Pet Peeve Rant

[Jayne]

Yet another pet peeve list (damn I like this topic)

People who walk slowly & weave, here's a tip, if you're a slow walker you'll get to your destination quicker if you walk in a straight line & you won't be making it hard for me to pass due to your indecision about your eventual destination.

People stopping to chat in a supermarket who don't move to one side, if you want to chat that's fine with me but would you please stop blocking the aisle, if you do block the aisle with your trolley then don't scowl at me if I ask politely to be allowed through.

Food snobs, I have a friend who is a food snob, if I say i'm going to have a nice joint of meat for tea he'll lecture that as it was bought at a supermarket it won't be good enough quality to eat, the only meat worth eating MUST be bought from a butchers. I tell him that his butcher coughs & farts like every other butcher regarless of where they work.
Don't bother mentioning that you have stuck something in the microwave as his lecture will go on for hours, in fact it will go on for so long that he'll probably get hungry & nip off to cook some super noodles (pre-prepared noodle mush filled with artificial flavours) proving that if he likes something he'll convince himself that he's eating good food & everyone else is eating rubbish.
I told him one day that I can't stand tea, I can't even stand the smell of it so he started to lecture me that I obviously havn't tried the right brand & I should go out & try every brand as I will find one I like.

I'm old enough to know that I hate parsnips, peanut butter, strong curries, cups of tea & nuts with chocolate.
I don't lecture people on their tastes so don't lecture me

[Jayne]

Facebook has so many peeves it's not even funny.

Stop telling me every small detail about your life, I don't really care what you had for breakfast.

Stop poking me, if you havn't realised after all these years that I won't ever poke you back then get off facebook & concentrate on getting an education.

Serial likers, i'm fine with people clicking on the like icon but certain people like everything, are they stalking me or do they have OCD? No-one likes everything for petes sake!

Debating on face book, to be fair i've had many stimulating debates on facebook over the years but i've had far more mind numbing debates.
There are certain debating tactics people employ on facebook (& most forums) that wind me up.
Mis-quoting, certain people will take part of a sentence out of context & try & twist your meaning or subtly change a word or two when they quote you, I simply point out that if they can't quote me accurately then i'll not waste my time with them.
People who ignore rational posts, you can have half a dozen people making rational valid points & one person posting rubbish, the valid/educated points will be ignored & the stupid one wil be used to justify someones point of view even with pages of well researched evidence to the contrary.
Spelling police, just because someones spelling isn't perfect it doesn't invalidate their point.
People who take no reply as a victory, some people spend all day on facebook, others only pop on for an hour a day (like me), i've had debates with people & thought i'd gotten through to them but when I log on the next day I see a post from them that as I didn't reply at 3 am they won the debate. You didn't win the debate, I just had to go to bed to be ready for work (that's the thing some people do when not on facebook 24/7)

[Padma]

People who walk out of shop doors into foot traffic as if they think they have right of way because they just spent money - so other people already walking along have to dodge out of their way .

[Snowpaw]

It's come to my attention that I do a lot of stuff mentioned here. :3 It's good to know I can so easily rustle people. >=3

Oh here's one, people who get uppity when I friend them on facebook or when I message them. At that point the troll button is clicked in me and I just have to pester these people. Don't get mad at me if you accept and I am nothing but sweet to you. They act as if I personally got onto their table and pissed in their cornflakes.


Oh one more thing I have to add. This one is very trans related. When my friend from the UK whines about how long she has to wait to get into her surgery list. It's like ok cool but you still get free surgery, meds, everything else so why are you complaining about it to someone who will probably have to save her entire life? Seriously? Then you get mad at me because I say I will never be able to save up the insane amount required? Shut the math up! >_<

[Kevin Peña]

Food snobs, I have a friend who is a food snob, if I say i'm going to have a nice joint of meat for tea he'll lecture that as it was bought at a supermarket it won't be good enough quality to eat, the only meat worth eating MUST be bought from a butchers. I tell him that his butcher coughs & farts like every other butcher regarless of where they work.
Don't bother mentioning that you have stuck something in the microwave as his lecture will go on for hours, in fact it will go on for so long that he'll probably get hungry & nip off to cook some super noodles (pre-prepared noodle mush filled with artificial flavours) proving that if he likes something he'll convince himself that he's eating good food & everyone else is eating rubbish.
I told him one day that I can't stand tea, I can't even stand the smell of it so he started to lecture me that I obviously havn't tried the right brand & I should go out & try every brand as I will find one I like.

I agree. Honestly, I really don't like it when people criticize the simplicity of my diet. They always brag about how they can cook some French cuisine with an name that is impossible to pronounce. You know what, stewed beef, rice, beans, and some fruit is a good dinner to me. Honestly, I don't think that one serving should take longer to prepare than the time it takes to eat. Dumbasses...

[Alexis]

I agree. Honestly, I really don't like it when people criticize the simplicity of my diet. They always brag about how they can cook some French cuisine with an name that is impossible to pronounce. You know what, stewed beef, rice, beans, and some fruit is a good dinner to me. Honestly, I don't think that one serving should take longer to prepare than the time it takes to eat. Dumbasses...

See, I love the conversations about food; I mean, food is meant to be shared. And there is definitely something to be said about taking the time to go all out, but my opinion is definitely biased. I really hope that I don't come across as bragging about cooking when I talk to people, and now I'm going to be even more self-conscious of that fact.

But I try to never criticize someone else's diet. The only time I speak up is when I see something really dangerous, and even then I try to be diplomatic about it. But overall, like I said in a previous post, everybody should eat what they like, wether it be a 30-course degustation or a bowl of cereal. Makes no difference to the outcome of my day/week/life. As long as you're happy, I'm happy

[Kevin Peña]

But I try to never criticize someone else's diet. The only time I speak up is when I see something really dangerous, and even then I try to be diplomatic about it. But overall, like I said in a previous post, everybody should eat what they like, wether it be a 30-course degustation or a bowl of cereal. Makes no difference to the outcome of my day/week/life. As long as you're happy, I'm happy

Exactly. I don't care about what anyone eats. My only problem is when people say things like, "Your food requires no effort to prepare. It's like you don't even care about good taste." --> Yes, someone actually said that to me.

[Kevin Peña]

I hate it when people poke fun because your eating habits are healthy.  Why would you do that?

Because they're jealous of your healthy, lean body while they're gorging themselves on crap and looking like what they eat. Hmph.

[Ryan B.]

People who drive past stop signs without stopping.
People who steal my green arrow at the light.
People who follow too closely behind me when I'm driving..  I've had a couple incidents where they were doing this and I went to turn; they acted like they were going to keep going and ram into my car. :|

I work in retail, so I have some retail related peeves too...

Being stopped for something when I'm on my lunch break.
Checks.  Just that, it always takes them forever to write them out.
People who go to the wrong lane, even though there's a closed sign at the register (there's only three lanes/registers where I work... so...).  I could understand it more if we didn't have the closed signs... but we do.
Impatient people.
People who try to cut everyone else in line just because they have a return. 
Get in the back of the line!

[Snowpaw]

People who drive past stop signs without stopping.
People who steal my green arrow at the light.
People who follow too closely behind me when I'm driving..  I've had a couple incidents where they were doing this and I went to turn; they acted like they were going to keep going and ram into my car. :|

I work in retail, so I have some retail related peeves too...

Being stopped for something when I'm on my lunch break.
Checks.  Just that, it always takes them forever to write them out.
People who go to the wrong lane, even though there's a closed sign at the register (there's only three lanes/registers where I work... so...).  I could understand it more if we didn't have the closed signs... but we do.
Impatient people.
People who try to cut everyone else in line just because they have a return. 
Get in the back of the line!

Or those people who have 200 items in their cart and use the 20 items or less lane.

[Ryan B.]

Or those people who have 200 items in their cart and use the 20 items or less lane.

Yes!  That use to annoy me when I worked at Walmart. 

[Apples Mk.II]

Pedestrians that walk at a snail pace in a parallel formation blocking the sidewalls. Move!

[Jayne]

OAP mobility scooters on the pavement, i'd not think of denying elderly people any means to get out & about but for gods sake slow down!!
I know many of the elderly have been reduced to a snails crawl when on foot & maybe this is why they drive these scooters at full speed through pedestrian areas, from their point of view it must look like a car chase in a film with people jumping left & right to avoid being run over.
All i'm asking is for them to show a bit of care around pedestrians, is that too much to ask for?

[Ave]

When people have a bunch of pet peeves!!!

yes, gurl! Throw that shade!

[Kevin Peña]

When people have a bunch of pet peeves!!!

Hey, it may sound excessive, but in reality, there are a lot of little things that annoy certain people. Think about it. Do you only have 1 or 2 things that annoy you, or a bunch?

[jesse]

dirty bathrooms how do you get clean when your bathroom is a pigstye
dirty kitchens for the same reason and its extreamly un healthy
and my number 1 pet peeve of all time people who vote straight party lines regardless of how moronic the canidate may be this behavior may one day result in nuclear war because an insane dip wad was voted in.

[Jayne]

When people have a bunch of pet peeves!!!

guilty as charged

[Kevin Peña]

People asking me why I have my bike helmet on in school. Um, I commute by bike and like my hands to be free? Duh.

[tekla]

People asking me why I have my bike helmet on in school. Um, I commute by bike and like my hands to be free? Duh.

Ummm, get a carabiner clip and hook it to your belt, otherwise you look like the kid who has to wear the helmet because they tend to fall down a lot.

Face it, the helmets are hardly a fashion statement, and even the hipsters don't wear them as some sort of ironic deal.

[Kevin Peña]

I only wear basketball shorts. No belt. 

My school also doesn't have a special ed program, so they know that's not it. What really annoys me, though, is how much of a big deal faculty make of it. "If I see that on your head one more time, I'll take it." So annoying. 

Let's get one thing clear. On my head, a helmet is protection. In my hand, it's a weapon that can dent steel without a scratch.