I don’t have many pet peeves. But I do have a few. The main one is when the waiter or waittress forgets to bring me a drink refill; I can’t stand that. I was also at a funeral once where a cell phone went off in the audience. What made it worse was that the guy answered. During the eulogy. Ridiculous. Anyway, I discovered two new pet peeves today, ones that I never knew I had. Let me explain…
- Today I took Sunny and Jackson to a late lunch at Little Rosies. If you’ve ever been to Rosie’s, you know the place is usually packed. The lunch crowd was thinner than usual, but it was still fairly busy. I get Sunny and Jack seated at a table and I go to get our drinks. I’m standing in line to get to the fountain drink dispenser; there are probably two or three people behind me in line. The lady in front of me gets to the drink dispenser and pauses. She spends 6-8 seconds making her beverage choice, which doesn’t sound like a long time…but it really is. Especially when it comes to choosing a soft drink. I mean, try picturing yourself needing 8 seconds to choose between Mr. Pibb and Coke Classic. Doesn’t take that long, right? Anyway, no big deal. That’s not my pet peeve. My pet peeve is that after she filled up her drink, she waits for some of the fizz to go down, brings the cup to her lips, takes 4 or 5 big gulps (followed by a long, satisfied “Ahhhh…”), and then re-fills her drink. Meanwhile, the rest of us are standing there patiently waiting for her to finish. I wanted to say, “Ma’am, this isn’t a Coke commercial.” I half expected her to wipe her mouth on her sleeve and turn around and tell us all, “Now, that was REFRESHING!!!“, followed by a giant thumbs up and a wink. Cue jingle music. Anyway, that’s one new pet peeve of mine: drink dispenser discourtesy.
- After work I stopped at the grocery store to pick up some coffee. Coffee is one of my acquired tastes from the past year and lately I’ve been consuming massive amounts of the stuff. Anyway, I get my one little container of Folger’s and make my way to the Express Check-Out line at our local supermarket. Just before I get in line, this lady zips her buggy right in front of me. Kind of rude, I think, but no big deal. That is, until I noticed the mounds and mounds of food emanating from her shopping cart. At this point, I should remind you that the Express Check-Out lane is reserved exclusively for patrons wishing to purchase 10 items or less, per the aptly positioned signage above the cash register. Does it make me a legalist that I counted the number of items this lady had? Because I did. She had no less than 31 items in her shopping cart. Who knows, she might’ve even had more; I stopped counting because I was afraid she’d see me and know what I was doing. Luckily I moved to a different, non-Express aisle and soon I was on my way. As I walked out the door, I looked over to see her pulling out a wad of coupons to give to the cashier. So, there’s another pet peeve that I didn’t know I had.
There. I feel better. Thanks for letting me vent. I guess that’s part of getting older; becoming more aware of the things that annoy you. And for the record, this is all in good fun, people. Just so you know. Taking people too seriously is another pet peeve of mine!
How about you? What are your pet peeves?
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I’ve got way too many pet peeves. I’m with you on the express lane all the way. That happened to me Tuesday night. Irritating. I’d say my top two are people with no common sense, and bad grammar. The phrase,”We done went and seen..” has no place in the world. : )Ashleigh
I hate it when people are exiting a business and see you approaching and wait for you to open the door, then ever so rudely dart out the door you just opened. Don’t people know, you go in on the right side, and exit out the other door?
Excessive profanity.Any usage of the phrase “and everything”, as in, “You know, the work he did last week was great and everything…”, etc.Ubiquitous pop culture references and quotes.
people who gripe about their pet peeves.just kidding.the grocery cart thing is terrible here, because we have a large hispanic population that can’t read the signs, or at least claim they can’t. I don’t mind if you are 4 or 5 items over, but don’t put a week’s worth of groceries on the express line checkout.My biggest pet peeve is when people who have little or no involvement in something complain about how something is done.
One of my biggest pet peeves is when I volunteer to plan an event and people who did not contribute whatsoever spend the entire time complaining about it. In my opinion, either help with the planning or keep quiet and be thankful someone else planned it for you.
Here’s another pet peeve of mine: when you go through the drive-thru and you try to order and before you’re through, they’re already interrupting you and asking you “Will that be all?” It happens to me all the time.