PeevePile • A Pet Peeve Archive

People advertising things as "upcycled."
All you did was take some thrift store crap and paint it or stick things on it! You didn't make it better (i.e. "cycle" it up), you just gave the old crap a longer shelf life.

— Acacia from Peoria, Illinois | Language | 3.7.2011 | Comments (0)

Aggressive Merry Christmas-ing.
I hear people say "This is America! Say Merry Christmas!" and see signs of businesses reading "WE SAY MERRY CHRISTMAS" as if "Happy Holidays" were an insult. The Jewish-Athiest in me feels really welcome here in the midwest ...

— Acacia from Peoria, IL | Religion | 12.27.2010 | Comments (3)

Using "female" or "male" as a noun.
We are women, not "females." Men, not "males." When did cop-speak become part of everyday parlance? When did we stop being girls, boys, men, and women, and just become objective gender things? I am a female human, a female professor, etc. Gender designations are descriptive and therefore adjectives. Didn't anyone else watch Schoolhouse Rock?

— Acacia from Peoria, IL | Language | 9.27.2010 | Comments (2)

Doctors "shortening" your wait time by making you wait in the exam room instead.
Just when you've settled into the book you brought in the waiting room, the nurse calls you, weighs you and leaves you in the exam room with "the doctor will be in shortly." There you wait, in a paper gown for another 20-30 minutes, so they can pretend that their "waiting room" times are shorter, while wasting the same amount of your time that they always have.

— Acacia from Peoria, IL | Other | 6.7.2010 | Comments (2)

Waiting for U.P.S.
They show up anytime they feel like it (between 8am and 6pm) and then just drop your package on your porch and walk away. No signature, nothing. They don't even ring the doorbell to let you know the damn thing is there.

— Acacia from Peoria, IL | Other | 11.11.2009 | Comments (0)

Trailers and commercials that go on longer than the movie.
I've already paid $20 for the ticket and snacks. Just show the damn movie!

— Acacia from Peoria, IL | Public Places | 3.20.2009 | Comments (0)

"Now more than ever..."
What the hell does that mean anyway?! The phrase pops up in advertisements from everything from cars to juice. We know the economy sucks, but it doesn't make your product any more important or necessary than it was before.

— Acacia from Peoria, IL | Language | 3.14.2009 | Comments (1)

Saying that men watching their own kids are "babysitting." » 5 stars

Water on the counter at a public bathroom such that when you lean over to wash your hands, your stomach and crotch area get all wet. » 5 stars

When people tell me to "calm down" when I am already calm. » 5 stars

Putting on a clean pair of socks, entering the bathroom or kitchen and standing in a water splash left on the floor, thus getting your clean socks wet and forcing you to change them. » 5 stars

Excessive and difficult-to-remove packaging » 4.95238 stars

Rolls of toilet paper in which the size and weight to tensile strength ratio renders it impossible to dispense the paper in the usual manner (ie: pull on the end, roll turns, paper advances). » 4.93333 stars

Doctors "shortening" your wait time by making you wait in the exam room instead. » 4.93333 stars

People who touch computer screens. » 4.91667 stars

Using mobile phones at the register. » 127 Comments

The non-existance of unpadded bras in cup sizes less than D. Macy's, Victoria's secret, and Bloomingdales do not carry them. unpadded. » 41 Comments

People who put ketchup in the refrigerator. » 41 Comments

When pregnant women complain about being pregnant. » 39 Comments

People who deliberately pronounce words incorrectly and repeatedly. » 34 Comments

Women who are just so beautiful they don't have to contribute to sex... » 32 Comments

"Irregardless." » 30 Comments

Saying that men watching their own kids are "babysitting." » 27 Comments

Using mobile phones at the register. » super – Peenevoni 2/6

Using mobile phones at the register. » super – ignolefolla 2/6

Using mobile phones at the register. » super – shoopsync 2/5

Using mobile phones at the register. » super – Tixexteve 2/5

10.31.10

Thanks to a recent torrent of spam, I’ve had to disable comments for a while. I’ve now removed the ability to put links in the comments. Email me if you want to put something in, such as five links to knock-off handbag sites, and I’ll happily oblige.

09.10.10

I’ve added two features to the sidebar: Highest Rating and Hotly Debated. They will be updated daily. To my surprise, the ketchup-in-fridge peeve seemed to really incite some anger — it’s clearly a complex situation that affects us all.

It should be noted that the star ratings indicate how much you agree with, or appreciate, the peeve, not how you feel when it happens.

I will be adding a Paragon Peeves section as well, for my and my friends’ personal favorites.

Please enjoy, and contact me if you have any new feature ideas.