What's your pet peeve?

Parent Cafe
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I saw many answers in the snob thread that were really pet peeves rather than things to be snobbish about. That got me thinking about what my pet peeves are, and I have two that stand out.

  1. Improperly loading the dishwasher. Yes, there is a right and wrong way to do that, and apparently I'm the only one in the house who knows the correct way :-)
  2. Leaving clothes in the dryer. Since I do a lot of laundry, I get uber annoyed when I go to load the dryer and find it full already because someone left clothes there for a few days (thankfully dry).
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We had a thread on this before! I imagine people will still chime in, though.

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The dishwasher comment is great. I too am the only one in my house that seems to understand how to fit maximum dishes while leaving enough room for cleaning. What don’t they understand?

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They’re locked now, but were fun threads:

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1146793-whats-your-pet-peeve-p1.html

http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/discussion/comment/10289520#Comment_10289520

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lol - those threads are 8 years old. My kids were 9 and 7, thus making CC the furthest thing from my mind.

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There’s been a more recent one.

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People using a hyphen after -ly words. Except for “family” and a rare number of other words, the -ly acts as the hyphen.

Easily persuaded person – correct!
Easily-persuaded person – incorrect! Because the hyphen is redundant.

Family-paid leave – correct!

I’ve noticed the incorrect usage is becoming popular lately . . . grr.

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Newscasters who call the police “cops”. It sounds like a pejorative to me. I’ve never heard of a “Cop Academy” or a “Cop Department”.

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When I mention that I like to read and immediately get a response of “Oh it must be nice to have all that free time to read”. The truth is that I have no more free time than anyone else, but I choose to make reading a priority. I have never said to anyone "Oh it must be nice to have all that free time to watch TV " (which I choose not to do).

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Not closing closet or pantry doors all the way. How hard is it?

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@fallgirl My pet peeve is people who don’t read. I edge away from them after they announce it.

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My pet peeves are inconsiderate commuters and women who personify the ugly stereotypes about women.

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Advertisers who use ‘less’ when they mean ‘fewer’. Don’t these ads go past editors? It’s ‘fewer’ calories, not ‘less’ calories. Even in news articles one sees this mistake. Sentences should read ‘fewer’ people attended than last year not ‘less’ people.

There also seem to be a lot of ‘deserts’ on menus. Very, very dry desserts, I suppose.

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Tardiness. I absolutely hate when people are late. And PSA, it’s not cool to text people you are running late AFTER the already agreed upon meeting time. To me it translates to “my time is more valuable than yours”.

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Smokers who throw their cigarette butts on the ground or out the window. Litter bugs in general.

People who text and drive.

People who always have their noses stuck in their smartphones instead of engaging with the world around them.

People who don’t use their blinkers.

People who don’t complete the tasks they agree to take on in committee work, especially when they then want to micromanage what you are doing.

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People who are so judgmental of others. I refuse to participate in their gossip.

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In a discussion, people who give their opinion and then state or type out the word “Period”
That screams to me “end of discussion and my opinion is the only one that matters”

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My irrational pet peeve related to college admissions are parents who expect their kid to go to an elite private university but have not saved up a dime to afford such college…and then try to rationalize it by saying they knew their 1YO baby would be NMF someday so no need to save for college!

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I’m another dishwasher loader. DH puts dishes in the dishwasher, but knows I’ll rearrange them. It’s similar to packing a suitcase. I can get much more into mine than DH gets into his because I make the best use of the available space.

People on their phones, whether in the car, walking down the street, or when with other people.

People who are late. Please don’t waste my time.

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Quaffed hair, vinyard vines polo shirt/belt, salmon shorts, docksiders… where is my flamethrower !!!