http://www.peevepile.com/ PeevePile RSS en-us Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:11:16 MST Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:11:16 MST http://peevepile.com biffy@peevepile.com biffy@peevepile.com http://peevepile.com/peeves/2277 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.

Posted 12.15.2011 by Avangelis from Denver, CO]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2271 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.

Posted 9.13.2011 by Katherine from Virginia]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2269 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?!

Posted 8.14.2011 by Heather from Alabama]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2262 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!

Posted 5.30.2011 by Jenn from KC, MO]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2264 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.

Posted 5.27.2011 by lids from boulder, co]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2260 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".

Posted 5.26.2011 by Jenn from KC, MO]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2263 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"?!

Posted 5.9.2011 by Kp from Ontario, Cabada]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2245 When people proudly wear all-access passes.

If entitlement were an object.

Posted 3.28.2011 by Biffy from Brooklyn, NY]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2243 Protracted endings of live songs.

Two minutes of drum banging, cymbal pounding, etc. Put it to death.

Posted 3.24.2011 by Biffy from Brooklyn, NY]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2244 People who enter an elevator and turn to face you instead of the doors.

More common when the elevator is packed and there's one guy up front turned to face everyone else, but much worse when it's just you and one other person who silently stares at the side of your face the entire time.

Posted 3.22.2011 by Lars from Los Angeles]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2230 People assuming that all pit bulls are dangerous/vicious



My dog is half blue tick hound half boxer. He LOOKS like a pit bull, but isn't. I have seen people cross the street to get away from him. He is not aggressive, does not bark except at squirrels, and has the saddest hound dog eyes. Just because he LOOKS like a pit, people assume he is vicious. Thank you Michael Vick.

Posted 3.8.2011 by Jami from Norfolk, Virginia]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2240 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.

Posted 3.7.2011 by Acacia from Peoria, Illinois]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2236 When family members invite themselves to events.

Especially when it's supposed to be a date night, or a birthday celebration with friends (e.g- at a bar, where you plan on getting FUBARed)

Posted 2.25.2011 by Jimmy from Denver, Colorado]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2237 People who pronouce Reece's cups as "Ree-See" cups. It's pronounced "Ree-sez".

Posted 2.10.2011 by Anna from Louisville, KY]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2232 "Conversate." Really?

It's not a bloody word, you freaking idiot! You and I may converse ~ but I seriously doubt it, because I don't have the patience required to hold a conversation with a moron.

Posted 2.3.2011 by Rhayne from WA]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2233 Age limits on musical genres.



I'm was at work listening to my MP3 player when a slightly younger co-worker (she in her late 20's, me in my early 40's) felt it necessary to make a comment about being "surprised that I listen to that kind of music." I was listening to NIN, and Trent Reznor is my age. He can still rock but I can't? What the hell?! Is there a certain age at which I am required to give away all my hard rock CDs and start listening to country-western? Does the walker come with it and make it a package deal? There will be hard rock played at my funeral or I'm haunting someone's sorry ass. In the same vein, a few years ago someone in his mid to late 20's told my husband (who is also my age) that he'd never seen someone his age with a pierced tongue. I guess we have to take those out when we receive our country-western music and walkers? F*#k that!

Posted 2.1.2011 by Rhayne from this one]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/448 When you stop driving, and all of your passengers leave the car and start walking away.



... leaving you alone to shut things down and hide valuables. This is worse the longer the trip is.

Posted 1.31.2011 by Biffy from Brooklyn, NY]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2227 Leaving EVERY cabinet open in the kitchen after walking out.



Never fails. I walk into the kitchen after my husband has walked out, and EVERY cabinet he touched is OPEN. How long does it take to close a cabinet?

Posted 1.28.2011 by Jami from Norfolk, Virginia]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/137 Someone asking me a question from another room, when it is clear that I can't hear.

This is immediately followed by a requisite "what?!"

Posted 1.26.2011 by Biffy from Brooklyn, NY]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/1776 Eyelashes turned in toward and rubbing against the eyeball.



It's your WHOLE PURPOSE on earth! PROTECT the eyeball. Protect it.

Posted 1.24.2011 by rebecca from brooklyn]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/361 When someone thinks you have a problem with someone else, when really that someone else only has a problem with you.

For instance, someone's boyfriends doesn't like you. You don't have anything to do with it, but someone will always say "oh, we shouldn't invite him because you guys have problems with each other." Actually, it's a one-way deal.

Posted 1.20.2011 by Biffy from Brooklyn, NY]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2208 Clothes buttoned all the way up when they're on the hanger.



Every time I go to try on a shirt in a store I have to fiddle with like a mile of the world's tiniest buttons. It only needs the top one or two fastened to stay on the hanger!

Posted 1.17.2011 by T. from Missouri]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/210 "Appropriate"

"That's really not appropriate" "Do you think that was appropriate?" etc. -- these are pissy little phrases that imply a watered-down, corporatized version of "proper." "Proper" is stuffy and victorian but at least it's honest, implying a vast structure of social obligation. "Appropriate" is like a sneaky, underhanded version of this -- it pretends to be non-judgemental but it isn't.

Posted 1.13.2011 by Stuart]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2222 When the hour hand doesn't quite point to the hour when the minute hand points exactly at the twelve on my watch. I don't even want to look at it when it's on (or around) the hour!



Posted 1.12.2011 by Elliott from Los Angeles]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2221 Saying 'no offense' before saying something totally offensive.

What the hell? Seriously, if you have to preface it with THAT, then don't say it. Or, just be an up-front dick, not a sneaky dick.

Posted 1.5.2011 by Rachel from utah]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2217 Long website titles.



Title too long = instant chore for site fans, who must edit to fit on phone screen/computer dropdown menu. Make it easy for us to love/frequent your site and keep it brief; save the full description for the About Us page.

Posted 12.31.2010 by Pinky from Cube Farm]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2220 Wildly inaccurate computer progress bars.



3 minutes? 2 hours? 14 minutes? Less than a minute? About a minute? Just wait a sec, and let me know, okay?

Posted 12.29.2010 by Biffy from Brooklyn, NY]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2218 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 ...

Posted 12.27.2010 by Acacia from Peoria, IL]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2219 Any rendition of "Silver Bells" in 4/4 time.

Also: The gospely "soulful" repetition of the title line three times per chorus in "Santa Claus is Comin' To Town."

Posted 12.26.2010 by Tedman from Illinois]]> http://peevepile.com/peeves/2195 When the car in front of you stops well short of the traffic lights, then slowly creeps forward, even though the light hasn't changed.



If the lights are still red, then it serves no purpose to just ebb forward and stop every couple of seconds.

Posted 12.15.2010 by Naomi from Melbourne, Australia]]>