Thirteen of my Most Beloved Pet Peeves
1. Movies with subtitles: I realize that many great movies are foreign and thus have subtitles…they remain irritating to me.
2. Smacking lips: I used to date someone that for some reason had just not gotten the hang of eating with his mouth closed (out of respect that is undeserved, they will remain nameless). I wanted to punch him in the face every time we ate together.
3. Constant Whistling: I have a neighbor that I can hear when they are two blocks away, because they are constantly whistling…and it’s loud. When I was at Starbucks I used to work with someone that would engage in this behavior on weekends. It killed me.
4. Loud Talkers: How can one be totally unaware of the volume of their voice? It baffles me.
5. “I’m not leaving until I get a smile”: Working in the service industry more often than not renders one entirely helpless to what can only be described as the awful tendencies of the general public. I can not count how many times I heard this phrase. Various other renditions? “Where’s my smile?” “Don’t tell me you’re not having a good day!?” Sadly, when you’re getting paid for something it’s frowned upon to point out a customer’s stupidity. (Also, this has happened to me when not at a service job…which is all the more irritating).
6. Stupid Questions: See this reference for a “for instance”.
7. Slow, overly-passive, stupid drivers: Read: All Seattle drivers.
8. Reading Over My Shoulder: Even if what I’m reading or writing is not entirely all that private. It just gets to me.
9. Pronunciations: For instance, people who pronouce Kareeeoke instead of Ka-ra-o-ke (last syllable just sounds like “k”) which is how it’s actually supposed to be pronounced. (I used that as an easy example because I took Japanese in high school).
10. Clothes That Are Not Properly Organized: It’s a compulsion when I’m shopping to organize the clothes on the racks. The clothes in my closet are currently organized as such: shirts (by color), skirts, dresses, coats. I’m picky.
11. People Who Fail to Watch Where They’re Walking: I see this a lot in grocery stores…my neighborhood Safeway to be exact. These are people that are pondering for example, which macaroni to buy, or people that are reading something while walking down an aisle as if they’re the only person that exists in the world. (Coincidentally this also applies to item #7 in the driving context…people that expect that everyone else is supposed to watch out for them).
12. Channel Changers: I used to date someone (who will still remain nameless) that would change the channel repeatedly without even stopping for one second to see what was actually on a specific channel. It made me crazy.
13. Product Warnings: “Do not immerse in water”. “Caution: The beverage you’re about to enjoy is extremely hot”. I strongly feel that the reason we are burdened with these insipid sayings is due to stupid people that came before us.
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