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Thu Nov 21, 2024, 02:17 PM

Nov 21

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...

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Little things that bug you are... [View all] bif Nov 21 OP

The many different parking meter cashless pay systems bloody hell.....Yes cranky old man too. IA8IT Nov 21 #1

Makes me miss the parking meter! El-Capitan Nov 21 #22

People who wear their baseball cap backward. Jeebo Nov 21 #2

I read your post True Dough Nov 21 #4

There's a lot of things... bif Nov 21 #10

The backward baseball cap thing is a *huge* pet peeve for me! Different Drummer Nov 21 #15

Ya, step off with that backward cap JoseBalow Nov 21 #17

I do wear a baseball cap backwards BOSSHOG Nov 21 #24

Anyone above the age of thirteen or so who wears Aristus Nov 22 #33

Little things that bug me? True Dough Nov 21 #3

Those too! Niagara Nov 22 #43

I resent that I'm forced to own a car. hunter Nov 21 #5

I knew a woman who lived in London in the 1970s. Jeebo Nov 21 #8

We lease a new car. When the lease is up, we go into the dealership and lease another one. CTyankee Nov 21 #14

Radio commercial disclaimers. Sneederbunk Nov 21 #6

Last second lane changers and duncang Nov 21 #7

King Soopers (Kroger)? nt Hotler Nov 21 #12

Kroger duncang Nov 21 #13

You asked for it, so here you go... Probatim Nov 21 #9

Won't be long until Festivus. Different Drummer Nov 21 #16

The crux of the biscuit is the Apostrophe' JoseBalow Nov 21 #20

Upspeak. and Likespeak. bif Nov 21 #11

"When people go up at the end of every sentence as if they're asking a question." Different Drummer Nov 21 #18

Wow! Whoever made this really hates that commercial. El-Capitan Nov 21 #23

Christina is from California, so the "Valley Girl" characterization makes sense. Different Drummer Nov 21 #25

A gorgeous woman, by today's plastic standards, but not someone I'd ever want to meet. El-Capitan Nov 21 #26

UPSPEAK Skittles Nov 22 #35

what is "upspeak"? CTyankee Nov 22 #39

ending a sentence sounding like a question Skittles Nov 22 #40

OK, got it. CTyankee Nov 22 #46

Pharma commercials Different Drummer Nov 21 #19

when my English brother was here Skittles Nov 22 #41

I don't consider this a little thing, but my biggest peeve is LED headlights that nearly blind you. Sogo Nov 21 #21

TV shows and movies Diamond_Dog Nov 21 #27

I agree! That is why I watch reruns from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. FuzzyRabbit Nov 21 #28

Closed captions help a lot! Diamond_Dog Nov 21 #29

I thought I was the only one who had a problem wryter2000 Nov 22 #37

The new Target ad on TV featuring Wicked Ilsa Nov 21 #30

the phrase "One of the only" Seriously? yellowdogintexas Nov 21 #31

Drivers who dash crazily out into traffic from a side street Aristus Nov 22 #32

Do you live near downtown San Jose? That's how people around the college drive. lark Nov 22 #45

right now it is seeing the word CAUSE replace the word BECAUSE Skittles Nov 22 #34

People who say wryter2000 Nov 22 #36

All those ED cures commercials, madamesilverspurs Nov 22 #38

Hubby and I think that's funny. Not the condition, the effort to be cute about it. But I think it gets the point across. CTyankee Nov 22 #47

Ants, yellow jackets and stink bugs Niagara Nov 22 #42

People not parking within the lines - they're too special and cut off spaces. lark Nov 22 #44