People who park along the yellow curb in front of a store, staying in the car waiting for someone. Why oh why are you so special that you can park there?
People who are walking along two abreast like on a sidewalk or in a mall and suddenly stop to chat or look at their phone…right in the middle of the walkway causing people to jam up behind them. Again, why oh why are you so special?
Everyone staring at their phones all the time. It really annoys me but I recognize we’re never going back.
People who smoke in their cars and hold the cigarettes out the window. OK, I get that they stopped putting ashtrays in most every car. But you don’t want to smell your nasty cigarette smoke. Well, neither do the rest of us driving around/behind you.
And then there is the slowpoke driver who leaves so much room between him and the car in front of him (in slow moving traffic) that car after car pulls into our lane in front of him. Um, the cars behind you want to get moving too.
@jym626 - the slowpoke driver you described above drives my H crazy!
Parents who directly wish their small (ie, toddler/gradeschool) children happy birthday via a status update on Facebook. “Happy birthday, buddy, I love you!”. Is Buddy reading your post? Does he have his own Facebook account? Did you forget to get a card?
Oh! What about people who share that they’re an animal lover by posting those awful anti-animal abuse videos or photos that show a badly hurt dog or cat and the command to “click ‘like’ if you’re against animal abuse!” Well, of course I’m against animal abuse. And that’s why I don’t want to see photos of abused animals on my feed. Those things should come with a warning.
Oh my, @IBviolamom, I wish I could click a button on FB and not see anything sad happening to any animal anywhere, I don’t want to see those photos, not once, not over & over from assorted sources, they stick in my head and bother me & I am already doing all I can to give my critters a great life and donate to the charities I choose. I don’t want to see a dead elephant, lion, gorilla, etc., nor abandoned dog/cat/anything!
It’s gotten so as I scroll I click and block posts where I even see an animal photo before I can read the headline
People who flick their cigarette butts out the vehicle window.
People who put trash in the bed of their pick up trucks and it flies out. Do they not wonder what happened to their garbage? More likely they do not care. Maybe we need to bring back the litter bug PSAs of our youth.
People who don’t clean all the snow off their cars and drive around with a big pile of snow on the roof of their car that then flies off in a big chunk on the highway becoming a danger to other vehicles.
People driving really slow on one line street while they look for a parking and ignoring long line of cars behind them.
Bestfriendgirl you need to get out more. We are everywhere
“People who bring their pets inside the grocery store…or any store, for that matter.”
It’s worse in France. In France it’s common for people to bring their dogs into restaurants even.
It’s a federal law, so congress has to change it. The airlines do not have to let them on as pre-boards, though.
Both my nieces have paid the fee and take their pets on as comfort pets. I’ve told them both that they are wrong to do this, but they don’t care.
People who change lanes in the middle of intersection during heavy rush hour traffic! We have quite a few of them in my city. People who manage to double-park a tiny car… or a motorcycle. It takes skill.
(Now you know why I am a huge fan of public transportation. 
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It’s also irksome when folks have huge oversized vehicles, park in 1 1/2 (or more) compact spaces and jut way out, impeding traffic flow and visibility for all.
Late night talk shows. Remember when they used to be funny? Now one guy talks to a guest for 30 seconds then plays a childish game with him/her. Another is a one-man political action committee. Another is an untalented & humorless dolt who should have his green card revoked…
Fast food cooks who don’t wear a hat or hairnet. Or even if they do, they have a massive beard or pony tail uncovered.
Students who insist on keeping headphones in place during class. Professor tells them to take them out & they respond “Oh, they aren’t in my ears.” So they are an accessory? Yeah, you look so much better with white wires framing your face. And what’s with wearing hoods indoors?
People who are conveniently delusional: their cigarette butts aren’t litter, their dog’s doo isn’t doo, freedom of speech only applies if they agree with it.
Europeans who think calling an American a “cowboy” is an insult, when in fact the image reflect s values Americans often value: courage, toughness, independence.
Store clerks who wet their fingers with their own saliva to make grasping a bag or money easier.
When you try to be a nice father and let your daughter choose which TV show to watch. Next thing you know, you just watched 3 hours of a “Dance Moms” marathon and you realize daughter dozed off 2 hours and 55 minutes ago.
People on the subway that think it is OK to take up more than 1/2 of the seat by spreading their legs/elbows wide.
People standing on the subway with their backpack/purse/briefcase on their should so that it hits everyone around them and./or takes extra space.
Drivers that fail to yield to pedestrians when turning at busy intersections
Where the heck was the cart corral, the next county?
No one is going to kidnap your kid (especially mid-tantrum) or call the police on you for leaving your kid unattended in the car in the 30 seconds it takes to take the cart back to the corral. Just lock the doors, it’s fine.
Speaking of the grocery store - people who pay by check drive me nuts. Can you at least fill out the check while your groceries are being rung up, instead of waiting for the final total before you even start rummaging around in your purse (don’t think I’ve ever seen a man pay by check) looking for your checkbook? Fortunately this seems to be pretty rare now that everyone has debit/credit cards, haven’t seen it in a while.
People who dash in at the front of the off-ramp rather than waiting their turn and litterers crank my chain.
But, generally, as I get older I realize how I have often broken many of these rules myself, nearly missing an exit or racing home to a sick kid or something…so I really really try to give the benefit of the doubt. It isn’t always easy or successful.
When dog owners don’t clean up the poop–one of my pet peeves.
I get annoyed when parents don’t take action when their young kids are acting up in public. I see a big change with this younger generation of parents. A lot of passive/helpless “non-parenting” going on. I have 7 kids. Let me show you how it is done: Put your hand over the kid’s mounth and haul them out of the store/church/restaurant. (And don’t take your kid in a restaurant where there is a good chance that you will be seated next to other couples who paid a babysitter to get a break from their own kids–stick to fast food with the under-7 crowd.) Are your kids running around, touching/messing up/spilling things? There are 3 words you need to learn: No. Don’t. Stop. (I haven’t heard these in a long time.) Teach your kids to be considerate–or arrange your life so you don’t inflict their bad behavior on others.
It is annoying when people make excuses why THEY can break the rules that everyone else has no problem following. Figure it out–it is not that hard. You are not “special.”