<p>^I’ve wondered that too – I think they’d rather have things simmer on a low-level agression rather than come out and say something, because they they’d have to deal with your response. I have one neighbor I routinely cross paths with – I smile and say “good morning” every time (because that’s what civilized people do), and she invariably looks me in the eye, and…scowls! Or stares! Her lips aren’t moving, so it’s not like she said something and I just didn’t hear her. What would it cost her to acknowledge me and respond? I thought maybe she didn’t hear me, so I added a little wave (along with the smile and ‘good morning’). Nothing. </p>
<p>Well, I have two neighbors who let their dogs roam and have done so for years. Returning the dogs home makes no difference; they are out again the next day. The dogs routinely **** on my lawn and front path. I decided a while back that I would just pick it and not get angry, but I’ll be honest, it does annoy me. I’m not clear why the neighbors would assume I’d be willing to pick up after their dogs when they’re not. Is there any point in discussing it nicely with the neighbors? I don’t think so. My hope is that one morning I will catch the dogs at it; I have a fantasy involving tying the bag of poop to the dog’s collar.</p>
<p>My dad lets his dog run loose through the neighborhood, and we (the rest of the family) think it is very rude. Not every day, but a couple times a week. I wish someone WOULD start putting the poop on the front porch. Although my poor mom would probably be the one who would have to pick it up, and he would just keep doing it. My experience is that most people who allow this somehow think it is okay… and it is NOT okay to let you dog poop in someone else’s yard or along the road, and not pick it up. If you can’t watch your dog, don’t have one. My dog is on a leash or under my direct supervision all the time when she is outside (she is not too friendly, so this is necessary).</p>
<p>People who cut you off when there is not one single car behind you. Then they drive twenty miles an hour below the speed limit. They couldn’t wait until you passed?</p>
<p>People who give you a gift and go on and on about how hard it was to find, difficult it was to wrap, expensive it was to buy, etc. Keep it, already.</p>
<p>When watching breaking news on TV and the person I’m sitting with starts asking questions about what’s going on…loud enough to prevent me from actually being able to hear what’s going on.</p>
<p>I’m not a dog owner. I don’t expect to have dog poop in my yard, ever. But I still do.
Dog owners who think this is OK, or make excuses like “Dogs will be dogs, I forgot my baggie, My dog accidentally got out, Lassie just got so excited she lost control . .”–YOU are my biggest pet peeves ever. How can you be so inconsiderate? Do I send my kids over to poop on YOUR lawn? Maybe dog poop doesn’t seem that disgusting to dog owners, but it is really disgusting to me. Please understand that there are people who don’t love your Fido or his poop. I’m a nice neighbor. YOU are the one breaking the law. No more excuses. Keep your bleepin’ dogs and their poop off my property! (Ah, thanks. . .I feel better now.)</p>
<p>Another pet peeve: People who complain constantly about an aspect of their life that is within their control to change. They ask for advice, listen, and then continue to allow the problem to continue…and still complain about it.</p>
<p>atomom…not everyone whose dog accidentally gets out leaves their mess behind , me being one of them . Thankfully , my new dogs don’t know how to and don’t seem interested in escaping thru our gates.
Believe me, the last thing I want to do is irritate my neighbors…even the ones who irritate us.
I have had contractors here that don’t realize that my gates don’t automatically latch…and I have written directly on the fenceposts in bold , black markers : MAKE SURE GATE IS LOCKED !! Kind of hard to control everyone who walks in , including gas and electric meter readers…doesn’t make us inconsiderate and I am guessing that most people who own dogs would feel the same way about their pets not being a burden to anyone</p>
<p>This may seem minor, but my pet peeve is all of those free weekly papers that get thrown on our driveway. I’ve complained to each one and nothing changes. The worst part is when we are travelling and have to impose on one of our neighbors to pick them up for us so everyone driving by won’t know we are gone. : (</p>
<p>lol, ILmom, THey drive me crazy too!! They don’t throw them in my driveway, they throw them in my front yard! I always forget to bring them in, because I very rarely am in my front yard and they go unnoticed forever… My garage is in the back so I come and go that way. The other week my boyfriend brought in four or five papers and chucked them in my trash can!</p>
<p>Oh, I thought of something else… People who never have any money for anything (can i borrow a few bucks for lunch… can I borrow 20 dollars to buy my kid a birthday present… can I borrow 50 bucks for my cell phone bill… Oh i can’t afford to go out with you guys for dinner tonight but if you spot me 15 bucks i’d be happy to come with)… however they seem to have unlimited money for cigarettes!!! I have no problem with you if you honestly are broke, have minimalized all of your expenses and still have no money, but if you smoke then maybe if you stopped that disgusting habit you’d be amazed by how much more money you have… and you might even live longer to spend it!!</p>
<p>One of my pet peeves: when a huge group of folks at work goes out to lunch and gets one check, so after everyone finishes rummaging in their purses for money to pay their share, there is usually no tip in that pile of bills on the table! I end up adding a few extra $$ to cover the tip, because I feel that the waiter who quickly wiped water spilled by my coworker, did not mess up our huge ever-cahnging order (“oh, waiter, I think I do not want the “Swimming Buddah” after all, I’ll stick with the beef soup!”), and was very pleasant and efficient, deserved more than 20% tip for all this trouble. No wonder I do not like* huge *group lunches.</p>
<p>^^^
Group meals at restaurants are a bountiful source of pet peeves!</p>
<p>When you go to dinner with another family who has more kids than you do and they don’t see why “splitting the check” is really unfair.</p>
<p>When you go out with people who like to enjoy three or even four cocktails to your one glass of wine and they want to “split the check”. You know, because it’s just simpler that way.</p>
<p>If it’s an occasional meal with people that we don’t see often, it doesn’t bother me so much but this happens with people that we go out with regularly. I can’t even imagine the money they have saved over the years! I’ve started figuring the bill out per person so that each family can pay for the people that they brought. When I first suggested it, everyone looked at me like I was being petty. It’s like “Shame on you for noticing that you’ve been getting scr**ed every time we go out!” </p>
<p>Now if I could only figure out a way to stop paying for all of the heavy drinkers!</p>
<p>I hate the group meal thing unless they give you separate checks (nicer places will often do so, but they are also more $$$). You always seem to end up with either “ok, let’s split the check 10 ways” and some are paying for more than they ate/drank, or 3 people are sitting there with the check and calculators for 10 minutes “sooo, who had the 3 pepsi’s?”, “no, I had the burger WITHOUT cheese, that was $.50 less”…</p>
<p>For restaurant checks, we’ve worked out a plan with the other folks we go out with. One of us will usually buy a coupon from groupon, livingsocial or restaurant. Then we add the cost of the coupon and split the check. So for a $100 check with a $50 coupon we would split $50 + coupon cost for each share. The coupon tends to level out everyone’s differences which in our case change from dinner to dinner depending on people’s moods. It also allows us to go to some nicer places rather than burgers and pizza most of the time.</p>
<p>Ok, another pet peeve. People who hop on the bus and ride a couple of blocks. When the driver politely reminds them to pay their $2.50 fare upon exiting, they made a huge fuss - wow, this is so expensive! And everyone else on the bus has to wait until they find the money and pay… If you think that paying bus fare is unfair, WALK - it is only a couple of blocks.</p>
<p>I hate the group meal thing, too. But I am prepared now (which of course means people expect me to do it). I carry post its and a little pocket calculator, and I’m always the one who splits the checks. I don’t drink. If I’m in a situation when I may not want to be the auto-calculator, I try to order an appetizer or dessert to compensate for their drink.</p>
<p>My pet peeve: Public restroom stalls with NO HOOK to hang purses or coats. EWWWWW!</p>
<p>Re: Group dinners…many restaurants automatically add a tip (usually 18% where I live) to parties over a certain size. I’ve been caught with this at times, tipping 20% on top of the 18%, and not realizing until later why the bill seemed so high.</p>