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What common pet peeves don't bother you?

17 replies

Lockdowner35 · 04/01/2021 22:30

I would say

People who look at their phones on the buses

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FTEngineerM · 04/01/2021 22:32

Toilet seat presentation.. up or down I do not care. I have hands to change it.

Nighthawker · 04/01/2021 22:34

The word "moist". So many people seem to hate it, doesn't bother me personally.

WarmSausageTea · 04/01/2021 23:09

At our last house, we’d usually have a car (not ours) parked on the road in front of the house. It never bothered me.

Soutiner · 04/01/2021 23:52

Dogs not on leads.

SionnachRua · 04/01/2021 23:56

Haitch vs aitch.
Nail biters.
Using literally when talking about something that isn't literal.
People saying "no problem" or "no worries".

NuniaBeeswax · 04/01/2021 23:58

"can I get"
Not at all rude and perfectly normal around here. (not America BTW)

LadyJaye · 05/01/2021 00:08

I really enjoy listening to half a conversation on a mobile phone on public transport.

I like filling in the gaps in my imagination.

ComtesseDeSpair · 05/01/2021 00:33

Americanisms. And I live with an American so now I use them, too.

People taking hours or days to respond to text messages. Unless it was time-sensitive, I’m happy with their answer whenever it comes.

Pretty much anything to do with Covid. Run past me, stand next to me in the supermarket, sit near me without a mask - hell, even cough in my vicinity. If I get it, I get it.

TravellingSpoon · 05/01/2021 07:07

Swearing

RosieLemonade · 05/01/2021 07:10

“Should of” “could of” it took until I was at university doing my second qualification for me to even realise that was wrong.

Sparklingbrook · 05/01/2021 07:10

Oh @Lockdowner35 give it a rest. This is just another variation on all of your other threads. I would say it's getting a bit much now.

Miffyliffy · 05/01/2021 07:22

@Sparklingbrook

Oh *@Lockdowner35* give it a rest. This is just another variation on all of your other threads. I would say it's getting a bit much now.
I would say

That's a great observation.

Sparklingbrook · 05/01/2021 07:23

Why thank you @Miffyliffy. I would say we don't need all the controversy. Sad

HopeYourHighHorseBucks · 05/01/2021 07:28

Spelling errors. Obviously not when Tingz r spelt lyk dis, but autocorrect errors or slight mistakes do not bother me, I am more than capable working out what they meant to type.

Phone calls in public, children out in public and other peoples home decor.

ivykaty44 · 05/01/2021 07:28

People parked on my drive, I told the neighbours they could if they need to, they do sometimes if they need to

Schehezarade · 05/01/2021 08:27

She probably works for MN and is trying to lighten the discourse.

Other drivers gesticulating or peeping me.
Hardly ever happens but the 'unfairness' of it can be infuriating.
But now I never look at other drivers so I don't see the angry gesticulating and thing smugly that his/her blood pressure is higher than mine - as I sail along....

Sparklingbrook · 05/01/2021 08:30

She probably works for MN and is trying to lighten the discourse.

Blimey-'lighten' isn't the first word that springs to mind with all these threads...

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