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Updated on April 13, 2011
M.S. asks from Brandenburg, KY
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Pet peeves...............Come on ladies, i know you got em'. What are they? :)

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K.M.

answers from Oklahoma City on

Haha! SO MANY of the ones already listed are my pet peeves too. But what's on my mind at the moment, because it just happened, is when I'm the only person in a public bathroom with six stalls, and someone comes in and uses the stall RIGHT NEXT to me. Can't you put at least one stall between us?

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A.G.

answers from Houston on

When people answer the question 'do you mind"?...with "yes", when they actually mean that they dont mind, in which case "no" would be appropriate.

When people are rude to waiters, or tip badly.

Aggressive driving-cutting people off, cutting in line at the last minute to exit on the freeway.

People who respond to the statement that they are pessimistic by saying "they are a realist, or realistic"(which is true pessimism by the way, believing that all of reality is bad)

People who ride the fence on subjects so that they can be agreeable to all.

Blue jeans without proper zippers, nothing can make someone feel fatter than when that zipper keeps coming down!

I hate snobs, or cliques, people who think they are better for being prettier, richer, or from a better area of the world than other people. its luck of the draw and geography no effort was required therfor no acknowledgement is earned.

i have more, i may add later

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R.C.

answers from Bakersfield on

People who mumble when they talk to you
The one uppers
Ignorant racist people
You open a door for someone and they don't even notice you
Girls that act really ditzy
Girls with their thong underwear hanging out as the bend over or sit down Shoes on my bed
While you stand in line, parents who let there kids jump in and out of the basket and bump you around with out apoligizing.
Rude people in general
Instigators
Gosh there is so much.

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D.P.

answers from Pittsburgh on

You mean besides "Über" "hubby" and advise/advice?

Rude store clerks

Tight shoes

BF Maniacs

"Could I be pregnant?" questions m(If ya have a uterus and have had sex--YES!)

Sooooo many more.....

ETA:
Close talkers
Lazy people with filthy homes
Women who try to me "mom" when they're dating a man with a child
People who put their own needs before their children's needs
Women who cannot feel "complete" without a man--any man will do, just not NO man, God forbid.
People who are financially irresponsible and then wonder why they are always broke

Somebody STOP ME....

When people refer to Alzheimers as Old Timers

When my MIL calls it K-Marks instead of K-Mart

When radio commercials have a for-no-reason loud background noise or siren in the background

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E.D.

answers from Seattle on

The sound of dry hands on paper towels. Same goes for Styrofoam.

The term "Dear Husband".

Overcooked pasta.

My husband's propensity to fart during the most inappropriate moments.

When I am having a rough day and a stranger (always a young white man wearing tie dye) says, "smile".

I am fully with Marcela on toilet seats being left up.

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S.J.

answers from St. Louis on

When no one in my family but me puts a new roll of toilet paper on, and I sit down unknowingly after all the boys have used it all

When my HUBBY =) plays on his phone at the dinner table. (If I can't call him dear husband or hubby, what do I call him? That guy?)

When people get mad over stupid stuff.

Whensomeoneasks a question on her but spels everthn wrong and everything is a runon sentence and ther ei sno punctuation - I don't expect perfection. I do expect legibility.

"I don't got no" - What? I don't understand that language. Double negatives make me insane. No one is taught that way in school.

When my friends whine about how broke they are but then see a plastic surgeon for botox and go on vacations.

When I smile at someone in the hallway and they literally stare back at me with a blank face.

EDIT - STACY!! That Target thing happens to me EVERY time I am there. I don't understand! One lady was literally hitting me with her arm repeatedly as I am swiping. I had to say something to get her to move! Hilarious.

Amanda G - that "do you mind question" bothers me too! There is a Sprite commercial I cannot stand because of that! (David Spade is in it). These are cracking me up.

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M.C.

answers from Pocatello on

taking things to the extreme... LOL

People are too extreme in their ideas and their viewpoints... in every direction. I guess it wouldn't bother me so much, but a few people will get some wild obsession, and want the whole world to follow them in lockstep!

what else, hrmmm... I am hypocritically peeved by hypocrites - hahaha!

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T.L.

answers from St. Louis on

1. Seeing the same question on here. Am I or could I be pregnant?

2. People on here saying I have one kid then two days later they have 3 or 4 which is it?

3. If you are going to pull out in front of me on the road you better go more than 2 blocks before turning.

4. It is called a turn signal for a reason. You are suppose to turn it ON when you are going to slam on your breaks and then turn.

5. My neighbors that live behind me. I only reason I know their daughter's name is because all I hear on the weekend is Don't do that, stop that, we are going inside if you can't behave. Honesly the little girl is a good little girl and she just has paranoid parents.

6. How my husband will step over the basket of clean clothes to go upstairs, but then claims he didn't see them. Seriously! (He has gotten much better with this one!) :)

7. People who are always negative on here, we mama's come here for advice, good, bad, or indifferent. There has to be something positive in everyone's life. Right?

8. The fact that you see the people on public aid eating better than you and you are paying for it.

9. That we are in a huge budget cut, but do you see any of the elected officials taking a pay cut? AND why does the old president need an office paid for by the people?

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J.W.

answers from Kansas City on

1. People who feel the need to flaunt "status" (even though they would be very surprised if they knew our financials. I prefer the understated approach.)

2. When someone grabs my hand and theirs is super dirty/sticky.

3. People who talk over you and/or don't know how to listen.

4. People who speak in "absolute" terms.

5. "One uppers"

6. People who are always grooving for a fight/conflict.

7. Kids who are looking for something to eat right after you just gave them a meal or snack.

8. Not enough time to get past small talk. I feel like my associations are all, just that, associations, rather than friendships.

9. Just getting by with the minimal effort...not going the extra mile especially for things that matter.

10. Grandiosity (similar to #1, can you tell this is a big pet peeve of mine?)

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J.E.

answers from Los Angeles on

sheeple!
one sided conversations
clutter
styrofoam anywhere near me
over packaging, where you have to fight your way into a package
people with grocery buggies that block the aisle and dont know how to "move it!"
people who park in the expectant mother/ have a child parking, that arent pregnant or dont have small kids
whiners who wont change what makes them miserable
snobs
deliberate ignorance

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R..

answers from Chattanooga on

His parents must not have taught my fiance to chew with his mouth shut... so I can hear him chewing... How am I supposed to enjoy MY meal when those disgusting sounds are coming from his mouth?!?! Blegh. If I say something about it, he gets all offended and defensive about it. *sigh* oh well, I'm sure I do stuff that annoys him too...

I also hate when people cut you off, when there is NO ONE behind you. Seriously? You couldn't wait 5 more seconds??? It's especially bad if they cut you off, and can't figure out where the gas pedal is.

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M.M.

answers from Tallahassee on

My biggest pet peeve is the toilet seat being left up. I know that sounds kind of petty, but I feel if there is a lady that lives in the house, he should have least have the courtesy to put the seat back down for her.

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S.H.

answers from Dallas on

This one happens almost every time I'm at Target! I'm putting the bags in the basket and trying to keep the kids in line. Then when it's time to swipe my card, the next person is right in front of the swiper machine...BACK UP!! Why are you breathing down my neck when I'm entering my code?

I, too, get annoyed by misspellings and grammatical errors (wow...hope I spelled that right!) I know it happens to all of us from time to time, but it's so hard to read a paragraph full of them!

This just happened while I was writing this...no one EVER comes to my door, unless I've had a rough time getting the kids down for a nap. As soon as they are both asleep, "ding-dong", and the dog starts barking. Ughh!

I will think of a bunch more I'm sure!!

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T.B.

answers from Bloomington on

My pet peeves:
Gum/food chewing too loud
Misspellings
People who ride your butt and won't pass you
All the "Am I pregnant" posts

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T.K.

answers from Dallas on

Leaving my car out of gas the night before and not telling me, so I can be late for work the next morning.
Wet towels stuffed into the laundry basket making a mildewy mess of everything.
Phones ringing on tv - ANSWER THE DAMN PHONE!!
when someone texts me "call Me' and then doesnt answer when I call them right back.
one sided friends that only want to talk about themselves, but "in a hurry, gotta go" the minute I start to talk about what's going on in my life.

I forgot a few - I hate innapropriate responses to my good manners. When I say excuse me to someone that is in my way and they say - you're fine.
When I offer to do a favor for a friend "Hey I'd love to make you a birthday cake" and they say "thats fine." As if giving me permission! Instead of thank you, thats so nice of you.
this is a wierd one, but when I say thank you and people say you're welcome it annoys me. Like at the gas station, they hand me my change,. I say thank you, and they say you're welcome. The proper response is "you too, have a nice day." They didn't actually do anything that I should be thanking them for. Its not big gesture. I could see if they pumped my gas for me.

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R.R.

answers from Dallas on

Today's at work was people who call and ask a question and then argue with the answer you give them.

A lot of mine are driving related. People who drive slow in the fast lane. People who are in the left lane and cut across more than one lane at the very last second to exit. When a lane is obviously ending (especially in the case of an accident or construction) - and people speed up that lane and expect people farther up in the line to let them in. I ride the bumper of the car in front of me in that case. buddy, I would have been nice and let you in if you'd tried back when everyone else did!

When a business can't spell on an advertisement or sign. Really????

Baggy pants.

When my grown children text me in the middle of the night.

Forgot to ad: The trend recently with using foreign accents on commercials and game shows. This is AMERICA! We speak ENGLISH! Not British or Australian English - American English. It bugs me that ad agencies like to use accents. You are selling American products and/or service to Americans....

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V.W.

answers from Minneapolis on

Oh god...

The sound of people eating, sniffling, coughing, scratching, and other annoying sounds like the squeak a guitar string makes when you slide your fingers across it.

When people have their text alerts set to sound instead of vibration, especially when they get 5 texts every minute.

When people come up to my register and give me a bunch of items that they decided they don't want (3 is fine... Anything more than that...). I once had a lady come up with 2 carts. One cart had maybe 10 items. The other cart was spilling stuff because it was so full. One cart was the cart of items she wanted. The other cart was the cart of items she didn't want. Guess which cart she wanted? I'll give you a hint... She walked out of the store with about 10 items.

The list is much longer than this, but I don't want to spend the rest of my day on this post. Lol

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M.B.

answers from Springfield on

Plastic Easter eggs hanging from trees! I don't know why but seeing eggs hanging from trees makes me crazy!

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A.G.

answers from Albuquerque on

thanks for the question!!!

The thing that makes me the most nuts is drivers who insist on driving 61.5(speed limit ranges from 75-65) in the left lane of a 6 lane interstate during monday morning rush hour than has to speed up when you want to pass.

Another thing that i cant stand is when people mispronounce my last name...espically after i have allready said it to them. If you cant pronounce it..thats ok! Ask me if you can call me something else but dont keep saying it wrong

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L.H.

answers from Johnson City on

Having to turn the socks and other clothes right side out before washing.

Spills on the kitchen counter.

When someone asks me what I'm knitting when I'm crocheting.

When the dog wakes me up in the middle of the night.

Seeing someone litter from a car window.

When people don't restrain their kids... just this past weekend I saw a kid turning around and around in the center of the seat of a tow truck.

When parents don't discipline their kids.

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R.J.

answers from Salt Lake City on

biting your fork or spoon
Baby talk- (not babies talking adult that talk to babies in that stupid baby talk voice)
Slow talkers
chomping your food

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W.M.

answers from Nashville on

bratty kids whose parent don't discipline
rude people
people who don't say thank you when you hold the door for them
people who don't hold the door for you
people who don't give the 'thank you' wave when you have let them pull in front of you
people who don't respect the elderly
teenagers who weren't taught respect
people who push their political opinion on you
telemarketers
getting free address labels every week begging for money making us feel guilty just b/c we have sent money in the past
people who don't use their turn signals
people who speak incorrectly like they are ignorant
slang or ghetto talk

Many, many more I am sure but these are the biggies. ; )

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X.M.

answers from St. Louis on

When people chew with their mouth open.

When people don't grab their knife and fork correctly

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C.W.

answers from Nashville on

There's not enough time or space to list them all...I think I'm too anal about some things.

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L.P.

answers from Raleigh on

Drivers who tail gate - I refuse to speed up for that.
People edging you in lines, like they think they are going to get in front of you without you noticing?
People who don't say 'thank you' when you hold a door, etc. Amazing how often this happens.
Slow drivers who go under the speed limit.

H.V.

answers from Cleveland on

Ya know, the older I get the more I come up with lol

Inconsiderate people.
Bad drivers
Ghetto language, Seriously, speak English...
People with the attitude that they are better than everyone else.
Stupid "fashion" trends.
Current TV. OO I hate it....
Ya know, I just don't like the attitudes of a lot of people these days. Too many ignorant rude people. And too many people being OK with being that way.

*oo Im gettin worked up haha, time for fun ones*

My husband forgetting to do important things that I then have to do for him.
Small yappy dogs haha
Bras..I hate em..have to wear em...
When I can't find my other sock after doing laundry.

I could probably go on and on and on :)

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