These Peeves are No Pets
BG peeves me, usually scratching on the door at 1:00 a.m.
I have a lot of pet peeves.
Everyone has peeves, I know that. And some people go beyond peeved and are just annoyed by everything. I’m starting to feel like I’m approaching that. I’m trying not to. But I can’t help it! People are ANNOYING.
My most recent peeve is something that’s always been there, but only recently crossed the line. You know how a lot of people bounce their knee or shake their foot mindlessly? I’ve been landing my hand on my husband’s leg on a daily basis since we met. But it used to be only when we were on the same piece of furniture, or if he was making the floor bounce. Or the car while I was driving.
I realized, watching the NFL playoffs, that it’s no longer a physical thing. I can’t stand to SEE that wiggling foot, even when it’s not touching me or moving me and is in fact several feet away.
We went to Harrisburg Heat soccer games a few times this winter. They have fairly nice seating in the Equine Arena at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, where the team plays. Plastic fold-down chairs, individual, so you’re not crammed onto the same metal bench. But guess what? Those are still bolted together. Some kid six seats away and behind us, kicking the back of the chair in front of him? OMGmakehimstop. His parents tried. Every time I twisted to look, they stopped him. But it still was thunkthunkthunk against the row, all night long. Another night, some chick kept rubbing the sole of her boot on the chair in front of her. I was going to go say something, but her friend screeched at her phone and slammed it on the seat a few times, waved her hands in the air, and muttered to herself, so I decided I just had to suck it up.
Other peeves include:
1. People who walk or drive too slow, especially when they meander and block anyone who wants to pass.
2. Generalizations, especially those with gender bias.
3. People who yell at me for saying happy holidays. I’ll say happy holidays if I freaking want to say happy holidays!
What are your pet peeves?
Mar 18, 2013 @ 06:20:18
GET OFF OF MY LAWN!!!!
Mar 18, 2013 @ 17:27:09
*gigglesnort*
Natalie J. Damschroder recently posted..Sneak Peek Sunday, March 17—Something Completely Different
Mar 18, 2013 @ 06:36:28
Pet Peeves – Ohhhh…my favorite topic! I have SO many to pick from.
1. People who want to pay with a check at Walmart/Target/Sam’s/Etc but they don’t even pull the checkbook out until the final total is given. THEN they start writing the check. I’m always like, “What! You didn’t know you were going to write a check? This is a surprise of some sort for you?”
2. Noisy children at inappropriate places. I know kids are kids and sometimes they make noise. BUT a chatting child in church or a screaming child at a wedding isn’t fair to the others there. Take that kid OUT. I was at a wedding where a couple brought both of their children. During the ceremony, the kids talked and SCREAMED at the top of their lungs. I felt for the bride and groom. At one point, during a prayer, one of the kids screamed and my heart jumped. This wedding was in a very small Catholic chapel. Rude of the parents. Not the kids’ fault.
I’m sure others will occur to me as soon as I post this!
Mar 18, 2013 @ 17:29:14
Oh, yeah, Cyndi, I’m with you on both of those! I avoid lines whenever possible. The best thing they ever invented in stores was the self checkout. But geez, Louise, this isn’t the 50s anymore! The checkout line isn’t a social activity! Be prepared already!
And I wholeheartedly agree with you about people who won’t control their kids. I do get “can’t” versus “won’t.” If they can’t be controlled, take them away. If you won’t control them, you are a bad parent.
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Mar 18, 2013 @ 07:24:45
Oh Natalie, I’m afraid I am your peeve. I bounce. Irritates my husband, too. Can’t. Stop.
Cyndi, I’m with you on the inappropriate children. The only think more irritating is if their parents think they’re adorable for doing it. Drives me to violence.
Mine? People in stores who see something on the shelf they want to look at, and leave their cart blocking the aisle and totter over to peruse. DO you THINK you’re the only person on the PLANET? I’ve been known to be rude.
DUH!!!!
Way too early to get worked up, but you started it!
Mar 18, 2013 @ 17:32:01
I bounce sometimes, I admit it. Some people (or all people at some times) just have that nervous energy. I just have to position myself to not see or feel it whenever I can!
That person in the store only bothers me if they’re oblivious. If they pay attention and move when someone is coming or they realize they’re in the way, no problem. If they ignore everything around them, BIG problem! LOL
Sorry for getting you worked up.
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Mar 18, 2013 @ 08:01:05
Oh, I have often fantasized about attaching a heavy weight to my husband’s foot! It drives me crazy! But, I realize as I wrote this, it would be a nice trait to use for one of my characters…
Currently, my biggest pet peeves involve pets and neighbors. Namely the one who claims to be a “self-proclaimed animal advocate” (her words, not mine) -she rescues former fighting pit bulls and allows them out for unsupervised “play dates” (her words, not mine) with other dogs in the neighborhood… She has become the inspiration for a new character or rather victim…
So, I probably should say my pet peeves are transforming into PIA characters for my writing. Although, I think I have enough character for now, so my new pet peeve is people auditioning for victim roles in my writing…
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Mar 18, 2013 @ 14:46:08
Oh Cristine…Your neighbor is asking for a lawsuit. I feel sorry for these rescued dogs but to let them out “unsupervised” for “play dates” with other dogs is asking for trouble. Scary
Mar 18, 2013 @ 17:33:35
Cristine, you crack me up! Of COURSE you use these in your writing! I really need to do that more. It makes paying that much attention so much more acceptable. LOL
I’m with Cyndi on your pet rescue neighbor. Be careful!
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Mar 18, 2013 @ 08:36:04
I can’t stand repetative anything. People who click fountain pens constantly make me want to break their thumb.
On an overnight flight once, the 4-year-old sitting behind me got down in the floor, propped her feet on the back of my chair and started kicking. I turned around and (using my teacher voice) ordered her to stop. Her father looked at me and said, “Oh, was she kicking your chair?” She was in the freakin’ floor with her head under her own chair and her legs up the back of mine!!!
Another pet peeve? Cell phones in church. Ringing, texting, checking email. C’mon people. Surely you can go an hour!!!
Mar 18, 2013 @ 17:35:16
Pam, you probably shouldn’t drive with me or hang out waiting in a quiet place. I think I click and tap my fingernails and stuff that would drive you to hate me. Not a lot! But enough. LOL
Don’t EVEN get me started on people kicking chairs!
Church is like the last place anyone should be using a cell phone!
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Mar 18, 2013 @ 10:47:36
Oh, lord. I shouldn’t even say this but, my husband has a deviated septum, so when he breathes through his nose–like when he eats–it’s very audible. There’s nothing he can do about it, but I cannot eat with the man in total silence, drives me nuts. I have to have music playing or something to mute the heavy breathing.
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Mar 18, 2013 @ 17:37:52
My husband has one, too, Kari. We don’t have the eat-breathing problem, but God help me when he gets a cold. (Not that he likes only ever breathing out of one nostril…). My oldest daughter is a very noisy masticator. I don’t like being in the dining room when she’s gobbling her breakfast.
Do you watch How I Met Your Mother? They did a great episode about people’s quirks and how once they’re mentioned, they’re impossible to overlook. Lily’s was that everything she ate sounded like marbles in a dryer, and stuff like that. LOL
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Mar 18, 2013 @ 11:00:16
Yep, the older I get the more annoying people become. LOL My tolerance levels are dropping I guess. So sorry, Natalie. I am one of those foot shakers. Always have been. And I have no idea why.
A few of mine are barking dogs in the early morning, crazy drivers, and rude people.
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Mar 18, 2013 @ 17:40:23
No wonder old people are so cranky, right?
You can keep shaking your foot. I can’t see it from here. 
OMG, barking dogs in the early morning! We had a couple of little yappy dogs down the street. I don’ t know if the people let them out at 5:00 a.m. and got in the shower or what. I mean, can’t you HEAR your dog barking nonstop for half an hour? I can! And I’m half a block away! Gah.
Crazy drivers bother me less than slow drivers. Which might mean I am occasionally a crazy driver. I like to think not.
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Mar 18, 2013 @ 21:01:04
Natalie: All of those! Especially the bouncing seat at a movie theater or bleachers. And I’m totally with Laura on the shopping cart zombies. Also, the people who grab something off a shelf and step back without looking, as if there couldn’t possibly be anyone else in the store.
And people who use the self-checkout lane but don’t have a clue how to use it, don’t have their money/card out and ready to go, etc…
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Mar 19, 2013 @ 19:57:51
Hear, hear!
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Mar 19, 2013 @ 10:07:31
oh, Natalie, I’m a bouncer too. It’s mindless. feel free to put your hand on my knee anytime
I’m going to harp on kids. cannot STAND it when the kid is whiny and whimpering and almost crying because they don’t get their way. HATE IT. I’m like, spank that child, take them out, something. Instead you know what happens. parents pat their whittle head “all right, go on then if it’ll make you happy”
ugh. gross!
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Mar 19, 2013 @ 19:58:40
Yeah, and “we” (not us, obviously, but society as a whole) wonder why there are so many entitled brats out there!
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