PEEVES of LATE ››
July 4th,2009
Trying to open an overstuffed drawer when its unseen contents keep pulling open the drawer above.
Especially when the contents turn out to be plastic grocery bags that someone has been hoarding for years, or old socks that no one uses.
— Carmen from Austria | Household | 7.4.2009 | Comments (0)
July 3rd,2009
People leaning on, touching, etc. other peoples' cars.
Its not your property! You - yes you! Stop your kid grabbing my car handles, and don't you dare casually lean on it while chatting someone up, either. Its rude. And its not yours. Although you give us a great laugh when we set off the car alarm and got to watch you leap 10 feet in the air.
— Bree from Ohio | Other | 7.3.2009 | Comments (1)
July 2nd,2009
Irrational hygiene proclivities.
One time I went on a date with a guy who chastised me for double-dipping, after which he shoved his tongue down my throat.
— Jessica from Brooklyn | Hygiene | 7.2.2009 | Comments (4)
July 1st,2009
When the staple won't go all the way through your stack of paper.
— carrie g from | Work | 7.1.2009 | Comments (7)
June 29th,2009
And they expect you to pay even though you're an "awesome friend" according to the Friendster comment they left for you.
— erika from brooklyn, ny | Music | 6.29.2009 | Comments (0)
June 27th,2009
If I talk to you 3 to 4 times a day on the phone and in person for business, I am not going to ask "How are you?" every time. So, please don't be that jerk and after I've answered, "Fine" for the third time today to your question say: "Aren't you going to ask how I am?" OR "I asked how your weekend was ... you must not want to hear about mine or you would've asked."
— Christina from Milwaukee | Conversation | 6.27.2009 | Comments (3)
June 26th,2009
Media's referring to groups of people as "simple people" or "regular people."
Isn't this insulting? Who is irregular, and what constitutes a 'simple' person? This is often heard in reference to people who are suffering or have endured some tragedy to insight pity.
— Biffy from Brooklyn, NY | Television | 6.26.2009 | Comments (4)
ASSORTED PEEVES ››
When you and your roommate both use universal household products (coffee, hand soap, toilet paper) but you buy the expensive version or large package, and the roommate uses the last of your contribution and "replaces" it with a far crappier one.
While I'm sure it was with much sweat-of-the-brow that you contributed that travel-sized envelope of instant coffee to the opulence of our home, if you ever again use the last of my Kona peaberry coffee and tell me you've "replaced" it with that shit while acting as though you deserve a special hat for your efforts, I will personally remove your internal organs with my teeth. This particularly irks me when the other roommate is noticeably more financially capable than I am: it's not like I have the money for a steady stream of luxury products, so the ones I do spring for actually count. Either pony up or no more sharing.
the use of subtitling for people with foreign accents who speak english on television
Media's referring to groups of people as "simple people" or "regular people."
Isn't this insulting? Who is irregular, and what constitutes a 'simple' person? This is often heard in reference to people who are suffering or have endured some tragedy to insight pity.
The moral superiority shown by non-TV watchers.
You think you better than me just because you go hiking while I watch the Flava o' Love? Well, you're not. You go right ahead reading your Proust. I'm gonna settle in here, flipping between The Real Housewives of Orange County and Hogan Knows Best.
Pets who only like their owners.
Nothing worse than a cute dog or cat or bird or whatever that bites your hand and growls.
The fact that cats and dogs go out of their way to eat things that can kill them.
Even for a small brained mammal, eating a bag of tinsel or a box of snail poison is just stupid. It can't really be called accidental either.
Cat litter box in the kitchen
Hey look! There's pile of poop right next to where you are preparing food for dinner! Bon apetit, people.
"I'm sorry if you feel that way." - and any variation of said phrase.
Another good one: "I'm sorry if I made you feel bad." Grrrrrrrrr. Nononono. Don't apologize for how I feel. Don't "apologize" if you think I'm reacting inappropriately to something you said or did. It's incredibly immature. If you truly are sorry for something, say it. Say, "I'm sorry I said that" or whatever the occasion calls for. Simple, straightforward, honest.
"You're young at heart."
This irritates me. It implies that people shouldn't have fun, wild personalities after a certain age; they should instead let them die for a life of morbid banality.
When people use the word "olfactorily."
It's stink-ass snobby.
