Pet peeves

ElcaB

SLOW WALKERS. 

chibiyui

littlepep said:

Kahlyla said:

littlepep said:

themuffinman16 said:

People who give toys not meant for the age range of a child. The usual stuff would be toys with choking hazards to a toddler. My niece got a play makeup kit for Christmas... She was 6 months old. Why?

You know along that same line, it really bothers me when people push gender stereotypes. No 6mo baby is interested in makeup so to force that on her just because she is girl is kind of annoying to me. I liked barbies and legos as a kid. I don't like when kids are forced into that kind of stuff. Let them figure out what they like on their own. 

You've reminded me of maybe my biggest pet peeve - people who insist on forcing gender stereotypes when there is NO FUCKING REASON TO! (And there is never a reason to, but I mean... ugh.) I see it a lot because I'm a part of a bunch of Facebook groups that are buy/sell/trade or pay it forward kind of stuff. So someone will post that they "Just moved to a new apartment! Looking for curtains and wall decor items for a little girl!" or "Looking for a car seat for a baby boy!"

What the fuck are "curtains for a girl," anyway? And if you're in need of a fucking car seat, wtf does the colour matter? Babies DON'T care, and the only thing you're doing is making it so THEY WILL DEFINITELY CARE when they're older because you always told them they were supposed to. (I use the second person a lot when I'm raging, but it's definitely only directed at those who deserve it!)

I mean, my boys have always been super about their penises because they have penises and well, who wouldn't be, but other than that I honestly don't think they knew that humans were divided into different genders until very, very recently (they're four and five now). And that's all come from daycare and they're still pretty shaky on it. They're genuinely confused when the nurse, after giving them their shots, tries to direct them toward certain stickers and away from the "ones for girls." Don't you try to keep them from their princesses and rainbow unicorns, bitch!

Yeah this pisses me off a lot. My SIL in pregnant and they are not finding out the sex of the baby. I can't believe how hard it is to find cute non-gender outfits. Everything is like "daddy's little princess" or "daddy's tough guy". Like why is that necessary?? 

I went to a team green shower last month, OMG it is super hard to find non-gendered clothing especially. I ended up finding a "girl" set that didn't have any words on it and was pastel green and orange and just put in a gift receipt in case it's "too girly" along with the other gifts.

littlepep

chibiyui said:

littlepep said:

Kahlyla said:

littlepep said:

themuffinman16 said:

People who give toys not meant for the age range of a child. The usual stuff would be toys with choking hazards to a toddler. My niece got a play makeup kit for Christmas... She was 6 months old. Why?

You know along that same line, it really bothers me when people push gender stereotypes. No 6mo baby is interested in makeup so to force that on her just because she is girl is kind of annoying to me. I liked barbies and legos as a kid. I don't like when kids are forced into that kind of stuff. Let them figure out what they like on their own. 

You've reminded me of maybe my biggest pet peeve - people who insist on forcing gender stereotypes when there is NO FUCKING REASON TO! (And there is never a reason to, but I mean... ugh.) I see it a lot because I'm a part of a bunch of Facebook groups that are buy/sell/trade or pay it forward kind of stuff. So someone will post that they "Just moved to a new apartment! Looking for curtains and wall decor items for a little girl!" or "Looking for a car seat for a baby boy!"

What the fuck are "curtains for a girl," anyway? And if you're in need of a fucking car seat, wtf does the colour matter? Babies DON'T care, and the only thing you're doing is making it so THEY WILL DEFINITELY CARE when they're older because you always told them they were supposed to. (I use the second person a lot when I'm raging, but it's definitely only directed at those who deserve it!)

I mean, my boys have always been super about their penises because they have penises and well, who wouldn't be, but other than that I honestly don't think they knew that humans were divided into different genders until very, very recently (they're four and five now). And that's all come from daycare and they're still pretty shaky on it. They're genuinely confused when the nurse, after giving them their shots, tries to direct them toward certain stickers and away from the "ones for girls." Don't you try to keep them from their princesses and rainbow unicorns, bitch!

Yeah this pisses me off a lot. My SIL in pregnant and they are not finding out the sex of the baby. I can't believe how hard it is to find cute non-gender outfits. Everything is like "daddy's little princess" or "daddy's tough guy". Like why is that necessary?? 

I went to a team green shower last month, OMG it is super hard to find non-gendered clothing especially. I ended up finding a "girl" set that didn't have any words on it and was pastel green and orange and just put in a gift receipt in case it's "too girly" along with the other gifts.

Yeah it's like colors aside, why do they all have to have sayings. I've been buying mostly yellow and orange type of things. I mean they are babies. TBH they will probably puke/poop on it and then grow out of it in 10 minutes anyway. 

KatieinBkln

littlepep said:

chibiyui said:

littlepep said:

Kahlyla said:

littlepep said:

themuffinman16 said:

People who give toys not meant for the age range of a child. The usual stuff would be toys with choking hazards to a toddler. My niece got a play makeup kit for Christmas... She was 6 months old. Why?

You know along that same line, it really bothers me when people push gender stereotypes. No 6mo baby is interested in makeup so to force that on her just because she is girl is kind of annoying to me. I liked barbies and legos as a kid. I don't like when kids are forced into that kind of stuff. Let them figure out what they like on their own. 

You've reminded me of maybe my biggest pet peeve - people who insist on forcing gender stereotypes when there is NO FUCKING REASON TO! (And there is never a reason to, but I mean... ugh.) I see it a lot because I'm a part of a bunch of Facebook groups that are buy/sell/trade or pay it forward kind of stuff. So someone will post that they "Just moved to a new apartment! Looking for curtains and wall decor items for a little girl!" or "Looking for a car seat for a baby boy!"

What the fuck are "curtains for a girl," anyway? And if you're in need of a fucking car seat, wtf does the colour matter? Babies DON'T care, and the only thing you're doing is making it so THEY WILL DEFINITELY CARE when they're older because you always told them they were supposed to. (I use the second person a lot when I'm raging, but it's definitely only directed at those who deserve it!)

I mean, my boys have always been super about their penises because they have penises and well, who wouldn't be, but other than that I honestly don't think they knew that humans were divided into different genders until very, very recently (they're four and five now). And that's all come from daycare and they're still pretty shaky on it. They're genuinely confused when the nurse, after giving them their shots, tries to direct them toward certain stickers and away from the "ones for girls." Don't you try to keep them from their princesses and rainbow unicorns, bitch!

Yeah this pisses me off a lot. My SIL in pregnant and they are not finding out the sex of the baby. I can't believe how hard it is to find cute non-gender outfits. Everything is like "daddy's little princess" or "daddy's tough guy". Like why is that necessary?? 

I went to a team green shower last month, OMG it is super hard to find non-gendered clothing especially. I ended up finding a "girl" set that didn't have any words on it and was pastel green and orange and just put in a gift receipt in case it's "too girly" along with the other gifts.

Yeah it's like colors aside, why do they all have to have sayings. I've been buying mostly yellow and orange type of things. I mean they are babies. TBH they will probably puke/poop on it and then grow out of it in 10 minutes anyway. 

This is why the sayings should be something like: POOP MACHINE.

kmmssg

Irregardless.  This is not a word people. When I hear someone use it I ask them what the difference is between regardless and irregardless.  Hate that.

Hot water heater.  It is not a hot water heater, it is a water heater.  You are not heating hot water.

People who let their children run amok in the grocery, restaurant, weddings, etc.  Parent your spawn please.  We had 2 at DD's wedding last year and those mothers aren't invited to anything I host - ever again.

Rude people. 

Discrimination - hate this with an ever loving passion.

People who chew with their mouths open

People who have disposable pets.  Oh, I want a dog, cat, hamster, gold fish, etc and 6 months later they are giving it away because they can't deal with caring for it.

 

lurkergirl

kmmssg said:

Irregardless.  This is not a word people. When I hear someone use it I ask them what the difference is between regardless and irregardless.  Hate that.

Hot water heater.  It is not a hot water heater, it is a water heater.  You are not heating hot water.

People who let their children run amok in the grocery, restaurant, weddings, etc.  Parent your spawn please.  We had 2 at DD's wedding last year and those mothers aren't invited to anything I host - ever again.

Rude people. 

Discrimination - hate this with an ever loving passion.

People who chew with their mouths open

People who have disposable pets.  Oh, I want a dog, cat, hamster, gold fish, etc and 6 months later they are giving it away because they can't deal with caring for it.

 

Yes.  Also, "comprised of."  You mean composed of!  Of doesn't follow comprise!  And PIN/VIN number.  The N stands for number; you're being redundant!

bethsmiles

kmmssg said:

Irregardless.  This is not a word people. When I hear someone use it I ask them what the difference is between regardless and irregardless.  Hate that.

 

Well, technically, yes it is a word. It's found in dictionaries although usually it is labled as "nonstandard" but it is a word.

arrippa

lurkergirl said:

kmmssg said:

Irregardless.  This is not a word people. When I hear someone use it I ask them what the difference is between regardless and irregardless.  Hate that.

Hot water heater.  It is not a hot water heater, it is a water heater.  You are not heating hot water.

People who let their children run amok in the grocery, restaurant, weddings, etc.  Parent your spawn please.  We had 2 at DD's wedding last year and those mothers aren't invited to anything I host - ever again.

Rude people. 

Discrimination - hate this with an ever loving passion.

People who chew with their mouths open

People who have disposable pets.  Oh, I want a dog, cat, hamster, gold fish, etc and 6 months later they are giving it away because they can't deal with caring for it.

 

Yes.  Also, "comprised of."  You mean composed of!  Of doesn't follow comprise!  And PIN/VIN number.  The N stands for number; you're being redundant!

Like ATM machine. M in ATM is for machine so you are really saying automated teller machine machine.

anjemon

arrippa said:

lurkergirl said:

kmmssg said:

Irregardless.  This is not a word people. When I hear someone use it I ask them what the difference is between regardless and irregardless.  Hate that.

Hot water heater.  It is not a hot water heater, it is a water heater.  You are not heating hot water.

People who let their children run amok in the grocery, restaurant, weddings, etc.  Parent your spawn please.  We had 2 at DD's wedding last year and those mothers aren't invited to anything I host - ever again.

Rude people. 

Discrimination - hate this with an ever loving passion.

People who chew with their mouths open

People who have disposable pets.  Oh, I want a dog, cat, hamster, gold fish, etc and 6 months later they are giving it away because they can't deal with caring for it.

 

Yes.  Also, "comprised of."  You mean composed of!  Of doesn't follow comprise!  And PIN/VIN number.  The N stands for number; you're being redundant!

Like ATM machine. M in ATM is for machine so you are really saying automated teller machine machine.

It's not a pet peeve, but you've just reminded me of my favorite duplicate. In MN we have "Lake Mille Lacs" - mille lacs is french for "thousand lakes". So we have a lake named "Lake Thousand Lakes". It's so funny to me.

labro

kmmssg said:

People who have disposable pets.  Oh, I want a dog, cat, hamster, gold fish, etc and 6 months later they are giving it away because they can't deal with caring for it.

 

Omg this so much! I have a friend who is on her second cat, who she apparently loves SO much more than the first cat that she adopted and then gave back to the rescue. Oh, and the dog that she ALSO rescued and then returned after about a year....

littlepep

labro said:

kmmssg said:

People who have disposable pets.  Oh, I want a dog, cat, hamster, gold fish, etc and 6 months later they are giving it away because they can't deal with caring for it.

 

Omg this so much! I have a friend who is on her second cat, who she apparently loves SO much more than the first cat that she adopted and then gave back to the rescue. Oh, and the dog that she ALSO rescued and then returned after about a year....

It makes me so mad too when people think, well I'm having a kid so I have to get rid of my pet now. Why? Did you pet attack someone? Is it vicious? If you didn't want your kids growing up with a pet, why did you get one in the first place? 

Jen4948

Messy bathrooms

Messy areas around photocopiers (broken staples, clips, bad copies)

Among others.

loveislouder

Pet Peeve: Nosy people.

Lady across the backlane from me walked out in front of my car this morning asking where I was going so early. I told her I was going to work. "You've been leaving earlier lately. Are you working an earlier shift?"  No... my boss is on holidays so I'm just picking up some of the extra work.

"What a good kid you are." Kid. KID? Seriously?

levioosa

Bratty kids on airplanes.  I get that babies and really small children might be very tired or their ears might hurt.  I sympathize for both the poor babies and their exhausted, frazzled parents.  But there is no excuse for your kid playing a loud obnoxious video game without headphones on while repeatedly kicking the back of my seat and whining or screaming.  Just no. 

KatieinBkln

levioosa said:

Bratty kids on airplanes.  I get that babies and really small children might be very tired or their ears might hurt.  I sympathize for both the poor babies and their exhausted, frazzled parents.  But there is no excuse for your kid playing a loud obnoxious video game without headphones on while repeatedly kicking the back of my seat and whining or screaming.  Just no. 

This blows my mind. It would never occur to me in a million jillion years NOT to stop my child from kicking someone else's seat. "Be considerate of others" was maybe the first rule I ever learned! And video games with sound on are unacceptable. Frankly, I might be the kind of mom who makes her kids wear headphones or go in another room when they're playing, cause those beep-boops are annoying as fuck.

themuffinman16

People who are all over the place with their life choices on facebook. This one girl I unfriended wanted to give up her dog, because he was barking and waking her baby up while it was sleeping.  Legitimately wanted to give the dog up. Next month, she was sharing a time hop photo of her dog, and how she loves him more than the world, and how he is so good to the baby.

  People who hate on their SOs, for a very good reason,  and share the awful things their SO says or does on fb, dump SO, and then get back together with him/her gushing about what a great person he/she is. Then this person does something so awful, again, two weeks, later. I would be embarrassed to share staying with a tool on fb.

ashley8918

mrsk616 said:

talking during a movie, asking to stop a movie (when at home) to pee. come on would you really ask a person at the theater do that. stupid. 

loud chewing

smacking gum or sucking on teeth. 

Um, what? My house is not a movie theater... Why the fuck would I NOT pause it to go pee? That's kind of part of the allure of watching movies at home - you don't have to miss anything.

This is a weird thing to be annoyed by.

lurkergirl

ashley8918 said:

mrsk616 said:

talking during a movie, asking to stop a movie (when at home) to pee. come on would you really ask a person at the theater do that. stupid. 

loud chewing

smacking gum or sucking on teeth. 

Um, what? My house is not a movie theater... Why the fuck would I NOT pause it to go pee? That's kind of part of the allure of watching movies at home - you don't have to miss anything.

This is a weird thing to be annoyed by.

I'm annoyed that anyone finds pausing a movie at home annoying. 

Like, collectively as a society, we've decided that we like pausing so much we added it to TV.  Society is right, and you are wrong.

charcoalandblush

anjemon said:

arrippa said:

lurkergirl said:

kmmssg said:

Irregardless.  This is not a word people. When I hear someone use it I ask them what the difference is between regardless and irregardless.  Hate that.

Hot water heater.  It is not a hot water heater, it is a water heater.  You are not heating hot water.

People who let their children run amok in the grocery, restaurant, weddings, etc.  Parent your spawn please.  We had 2 at DD's wedding last year and those mothers aren't invited to anything I host - ever again.

Rude people. 

Discrimination - hate this with an ever loving passion.

People who chew with their mouths open

People who have disposable pets.  Oh, I want a dog, cat, hamster, gold fish, etc and 6 months later they are giving it away because they can't deal with caring for it.

 

Yes.  Also, "comprised of."  You mean composed of!  Of doesn't follow comprise!  And PIN/VIN number.  The N stands for number; you're being redundant!

Like ATM machine. M in ATM is for machine so you are really saying automated teller machine machine.

It's not a pet peeve, but you've just reminded me of my favorite duplicate. In MN we have "Lake Mille Lacs" - mille lacs is french for "thousand lakes". So we have a lake named "Lake Thousand Lakes". It's so funny to me.

I refuse to call it "Lake Mille Lacs" for that exact reason... I will ONLY call it "Mille Lacs"

littlepep

themuffinman16 said:

People who are all over the place with their life choices on facebook. This one girl I unfriended wanted to give up her dog, because he was barking and waking her baby up while it was sleeping.  Legitimately wanted to give the dog up. Next month, she was sharing a time hop photo of her dog, and how she loves him more than the world, and how he is so good to the baby.

  People who hate on their SOs, for a very good reason,  and share the awful things their SO says or does on fb, dump SO, and then get back together with him/her gushing about what a great person he/she is. Then this person does something so awful, again, two weeks, later. I would be embarrassed to share staying with a tool on fb.

OMG there was this girl from HS that I was fb friends with and she was a drama llama times 10. All the time posting about her "baby daddy" (her words, not mine) and then she got a new bf who was so amazing, etc. Then they broke up and he was awful, then got back together again. All of their drama was aired all over fb for the world to see. I'm like JFC you are a grown as adult who has a CHILD. Focus on taking care of her and quit this nonsense. 

littlepep

ashley8918 said:

mrsk616 said:

talking during a movie, asking to stop a movie (when at home) to pee. come on would you really ask a person at the theater do that. stupid. 

loud chewing

smacking gum or sucking on teeth. 

Um, what? My house is not a movie theater... Why the fuck would I NOT pause it to go pee? That's kind of part of the allure of watching movies at home - you don't have to miss anything.

This is a weird thing to be annoyed by.

This is exactly why I do watch movies at home. I need to be able to pause to pee and pause for a wine refill or a snack. 

thisismynickname2

Excellent pet peeves so far.

Some of mine:

• Haphazardly stacking dishes in the sink. So I can't wash them without knocking shit over and potentially chipping something. 
• Allowing disgusting food/liquid contaminated water to fester in said haphazardly-stacked bowls/cups in the sink.
• Not putting down the top of the toilet seat before flushing. (Germs swirl in the air, even Mythbusters says so!)
• Slow walkers
• People who talk loudly to each other or on their cell phones on public transportation
• People who think the Metra doors will stay open for as long as it takes them to slowly mosey on over to a door and say goodbye to their family. NO, get on the fucking train. And then the same people bitch that the Metra ran behind schedule. 
• People who say, "So and so isn't responding to my message!"--that the left/sent only 20 minutes ago, and we have a 24-48 business hour SLA. 
• People who bitch about buses being "on time." Ever hear of traffic? Disabled/elderly taking longer to load? If a bus could show up on the dot every single stop, every single day, I'd think the world had come to an end.
• People who complain about something in their life and never take action to make something better. This is a broad brush, but I hated this chick on my floor in college who would always complain about being fat and then invite people to go with her to Burger King at 10pm.

Yeah, I'm also a person who lives in a near constant state of annoyance.  

WinstonsGirl

People who don't put their dishes in the dishwasher (when it's empty/there's room) when it's my week on staff room clean up at work.  Makes me so ragey and I will call you out on that shit.