Pet Peeves

Regarding Driving:

• People who do not use their blinkers
• Slow movers in the fast lane
• Car insurance companies that judge you on items other than your driving record
• Those who do not know the difference between "yield" and "merge"
• Those who talk on the cell phone while driving
• People who do not use car seats for their children!
• Drivers who will not turn right on red
• Jerks who take up two parking spots
• Driving the wrong way in a parking lot
• Those who practice the fine art of tailgating

Regarding People:

• People who are mean to animals
• When someone calls you and you tell them that they have a wrong number, and they get rude (like it is YOUR fault they dialed the wrong number!!)
• Drop in company (can't you call from your cell phone before you come over?)
• People who talk LOUDLY on their cell phones in restaurants, movie theaters, stores, etc
• Those who come to the United States and can't speak a word of English
• Telemarketers (especially those who can't take "no" for an answer")
• Parents who let their children run around unsupervised in places like banks, stores, restaurants, etc.
• "Chatty Cathys" aka people who just talk to hear the sound of the own voice
• People who do not wash their hands after going to the bathroom
• People who blame anything but themselves for THEIR failure.
• Noisy eaters and open mouthed chewers
• People that interrupt you when your telling a story and then they continue to tell you their story and then ask you in an uninterested tone to continue on with your story when they are finished talking.
• When you ask someone a very simple, straightforward question and they spend ten minutes rambling on about everything in the world EXCEPT the answer to your very simple, straightforward question?
• The person in the supermarket 's Express Lane of 10 Items or less who has a full shopping cart of groceries
• People with BAD personal hygiene

Regarding Computers and the Internet

• Men who IM me looking for sex, an affair, or some other pathetic excuse to waste my time
• When my computer freezes in the middle of a long email
• Spyware, viruses, adware, pop-ups, and spam
• Paypal scams (sorry, I don't fall for those)
• Nigerian Scammers (sorry, I don't fall for those either)
• Foreigners who use the internet to attempt to find a sucker to bring them to the United States or get them to send them money
• The war between PCs and Mac (it's a personal preference; get over it!)
• Emails typed in all capital letters
• Guest book spammers who advertise junk stuff!
• Websites that require you to scroll horizontally
• Receiving email without a subject

Regarding Workplaces:

• Co-workers who talk incessantly all day long to the point where you want to rip out their vocal cords
• Those who think that someone else will clean up their mess
• People with messy desks
• Co-workers who constantly interrupt you when you are speaking (especially when the conversation is not directed to them)
• Crumbs in the keyboard
• Excessive Gossiping
• Bosses who think that your job should be your life
• Condescending tones, public reprimands and micromanaging
• People who rifle through my desk/cube while I am sitting there

Regarding Government

• Crooked politicians
• Politicians who believe that war is the answer to everything
• People who vote in a candidate and then complain about him/her
• People who DO NOT vote and think that they have the right to complain
• Tax breaks for the rich
• Wasteful spending
• The dependency on foreign oil because the politicians are getting paid to squelch other forms of energy

Regarding New Jersey

• Horrible drivers
• Being asked by people, "What exit are you from?" Why do they care? Are they coming to visit me?
• Congested highways
• Car insurance prices that are out of control
• Property taxes that are the HIGHEST in the entire country!!

In General

• Bad spelling and grammar
• Habitual favor "needers"
• Kids with weird names (what were their parents thinking?)
• Having to ask "Is that a guy or a girl?"
• Dirty public restrooms
• Gum snapping
• Chronic lateness
• Bad breath
• Mispronunciation of words
• Being called "honey" or "babe" by people I do not know
• Hypocritical people