Pet Peeves that make you seem like a crazy person

[XanBcoo]

Does anyone else have any of these? Stuff that just bugs the shit out of you, but isn't really that important. I've got a few things that bother me, but no one else seems to get annoyed about and then look at me funny when I tell them about it:

1. When people put something in the microwave, set the timer for like 5 minutes, then take out the food before the timer runs out and then DOESN'T RESET THE TIME. Man! The number of times I've been briefly fooled into thinking it was 1:28 in the afternoon when it was really around 7 or 8 is way too high. And then I have to go over to the microwave and press "End" to reset the time. Y'know, just because.

2. People adding movies they've just recently seen to their "favorite movies" lists on Facebook or Myspace or what-have-you. Damn people, stop saying Transformers is your favorite movie. It just came out! It wasn't even that great. This goes for a lot of movies. Recent ones I've seen: Knocked Up, Superbad, Spiderman 3. "Favorite movie" isn't supposed to be such a fleeting title.

3. When you pay for something in cash, and then the cashier hands you the change with the bills and receipt in your palm and the change on top of those. Fuck. Not only does it slip and slide around, often out of your hand and onto the Goddamn floor, but I also don't keep change in my wallet so I have to fumble with taking the change off the top, putting it in my pocket, and then putting the bills into my wallet. It's just such and unnecessary hassle. 90% of cashiers do this, so when I run into one that doesn't, I always thank them for it. They always are confused.


What about everyone else? Does Gotwoot have some crazy Pet Peeves?

[Hikyuu]

People who put ketchup on steak >>... I don't know why but when there is steak sauce right next to it.. there is no excuse...
People who don't know how to prewash dishes on an old dishwasher. OMG so annoying.
People who won't stop reminding you whose weed it is.

[Iridani]

I got the same peeve going about the microwave. I mean it's not hard to hit "End" to reset it... seriously. I've been late or too early for things a few too many times because of the time not being there. Stupid enough to fall for it mostly because of being half asleep but still. RESET THE DANG THING!

Another minor one of mine is where I work we have this "club card" that gives you the sales price when scanned. I'll be scanning the customers food junk... when they suddenly freak on me "THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 3.99!!!!!" and spazz for a good five minutes before I get the simple words in "Club card." Their answer? "Oh. Ok" Lame really... all the regulars do it. I mean damnit you've been to this grocery store how many times this week alone... never mind in total... and you STILL don't understand you have to give me your club card to get the sale. Not that hard. >.>;;; Disgruntled employee rant.

[masamuneehs]

that make me "seem" like a crazy person? I am a crazy person.

My pet peeves:
The guy/girl at the very front of a traffic light, who is doing their hair or makeup and makes me honk at them when the light changes. It makes me want to kill a fool.

People parking their cars on the street when they have an unoccupied driveway.

Pretexts hiding one-sided rants/conversations. Don't say that you wanted to see me, or that you wanted to talk with me, or other BS if all you want is someone to sit there and listen to your shit. I'm willing to listen, but don't waste my time beating around the bush.

Floaters. Especially when fuckers put their cigarette butts in them.

People who never drive anywhere, even though they have a car.

People who won't stop reminding you whose weed it is.

Share and share alike, I say. I go nuts on people like that also, but only slightly worse are the ones who never, ever, EVER offer to pay for things like that. The number of times I've brought beer to a party and people are just like, "Can I have some?". What the fuck do you think I'm going to say? No? And whenever I ask for them to throw me some money, they try to act like they don't have any (i'm the one without a fucking job!), or that they aren't going to drink enough to merit paying, or that it's insulting because 'it'll come back around'. It especially pisses me off when these fuckers have the money, but not the common courtesy to try to keep the cycle flowing...

[Hikyuu]

I got the same peeve going about the microwave. I mean it's not hard to hit "End" to reset it... seriously. I've been late or too early for things a few too many times because of the time not being there. Stupid enough to fall for it mostly because of being half asleep but still. RESET THE DANG THING!

I thoguht you both would like to know.. that I'm that guy D;

[Iridani]

I thoguht you both would like to know.. that I'm that guy D;

The one that doesn't reset...? *Mauls*

[XanBcoo]

@Masa: A few of those seem like perfectly legitimate pet peeves. The 1st, 3rd, and 4th and last ones are things that would bug anybody. I'm looking for the really bizarre ones, though I must agree with your point about not parking cars in the driveway. A buddy of mine does this. Fucking why??

lol @Hikyuu and steak sauce. I don't even like steak sauce. Stop telling me to use steak sauce.

[BioAlien]

People who put ketchup on steak >>... I don't know why but when there is steak sauce right next to it.. there is no excuse...

I eat ketchup with all my meat (Steak/Pork/Chicken/... some other meat I can't think of right now...) I love the taste of ketchup, and personally can't bring myself to eat meat without it anymore. I simply am, addicted.
And, I simply don't like the taste of steak sauce.

[Hikyuu]

Well don't use damn ketchup.. that's like spitting in the stake's proverbial eye.. it totally covers up the flavor and shows how much of an uncultured backwater hick the applier of ketchup is. Or they are a freaky European.. like my friend Miguel.

[BioAlien]

Well don't use damn ketchup.. that's like spitting in the stake's proverbial eye.. it totally covers up the flavor and shows how much of an uncultured backwater hick the applier of ketchup is. Or they are a freaky European.. like my friend Miguel.

The ketchup adds another flavor.
Beside, my meat don't have much flavors in them.. since I like it, well/over cooked(burnt?). (which remove almost entirely the juicy flavor)
Now stop dising the ketchup! Not because you don't like it, mean everyone should do the same.
And don't go saying i'm an idiot or something for loving my meat well/over cooked, I like it that way, like many other people.

[Hikyuu]

So you kill the meat.. and then add a generic flavor.. ahah.. I think this just supports my theory about Europeans and backwater hicks..

[David75]

Having people stab you in the back whenever they have means to, especially when it's anonymous and they do this just for the heck of it.
And I'm sure it will happen right after I wrote this.

[Hikyuu]

Well you know what they say about Anonymous. He does not forgive.

[kAi]

Most people who order medium rare steaks, it isn't even that fucking good, because it's the only way they know a steak to be cooked, thanks to movies and what not.

and most complain that it still has pink/red in it, geez.

[complich8]

it pisses me off when people I'm eating with overtip for blatantly terrible, slow service at a restaurant in non-busy hours, just because the waitress was female.

Seriously, 23% doesn't send the message "service was inexcusably bad" -- It sends the message "your moderate cuteness has completely made up for ... uhh ... what was it again? nevermind, you're cute, but I'm too nutless to actually say that to your face, so I'll just give you money and pretend like you showed up sometime within fifteen minutes of us sitting down".

[Ryllharu]

Another minor one of mine is where I work we have this "club card" that gives you the sales price when scanned. I'll be scanning the customers food junk... when they suddenly freak on me "THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE 3.99!!!!!" and spazz for a good five minutes before I get the simple words in "Club card." Their answer? "Oh. Ok" Lame really... all the regulars do it. I mean damnit you've been to this grocery store how many times this week alone... never mind in total... and you STILL don't understand you have to give me your club card to get the sale. Not that hard. >.>;;; Disgruntled employee rant.

I get this all the time at work. But I don't work at the checkout, one of the service counters with no registers, so it's not nearly as bad. My biggest work pet peeve is that people don't read! They ask me the dumbest questions, and everything they wanted to know is right on a sign. Or ask if I work in the department next to mine (despite the fact that I'm standing behind my counter and don't really leave it). I understand that old people can't read small print, so they're generally not a problem. That's what I get for working in a nearby town full of white trash.

I'm pretty laid back, but the one thing that really gets me is when people pull out in front of me on the road when there was plenty of room behind me, go ten miles per hour under the speed limit, and then immediately turn off on the next road. That, and tailgaters, but I just go 5 under the speed limit for them, speeding up at all the passing zones. If you tailgate, yes, I'm that asshole.

[David75]

I'm pretty laid back, but the one thing that really gets me is when people pull out in front of me on the road when there was plenty of room behind me, go ten miles per hour under the speed limit, and then immediately turn off on the next road. That, and tailgaters, but I just go 5 under the speed limit for them, speeding up at all the passing zones. If you tailgate, yes, I'm that asshole.

For Tailgaters I had a car with a very neat "unwanted" function.
The washing spray for the windshield was so strong, that even at full (legal) speed, the spray was splashing the windshield of the tailgating car. Droplets on the tailgating car were
large engough for them to be forced to use their wipers (not very annoying, but you know
that when there are drops on the shield, you tend to only see them...)
By the time the guy searches their wiper command, the car was back in the safe zone. Repeat as many times as needed for the guy to understand

[rockmanj]

Hmm...for me, its jackasses that gloat about doing dumb stuff that anyone can do, people that order me around without any legitimate claims to do so, and people who touch or play with styrofoam or balloons. The last one is actually quite debilitation to me, as it cases me mental and physical distress. Like, really, Ive gone comatose from heaing someone playiwith foam for like 5 minutes :\

[Ryllharu]

Droplets on the tailgating car were
large engough for them to be forced to use their wipers (not very annoying, but you know
that when there are drops on the shield, you tend to only see them...)

...or large enough for them to get distracted while they natter away on their cell phone, and they don't notice the stop sign you are both approaching. They rear-end you, and then blame you.

Using the insurance money, they purchase a large SUV, and then inadvertently kill the next person they are tailgating, or pedestrians.

The only way to deal with these people is to piss them off more by going the speed limit, or slower. I happily move out of the way on the highway, unless I'm already going 75mph, they *really* piss me off, and no one is behind them. Then I slow down to match speeds with a large truck.

[fahoumh]

it pisses me off when people I'm eating with overtip for blatantly terrible, slow service at a restaurant in non-busy hours, just because the waitress was female.

Seriously, 23% doesn't send the message "service was inexcusably bad" -- It sends the message "your moderate cuteness has completely made up for ... uhh ... what was it again? nevermind, you're cute, but I'm too nutless to actually say that to your face, so I'll just give you money and pretend like you showed up sometime within fifteen minutes of us sitting down".

I totally agree. Why the hell should I tip someone well, if at all, if they were terrible? A tip is supposed to be for a job well done, not for a job done. This reminds me of the diner scene in Reservoir Dogs:

Mr. Pink: Look, I ordered coffee. Now we've been here a long fucking time and she's only filled my cup three times. When I order coffee, I want it filled *six* times.
Mr. Blonde: Six times. Well, what if she's too fucking busy?
Mr. Pink: The words "too fucking busy" shouldn't be in a waitress's vocabulary.

Servers should never be "too fucking busy" enough to at least pass by your table and explain why your order is late. The biggest piss-off is when a group of people arrive 15 or 20 minutes after your group (both equally sized) and they get their orders first. So what? Your server is too busy for your table but not the other?

and

Nice Guy Eddie: C'mon, throw in a buck!
Mr. Pink: Uh-uh, I don't tip.
Nice Guy Eddie: You don't tip?
Mr. Pink: Nah, I don't believe in it.
Nice Guy Eddie: You don't believe in tipping?
Mr. Blue: You know what these chicks make? They make shit.
Mr. Pink: Don't give me that. She don't make enough money that she can quit.
Nice Guy Eddie: I don't even know a fucking Jew who'd have the balls to say that. Let me get this straight: you don't ever tip?
Mr. Pink: I don't tip because society says I have to. All right, if someone deserves a tip, if they really put forth an effort, I'll give them something a little something extra. But this tipping automatically, it's for the birds. As far as I'm concerned, they're just doing their job.
Mr. Blue: Hey, our girl was nice.
Mr. Pink: She was okay. She wasn't anything special.
Mr. Blue: What's special? Take you in the back and suck your dick?
Nice Guy Eddie: I'd go over twelve percent for that.