Name a pet peeve, go!

[kairos12]

People who respond to your thank you by saying "no problem."

[rzemanfl]

1. Donald Drumpf. n/t

[brewens]

2. I say "no charge man" sometimes. LOL n/t

[Lunabell]

3. Driving slow in the left lane.

I also hate tailgating so I just sit several car lengths behind and seethe. Lol

[Ptah]

4. People asking for my pet peeve.

[brush]

42. Hahahahahahahaha!

[Meadowoak]

5. People that don't wash their hands.

[klook]

51. People who say "People that" instead of "People who."

[wasupaloopa]

6. Going in and out of cell service

There are large parts of our town where there is no cell service for AT&T

[IrishEyes]

7. People who sing and hum in public to music that is only in their heads.

[smirkymonkey]

19. That drives me crazy.

Especially if they can't carry a tune, and most of them can't.

[Siwsan]

8. People who over (and mis) use the word "awesome"

It grates on my last bad nerve because the word has lost all meaning.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

9. Clarence was my pet peeve. Unfortunately he ran away!😢

[kairos12]

11. Haha. Very good!

[matt819]

10. Packaging

1. Plastic or plastic-type packaging that doesn't stay crumbled up when you smush it up.

2. Cherries at the grocery store. Sold by the pound, packaged by the bag. Yes, I'm the one who overloads the other bags so that I'm not buying 3 pounds of cherries.

3. Agree with you on "no problem."

4. Long voicemail greetings and painfully long IVR directions.

5. "Please listen carefully as our options have changed." I haven't called before. I have no idea what the fucking options are. Just tell me. No need for a preamble.

6. In voicemail greetings, telling me you're away from the phone or doing something in particular. I don't care. You're probably in the bathroom anyway.

7. Zip-loc product packaging that is made unusable because by the time you finished tearing off the top strip, the entire package is ruined.

8. That's it for now. I'm going to assist other customers.

[Aristus]

12. Patients who don't know how to ask for what they want.

All the time, I have patients who show up on my schedule with 'full physical exam'. When I get them into the exam room, they don't want a full physical; their ear hurts, or something.

Do they not know how to say 'ear pain' to the scheduler?

Do they think by asking for a full physical exam that I'll somehow stumble across their problem in the course of examining them from head to toe?


I know some medical providers whose 'full' physical exams are laughably cursory. But mine are complex and time-consuming, and require a lot of preparation. It's nice to know ahead of time what kind of exam I'm going to be doing.

[nocoincidences]

13. Drivers on cellphones in SUVs.

[skypilot]

14. People who barge into an elevator...

...without waiting for people to get out first. This literally just happened to me for the umpteenth time at my job.

As for the "no problem" thing, this one seems to come up in every "pet peeve" thread I've seen on DU. It has never bothered me. I like the fact that people have different ways of responding to a thank you:

"You're welcome."
"No problem."
"You bet."
"Sure thing."
"You got it."

I kinda like them all.

[smirkymonkey]

20. That doesn't really bother me either.

As long as they acknowledge me. I am guilty of saying np from time to time, especially at work in IMs, but usually say You're welcome verbally.

[Initech]

15. People who say "I don't want to get political here..."

And then proceed to spew the most hateful right wing garbage you've ever heard.

Same with "I'm not racist, but..."

[NoPasaran]

16. People who respond to texts with k

Is it that freakin' hard to to type OK (itself already an abbreviation)?

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41. That doesn't bother me. Isn't the idea to communicate well with the fewest keystrokes?

[Docreed2003]

59. I hate that too

[Behind the Aegis]

17. "Some of my best friends are..."

(Usually followed by, "I don't mean to offend you, but...&quot

Oh, and straight men who feel the need to ask me; "How's it hanging?" I am sometimes tempted to say, "Follow me to the john and find out for yourself. Seeing is believing!"

[brush]

40. Hahahahahaha! Better not try that.

[Control-Z]

18. Reading would of, could of and should of,

on DU. We have a smart community here so I'm pretty sure it is force of habit for most DUers who make this mistake. Still, it makes me crazy.

[OnDoutside]

55. +1 And ...

He done it. I know he done it, cos I seen him. Ugh.

[flotsam]

21. People i do a favor for

who thank me and when I say "No problem" they cop an attitude. How fucking petty can you be?

[Control-Z]

61. What kind of attitude?

I'm not familiar with this response, I don't think. Perhaps I know it but have forgotten. Will you explain a bit more?

[flotsam]

65. Well, say the poster that started this thread....N/T

[Skittles]

22. whistling

STFU already!

[Karadeniz]

23. The difference between lie and lay...very tricky since lay is the past tense of lie...but it cane

be done!

[Zoonart]

63. Grammar police...

LOL...
oh and LOL.

[smirkymonkey]

24. When you are on a relatively empty subway car, with plenty of seating, and someone

gets on and sits right next to you.

[brush]

39. That's similar to mine. I hate it when I make sure I'm away from other cars in a...

near empty parking lot and someone pulls into the spot right next to my car.

I had that happen and the idiot got out and bumped my door with his door.

[frogmarch]

25. People who assume I'm old

because I use a walker. Okay, I'm 75 and my back is a mess because of degenerative discs, but it irks me whenever someone, say a stranger in a waiting room trying to make casual conversation, looks at my walker and says to me, "Getting old sucks, doesn't it?"

I had been responding to such comments by giving my legs a pat and saying, "Motorcycle" or "Sky diving." The last time someone made a comment like that to me, I said, "Dang bull threw me." (I think I like that one best.)

[Historic NY]

26. Ok no problem....

what am I supposed to say thank you to thank you.......

[femmedem]

27. Never named any of my pets Peeve. Named 'em Mia Feral, Meryl Feral, Phoebe, Snug, Willie White Shoes

but never Peeve. Maybe the next one!

[sdfernando]

28. When people "I could care less"....

when they really mean "I couldn't care less".

[Control-Z]

62. When it is said in a movie or hit TV series.

It is written into the script, for Christ's sake. More than one or two people read it. They rehearse it in front of many people, groups of people even. These are professionals. I just don't understand how such an obvious mistake could be overlooked by so many.

[Ponietz]

29. People who stand in doorways

[JudyM]

36. Lol

[juxtaposed]

30. women or men who scream during hard times, air turbulence, car crashes

national disasters, train wrecks . Anything where control is of the utmost importance .... Just a pet peeve of mine.

[fierywoman]

31. Big SUVs who park in compact parking spaces.

[virgogal]

32. People who take up too much room on a wide street while waiting

to turn left,preventing anyone from going straight ahead or turn right.

[LAS14]

33. People who don't respond to the question asked.

Instead of a conversation you get ships passing in the night. A frequent problem on DU.

[FM123]

34. People who ask, "but where are you from, originally?"

[Iggo]

44. I'm in SoCal, and I answer that one with, "No really. I'm from right here."

Truly amazing how many people don't make the connection with all the cities and streets with Spanish names, even when they absolutely know the connection.

[Generic Brad]

35. People who invade my personal space

If I didn't invite you in - don't touch me or hover over me!

[madamesilverspurs]

37. Quick check-out cheaters

The ones who have an overflowing cart that exceeds the item limit, and those who have just a couple of items but have their kids or spouse run up with armloads of stuff. Hate to be so petty, but it's especially rude to those of us for whom standing is often painful.

Then there was the cashier who chased me out of that line because he claimed my items exceeded the limit. The limit was 12 items, and my cart held 13, the 13th being my oxygen tank. Yeesh.

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[bluecollar2]

38. People who can't make change.

Hand me the damn change, then the Bill's, then the damn receipt.

It's not fucking rocket science....

Oh, and people who can't figure out how to put the grocery cart in the collection area...

[Sanity Claws]

43. Poor grammar

Misusing an apostrophe
Confusing they're and their
Confusing its and it's
Confusing you're and your

You get the idea.

[Iggo]

45. Using the subjective form of a personal pronoun as the object of a preposition.

That one makes me want to take hostages.

[GReedDiamond]

46. Huh? I speak english, but not that well...

...I guess. I haven't taken an english class for over 45 years.*

Can you post an example?

*And when I was in english class, I was quite stoned.

[tblue37]

48. He means something like "between you and I." nt

[Iggo]

50. tblue37 is correct.

Personal Pronouns
Subjective* -- Objective

I -- me
you -- you
he -- him
she -- her
we -- us
they -- them

(*I've also seen the word Nominative used instead of Subjective, which is probably correct.)

In sentences like "They brought food for him and me," there's a recent(?) tendency among American speakers to instead say "They brought food for he and I" or "They brought food for him and I."

Prepositions take an object. In the above example, the preposition is "for" and the prepositional phrase is "for him and me," with "him and me" being the object of the preposition.

The problem that I talked about in the previous reply, the use of the subjective form of a personal pronoun as the object of a preposition, really only comes up in that kind of circumstance, where there is a series of personal pronouns (he and I) or of a proper name and a personal pronoun (Susie and I) as the object of a preposition. Nobody ever says "They brought food for I."

And now that I've taken the long way around and said way too much about this, I'll shut up.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

[tblue37]

47. This is my cat Peeve. nt

[Beringia]

49. Giant nonprofits like Humane Society and Center for Biological Diversity

who are happy to take your money, but won't answer your questions when you email them.

[randr]

52. Leap day in February

Of all the months to make longer.
Put it the day after the 4th of July or Labor Day. No work , no interest charged, a free day for all.

[OnDoutside]

53. The current penchant for only tying the top button on your

suit jacket, quite often meaning the bottom of their tie is hanging down. It looks incredibly stupid.

[Faux pas]

54. Willful ignorance

[Sneederbunk]

56. Disclaimers at the end of radio commercials.

[Laffy Kat]

57. I know! Bugs me, too.

It's like they're doing YOU a favor by doing their job. I check people in all day at the clinic and always try to make them feel like we are thrilled to see them walk in the door: eye contact, smile, welcome, provide service, show gratitude.

[IcyPeas]

58. people who double park

[Lady Freedom Returns]

60. Doctor's who take their sweet time calling you back!

[qazplm135]

64. people who make lists of pet peeves