one of mine is when people send me spam for things like erectil meds. yo! I'm a girl.
2007-05-07 16:06:52 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Oy! Don't get me started! But I will contribute this one; people standing in the middle of a doorway or aisle just chatting - causing you to run an obstacle course between them - when there is plenty of room for them to stand off to the side. That's when I wish I had a chainsaw in one hand and a blowtorch in the other.
2007-05-07 16:55:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
My pet peeves are...
- when people who leave the coffee pot empty
- when people leaving their shopping cart in the middle of the aisle
- when people use the last of the toilet paper and dont replacing it
- When people think they have to be cool so they show off
- When there is not enough time in a day to accomplish everything
- When people complain about what they don't have
- People who drive and talk on cellphones at the same time.
- People that talk on a cellphone while ordering
- People that slurp their food
- people talking with food in their mouth
- When overweight people go into a fast food establishment, order a supersized meal, and then have the balls to order a DIET soda! What a crock!
2007-05-07 23:46:51 · answer #2 · answered by holli s 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Multiple noise sources.
This applies primarily to my friend's house, where at the same time there may be all five television sets on, each tuned to a different station, music playing from the radio and computer, the kid screaming, neighbor's dogs barking, cats meowing and scratching to be let in or out, all while she carried on a cell-phone conversation loud enough to be heard over all the other racket.
I don't usually visit very long.
2007-05-08 00:11:23 · answer #3 · answered by Clint 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My list of pet peeves could compete with War and Peace!
Some of my "verbal" pet peeves are confusing words which are close in spelling and even pronunciation, but totally different in meaning....here are my "favorites":
Cavalry and Calvary.... One is a horse-riding soldier, the other is where Jesus was crucified.
Sentiment and Sediment... One is what is found at the bottom of your heart while the other is what is found at the bottom of the ocean.
Oh, drat... there's a third pairing that I cannot recall at the moment ... drat... drat... drat... drat!!!!
But you get the idea!
2007-05-07 23:33:38 · answer #4 · answered by wyomugs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Screaming kids in restaurants and the parents who do nothing to control them - not even try. Act as if there is nothing happening.
We're not talking 3 mo-old babies here - I mean the 3-4 y/o brats from hall that make Bart Simpson look like Beaver Cleaver.
2007-05-07 23:50:11 · answer #5 · answered by Richard of Fort Bend 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Oh ... people in general who just talk too much. I go about on buses and trains etc and I just notice how much people TALK, and it's nearly always inane. I keep wanting to stand up and say BE QUIET! Please, let's have some silence. And as you are on Etiquette, why not ask people to simply stop talking about themselves all the time? I say something and the person I'm talking to says 'Oh yes, I'm like that, I...I...I...' So many people's favourite subject is themselves.
2007-05-07 23:27:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh no, please don't get me started...
Rudeness
Disrespectful behaviour
Bad petrol station etiquette, like pulling in front of you to get at a free pump when you are just about to leave
Ignorance as an excuse
Racism
Sexism
Mis-use of apostrophes (yes I'm a pedant & proud of it)
People who turn and stare at you when your kids are having a tantrum
Soulless 'pop' music
People who behave like 'sheep' and follow the masses
People who get really emotionally involved in football (ooh, controversial!!)
I'm going to stop now 'cos I'm getting all worked up.
2007-05-09 16:44:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The telephone---
When someone calls and after you answer "hello" they say rudely "WHO IS THIS?!" To which I reply "Who are you trying to reach?" and it will be for someone I have never heard of before so I let them know they have the wrong number....To which they slam down the telephone without ever saying "I'm sorry" or anything else. This has happened at my house more than once and drives me absolutely mad.
2007-05-07 23:24:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mine is receiving mail in the post saying i have won first prize and to call this special number. Surely the sender will acknowledge that i know i have not entered any draw and that i will not have actually won anything.... Do they think i am stupid. if i call them it will cost me money and they get loads from the telephone company.
Come on people, get real.... Stop sending me these flyers !
2007-05-07 23:12:31 · answer #9 · answered by Frank 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Mine is chummy, gushing telemarketers who call you things like "love" and "honey" and call you by your first name (which they got off the phone list). They always manage to call when I'm busy doing something messy!
@wyomugs...you forgot people who say "nucular" instead of nuclear! How hard is it! Look at the word: nu-CLEAR. Even newsreaders do this sometimes!
2007-05-08 06:32:17 · answer #10 · answered by anna 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋