Pet peeve-itis. Do you have it?

by exwitless 72 Replies latest social humour

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  exwitless

  That brings up a good point: answering machine/voice mail greetings.

  OK - it's 2007. Answering machines have been out quite a while now. People do NOT need to ramble on about how to use the dang answering machine in their greeting!!! Example:

  (Spoken slowly and over-enunciated) "Hello. You've reached the Smith residence. We can't come to the phone right now, but after the beep, if you'll leave your name, number, and a brief message, we'll get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you for calling."

  DUUUUUHHHHH! I'm so glad you told me to wait for the beep and what to say. I wouldn't have had a clue what to do!!!

  Also, I hate it when people let their little kids record the greeting and/or sing a song on the greeting. You can't understand them, so you don't even know if you've called the right number. It's not cute. It's downright annoying.
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  dobbie

  LOL glad i wiped off my little boys message on the answer phone then!!(But he's actually very clear spoken!)

  Mentioned it on the other thread but HATE people touching my stomach when i'm pregnant - back off!!!

  People that don't give way to the right at roundabouts.

  Elders that call on my door despite my 'no religious callers' notice

  Okay that'll do for now lol!
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  watson

  LOL Exwitless, I hear you.

  One other thing..I hate it when people say "I hear you man."
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  dobbie

  Oh and another thing about answering phones is when you can't reach it in time and the answer phone comes on, and they wait to listen to the automated message and then put the phone down!

  It annoys me too that hubby cannot put his dirty undies in the laundry basket, he usually dumps them on the bathroom floor, and if i do mention it he chucks them across the room near the laundry basket, he can't seem to physically open the lid and put them in lol!
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  Twitch

  I hear ya, Watson

  I guess one pet peeve I have is when people tell me what I'm thinking or feeling.
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  watson

  I feel yer pain..
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  sweetface2233

  Unibrows...they are called tweezers people. Buy a pair. On the same topic, married men that walk around needing some serious grooming, i.e. long nose and ear hair. I understand that a bachelor wouldn't pay attention to those things, but if your married, YOUR WIFE SHOULD!!!!!!!
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  lola28

  Ooooooooooooooooh I have a list!

  People that chew gum and make those smacking sounds with it, I seriously want to kill you. If you are over ten why are you even chewing gum?

  When someone comes to my office to make a payment and their cell phone rings and they begin to have a conversation while there are other people waiting in for me to help them. I just want to scream "Finish your conversation when you leave you are holding everyone up"

  Screaming children, someone please make them shut up, if your kid can not behave leave it in the closet in your house and save us from having to hear her scream or cry or run around disturbing everyone.

  Men that think it's okay to scream things at you from their car or even worse those that actually park their cars and get out and try to start a conversation with you ( this happened to me this week). I just want to say "Get away from me you freak. I don't know you, I don't want to know you and if you come near me I will scream bloody murder."

  Lola
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  exwitless

  I'm with you on the gum smacking thing. I HATE that. It's equivalent to eating food with your mouth open. (I do, however, at age 33, still chew gum. Usually it's right after lunch since I work so closely with people I don't want to breathe garlic breath on them. But I do always chew politely and obscurely, and I throw it away after about an hour.)

  I also HATE the uncontrolled screaming children thing too. Now I have a child, mind you, so I'm not speaking out of place. But I would NEVER allow my child to run around, getting into things, screaming, throwing fits, or anything of the kind. I work in a doctor's office, and it always amazes me how some parents just let their kids run around in the exam room, opening up drawers, climbing onto things, whining LOUDLY that they want a sucker, opening the door of the exam room to look into the hallway, all while the doctor is trying to talk. And yet the mom just sits there carrying on a conversation like nothing's happening. Ugh!
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  Dragonlady76

  I also HATE the uncontrolled screaming children thing too. Now I have a child, mind you, so I'm not speaking out of place. But I would NEVER allow my child to run around, getting into things, screaming, throwing fits, or anything of the kind. I work in a doctor's office, and it always amazes me how some parents just let their kids run around in the exam room, opening up drawers, climbing onto things, whining LOUDLY that they want a sucker, opening the door of the exam room to look into the hallway, all while the doctor is trying to talk. And yet the mom just sits there carrying on a conversation like nothing's happening. Ugh!

  I used to hate this with a passion, then I had a kid, an autistic kid, let me tell you first hand there is no controlling them when they decide to act up. Most parents arent really ignoring the kids, they are just tired, embarrased and mortified. You can't yell at them for everything, sometimes you have to pick your battles. For me my sons autism makes it hard to do anything a normal person takes for granted, even something as mundane as going to the grocery store can be a daunting task. My husband and I no longer go out to dinner with our son because we feel bad for the other diners, now he does not act up all the time but he can be annoying to others. I no longer look down upon parents with unruly kids, I empathize with them. I do however think that parents should apologize to others if it's obvious to them that the kids are annoying or upsetting others, better yet they should have the kids do it.