PeevePile • A Pet Peeve Archive

The sound of someone drinking coffee on a silent elevator.
From the first gurgly slurp, to the gulping sound and passage of liquid down your throat, I can hear every last little moment of this process on a silent elevator.

— jmc from long island city | Public Places | 2.13.2010 | Comments (1)

The suffix "-ista"
Oh, GOD, enough already. Fashionista, or worse: recessionista. And then on a commercial I just heard "frugalista."

— jmc from long island city | Language | 1.14.2010 | Comments (2)

Newcomers or visitors talking about loving "the energy" of New York

— jmc from long island city | Language | 11.2.2009 | Comments (9)

Pressure to find my "passion."
What if I don't have a deep desire to make handbags or cupcakes? What if I just want to have a regular job and just be kind of okay with it, whatever?

— jmc from long island city, ny | Self | 4.22.2009 | Comments (4)

People who act like they're busier than you are.
Oh, you've been soooooo busy? Guess what, me too!

— jmc from long island city | Etiquette | 2.5.2009 | Comments (5)

Narrating your reactions to things on the internet, with irritating language derived from stage directions.
This especially happens in blog comments. *Rolls eyes in disgust.*

— jmc from long island city | Internet | 5.6.2009 | Comments (3)

"Coming out of retirement"
Jay-Z and Lance Armstrong, I am looking at you.

— jmc from long island city | Work | 5.10.2009 | Comments (1)

Calling it Turkey Day.
Just say Thanksgiving. The only reason to call it Turkey Day is to be cute, and it's not cute, so cut it out. Plus, why do people say stuff like, "I can't wait for turkey!" or "Enjoy the turkey!"? Turkey's not THAT great. I mean, it's not the part that I am like OH YES about. Wine and pie is a lot more exciting. Even stuffing. Stupid turkey.

— jmc from long island city | Conversation | 11.27.2008 | Comments (4)

Recieving an email to confirm that I have unsubscribed from an email list.

— jmc from LIC, NY | Internet | 10.22.2008 | Comments (1)

When someone asks a question that they could answer themselves.
People do this all the time. For example, a person wearing a watch will ask you the time. A person with a cell phone in their pocket will ask you the time, knowing that you have to take your cell phone out of your pocket to answer. It's not easier for you than it is for them. A person emails you asking what the weather will be like on the weekend. Or "what's the name of that song?" launching you into a manic internet search which they could have done themselves. At work people ask, "do we have vacation on labor day?" and you have to look it up on the company web site. But *they* could have looked it up on the company web site. Or someone will ask "what's George's office number?" rather than looking it up. It's not ask if they expect you to happen-to-know. They expect you to look it up.

— jmc from san francisco | Conversation | 5.1.2010 | Comments (6)

Auto flush before poo inspection.
When the auto flush in a public bathroom flushes and sucks your poo away before you've had a chance to look at it. There might be some clue that you're deathly ill, but you'll never know it thanks to the auto flush.

— jmc from san francisco | Bathrooms | 11.28.2008 | Comments (5)

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 » 4.95455 stars

Having to act completely surprised and utterly amazed by any and all gifts given to you in a public setting. » 4.91667 stars

When two light switches control the same light, but one must be off and the other on for the light switch to work. » 4.90909 stars

Driving behind someone with their blinker on for miles. » 4.90909 stars

Being forced to participate in a bouquet/garter toss at a wedding » 4.9 stars

Saying that men watching their own kids are "babysitting." » 4.88235 stars

The dried lotion booger stuck on the nozzle of the lotion bottle. » 4.88235 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. » 64 Comments

The "insert" button on keyboards. » 62 Comments

When pregnant women complain about being pregnant. » 60 Comments

"Irregardless." » 56 Comments

People who deliberately pronounce words incorrectly and repeatedly. » 55 Comments

People who put ketchup in the refrigerator. » 53 Comments

Women who are just so beautiful they don't have to contribute to sex... » 52 Comments

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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.