I feel like I'm in an episode of Family Guy when I say "You know what really grinds my gears"....but my gosh...I just need to finally make a list of all this stuff! WARNING: Rant incoming! Run for your life! Here is my annoying list of pet peeves! Oh..it's a LONG list...but worth it because I'm sure it shares a lot of yours ;)
Enjoy
You know what grinds me gears?!!....
Drivers who don't use a turn signal.
People who read out loud what they're typing in an email or letter.
Kids who tease dogs through a fence.
People who drink directly out of the milk/orange juice container.
Parents who bring their young kids to R rated films.
People who sit next to you on public transportation even when there are other seats available.
Noisy eaters.
Women who wear jewelry that clinks and clacks and makes noise when they're at their desk or keyboard. When people take 20 napkins, use one, then throw them all away.
Going through the drive thru, then having to go back when they screw your order up.
People walking around in ridiculous 'fashionable' shoes that are clearly hurting their feet.
Whenever anyone says "Ya, know what I'm sayin"...
People who are mean to animals.
When a person makes a sucking noise with a straw when the cup becomes almost empty.
People with bad table manners.
People that interrupt you when your telling a story and then they continue to tell you their story and then ask you in an uninterested tone to continue on with your story when they are finished talking.
Drivers who won't turn right on red.
When drivers bring their car to the wrong side of the gas pump.
When you genuinely ask someone what's wrong (when there obviously is something wrong) and they respond half-heartedly, "hmmm? oh nothing..."
People who ignore yield signs.
Double negatives.
Being asked my telephone number/account number AFTER I already entered in using the keypad on my phone. I thought I was supposed enter that info to "better assist me".
Not washing hands after using the bathroom.
The noise people make when they rub their fingers on balloons.
When your spouse/roommate uses the butter to put on their toast, and leaves crumbs in the container.
Guys who leave the toilet seat up.
Dining with a picky eater (they can never order off the menu without customizing every aspect of the meal).
Tapping.
Men on trains who insist on sitting with their legs spread wide like they got something there.
When ice cream drips out of the bottom of a sugar cone.
Dirty keyboards.
People who ride their bikes in the road when a sidewalk is right there.
When somebody tosses something toward a garbage can, like they think they're a basketball star, then leave it on the ground after they miss!
People who take forever to order food while I'm in line.
When you open the DVD case and it is empty or a different movie is in it.
People who walk their dogs and let them poop indiscriminately (like on someone's lawn), and does not pick it up.
The way people walk in flip flops.
Someone standing over my shoulder reading the computer screen.
People who write "Noone" instead of "No one".
Explanations that begin with the word "Again".
People who don't cover their mouth while sneezing or coughing.
Dirty dishes in the sink.
How opening any cheap electronic item these days requires cutting up your finger with cheap impossible to open plastic molding covering.
When you're eating candy and someone asks if they can have a red one.
Airline speak (like: "The lavatories ARE equipped with smoke detectors, so DO refrain...")
When you bite into a jelly bean and it's a different flavor than what you thought it was.
Uncomfortable chairs.
Chasing after a ping pong ball.
Jerks who take up 2 parking spaces.
Films censored and cut (for length) to be put on television.
When something I've been into for a long time becomes popular.
People who give their kids weird names
The creepers at red lights. You know, those people that start inching forward in their cars…slowly…until the light turns green.
People who clear their throats in a disgusting way.
People that pop and smack their chewing gum.
When people leave the cap off the toothpaste.
People who invite you out somewhere then cancel.
Women who wear too much perfume.
Relying on someone else to take a picture because I want to be in it, and it ends up coming out off-centered and out-of-focus.
Cutesy intentional misspellings: ” lite” ” kwik” ” ‘R ” for are.
You know when you ask someone a simple, straightforward question and they spend ten solid minutes rambling on about everything in the world EXCEPT the answer to your simple, straightforward question? I hate that.
When you order a salad at a restaurant and they bring it to you at the same time as your dinner.
Children's hand prints on the windows in car.
People who don't know the difference between its/it’s and they’re /their/there.
People who carry a one sided conversation.
People who leave the door open when they go to the bathroom.
People who talk, whistle or sing to themselves at work.
People putting their feet out of car windows.
Greeting cards that throw sparkles, sequins or confetti on the hapless recipient
Having to use more than one remote control (one for TV, dvd player, cable box, TIVO, etc.)
Paying alot of money for a meal and getting a baby sitter only to have someone elses kids screaming.
When you find a really cute piece of clothing on the rack and they have like twenty in size XS, two in size 3X, and not a single one in your size.
People who throw cigarette butts on the beach.
Saying "Let there be light" every time any light switch is flipped on..
People who leave shopping carts in the parking lot instead of taking them back to the corral.
People who go the wrong way in a parking lot.
People who write "Keep in touch!" in your yearbook but never talk to you again.
Unexpected company.
When someone with a full cart of groceries gets into the 10 items or less line.
Cats and dogs that are inconsiderate of their human's sleeping habits, and decide to romp, play, and destroy stuff at 4 AM.
Ignorant people.
People who read over your shoulder on public transportation.
Driving somewhere and having the sun in my eyes.
When you adjust the volume of the TV and the volume display blocks the subtitles during an important dialogue.
People who think that they are the only one with correct background for understanding an issue.
People throwing trash into a recycle bin.
The naming of celebrity couples (Bennifer, TomKat, etc.)
Movie sequels that are unnecessary.
Drivers who tailgate.
Anyone – male or female- who says “We’re pregnant”. Are they sharing a uterus?
The "yes but" people.
When you have an itch on the bottom of your foot and you can't scratch it because you have shoes on.
When someone leaves their phone number at the end of a long message and they say it so fast you can't understand it and have to listen multiple times to figure it out.
People who don't dress their age
Suburban kids who think they are gangstas.
People When they clean the tables nearby with a bleach solution. While I am glad they are sanitary, the smell of bleach can really quelch my appetite.
people having obviously PRIVATE conversations on their cell phone in public places.
When people put the spoons/forks in the wrong section of the utensil separator.
Clipping your nails at work.
When your eating something and a person will just steal a little bit of it.
When people refuse to be the decision maker about something simple (which restaurant to eat at, what movie to see, etc.).
When people say 'supposebly' instead of 'supposedly'.
In an obviously crowded restaurant, people who linger long after receiving their check.
When you pull a string hanging from your shirt and it doesn't break, but only becomes longer.
People who put salt on everything without tasting it first.
No toilet paper or paper towels in public bathrooms.
When you will be talking to someone, and their replies seem to be limited to "ya", "cool", and "ok".
When somebody turns off the lights when you are still in the room.
People who can't complete a sentence without saying "you know".
When people don't clear the microwave numbers.
Finding the end of the program hasn't taped after sitting riveted for almost two hours.
People who say "It's always in the last place you look".
When people ask me for advice and do the opposite of what I tell them.
People who will write something borderline mean, but then follow it up with a smiley face :)
People who don't control their bratty children.
People who refer to themselves in the third person.
People who leave their children in their cars while they run into the store.
Caps Lock in text or in email, when PEOPLE SHOUT.
Girls who wear way too much make up.
People who always have to be right and have the last word.
People that cannot simply take their trash to the trash bin in places such as fast food restaurants, shopping malls etc.
People who no matter what relate to something you have done and try to "one up" you.
When someone is writing on a chalkboard and then they erase it to write something new, but they don't erase all of it, so you still see half of a letter here and there.
Rappers who thank God at awards cermonies.
Mumbling, then annoyingly saying "Forget it!" when people don't hear you.
People who use a calculator to figure out the tip at a restaurant.
Drivers who signal after they make a lane change.
People who spell "you're" as "your."
The noise styrofoam makes when you rub it together.
People who blow their horn at you the nano-second the light changes to green.
When the garbage man turns my can upside down after dumping MOST of the garbage in it into the garbage truck. I go to collect the can and when I turn it right side up, the remaining garbage spills out on the sidewalk.
People who don't use deodorant.
When people continue to stare after they ask you a question, as if they need you to expand more on your answer.
Ice cream with freezer burn.
When the person who takes the last of something puts the empty package back.
When you first meet someone and can't remember the person's name by the end of the conversation.
Taking forever to leave a parking space while others are clearly waiting for it
Business buzz words: synergistic, globalize, paradigm shift, etc.
When people are using armrests on both sides of you.
People sitting at a red light and continuing to sit there when the light turns green because they're on their cell phone.
Grocery clerks that want to bundle the receipt with my change. Hand me the money separately so I can put it in my pocket, and then hand me the receipt or place it in the bag.
People who dress their pets.
People who buy animals, only to get rid of them a week later because it was harder to take care of them than they thought.
Conversational High-Fives: High-fiving at any time other than when one is actively playing a sport
People who are always late.
When there are no hot dog buns left and you have to eat your hot dog on a folded piece of bread.
People who honk in front of a house instead of getting out of the car and ringing the doorbell.
Annoying nervous (forced sounding) laughs.
When you are asleep at a hotel and the alarm clock goes off in the middle of the night because the person who was there before you set it and never turned it off.
When you have to walk out of the shower naked because you forgot to bring a towel with you.
People who don't look at you when they are talking, or you are talking to them.
When you're driving down the road and a cigarette butt comes out the window of a car in front of you and it bounces off your car.
People who stare.
People who use the phrase "110%" (or even more % sometimes).
People who leave food that can spoil (milk, butter, etc.) out too long, instead of putting it back in the fridge when they are done.
People who put their feet up on the seat in front of them in movie theaters.
People who say the time like "Eight AM in the morning".
People who won't take their kid out of a restaurant when they are crying, screaming, etc.
When the host/hostess at a restaurant totally underestimates how long a wait there will be.
When people interrupt you.
Forks whose tines don't stand up in a perfectly straight line
The sound of too much spit in someone's mouth when they talk.
Someone opening a cabinet door or drawer and leaving it open.
People say "carmel" instead of "caramel". Is it really that hard to pronounce that extra letter?
Drivers who make u-turns where they are not allowed to.
In mini golf when you miss the hole three times in a row less than a foot away.
When someone starts to watch a show or movie in the middle of it and expect you to tell them what's happening.
People who think the seat next to them is a place to plunk down their gym bag/back pack on a crowded bus.
People who ask "Can I ask you a question?"
People who leave farts in elevators that I subsequently enter. Then the next person thinks it's me.
Commercials in movie theaters.
Keeping your Christmas lights up until February.
Overuse of the word "Like"
People who read a story, and purposely skip pages so that it ends quicker.
When the tiolet paper roll is backwards.
People with poor umbrella etiquette.
When other people sleep on my pillow.
When you are hanging out with someone and they make plans to do something else right in front of you.
Wet, dirty, stinky, slimy dishrags left in a heap in the bottom of the sink.
Websites with horizontal scrolling.
People who use unnecessary abbreviations, like w/e (whatever), w/o (without) and j/k (just kidding).
People at Wal-Mart Supercenter who enter thru the exit and exit thru the enter.
Getting fruit in your bag on Halloween.
Going to a restaurant within the last hour before closing and everyone is cleaning,sweeping and slamming stuff around to get out of their quickly and at buffet the food is gone or old and dried up.
Walking into spider webs.
When the cashier gives you the change with the coins on top of the bills and for a moment you look like a fool jamming a large wad of cash into your pocket.
People who use self checkout lanes but don’t know how to use them and slow us all down.
Telemarketers.
Waiters/waitress who put their fingers on the top of the glass (where you drink from) when they deliver it to you.
People that don't answer e-mail.
Failing to take a backpack into account when turning or backing into people
Yelling "drop it" the moment a conversation veers into an unwanted direction.
Lawn ornaments.
People who borrow stuff and never give it back.
When people call me but are talking to someone else when I answer and I have to wait till they stop talking.
When the tracking system for delivery isn't up-to-date.
Gray snow that won't melt; piled up on the side of the road
Bad breath.
People who refuse to expand their musical horizons.
People who complain out loud while waiting in a long line at the store.
People who say "Bra" or "bro" when it's not their brother.
When people put (sp?) after words when the spell check button is right there in front of them.
People who can't seem to see any faults in their kids or their mothers.
Piling up clothes in the corner of the room instead of putting them in the hamper.
Hair on the soap.
Mispronunciation of words.
People who are stingy with money when they clearly have a lot of it.
People who cook for you, and use the same spoon multiple times to taste what they are cooking while cooking it, like for pasta sauce or soup.
Having a drawer full of unknown cords, transformers, adapter, etc.
I hate it when people take healthy food and fry it up in butter and eat it because it's "good for them".
Loud motorcycles.
When people trip over your their foot in the hallway and start running to pretend like they meant to do it.
When you ask for LOTS of ketchup and they give you only two or three packets.
Shopping carts with a broken wheel.
Going out to dinner with a big group, eating $10 worth of food and having to split the whole bill and ending up paying much more than you ate.
When the waiter/waitress asks whether you want dessert, but smiles in a way that means she is clearly judging you.
Bathing suit tops as clothing.
People who pick their nose in public.
Car passengers that throw their doors wide open without first checking to make sure it is safe to do so.
Lazy people.
Being put on the speakerphone without warning
When people say the word huge incorrectly by dropping the 'H' and pronouncing it Uge.
When people change the TV channel without asking
I hate slow people walking in front of me.
People who stop at the top or bottom of an escalator.
Dog poop on the sidewalk.
When those little hinges on the CD case break, and now you can't open and close it.
I know they have to do this, but I hate having servers recite the specials to me. Because I have never ordered a special, and hate having to feign interest in them.
Men who refer to “babysitting” their own children.
Pee anywhere other than in a toilet.
Watching people put their contacts in.
How commercials are so much louder than the TV shows.
When you bend over to pick something up and miss the object multiple times, and the final attempt is a violent grab as if to say it was the object's fault.
Singing along with the music when you don't actually know the words.
Email with no subject.
Double dippers.
When people don't pick up their feet to walk and you hear the scuff... scuff... scuff.
Unsolicited advice.
People who say I can't, without even trying.
People who leave their pets in their hot cars in the summer.
Speed bumps.
People who constantly get up in movie theaters.
Dogs running around on a flatbed truck, which is going highway speed.
Parents who have their children on leashes.
PeOpLe WhO tYpE LiKe ThIs.
Restaurants that put too much ice in your drink.
People who double park.
People who people park a shopping cart in the middle of the aisle in Wal-Mart or grocery store, blocking the way for others and then walking away to gather items.
When people use the word "literally" inappropriately. I.e. "I literally almost jumped out of my skin."
People who make out in public.
Babies sitting on laps in cars.
People who stick their USED gum just about anywhere (under a table or chair, on the ground, etc.)
Dried toothpaste in the sink.
People who talk on their cell phone at the movies.
When someone blows their nose in your presence and then proceeds to look at what just filled their tissue/handkerchief.
People who stop right infront of you when your walking through town.
People that do not flush the toliet in public restrooms.
I hate people who have no idea what "personal space" is.
Pants on men that are too short.
People who smoke right outside the door of a nonsmoking establishment, getting smoke all over everybody who enters/leaves.
People who don't listen when you are talking to them. How many times have you said a few sentences to someone only to have them suddenly say "what did you just say? I wasn't paying attention."
Dull pencils.
People who can't decide on one radio/tv station, and constantly flip back and forth.
When you're with a group of people and you think nobody saw that you just tripped, and you think you're in the clear. But the one person who did see it points it out to everybody else.
I hate it when people tickle me.
Gossip.
Things sticking out of drawers
Utility/Cable service people that don't show up on time.
When someone is giving a speech in class and they won't stop looking at you as they speak.
Using the toilet paper down to the last few squares without getting a new roll
Restaurants that have a no smoking section which is only several feet away from the smoking section.
When shirts shrink in the dryer.
When you're trying to walk in the mall and there's a kiosk and they hound you to try their cell phone service or whatever.
People that say they don't like a certain food before they try it, and refuse to eat it .
Barbecue restaurants with happy pigs on the sign.
Motel pillows.
Making me talk to your boyfriend/girlfriend who i have never actually met when i call you on the phone, saying something like, "oh here - talk to [---]".
People who tell you "Oh! You have to try this! It's the best thing ever!" And when you do try it and it sucks.
Women who are obviously bottle blondes who still blame their stupidity on being blonde, as in: “Oh, no! I’m having a blonde moment!”
Sneezing in your hand and shaking someone's hand afterward.
When a utility sends you a letter about a rate increase that opens with: "In order to serve you better."
People who spit when they talk.
When men you don't know very well at all assume it is okay to call you "hun" or "babe."
When people bite their nails in the dead of silence and you hear them eating it.
Women who use PMS as an excuse to be bitchy.
People who finish my sentences for you.
People who constantly sniffle.
People who make up words.
Tangled cords
Using a napkin for eating messy food & leaving it on the table throughout the meal
When people say "you and I" when it should be "you and me".
When the string on the hood of your sweatshirt goes inside the hood.
People trying to enter an elevator when people IN the elevator haven't left yet.
When you have to go to the bathroom really bad after getting out of the shower and you don't dry off all the way, making the toilet seat all slippery.
People that realize that a lane of traffic is backed up so they go into the next lane over because it is moving quicker and they go up to the front and expect someone to just let them back over in that lane.
Having to explain the same thing more than once.
People who wear sunglasses indoors.
Getting stuck at red lights, while nobody is going the other direction.
People who don’t put two spaces after a period when they type.
A well done steak or burger when it was ordered "rare"
People who whistle through their noses while just breathing.
Incorrect use of apostrophe's.
Parents who plead with toddlers.
Wobbly tables.
When someone tries to talk to you when you have headphones on.
People who respond to my emails but don't include the text of the previous email in their email.
Men who refer to their wife as ” the wife”- a wife is not an object.
When coffee spills out of the top drinking hole of lids on to-go coffee cups.
Hypocrites (yeah, you know who your are)
Spit flying out of people's mouth by accident.
TV shows and commercials ads with ringing doorbells or phones, which make you into thinking the sound is coming from your house.
People who can't seem to understand that " red eyes" are possible to remove in photos.
Improper use of the word ironic
Backwash.
Fake laughter.
When you're wearing a hat, after a while it feels like it's not there. When you take it off, it feels like it's still there.
Cops who tailgate you, unsafely for miles as if you’re driving to slow, them knowing you’re not going to speed up, because there is a cop behind them!
Mara
xoxox