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[BarbJacobs]

There is a kid screaming repeatedly down the street- (a playing type screaming, but still annoying loud shrieks) and its driving me bonkers. So I thought- HEY, let's start a pet peeves list.

Here's my big one! ^_^

Number 1 Pet peeve- MORONS who jabber away on cell phones while they drive and have NO CLUE what they are doing- like sitting through green lights or pulling in front of other cars.

I see this every day. I need to come up with a device that kills the service on phones when I drive by. Mwha ha ha ah!!!

How bout you guys?


~B

[KEZ]

Mine are odd ones. Don't ever, EVER, wake me up before my alarm clock. I cast all my hatred for being awakened on the clock, but when someone wakes me up before the clock, they get hated on ALL DAY LONG. I can't control it.

Also, not leaving food for others. I really hate it when people don't share food at the dinner table.

And I'm with you Barb. People driving+cellphones=azzhats.

[Strange Ian]

SICK BOYFRIENDS!!
No, not really, but mine has caught a cold and is at the moment being particularly miserable and needy.

But recently, I was pretty much scolded by a 17 year old girl. Well, it wasn't aimed at me personally, in fact, she addressed an entire dinner table. Full of people she didn't know. At a restaurant. Subject: bush meat. Apparently, the rain forest in Africa is being chopped down, and the wood is being illegally imported to Europe. Because of that, the natural habitat of the animals are shrinking and it's easier to hunt them. The meat of those animals is also being imported to Europe.
Which, of course, is very bad and wrong.
And it's great that young people get involved and want to influence the world around them, really.
But for the love of the goddess, I'm a poor student, I buy my furniture at Ikea! Even if I wanted to, I can't afford buying ones made of exotic wood! And what does she think, that the lot of us sit around munching baby gorilla ragout, come Saturday evening?

Bottom line: I hate it when people lecture me, especially when they don't know if it's called for or not.
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[Elle]

Keep your diseased manfriend AWAY FROM ME IAN everyone around me is conspiring to load me with viruses this week. Teachers, classmates, family...NOO.

Ohman my biggest peeve is THE WORD PEEVE. Doesn't it bother anyone else? No? Okay...

Also when I draw something for someone and they complain about it, as though they paid for it. As if anyone pays for my work. NO ROOM TO COMPLAIN. ):< Shouldn'ta asked me in the first place. Harrumphhhh.

[Krozam]

When I read the title I thought this'd have something to do with Peeves from Harry Potter...

At the moment I can't come up with anything that'd really annoy me. I know there are some things, but right now I just can't recall anything. I'm a calm and quite patient man. Perhaps I'll edit later...

Edit:
Oh, right, there's one... There's one kind of bad guys in stories that I hate above all else. Those who have lost someone they love and while taking revenge cause the same kind of pain to others without even realizing it. They can massacre hundreds of people just to make the target of the revenge feel more guilt and pain, and never realize they're doing something wrong, that their actions aren't justice. One such idiot is Enichi in Rurouni Kenshin manga. I've never hated anything as much as that guy. And they didn't even kill him in the end... -.-'

Does that count? I'm quite sure there are such people in the real world, too.

[BarbJacobs]

Ohman my biggest peeve is THE WORD PEEVE. Doesn't it bother anyone else? No? Okay...

LOL!

Also when I draw something for someone and they complain about it, as though they paid for it. As if anyone pays for my work. NO ROOM TO COMPLAIN. ):< Shouldn'ta asked me in the first place. Harrumphhhh.

Okay, now this just made ME mad! Show me where this dope is..WHY I OUGHTA....

Seriously though, I know exactly what you mean. It's the art jobs that you are getting paid the least for or not at all that have the pickiest most annoying clients. A lot of these people make changes just so they have authority. Sometimes they end up with it looking like it did in the beginning and then say- "OH! That's perfect! I'm so wise and wonderful to have helped you make this art look so good." Yeaaaaahhhh.

I have a policy that folks get one rework (1) in the comp phase, and then all other revisions are on the clock. Tick tick tick. Amazing how quickly people are happy with things. This doesn't include MY screwups of course. Me? Screw up? Yeah. A lot. But if somebody just wants to mess with me by saying, "oh hey, I decided I want __________in this art" I say- "CA-CHING!" Inevitably they say, "You know, on second thought...that might not work there."

Start chargin' folks, my dear. You're good enough. If you give away all of your work, you hurt all of the rest of us artists who do charge -- undercutting!

Okay, tangent ended. Onward with the peeves. Oops. Said that word again.

*ducks the objects thrown by Elle *

~B

[MisterSpook]

I could go on a peeve spree about what students do that annoy me. Part of the fun of teaching freshman. But I'll spare ya the torture...

[KEZ]

I could go on a peeve spree about what students do that annoy me. Part of the fun of teaching freshman. But I'll spare ya the torture...

You poor, poor man.

[Net]

I hate people that can't drive in snow. Here in VA, when they *CALL* for snow, everyone starts driving like an idiot.

Note that it's not snowing yet. Oh no... they CALLED FOR SNOW!! I MUST NOW DRIVE 15 miles an hour on the highway!!!

And god forbid you need groceries when they announce on the news that a snowstorm is coming.

They MOB the bloody stores. People that haven't been grocery shopping since last year crawl out of the hole they've been hiding in just to push ahead of YOU in line. ARGH

And what do they buy? Every loaf of bread, every carton of milk, and every carton of eggs. The canned goods are always left alone, it's JUST the bread, milk and eggs that everyone buys in bulk.

I kid you not, I've seen people with five dozen loaves of bread and a dozen gallons of milk before, with looks of panic on their faces.

I mean, COME ON. Number one, if you lose power because of the storm, it's not like you're going to be able cook anything unless you have gas appliances. Number two, the only combo I can really think of from those three ingredients...

French Toast.

Does everyone LOVE french toast THAT MUCH??! Argh..

Anyway, there's my pet peeve.

>Net

[Elle]

I hate people that can't drive in snow. Here in VA, when they *CALL* for snow, everyone starts driving like an idiot.

Note that it's not snowing yet. Oh no... they CALLED FOR SNOW!! I MUST NOW DRIVE 15 miles an hour on the highway!!!

AGREEDx2000000000. Michigan drivers become absolutely incompetent when the first little snowflake falls. ):

[KEZ]

Snow? Driving? Idiots? I give you...VG Cats. http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=77

May not be appropriate for the kiddies.

[Hagar]

SNOW? you talk of snow?!? I can count the number of times I've seen snow on one hand...Ihsaven'tseensonwsinceIwasinthearmy6yearsago!

I too hate people who drive around with their cell-phones, but that is why their are lows. You can get a fine of 1000 NIS (25$ I think) if you get caught driving around with your cell! HA HA! Revenge!

I hate it when people think they can reap me off because I'm a poor student. SO MANY have tried NOT to pay me what I deserve this last couple of years... But I fight for each last penny, & they always get so annoyed they give me whats mine. But I do hate that.

More? (Oh no) this will sound familiar to some:
When the university treats you like dirt. You know what I mean- they want more money, but they want say why. Professors who gives you low grids, no remarks, & give back the papers right when there is a holiday or something, & you can't take it in time to appeal it. Grrr! & more of course (tell me more!)

& last, but not least, Exes who take over certain aspects of your life- you know, they hang in the place that YOU showed them, use the website you introduce them etc...

now I'm done. For now.
(angry, angry human being )

[Strange Ian]

I hate people that can't drive in snow. Here in VA, when they *CALL* for snow, everyone starts driving like an idiot.

That is incredibly annoying, but I think I still prefer that before the people who are completely taken by surprise when the snow comes. Who could have guessed the ice would make the roads slippery this winter too?
Every year you can here reports of the trains not functioning because of the snow, in Stockholm many of the subway trains can't handle temperatures below -10 C. BUT WE GET THAT EVERY YEAR!!
Sigh.

[BarbJacobs]

Okay the flip side pet peeve to all this winter driving talk (which is odd to discuss in September!) are the doinks in the gigantinormous 4x4s who barrel along after an ice storm at 70 mph, fishtailing and acting like complete $%^&s- when here I am in my diminutive little Hyundai just trying to stay on the road. Guess what truck guys? Four wheel drive ain't gonna do jack on a sheet of ice. You are going to slide right off the bridge --taking everyone else with you -- so SLOW YOUR ***** DOWN!!!!

Sorry. Just hit a nerve.
Apparently.

Another pet peeve?

In case no one is aware, I'm six feet tall. I put on a pair of heels and I'm usually taller than anyone in the room. One of the things that people like to ask when meeting me (as they look up to talk to me) is "Did you play basketball?" It's a harmless question really, but I didn't play- I was actually terrible, so it gets old after a while. One of my girl friends who is also six feet tall told me a really good comeback for this one, though.

"Hey, do you play basketball?"
"No, do you play miniature golf?"

BAH HA HA HA HA!!!

HA!
ahem.

~B

[Elle]

Hahaha! They're just jealous, Barb. You can loom over everyone imposingly and THEY CAN'T.