Pet hates

[farmerdrea]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooo, what fun. Time for a good whinge....

Hot drinks slurpers and potato/corn chip crunchers

Text-speak

When the volume on telly goes up about a hundred decibels for the adverts

Cell phones in restaurants (especially the ones that play the same annoying tunes over and over, and the person who looks at the phone first before answering it, and then talks at full volume at the person who phoned them, or the women who pick up their handbags and hold them to their ears to see if it's their phone ringing!) Basically, I hate cell phones. We did just fine without them for a really long time... why must everyone have them glued to their palms all the time??

I could go on, but I have to go feed the pigs.....

Cheers
Andrea
NZ

[Annpan]

Animals in human clothes - Horse jackets or those covers for small yappy dogs I don't mind. But the old PG tips ad makes me want to cry, and the stupid fashion of puting t-shirt on dogs... they are neathier toys nor people... which leads to...

Animals being treated as humans... my cats are my babies kind of thing.

People who will gladly speak on their cell phone/ mobile in front of you when you were having a conversation. ie. friend who answers their phone when they are at your house for a chat or ... NB. I was a shop assistant,
Customers talking on their phone while you are trying to serve them, how are you supposed to ask them "do you need a bag?, could you enter your pin?, is there anything else?, we have this on buy one get one free would you like another for free?" AAAARRRGGHH!!!!

[Annpan]

People who say "Why don't you just..." get a gas boiler, spray your lawn with weed killer, buy smart-price tinned veg, etc. I never have the time or the inclination to tell them why I don't, because I am usually to busy doing the alternative.

This was a dangerous topic to post, I can feel my blood boiling just thinking of it all.

[Wombat]

People who say "Why don't you just..." get a gas boiler, spray your lawn with weed killer, buy smart-price tinned veg, etc. I never have the time or the inclination to tell them why I don't, because I am usually to busy doing the alternative.

This was a dangerous topic to post, I can feel my blood boiling just thinking of it all.

This is a bit off topic but I was an observer to a conversation years ago where a fella was adding up figues manually and having trouble, his mate standing next to him said "Why don't you go get a calculator?" and the reply, said with considerable force an vehemence and very rapidly, was "Why don't you go get f..........".

I found it somewhat hilarious but I guess you had to be there at the time...........

Nev

[Millymollymandy]

'Whinging Pom' spelt incorrectly! We are not whinging apples (pommes) or pomes, whatever they may be!

I'm sure I have loads but need to be really grumpy to think of many.

Workmen in France spring to mind though.

[Thomzo]

Ha - well where do I start?

I certainly agree with the perfume, aftershave, air freshner thing. I, too, am allergic to many perfumes. I was getting ready to go out one evening with a friend and she squirted me all over with perfume before I could say no. I was sneezing all evening and came out in a rash so it didn't help my chances of pulling that evening

I hate cold callers. It really annoys me as most of them ask if I am Mrs Ex-partners-surname. I'm registered with the TPS as well but it doesn't seem to stop them. Every evening when I get home from work there are at least 2 messages on my answer machine but they are blank messages with no number given.

People who say "oh I don't think I could do that" without evening trying.

People (bosses) who dismiss an idea just because they didn't think of it.

People who have at least 4 pet hates

[the.fee.fairy]

Its not so much that i'll allergic to the perfume/air fresheners (iron constitution me - as long as i don't eat anything from a pig) its the fact that my mother insists on having one in the hallway, because that's where the dog's bed is. Every time i go past the thing, it squirts me - i swear its on 'find fee' mode...

People who think that recycling etc is someone else's responsibility. i was talking to a bloke yesterday who said that he was diverting his rainwater into the sewer because 'i pay them enough to deal with it - let it be their problem'. mind you, this is the same bloke who has paved his garden so that its less effort. That woman from the weekly waste thing comes under here too!

I also agree with the mobile phone thing - mobiles are great if you use them discreetly - turn them on to silent in work/restaurants/cinemas etc. Use them either in the toilets/outside. I used to work in a pub and my pet hates then were people who used their mobile whilst ordering and people who spent ages kissing their boy/girlfriend whilst i was serving them! luckily, i had a landlord who would tell me not to bother if they were tlaking on their phone, or eating someone's face!

[Bonniegirl]

'Whinging Pom' spelt incorrectly! We are not whinging apples (pommes) or pomes, whatever they may be!

I'm sure I have loads but need to be really grumpy to think of many.

Workmen in France spring to mind though.

People telling off for incorrect spelling when it is correct

POME.. Prisoner Of Mother England!!

[colhut]

People who drive around with their rear fog lamps on when its not foggy. Arggggg.

People who don't put their lights on when they flipin well should !!!

probly best if I stop there, I could only fill a few pages on driving, then I'd have to move on to other subjects

[Millymollymandy]

'Whinging Pom' spelt incorrectly! We are not whinging apples (pommes) or pomes, whatever they may be!

I'm sure I have loads but need to be really grumpy to think of many.

Workmen in France spring to mind though.

People telling off for incorrect spelling when it is correct

POME.. Prisoner Of Mother England!!

Ah, but spelling changes over the centuries, we don't say Thou and Ye Olde any more (well most of us don't!)

[Jack]

Gidday

What's wrong with whinging Poms. That seems the only way they can be happy.

[Millymollymandy]

Time to pick on the Poms now eh, cos Boots ain't around Kiwi bashing?

[pskipper]

Drunken chavvy teenages who go stomping on your flowerbeds half killing your blueberry bush which was just fruiting

[contadino]

People who try to sell you stuff on the sly (i.e. the smell of fresh bread in supermarket bakeries). In this day and age we've seen/smelt every trick in the book over and over. We're not stupid, so please don't treat us like we are.

Survivalists who jump on the 'green' bandwagon and then tell you you're one of them just because you're trying to be green. If I wanted to live in a bunker, I would - but I don't.

Island mentality (i.e. "That swan with bid flu was from France! It's a disgrace!") Wake up - the world got smaller and we're all in this together.

But on a positive note, I just love really old people. They have so many stories to tell, and they don't feel like they have to appease anyone. I could listen to them all day.

[Bonniegirl]

Time to pick on the Poms now eh, cos Boots ain't around Kiwi bashing?

LOL Just having a laugh, being a pom(e) myself ya know!

Because I know that being whingers or not the Brits have the best sense of humour in the world with a great ability to laugh at themselves!!

PS I know it's not a pet hate!