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January 16, 2013 at 8:35 pm #782294
squareeyesParticipantWow, a thread I started made it to 100 posts! That makes me so happy.
I use the word “action” as a verb. I’ve been told that’s irritating, therefore a peeve to others. Picked it up when I lived in New Zealand where it appeared to be normal business-speak and have never broken the habit. It just works so perfectly. However, I hate when people use “caveat” as a verb, and “fluke” as anything other than a stroke of good luck (not counting the flatworm definition).
Anytime a Forum thread ends with something I post I wonder if it’s my fault. Sort of how sometimes in a social environment people in a conversation are struck dumb by a comment and then slowly back away. Not a peeve, just a curiosity.
Quick – somebody please post something!
January 16, 2013 at 8:45 pm #782295
SarahScootParticipant“Anytime a Forum thread ends with something I post I wonder if it’s my fault. Sort of how sometimes in a social environment people in a conversation are struck dumb by a comment and then slowly back away. Not a peeve, just a curiosity.”
I totally know what you mean. Like everyone is Internet-side-eyeing you, and figuring out an excuse to leave.
But no worries, now I’m the last poster!
And for the record, “action” as a verb would drive me crazy. Before I read your explanation, I was thinking it sounded like corporate-speak, which I can’t stand, but have to hear every day. *Shudder*
January 16, 2013 at 9:00 pm #782296
amaliaParticipantUgh, I sympathize; you wouldn’t believe the corporate (actually, pseudo-corporate) speak I get in emails! Today: “We need to be on que for our clients.” Do you mean in queue? Or that we need to perform on cue? Or are you just asking, “que”? As in “what” [the heck are you trying to say]?
January 16, 2013 at 9:08 pm #782297
SeekingEurosParticipantPre-post editing….. I decided it was better not to say what I was going to say.
January 16, 2013 at 10:07 pm #782298
B-squaredParticipantWhat a fun thread! Most of mine have been covered and I have learned of a few things that I do that annoy others – who knew?
I’d like to add that general situational awareness seems to be in short supply – best example I can give is when someone takes the escalator and stops at the top to decide where to go. Hello? Step to the side!!!! Same thing when walking into a store! There doesn’t seem to be any awareness that other folks even exist.
And speaking of cell phone calls, why is it that someone talking on a cell phone, loud enough to be heard by all, is more annoying than two people conversing together? Or is it just me who finds it more annoying?
January 16, 2013 at 10:26 pm #782299
bsmommaParticipant“LOL”…..for the love of goodness just put Hahaha
Loud Chewers/chompers and/or talking with food in your mouth. It literally makes me what to FREAK OUT!
Crunching of ice. Just the thought sends chills up my spine!
And last but not least……. “Really?? Really.” Especially when said by a particular person.
January 16, 2013 at 11:11 pm #782300
miwsParticipant….why is it that someone talking on a cell phone, loud enough to be heard by all, is more annoying than two people conversing together? Or is it just me who finds it more annoying?
No, you aren’t.
And, my long held theory on the annoyance factor of just hearing the one side of the conversation, is the desire/curiosity to be able to hear the whole conversation.
Mike
January 16, 2013 at 11:36 pm #782301
JKBParticipantsquareeyes: you can verb any noun
January 16, 2013 at 11:50 pm #782302
JanSParticipantbsmomma…you would have a really hard time at the dialysis clinic I go to. We have an ice machine..because ice, when melted is not as much fluid as a cup of water, and we have to restrict fluid intake. Everyone there chews on ice (the patients)…it’s addicting, it’s sort of like our popcorn…the ice is small and very crunchable…hehehe…
January 17, 2013 at 1:52 pm #782303
TanDLParticipantTotally agree with the escalator thing. Love when you are about to run into someone stopped at the top of an escalator and you try to get their attention to avoid a collision… “excuse me, EXCUSE ME.” And they turn around and give you an annoyed look as you and the people behind you plow into them.
January 17, 2013 at 5:20 pm #782304
lcfaulkenberryMemberI agree with all of these peeves & bus behavior is sometimes bizarre. What is the deal with people bringing a meal in tubberware with utensils and then eating their breakfast/lunch on a packed bus? Also, when people leave the volume turned up on their phones when their notifications are going off every 2 seconds!
January 17, 2013 at 5:23 pm #782305
DBPMember► Guys who share an e-mail address with their wife
► Guys who have to get “permission” from their wife before they can hang out
► Guys who call (or get called by) their wife every half hour just to make sure everyone knows where everyone is and what everyone’s doing
January 17, 2013 at 5:39 pm #782306
westcoastdebParticipantOh the phone ringer thing! I cannot stand that. If you are looking at your phone and carrying on a text conversation with someone, why do you need it to make a noise every minute to alert you that you are, indeed, having a conversation?
*rageface*
January 17, 2013 at 6:12 pm #782307
CaitParticipantDBP – as someone who is about to become a wife, can I just say that type of stuff pisses me off too! If I cared about what my husband was doing that much I’d be bored to tears and I would deserve it!
January 17, 2013 at 6:52 pm #782308
DBPMemberGood on you, Cait. If you ever need any marital advice, your friends on the Blog are here for you.
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And remember ladies: If you put a collar on a dog, don’t be surprised when he turns into one needy little puppy.
January 17, 2013 at 7:16 pm #782309
EmmyJaneParticipantText messaging at inappropriate hours. The same rules for inappropriate times to call should be followed for text messages. We got four text messages this morning before 7! A text message wakes me up just as much as a phone call.
January 17, 2013 at 7:33 pm #782310
AARParticipantHi! I’m a newbie poster but have scanned this blog since moving to Seattle a little over a year ago. I have to say that this post has made my frustrating work day much more bearable, so thank you! My biggest pet peeve is unnecessary repetitive noise (i.e. clicking a pen cap, water dripping, etc). Probably sounds trivial to many, but it sets me on edge. Anyway, fantastic thread here! I may have to visit it occasionally when I need a pick-me-up.
January 18, 2013 at 1:05 am #782311
acemotelParticipantamalia: ha ha ha
also, when someone says “utilize” rather than “use”
and, poorly-copy-edited paperback books. I have an urge to get out the red pen and then I lose the train of thought.
January 18, 2013 at 3:09 am #782312
deb.lynnMembermy pet peeve is a poster who tells us that if we posts more than 3 pet peeves she will will be annoyed.
January 24, 2013 at 4:38 am #782313
librarianMemberMy decidedly trivial peeve is people whe call Schmitz Park School — Schmitz.
January 24, 2013 at 6:43 am #782314
QueenieParticipantMine is those novelty plastic shopping carts in grocery stores with a car up front. To judge from my experiences with parents using them they cannot be successfully steered, which is not surprising since they’re like 8 feet long. Worse, in a lot of stores the aisles are too narrow to allow a normal cart to pass along side one of them. There has been more than one time that I’ve given up and turned around, gone down another aisle and then back down the original aisle from the other end just to get whatever I was after.
This is all made even worse by the fact that the plastic car bit is usually occupied by kids who are screaming like they are on a Disney ride and the cart is being piloted by an mother that is either obliviously operating under the assumption that since she can’t see her children at that exact moment they have ceased to exist, or is so desperately trying to strong arm the cart into turning without crashing into a display of soup cans that she doesn’t have the left over focus to make even a token attempt to corral her progeny.
January 24, 2013 at 7:41 pm #782315
tom kelleyParticipantI’m delighted to see this thread back.
January 24, 2013 at 8:18 pm #782316
WSratsinacageMemberSort of related to your earlier one tom, people who sit at the stop light waiting to turn left, in the middle of the lane, so no one behind them can go straight or turn right.
People waiting to turn left across a 2 or 4 lane road, at a stop sign, while traffic backs up behind them. Falls under my pet peeve: ignorant and selfish people.
January 24, 2013 at 8:28 pm #782317
Spring ChickenMemberViagra commercials!
Working in a small office with people who use too much cologne!
Muzak or ads when you get put on Hold!
Windows 8!!!!!
January 24, 2013 at 8:54 pm #782318
tom kelleyParticipantHow about the people in the super market, express lane who, when given the total, start rooting their purse for the exact change. It’s the express lane people.
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