Pet hates, peeves, and bugbears!

[The Black Rabbit]

Celebrity chefs.
Especially the "squashed Bee Gee" on ITV right now.
Grrrrrr
Rantypants doug

[jdurbo]

Calm down rantypants!!!!
Boy racers in silly cars.
People looking in my window as they walk past! (so rude!)

jen xxx

[The Black Rabbit]

agree with the boy racers, be they mis life crisis boy racers in their expensive sports cars, or the 17year olds in their vauxhall novas (novae?!!) with the huge spoilers, exhausts and bangin' woofers. Ya get me?

While I'm busting blood vessels all over the place...
Those noisy, very noisy tiny little engined scooters, revving up near me.

Phew...

Annndddd relax.
Doug

[Wightman]

Originally Posted by HowlinWolf

Just one or two that immediately spring to mind:

1. People who repeatedly brag about the value of their house/pension (sad/boring)
2. Using text abbreviations in emails (lazy)
3. People being late (stealing my time)
4. The use of "your" when they mean "you're" (you are). Mostly from across the pond
5. Again, from across the pond, the use of "then" when it should be "than". For example "more then you can eat".
6. All soap operas.

There are more, but life's too short.

HW

Number 4 especially drives me mad

Waiting for a drink at the bar while people walk straight in and get served.
People blatently littering the countryside and the streets.

[Dan Salter]

Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman

Hi All,

In a rather grumpy mood this morning so I thought I'd find out what things, no matter how small, really get up your nose.

I'll kick off with a touchy subject of mine and that's bad spelling, grammar and sentence structure. I'm not talking accidental typos but consistent clangers and text speak. Also, don't get me started on people who use 'like' in completely inappropriate places, e.g. I was like down at the shops. You either were or you weren't there is no like. It's almost as bad as, whatever. Bloomin Americans.

Enjoy the last day of summer folks, in two months Christnas will be over

Cheers,

Adam

I agree with this one, as it is one of my pet hates as well. I admit my punctuation and grammer when typing at lightning speed on the net is terrible, but other than the odd speed typing induced typo i get really annoyed with bad spelling or the wrong word used altogether. Infact on WAB there is some horrendous spelling/word use and command of the Queens English...i nearly posted a thread about it but thought better of it as i suspect a lot of the guilty are dyslexic. I started to wonder why the "nature loving" world had such an abundance of people who cant spell ? i wondered did we ALL bunk off school and skip homework and spelling tests to go out hunting sloworms ( is it to ww?..oh the irony)..i also suspect ,a bit like myself i was bullied all through my school years for a multitude of reasons which made me become a bit of a recluse/loner so i would take myself off to the woods or the fields or the river alone and immerse myself in the friendly world of nature..maybe a lot of us had a similar background? (although i was top in my class at English so i guess thats not a good example)..I also suspect that the users on WAB that particularly irritate me may be of some foreign origin and english is their second language so they can be excused...and some of the howlers are so bad they actually make me chuckle....my fave this week i keep seeing is "Yoused" ! classic !

[galanthus]

Originally Posted by jdurbo

People looking in my window as they walk past! (so rude!)

jen xxx

OMG , I am so guilty of that one I love animal and plant watching, however, I also love people watching and I find it impossible to pass a lit room during the evening without glancing in I may have to review this practise/practice ?? <--- getting paranoid now lol.

[The Black Rabbit]

Originally Posted by Dan Salter

I agree with this one, as it is one of my pet hates as well. I admit my punctuation and grammer when typing at lightning speed on the net is terrible, but other than the odd speed typing induced typo i get really annoyed with bad spelling or the wrong word used altogether. Infact on WAB there is some horrendous spelling/word use and command of the Queens English...i nearly posted a thread about it but thought better of it as i suspect a lot of the guilty are dyslexic. I started to wonder why the "nature loving" world had such an abundance of people who cant spell ? i wondered did we ALL bunk off school and skip homework and spelling tests to go out hunting sloworms ( is it to ww?..oh the irony)..i also suspect ,a bit like myself i was bullied all through my school years for a multitude of reasons which made me become a bit of a recluse/loner so i would take myself off to the woods or the fields or the river alone and immerse myself in the friendly world of nature..maybe a lot of us had a similar background? (although i was top in my class at English so i guess thats not a good example)..I also suspect that the users on WAB that particularly irritate me may be of some foreign origin and english is their second language so they can be excused...and some of the howlers are so bad they actually make me chuckle....my fave this week i keep seeing is "Yoused" ! classic !

I am learning to get over my dismay at this.
Unless the poor grammar, spelling or use of apostrophes is printed on a sign, and left there.

Just for you Dan....

Doug

[matt_xyz]

what a popular thread this is. I didn't realise us WABbers were so grumpy

Text speak in e-mails and letters is a particular pet hate of mine, I genuinely worry that a significant proportion of our teenagers are losing the ability to spell and write correctly!

I'm a university academic so regularly get e-mails from prospective students asking about entry requirements and so on and the majority of British students will let text speak creep into the e-mails at some point. Lower case 'i' instead of 'I', 'u' instead of 'you', '2' instead of 'to' etc. Gone are the days when students thought they actually had to try to impress us The sad thing is that they don't realise this sort of language doesn't impress us. They think it is perfectly acceptable.

On a more serious note, I have a real issue with anti-social behaviour which seems to pervade our society these days. There's no answer to it and the kids who do it know that they have all the power. The police come if called, but it's always too late. Grrr...

I could go on...

Matt

[jdurbo]

Originally Posted by galanthus

OMG , I am so guilty of that one I love animal and plant watching, however, I also love people watching and I find it impossible to pass a lit room during the evening without glancing in I may have to review this practise/practice ?? <--- getting paranoid now lol.

Its not the looking i mind, its when people stare the whole lengh of the house through the window.

jen xxx

[agrumpycow]

I suppose I really ought to add to this one given my name!

I have many many pet hates but Ill narrow it down to a couple:

People behind the till in shops who talk to someone else while they're serving you, or talk on their mobile phone!
and
Driver's who drive so close behind me that I can't see their bonnet in the misguided belief that it will make me drive faster

[briar rose]

Sorry to those of you who hate bad punctuation, grammer and spelling, being dyslexic, it's not easy to get things right, but I try

Yep, the use of haitch instead of aitch.

Parents who think it's cute when their kids run riot in the supermarkets, or tell them NO, then let them get on with whatever it was they were doing.

Able bodied morons who park in disabled bays, leaving us who struggle, to walk from the other end of the car park, we are issued with blue badges for a reason, aarrgghh

My Mothers snobbery, she is a typical Hyacinth Bucket, there are way too many examples to put on here, but believe me, Hyacinth has got nothing on her.

There must be many, many more, but this isn't doing my blood pressure one jot of good

[demicav]

Originally Posted by agrumpycow

I suppose I really ought to add to this one given my name!


Driver's who drive so close behind me that I can't see their bonnet in the misguided belief that it will make me drive faster

Just do what my other half does, slow down even more .

[agrumpycow]

Originally Posted by demicav

Just do what my other half does, slow down even more .

I do!! I love watching the frustration in his face in my rearview mirror (and it is usually a man, sorry!)

[Blackbrook Eye]

People who never seem to stop moaning

[cherrybee]

Originally Posted by galanthus

Very true mh68.

...and while we're on the rude subject, I also have low regard for people who barge their trolley into people in the supermarket and block the shelves with them while they take 10 minutes to choose their cheese.

Hear hear.2 of my daughters always say "like" It annoys the hell out of me but when I let them know they do it all the more.Some of the other like and “init” and “Know what I mean” etc.They are grown up with kids of their own too
Only trouble is I hear some of it so often I have even found myself saying some of them

[cherrybee]

Originally Posted by agrumpycow

I suppose I really ought to add to this one given my name!
Driver's who drive so close behind me that I can't see their bonnet in the misguided belief that it will make me drive faster

I had a dirty great lorry do this on a stretch of coutry road.Made me so mad as the road winds a lot and is narrow so if I had to slam the brakes on for any reason I would have been a gonnerI slowed right down and crawled along at 20 miles an hour until I got to my turning.Made my day when I kept hearing his hydrolic brakes and having to change down a gear.I can be an evil moo
Another thing lorry drivers do that annoy me is when you overtake them in the outside lane.They look down, see a woman driver and increase thier speed

[demicav]

Originally Posted by cherrybee

I had a dirty great lorry do this on a stretch of coutry road.Made me so mad as the road winds a lot and is narrow so if I had to slam the brakes on for any reason I would have been a gonnerI slowed right down and crawled along at 20 miles an hour until I got to my turning.Made my day when I kept hearing his hydrolic brakes and having to change down a gear.I can be an evil moo
Another thing lorry drivers do that annoy me is when you overtake them in the outside lane.They look down, see a woman driver and increase thier speed

Another thing that lorry drivers do is cut you off on the motorway, I mean who's going to argue with a huge lorry.

[agrumpycow]

Originally Posted by demicav

Another thing that lorry drivers do is cut you off on the motorway, I mean who's going to argue with a huge lorry.

And lorry drivers who refuse to move over or match your speed so you have a hell of a job joining the motorway safely.

[naturelover]

when i tell my grandaughter to leave my plants alone and she grins and dose it again, shouldnt moan she is only two,but i do get cross cant help it,grrrrrrrrr,when kiddies want sweets in a supper market and mummy says NO and the kid screems all round the shop,that makes me grrrrrrrrrr as well,my father in law keep saying huh or what and i have to keep repeating myself,grrrrrrrrrr,my husband when he dosnt put his plate in the washing up water, and dosnt put his chair back under the table,when i go to the fridge for the milk,or orange and its emtey,me being the only one in my house to sort the recyleing bins out and take them out on bin day,filling my roater line up and then it rains,i could go on and on and on but i wont too boring.

[Wild-Woman]

Lateness and chewing gum.

[Dan Salter]

Originally Posted by The Black Rabbit

I am learning to get over my dismay at this.
Unless the poor grammar, spelling or use of apostrophes is printed on a sign, and left there.

Just for you Dan....

Doug

See now i would not be able to stop myself going into the shop to point out their stupid sign to them!

[Dan Salter]

Originally Posted by briar rose

Sorry to those of you who hate bad punctuation, grammer and spelling, being dyslexic, it's not easy to get things right, but I try

Yep, the use of haitch instead of aitch.


There must be many, many more, but this isn't doing my blood pressure one jot of good

GETS ME EVERY TIME ! <