They bug me too!
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Stoplights on fast highways. I always get anxious when that light turns yellow…
People that say they are standing on line instead of in line. Another thing is someone that would say or write that they are saleing something or that it is for sell.
Hopefully this won’t be offending to anyone but a pet peeve of mine that seems to be especially prevalent with young women from the West Coast is the “vocal fry” way of talking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZbmISBPG2c
This is my pet peeve lately because it’s becoming more and more common. Like people think it makes them sound smarter to use a big word like “myself” instead of little works like “me” or “I”. It was used by one of the Presidential candidates and made confirm my thought that I could not vote for them.
After that it’s table manners. Are they just not important any more?
Count me as another who didn’t know there was such thing as a “better” seat. I don’t care about looking at the restaurant… I’m there to see the people at the table.
I position myself at one of two corners because I’m mostly deaf in one ear. Hope I’m not offending anyone :-/
Oh I have another one because this happened to me today- people who incorrectly use a handicapped spot. I have a handicap thing because I can’t walk very far and had to park in a further parking lot at school today. My back is killing me because of it. When I walked past the cars, I noticed that someone was just sitting in the spot doing stuff on his phone- no handicap sticker in sight. I was furious -_-
My husband likes to sit in the back to the wall side so he can see out. He says they were taught this in the Army, so as to always see what’s going on, who is coming in, etc.
It sounds like the Wild West out there with all that back-to-the-wall seating! I was at a new indoor/outdoor place last month and sat facing my party. We had a great time. It wasn’t until we were leaving that I noticed that the vast majority of people there were in their 20’s. Where did they all come from? I’m glad I did’t have such a “great view” that time around, lol.
My pet peeve for that restaurant was that there were too many chairs. You had to move them aside to get by. I actually stacked a few since there were so many.
I also hate when people say “idn’t it” instead of “isn’t it”. Ugh.
I get agitated when people are unkind or criticize very young children for behaving like very young children. You know, unreasonable expectations of behavior for the age.
I also get agitated when people body snark as if non-perfect bodies are disgusting and these people should hide themselves from public view, or at a minimum, never ever enjoy a swim or a day at the beach.
Don’t care about grammar. Just ask my past teachers.
Please don’t talk with your mouth full.
I don’t like it when people reverse their cars from a parking space (especially at the grocery store) in a crowded area without checking to see if it is safe to back out first. I also don’t like it when people cross a busy street without paying attention to the traffic. (usually they are on the phone) I also don’t like it when the right lane is ending on the highway and cars race forward to the merge area to get ahead of those already trying to merge into traffic.
In a restaurant I don’t like when one table is so loud that the entire room can hear their conversation.
When people leave shopping carts propped against the curb instead of returning them to the carrels, I see red. I will cut you some slack if you are very old or visibly disabled or are loading 2 toddlers into your car. Otherwise, walk 15 steps and put your cart back where it belongs. And while you are at it, please push the cart all the way to the front and “inside” the cart ahead of yours to make room for more carts to come.
When someone says “I seen” I cringe. Loud crunching sounds when chewing drive me crazy; I seriously have attributed my husband’s loud crunching to some kind of cranial abnormality because his mouth is closed but the sound seems to be amplified by his skull! Chronic lateness irritates me too…and anyone who blows their nose at the dinner table.
I get annoyed when people try to out do every conversation. For example: “When I was young, I broke my arm.” “Well, when I was young, I broke my arm and my leg.” I work with someone who competes in every conversation. Aaargh, let someone else be the star of the moment.
“I seriously have attributed my husband’s loud crunching to some kind of cranial abnormality because his mouth is closed but the sound seems to be amplified by his skull!”
Haha. In my family, my son and I are accused of having this, at least according to my daughter. 
Lol, I am totally guilty of doing this. :">
Yup, that’s another one. I correct them that it should be “I done saw” 
Late to this, but I have a long list:
- I don’t like restaurants that won’t take reservations.
- I don’t like restaurants without wait service (ordering my own food and cleaning up my own table). I could do that at home. I am ok with buffet as long as there are waiters to take away my plates.
- People who are late - no, your time is not more valuable than mine.
- People who do not pause when they talk - look around you, are they still interested in what you are saying?
- Driving on the fast lane going 55 mph.
- Over staying at a restaurant - no, you shouldn’t be sipping your coffee for half an hour when there are a lot of people waiting for a table.
- People who do not dress properly for events - when the invitation says smart casual it doesn’t mean jeans or sneakers are appropriate.
- Doctors who make me wait - hey, if I could get out of work to make it to my appt on time, you can too. If not, have the courtesy of giving me a call.
- Stop telling me bad news. If you have nothing good to say, don’t say it. It is ok to share some good news.
- I never take the first room or table that’s given to me. I am particular which table I want at a restaurant and what kind of room I want at a hotel.
- can’t have my back to a door, whether it is my office, conference room or restaurant.
- no shoes in my house.
That’s all for now.
Oldfort, as to #11 on your list, what would you do if you were part of a party of four women, and you went to a restaurant where each table for four had two good seats (facing out toward the restaurant (and door)) and two less desirable seats (facing in toward the wall (with the diner’s back to the door))?
Assume someone has to get a less desirable seat. Would you always insist on the good seat for yourself?
That’s exactly OP’s problem – her dining companions always take the good seats for themselves, leaving the others with the undesirable ones.
I don’t mean this in a snarky way at all; I’m just truly curious as to what you mean by “can’t.”
I think people who are consciously aware that some seats are good and some are not are MORE likely be considerate of others (usually).
The folks who claim not to know the difference are more likely to thoughtlessly (and unconsciously) choose the best seat for him/ herself without realizing that doing so could be stepping on someone else’s toes.
I very much prefer to have a “prime” seat. I’m very aware of my environment that way. But ifI arrive first at a restaurant I would NEVER take the most comfortable seat with the prime view for myself. That would seem super presumptuous to me. I would take a medium seat. I think being consciously aware of these differences makes me more polite about it.
If you are not thinking about it, of course you’d naturally and unconsciously plop down in the most comfortable seat with the best view! Why wouldn’t you? Even my dog always chose the best seat in the house.