PEEVES of LATE ››
December 15th,2011
Men who always claim their phone died.
Seriously the minute my phone dies I charge it. It shouldn't take a dude three days to do so and call me back. Just broke up with someone for doing this shit.
Charge your phone and call people back and you won't get dumped.
— Avangelis from Denver, CO | Relationships | 12.15.2011 | Comments (4)
September 13th,2011
People who recline their airline seats as far as possible for an entire flight.
My kids and I sat behind a couple and their child for an entire 8 hour transatlantic flight yesterday. It was a daylight flight, not overnight. They reclined, practically into our laps, the entire time, even when they were sitting forward to eat, or getting up to go to the bathroom, etc.
— Katherine from Virginia | Travel | 9.13.2011 | Comments (3)
August 14th,2011
Leaving left over time on the microwave.
You heat something up in the microwave for a minute. You let the microwave run for 57 seconds. Is it too much to ask that you clear off the remaining 3 seconds?!
— Heather from Alabama | Kitchen | 8.14.2011 | Comments (3)
May 30th,2011
People on any type of competition style show who say "I'm not playing around. I'm here to win!"
Every time a contestant is interviewed they always feel the need to remind the viewer WHY they're on the show. Really? No shit. I kind of figured that out by the mere fact that you are a CONTESTANT!
— Jenn from KC, MO | Television | 5.30.2011 | Comments (1)
May 27th,2011
Pushing food onto your fork with your fingers.
Sure, there are foods we eat with our hands - sandwiches, pizza and the like - but if you have a fork in your hand, use a KNIFE to move food onto the fork, if the fork itself is not adequate. Would you go outside to shovel snow, lay down the shovel and use your hands to place snow on the shovel? No! Would you throw a bath towel on the floor and roll around on it to dry yourself off? No! Use the proper tool properly, otherwise, just scoop your food into your mouth and forget the fork, cuz that's basically what you're doing.
Besides being illogical, it's gross!
Also, bring the fork to your mouth, do not bring your face to the fork. You are not an animal at the trough. That kind of gobbling greed (in SUCH a hurry to eat you can't wait for the fork!) is effing disgusting.
Please and thank you.
— lids from boulder, co | Dining | 5.27.2011 | Comments (3)
May 26th,2011
People that add an "S" to store names that are not plural.
"I have to go to Wal Marts, you can buy that at Victoria's Secrets, I am on Nutri Systems".
— Jenn from KC, MO | Conversation | 5.26.2011 | Comments (3)
May 9th,2011
People who say "schedule" to sound like "shedule".
Why have they picked this word to pronounce that way?! How do they say "school"? Or "schooner"? "Scheme"? Or what about "schizophrenic"?!
— Kp from Ontario, Cabada | Conversation | 5.9.2011 | Comments (2)
ASSORTED PEEVES ››
Someone in retail whose spirit has been crushed.
And they look at you with dead eyes when you ask them anything.
When you are waiting in an obviously long checkout line and the person behind starts to sigh- LOUDLY, then starts to complain- LOUDLY, as if to draft you into their small army of self pity.
Perhaps they believe you will join forces with them and wage an attack on the cashier, or rise up against the management team at Wal-Mart. After all, why should a person have to wait more than 23 seconds to pay for their cat litter?
When the cashier replaces the cash register's receipt tape before giving you your change back.
People who buy the top of the line equipment for a sport, but actually are terrible at playing that sport.
A guy that plays scrub hockey on Wed nights recently started coming out to play. When he showed up he had brand new top of the line sticks, very expensive skates, and many other things. But when he got onto the ice he was so bad that he had to let the boards stop him cause he was unable to stop using his skates.
White yuppies observing (or worse, complaining about) gentrification in their largely-minority neighborhood
I still can't believe this actually happens, but I see it all the time. Have some self-awareness!!
Eyelashes turned in toward and rubbing against the eyeball.
It's your WHOLE PURPOSE on earth!
PROTECT the eyeball.
Protect it.
The assumption that, because I am an American woman, losing weight is the key to my happiness.
I'm in college and the book for my PE class just straight out asked if I was committed to losing weight. Not getting healthier. Not starting an exercise program. Losing. Weight.
It's just a mirror of our society at large. Not everyone needs to lose weight, by the way! Assuming as much is just plain rude and possibly harmful.
When an aerobic instructor doesn't do each limb equally.
If I do 20 lunges with my left leg in front, I want to do 20 with my right. Otherwise, I'll have asymmetric buttcheeks. Often the instructor gets bored by the time they get to the second limb and only have you do about half as many reps.
