Happy Wednesday, friends!
It’s another edition of LET’S LOOK!
If you don’t know what this is, once a month, Erika and I do a little link up where we “look” at different aspects of our lives (and then if you blog, you share and link up too!). We have been doing this little linky party for years now, and it’s always one of my favorite posts each month because most of the topics are YOUR suggestions!
So far in 2023, here’s what we’ve “looked at”…
In January, we looked at HOW WE ORGANIZE FOR THE NEW YEAR.
In February, we looked inside OUR MEDICINE CABINETS.
In March, we looked at our ALL TIME FAVE AMAZON FINDS .
And today, we’re LOOKING AT OUR PET PEEVES.
Listen, I am a fairly pleasant person who likes to look at the half glass full each and every day (hello, did you see my post yesterday on my 22 KEYS FOR FINDING JOY (AND CONTENTMENT!) IN THE EVERYDAY?), but I’m also human and some things people do just annoy the heck out of me…so I’m sharing those today too.
It’s called balance, people.
I’m happy and sometimes slightly annoyed. 😉
The first thing I did when I sat down to write out my pet peeves was text my husband.
It took my hubby of 19 years only four minutes to reply back with this…
I mean, all of that is annoying (and gross!). When my kids were little they would say “a drain is a drain”. A DRAIN IS NOT A DRAIN. There is an entire Seinfeld episode on this topic, so I know I’m not alone. Who likes any of those things?! Don’t touch my desk. Why would you add Pam to a non-stick skillet? Shoes are gross. I mean, hello?!
Other than the ones Andrew threw out there, I did come up with a few more to add just in case you were wondering…and perhaps, many of you agree with me?
Here are 9 of my biggest pet peeves:
1: Sitting by the bathroom at a restaurant
I probably have a lot of restaurant pet peeves, but I’ll only share two. I do not want to eat my meal next to the bathroom. No thank you. I totally get that it’s important to have a bathroom in a dining space, but I do not want my table by it. It just grosses me out. Gag. No thank you.
Speaking of restaurants…
2: Sitting right next to people at restaurants
If the restaurant is completely packed, I understand why you’ve sat me at one of those tables literally inches from another table with patrons, BUT if the restaurant is not packed, I don’t want to share a meal with strangers. As much as I’m trying not to listen to them, it’s literally impossible. I haaaaaate when this happens.
3: People not waiting for their boarding number to be called
Airlines have boarding systems for a reason (some I like more than others), but it always BLOWS MY MIND when people completely disregard the other 180 passengers and think they don’t have to follow the “rules” and board with their assigned number. Um, hello? Why do you think the group number on your boarding pass doesn’t really mean you have to board then?! You and I are both heading to the same place on the same plane and will arrive at the exact same time. Slow down and go back with your Group 5 friends and stop cutting in line. It’s like I’m in kindergarten all over again and someone is cutting in line.
4: People walking while on their phone
I just look at people walking around looking down on their phones and it seems very zombie apocalypse to me. People, look up! The whole world is out there.
5: People drinking water like they’re dehydrated
Not to name any names but everyone in my family does this, and it wears me out. You are not in the desert. You are not dehydrated. You’ve literally been sitting on the couch for two hours watching Netflix. You should not be sucking down a bottle of water like you need an IV.
6: Group texts
I love group texts with my friends, family and people in actual “groups” in my life where we all like to chatter about during the day…but a big group text with mixed company where one person is really the one “in charge” and the rest of us are all hostages in this situation because you can’t leave (darn those Android people!) and you don’t recognize all the phone numbers so you can’t freely talk/ask questions/etc makes me a bit mad. I have enough to do without checking messages on my phone where random phone numbers are laughing with emojis at things people with other random phone numbers said in the thread.
7: Asking me to sign 400 forms at the doctor’s office
I just do not love going to the doctor and signing all of the forms with basically the same questions. How many times do I need to tell you my insurance information? Or my birthdate? Or give you my phone number? I totally understand every practice has their reasons, but it does seem a wee bit excessive to have to arrive 15 minutes early to fill out 45 pages of documents and then to have to sit waiting on the doctor for another 45 minutes.
8: People talking really loud on their cell phone
Why so loud? Technology is awesome. You don’t have to yell like it’s a tin can connected to string going to another tin can.
9: Needing my phone number or email to make a purchase
I really just want to buy a pack of gum at the drug store. I don’t want to give you my phone number and email.
Could I keep going? Yes! But I will spare you all 😉 .
Now, I want to read your comments! WHAT ARE SOME OF YOUR PET PEEVES?! I bet I agree with so many of you!!
Coming up this year on Let’s Look…
Now, if you blogged along with us today please link up below! We love to see how you’re “looking at” different aspects of your life too! The link up is at the bottom of this post.
Have a wonderful Wednesday! I’ll see you tomorrow! xx
Cheri says
Restaurant staff seeeping the carpet while customers are still eating. It needs to wait until they close…..
Amanda Taylor says
As a former server, we had to clean big messes between tables so it wasn’t dirty for other diners. And also if you weren’t a closing server, you had to clean your section before being able to go home. Just an FYI! 🙂
Erika Slaughter says
I’m pretty certain I drink water like that every time as well. Once I start drinking it does in fact feel like I’m dehydrated and I should get an iv but alas, I’ve only got the water. 😂😂
Andrea Hooper says
Same. I drain the entire glass and refill it every single time.
Jessica says
Loud chewing. Chewing with mouth. Best not eat next to me when it’s quiet!
Natalie says
Cereal is the worst.
Ruth@playworkeatrepeat says
Hahaha! I can relate to so many of these. “Sucking down a bottle of water like you need an IV” 😂🤣
Mary Woods says
I don’t understand the boarding line at the airport and I can’t remember it being like this a few years ago. It’s so rude! I would love the counter agent to say “until everyone is lined up correctly we are not going anywhere” just like a kindergarten teacher 😊
Mal says
The reason is bc many people who board on the earlier side put their jackets and other small items in the overhead bins, leaving little to no room for those of us who have a later boarding position. I don’t want to check my bag which is why I brought a carry on, but it’s hit or miss if there will be space. If people were more considerate with the overhead bin space, it wouldn’t be as much of an issue.
Courtney C says
I’m going to add to this the people sitting in the BACK of the plane who put their carry-on in the FRONT so they don’t have to schlep it to their seat. Not cool, man. And I love it when the flight attendant calls them out on it.
Kim says
I agree. It’s gotten so crazy. If you get the credit card and pay the big fee you can board sooner but lately it’s not a guarantee. So no room for one carry on size luggage.
Beth Knecht says
Those are good ones…I detest shoes in the house too!! Chomping in gum is one that gets me every time!!
Kristen Thompson says
Oh my gosh I totally agree with you on so many of these. To add to your boarding number one…I hate when people crowd around the boarding area waiting for their group to be called as if it’s going to make the plane leave faster. Just sit where you have been the past half hour and wait your freaking turn!!! Especially being a mom to young children with extra items like strollers and car seats, I cannot get past you!!! Also snoring. I cannot stand snoring when I am trying to sleep 😂
Becky Przy says
Oh my gosh, I agree with so many of yours–shoes in the house for sure! Two of mine:
1. people that do talk to text while standing in a group of people that are having a conversation. Why?! Step away and do that or wait until our chat is done.
2. whistling–99% of the time, no one can tell the tune you are whistling (if it is even a tune) and I don’t need more noise in my ears.
Have a fabulous day!
Elspeth says
What a fun post! I linked up too!! I can’t stand all the forms you have to fill out too!
http://www.Elspethsdaybyday.com
Kara says
Watching/hearing people lick ice cream cones 😆 and standing too close in lines?! 🙄 SO many more…
Marla says
Shay….we are the same person! ALL of these are my pet peeves but i also have to add someone chewing loudly and smacking their lips when eating. Cringe!!!
Gina Ireton says
When you have a party and it’s a potluck and the person decides not to plan ahead and uses your kitchen to make her salad, uses all your bowls and utensils and leaves it in the sink. Make it at home and mess up your kitchen.
Kelly Marie Sites says
Buckle Up:
1. Sitting my the bathroom on a plane. THE GROSSEST. Especially an international flight. It stinks so so so badly, and there are always people coming and going.
2. People who talk in public on speaker phone. I do not want or need to hear your conversation, and it’s rude.
3. People who are late.
4. People who pull out in front of me and then go 10 mph. Rude.
5. Rude customer service
6. People who are rude to others
7. THIS IS THE BIGGEST ONE: the baggage system on flights where you check your carry on at the gate (due to a smaller plane with no overhead capacity), and have to stand IN THE JETWAY BRIDGE forever to get it again, with 100 others, as people are trying to get off the plane. Why is this a good idea? I hate it every time.
Jen says
your #4 – yes!!!!!! Grrrrrr!!!
Taylor says
My biggest pet peeve is when you are with a group of people and someone gets a phone call and continues to talk on the phone in the same room as everyone else. Please take your call in another room! Idk why this bugs me but it does. I discovered this pet peeve a few years ago on a girls trip when one of my friends kept having full blown phone conversations in the living room of the Airbnb. Like please go to the bedroom or outside! Ok, I’m done haha.
Lisa D says
Ok, here goes….
People talking with their mouth full of food. Just don’t!
The “talking on the phone too loud” thing.
Using the kitchen table as the place to dump mail, papers, sunglasses, random stuff — use the desk!
All the cups and glasses! Put them in the dishwasher please.
People who spit in public. Gah! Sooo gross! Just no!
I’m looking forward to reading the comments later 😄
Tina says
I’m sure I have quite a few, but number one is people who back in to parking spaces. Also annoying is FaceTiming at the grocery store. Send a text like everyone else. People who bring their dogs to the grocery store. No thank you. People who talk when the pastor is preaching. Shhh! Putting an empty box back in the pantry. It doesn’t automatically refill. People who use speakerphone in public. Earbuds. I’m sure there are more, but those are the big ones. Thanks for letting us share. Ha ha!
Mix and Match Mama says
Oh my gosh, I always back into my parking space because my car is so long. Am I annoying?! Should I stop???
Kelli says
Lol! I never backed in until my husband’s company did a safety summit and included backing into parking spots for safety reasons. My car (big+long same as yours) has cameras but it does make it so much easier.
Susie says
No, to me it’s only annoying if you are behind someone and have to stop and wait for them to back in when they could’ve just pulled in quickly. Just don’t do that! 😂
Marcia Miller says
No, please don’t stop. It is supposed to be safer because when you do it immediately, you have a better view of pedestrians, especially small ones. However, some folks are not good at backing up immediately, so they should stop.
Jenny N says
No you don’t need to stop backing in to spots! When you drive a big/long car that is the only way to park in my opinion. My husbands drives a big truck and if I weren’t to back it in I would never be able to get out of the spot.
Ann says
It is called combat parking and my military husband complains about civilians doing this all the time. It is his pet peeve. It only annoys me if it is holding up others from parking/leaving.
Kelly Davis says
Even though I don’t do this- I say absolutely not! Other people’s pet peeves are unique idiosyncrasies- not rules others have to follow ! The flip side is how long it takes for people who don’t back on to get out of their space when they leave 🙂 It is a toss up !
Sheri says
What about trying to pull thru instead? So you’re facing out in the spot, but don’t have to back in. I do this as much as possible.
LISA D WILSON says
First of all we need to know how do you know if they pee in the shower???? um.
Pet peeve…. leaving something in the kitchen sink that either belongs in the trash or in the recycling bin.
Mix and Match Mama says
They were little and acted like it was weird that I thought it was weird when they would tell me. UM GROSS! That’s one of the many reasons why I wear shoes in the gym shower. Some people think drains are all the same. Um, no.
Tina says
Eating loudly makes me want to scream!
Danette says
Hearing people chew their food.. or mindlessly making noises with their mouths 🙈😖 drives me up the wall!! 🥴
Lisa N says
Hahaha love this! So funny! I’ve got one that relates to pet peeves and your December What’s Up. My daughters pet peeve is getting or putting Christmas themed items in Christmas stockings. All stores advertise red and green lip gloss, socks and all other kinds of things that “would make great stocking stuffers” and she’s like hello, by the time you empty your stocking Christmas is over. Same with Easter baskets lol
Ann says
Lisa, I 100% agree with her and have also found this strange. I use those things for secret Santa but will not put them in a stocking. Who wants to wear Santa socks AFTER Christmas? Lol
Joy says
Price tag stickers on everything from the glass on frames to candles! Put them somewhere inconspicuous!
Sheri says
Amen! Why do they do that????
Allison says
Wow are we on the same wavelength! Numbers 1, 4, & 5 are also in my top. I hhaaattteee the cell phone addiction, look up! The world is out there! Couldn’t have said it better. I’ve said “cell phone zombies” a million times in my life. Bathrooms are disgusting period, they should be away down a hallway in restaurants. And yes to the water, I am dying laughing that you said this because I tell my kids the same thing, like “calm down, bucko!” Also don’t get me started on shoes. in. the. house. NO, just no. My kids come home from school and do you know where they’ve been? In the bathrooms… full of urine on the floor I am certain. Leave them in the garage, always.
Lee Ann says
I am with you on the doctor’s office forms! I can actually tolerate filling out the forms but I about lose it after I have filled them out and I get back to the room and they ask me the questions that I just answered on the forms!
Judy Travis says
Boy, do I totally agree!!! Especially when you did e-check to “save time when you come in!!!!!!! Then, they sit there and ask everything over again! ARGHHH!!!
Julie says
YES!!! 😡
SS says
Shay, your pet peeves cracked me up. Lol.
I will give you a few of mine. I Hate when people are walking so close or pushing a cart and hit the heel of my shoe sliding it down. Ugh! The other big one is people using these one or those one (I cringe as I write it). Our great Granny was an English teacher a looong time ago! My Gram (her daughter) would tell us don’t use these one or those ones it is not proper (we didn’t use it, but others who did). She said you only need to say those or these, no ones is needed. Our kids know it makes me cringe, but so do they. Lol. I hope this is a lesson they pass on. My other big one is just calling or texting when you are going to be late. I was always told just call…I NEVER had a curfew because I was so good about it before cell phones…I would have to ask my friends can I borrow your phone. Our kiddos are not great about it… I am like just call or text… you have it easy. Lol. What a fun topic!!!
Kristin Wilson says
#9!!!! I politely decline 😀
Laci L Murray says
I have so many and I am embarrassed at this point to name them all! But chewing loudly, slurping drinks, on your phone when the food is being served to your table are just a few.
mary says
People with multiple and usually very large carry ons. Some are bigger than the suitcase I checked. It’s why they try to board before their group. To take up ALL the overhead bin space. It’s why I strictly only carry on what can fit under the seat in front. I don’t need the stress.
Kim says
I just say no thanks when they ask for my # or email to make a purchase. They generally look stunned but then move right on. Took me a while to get the nerve to do it!
Katie Mac says
wet socks
holes in your socks
slow drivers
throat clearing
Natalie says
People who don’t pick up their feet when they walk! UGH!
Using “like” multiple times in (every) sentence.
Pronouncing every day words wrong.
Poor grammar (I seen it yesterday…OMG!)
Needy people
Loud talkers/talking over people
Kellie Mooney says
Checking my receipt at the door when I had to use self-checkout (except Costco or Sams). If you don’t trust me, then open your registers and check out my stuff !
Sheaffer says
I too feel like I’m a pretty chill person and genuinely happy most of the time. However, I do have some pretty serious pet peeves. 😉
*Premature honkers. Like, if it takes me .3 seconds to go when the light turns green, THAT SHOULD BE ACCEPTABLE. You don’t need to honk at me. (And I said POINT THREE seconds, not 3 seconds.)
*If I’m in a line, and somebody gets behind me in line, and I can feel that person’s breath on my body YOU’RE TOO CLOSE SIR.
*People in the grocery store that walk SLOWLY down the middle of the aisle without a care in the world.
Okay, I’m going to stop now before I sound crazy. 😉
Shannon says
People who talk on speaker phone or FaceTime in public places. Drives me nuts!
Also parents who let their kids devices have the sound up. Headphones people!
Amy says
Amen!!! I also can’t stand when parents walk ahead of their little kids anywhere but especially in the parking lot. You need to keep an eye on them.
Valerie says
I see this ALL.THE.TIME. in parking lots! I just saw this again yesterday…the adult females chatting by the car (6 parking spaces away from an entrance door) and answering the two children (approx 3 and 5) that yes, they can go ahead. The older child looked while running and the younger child several feet behind did not look at all.
M says
Yes! SO many parents leave the volume on 45 in a restaurant
Claudia says
People talking on the phone on speaker in public places!!! Like whY??? No one wants to hear your conversation.
Brooke says
Headphones! Yes!!!
Taylor says
My biggest pet peeve is when someone licks food off their fingers when they are eating. We have napkins for a reason… keep your hands out of your mouth! It’s shocking how many grown adults do this!
Mix and Match Mama says
YES!!!!!!!! Oh my gosh, I should have listed that one. That is so disgusting!
Amie says
Only at home, but my husband licks his plate. He thinks its funny…ugh!!
Deb says
Yes I forgot that one too!
M says
Yes! My 40 year old sister and her son lick their fingers at restaurants and I want to yell at them every time.
Faith says
This post made me laugh. We all have pet peeves.
*don’t touch my things/workspace, etc
*people who constantly interrupt others when they are talking
*self-absorbed people
*those who don’t clean up after themselves
Amanda Taylor says
1. People who talk on speakerphone (or FaceTime) in a public place…
2. When someone just stops in the middle of an aisle at a store. Move to the side.
I could go on and on 🙂
Paige M Wright says
My number one pet peeve is those that leave their shopping carts in front of their cars instead of putting them up so the poor guy does not have to go all over the parking lot to get every cart….just follow the rules peeps please
Melissa says
This is my pet peeve! It really bothers me when people don’t corral their carts. The wind blows and knocks them into cars. 😬
Rachel Davis says
I agree with most of your Pet Peeves! One of my biggest Pet Peeves, that drives my husband CRAZY, is when people park in front of my house. I grew up in the country where people don’t park on the street. Now, I live in a neighborhood and it really annoys me when people who don’t live in my house or the house across the street park in front of my house. Go park in front of your own house/driveway!!
Mix and Match Mama says
That is Andrew! He grew up in the country too, so it wears him out when people do it at our house.
Kacey says
#3!!!!!!!!! Don’t even get me started!!! That drives me CRAZY! Also, your last meme, I have to know if you’re a “don’t recline on an airplane” person!? I’m definitely team “if it wasn’t meant to be used it wouldn’t be there” LOL!
M says
I shared this with Erika but my biggest pet peeve is being behind a biker that clearly knows there’s a line of cars behind them, and they’re in the middle of the busiest highway ever.
Deb says
Airline seats reclined
Loud chewing
Silent reading out loud
Sleeping on the nice pillow shams
Not flushing
Cell phone usage inside
Jessica Tribbett says
I get so triggered by people who don’t know how to de-board a plane and bum-rush the line. It’s a simple process, we exit front to back. When it’s your rows turn get up, get your stuff and go. If that’s too complicated, don’t fly. If you’re trying to catch a flight, communicate that with words like a grown up. 🙂
Kathy says
Yes, exiting the plane out of order is one of my big pet peeves! I’m more annoyed by this than people not boarding correctly. I understand on certain occasions that they may have a tight connection, but more often than not I see those same people at baggage claim so I know they’ve reached their destination. I also get so frustrated by people who are on their phones in the car. You can tell because they have their heads down. So many people are distracted by their phones in the car. Is it really a problem to sit for a few minutes listening to music at a red light without looking at a phone, so that when the light turns green you can step on your gas? I think when we’re behind the wheel our only focus should be driving and the road/vehicles around us!
Deb says
That last meme triggered me 😂 Probably my biggest pet peeves are travel related. The worst is when people recline their seats on an airplane. If you are over 6 feet tall, I will give you a pass, but if you are a normal sized human, you can sit up for a few hours to keep from putting the person behind you in complete misery! I also agree that people have no common manners when it comes to boarding order and absolutely no courtesy at the luggage carousel. I’ve never seen a place worse than the airport for people having no worries about standing in the way of others.
Danielle says
People who chew with their mouths open
People who talk (at all) or chew loudly in a movie theater
Friends who invite others to our we-haven’t-seen-each-other-in-forever lunch or drink or whatever without checking
Close talkers
Kim says
Close talkers are the worst!!! I instantly cringed reading that.
sandi says
This is comical… I watched my neighbor, who is constantly on her phone while walking her dog, run into a light post because she was not paying attention. It didn’t teach her a lesson and she has done it several more times. I can’t help but laugh. Why do people have to be on speaker phone while walking up and down the grocery store aisles?
People who tailgate… if it looks like you are sitting in my back seat please just go around me.
Slow walkers… my husband is 6’5″ and I am 5’2″. All of our kids are tall, except for our sweet adopted Vietnamese daughter. In order to keep up I have to move fast, so I move fast even without them because it’s normal now.
Milk / OJ / Juice put back into the refrigerator with ONE sip left and empty boxes in the pantry. Well, no I did not realize we were out of _____ because there are four boxes in the pantry… oh all empty? Great.
We have an immediate family group text; I love watching my college kids communicate back and forth and seeing what they are chatting about. I also have a group text with my mom and sister and then one for my husband’s brother and aunt. Any other text groups get deleted after the event that was texted about. If pictures are sent, I add them to my phone and then delete the group text. It’s just unnecessary.
And my biggest pet peeve is people who interrupt. Hello, my name is Sandi and my super power is being a good listener. But after I have listened, please don’t interrupt when it is my turn. Easiest way for me to shut down and disengage and the worst offenders are my mom and sister. Conversations pointing it out help for a little while but not for long.
K.K. says
Oh my goodness! Yes, yes, and YES!!! The doctor’s office forms… I always wonder WHY?! Does anyone actually do anything with all the duplicate copies!?! ha ha ha…
And the boarding passes… I have to admit I’m glad I’m not the only one. I’m a laid back person, but for some reason I go Type A on this… I’ve heard “cutters” 😉 say “Does it really matter?” — Umm… yes, yes, it does matter, you cheater.. ha!
Kim says
Oh goodness I feel peeved just reading this, yes to all of them!! Some of my other ones are when you take a hanger out of the closet and it’s tangled with other hangers, when water drips on my foot as I’m emptying the “dry” dishes from the dishwasher, being interrupted while I’m talking, holiday family texts with a million family members, double dipping GAG! and parents on their cell phones when picking up their children from school, especially little ones.
KG says
Oh my gosh, the water gulping. I get weekly allergy shots at 7am. There’s a medical professional that works in one of other offices on the same floor who comes in WITHOUT FAIL every time I’m there and heads straight for the communal water cooler, to proceed to GULP one and a half large water bottles right out in the waiting area before heading into work. Did you not just drive here to the office??? I’m thinking that would’ve been ample time to hydrate!!!! 😜
Mimi says
People cracking their knuckles right in front of me. Go do that somewhere else!
Susan says
People who blow their nose in front of me!!
Seana says
100% YES for the paperwork at the dr’s office. Mom of 6, and it drove me crazy. I started having the kids do it themselves (middle and high schoolers) and it took so long the staff decided it wasn’t needed after all. Ha! Most places now just ask us if anything has changed, but there was a lot of repetitive paperwork for over a decade!
Amy says
I could go on about my pet peeves but will spare you that! I will tell you I cannot stand for people to talk on their phone on speaker while in a public place (nail salon). I do not need to hear your whole conversation!! Have a great day!
andrea says
i love this topic! i have a lot!!!
people clicking their pen at work
people who don’t turn their phone on vibrate/silent so you hear it every time it rings or dings for a text
people clearing their throat (saw this one above)
people who are always late
people who back in the parking space (saw this one above)
bikers
slow walkers
i could go on and on…. 🙂
Melanie M says
Check your FB Messenger please. I sent you a TikTok that I made awhile back.
Jen says
Shoes in the house is a big one for me also! Yuck!!
My #1 pet peeve is when my family members throw big things away in the small bathroom wastebaskets. Like an empty shampoo bottle that takes up 3/4 of the wastebasket. It annoys me! Just take it to the large trash container in the kitchen! Especially since I’m the only one who empties the bathroom trash, and now I have to empty it just because of your large trash item. Grrrrrrr!
Anne says
Or you could recycle the bottle.
Jenn says
It makes me crazy when people say “I could care less.” Okay- if you could care less, then do it! It is “I couldn’t care less.”
Kathryn says
Bless you for mentioning this. It bothers me so much that when I hear it, I miss about the next 30 seconds of whatever that person is saying while I am talking myself out of telling that person exactly what you said.
Jenn says
Amen, girl! Thanks for being an ally:)
Jen says
Everything about the school dropoff/pickup lines!!! The budgers, the ones who take too long, the ones who drop off next to the line and block all traffic, the ones who get out of their vehicle to help their kid and give them a hug, the kids who just got their school permit and should not be driving because they’re awful at it…….is it summer yet?!?!?
Laura says
Yessss!!! I love this so much!!! Pet peeves are my jam 😆 Some of mine: when people chew their food with their mouths open, when people breathe really loud, people not ever responding to emails!!
Lana says
I feel so seen with some of these pet peeves! 🤣 It’s reassuring to not be the only one – like shoes in the house (gross!) and giving my email and phone number to everyone and their mom (whhhyy??). I’ve gotten to the point where I say, “no thanks!” when they ask for it. Pretty much everywhere except Ulta will be fine with that. The stores say they won’t use it, but if you don’t use it, why do you need it?!? 😂
Thanks for sharing these! It was a good laugh this morning ☺️
Michelle O says
“a tin can connected to string going to another tin can” LLOL (literally laughing out loud)
My biggest pet peeve is when someone uses the word “axe” instead of ask or “warsh” instead of wash. I know it sounds kinda petty, but AHHHHHH!
People talking on the phone while driving…I mean with the phone to their ear, driving. They are never paying attention and drive slowly. Come on…at least put it on speaker if you don’t have the capability to run it through your vehicle.
I could go on…but I won’t. Haha!
Amanda G says
SHOES! YES! Why do some people not realize how disgusting your shoes are? We had people over years ago and at the end of the evening, the dad grabs the kids’ shoes, grabs a chair at our dining table, sets the SHOES on our table and proceeds to put them on the kid! I couldn’t grab a clorox wipe fast enough after they left! WHY?!? And, I hate to see people in public cross one leg over the other and grab the bottom of their shoe to adjust it or just hold it. YUCK!
Pam Frazzitta says
people who chew their food loudly UGH!
someone that walks in my house (visitor not family) and goes straight to the pantry or refrigerator
all the horn blowing WHY do they need to do that?
parents that ignore their child screaming their heads off. Baby or toddler? TALK to them!
Jessica Belanger says
Slow walkers! Move it people I got places to be! 🤪🤣🚶🏻♀️
Patty says
Ugh, I filled out so many forms at the Dr yesterday. Nothing’s changed since my last visit. Why isn’t there a box for that so I can skip the rest? I love and agree with most of your pet peeves. I also hate it when people end a sentence with “at.” (Where’s it at?) Wrong. Same with “we’ve got” instead of “we have.” My Dad was a grammar nazi and passed it along to all of us. A few more…chewing with your mouth open in a public place so I have to see what you’re eating…driving in the passing lane at a slow speed and backing up the left lane…seeing a family in a restaurant with everyone staring at their cell phones. I could go on and on. Kindness and common sense have become the exception instead of the norm these days, it seems.
Casey says
1. People whose toes go over the end of their shoes. Your shoes are either too small, or too big.
2. Loud gulpers.
3. People who purposely mis-pronounce words or over pronounce words: supposedly, library, & exactly being the biggest offenders.
4. Not taking the bow off of a package first before unwrapping the gift. Also, read the card before unwrapping.
5. Smacking of any kind.
People in general are just really gross. Ha!
Kim says
Omg your #1 is my biggest pet peeve I forgot that one!!! Drives me crazy!
Amy T says
I have several, but people who don’t put their carts back in the store or at a cart corral, people who lack common sense and people who say, “I seen” – UGH!
Vicki says
People who talk on speaker phone in public! Like does your aunt know that everyone on isle 7 in Albertsons know that she has hemorrhoids?? Gah. We don’t want to hear your conversation!
Jen says
This is such a fun list and I agree with many of yours! My biggest pet peeve is an odd one – expired license tabs.
Deanna Winkler says
Amazing post! One of my #1 pet peeves is when someone walks up to an elevator (I work at a hospital with lots of elevators), that I am already waiting for and presses the up or down button. Umm hello, do you think I’m just standing here for fun and didn’t already press the button? Did you not see that the button was lit up? Do you think pressing it multiple times will make it come faster? (it’s always a triple tap from these people!)
Apparently I have a lot of elevator issues- When multiple people are waiting for an elevator and there is a bit of a line, who ever was there first gets to “board” first. Common courtesy!
One more- when waiting to be served food (think Chiptole, Panera etc.) why must employees stop what they’re doing and have conversations with one another? I’m waiting for my “fast food” and you’re chatting about your boyfriend’s cousin’s brother LOL. Gossip when there is no one around!
Caitlin LeMaster says
People that walk on the wrong side of the road!!! Ugh… I don’t want to hit you! They are almost always wearing dark colors and on their phone.
Beth Valenta says
I needed to hear this today! My husband thinks I have issues, and now clearly I am NOT alone.
1. Noise that is not necessary…water bottle rattle, scraping your plate! there is NO food left, so stop it, smacking lips, and rattling bags. If you want chips, put them on a napking and stop reaching in the crinkly bag 40 times.
2. People with earpods in in the store talking, no one needs to hear you, you are not a surgeon, and you can’t hear me say excuse me.
3. Clerks restocking at the grocery store while I am shopping. Yes, sure, I can wait for 30 minutes to get my bag of salad.
4. Did I say noise…? Stop tapping. Just please stop.
5. Group texts in which 2 people are clearly talking to each other. HOP OFF the text and just text each other.
Thanks Shay!
Anne says
Littering.
Chewing gum in church.
Reading the church bulletin during church.
People who nonchalantly look the other way when their dog does his duty on your grass.
I’m sure I sound cranky and old fashioned.
Alisa says
My number one biggest pet peeve is when people don’t return shopping carts. You can drive to a store, walk through a store, make it to the car, but just can’t take a couple extra steps to return the cart?
Amy Branderhorst says
I love these! Mine is misophonia to mouth noises. “creates a fight or flight response that triggers anger or a desire to escape”. Oh my word when people chew, drink, crunch, slurp, eat, lick, pretty much any mouth noise makes me want to rage. My lucky husband and children lololol
AliJ. says
I love this!
1. I drive to Chicago for work a few days a week and take the toll road. People, if you are going to drive 55 (the speed limit is 70) and be in the left lane, get the F over! I should not have to pass you in the right lane.
2. Going out to dinner with my husband and daughter, I can guarantee there is going to be an argument brought on by my husband thinking that our 14 year old (who is at BOARDING SCHOOL so obviously she’s smart) cannot read and pointing out things on the menu for her. I just want to dine in peace, I don’t need to referee an argument that you brought upon youself with your Mini Me!
3. People walking around with Air Pods in their ears at restaurants or business!
4. Talking on the phone while being out and about. Enjoy being phone free for a bit!
5. My husband telling me how to do something that I’ve done for YEARS! Hello, I’m 52 years old and not a moron.
6. Two of my siblings who are on dating apps! I’m not here to be your therapist. I’ve told you both that you need to work on yourselves before you can have a solid relationship but yet you both continue to date people who are scam artists or have addiction issues.
7. My house is MY HOUSE! It doesn’t concern you who I have invited over (see siblings again). Unless you pay my mortgage, it doesn’t concern you.
Erin says
When people brush their teeth anywhere but the bathroom. Like when one of my kids walks around brushing and trying to tell me a story, and then to my horror, spits in the KITCHEN sink! And I love my husband but its guaranteed that twice a day I would love to strangle him. When he brushes his tongue and aggressively gags. Morning and Night. But, bad breath is also a pet peeve of mine…sooo theres that…..
DD says
OMG! Yessssssss on the group text thing!
Carlie says
I am loving these! I agree with most of yours, except for the airline seat reclining. I feel like it barely goes back much at all, and if you weren’t supposed to do it, you wouldn’t be able to.
My BIGGEST PET PEEVE EVER is people who have no awareness of their surroundings. OMG. Be aware of how what you’re doing – especially in public – affects other people. Things other commenters have said, like walking slowly down the middle of the aisle at the grocery store – or even stopping – GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!!
There’s more, but I don’t want to sound crazy. Lol
Jodi says
1. Being late…. Come on people, other people’s time is valuable too.
2. Talking on speakerphone in a public place. So rude.
3. Being on your phone while the checker is ringing you up.
4. Crack weeds….those little weeds in the concrete cracks. Please pull out your crack weeds!
5. Not pulling your trash cans up in a timely manner.
6. Setting a dish in the sink when I just finished the dishes. Umm no.
7. Chewing loudly.
8. People who cheat the pick up system at school….that’s a red zone….no that’s a fire hydrant…no that’s bus parking….no that’s the crosswalk!….just wait with the rest of us.
….I’m sure I sound crazy so I’ll just stop there.
Krysta says
When I text someone more than one question but they only answer one. Uggghhhhh read the whole message!
Valerie says
Ditto Ditto Ditto. I’ve stopped texting with certain ones for this very reason.
SS says
A pet peeve of mine is people who won’t let you wear shoes in their house. Ha. Think you may be one of those. But seriously, who thinks bare sweaty feet are better than shoes in the house? And if not warned and you didn’t bring socks or toe nails are chipped, so awkward. The opposite of hospitable!
Verla Becnel says
My biggest pet peeve is when you have to use a public restroom and there is pee all over the toilet seat. Please clean up after yourself cause I don’t want to touch it. This usually happens when you have to wait in a long line to use the toilet and you walk into this stall and at that point there is no backing up or you have to get back in line.
Monica says
Hah! Good one! When I say thank you to someone and they say “yep” instead of “you’re welcome” … talking with one’s mouth is full … leaving something in the refrigerator that is almost empty because one doesn’t want to rinse the container and put it in the recycling bin … fingerprints on the refrigerator – USE THE HANDLE!!!
Candice says
I hate it when my husband chews his gum on the outside of his mouth. Drives me nuts.
I also hate it at the grocery store when people leave their grocery cards smack dab in the middle of the aisle so you have to move it to get through. I also hate it at the grocery store when people are right on top of you behind you like you are taking to long to find one item. I hate it when people tailgate and ride your bumper. Like they are going get there any faster by being so close to you. I also hate it when driving, and someone is riding close to you, and then they change lanes because they don’t want to adhere to the speed limit. You are going 40 in a 40 but they want to go faster.
Candace A Young says
You nailed 99.9% of my pet peeves…adding toilet seat left up, so many forms I agree at drs offices especially if it’s the same Dr you see each year and the need for the email or phone no to make purchases for their robo calls…my husband added people that can’t and shouldn’t be driving!! And….messy unorganized unnecessary tons of junk mail!! Remove me from the list please!
Sara says
Please tell us if you have a pet peeve about people that don’t follow etiquette when deplaning the aircraft 🙂
Mix and Match Mama says
Some people treat it like a stampede…it greatly annoys me too 😉 .
Cheri says
1. Shoes in the house. You have no idea all the places where your shoes have stepped.
2. Talking with food in your mouth and chomping the food and smacking your lips while eating
3. A micromanager hubby. I am 67…leave me alone.
4. Know it alls
5. Not flushing the toilet…I don’t want to see your business
Trammy Duong says
My biggest pet peeve is when the toilet paper roll is under and not over.
Brenda Thompson says
I HATE it when people (especially adults) wear Jammie’s in public. I mean, how hard is it to throw on a pair of sweats and you are just as comfortable and you don’t look like you just rolled out of bead.🤷🏼♀️ And when people use the wrong form of your/you’re or there/their/they’re. It just annoys me!
Mix and Match Mama says
YESSSSS! GOOD ONE!
Valerie says
I cannot begin to tell you how many pajamas I have seen in the grocery store between 6 am to noon!! I work five mornings and see it much too often…some “outfits” are in the poorest taste. My eyes roll inside my head.
Karen S. says
Loved all yours ~those are quite annoying to me also. I would add to the doctor’s office ~ Why do they need these updates unless it’s been like a year? All my doctors are in the same group ~ if I’ve been to one a few weeks or months previously why do I need to do this all over AGAIN? They all carry around laptops now. Aren’t all our records connected somehow? Also, I REALLY do not like when people are carrying on with full conversations throughout the entire store and are talking loudly to boot. sheesh
Kristin S says
I agree with all of yours! I could add many to that list…
Andrew’s text made me laugh.
Jennie Lynch says
I don’t mind being put on hold when I call a business, office, etc. But please don’t blare music in my ear!!! I hate that!
Michele says
The sound of someone clipping their nails can send me into a unhealthy rage. Also the sound of someone scraping their spoon at the bottom of a yogurt…..the yogurt is gone, just stop!
Kay says
LOUD CHEWING.
And.
If you order a hamburger and they say “do you want cheese.” Well. If you wanted cheese, wouldn’t you order a cheeseburger? I’m so confused by this, And it happens all the time! My youngest wants a hamburger (why, I don’t know!) but then they ask if he wants cheese. This is gonna keep me up tonight…lol…
Trammy Duong says
My biggest pet peeve is when the toilet paper roll is under and not over.
Gay Miller says
so far no one has mentioned this one
* yawning without covering your mouth. I don’t want to see you tonsils, gross. It even makes me mad if I see someone do this in the car next to me.
Kim says
What about when someone posts a selfie of themselves and then “likes” their own post?! 😂
Christina Black says
I hate when fellow moms use “cleaning the house” as an excuse to skip activities! We’ll clean the house when our kids are gone! (Side note: I keep a clean house but I refuse to use it as an excuse!)
Paige B says
I’ll take your loud talking on the phone & add loud talking while on speaker phone. WHY?!? Home, Public. Doesn’t matter.
Also, squeezing toothpaste in the middle like a serial killer. Can’t handle it!
Kacy M says
Oh God don’t get me started on group texts…
Joanne says
Even with my family and friends they all know I am going to leave that group text first and block it from any notifications. I hate any sort of group communication… unless it’s between my 3 sons and me (since I’m usually the one in control of that! LOL).
Alison says
Ha! I love this topic, and I would absolutely agree with all of them.
Karen in Virginia says
Please do not seat me next to the kitchen in a restaurant. I do not want to see my food coming out, the messy kitchen and whatever else may be laying around in there. There’s a whole empty restaurant, you can’t seat me somewhere else?
Kathleen Latham says
-smacking
-whistling (LIKE WHY)
-repetitive noises/humming/tapping
This was hilarious to read 🤣🤣🤣
Katie Stewart says
I feel #1 in my SOUL.
I will literally leave a restaurant if I see we’ve been seated next to the bathroom.
A close #2 for me… being at a restaurant and sitting next to the kitchen. I’ve seen things. Things that I can’t unsee. It’s tough. If I sit next to the kitchen and can see what’s going on, I can’t turn away because now I’ve got to know…. what IS on the floor and WHY do I see a head of lettuce next to the floor drain? 🤢 Yep, I saw that once and have forbidden my family from darkening the doors of this particular place.
Caitlin says
What about when people further back on the plane try to rush and get off before people in front of them? I understand once in a while if you have a connecting flight, but otherwise, it is just rude! There is an order to deplaning efficiently as well.
Mix and Match Mama says
I couldn’t agree more!
Cris says
My biggest peeve is when IG influencers, vloggers and youtubers invade my personal space in public. Put your selfie stick down and keep my face off your internet posts.
Another peeve of mine is when someone takes a call from their earbud. I am like, who the heck are you talking to?
And lastly, people who act entitled, arrogant, posers….all of the above. People see right through that BS, so please do yourself a favor and just be your true, authentic self.
Oh, one more, our kiddo is an athlete. I hate it when other parents approach me to “size up” where my kid lands on the pecking order…yup…our kid made the D1 High School Varsity Swim team at 12 years old. She was pulled up from Middle School. I love to see reactions when parents realize my kid is the little squirt that kicked their 18 year old senior’s butt!
Carolyn says
#7. I went to the dermatologist this week. Before I went they sent me an email to sign in online. It included insurance information. When I got there I STILL had to fill out forms and show my insurance cards for them to copy. Why waste my time having to do both? Not a huge imposition in the grand scheme, but annoying nonetheless.
Amy says
2 biggest pet peeves:
1. Someone eating while you’re on the phone with them. I don’t care who they are or what they are eating – It’s the most disgusting sound and I want to hang up immediately.
2. Being held hostage on the phone. On other words, telling someone you have to go and they pretend you said nothing and continue talking. I don’t understand, do you? I said I gotta go.
Mary Jane McNeill says
Should I say it?? When the toilet seat is left up…and even the LID is left up. I trained all 4 of my kiddos to keep that lid down! I had a boyfriend years ago that “accidently” flushed a valuable and inherited ring of mine down the toilet because I had it in a cup of ammonia to soak on the back of the toilet. I know, bad place to put it. And when I look at real estate listings and the toilet lid is up in the pictures. That’s a big NO in my book!
Pamela says
I will be watching a perfectly good baseball game..and it happens. One of the players needs to blow his nose. No, not with a tissue. It’s the ‘ol plug one side and blow kind. Now, I know that tissues are not high on the equipment manager’s list of things to bring. But, dear Lord…it’s just gross. I’m getting that salty, ick I’m going to throw up feeling in my mouth, just thinking about it.