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Question by  quadratic (73)

What is your biggest pet peeve?

 
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Answer by  Kinetic (47)

Waiters at fancy restaurants that ask if you are "still working on that?" I am paying a lot of money, i'm at a fine restaurant... "I prefer not to think of this gourmet experience as some sort of construction project. "

Reply by toothpick (57):
Exactly! Its not like there aren't any good alternatives, like "May I take your plate? "  add a comment
Reply by calcutta (168):
It's even worse when they take your plate without asking - especially if there is a bite or two left that you have been looking forward to savoring.  add a comment
 
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Answer by  Dobrinj (21)

Hotel rooms that do not have enough outlets. Note to hoteliers: your guests have iPods, cellphones, laptops, eReaders etc. There arent enough outlets for a single person, let alone two. Please add a power strip or two into each room!

Reply by SriLanka (264):
I voted your pet peeve up: I cannot count the number of times I had to crawl around the floor, or move furniture around searching for plugs at so-called "4 star" upscale hotels!  add a comment
 
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Answer by  BirdOnAWire (171)

People who whine to me about their lack of finances at the same time as they're buying frivolous crap like McDonald's every day.

 
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Answer by  SriLanka (264)

People who end a comment with "I mean" like "It is raining like crazy out there... I mean."

 
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Answer by  philosophy (243)

When you open up an envelope from someone and everything inside smells like cigarette smoke... it never ceases to amaze me how everything owned by a smoker completely smells like smoke through and through - even their stationery!

 
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Answer by  DulceDeLeche (219)

Employees at coffee shops that force you into compliance with their cutesy branded terms. "I'll take a large coffee, please." "So, you'd like a venti java?"

posted by Anonymous
which makes absolutely no sense because "Grande" is the word that means large :-P  add a comment
 
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Answer by  udaipur (219)

Homonym spelling errors. Bye that eye mean people who use "there" instead of "their," "hear" instead of "here," "to" instead of "too. "

Reply by andaman (240):
I hope your own homonym spelling errors were intentional! :d  add a comment
 
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Answer by  TheWizardofOZ (13)

That would be crumbs in the margarine or butter - a close second is fruit (like strawberries) in a green salad.

Reply by Malinovsky (71):
I am voting you up for the crumbs in the margarine - i hate that. For me a close second is butter in the jar of jelly: please just use a second knife.  add a comment
 
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Answer by  drJ (841)

I hate it when people make up stupid compound words that they think are cute or trendy. Some examples of this include "staycation," "babymoon," and "thunderboomer. " All it really means is that they can't find the proper English words to express themselves.

 
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Answer by  Centrifugal (69)

People that say "I could care less. " It's "I could NOT care less. " If you could care less then the thing you're complaining about isn't particularly bad.

 
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Answer by  penrose (235)

Liquid at the bottom of bowls of food: the biggest offenders are salads or pasta. It's not that hard to drain food thoroughly. Water at the bottom of a bowl basically says: "dear guest: you weren't worth the extra five seconds it would take to drain this properly. "

Reply by Malinovsky (71):
A close relative of this are burrito-makers who do not drain the spoon of pinto or black beans before plopping the scoop on your burrito. I hate getting to the bottom of a soggy burrito.  add a comment
 
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Answer by  Anonymous

People who piss and moan about how they don't have any money to do anything fun with their family, but can still manage to afford cigarettes, beer, and vodka every other day...

 
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Answer by  TheWizardofOZ (13)

crumbs in the margerine or butter

Reply by toothpick (57):
Yup... and just as bad, little bits of butter in the jar of jelly.  add a comment
 
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Answer by  DulceDeLeche (219)

Toilet stalls in public bathrooms that do not have enough space between the opened door and the toilet. Some of the stalls are so cramped, that you have to back up into the toilet itself to make enough room to open the door... Gross!

 
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Answer by  cdmauger (5)

Idiots who don't know what "literally" means. As in, I ate so much that I literally exploded. No, you "figuratively" exploded.

 
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Answer by  Anonymous

When you are at an airport and everyone rushes to be the first in line - even though all the passengers have seat assignments!

Reply by snippets (16):
This annoys me too, but some of those rushing people want to make sure they have a place for their oversized carry-on luggage into the overhead bins.  add a comment
 
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Answer by  calea (30)

Guys who walk around shirtless. Unless you're at the beach or the gym, it's just not appropriate.

 
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Answer by  Krabi (112)

Websites that don't switch your cursor icon from an arrow to a hand to indicate that that button or text is clickable.

 
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Answer by  calcutta (168)

Rooms that don't have a working lightswitch right at the door. You walk in, its dark, you are carrying a bunch of stuff, and you reach to the switch and it controls some outlet with no lamp attached. Then you stumble around searching for light like a blind mole.

Reply by onecrore (196):
I feel your pain. I think just as bad as a non-working lightswitch are the ones that are positioned on the hinge-side of the door instead of the doorknob side. You reach in to turn on the light, and nothing is there.  add a comment
Reply by Sikkim (65):
to Onecrore: I think that happens when sometime during the life of the door, someone switched the direction that it opens and moved the doorknob/hinges to the opposite sides. This is sometimes needed because the room layout changes... but of course, they should move the switch too!  add a comment
 
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Answer by  Anonymous

When you open a container of butter or margarine and the person(s) who used it last allowed crumbs from their food (namely toast) to get in the container.

 
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Answer by  Boohoo (4)

When I go to Facebook and every old friend who has/had questionable morals to say the least, is spouting bible verses as though they are Jerry Falwell. I don't go to Facebook to have religion shoved down my throat!

 
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Answer by  SriLanka (264)

Athletic shorts that have built-in underwear. I never understood why they do this - standalone underwear works perfectly fine.

 
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Answer by  tschebyshev (252)

I was at a cafe yesterday, and a guy comes up to me and asks me to put the tag back into my t-shirt because it was sticking out... my pet peeve is people like that who impose their irrational pet peeves on you.

 
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Answer by  mangosteen (272)

People who put a wet spoon into a bowl of sugar.

 
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Answer by  Cubberley (69)

People who verbally communicate with text/chat abbreviations. "OMG, IDK what he was thinking!" Those abbreviations are intended for written communication with space limits or in cases where it is difficult to key-in the text (like cellphones).

 
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Answer by  philosophy (243)

People who do not clear out at the top of a crowded escalator. "There are masses of humanity coming up this thing - move along! "

 
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Answer by  Anonymous

Bugs

 
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Answer by  scootermonk (2)

When people over use the word "really"

Reply by SriLanka (264):
I really don't know what all the fuss is about regarding people who really use the word "really" too much. i mean, really.  add a comment
 
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Answer by  mangosteen (272)

People who did not use the inordinate amount of time they had while waiting in a long line to decide what they wanted. They finally get up the front, and then waste a few more minutes of everyone's time deciding what they want to stick in their pie hole.

 
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Answer by  tschebyshev (252)

I don't know if an entire species can qualify as a pet peeve, but fleas an mosquitoes take the cake. You can go ahead and take my blood, but why do you have to be so insidious, and sometimes spread disease to boot!

 
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Answer by  Anonymous

People that claim that their product is better than any product. That implies they are better than anyone, *including* themselves! It should be "any other".

 
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Answer by  Tolbukhin (78)

Guys that are like that guy in the picture at the top of this page.

Reply by calcutta (168):
How about guys who keep toothpicks in their mouth long after using them for their intended purpose?  add a comment
 
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