A pet peeve (or pet hate) is a minor annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly annoying to them, to a greater degree than others may find it. Examples may be poor table manners, sloppy kitchen hygiene, smoking, grammatical errors in written passages, inconsiderate driving or lazy co-workers, and loud gum smacking.
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I always like to keep a mental note of my pet peeves and sometimes come up with such specific ones that I feel I should keep a written list so I can reflect both privately and publicly on how ridiculous I am. I tell myself, Madds, write it down before it floats out of your brain and through your ear….but then I don’t, which gives you #1 on my list.
my forgetfulness and forgetting to keep lists of things after I tell myself to do so.
new, waxy towels that don’t dry you off, even after a few washes. ugh. HATE THIS
people at the gym who don’t wipe off equipment after use GROSS
people who touch raw meet and then handle your food or something equally as disgusting. that totally pisses me off omg omg
when untied shoe laces get wet in the rain and then touch my ankles, same goes for pant bottoms
people who don’t understand the concept of personal space (I think I may not so I should shut up)
when the D key on my computer doesn’t work (happening right now)
hitting my shin on the grocery cart when I’m pushing it… OR being clipped in the heel by someone else pushing it (the WORST)
liars
how Lillian August marks up the prices before a sale and then marks them down. grrrr
when I order my second choice off of a menu and someone else orders what my first choice was and their portion comes out bigger and looks better, but I don’t know them well enough to steel food from their plate
people who steal food off my plate. this gives me heart palpitations. If you ever ate a meal with me you might think I grew up in a family of 12, struggling to get a single serving of food… Well, I generally eat my food really fast so that people don’t finish theirs first and then look to my plate. How greedy is that. well, maybe if Jordan didn’t scar me with this sneaky technique I wouldn’t eat so fast. whatever.
people who litter. like, OMG put it in a bin
misuse of pronouns- this one especially gets me (and I bet I misused one somewhere in here)
when Jord drinks out of the “community” water pitcher… (don’t worry guests, I make him wash it every time)
when my mom reaches over an eats the morsel I have been saving throughout my whole meal. then I’ll be like MOM! OMG! I wanted that! (simultaneously reminding myself that my mother gave me every single thing that she ever had to offer including her womb) and then I feel bad and tell her I want her to have it, but then she spits it out like, no, no it’s OK. I should have asked. and then I get mad again that she like, had it in her mouth and then gave it back. Oh Mom… love ya
people who come on super strong and then lose contact almost immediately
things that are still dirty after going through the dish washer
people who say they didn’t answer their phone because they left it somewhere for a few days, meanwhile you know this person would never survive without their phone on their hip for a millisecond. eh hemmm. you suck.
Jordan not flushing the toilet
users and moochers
plan changers and cancelers. I can be this way sometimes and I’m really trying to change. I swear. Just so you know- since I turned that leaf over I went back and made it up to all of the peeps I canceled on. I’m so perfect.
when people make comments that have a hidden jab in there and then play dumb when you call them out on it
those who thrive on sabotaging. I know who you are even though you may not think so. that’s right. move along.
complainers. what?
people who run the water while they pee to hide the pee sound. so stupid
lyrics that don’t make sense, just rhyme
people who sing off key, but think they sound amazing and insist on singing all the time. stop. just stop, please.
snooty restaurants that think twice about seating us because Jordan has a habit of wearing white Hanes t-shirts when we go out
Other than that I’m like… really easy going and stuff.
Some of your other pet peeves, which I loved include:
the action of other people jingling change. LOL. This literally makes my friend Al cringe and writhe in her seat… and she’ll scream at you if you don’t stop.
being in wet clothes, especially jeans- how true is that! So it would totally suck if you went to a pool party without a change of clothes and got pushed in!
and um, the other ones were things that I may or may not do so I’m not really going to get into it 😀
So here I am … sitting at my dining room table trying to think of pet peeves. I have SO many, but like I said, I forget to keep track of them (which probably isn’t a bad thing)… Wanting to know all of your pet peeves, I gave a shout out on twitter, which then bleeds over to facebook, asking for you to share yours…. One by one you answer me and as they come through I realize that the things that people hate about people are all things that I do! Heavy breathing (check!… so attractive, I know), eating loudly (check!), eating whilst on the phone (check!), chewing with my mouth open (doing it right now!). Jeeze laweeze, Madds! Clean it up! So the moral of my story (ugh) is that I need to stop complaining and chew with my mouth closed.
