PEEVES of LATE ››
February 8th,2010
When non-white street beggars call me racist when I don't give them money.
I don't give money to white beggars either. I'm not racist, just uncaring.
— ex from Austin, TX | Public Places | 2.8.2010 | Comments (1)
February 6th,2010
Successful people who say they were terrible at the menial job they had when they were younger.
I can't stand it when a very successful person laughs and says that they were terrible at the menial job they had when they were younger. The best example of this is the actress who, in an interview says, "I was a terrible waitress ... ha, ha, ha!" The implication is that waiting tables is beneath them, they were meant for bigger things, and that being a great waitress somehow requires a lack of artistic talent, and a lack of noble ambitions.
Anyone who is intelligent, hardworking, and has a small degree of humility should be a great waitress. It's not funny to muse on how your shitty work ethic allowed you to rise to the top of your profession.
— DannyG from New York, NY | Other | 2.6.2010 | Comments (1)
February 5th,2010
I have an ever-growing section of my sock drawer devoted to single socks that have lost their mates in unsolved laundry mysteries. It's as if the missing socks will magically reappear one day when I dump out my laundry bag onto the bed and be reunited with their long-lost friends. Where are these socks going? Do they always go missing singly, or sometimes in unnoticed pairs? What the hell is going on in the laundry?
— CC from new york city | Household | 2.5.2010 | Comments (0)
February 4th,2010
Wobbly uneven table legs restaurants.
This is just irritating especially when its more of an upscale restaurant you can't exactly stick some sugar packets under the leg like you would at a diner.
— rachel from chicago | Dining | 2.4.2010 | Comments (0)
February 2nd,2010
People who touch computer screens.
Unless it's a touch screen, this is totally unnecessary. Point at what you're talking about and leave your greasy thumbs fingers for the remote control.
— Tedman from Mt. Vernon, Illinois | Technology | 2.2.2010 | Comments (2)
February 2nd,2010
People using the phrase, "across the pond", to refer to something across the Atlantic Ocean
What - you're so worldly and significant that an entire ocean seems but a tiny little pond to you? Get over yourself.
— CC from new york city | none | 2.2.2010 | Comments (0)
ASSORTED PEEVES ››
Bendy straws cracked at the joint.
When people buy a huge bag of cheap rice.
Are you kidding me? We don't need the shittiest possible rice imaginable, here. There's a taste difference and a nutritional difference and decent unbleached rice is not that difficult to afford or find.
Why anyone who makes more than $2 per hour would purchase cheap rice is so beyond me - it's like it should be illegal on another planet.
Making coffee when the sink is full of dirty dishes.
a) It's really difficult to pour the old leftover coffee out of the pot without spilling it on the counter; and b) it's almost impossible to position the pot under the faucet. And it's even worse if it was your turn to wash the dishes the night before.
Discontinuation of relied-upon cosmetic products
When Revlon discontinued making their SkinLights foundation, I thought I was going to die. There ought to be some sort of due process clause written into the US Constitution or one of the Int'l Human Rights Conventions requiring that cosmetic companies provide notice-and-comment proceedings and hearings to the public before removing a product from the shelves.
Farting in overalls and a well insulated jacket.
It just hangs around and is slowly slowly squeezed right into your face by various positional shifts. It can last minutes.
When a dentist or dental hygenist asks you questions during your cleaning when they clearly realize they have both hands stuck in your mouth and you can't respond.
And the weird part is that every single dentist/hygenist does this and none of them acknowledge that you are unable to respond. So instead they pause and you are forced to mumble out some sort of incoherent response which they can't possibly understand.
The amount of time that news programs devote to what goes on in Hollywood as opposed to real news.
If I wanted to hear this stuff I would turn on Access Hollywood, not CNN.
the use of subtitling for people with foreign accents who speak english on television
When TV commercials animate baby's mouths to say their slogans.
Generally to say something in a low voice, like "ohhhh yeah!"
When something is often a peeve but sometimes a pet affection.
E.g. text messaging, "quirkiness," Williamsburg.
The phrase Γ’β¬Εpet peeve.Γ’β¬Β I just donΓ’β¬β’t like it
