****THE OFFICIAL FRIDAY SILLINESS THREAD****(Salute to Pet Peeves)

Pet Peeves ^

[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):

• Drivers who refuse to use their turn signals.

• Drivers who take forever to make a turn.

• Drivers who drive under the speed limit, in the fast lane.

• Drivers who think the carpool lane is the fast lane

• Drivers who get annoyed and tailgate you when you are going 10 over the speed limit in the carpool or fast lane.

• 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.

• Parents who let their children run amuck, especially in the store.

• Parents who don't teach their children manners.

• Parents who dress their little toddlers like teenagers, especially little girls.

• Girls who wear tight clothing when they shouldn't.

• Pants or shorts that say things on the butt.

• Boys who wear their pants hanging below the waistline, so you can see their underwear.

• Girls who wear the hip hugger jeans, so you can see their bare hips above the waistline.

• The general conception that thin is in and voluptuous is not.

• Co-workers who constantly have to gossip about everyone and generally don't have anything nice to say.

• Co-workers who mess with your computer settings or things on your desk.

• Co-workers you have to remind again and again to do something.

• People who staple in the middle of the page or who staple pages together crooked.

• Messy offices or desks where no one can find anything.

• Roommates or significant others who don't pick up after themselves.

• People who cuss a lot, like every other word, especially in front of children.

• A president who claims to be fighting the war on terror, but refuses to secure our own countries borders.

• Democrats and Liberals, the logic they use and the way they think!!!!

• Illegal Immigrants and how our government caters to them more than their own legal citizens.

• Installing a toilet paper or a paper towel roll so that the tissue unwraps from the under side of the roll

• Using the toilet paper down to the last ten squares without fetching a new roll or leaving the empty roll

• Not crunching or squishing an empty water or milk gallon container before throwing it in the trash.

• People who leave a container of milk in the fridge, when there isn't but one sip left, if that.

• Paying for 200 channels on cable TV, and not finding ANYTHING worth watching.

• Changing the TV channel without asking when anyone is clearly watching

• Standing in my line of sight to the TV during one of my favorite shows

• Finding a TV remote in the car or anywhere else where it couldn't possibly be used

• 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.

• Self-Righteous and judgemental people.

• Those folks oblivious to everyone around them who stand or walk slowly in the way of others.

• Being put on the speakerphone without warning.

• Allowing a phone cord or hair dryer cord to become hopelessly tangled.

• Retail clerks that ignore the live customer to help one that interrupts via phone.

• 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

 

[r-q-tek86]

It was Mickey D’s and I think it was her idea. Her ankle biters drove the decision I’m sure.

[Clam Digger]

Nice paint, big jing in the running gear!

[the OlLine Rebel]

WASHINGTON
Reagan
Roosevelt (TR)

But except for Washington (unquestioned), it’s sort of up for grabs. I’d have to think more. Definitely not Lincoln or “that other Roosevelt”.

[Clam Digger]

If you don’t like the way I drive, stay the f out of the landscaping.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Agreed!

But SO many other horrible grammar errors these days!

My BIGGEST peeve on grammar - it’s RAMPANT in the allegedly learned and English-driven MEDIA. In the last 15 years, with computers, English even in the print media has gone down the tubes. They are almost as rife with errors as this Internet forum. Both spelling and format. It’s horrible.

For another specific spelling peeve on the Internet fora - “DEFINATELY”! GGGGRRRRRRRR!

[oldtimer2]

You are correct, there are dumb impolite truckers. In fact I get peeved about them more than I do about four wheelers. The truckers don’t have any excuse. If you get a chance to listen to truckers call-in radio you would hear many calls condemning tailgating, not letting another vehicle merge and other idiotic things you can do.

Most truckers are polite and considerate. Think how a 80,000 lb truck could dominate the road. If you see a trucker doing dangerous or illegal acts, call 911. Thanks for your thoughtful comments, we need more of that.

[Steelerfan]

As well as hands, arms, small children. . .

Serious question though if you have a second. I live in Ohio, do you have any suggestions on where to start in terms of taking him fishing? What we should go fishing for, what I should get him as a starter set? Since I have no clue what I am doing, I don’t really want to take him out to Lake Erie and hook something that looks like that.

Thanks in advance.

[The_Victor]

Hey dude! Where you been hidin’ out?

[shbox]

I just bought a new Harley Davidson embossed jacket. I would look pretty funny wearing it on that thing. I will just stick to my HOG.

[sweetiepiezer]

Thought this was funny on banning water.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi3erdgVVTw

[JimWforBush]

IOTP

[r-q-tek86]

Hey.

I’ve been trying to get my country club project out. We’ve been working nights and weekends for the last few weeks... but we finally got it finished.

[FAB]

Been a while since I lived in Ohio. But how about the Maumee river? Don’t remember if it is the season.. but lots of walleye in there I think.

[Maximus of Texas]

When it rains.

[absolootezer0]

most of my wife’s family are truckers, they’re all good guys, and considerate drivers.
just like any other group, there are the considerate drivers and the jerks. of course, the only people that get a worse rap than truckers, are bikers :)

[absolootezer0]

eh, you could probably go faster on the bike than the HD :)

[r-q-tek86]

It’s been rainin’

[shbox]

What we should go fishing for, what I should get him as a starter set?

Zebco 33.

My dad had one when he was a kid. I had one. (I still have one for crappy fishing) Been around for years. A LEGEND!

[Clam Digger]

OK for kids, not much else. It’s kinda like the Harley of fishing, everyone has one, but they know they aren’t even close to the best you can get.

[shbox]

Hey, its got cuppholders.