That bugs me as well. Some other random pet peeves:

- People don't know the difference between "Yield" and "Merge."

- When people turn right in front of you, even though there's a 1/4 mile gap in traffic behind you.

- Parents that don't parent.

- The word "forte" is pronounced 'fort.' One syllable. Popular usage be damned.

- People who balance their check book at the ATM once they're done and you're still waiting.

People who do not look at you when they are talking to you

Wow - here's a topic I could write about all day.

Pet Peeves OF THE DAY:
- CrapIntoshes. I hate them. One day I am going to send my work Mac through the door. They are nothing but expensive paper weights.

- People who have their left turn signal on for miles while in the FAR LEFT LANE on I-95.

- Loud, obnoxious kids who don't know how to behave.

- Stupid people. I hate stupid people.

- Non vectorized art. Advise for everyone: If you found a graphic on a website, it is $#*@ and CANNOT be used for printing!!!

- While we're on the subject of work pet peeves... I hate it when people use Word or Publisher to create artwork. If I ever find the man that created Publisher.....

- People who say the word, "spelt" when they should say "spelled" ... "I 'spelt' it wrong...." You WHAT?!?!?

Here's a big one of mine:

Imagine This: You're at the gas station, in line to get some $3.88 gas when the driver of the car in front of you goes into the store....TO PREPAY (I don't know of a gas station here where you can pay after you pump)!!! This bothers me to no end. I use my American Express card virtually everywhere (hey - I want the air miles!!!) so people who have to go in and pre-pay annoys me. There should be cash only lanes or something. The best part *sarcasm* is that the last few dollars of a pre-paid approved pump take FOREVER to actually pump. GRRRR!!!!!

-- Edited by BUFWINGS at 17:55, 2008-07-17

I've been thinking about this for a couple of days and I think I came up with some valid peeves.

1. Nephews who address me without calling me "Uncle"
2. Gossip
3. Drivers who:
A. cut corners ("yo dude/dudette slow a bit down and swing wide, you all most hit my jet)
B. drive whilst on their phone (whatever your talking about, it can't be that important)
C. stop in the pedestrian lane.
D. have put mack rims on ****ty cars.
E. tailgate.
F. who have pick-up trucks and never use it as a pick-up(working) truck
4. Poseurs
5. Canned Interviews
6. Popular Culture
7. Hatred
8. Contemporary Country Music / Classic Rock / well... pretty much any music you hear on the radio on any radio station at anytime... (See 6)
9. Hollywood
10. Religious Fanatics (actually fanatics in general); they are funny though !
11. Prime Time TV (see 6)
12. People who don't know who William S. Burroughs is
14. Buildings that don't have a 13th floor

Well there you are. Peace.

-- Edited by Andrew at 09:30, 2008-07-20

-- Edited by Andrew at 09:31, 2008-07-20

Actually, I really appreciate the parents that put their toddlers on leashes.

There is a news reporter (who shall remain nameless) on one of the local TV stations who pronounces the word "kitten" as as there were no T's in it. It makes her sound like she is in second grade. I'll betcha she says "cousint" for cousin, too.

An old boyfriend of mine used to pronounce "disoriented" as disorienTATed. I know I have mentioned this one before, but it made him sound like an idiot. I don't know why word mispronounciations annoy me so much, but lately everything annoys me!

Oh, and the Amish, or any other weird religious sect.

Yesterday, one of the seniors that I transported to an appointment told me, "When I was out West, I saw where CustarD's last stand occured."

But...my number one pet peeve of all time, (and I will shut up then) is the misuse of the apostrophe. Like, for example, at a roadside fruit stand and you see a sign advertising "Strawberry's" for sale. Do they belong to Darryl Strawberry? I don't fully understand....

BrattyJenn wrote:

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There is a news reporter (who shall remain nameless) on one of the local TV stations who pronounces the word "kitten" as as there were no T's in it. It makes her sound like she is in second grade. I'll betcha she says "cousint" for cousin, too.

An old boyfriend of mine used to pronounce "disoriented" as disorienTATed. I know I have mentioned this one before, but it made him sound like an idiot. I don't know why word mispronounciations annoy me so much, but lately everything annoys me!

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 And what about the TV talking heads who say things like "The criminal was arragned in court today and pleaded guilty." Plea-Dead? What happened to plead? Whe did they rewirte the dictionary and change how verbs are conjugated?

You don't say "The horse was leaded to water" do you?

 

My pet peeve is inattentive drivers. A lot of the things mentioned here can be attributed to this.

I don't expect everyone to be the best driver in the world or drive like Mario Andretti, but can't they at least pay attention to what's going on around them?

I am so sick of people putting along in the left lane, 10 mph below the speed limit, oblivious to the line of cars behind them. They think they are sooo safe, while in reality they are the cause of many rear-end accidents.

I'm sick and tired of having to nearly come to a dead stop because someone wants to make a left turn and has to slow to a crawl BEFORE they move onto the median.

Speaking of medians, I'm tired of the guy who thinks the median is his private lane and drives along it looking for a spot to merge into traffic, instead of waiting for an opening in the first place.

And I hate minivans!!!

-- Edited by Doc Wu at 14:14, 2008-07-31

On February of 2009, televison signals will stop being broadcast in analog and will be exclusively digital. If your television service is brought to you by cable or satellite, you need not worry, the signal is automatically interpreted.

So my question is, why are they advertising this information on cable and satellite providers? Doesn't it not matter to them anymore? They did their part, they planned ahead. Stop bothering them with irellevant commercials. You might as well be broadcasting a public service announcements that say "Alcohol may cause drunkeness."

A frequent Dialog pet peeve.

Callers saying "legislator" when they mean "legislature" and vice versa.

15. People who ride bikes against traffic. You can walk or jog against traffic but riding bikes against traffic is dangerous. Wise up, it's the law.
16. Litter-bugs, this includes ciggerette butts. And to those who think that I am being petty about the ciggerette butts: look at your nearest ashtray and dump it in your dogbowl.
17. People who lack common courtesy, basic manners, and the concept of chivalry. I moved out and lived in the mid-west for 10 years and let me tell you Western New Yorkers: A majority of you are a rude lot, and irony of ironies who has to pay for that ignorance? The learnt one.
18. Remember that pill Dr. Jarvek was pushing for 3-4 years during the evening news? With the curly grey hair and puppy dog eyes? That dude sold lame ass dope for how many years too how many people only to find out that the dope he was pushing was not as effective as he claimed it to be. The TV shouldn't be pushing dope in the first place.
19.Wilson Farms.  What the hell does anything you sell have to do with a farm? Please reformulate relevence into your scheme, I am onto you.  Monkeys.
20.People who don't think that severe alcoholism and drug addiction is a disease. It is, I've seen it first hand and I seen it's bitter end.  
21.The term pet-peeve. Why the pet? Is it because the little annoyances in life stimulate us in away that provides pleasure that we can point them out? I think so.   

Phones that don't work when it's time for me to do Reason ...

People that don't know how to work a four way stop ...

Forwarded emails that haven't been "Snopes'd" ...

Tonight we went to Walmart to go food shopping (all Walmarts here in Virginia are Super Walmarts and we food shop there 99% of the time). We'd gathered a bunch of items in our cart and then stepped away from the cart to check out some items in camping/sporting goods. When we came back a few minutes later - the cart was gone. Believe it or not, this has happened to us before. But the last time, the cart stealer was kind enough to take all of our stuff out and leave it in a pile on a shelf nearby before running away with the cart. This time however, the cart and all our items ranging from cat food to a flip flop car air freshener to Flintstone vitamins were no where to be found. So we got to start all over again. Somewhere, someone in that store has all our miscellaneous items..... AND OUR SHOPPING LIST which was sitting nicely in the child seat. *sighs* Once we got home we learned that we forgot the dryer sheets and spray butter. Items that had been on the list. Had we been able to use the list. Argh.

Shopping carts are still free to use right? Why must people steal ours?

-- Edited by BUFWINGS at 21:42, 2008-08-22

This really pisses me off. The whole concept of letting "us" drill for more oil.

Whether it is offshore drilling or drilling in Anwar, it is not "we" who will be able to drill. It is the major oil companies like Exxon Mobil or BP who will be able to drill for oil. "We" are not Exxon Mobil or BP in this equation, and "we" will not be getting checks in the mail for drilling.

Now the question should be: " Should we let these oil companies drill on "our" land?"

[spoiler]PEOPLE THAT DON'T PUT A PRICE ON THE CRAP THEY ARE TRYING TO SELL BY THE ROADSIDE, ONLY A PHONE #. WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO WRITE 2 OR 3 MORE NUMBERS AS TO THE ASKING PRICE.