb]

1. people who leave shopping carts in the middle of the aisle, road, sidewalk, parking spot.

2. unattended children and parents who ignore their children's behavor.

3. anyone who approaches me while I am getting in or out of my car for "spare change"

4. my 24 hour bank that does NOT accept night deposits now.

5. people who cut across several lanes of traffic at the last possible moment scaring 8 years of life out of no less than a dozen people, just so they don't miss their turn.

6. stickers that get tracked in and I step on them in my bare feet.

7. neighbors who crank their tv so loud I can hear it in my bathroom with the shower running.

[Shelley]

people who set you up on a date with a person you just called creep.

people who believe that you are there to do all the work, so they can play all day.

people who nearly hit you in the parking lot (with their car), because they have rights.

people who think that their kids don't need to be disciplined, because once they accept jesus, the kids will suddenly be well behaved.

parents who think that because their experience as a child and the unevenness of their discipline due to a drunk parent means that not disciplining their kids is the best way to raise kids.

people who wear too much perfume because they don't know what proper hygiene is.

people who don't understand why you won't get slobber drunk, just to have a good time.

[josieb]

One of my biggest pet-peeves is dealing with people (especially younger ones now-a-days) who work in grocery stores, department stores, fast-food restaurants, etc. As a customer, you're nice and polite, asking him/her how they're doing, and about 98% of the time, you get a response about how terrible their day/life is and what time their work shift is over. During the time that you're being checked out, they converse about their personal lives with their co-workers and talk about how tough they have it. Then, when it's all done, you rarely get a thank you from them.

It's just something that really bothers me on a regular basis. No matter what type of day I'm having, I always try to be friendly and never complain to complete strangers about anything.

[BuckeyeFan]

People who confuse a priveledge with a right.

People who passionately back an issue, but then can not explain why.

Commercials about personal problems/products that are embarrassing to watch with your children or grandchildren.

Telemarketers!!!!

Now getting telemarketers on my cell phone!!!!!

Now getting text messages from marketers on my cell that cost me money!!!!!!!!!!!

Advertisements in the corners of the TV screens DURING the TV shows. (Had one last week that covered a 1/4 of the screen and another that made explosion noises)

[seizures4ever]

Commercials about personal problems/products that are embarrassing to watch with your children or grandchildren.

I'll add another peeve to that Buckeye...
Programs that are now coming on during PRIMETIME viewing hours in the early evening that are embarrassing and inappropriate for a younger audience to watch.

Hey Redneck, it also bugs the hell out of me when people put the toilet paper on backwards! (or when they take the last sheet and don't replace the roll)

-Julie

[darkmarkshark]

We used to leave one sheet on the toilet paper roll- so mom couldn't get mad that we didn't change it after using it all.

Later when the built an addition second bathroom, they didn't keep toilet paper in it, so changing it meant walking across the house and back, instead of just out into the hall. So of course, it was even less likely to be changed

[darkmarkshark]

People named Sydney.

i've no idea why I don't like that name, I just find it very offputting and somewhat disgusting. Maybe because it sounds so much like kidney

[BuckeyeFan]

Michigan fans

[Shelley]

When some kids are supposed to be stars, and they just don't care. (Chris Sims)
When your nice to someone, and they pull the race card, just so they can get a reaction, and get whatever they want.
When someone tries to sell you something and they won't take no for an answer.
Those people who go door to door, 'selling' their church, and insisting it's the only 'true' church.

[Birdbomb]

Oh Shellly, I've seen a sign that says....

"I refuse to change my religion at my back door"

My daughter had a deterrant for door-to-door preachers.
They'd ask, "Have you heard about XYZ?"
She's say, "Why yes, I heard it was a cult!"
They say,"Why who told you that?"
She'd say, "My dog."
They'd say, "Have a nice day! K, thanks, bye!"

We don't get too many door-to-door preachers anymore....so they aren't a pet peeve for me.





Oh but this is a pet peeve...SPORTS nuts! How can you get so excited and not even be IN the game?

[BuckeyeFan]

Oh but this is a pet peeve...SPORTS nuts! How can you get so excited and not even be IN the game?

I'm IN the game. You should see all the moves I make evading others who are trying to steal my snacks, jumping up and down cursing the officials, weight lifting 12 ounces at a time, exercising my lungs yelling at the stupid announcers, and last but not least lifting my feet in the air with the recliner handle!

[BIGMAN131307]

Hmm, lets see:

Cell-phones
People that talk / text on them
Coffee
People that need to drink the stuff
People that come to a movie late
People that repeatedly go to the concession stand then bathroom
People that read out loud to themselves
Noisy people
Slow shoppers
Unorganized shoppers (they have no list, but insist on getting in the way of shoppers that know what they need.)
Dr's & Nurses that don't listen
People that must sing along with their ipods / cd players, etc.

That is all I can stand to add to this list. If I add any more I will wreck my keyboard.

[seizures4ever]

Hey BigMan,

A related pet peeve of mine is:

People who talk on those ear phone/cell phone thingies in public while trying to do other things at the same time (i.e. check out at the grocery store).

Funny story,
When those ear piece phone thingies first came out, I had never seen one before. There was this woman in TJMaxx just walking around me, while I was shopping, talking to herself (so I thought). Anyway, she was in an argument with someone on the phone. But I thought she was schizophrenic...as she walked around the store talking loudly, argueing, and pointing her finger. I was actually starting to feel bad for her and was hoping she had a family member in the store who could help her out! I was ready to punch my husband when he told me he wished she would "shut up!" When I scolded him about his comment, he cracked up laughing and told me she was on the phone.

-Julie

[brain]

Hello, thank you for calling ABC123,
please select option 1 for English,
2 for Spanish, 3 for French, 4 for
other languages, (pressing option 1)

Thank you for calling ABC 123,
please press option 1 if you know your
account number or press 2 if you do not
know your account number or press 3
if you know your social security number
or press 4 if you prefer to use your driver's
license number instead of social security
number ... press 5 if you need to listen
to the menu again (pressing option 1)

Thank you for calling ABC 123
If you know your party's extension number,
please enter it now ... (pauses) ... Or press
1 if you need billing or press 2 if you need a
customer representative or press 3 if you need
a tech support assistance or press 4 if you need
repair service assistance, applies to members who
have paid service support only or press 5 if you
would like to join the repair service assistance
program or press 6 if you need to hear the menu
options again (pressing option 1)

Thank you for calling ABC 123! Your call may be
monitored for quality assurance control. Your call
is very important to us! We thank you for being a
customer of ABC 123, your current estimated wait
time is ... 22 minutes. Please hold while the next
available Customer Representative to be with you
shortly.

(Hold Music and Advertisement playing)

Recording now says "All of our customer representatives
are busy assisting other clients. Please continue to hold.
Your call is very important to us, and we thank you for
being a customer of ABC 123. Your current estimate
wait time is ..... xx minutes. Please continue to hold."

(Hold Music and Advertisement plays)

Recording continues to repeat and you watch the
clock and look at phone and the time does not match
in accordance to the recorded message, and before
you know it, an hour has nearly passed and you've
managed to raid the refrigerator, make yourself a
sandwich, grab a drink, headed to the bathroom,
go outside and check your mailbox, bring back the
garbage cans, and clean up the mess that the cats
have made, fold up one load of laundry and put it
away, dust a few knick knacks, saw a little spider,
played with it for a few moments before killing it,
decided that the outfit doesn't look right, changes
clothes that's more comfortable.....

(Anyone else guilty of this?)

[jgbmartin]

Brain...that is so true, loved your funny way of telling it.

I also dislike the voice recognition systems. Because of my heavy southern accent...it always translate my response way way off. I say "billing department" and they come back with "transferring you to service department".
jennifer

[seizures4ever]

Brain...that is so true, loved your funny way of telling it.

I also dislike the voice recognition systems. Because of my heavy southern accent...it always translate my response way way off. I say "billing department" and they come back with "transferring you to service department".
jennifer

ME TOO Jennifer! I absolutely hate when they ask for any kind of number. If I say my phone number is 1234567, the recording prompts back. "Was that 76753412?" One time, after several tries, I lost my patience and shouted THE OPERATOR! into the phone...guess I'm not too southern to get across when I'm ticked...because the machine responded, "You need a customer care specialist! One moment."


Too funny Sharon, and so true! (saw a spider before you kill it???) Could this be displaced anger at the phone company? Too bad we can't get our arms through the phone to strangle those computers and reroute our calls to be next!

[brain]

Well I'm profoundly deaf...

This is actually what the Relay Operator has to
type out (required by FCC LAW) some of them
gets so tired of having to type them out that
they actually SKIP it and type in (RECORDED
MESSAGE - DO YOU WANT TO HOLD FOR A LIVE
PERSON?) ... *laughing*

You can understand why... Would you be tired
of having to type all of that to a Hearing Impaired
or Deaf Individual every time you receive a call,
day in and day out, call after call? You can almost
practically memorize it!

I usually advise them to skip the recordings and
tell them before hand specifically who I want or
what Department I need, so I don't need to have
the poor Relay Operators typing all that information
on the TDD machine.

This is what a TDD machine looks like:



Which can be direct-connect (plugged into the phone
jack to the wall) or having a land-line phone as
shown above with receiver mounted on it.

There are two ways of using a Relay System:

One is the regular TDD (as shown above), then
there's the VCO (Voice Carry Over) - is what I
use, because I can talk... I have spoken with Birdy
on the phone, and I think when Bernard has spoken
to my son, he's overheard me speaking in the back-
ground before, I'm not sure if I've ever spoken to
Bernard on the phone before via Relay.

I can use TDD/VCO on the Relay System, but I am
"Branded" (labeled) as VCO User.