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. "
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toothpick (57):
Exactly! Its not like there aren't any good alternatives, like "May I take your plate? " add a comment
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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
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!
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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
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!
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?"
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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
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.
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.
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. "
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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
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...
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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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
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.
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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
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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
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.
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!
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.
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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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
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.
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!
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".
Exactly! Its not like there aren't any good alternatives, like "May I take your plate? " add a comment
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