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Permalink Reply by 3equ3cp1fsw0n on April 9, 2011 at 11:46am

Oh yes! A huge pet peeve of mine is demanding and rude customers in restaurants. I even loath it when I go to dinner and someone at my table is being finicky or rude or demanding.  It makes me want to leave an even bigger tip to make up for their behavior lol. And I usually do it too lol.  

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Permalink Reply by Sam King on April 10, 2011 at 11:51am

Yeah, I'm picky because of sensitivities/allergies (only go out rarely and when I really have to because of it too), but I get the least offensive thing on the menu, maybe make a minor substitution if I have to (usually rice for veggies) and leave a nice big tip when I'm done.  I HATE when I go out with my family because my brother (with only a sensitivity to beans) is the most whiny picky customer ever.  Seriously, he spent the last family meal out together complaining about how his burger was too big!  We always have to look at menus before going out just to make sure he can find something to eat, while I (who can't have gluten, rice, beans or lots off dairy) am generally easy to please (most places have salads, at worst).  Apparently my brother is one of my pet peeves!

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Permalink Reply by Boatman on September 11, 2011 at 8:24pm

You just joined my list of heroes!

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Permalink Reply by Laura Benedict on September 11, 2011 at 7:34pm

I was at a place of business one time when the daughter of the owner was teaching me to use a particular piece of machinery.  Her child kept interrupting, whining for this, that, or the other thing.  Finally, I looked the kid (around 10 ish) in the eyes and said something to the effect of, "Look, you're not going to starve to death.  Give your mom 10 minutes, and I'm sure she'll attend to your needs.  Go sit down and let her finish, and she'll be done quicker."  The kid stopped in his tracks, looked shocked, then went and sat down.  At this point, I realized I had just verbally smacked the kid in front of his mother, and started to apologize for taking her position.  She actually thanked me for disciplining him and taking care of him for her so she could finish.

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Permalink Reply by Kairan Nierde on September 12, 2011 at 1:53am

A major pet peeve of mine is parents who choose not to discipline their children.  The rest of us have to listen to--or in the worst scenarios, feel--the maladjustment of their children.  You really can't blame the kids for being brats...we're all snotty little menaces until we learn better.  My little cousin went through a phase where she was hitting and spitting on Grandpa.  I yanked her off of him and told her to leave him alone.  Where were mom and dad?  She spat on me and I pulled her over by the shirt to wipe the spit off of my face onto her pretty pink cartoon shirt.  That clicked.  She looked at me with reverence, confusion, and a bit of concern.  She stopped spitting on us.  I was once out with a woman whose son threw food in the restaurant and it hit the other customers.  She just ignored the whole episode.  I wanted to crawl under the table!  Then there are the screaming demons.  I pity the parent that has to deal with The Tantrum, but if it's not addressed, the child misses a developmental milestone and anyone they come into contact with had better have ear plugs.

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Permalink Reply by Craig Nomazlab on April 8, 2011 at 7:41pm

Ignorance, arrogance, hypocracy, people trying to convert me back to eating meat by informing me that "meat is tasty," homophobes, stupid myths that everyone believes (eg, sugar makes kids hyper, homosexuals are more likely to get HIV, reading or watching TV in the dark damages your eyes, etc) people knocking on my door to preach, deliberate misinterpretations, horrible tech support, teachers that pick favourites and base the marks on who they like better, people borrowing my stuff and losing it, people who claim that something "isn't music" simply because they dislike a particular song, band or genre, (as Sarah just mentioned) people saying your welcome before receiving any form of thanks, and straight-up douchebaggery.

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Permalink Reply by NO RELIGION on April 9, 2011 at 10:59am

People who can't complete a thought without using "at the end of the day" 224760967469476996202690x's.

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Permalink Reply by Gerald Scott on April 9, 2011 at 9:07pm

I hate it when someone wishes for something.  A year ago one of my best friends wished she was thin. She has cancer now.  She is only expected to live until summer.  Stuff like this happens all the time. Every time someone says " I wish", I cringe.  I always say "it would make me happy if".   If what would make me happy happens, that's great.  If it doesn't, then what ever it was wouldn't have made me happy.  I've never been disappointed.

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Permalink Reply by scLovely on April 9, 2011 at 11:51pm

Those are just coincidences. I don't think I know of any superstitious atheists but that seems to be a superstition to me.

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Permalink Reply by Kairan Nierde on September 12, 2011 at 1:57am

Atheism is simply a lack of belief in god(s). 

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Permalink Reply by Sean Fraser on April 10, 2011 at 12:12am

1. Grammar, punctuation, and spelling. If I see another "Sorry for the inconveinance" sign again, I'm gonna punch a baby.

2. When people describe a large person they know by saying, "He's as big as you, just not as tall or broad shouldered." I get it, I'm a big fat bastard. I'm not a benchmark for comparison to other big fat bastards.

3. "I wish I could find a guy just like you." Really? Just "like" me? WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME, BITCH?!?!?

4. I hate when you're at Subway, and you're telling them what you want on your sandwich, and they ask you if you want salt and pepper or oil and vinegar on your sandwich. "Did I say salt and pepper, moron? Then why did you ask me?"

5. People who drive convertibles with the top down, but the windows up.

6. People who have their headlights on in broad daylight. "But Sean, you can see me from a farther distance with the lights on!" "Really? Since when did the fucking SUN become second to your halogens, asshole? If I can't see your piece of shit ton and a half car coming at me at 45mph in BROAD FUCKING DAYLIGHT, I'll turn in my license."

7. When I take 2 slices of bread out of the bag of bread, they have to be aligned the same way they came out of the bag when I make the sandwich.

8. Jesus Freak: "Have you found Jesus?" Me: "Did you lose him again? Damn, he's a sly fucker. First he gets out of the tomb and now he's gone again. He'll turn up soon. Just bait him with a leper under a big wooden box held up by a stick with a string tied to it."

9. When people tell me how to do something I've done many times before. (Mom's guilty of this).

10. When women assume that because I'm a nice guy, they can set me up with their ugly friends, thinking I won't judge them. News flash ladies, I may be nice, but I do have standards, and the manatee you set me up with doesn't meet them.

11. Guys who look like Santa Claus that actually THINK they're Santa Claus.

12. Finding a $100 bill, only to flip it over and realize it's a Jesus Freak pamphlet.

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Permalink Reply by Kairan Nierde on September 12, 2011 at 2:11am

#8 LMFAO. 

#10: Lol! pet peeve: fat guys who think the have some "nice guy" quality that gives them sort of pass entitling them to a gorgeous, petite girlfriend.  News flash, fat gentlemen:  ladies have standards, too.  What do the majority of petite women want with a walrus, anyway?  Walruses and manatees shouldn't be above dating one another.     

 

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