Junk mail
Junk mail is one of my biggest pet peeves. We rarely get anything except junk mail these days. Its so wasteful.
My other pet peeve is bad drivers, especially those that 1) drive in the wrong lane for their speed, 2) drive while distracted by texting, applying makeup, fixing their hair, talking on the phone, 3) need to come to an almost complete stop to make a turn, or 4) gawk at accidents (even those on the other side of the freeway) thus slowing down traffic.
@doschicos My brother is the postmaster and he gets very upset when I use the term “junk mail”. That’s the bread and butter of the postal service. So, of course that just encourages me to use the term even more:)
neverending Viagra / Cialis commercials while i’m watching TV with my kids.
i guess my neighbor would agree. she was telling me about the last time she took her young son to the doctor for a checkup. when the doctor finished and asked the boy if he had any questions, he got a concerned look on his face and asked the doctor: “Is my heart healthy enough for sex?”
‘No problem’ sounds more laid back, which I don’t have a problem with… although it sort of suggests that you (the clerk) were doing the customer some kind of favor, when in most cases, it was more of an exchange.
Either way, this kind of stuff is really in the noise as far as I’m concerned B-)
I think it’s expected that grocery packers and the like don’t find it a problem to do their job. Why the need to reassure me?
We’ve had at least two customers at work object to and lecture employees about the using “no problem”.
Addressing customers as “guys” sets some people off too.
Or “boss”… “sup boss”… cringe
“no worries” instead of “your welcome”.
@LostTexan Thanks for reminding me of another pet peeve, the USPS. 
I paid extra to mail a package priority mail recently that was supposed to arrive in 3 days. Took 6. Wasn’t cheap. No weather related issues during that time frame. I’m not surprised they have so much financial difficulties. Any other business that ran that way would be out of business.
Honestly, the “no problem” and “you’re welcome” would be solved by the store clerks, etc. thanking YOU first as I recall them doing in my younger days but it rarely happens now. You’re the customer and should be thanked for choosing their store to do your shopping at which point you can thank them in return for their service if you wish or say “You’re welcome” or “It’s been a pleasure”, etc.
Comcast Customer service…
That’s an oxymoron, @lje62
Dumb merchants who send packages with “signature required” without warning that this is their SOP.
The stupid UPS rule that packages requiring signature cannot be rerouted to a UPS store for pickup or postponed by using “vacation hold.”
^I think if you sign up for a UPS account, you can sign for your packages online.
People who create cryptic threads and who remain cryptic in their posts throughout the thread ignoring well-meaning questions from helpful posters.
Vanity plates that you can’t decipher. I’d like to require that anyone who has a vanity plate that is not an actual word(s) must have a bumper sticker that spells it out.
“^I think if you sign up for a UPS account, you can sign for your packages online.”
Nope. I already have an account. Can’t sign online for some stuff.
Similar to others always taking the best seats at the table, it annoys me when the hostess seats us at the worst table in a practically empty restaurant. Think next to the kitchen or restrooms.
This has me thinking of what irritates me today. Another, being told by AT&T, “You can switch your account on line.” I don’t WANT on line. I want a person who can respond to the nuances in my excessively complicated bill.
Waiting for a Customer Service rep after pressing 1,3,5,3,2 and then being told “All of our agents are busy - the wait time will be 15 to 20 minutes” or “We are experiencing heavier than normal call volume, please continue to hold.” Happens with Verizon all the time. Lately it seems to happen when I call a doctors office to talk to a nurse or make an appt.