What BUGS You & Doesn't Bother Anybody Else?

[Bunny007]

I will mention this one because it just came up the other day.

It drives me absolutely BONKERS when people say CHIPOTLE incorrectly. The L is AFTER the T people, c'mon!

Me tooo Nearly everyone in my family pronounces it wrong. WHY!

And I loathe obnoxious, loud gum (or food) chewers. I do no want to know what's in your mouth.

 

[Natylad]

I can't stand people, especially women, who walk on the street with a cigarette in their hand and they're walking and smoking at the same time...I feel like slapping them
I also can't stand those girls who wear extremely high heels and they can't walk on them properly!!! You see them walk as if their bones are broken and they look totally ridiculous
Not to mention the ones with the mini dresses which are so short that they end up looking like long blouses...And then you see the person who wears the dress pulling it down every five seconds, coz if she doesn't her underwear will show

 

[Steel]

I try to be a considerate person. This results in me being bugged in one of two ways.
1. When others are not considerate towards me.
2. That in it is ingrained in me to be considerate.

I can play loud music all night long, I can be rude on the roads, I can push people in the street, I can skip the queue, I can just walk through doors and never open them for others, I can pick up lost things and never report them, I can ding somebody else’s car and not leave a note. I just won't and I wonder is it that, that bugs me the most.

 

[Dancing Fire]

I started a pet peeve thread a while back because I have so many! A lot are food related, or how people eat (which shouldn't concern me)

-I cannot stand people who eat each thing on their plate separately, and cannot have anything touch
-People who don "mix" their sauce into their spaghetti, I think it looks so much tastier all mixed in.
-People who don't like to try new cuisines
-People waiting for a piping hot dish to cool before eating it, totally defeats to purpose of heating the food.

people using chopsticks when eatting off a plate in a chinese restaurant...

 

[iLander]

Oh, another one occurred to me: Geico commercials.

At the end they always say "save 15% or MORON car insurance". Every commercial closes with "moron car insurance".

 

[Modified Brilliant]

Incorrect usage of YOUR and YOU'RE

I see this everywhere and it drives me crazy!

 

[Modified Brilliant]

Oh.........and ATM machine. Signs everywhere for "ATM machine inside"

ATM= automated teller machine

Why say "machine" twice?

 

[NakedFinger]

I have so many annoyances that don't seem to bother anyone else. I'd be here all day if I wrote them all out.

However, the primary ones that come to mind.........

-using words out of context. When someone uses a word incorrectly it drives me nuts. It is like they try to use great vocabulary words.....but using them in the incorrect format or meaning does the the opposite of what was intended. Instead of making them sound smarter, it makes them sound stupid. And bad grammar (than vs then, they're vs their vs there, you're vs your....the list goes on)

-ignorant people, people who have opinions on things they know nothing about just for the sake of argument or to hear themselves talk (Politics, current events, etc.). Don't talk about it if you don't know the details. Also, close mindedness. You are entitled to your opinion, but it isn't the ONLY option (my father in law does this to me all the time. Drives me nuts.)

-using abbreviations other than in written format. For example, "OMG did you hear about...", "Oh, btw...."...etc. It just sounds ridiculous. When did everyone become so lazy? Now we have to shorthand conversation too?

(oh, and I'm not even an English/Writing teacher or in the field. So I could imagine how some of these could bother someone who does it for living)

 

[manderz]

It drives me nuts when people scuff their feet when they walk.

Also, I hate when people stomp with every step they take, like they're angry at the world and they want to take it out on the floor with every step they take.

 

[CJ2008]

I know I am in the minority here on PS...

when people don't say thank you or acknowledge a gift you've given them.

 

[Imdanny]

The way people who were born and raised in Hawaii say their a's.

They say it "ah" and they stretch it out.

So if they say the name of the grocery store Foodland, they say Foodlaaaaaahhhhhhnd.

It doesn't bother the people who live here obviously and my SO doesn't share my feelings about it but I can't stand it.

I should add this is just because of their 'pigeon' language. It's isn't their 'fault' at all. It's just the way the different immigrant languages combined to make a new form of English. (I still hate it).

 

[Imdanny]

Oh, another one occurred to me: Geico commercials.

At the end they always say "save 15% or MORON car insurance". Every commercial closes with "moron car insurance".

Have you ever called Geico? First they're friendly, then they start interrogating you, and then you start thinking, "Oops, how did I dial the police"? Their happy gecko is a cute corporate front for a pretty nasty corporation in my opinion. I'll never use them.

 

[davi_el_mejor]

I hate and fear birds. I don't like the fact that they could just swoop down and attack me and I might not see them coming. Gross and scary.

Birds give me anxiety attacks. Especially little birds. They're nature's darts. All they have to do is see you drive down the road, line up their trajectory, and tuck their wings in. BOOM! Right through your windshield and your face! That's all I can think of when I see a group of birds flying in their super creepy blob in the sky. I actually have to stop typing because it's making me anxious and naseous.

 

[galeteia]

Heh, last night I had a dream where I yelled at someone for saying 'guesstimate' and then while someone was at a microphone on national television, they said something like: "blah blah extraneous and extremely attentive" and my dream-self could not resist leaning down into MY mike and telling him what 'extraneous' meant. I woke up when trying to escape off the edge of a cliff because he had manoeuvred me there in an attempt to kill me out of revenge for humiliating him on national TV.

I have also warned my classes that 'cache' can be pronounced 'kaysh' or 'cash', but if they try to pronounce it like 'cachet' I am 'going to smack them so hard they will feel the fury of their every French ancestor behind the blow'. I also explain that it is both a verb and noun, and where the term originally came from. I refuse to believe that paleolithic hunters 'cashed' their meat, but I will accept that they would 'cache' it when it proved to be too much to carry back immediately.

Also, 'specifically' is not pronounced 'pacifically', and I refuse to restrain my expression when I hear it.

 

[Autumnovember]

I hate and fear birds. I don't like the fact that they could just swoop down and attack me and I might not see them coming. Gross and scary.

Birds give me anxiety attacks. Especially little birds. They're nature's darts. All they have to do is see you drive down the road, line up their trajectory, and tuck their wings in. BOOM! Right through your windshield and your face! That's all I can think of when I see a group of birds flying in their super creepy blob in the sky. I actually have to stop typing because it's making me anxious and naseous.

I swear that my car is a bird attraction. They've nailed my car numerous times (3 of them died). One in particular, I noticed was about to hit my car while I was driving 75 mph. When I didn't see him fly back up I just figured he dodged the bullet and flew the other way. Nope. When I got home and was later going out to my car for the 10th time that day, I noticed his head was in my fog light with the body hanging out. So apparently I drove around like that for quite some time. Oh yes. I made my dad take it out because MAN, was it nudged in there good. Mom even tried with a broomstick first, hahahahaahahaha.

 

[anitabee]

i hate writing with a blue pen. i will hunt high and low for a black pen before i put a blue pen to paper. i pretty much will only write in black (aside from some cool sparkly gel pens for special occasions).

 

[iLander]

Oh, another one occurred to me: Geico commercials.

At the end they always say "save 15% or MORON car insurance". Every commercial closes with "moron car insurance".

Have you ever called Geico? First they're friendly, then they start interrogating you, and then you start thinking, "Oops, how did I dial the police"? Their happy gecko is a cute corporate front for a pretty nasty corporation in my opinion. I'll never use them.

Oh, I totally agree! I thought it was just the one guy on the phone with me, apparently it's the whole bunch of them!

And they're NOT cheaper! I have tried them 3 times over the years for quotes, and they're always higher than anybody else! I got a much better price and coverage with Allstate, even though they don't insure my home.

Deceptive little lizard . . .

 

[iLander]

"Anywho"!

OMG, don't say this in front of me!

It's not cute, it's not funny, and it means nothing. Stop it!

I don't want to have to glare at you, but I will!

 

[iLander]

Especially little birds. They're nature's darts. All they have to do is see you drive down the road, line up their trajectory, and tuck their wings in. BOOM! Right through your windshield

Ummmm . . . I don't think they can actually get through the windshield . . . deer, maybe . . . birds, not so much. . .

 

[iLander]

ALL THE STUFF THAT BEEPS!

My oven timer (pure evil) and my microwave (oven timer's evil handmaiden).

The godforsaken dryer. The heinous washer. They sneak out as a pair and club baby seals.

My car beeps when I back up. But it beeps INSIDE the car, not outside. OF COURSE I know it's in reverse! I know that because I am going BACKWARDS!

"It just kept beeeeeeping and beeeeeeping."


Sorry. . . Little rant there. . . Feel better now.


I am obviously easy to annoy, since I keep thinking of things to post here . . .

 

[Agent P]

My BIL and his wife.

Someone above mentioned hating blue pens. I am the opposite, I hate black pens. I never use them because my quirk is being able to tell the copy from the original.

Also mentioned: people who scrape their teeth against silverware while eating.

Frogs and toads. They scare me as much as spiders but I always make sure they live, it's not their fault I am afriad of them. Spiders always get killed by someone else though.

People who are directionally challenged. For example someone may say "I am going down to visit my family in Chicago." Chicago is WAY north of here, to me you are going up there, like the north arrow is up on a map. In my line of work it is also important that I know exactly where a persons house is. Yes I know it is on "Elm St." but is it on the east or west side of the road. I have come across people who honestly don't know and also can't find their house/property off a map or aerial photo, but YOU LIVE THERE?!

It also drives me nuts when people say Syracuze instead of Syracuse or "Bil-ox-E" instead of "Buh-lucksie" (Biloxi).

Morning people.

 

[tenorgirl33]

This probably bugs other people beside me, but when people say, "I seen..." FBIL's ex-gf and current gf both do this, and it takes all my willpower not to blurt out, "I SAW..."

 

[MonkeyPie]

Birds give me anxiety attacks. Especially little birds. They're nature's darts. All they have to do is see you drive down the road, line up their trajectory, and tuck their wings in. BOOM! Right through your windshield and your face! That's all I can think of when I see a group of birds flying in their super creepy blob in the sky. I actually have to stop typing because it's making me anxious and naseous.

I'm sorry but I laughed so hard when I read this. Nature's darts!

FWIW I am petrified that an owl will come through my windshield, so I suppose I share this fear. I was riding in a truck once that plowed into a freaking barn owl (suckers are HUGE!) and we all screamed, convinced it would shatter the window. Somehow, it didn't. So I think you're ok about the little birds hitting you. It would just be gross.

What bugs me? Being woken up by a human being. ANY person, if they wake me in the morning, I am instantly irate. My husband has learned not to do this except when my alarm doesn't go off, and then he shakes me and runs. My mom always woke me as a teenager by coming in and very lightly patting my arm. And my head would just explode with rage. It's so weird. I don't get mad at the alarm or phone when it goes off, though.

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

Improperly loaded dishwashers. Yikes.

cheers--Sharon

 

[HollyS]

I despise answering machines and voicemail. I don't leave msgs and have DH check our home phone. If it's on my cell, I just delete it.

YES!! THIS!!!!

I never listen to my voicemail. At work or at home. Rarely on my cell. (Don't leave me a message! If I wanted to talk to you, I'd have answered my phone!)

I know, it's passive agressive behavior. I still feel no shame. None.

 

[HollyS]

ALL THE STUFF THAT BEEPS!

My oven timer (pure evil) and my microwave (oven timer's evil handmaiden).

The godforsaken dryer. The heinous washer. They sneak out as a pair and club baby seals.

My car beeps when I back up. But it beeps INSIDE the car, not outside. OF COURSE I know it's in reverse! I know that because I am going BACKWARDS!

"It just kept beeeeeeping and beeeeeeping."


Sorry. . . Little rant there. . . Feel better now.


I am obviously easy to annoy, since I keep thinking of things to post here . . .

Driving a Suzuki for a demo these days, and it's a pretty nice car. . . except. . . the damn thing will beep you to death if you don't have your seat belt fastened when the car is on. Not in motion. On. Drives me bonkers. Once a week I'm shouting at it, "Shut the hell up!".

 

[HollyS]

I started a pet peeve thread a while back because I have so many! A lot are food related, or how people eat (which shouldn't concern me)

-I cannot stand people who eat each thing on their plate separately, and cannot have anything touch
-People who don "mix" their sauce into their spaghetti, I think it looks so much tastier all mixed in.
-People who don't like to try new cuisines
-People waiting for a piping hot dish to cool before eating it, totally defeats to purpose of heating the food.

people using chopsticks when eatting off a plate in a chinese restaurant...

I agree. The only reason 99.9% of non-Asians do this - - is to show off. Like it is some finely-honed skill that only the most cosmopolitan of world travelers can pull off.

 

[iLander]

I started a pet peeve thread a while back because I have so many! A lot are food related, or how people eat (which shouldn't concern me)

people using chopsticks when eatting off a plate in a chinese restaurant...

I agree. The only reason 99.9% of non-Asians do this - - is to show off. Like it is some finely-honed skill that only the most cosmopolitan of world travelers can pull off.

I KNOW, RIGHT?!! Seriously, I always ask for a fork . . .

 

[zoebartlett]

HI:

Improperly loaded dishwashers. Yikes.

cheers--Sharon

This bugs my husband also. He's the most laid back guy in the world, so I'm not sure why THIS particular thing bothers him.

 

[Imdanny]

No, they're not cheaper!

Here's another one. This one is actually "my pet peeve" of all time.

The difference between "me" and "I".

I went to the game.

He gave the tickets for the game to him and ME. Take out the "him and" part and see if "I" or "me" sounds/ is correct.

My pet peeve is that teachers (and not just teachers, schools, administrators, everyone) have students for k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12th grades.

Do you mean to tell me that in 13 years, students can't be taught the difference between when to use "I" and when to use "me"?

I could teach a student this on 1 11x8 piece of paper, and being generous, it would take me 2 days.