November 18, 2024 | Jesse Singer

Do These Pet Peeves Annoy You As Much As They Annoy Us?


Super Peeved

A pet peeve is defined as "something that a particular person finds especially annoying". Well, these are things we find especially annoying. Do you?

Wrong Side Of The Escalator

We all know (or at least we should all know) that the right side of an escalator is for standing and the left side is for walking. We have no problem if someone wants to stand and enjoy the ride. Just DO IT ON THE RIGHT SIDE!

Shoppers on the escalatorsKenneth Surillo, Pexels

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Putting Toilet Paper Rolls The Wrong Way On The Dispenser

The proper way to put the roll on the dispenser is with the toilet paper going over the roll.

White toilet paper rollVie Studio, Pexels

Eating Pizza With A Knife And Fork

Pick it up (fold it if you have to) and use your hands.

Person slicing pizza with knife and forkVincent Rivaud, Pexels

Cutting Spaghetti

Unless you're a child, don't cut your spaghetti. If you can't figure out how to twirl your fork, then order penne

Spaghetti with tomato sauceBenreis, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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"Expresso"

The word is "espresso". We're not sure what bugs us more: the fact that so many people say "expresso", or that it is slowly becoming acceptable in our lexicon.

A double shot of espressoCraft Coffee Spot, Flickr

Rushing To Get On A Plane

There is an order on how airlines board planes. Business class, people with kids, etc... Which means, if your "section/group" hasn't been called yet, stay seated (or at least stay out of the lineup). What's the rush? The seats aren't first come first served.

People boarding on an airplaneMarkus Winkler, Pexels

Nails On A Chalkboard

This isn't just an expression. It really is irritating and annoying. And in that same vein...

Nails with on a green chalkboardSharon Drummond, Flickr

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Scraping silverware

Whether on the plate or one's teeth, the sound is brutal.

Hands of a woman eating a mealNadin Sh, Pexels

Turn Off Your Blinkers

We very much appreciate drivers who use their turn signals to indicate they are going to change lanes. But after you get into your new lane...turn off your blinker!

A black car with red lightsAtahan Demir, Pexels

Walking And Looking At The Phone

We aren't trying to be all "get off of our lawn" about technology here. We love our mobile phones and look at them constantly. But not when we are walking down the street (or at least not without paying attention to where we are going). There are few things more annoying than bumping into someone on the sidewalk who has their head down looking at their phone.

Although, on the flip side, there are few things funnier than seeing someone walking down the sidewalk looking at their phone and banging into a light post, fire hydrant, etc.

Man in a brown coatJack Sparrow, Pexels

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Show Dog Haircuts

If your dog is a show dog, then we get it—you need to cut their hair like that in order to even have a chance at winning. However, if your poodle isn't going to dog shows, please don't give them that ridiculous puff balls haircut (all the other dogs are just going to make fun of them).

A groomer in a uniformGoochie Poochie Grooming, Pexels

Before You Were Born

It's totally okay not to know about something in history. What really bugs us though, is when someone doesn't know something and justifies it with the excuse that it was something that happened before they were bornas if it's crazy for anyone to have knowledge of anything prior to their physical existence on this planet.

Man in a blue shirt arguing with womanVitaly Gariev, Pexels

Pick Up After Your Dog

You don't have to have a dog. It isn't mandatory. It's a choice. And one of the things we choose when we make the choice to have a dog as a pet is to pick up their poop. So, do it.

Owner cleaning up after the dogMonika Wisniewska, Shutterstock

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Being Late (All The Time)

We get it. Things happen. Everyone is late sometimes. But we also all know someone who is late all the time—and that's super frustrating. Have you started telling them to be places 30-60 minutes earlier just so that they get there close to the right time? We have.

Man in black suit holding black leather bagAndrea Piacquadio, Pexels

Being Late (Without A Text)

The only thing more frustrating than people who are always late are those folks who don't text (or call) when they are going to be late

Man in a brown suitBarbara Olsen, Pexels

Talking During A Movie (In Theaters)

The only good thing about fewer people going to theaters these days is less "talkers" to deal with. Although...

A group of people watching movieTima Miroshnichenko, Pexels

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Talking During Movie (At Home)

Raise your hand if you have a friend or family member who feels like it's okay to talk during a movie when you're watching at home. Well, it isn't!

Friends sitting on the couchRon Lach, Pexels

Café Zoom Meetings

With the proliferation of remote work, cafés have become filled with folks on laptops—and there's nothing wrong with that. Our peeve comes when they start taking lengthy video meetings and talk loud enough for the entire café to know what's going on at their office.

Woman working on her laptopLeeloo The First, Pexels

A "Sorry You Feel That Way" Apology

It's sneaky because, yes, it has the word "sorry" in there—but the person isn't actually apologizing for what they did or said.

Woman holding another woman's handKaboompics.com, Pexels

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Tailgating

No, not the awesome parties that take place outside sporting events. We're talking about those drivers that feel the need to be as close to your back bumper as possible. It's so dangerous.

Man in a black shirt driving a carKindel Media, Pexels

No Napkins

You order something at a drive-thru and drive off only to realize too late that they didn't throw a napkin or two into the bag. Arrggghhhh.

Soft white paper napkin stackForgemind ArchiMedia, Flickr

Streaming Services Quickly Playing The Next Episode

The show ends and it's a race to see if you can tap the "x" before the next episode or show starts playing. Give us a moment or two to breathe.

Person holding black remote controlTowfiqu barbhuiya, Pexels

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Honking The Second The Light Turns Green

Sometimes, we don't have time to move our foot from the brake to the gas pedal before someone behind us is honking because they have to be somewhere three seconds sooner than they will be now that we didn't move our foot fast enough.

A blue Nissan Skyline GT-RErik Mclean, Pexels

Unskippable YouTube Ads

Is it just us or are there more and more unskippable ads on YouTube these days?

Photo of a hand on the keyboardPolina Tankilevitch, Pexels

Big Tags On Shirts

With so many shirts either making the tags smaller and moving them to the lower side of the shirt or getting rid of them completely for printed tags—it's always extra annoying whenever we get a tag on the back collar that keeps scratching the back of our neck.

Woman's hand in holding a white shirt labelKmpzzz, Shutterstock

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People That Never Answer Their Phone

It's especially annoying when there's something time sensitive and you just know it's going to go right to voicemail—or the text is going to be unread for at least the next 1-5 hours.

Coffee on a wooden tablesyd. trgt, Pexels

Using “Literally” Wrong

You'd think by now we'd all know better—and yet we literally hear people using the word wrong at least 1,000 times per day.

Woman in a pink shirtChristina Morillo, Pexels

Pushing The Elevator Button When The Light Is Already On

You're standing there waiting for the elevator and someone comes and pushes the button again. First off, don't you see the light is on, indicating it has been pushed? And what did you think—we were just standing there hoping we could control the elevator telepathically?

A hand pressing an elevator buttoncottonbro studio, Pexels

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Coughing In Public Without Covering Your Mouth

Come on, people. We can do better.

Man in a white t-shirt coughingcottonbro studio, Pexels

People Asking "What?" When You Know They Heard What You Said

We know you're just buying time, so own up to it rather than giving us the "what?"

Man in a white shirtPavel Danilyuk, Pexels

Businesses That Don't Accept Cash

It's cash! Don't you want money? Isn't that the point of your business—to get money? What if we don't want to use our debit or credit card?

A woman in a blue shirt receiving moneyRDNE Stock project, Pexels

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Packing Peanuts

They get everywhere. Why do these even exist anymore? And the Styrofoam ones are terrible for the environment also.

Starch-based packing peanutsAlpha, Flickr

 


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