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My pet peeve is parking meters. I hate paying money to park my car, so I can spend money at a store. And now, you need an app to pay for parking. How irritating is that?
I think I'm turning into that cranky old man!
What stuff irritates you?

IA8IT
(6,114 posts)El-Capitan
(88 posts)Jeebo
(2,405 posts)Last edited Thu Nov 21, 2024, 03:33 PM - Edit history (1)
I always want to tell them, Hey, that bill is the FRONT of that cap, not the back!
Another thing, it is like fingernails screeching across chalkboard to me when I hear somebody say "aks" instead of "ask". It just sends chills down my spine. It offends the copyeditor in me. (I was a newspaper copyeditor for 45 years.) I know, it's the spoken word and not the printed word, but still, that mispronunciation is an offense against the English language to my ears. I am a bit of a grammar freak and I have quite a few grammar and pronunciation pet peeves.
— Ron
True Dough
(22,523 posts)and I promptly turned my cap so that the bill faces forward!
bif
(25,041 posts)NOPE! There ARE a lot of things. Retired copywriter here. Hate hearing that!
Different Drummer
(9,079 posts)Like you, I am a grammar freak and have numerous peeves surrounding misuses of grammar.
JoseBalow
(7,123 posts)
BOSSHOG
(41,821 posts)When I’m taking pictures. I wear a baseball cap all the time. It’s like a thermostat. Regardless of weather. I take it off I start sneezing.
Grammar. How bout, “I COULD care less!
Aristus
(69,538 posts)a backwards baseball cap. A fashion sense stunted in adolescence makes me wonder what else about them is stunted.
True Dough
(22,523 posts)Ticks!
Useless blood suckers! Dangerous too!
Niagara
(10,416 posts)I keep telling you to keep your pests out in the yard where they belong, True.
hunter
(39,439 posts)We ought to be rebuilding our cities, turning them into places where car ownership is unnecessary.
The people with the smallest environmental footprints tend to live in cities, don't own cars, and enjoy mostly vegetarian diets.
I bought a new car once in the mid 'eighties. I'll never do that again, it only encourages them to make more.
Jeebo
(2,405 posts)I worked with her for several years. She and her husband and family lived there for a few years while he was there working for Time magazine. She said they never owned a car while they lived there. She said every once in a while they would rent a car for a day or two and drive out into the English countryside and explore. She said they sometimes drove to Stonehenge and spread towels/blankets out on the stones and had picnics there. Can't do that any more; Stonehenge is shut off now to tourists except for guided tours. I visited Stonehenge myself in the late 1990s; they have a path around it but you can't approach the stones themselves closer than 10 or 12 feet. Still, an amazing place. Sorry about getting off on that tangent.
— Ron
CTyankee
(65,912 posts)that way we always have a new car that we know from experience is not prone to breaking down. We keep it in great shape, taking it to the dealership for regular maintenance (tire rotation, oil change, etc). But we are old and have been retired for years and don't drive much anyway.
Sneederbunk
(16,009 posts)duncang
(3,767 posts)Grocery stores that do the quarterly moves on inventory. One item I buy regularly the store I visit has changed where it’s at 4 times this year.
Hotler
(12,939 posts)Probatim
(3,109 posts)People taking lunch breaks in their cars - with the engines running.
People who drive diagonally or across parking lots to save 4 seconds.
My Pyrex measuring cups that pour more liquid down the side than in the pot/mug where I'm pouring it.
People who can't finish their turn in the lane God gave them.
Idiots who giggle after every sentence they utter - my sister-in-law and her first and second husbands do this, plus both her kids. (How are you? giggle giggle giggle.)
People who can't open boxes or bags properly - my wife does this and it makes me nuts. I've asked "did you force a rabid raccoon at gunpoint to open this box?" At least my kids thought that line was funny. I have a co-worker whose husband does the same thing - we commiserate with photos. It's a long running gag for us.
Improper use of apros'trophe's'.
I've turned into Frank Constanza...
Different Drummer
(9,079 posts)
JoseBalow
(7,123 posts)It should be easy to see!
bif
(25,041 posts)When people go up at the end of every sentence as if they're asking a question. And people who lace every sentence with the word like at least once, but usually several times.
Different Drummer
(9,079 posts)This commercial comes to mind.
El-Capitan
(88 posts)I know I do. I call it the "Valley Girl" jacuzzi commercial.
Different Drummer
(9,079 posts)El-Capitan
(88 posts)That voice makes me cringe.
Skittles
(163,100 posts)yes, along with vocal fry, very annoying
CTyankee
(65,912 posts)Skittles
(163,100 posts)CTyankee
(65,912 posts)Ya know, I'm done with that. It sounds like asking permission to voice your idea or response. I'm the old person who just bluntly says what they mean. I do NOT punch down, however, and I detest people who do. But I've reached an age where I don't give a shit about opinions of my opinion and I don't wanna hear bullshit. Obviously, I don't want to be unpleasant but there is a line that I draw....
Different Drummer
(9,079 posts)I can't remember what products are supposed to treat what conditions, and I wouldn't presume to ask my doctors about/for any of them, anyway.
Skittles
(163,100 posts)he couldn't believe we had such ads, and that they were so cheesy and manipulative
Sogo
(6,163 posts)Whenever I meet a car with such lighting, I put on my brights and leave them on. I figure they might get the message.
Who approved these lights?!?
Diamond_Dog
(36,477 posts)Where the actors’ voices are practically inaudible but the background music is ear splitting. And the dark backgrounds so you can’t see anything.
FuzzyRabbit
(2,138 posts)Diamond_Dog
(36,477 posts)wryter2000
(47,793 posts)With the dark background. I figured it had to be me.
Ilsa
(62,668 posts)products and the customers trying to sing one line and the singer with no eyebrows or hair from the movie vocalizing Ahhhahahahhhh really, really loudly. I can't hit Mute fast enough.
yellowdogintexas
(23,154 posts)It is either "the only" or "One of the few"
Aristus
(69,538 posts)in order to get in front of me, then proceed to go as slowly as possible after that.
lark
(24,779 posts)It's terrible!
Skittles
(163,100 posts)it really fucking annoys me
wryter2000
(47,793 posts)“Me and Jim” as the subject of the sentence.
madamesilverspurs
(16,204 posts)including 'bent carrot' treatments. They even showed up during a program about St. Nicholas. Seriously.
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CTyankee
(65,912 posts)and that's what is important.
Niagara
(10,416 posts)lark
(24,779 posts)Pisses me off!