Can't Stand It!

Badseed, at least your lady said "Excuse me". I was in a store the other day and moved to get out of someone's way and she stood right in front of me. Of course I was the person that said "Excuse me". I'm not real fond of rudeness either.

I don't know that I can say that this is a funny!!! thread, but I read all and agree with most. I have never smoked but lived with a not considerate smoker for 50 years. Now in my fairly new house no one smokes. And i do hate the phone saying select, one, two, three. etc/ and then again after one has pushed whatever number wanted. And inconsiderate and rude people. Donna

LOL Kikisdad, You better go in and edit that one again. You left out the space after the first comma. ;)

My pet peeves are too numerous to list here. So mostly I decided that I let too many things get under my skin and that I needed to lighten up and not be so judgemental. It worked....now I am just mental.

OK, I smoke. So does DW. But never in anybody's house who doesn't. Never toss butts out the car window. Put your ashtray emptying in the McDonalds bag and in thier trash. Tobacco will be outlawed soon. Then alchohol. Then I will hide in the woods with my Nicotene plantation and my Still. I may be too drunk to hit what I'm aiming at but I got lots of bullets. Save us from ourselves. Frank.

Another pet peeve.......It just happened to..I'm getting ready for bed and I go and get a small glass of Orange Juice. Get my glass open the fridge and pick up the container.........and it might have 2 drops left in it.......augggggh......my son did it again.....gosh I hate that. Why can't kids throw away empty containers instead of putting them back in the fridge???....Is this an inbred quality or what?

To bad they don't do that with there clothes.........
Dee

Willow you are not the only one with a son. Phantom of the fridge.

I can't stand people who cheat on their spouces around me, around me at work,and when they ask me to cover for them.

Edited for spelling.Ernie

This message was edited Dec 1, 2003 10:36 PM

eweed - I had this happen to me a few years ago. I friend - I thought we were close friends - started cheating on her husband and making lunch with me, or gardening with me, or etc... with me, the excuse for where she spent her day. I asked her not to use me as her excuse, but she kept on anyway. It went on for months, and finally I couldn't go to her house because I just couldn't face her husband. She is also the one who turned me against call-waiting. She kept that d--- cell phone plugged in to her ear everywhere because she didn't want to miss a call from "him". It got so we couldn't carry on a conversation on the phone or in person. I finally stopped being friends with her. It seems like a harsh thing to do, unforgiving and all, but I am not a good liar and I hated feeling trapped in the situation. It was like I was condoning it, which I was not. I miss her. I miss the fun we used to have before "he" entered the picture. OK - this had nothing to do with pet peeves, sorry.... Thanks for listening. This situation has always bothered me.....

HoneyGirl, You may miss your friend, but friends don't have the right to use you like that. You did the best thing and dumped her.

I would never put a friend of mine "On the spot" like that. What would have happend if her husband suspected and asked you about it......oh my, I can imagine the reprecussions of that already. The frindship was lost when she did that to you.........and it is a peeve. It would be to me.
Dee

I agree, no friend has the right to do what she did to you. I would have dumped her too. I feel very strongly about being faithful to ones spouse and what she was doing was wrong. You can forgive her but that doesn't mean that you need to put yourself in an uncomfortable situation. Besides forgiveness is meant for people who are truly sorry for what they've done and it sounds to me as she was still being unfaithful when you decided to end your friendship. I'm almost positive if she came to you today and asked for forgiveness and she was being faithful and was truly sorry that you would find it in your heart to forgive her and probably be her friend again. Cheer up!

I cannot stand hair around foo, the bathroom sinks, and the kitchen sink...When I was in elementary school. there was this unclean and unkempt girl who sucked on her hair...and to this day.......YUUUCCCHHHHHHH! Another nasty, are those people who just stand anywhere in a traffic path.....not using their noggins, .....maybe move to the side, please! Elaine

Honeygirl, I can imagine how that would upset you. You did the right thing, apparently the friendship was one sided, or she would have respected your feelings and not involved you.

I have a very dear friend who had an affair with another friend of mine. Knowing how I feel about the whole affair thing, neither one ever felt the need to confide in me or to in any way involve me in the affair. When you get right down to it, I really didn't "KNOW" it was going on, anymore than their spouses (although I'd have to have been stupid not to realize). Also, I made a decision not to ask questions.

These two are now married to each other, and it's the best thing that could have happened to either one of them. Both were in intolerable marriages to begin with, which is no excuse ... I'm still a little squeamish about how it happened.

Anyway, the friendships survived because everyone respected everyone else's feelings. It's not about passing judgment or being unforgiving, it's about defending yourself and your feelings.

Cheri'

ROSELAINE - You hit a major nerve with that! Absolutely the WORST are the ones that ride to the top of an escalater, step off and stop, apparently just to look around! I use a cane(bad hips, knees, etc)and you just can't imagine the temptation to poke them in the b-tt. LOL

Names

I cringe when someone who doesn't know me addresses a letter or me in person by my first name, especially in the shortened form (when my name has been spelled out correctly previously). What's even worse is that they spell both the long and shortened forms wrong, I try hard not to misspell anyone's name or nickname (although it has happened on occasion and I apologised for it). It's my choice to allow someone to use a familiar name not everyone elses perogative *G*.

Even when people use my surname with a title, I cringe when it's assumed I'm a Mrs or Ms. I usually reply, 'It's Miss, definitely Miss, I've always been missed'. I may be of an age where marriage is expected but I'm not the only spinster of the parish!

Gardenwife

Oooopppssss *G* I can see myself in many posts here being the offender but almost certainly I'm your pet peeve. I didn't ask if the group of ladies I addressed one day if they were pregnant, but I did assume and they knew I had ... very embarrassing (which I fully deserved) and I learned my lesson.

As the old management cliche says; Assume - makes and A** out of U and Me. It's wrong assumption that is often the cause of a peeve.

This world we're a'livin' in is mighty hard to beat.
You get a thorn with every rose.
But ain't the roses sweet?

:o)

Thanks for your words of support.... I needed that !

Can't stand people who can't converse with more than one persom at a time. Usually caused because the offender is so busy listening to their own oratory they can't hear the rest of the group.

Sometimes I just quietly go on about my business about the third time it is my turn to speak and coworker loud mouth runs over me.

I have noticed these people usually have to have eye contact with whoever they are talking AT at the moment. Ernie

Eeewwwww Ernie, thanks for bringing that one up!! Has anyone else noticed, customer service people HAVE to be right and just keep talking louder than you and don't give you a chance to speak?!?!!? Arrrggghhhhh!!

Badseed As a matter of fact I have but I figured out a long time ago if one has to raise the volume on you it is either to intimadate you or a shallow attempt to magnify the importance of the speaker at least in his mind.Ernie

LOL I had to deal with this yesterday. So I just listened to her redundantly repeat herself at a deafening volume until she finally asked if I was there. So I told her I would answer her when she took a breath and would let me complete a sentence. ROTF

GOOD ONE Badseed!! Telemarketers that address me by my first name are the worst. My reply? "Excuse me, do I know you? I ask because only my friends address me by my first name". There is usually only a stunned silence on the other end. LOL

very funny Patischelle. I'll have to try and remember that loine

Perfume, perfume perfume....especially when you can smell it 30 feet away (literally). Besides the fact that most of it just plain STINKS, it gives me severe sinus inflamation. I don't mind being around smokers, but I run far far away from people who wear too much perfume.

I have many pet peeves. People who drive in the passing lane doing under the speed limit would be #l. Also rude people. Manners are about the only thing we have that are free. People talking on cell phones in public places rates up there pretty high too. Crying and disrupting kids drive me up the wall. Have many more but better quit. I'm getting madder than I was. lol

Busniess people who allow their employees to ship your orders without putting your purchase order number in the provided spot on the packing slip. I need that pc of information to tie it to the order it was for so I can check the contents to be sure we got the stuff we asked for and it is all there.

I also need to direct the goods to a particular person and job and can't do that by guessing. Their failure to do this causes me a lot of wasted time.

Sometimes I call the offender and ask them to fax a copy of a proper packing slip with po number because I can't authorize the shipment for payment without proper documentation. Wow the fax lights up.

Now really how hard can that be they don't forget to send the bill. Ernie