Pet hates, peeves, and bugbears!

[Dan Salter]

Originally Posted by jdurbo

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

jen xxx

Im confuzzled?..do you live in a glass house or do you have a window running the entire length of your house?...

2 things you might try....wear a nightie/dressing gown...or shut your curtains?..until then im going to continue looking!...ooops.....busted!

[Cazzie]

'Under'taking on the motorway ARRRRRRRRGH!!!!! Just so flipping dangerous!!!!

Soggy towels folded into eight and rammed down the back of the towel rail

Litter louts.

Kids that can't seem to manage to say please and thank-you!

[smartie]

People who park across my drive to go to the dentist next door because they are too lazy to walk down the street

People who drive up the middle lane in the motorway when there is nothing in the inside lane

Improper use of the apostrophe

People who say "pacific" when they mean "specific"

All "reality" TV

Oh dear, I think I need a lie down....

[The Black Rabbit]

Originally Posted by smartie

People who park across my drive to go to the dentist next door because they are too lazy to walk down the street

People who drive up the middle lane in the motorway when there is nothing in the inside lane

Improper use of the apostrophe

People who say "pacific" when they mean "specific"

All "reality" TV

Oh dear, I think I need a lie down....

Mmmm.
Confus'ed.
When you 'say "All reality TV", what exactly do you mean?
Give us' some pacific example's.

Doug

[jennyb]

Present company excepted, of course, I hate people.....

People who are rude
People who drop litter
People who are disrespectful
Vandals
So-called "celebs"
People with mobile phones glued to their ear when they are walking round the supermarket (especially when they go through the checkout like that - disrespectful to the cashier!)
Able-bodied people who park in disabled spaces
Boy-racers
People disturbing others with loud music

Oh, I feel better after getting that off my chest.

Actually, I would happily become a hermit. I am happiest messing around alone in my garden with a camera.

One more thing that I hate - winter! Tonight I shall go into hibernation and talk to you all again when the clocks go forward again next March

Jenny

[eeyore]

1) parents who seem to think a shop (or library, or zoo, or nature reserve) is a playground and allow their horrible badly brought up ankle biters to run arround screaming

2) lorries in the middle and fast lane of the motorway - if you're limited to 56mph you have no business anywhere but the slow lane

[Jez]

Motorists who overtake on bends
People who eat with there mouths open and make vile noises
People who can't say please & thankyou
litterers (plenty of those)
Dog walkers who are to wrapped with talking to who ever on mobile phones and the dog is standing in the road
Same with drivers & mobile phones
same with anyone who crosses roads to busy talking instead of looking

[SparklySarah]

Originally Posted by eeyore

1) parents who seem to think a shop (or library, or zoo, or nature reserve) is a playground and allow their horrible badly brought up ankle biters to run arround screaming

I know what you mean, my mum can't stand that!! She works in a primary school, with a lot of problem families and their children and has to cope with it for 4 days of the week.

Personally HATE drivers who don't use thier indicaters!! They seem to think we are all telepathic. Drives me mad.

And people who whistle just for the sake of it. If you're gonna whistle, at least whistle a tune!!

That'll do for now, I'll probably think of some others!!!

[SparklySarah]

Just thought of another one. ALL THE FLIPPIN' PACKAGING!!!! Is ther really any point in rapping an aubergine? Or brocoli when there is another box with unrapped brocoli?! Hmmmmmmm, something tells me they got that wrong!!!

Also political correctness.......... don't even get me started! I could be here all night!!!!

[Tursiops2]

Oh what joy! This thread couldn't have been better timed .

I've just got back from a day visiting friends in London, went on the coach. The trip down was fine, the visit was great, but coming back...

First of all, the coach was 45 minutes late. When it finally arrived, I found a seat to myself, so I tried to stretch out and catch some zeds, but... the seats were a new contoured type with ridges down the side, so I couldn't stretch out without my leg going numb... two seats forward of me sat a young girl with a loud and high pitched voice who chattered incessantly for the first half of the journey (fortunately, in a foreign language)... the bloke across the aisle from me had his Ipod thingy turned up to maximum - tssh tssh tssh, all the way home... and the bloke behind me had a stinking cold; he coughed, sneezed and snorted in my ear all the way up the A12.

I just know I'm going to start a cold tomorrow, and I just don't need it

[wildone]

Originally Posted by demicav

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

I once slowed down so much that I actually stopped. Irate driver of following car got out to find out what the problem was, didn't realise it was herself. I then continued my journey but each time she got too close my speed went down until she backed off. Hopefully she learned what is a safe distance to follow another car.

[agrumpycow]

Originally Posted by wildone

I once slowed down so much that I actually stopped. Irate driver of following car got out to find out what the problem was, didn't realise it was herself. I then continued my journey but each time she got too close my speed went down until she backed off. Hopefully she learned what is a safe distance to follow another car.

Sounds perfect, but as a lone female driver I wouldn't necessarily feel safe doing that, you never know who is in the car or the state of mind they're in as they're driving so erratically.

[gez]

Dont get me started on this one. Because it would be a long night. So this is my main peeve at the moment
People who say
THE THING IS aaarrrggghhhh stop it.

[jdurbo]

Originally Posted by Dan Salter

Im confuzzled?..do you live in a glass house or do you have a window running the entire length of your house?...

2 things you might try....wear a nightie/dressing gown...or shut your curtains?..until then im going to continue looking!...ooops.....busted!

Hahaha What i mean is some people dont just have a glance, they break their necks to still look when they have passed.
If my house is that nice then they should take a photo and they can look any time they like!!
Dont wear a nightie

jen xxx

[Jez]

Originally Posted by SparklySarah

Just thought of another one. ALL THE FLIPPIN' PACKAGING!!!! Is ther really any point in rapping an aubergine? Or brocoli when there is another box with unrapped brocoli?! Hmmmmmmm, something tells me they got that wrong!!!

Also political correctness.......... don't even get me started! I could be here all night!!!!

I can't think why a vegetable should be indused to such madness. My pet uptakes working in a shop is to un wrap the lot "let it breath"!

[Adam Cheeseman]

Originally Posted by Dan Salter

Sorry mate, couldnt resist !

Well done Dan, you spotted my deliberate example of an accidental typo. I think I have touched a rich vein in this thread. Have you noticed some of the goodies along the way.

I just had to point out to our secretary in charge of ordering stationery that she was actually e-mailing us to order stationary. Oh, the irony.

Improper use/lack of use of apostrophes. I'd love to go around with a permanent black marker pen.

Also, the Union Flag being flown upside down. I always get puzzled looks when I ask the offender if they really are in distress.

Cheers,

Adam

[Queen bee]

I hate it when you go for a walk, possibly with family or with a group, looking for wildlife, and people drag their whinging six year olds along who yell and scare everything away, or sit down and throw a wobbly and won't get up so everyone has to wait. Or, for example, when I went for a walk in a nature reserve recently, and my 12 year old brother was dragging his heels, poking me with sticks and complaining that he wanted to go home. When I was in Primary school, we went on a residentual trip each year and one thing we did was a night walk to look for animals, and I got so annoyed by all my peers chatting and making noise so we saw very little and the magic of the night-time was spoilt.

[mh68]

Just been reminded of 2 of my biggest pet hates this afternoon while out for a short walk - litter and dog muck

Mark H

[Dan Salter]

Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman

Well done Dan, you spotted my deliberate example of an accidental typo. I think I have touched a rich vein in this thread. Have you noticed some of the goodies along the way.

I just had to point out to our secretary in charge of ordering stationery that she was actually e-mailing us to order stationary. Oh, the irony.

Improper use/lack of use of apostrophes. I'd love to go around with a permanent black marker pen.

Also, the Union Flag being flown upside down. I always get puzzled looks when I ask the offender if they really are in distress.

Cheers,

Adam

Indeed I have! but I think most of the worst offenders are totally oblivious to it..I guess you have to be to keep on doing it right? ..I would have thought the thread alone would have made people stop and think but no no no...don't be daft...infact there is more of it in this thread than there is normally...now that's irony!..(or is it?..never quite understood irony).

Also...with regard the stationary (ery) i am guilty of often putting an A in definAtely. ...gets me every time...but at least I'm aware of it

[Fourwings]

Originally Posted by The Black Rabbit

Heres another of mine. A strange one I know.

Why is it that EVERY pre-packed sandwich I look at has slices of tomato in it?
Even when its not mentioned on the packaging!
Not keen on sandwiches with tomato slices you'll guess.

Weird I know - I just thought I'd bring it up.

Doug

Thats not weird Doug - If I had my way I'd have tomatoes banned, I cannot abide the horrible things.

[The Black Rabbit]

Originally Posted by Fourwings

Thats not weird Doug - If I had my way I'd have tomatoes banned, I cannot abide the horrible things.

WOOHOO!

[peppermint]

and on the subject of sandwiches....why are all tuna sandwiches available to buy always smothered in a whole pot of mayo. Salad cream is so much better with tuna, better still tuna and vinegar.