What things do people do inadvertently that get on your nerves? I can't stand people who scrape their forks on their teeth and smack their lips while eating or chewing gum.

Oh that smacking while eating thing drives me nuts.

I can't stand it when someone starts to say something and then decides not to.

I can't stand a pen clicker - someone who sits in meetings clicking their pen in and out and in and out.

I can't stand a person who acts like they are through with their sentence and then as you begin to respond they have more to say.

AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

People who use bad grammar annoy the life out of me (this pertains to online and offline). If you're like me and you live around here, don't you just want to go on a mass murder spree? Maybe not. The errors that really annoy me are the errors of to/too/two, there/their/they're, don't/doesn't, and the infamous your/you're. The other things that really annoys me are the double negatives... around here folks preactically speak in "double negative". And then there's the singular/plural agreement... I can't tell you how many times I've heard something to the effect of "The games was good." Make it stop! Aaagh!

My wife will typically respond to my question by answering a question that I did not ask.

Example, the kids and grandkids are coming over later for Sunday dinner.
I ask, "what time are you planning for dinner today?".
She says something like, "The kids are coming over".
I say, "I know, but the question is what time we are eating, not who is joining us".
She says, "They won't even be coming over until after the grandkids have their naps".
And I still don't know what time we will be eating.....

Hehe....don't forget to read this topic. It's a good one!

I was even informed that my first post in that topic was actually published in an newspaper.

Mike

I find it really annoying when I have to correct titles to threads because the member spelled words wrong (habbits? anoying? ) - you know how I am about our google exposure



(I'm sorry, Billy Jean - you set me up, I took the shot. You know I couldn't resist that one! )

That's okay Jaime, you forget, I'm dating an English graduate and a state spelling Bee champion. I get it all the time! (brat!!!)

I hate when people do really bad impressions of famous people; especially The Godfather, Ali G, Mike Tyson or Arnold Schwarzenegger. This happens a lot on SNL because their cast is about as funny as gangrene.

Good thing you didn't include Michael Jackson in that list, BillieJean might have been offended.
To add to my previous complaint, how about incorrect spellings in newspaper HeadLines !!!
Just yesterday I saw Colorado spelled with an extra D.
Coloraddo, does that look right to anybody?

I said bad impressions; I bet she does a great Michael Jackson impression.

Thankyou!

http://www.geocities.com/akabillyjean/King..._of_Athens.html

Arrogance: Can't stand it
Condescending: Arrogance with insult (even worse)

Being interrupted while I'm talking. If you don't like what I'm saying, kindly wait until I finish before you change the subject.

--cheers

hmmm...then you'd hate me

What i find annoying is people making certain noises from a certain body part in the person's back

Note to Jaime: Notice how well i tried to make that sound more graceful

Replacing GA's clicking pen with a twist pen.

I find all of these things annoying: Someone using fingernail clippers when I'm trying to sleep, kids playing the same song over and over and over again, finding clothes repeatedly dropped on the floor within feet of the laundry chute, misspellings and bad grammar (in postings, newspapers, television titles and captions, business signs) finding the toilet paper roll was not replaced when you've just done a job, empty food/beverage containers in the fridge, SNL's lame humor, Jay Leno's lame humor, Dennis Miller, MSNBC's Scarborough Country, people who ask a question and then interrupt you while you're giving your answer, filler patter between news anchors that is trite, saccharine, asinine and/or redundant.

That's a respectable start. This might prove to be an inexhaustible thread!

ugh....my husband sucking his teeth (no they aren't false, lol) after he eats drives me crazy!

other people that annoy me are the "spell-checker police". Its one thing to correct someone who is always using slang but people who struggle with spelling shouldn't be hounded about their mistakes, imo. The reason I bring it up isn't because of anyone here...but because of a forum where I hung out at ages ago where one poor guy was relentlessly mocked and laughed at because of his spelling mistakes. He was Spanish, struggling to learn English and he really butchered his posts. I mean he butchered them! Some of the other people had absolutely no patience with him. It really annoyed me.

I reallyreallyreally hate bad grammar. My 6th grade teacher would never stop saying "ain't." AARGH!!! I also realy hate when people pronounce words incorrectly. Especially the word "picture" IT'S PICTURE! PICTURE!!! WHY THE HECK DO PEOPLE ALWAYS HAVE TO CALL A STUPID PHOTO A "PITCHER!" IT DRIVES ME CRAZY!!!

Did he tell people up front he was learning? If people still mocked him then, that's just mean. If he didn't tell people, it's hard to fault them. I know I've had a snide thought or two about consistent poor spellers.

And bela - your pen clicking annoyance hit home for me - or I should say hit the office. My boss is one of those guys who can't sit still, part of this means he's a pen clicker. After one day of relentless clicking, I went and hid all the pens that clicked in the office so he couldn't get them (hasn't gotten them since ).

Even more than bad grammar are the people who think that 'u' is a word. The next person I see that says "u r kewl" or some such nonsense is going to get smacked across the back of the head with a brick. Why do people think it's acceptable to look like an utter idiot?

I understand these sentiments.
My pet peeves include mispronunciations by otherwise intelligent (so it is said) speakers, for example "nu-kew-lar" for nuclear (nu-klee-ar). I have noticed that others are now mispronouncing the word, I suppose, in order to show solidarity with the President as they eat their Freedom fries (Another annoyance--refusing to check your politics at the door before ordering at the counter!).

I can't stand poor spelling. I also can't stand people who refuse to use the spell checker before they post. I have a difficult time taking them seriously if they have words spelled incorrectly. The same thing goes for poor grammar. However, I don't mind it that much when someone leaves a word out of a sentence because I am prone to do this myself. I hate when people bite their nails. I hate when people can't stop playing with their hair. Incidently, did anyone know that playing with one's hair is a sign of sexual frustration? Anyway, I also don't care for political correctness, and this is especially true when I hear/see people on television go completely out of their way to not offend anyone...drives me nuts. I hate people who drive down neighborhood streets at 90 mph. I hate people who don't know how to use their turn signal. I hate people who leave their turn signal on for miles and miles. I hate people who don't say "thank you" when I open/hold the door for them, especially women. I can't stand it when people can't seem to stop talking, or even let me get a word in. I really hate people who buy SUVs and would never, ever consider taking it off the paved road. People who buy these gas guzzlers strictly for show and to impress people should be dragged into the street and shot in the face. I guess that's it for now...feels good to blow off a little steam...

When people walk around the apartment pounding down on their heels like the Green Giant, especially if I live below them or they live with me.

Turning on the TV first thing in the morning. Its too much of a sudden invasion.

Men who interrupt or talk over women in mid-sentance, especially if I notice they do this often when their partner is speaking. Usually I interrupt and say, excuse me, I was interested in what she was saying, which usually makes the point all TOO clear, a real show stopper.

People who clean too much, or clean up after you.

I dont see how people can stand flourescent lighting in their homes. We have a lot of this in Ak because it saves energy, but its so damn ugly. I hate it in restaurants too, but some of the best Chinese restaurants have it..uh deal with it if you want the best.

Drunks who think you're really interested in what they have to say.

Nosy neighbors and 'drop-by' landlords. ( I had my partner on a massage table in the main room one fine Sunday afternoon when my landlady decided to make a drop-by visit, bummer.) People who don't call before they 'drop by'.

Male guests in my home that leave the toilet seat up. All parents should teach boys that if they want to really please their future female partners, learn to put the seat down, especially at NIGHT! When we're not expecting to take a sudden dip into the toilet bowl, its especially infuriating.


I wont go into driving, because thats a topic all its own.

Over-perfuming or cologning (are those words? )

Which, for me, is pretty much any perfume or cologne. I really can't stand the stuff.

It is 100% worse, however, when the person wearing the odor doesn't realize how much s/he has applied.

Did you know some people wear perfume and cologne to the beach?

Someone talking to me from another room in the house. Drives me nuts.

I have a new annoyance to add to this list. I am really annoyed when my co-workers come in the office in the morning and grunt and moan about how sore they are because they worked out so hard. It takes a lot of my self-control not to tell them 'who cares about your freakin' workout?'

I mean, how am I even supposed to respond to someone saying, "I'm soooo sore...." Would, "Maybe you should exercize more often and not sporadically you fat *** NOTICE: THIS WORD IS AGAINST THE RULES. FAILURE TO REMOVE IT WILL RESULT IN A STRIKE. ***!" work? Probably not.

If you want to idly chit-chat, fine - I love chit-chat. Weather is good, plans for the weekend is fine. Telling me about you exercizing is not. I don't care. I don't even want that image in my head.

A million and a half dollars is not the same as one and a half million dollars, but lots of people say it incorrectly. What would you rather have, $1,000,000.50, or $1,500,000.00?.
Another is Jewelry gets pronounced Julery.
And "axing" a question. My older sister was doing that over 40 years ago, and still is, and she is white, so I don't think it originated with blacks, although I don't really know.

I don't know why this annoys me so much, probably because it is one of the most-used incorrect phrases.
'I could care less' AAAAGH! when a person clearly means they COULDN'T care less.

I can't stand people who don't understand sarcasm, and they call you a liar when you say something sarcastic.
e.g. person : What are you doing?
me : I am standing on my head eating sandwiches.
Person : No your not, your sitting there. Don't lie.
me : EVER HEARD OF SARCASM.

Sorry, but I do try and make my sarcasm as obvious as possible, and I only use it when people ask really stupid questions that with a couple of seconds thought they could answer for themselves.



My brother does this sort of thing all the time. just comes up to me and talks random rubbish about stuff that even if I asked him about I would ask him to stop talking. Although most of the time I do tell my brother to just be quite and that I don't want to know, I think he's got used to it.

People cracking their knuckles all the time (especially people who do it just because they can out of habbit) makes me want to scream, I don't know why but I have this aversion to it and even accross a room with lots of noise I can hear it right over the top and it goes straight through my head.

People saying sorry for you doing your job or for interrupting you. Everybody wants to be interrupted now and again, it would be really boring without any interruptions.

OH my God. I thought I was the only one. That drives me nuts.

CP

I work in a Bank. I hate the people who come to the bank without having their deposit slips filled out. They know they are coming to the Bank. It cause lines and the people behind them aren't too happy either. Also my biggest annoying thing is when a customer comes to a teller and is on their car phone. They are getting money back sometimes and we are required to count the money out loud to them. Leave your phone in the damn car. Do your deposit and sit on the phone for hours I don't care. But I think it is rude for them to come to me and talk on their damn cell phone.

I didn't read through the whole thing(lazy), so I'm just going to list them:

1. It's supposedly NOT supposebly

2. Irregardless. Yes, it's a word in the dictionary, but when the definition is "regardless", that's gotta tell you something. Many believe it to be a combination of irrespective and regardless, but it's sad to hear our CEO during an all-hands meeting use it repeatedly.

3. People who talk through a movie, whether it's at the theatre or at home. If I get in my car, drive ten minutes, spend 20 minutes picking out movies that I want to see, pay four bucks just to borrow it for a couple days, bring it home, get comfortable, there better not be anyone having a conversation anywhere near me. My in-laws talk through entire movies, I refuse to even try to get into a movie while they're there, and they're the ones who bring up the idea to rent movies!

4. People who leave two seconds on the microwave. Can't wait two whole seconds? Can't push the "clear" button? I know, it's SO inconvenient to do either.

5. People who drive down the wrong way in parking lots. See those arrows? Do you know how an arrow works? Or how about all the cars that are all parked the same way on both sides? That gets confusing I know.... Make sure you go down the wrong way and then honk at me for not moving out of your way.

6. Why on earth do people bring babies to the movies? Do they not know that babies cry when there are loud sounds like gun shots and explosions? For god's sake, don't take them outside of the theatre for a minute, you might miss something.

7. People who honk at you 1.8 miliseconds after the light turns green. Yes, I realize it just turned green, the signal from my eyeballs just got to my brain, It'll take a few more miliseconds for me to send a signal from my brain to my foot to step on the gas, bear with me.

I could probably go on and on, but I'm starting to get annoyed.

Whoa - I agree with almost all of these - except the ones of which I'm guilty, of course. I am an occasional knuckle-cracker - and, if I get impatient in a meeting (which is almost inevitable), I have been known to click my pen...

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