30somethingandsearching

I posted the other day about the term pet peeve and how strange I think it sounds. 

I thought today I would post about some of my pet peeves (aside from the term itself).

Patricia from Communication Exchange commented that her pet peeve is cars with the radio really loud.

- One of my biggest pet peeves is similar.  Not only cars with the radio loud, but the bass so loud that the house vibrates.  I live near a busy intersection so it is a common occurrence to feel my house vibrate and hear the windows rattle from the bass.

- Why must people mess with the exhaust of their car so that it purposely sounds like a crap car?  I cannot stand cars that intentionally make a lot of noise.  I understand that as a child, you took your toy car and made the “vroom vroom” sound, but that does not mean that your real car as an adult should also go “vroom vroom.”

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- Why must people speed up or turn suddenly to get ahead of me and then slow to a crawl?  If it was so urgent, shouldn’t you keep driving, oh say, AT the speed limit at the very least?

- Open mouth chewing and smacking noises while eating.  I do not want nor need to see your food or hear you chewing it, thanks.

- People who go on and on about their wonderful accomplishments incessantly without prompting, discussing anything else or letting anyone else speak.

- Women who are begging for compliments.  You know the type to whom I am referring.  They area size 4 and say things like, “oh my god, these jeans make me look so fat!” OR “I can’t eat that potato chip or my face will get even bigger!”  Or they are so gorgeous they could be a super model and they say things like, “I can’t believe the bags under my eyes, I can’t go out like this!”  All hoping and praying you will say, “you’re not fat!”  “You are so skinny, what are you talking about?” “You are perfect, what bags?”

- People who let their children run wild in a store.  I have been practically knocked over by these wild animal children who dodge and dart in and out of displays and around registers.  I have almost stepped on them as well.  Of course, there are some instances of a child escaping from a parent and the parent desperately trying to get hold of them, but for the most part, it is parents who don’t even pay attention.  They are focused on the shirt they are looking at and have no clue what their little beasts are doing.  Also, the ones that let their kids play with ATM machines like it’s a video game.  If you gave birth and/or are responsible for the child(ren), BE responsible for them. 

- There are others that are more general, like inconsideration, littering, lack of respect for other people’s property, violence, hate, ignorance, etc…. I could go on and on.

- Then there are computer/blogging pet peeves.  Pop-ups are a big one.  I will not drop on (Entrecard) or read a blog that has a lot of pop-ups or detours me to another site. 

How about you?  What are your biggest pet peeves?

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