Pet Peeves

[Pepsi-Cola]

My pet peeve is people who yell at me to keep my mouth closed when I chew. The taste is just much more satisfying when you chew freely, and it's hard to enjoy my food when I'm severely restricting my mouth movement just so the sound of mastication doesn't give you delicate little pansies sensory overload.

I'm not even gonna sugar-coat it, that's pretty disgusting of you to eat with your mouth open little nip. C'mon, !

 

[AnOminous]

My pet peeve is people who yell at me to keep my mouth closed when I chew. The taste is just much more satisfying when you chew freely, and it's hard to enjoy my food when I'm severely restricting my mouth movement just so the sound of mastication doesn't give you delicate little pansies sensory overload.

You gross as shit beeyotch.

 

[UtopiaGuy]

At the risk of sounding like a Grammar Nazi, there are three things that really bug me.

People who write "lightening" when what they really mean is "lightning," as in "Dr. Frankenstein brought the monster to life with lightning!" He didn't lighten the monster, FFS, nor did he apply makeup to do some "lightening" of the monster's complexion. He fucking zapped that shit! With LIGHTNING!

Abuse of the apostrophe-S. I kid you not, I once saw a a handy-man type of company have an otherwise very professionally made, professional-looking logo on their van and storefront sign that said something to the effect of "We do timely and professional repair's!" Fuck, if you can't even use an apostrophe-S properly, why do you think I'm going to trust you to wire my home, or fix my plumbing, or anything else?!

And finally (and I don't know why, but it fills me with rage), is seeing a backwards ampersand. It looks like this: & it points rightwards, and that's the fucking way it should point, and if you point it left (backwards) I will think you're a fucking moron! I know there are some artsy ampersands, but I mean regular ones. Worst Offender Award goes to those lit-up rectangular signs where the letters are printed on clear plastic panels, the kind you see outside the VFW or bars or gas stations or quicky-stop markets in small towns. Now okay, I know the "R" in "Toys R' Us" is backwards, but that's okay because it's meant to be a store for kids so it's cute and denotes it's for kids. I feel no rage when I see a Toys R' Us sign, maybe only at their prices. But an ampersand points to the right because it's fucking supposed to, goddammit!

 

[SilentRipple]

When a package I was expecting to come on expected day, but then it gets delayed. It can be a day, a week, or even a month before I get it.

What annoys me is how painful the wait feels. Generally, time flies for me, but a package not coming at its expected day just slows everything down. It's weird.

 

[AnOminous]

Abuse of the apostrophe-S. I kid you not, I once saw a a handy-man type of company have an otherwise very professionally made, professional-looking logo on their van and storefront sign that said something to the effect of "We do timely and professional repair's!" Fuck, if you can't even use an apostrophe-S properly, why do you think I'm going to trust you to wire my home, or fix my plumbing, or anything else?!

Some of the best mechanics I've seen have been virtually illiterate. They can barely read enough to order parts but if it has an engine in it they will make it run.

 

[MrLooks]

Being invited to weddings.

 

[Vapour]

Passive aggression, but not in a context where it's evident you're both angry but when it's unwarranted and the other person doesn't want to take issue but just can't help but let their displeasure leak out.

Other than that, excuses and apologies. For example, if you do some kind of examination and they do badly, they'll give excuses about what they studied and what came up, etc. It's your responsibility to study, if you don't know something and it comes up, it's no-ones fault but your own. As for apologies, they're only good if you actually change your attitude and behaviour. 'Sorry for being late' doesn't do anything for me if you continue to show up late, for example.

 

[ScrewTheRules]

When McDonald's is basically empty with hardly anybody in the drive thru but they take forever to make your food. How the hell does it take them 3 minutes to make my food when there's 20 people in there but 20 minutes to make it when there's 3 people in there?

 

[Argonian Scum]

When McDonald's is basically empty with hardly anybody in the drive thru but they take forever to make your food. How the hell does it take them 3 minutes to make my food when there's 20 people in there but 20 minutes to make it when there's 3 people in there?

Because they prepare food in advance for peak times and it can only sit under a heat lamp for so long before it has to be thrown out. When you go in at odd hours, they have to make it fresh (ish).

 

[ScrewTheRules]

Because they prepare food in advance for peak times and it can only sit under a heat lamp for so long before it has to be thrown out. When you go in at odd hours, they have to make it fresh (ish).

That's fair enough but 8:00 am on a Friday near a major transit route isn't exactly odd times. It's usually fairly busy in there, which is why I leave early on Friday (to get breakfast) the fact that I ended up being slightly late for work (and yes, my manager gets on my ass over one measly minute) is what really annoyed me.

Also, I hate managers who get on my ass about being one minute late when four days a week I get in half an hour early. It was 8:31 on the clock, it's not that big a deal.

 

[SPARKLETWAT]

People who can't tell me what meds they're taking because their family members hand them the medicine at medicine time, which means the person forgets what the meds are like people who use password storage forget their passwords if their computer craps out. BLESS EVERY PERSON WHO COMES IN WITH ALL THEIR MEDS IN A BAG.

Keep all your or your family member's necessary prescription meds in one place with a plastic or zip lock bag nearby. You can sweep it all into the bag and go if an emergency comes up. Keeping a list of medicines by name and dosage helps but if you or somebody else has meds that are being switched and changed a lot this list will get outdated real fast. It's better to bring everything in a bag. ESPECIALLY if the person takes like 9o8273u4982374 different meds!

My next peeve is old people who show up on 9298374982374 different meds when they really only need maybe 8 of them. Sometimes they come in drugged to the gills and everything is interacting and no wonder granny thinks the beds are sharks and doesn't recognize you as her grandson!

One of Murphy's nursing laws is the most frail, sick and feeble old people are as strong as Superman and develop gymnastics skills that let them get over bedrails, swan dive into the toilet and coat themselves in their own shit if you blink. It's a hellish long night keeping them in bed, clean and safe. They go to sleep after your shift ends and the day shift looks at you like you're crazy when they see your notes.

This has been the tired writing of a nurse who almost got beat up by a 4'11 72lb granny in the Ruby phase of Alzheimer's. Look up Teepa Snow's dementia "Gems" or "Jewels" if you want to know what I mean. EDIT nevermind, found it http://teepasnow.com/events/teepas-gems/

 

[Marvin]

People who can't tell me what meds they're taking because their family members hand them the medicine at medicine time, which means the person forgets what the meds are like people who use password storage forget their passwords if their computer craps out.

I have to disagree with the password storage thing. Given the state of password crackers nowadays, the rule of thumb I ascribe to is: if you can remember your password, it's insecure.

It's a bit more complicated than that, and there are some schemes that might still be secure, but still, the easiest thing is to pick one password you can remember and use a password manager with strong encryption. The one I use is KeePass. (I always read it as keep ass, and I don't know why.)

I don't like using the password storage built into the browser. A bit of separation and manual intervention when I have to log in (that is, copying and pasting the password out of the password manager) makes me feel more comfortable.

I mean, all the major browsers (I mean, aside from ie) are huge open source projects with lots of scrutiny. I'm sure the Chrome and Firefox guys have done their homework on the subject. So I'm sure I'm being a bit paranoid by not using the built-in password manager. But whichever.

Well, and plus there's a mobile version of KeePass, so that's super helpful.

Keeping a list of medicines by name and dosage helps but if you or somebody else has meds that are being switched and changed a lot this list will get outdated real fast.

I never thought about the dosage aspect, but now that you mention it, that's pretty important. I know what medication I take (oxcarbazepine) but not the dosage.

 

[Hummingbird]

People who think that just because a character is not a cishet white male, automatically makes them more interesting, special and entertaining. (Characters who are this are branded as "boring".)

 

[Shokew]

People who think that just because a character is not a cishet white male, automatically makes them more interesting, special and entertaining. (Characters who are this are branded as "boring".)

Thanks a lot, Social Justice Universe.

 

[Dumpsterfire]

What Im actually humorously shocked about is that apparently this lady is seeming to suggest that they have like, Mary Kay for dildos (sounds hot and Im surprised there isn't a porno based around this). I figured girls took care of that part of their life on their own, discreetly, without trying to bring other people into it. MLM Dildo Pyramid Scheme is going to be the name of my next album. I think she's being sarcastic but to me the idea of a Mary Kay dildo meet is just, Im dying inside right now.

This is a real thing and it's called Pure Romance. I once got invited to a dildo party by my Dad's ex wife and it was super awkward because she kept asking me to rub lube on the back of my hand to see how "silky" it was and giving creepy anecdotes about her sex life while she was still married to my father. It's mostly run by those weird "wine moms" who post minion memes on facebook and wear jeans with rhinestones on the ass. Hilariously enough men aren't allowed because of state prostitution laws.


My big pet peeve is people pronouncing things wrong like "Libary" and "closent." Also eating noises and spitting everywhere.

 

[Assorted Nuts]

People Who Type Like This Where They Capitalize The First Letter Of Every Fucking Word.

Anyone who does that unironically should be beaten.

 

[Mozzarella Dicks]

When I've already been doing something right for months/years, then something breaks and I get bombarded with being told to do that exact thing I was doing.
"You need to empty the lint from the dryer every time." "I always have."


Grammar issues like using "a" instead of "an" before a word that begins with a vowel.


People misusing terms like "two times more" and "ten times more" - two times more is three times as much because it's how much more you have than the one you begin with and ten times more is eleven times as much. Ten times less of something isn't one tenth as much, it's negative nine times as much!


Wiccans calling themselves "pagan", then claiming there's no difference between their beliefs and those of the various quite different polytheistic religious of pre-Christian Europe.


RPGs where you cure wounds and heal afflictions instead of the other way around. You heal a broken leg or a stab wound, you cure an infection or poison.


Men who want to have feminine pronouns and women who want masculine pronouns. Who constantly whine and moan about being "mistaken for" their real genders because they're ugly, not androgynous, and terrible at acting, rather than putting any sort of effort into dragging people into their delusions.

 

[A Potato Named Vodka]

People who use their mental illness to excuse their behavior. People who refuse to take responsibility for themselves. Libraries that don't use the Dewy decimal system.

 

[Somar]

Flip Floppers, basically people who say something about one thing and then soon after say the opposite of that thing. Like I get that people's opinions can change over time, but sometimes they change too quick and too frequently.

 

[Beaniebon]

I hate the loud sassy gay/sassy black woman personality. I know it's just a stereotype and not all black women and gay men are like that but when they are I can't stand it.