What's your biggest pet peeve?

[Gusteau]

When toilet paper hangs from the front. I need it to hang from the back because, in my mind, it's neater that way. I have changed it in other people's homes before, and understand that this is insane.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

When toilet paper hangs from the front. I need it to hang from the back because, in my mind, it's neater that way. I have changed it in other people's homes before, and understand that this is insane.

OMG...You're doing it wrong!

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

If I ran into a wall, I'd have to run into it with the same limb (on the opposite side of my body) to make things right.

I would do the same thing, but it had to be the exact same limb and do it how ever many times to make a multiple of 3. (ex. 2 more to make 3 but if I accidentally touched it a 4th time, then I'd have to tap twice more to make 6). This annoyed the crap out of my teachers. If we were coming back from recess and I tripped and kicked the railing, I had to go back, figure out which rail I knocked into, and kick it twice more. Or if I was tapping my fingers on my desk (in beats of 3) and my teacher told me to stop while I was on a 1-beat, I had to tap twice more which of course meant I got chewed out for deliberately tapping after I was just told to stop. Thank God I grew out of that.

Grammar. I know I'm not perfect but COME ON. There's no such phrase as "could of." He does NOT talk about "hisself" too much and if I hear "I seen it" one more time, I'll cut somebody and then Jesus will be angry with me so don't make me do that!

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by Gusteau

When toilet paper hangs from the front. I need it to hang from the back because, in my mind, it's neater that way. I have changed it in other people's homes before, and understand that this is insane.

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

OMG...You're doing it wrong!

One of the secrets on PostSecret.com this week:

[KSUViolet06]

*Open room doors. If I am in my bedroom, the door HAS to be shut. Not cracked, not open. Shut.

*PDA other than holding hands.

*PeOPLe wHo TypE LykE ThiS.

*People talking about money all the time--whether it's how much they have or how broke they are. I was sort of raised to think it was rude.

*When I have plans and people wait to break them until the DAY of said plan.

*When people say "I listened to ______ way before it was popular" or any other form of music snobbery. So what? What are you, 15?

*When people say "OMG I hate DRAMA." Chances are good that they are the cause of all drama in their lives.

*Misuse of the words alumnae/alumna/etc. You are not an XYZ Sorority alum or alumni. You are an ALUMNA.

*Kids crying in restaurants. I have asked to be reseated when a kid was screaming in the next booth. Yes, that makes me a terrible person.

*Kids misbehaving anywhere and their parents ignoring them. I cringe when I see a kid knocking over a display in Target & the parents ignoring it.

*LOUD NOISES when I don't expect them. Ex: I know that concerts are loud. Cool. But I don't expect kids to blow airhorns in WalMart (true story.) I nearly jumped out of my skin.

[twinkle555]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

*Open room doors. If I am in my bedroom, the door HAS to be shut. Not cracked, not open. Shut.

*PDA other than holding hands.

*PeOPLe wHo TypE LykE ThiS.

*People talking about money all the time--whether it's how much they have or how broke they are. I was sort of raised to think it was rude.

*When I have plans and people wait to break them until the DAY of said plan.

*When people say "I listened to ______ way before it was popular" or any other form of music snobbery. So what? What are you, 15?

*When people say "OMG I hate DRAMA." Chances are good that they are the cause of all drama in their lives. <---True

*Misuse of the words alumnae/alumna/etc. You are not an XYZ Sorority alum or alumni. You are an ALUMNA.

*Kids crying in restaurants. I have asked to be reseated when a kid was screaming in the next booth. Yes, that makes me a terrible person.

*Kids misbehaving anywhere and their parents ignoring them. I cringe when I see a kid knocking over a display in Target & the parents ignoring it. <--OMMMMGGG YES

*LOUD NOISES when I don't expect them. Ex: I know that concerts are loud. Cool. But I don't expect kids to blow airhorns in WalMart (true story.) I nearly jumped out of my skin.

::snaps::

[Lasonja]

It's something about people who "smack" when they eat cereal. That bothers me. I know this may sound strange y'all, but I can't stand to see a grown ass man eating a kid's cereal. Fruity Pebbles, Coco Puffs, cereal that makes the milk change colors drastically etc. I have other pet peeves, but this one stands out from the rest.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by SMTTT

mentioned it to the manager, because another cafe in the same franchise does it, but she thinks it's not appropriate.

I have to admit, I'm with your manager unless it's worded well. Signs like that usually come off as a bit snippy or rude, to me.

Originally Posted by Gusteau

When toilet paper hangs from the front. I need it to hang from the back because, in my mind, it's neater that way. I have changed it in other people's homes before, and understand that this is insane.

You're mind is warped. It's supposed to roll off the front.

Y'all are just too young to remember to remember when Ann Landers had a debate about this in her column that went on for a long, long time. (Shoot, you're probably too young to remember Ann Landers at all. )

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Y'all are just too young to remember when Ann Landers had a debate about this in her column that went on for a long, long time. (Shoot, you're probably too young to remember Ann Landers at all. )

I read Ann Landers. The advice column is 1943-2002 so no one in this thread is too young to remember or have read it.

Ann Landers > Dear Abby

I find the history of both Landers and Abby to be quite intriguing.

As for toilet paper, LOL @ this being such a hot topic for Ann Landers' column that discussions all of the Internet still cite Ann Landers. Oh and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientation

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I have to admit, I'm with your manager unless it's worded well. Signs like that usually come off as a bit snippy or rude, to me.

They tend to be pretty passive aggressive. There's one local place here that has signs simply saying "No cell phones when picking up or placing orders." It's straightforward, and neither passive aggressive nor snippy. It's right next to their "No Debit or Credit cards accepted" sign.

/talks on phone when checking out sometimes
//doesn't actually 'talk' just maintains the phone call and splits my attention

[ree-Xi]

- Loud noises. They freak me out and make my heart race.
- Cold water. Whether it's a sudden stream in the shower, someone throws water, or shoots a water gun at me, I hate it.
- Glaring grammatical errors such as the misuse of the apostrophe, using the wrong homonym (they're, their, there), or using the word "myself" in place of "I" or "me".

[1stSoon2BePhD]

Originally Posted by ree-Xi

- Cold water. Whether it's a sudden stream in the shower, someone throws water, or shoots a water gun at me, I hate it.

When I studied abroad in Spain, the shower water would only stay warm for ~1 minute. It was the most annoying thing in the world! I learned to lather up with the water off, and only use the shower to rinse off. I get pissed if I'm standing with my hand under a faucet waiting for it to warm up and it takes forever or just never heats up.

Another pet peeve of mine is when people are unreasonably nosy! I am a very private person and I don't answer to just anyone.

[Jen]

Loud noises scare the crap out of me too. I have a GREAT startle reflex that will come in handy during the impending zombie apocalypse.

[thetaj]

Originally Posted by ADqtPiMel

Totally. I don't drive often, but I'm totally fine in DC proper. Put me in Virginia and I'm a total wreck (though I blame Virginia's aversion to ANY KIND OF SIGNAGE).

I still have nightmares about paying toll after toll to do u-turn after u-turn trying to get to Dulles

ETA: same can be said about trying to get to/go anywhere from UCF T_T every time I go to Orlando I check my mail for a week half expecting a ticket for some toll booth violation lol

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by thetaj

I still have nightmares about paying toll after toll to do u-turn after u-turn trying to get to Dulles

ETA: same can be said about trying to get to/go anywhere from UCF T_T every time I go to Orlando I check my mail for a week half expecting a ticket for some toll booth violation lol

Funny story about lack of signage. My co-worker met a friend at lunch in Mexicantown in Detroit. We can generally get there, eat and get back to work in plenty of time. However, they've rebuilt the freeway ramps around there and the signs aren't all back up. He thought he was going the right way to get back to the freeway but he was actually on the road that goes to the bridge to Canada. He got to the duty free shop and there was NO WAY to just turn around and not get on the bridge. He didn't have enough money for the tolls to go both ways and didn't have his passport or birth certificate with him so he could NOT go to Canada and come back. He talked to the lady at Duty Free and she referred him the customs guy. He had to wait in line with all the cars waiting to go over the bridge to Canada. When he got up there, the guy directed him to a certain spot, behind a gate and told him that the lady who can open the gate had just gone to lunch and it would be an hour until she back! He had to sit there, in his car, at the gate, until she got back. He got back to work at 3. He had left around 12:30. He had called my boss to tell him what happened so my boss wrote on the white board outside his cube "Being held at Guantanamo"