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   mom101posted 12 years ago

   Do you have a pet peeve? If you do, share with us what it is and what you think could be done to make it better.

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      Hokeyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Religionists. Maybe we could try some reeducation???? Thats what they do...

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   Chaotic Chicaposted 12 years ago

   I hate when people shuffle their feet! I don't know when I developed this irrational irritation but I did and it just makes me think that person must be so lazy if they can't even pick their feet up off the ground.
   Short of going around telling everybody to pick their feet up, I don't really think there is anything that could make this better.

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      mom101posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      You must have been raised around my papah. If I were to go thru the house dragging my heels, he would ask me are you sick or just lazy. Shoot, don't be shy in telling em.

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      Kangaroo_Jaseposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Hey CC, does this include MJ's Thriller video???? as that has MASSIVE amounts of feet shufflin......

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      timorousposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Unless they're old and feeble and can't help it

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   TheWicklessCandleposted 12 years ago

   the sound of eating, snoring, whistling, chewing gum, singing when you have no business to, booger eating.
   
   
   
   
   This is just scratching the surface though.

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      Home Girlposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Small talk with unnaturally "sweet" high pitched voice. Cannot explain though, why.

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         Chaotic Chicaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I'd venture that it's because the idea that if the sound is fake, what that person is saying is probably fake, too!

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         timorousposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Heheh...you mean the kind of voice that sounds insincere...or the kind of voice some people use while trying to elicit giggles from a baby.

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      mom101posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      twv  are you taliking about those that think they can sing so so beautiful, but aint aware that their bucket has a hole in it?

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      cosetteposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      
      
      
      "booger eating"?
      
      oh dear :x
      
      i don't like it when people chew with their mouth open. yikes.

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   lady_love158posted 12 years ago

   Inconsiderate people irritate me!

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   Disturbiaposted 12 years ago

   I made the choice to stop letting trival things annoy me a long time ago, so I no longer have what might be considered "pet peeves."

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      mom101posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      HOW????????

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   habeeposted 12 years ago

   Nose mining. Ugh!

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      Chaotic Chicaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      

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      mom101posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      then dining     YUCK and double yuck

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   Richieb799posted 12 years ago

   People constantly coming to stand over and watch me paint artwork, for example the last 3 weeks! Art can't be rushed, it needs concentration and there's no point looking at something half done

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      Rochelle Frankposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I can understand that being annoying, but people are naturally curious and want to know how you do it.
      It would be akin, however, to sitting on the park bench and writing. It would seem rude to have people come up and look over your shoulder to see what you are writing.

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   camloposted 12 years ago

   When I do my waiting job, I go to a guest, and say, 'Guten Tag! Möchten Sie schon etwas zu trinken?'
   Now, if I've never heard the guest speak, I can hardly tell by the way a guest looks if she/he will understand me ... this is Germany, and the majority of people do speak German here.
   But there a some guests who look at me as though I were absolutely crazy, and say 'WHAT?'
   I find this totally disrespectful of the country they're in, its culture, and its people. There really are better ways of letting people know you don't speak the language.

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   Rochelle Frankposted 12 years ago

   Yes, if you plan to visit a country where yours is not the first language-- it is polite to at least learn the native phrase for "Sorry, I speak only English," or ...English and French or whatever.
   The "Ugly American" is still alive, unfortunately.

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      camloposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      I'm glad to say it's not only Americans. They're from all over.
      The worst thing is, when their first language isn't even English. Anyone who doesn't recognise this from the accent automatically assumes it's a Brit or an American, which is great for our image abroad.

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         Rochelle Frankposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Speaking even a few words or sentences in someone else's language is usually very appreciated. My husband's family was German, so I learned quite a bit from them (as well as taking some classes). My speech and writing is full of mistakes, but i can read and understand fairly well.
         I live in a small town near Yosemite where we have many international visitors.  When I am in the local history museum, I often have the opportunity to surprise the German visitors in their language. (I'll never see them again.)
         They are always quite surprised and appreciative that I took the opportunity to engage them in  (limited) conversation, even though most of them do pretty well in English.
         
         Oh, and " Ich wolte eine glass Gewurtztaminer haben, bitte."

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            camloposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Yes, Germans tend to think that we're lazy as far as learning languages is concerned (not really our fault, because everywhere we go, we find people who speak our language), so I can well imagine that they're very, very surprised to find somebody speaking German in Yosemite.
            And using another language is great fun.

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    akirchnerposted 12 years ago

    I hate it when people (mostly guys - I'm sorry) spit on the sidewalk - it is so disgusting to me that I get nauseated.  I almost want to walk up and slap them up side the head and say 'didn't your mother tell you not to do that? How DISGUSTING' - when my husband does it - I do slap him and say that - so he (hardly ever) does that anymore!  Let's not even GO to the nose blowing on TV and elsewhere....what were these people, born in a barn?

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       camloposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Have you seen this Hub by Sally's Trove? I think you'd like it ...
       
       http://hubpages.com/hub/Why-Do-Guys-Spit

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    waynetposted 12 years ago

    When you put the dog out because they was whining to go out and then they want to come straight back in again within 20 seconds......oh you mean general PET peeves!
    
    Nagging women, they think they are helping, but they are not and it is so annoying that I had to get some ear plugs....yeah that helps!

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       kimberlyslyricsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       so smart with the earplugs, but I would use both peeves and have your dog bark louder than the chick of the night than train him to only bite yappy and send them off crying
       
       remember to act like he bit you too, so your stuck on floor unable to aid damnyell in distress
       
       now that's a really good pet that solves your peeves!
       
       
       
       

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    PurpleOneposted 12 years ago

    People who think they know everything!! Drives me crazy! Especially at work!

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    blondepoetposted 12 years ago

    I detest short shorts on a guy especially the runaway testicle look. Men on a beach in a G Banger. Dutch ovens and you can't escape, neighbors throwing XXXX cans at the dogs at night. Smelly breath and people who eat their boogers.
    I know this is gross but had to answer honestly.
    
    

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       camloposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       We had an SM event a few weeks ago, and the men were wearing leather trousers with the backside cut out - it was actually bare ...
       They were really nice people and everything ... but they sat on our upholstered furniture with their bare bums, which made me wonder about hygiene ...
       It was some time until I sat down on that furniture again.

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    kimberlyslyricsposted 12 years ago

    my peeve is drop by's!  Hello-even knowing I hate it still get a drop.  I have taken to not answering door or phone during my time and recommend my friends find a charitable drop box, then climb in, could be fun!
    
    They are invited to stay out, not in,
    
    unless its santos, that's a whole hot tub, I mean Hub
    
    

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       sofsposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       People who are abusive, inconsiderate and impolite!
       Just tick me off...........

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    swapna123posted 12 years ago

    Hate the I-know-it-all-You-don't way of talk. People who refuse to see the other person's view point

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    Denise Handlonposted 12 years ago

    people who talk loudly on their cell phones without considering where they are; loud 'bass' sound and rap in cars that drive slowly through parking lots-or park, as if EVERYONE enjoys that type of music; people who use the LAST of an item (staple, copy paper, form, etc) and don't bother replacing...I'm know there are plenty more, but I am brain dead from work...

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    Home Girlposted 12 years ago

    How about women wearing wide baggy shorts almost up to knees, usually denim or thin like underpants. Any woman that is wearing those, looks like she forgot to put on a dress or something. Any woman looks like she is having a huge ugly butt and this is so ugly! And so many women in Canada, esp. middle aged are wearing those ugly shorts, it's not even funny! May be because they do not see themselves from behind.

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    bayouladyposted 12 years ago

    I hate it when people stand to close to me because they have no awareness of the concept of personal space.I don't want to smell their breath or see their clogged pores. That's just too close! I feel like saying ,"Hey,this is my space.....this is MY space, back up buster!" I mean, I back up slightly and they take a step closer. Sheesh.

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    rebekahELLEposted 12 years ago

    people walking through a store yakking on their phone or standing in the grocery line while the check out person is taking care of their order. rude to the person and we really don't want to hear your conversation.

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       waynetposted 12 years agoin reply to this

       Oh that does irritate me, especially when they are yakking on their phone and stood in the way and you can't get past and you have to say "Excuse me you barsteward!"

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          rebekahELLEposted 12 years agoin reply to this

          and they're saying absolutely nothing important.

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             waynetposted 12 years agoin reply to this

             What I love to do is to shout a word down their phone, something like arse or something..... yeah that'll teach em!

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                rebekahELLEposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                I've made a few comments.. 
                I'm always extra nice to the cashier when the person in front of me is a jerk.  I guess rude people are my biggest pet peeve.

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                   waynetposted 12 years agoin reply to this

                   Yeah, there's no call for being rude in a shop at the cashier....I hated working as a cashier as you got quite a few twats who would be rude and sometimes I could get away with short changing them which was fun as they never checked their change!

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    waynetposted 12 years ago

    I hate it when my cat licks it's own money box as it really is just after a quick thrill and quite sly of them too! Naughty cats!

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    rebekahELLEposted 12 years ago

      mine is doing this right now. we have to keep the door closed during the summer with the air on. I need a doggy door!!

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