June 17, 2004
Irk
I saw over on Tim Blair that James Lileks is asking for people's pet peeves. Lileks writes:
What gets your goat? What small petty thing drives you crazy? Send it in to fence@startribune.com.Not welcome:
• Anything regarding cell phones and big vehicles; that is so tired.
• Anything regarding the position of the toilet seat and its relation to gender.
These are Tim Blair's:
1. The way Muppets "walk". All that bouncing up and down. Nobody walks like that!2. Too-tight magazine binding, so you can’t read the column closest to the centre margin when you fold the thing over.
3. "World music".
Here are my three:
1. First and foremost, people who talk in third person. It drives me mad. And please don't go do that in the comment section now that I've written that. Please.
2. Fake people. I'm not a big fan of liars either but sometimes I can forgive lying. But if I feel you're not being straight with me, if I feel there is any duplicity about who you essentially are, it's over.
3. I can't think of a third one. I'm pretty satisfied in general and it takes a lot to bother me. If I think of something else I'll add it.
So, what are yours?
Posted by Karol at June 17, 2004 11:44 PM | TrackBackTechnorati Tags:
People who will not give me privacy in the bathroom.
People who cannot make up their mind on what to order in a restaurant.
People accounting for a restaurant bill down to the last penny based up what you ordered. I would rather pay the whole thing than go through that.
Posted by: Jake at June 18, 2004 12:08 AM1. Driving slow in the left lane and not getting out of way to let faster traffic through.
2. People who pay for purchases of $10 or less with a credit card. In the time they go through the transaction, 4 people could have paid cash and got out of there.
3. People with 50 things in the 10 items or less lane.
They're all the same, really. People who are so wrapped up in their own little world that they waste the time of everyone around them.
Posted by: Director Mitch at June 18, 2004 12:23 AMReally bad typos. Like when people write "desert" and mean "dessert." Editor's pet peeve, what can I say...
Posted by: Esther at June 18, 2004 12:25 AM
Scott hates people that talk in third person Bob Dole speech. Guinness has tired Scott and soon Scott will retire and count sheep only to awake with headache brought on by aforementioned beverages.
(Couldn’t resist)
Try using a turn signal, I'm sure you've got one and it wasn't an option on your particular model.
Posted by: Scott N. at June 18, 2004 12:51 AMDawn does not like when casual bloggers steal ideas from the "professional bloggers" instead of merely telling their readers to go to the source. "Karol" is also a pet peeve. Apologies to Esther for any unintentional typos they're might bee in this comment.
Also I hate that I can't leave my comment without an e-mail address.
transnational progressivists
Posted by: scot at June 18, 2004 03:47 AMFake apologies; perfectly healthy people who take the elevator to go one floor; and makeover shows.
Posted by: Gib at June 18, 2004 08:49 AMi'm all over your number two.
other things:
- excessive heat and humidity
- communal living
- Usher.
1. Overly-cutesy groups of women: Post-sorority & former cheerleaders usually apply to this group.
2. FLAKES: Normally goes hand-in hand with a FAKE person.
3. People who think rules are made for everyone else, but them.
Posted by: Vanessa at June 18, 2004 09:40 AM"These are Tim Blair's:
1. The way Muppets "walk". All that bouncing up and down. Nobody walks like that! "
puppets walk like that
I must be the most annoying person in the world, because i do half the things on the above list.
"2. People who pay for purchases of $10 or less with a credit card. In the time they go through the transaction, 4 people could have paid cash and got out of there."
cash is so passe'
"Really bad typos. Like when people write "desert" and mean "dessert." Editor's pet peeve, what can I say..."
english is a stupid language anyways, and i am an extremly bad typer
the next two are related
"Try using a turn signal, I'm sure you've got one and it wasn't an option on your particular model. "
"3. People who think rules are made for everyone else, but them."
my total knoledge of the road and the surrounding situation negates the need to anyone else to have any fore knowledge of what i am doing, about to do, or just did.
"perfectly healthy people who take the elevator to go one floor;"
it is absurd i know, but i like absurdity
"1. Overly-cutesy groups of women: Post-sorority & former cheerleaders usually apply to this group. "
i actully like this group
though i would never do this.
"Dawn does not like when casual bloggers steal ideas from the "professional bloggers" instead of merely telling their readers to go to the source."
1. People in front of you who drive slow, order coffee slow, take forever in shopping lines whatever.
2. Crazy sports fans with the "inside info." Hey my buddy in MSG told me the Knicks are gonna trade Houston for Kobe in a sign and trade. No they're not. Allan Houston is done and he is jump shooter who can't find his own shot anymore. That's just silly.
3. The 80s toy comeback. I went to Toys R Us and what did I see ? He Man, Transformers, GI Joe, Strawbery Shortcake, My Pretty Pony, Star Wars (and not the crappy new movies stuff, we're talking old school Han Solo and Bobba Fett here people). And they're all absurdly expensive. While I am a reactionary because change is bad, I thin it would kind of suck if all generations played with the same stuff. I mean my dad used to dress up in a Davy Crockett hat as a kid. While I honor Davy as a good Whig and an American original, you would not catch me dead in that hat. Do I want my kids in 10 years to be playing with Man at Arms, Optimis Prime and Destro ? Probably not.
Posted by: Von Bek at June 18, 2004 10:33 AM1. When people call me and wake me up less than 5 minutes before my alarm clock goes off. LEAVE ME ALONE!
2. People who leave change in the tip because that is EXACTLY the right amount (ex. 15% of the bill would be $1.58, and that is what they leave.) It should be pointed out that leaving change in a tip doesn't bother me if it isn't for this reason.
3. People who think that it is okay not to tip if they don't get great service.
Posted by: Courtney at June 18, 2004 10:34 AM1) Those people on the street that get majorly pissed off when you bump into them by accident. Yeah, like it was my whole big evil plan in life to bump into you!
2)Humidity in general but August (steamy) subway platforms.
3) Redheads. A bunch of freaks if you ask me.
4) Those people who make you use pasta noodles to play poker. What's up with that!
Posted by: Lisa at June 18, 2004 10:34 AM-people that say "eeeewwww!!!" when you are eating a rare and exotic dish
-guys that walk together in big groups and wear matching dockers
-i'm with you Karol. FAKE PEOPLE
1. Tall people who turn their back on you as if you were not there. It makes me wish physiscal violence was legal.
2. People who think they belong to "enlightened circles"
3. When I get asked "What's the most important thing in life?"
Thought of another one after my lunch run to the local grocery store...
4. Getting stuck behind the WIC/Food Stamp women in the grocery line. More so when they get in the 15 items or less line and pretend not to know that they arne't allowed to use said WIC/Food Stamps in this line.
Posted by: Courtney at June 18, 2004 03:12 PM-Generally, people who unintentionally mangle cliches and mix metaphors.
-Specifically, people who misuse the phrase "begs the question." Hint: it's not synonymous with " which raises the question..."
-People who think they can snidely bash "the current administration" in polite conversation on the unspoken assumption that "we're all intelligent people here" who obviously hold the only defensible position, i.e., that W. is a bumbling, idiotic, evil genius.
Posted by: ss at June 18, 2004 03:17 PMOh, and women in the office who clearly kill themselves to look their fit, fashionable best every day and then proceed to stomp around with an ugly scowl on their faces.
Posted by: ss at June 18, 2004 03:39 PMPeople.
Posted by: SMFA at June 18, 2004 04:05 PMJake and I were separated at birth. His second and third peeves in the first comment (restaurant-ordering dawdlers and bill checkers) make me CRAZY. (When my wife does it, it's just cute.)
Posted by: Michael at June 18, 2004 04:18 PMTwo NYC-centric ones:
1. People who walk too slow, by which I mean like under 50 miles an hour.
2. Constantly over-hearing stupid conversations at restaurants, subways, while walking etc. etc. (though someitmes you do ovehear interesting snatches I admit, and they are a hell of a lot less annoying convesations than they are in any other city, but still)
One general one:
3. Publications that use low-quality newsprint that rubs off on your hand and sometimes even gets smudged so there are parts you can't read. (I"m looking at you New York Observer).
Okay maybe that one was New York parochial as well.
Posted by: Eric Deamer at June 18, 2004 06:05 PMPlastic blister packs that practically require a chainsaw to open.
Posted by: bobm at June 18, 2004 08:11 PM-guys that walk together in big groups and wear matching dockers
Jessica, please tell me these people don't actually exist!
I'm going to have nightmares for a month now!
Posted by: Radical Redneck at June 18, 2004 11:39 PMthey sure do. come on uptown.
Posted by: Jessica at June 20, 2004 07:50 PM...only with a baseball bat. That just begs for a righteous beatdown!
Posted by: Radical Redneck at June 21, 2004 09:27 AM3314 You only get one set of teeth. Take care of them with a good
dental plan. Dental
insurance is
money well spent. I sleep better since I signed up for my new dental insurance
plan.
Get yours at: http://dental-insurance-plan.freeservers.com/
http://www.online-sports-betting-source.com
online sports betting
Sports Betting Odds
Sports Betting Line
Football Sports Betting
NCAA Sports Betting
NFL Football Betting Line
American Football Betting
Online American Football Betting
Online Football Betting Lines
Online Sports Book
NFL Football Odds
NCAA Football Odds
Las Vegas Football Odds
2004 Super Bowl Odds
Sports Book Betting
Las Vegas Sports Book
Sports Book Odds
Internet Sports Gambling
Sports Betting Information
College Football Betting Odds
College Betting Line
NFL Point Spread
NCAA Point Spread
Super Bowl Point Spread
Vegas Point Spread
Legal Sports Betting
Online Betting Odds
Online Sports Book Betting
Online Sports Betting Site
home based business
home based business
opportunity
5146 adipex
Posted by: phentermine cheap at December 2, 2004 05:10 AM


