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Pet Peeves ^
Posted on 08/03/2007 4:45:17 AM PDT by Lucky9teen
A pet peeve (or pet hate) is a minor annoyance that can instill great frustration in an individual.
The term originated from the word 'peeve.' A 'peeve,' meaning something that is particularly irritating or annoying, is a relatively recent word. Its first printed usage was in 1911. The term is a back formation from a 14th-century word: 'peevish,' meaning ornery or ill-tempered.
Pet peeves involve complaints about specific behaviors, rather than general complaining. Pet peeves often involve specific behaviors of someone close such as a spouse or significant other. These behaviors may include those of disrespect, those involving manners, personal hygiene, relationships, and family issues.
Here are some of my Pet Peeves (in no particular order):
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Drivers who refuse to use their turn signals.
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Drivers who take forever to make a turn.
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Drivers who drive under the speed limit, in the fast lane.
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Drivers who think the carpool lane is the fast lane
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Drivers who get annoyed and tailgate you when you are going 10 over the speed limit in the carpool or fast lane.
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Construction being done during rush hour traffic, where they have both lanes going toward work narrowed to one and the opposite direction, which has no traffic, open to 2 lanes.
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Parents who let their children run amuck, especially in the store.
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Parents who don't teach their children manners.
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Parents who dress their little toddlers like teenagers, especially little girls.
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Girls who wear tight clothing when they shouldn't.
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Pants or shorts that say things on the butt.
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Boys who wear their pants hanging below the waistline, so you can see their underwear.
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Girls who wear the hip hugger jeans, so you can see their bare hips above the waistline.
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The general conception that thin is in and voluptuous is not.
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Co-workers who constantly have to gossip about everyone and generally don't have anything nice to say.
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Co-workers who mess with your computer settings or things on your desk.
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Co-workers you have to remind again and again to do something.
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People who staple in the middle of the page or who staple pages together crooked.
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Messy offices or desks where no one can find anything.
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Roommates or significant others who don't pick up after themselves.
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People who cuss a lot, like every other word, especially in front of children.
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A president who claims to be fighting the war on terror, but refuses to secure our own countries borders.
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Democrats and Liberals, the logic they use and the way they think!!!!
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Illegal Immigrants and how our government caters to them more than their own legal citizens.
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Installing a toilet paper or a paper towel roll so that the tissue unwraps from the under side of the roll
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Using the toilet paper down to the last ten squares without fetching a new roll or leaving the empty roll
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Not crunching or squishing an empty water or milk gallon container before throwing it in the trash.
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People who leave a container of milk in the fridge, when there isn't but one sip left, if that.
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Paying for 200 channels on cable TV, and not finding ANYTHING worth watching.
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Changing the TV channel without asking when anyone is clearly watching
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Standing in my line of sight to the TV during one of my favorite shows
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Finding a TV remote in the car or anywhere else where it couldn't possibly be used
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Calling in to Customer Service for technical help with something and getting the employee who doesn't want to do his job, so he tells you it can't be fixed. So you call back in and talk to someone else and sure enough, they fix the problem without any hassle.
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Self-Righteous and judgemental people.
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Those folks oblivious to everyone around them who stand or walk slowly in the way of others.
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Being put on the speakerphone without warning.
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Allowing a phone cord or hair dryer cord to become hopelessly tangled.
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Retail clerks that ignore the live customer to help one that interrupts via phone.
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People who give you a guilt trip and/or make nasty comments when they are displeased.
"I don't have pet peeves, I have whole kennels of irritation"
~ Whoopi Goldberg
TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: ofst; petpeeve; silliness
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To: Clam Digger; Lucky9teen; fredhead; BJClinton; girlscout; EX52D; r-q-tek86; StarCMC
A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was a nurse said ‘No change yet’.
To: Lucky9teen
pet peeve = a recentment you have had so long you made a friend of it
;-)
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:32:59 AM PDT
by
sure_fine
( • not one to over kill the thought process)
To: Lucky9teen
When dwarves adopt average sized kids...
To: nuke rocketeer
He didn’t tell his mother that he ate some glue. His lips were sealed.
To: Lucky9teen
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:34:09 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
We were so poor when I was growing up we couldn’t even afford to pay attention.
To: raccoonradio
When dwarves adopt average sized kids pt 2
To: raccoonradio
Adopting a "lil' mama"...
Meanwhile, no photo trickery was used in THIS photo. Those little league coaches really are dwarves!
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To: Lucky9teen
There's a pet peeve in here somewhere....
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:40:04 AM PDT
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: raccoonradio
The primary responsibility for a child’s education is apparent.
Nylons give women a run for their money.
To: nuke rocketeer
Very cool, dudes. Nice bods!! The fish is cool, too!
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:44:16 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
To: The_Victor
To: nuke rocketeer
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:45:52 AM PDT
by
fredhead
(Teach a man to fish.......and he'll fish for a lifetime.)
To: Lucky9teen
To: All
Pet peeve: Deer crossing signs! I know they can’t read and it’s a trick to make me slow down. I safely pass the sign then speed up to norm and kaboom.....There’s momma!!
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:48:39 AM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
To: nuke rocketeer
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:54:36 AM PDT
by
pikachu
(Be alert -- we need more lerts!)
To: Sacajaweau; All
"SCHOOL CROSSING" signs......has ANYONE ever seen a school crossing the road???
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:55:46 AM PDT
by
tomkow6
(........pickin' my nose, bit by bit......)
To: Lucky9teen
Peeve: Clueless people who stop at the end of an escalator.
Great video.
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posted on
08/03/2007 5:56:56 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
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