Pet Peeves
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NEW PET PEEVES FOR PERFS! 
Furiey
No Longer Just Lurking
I have a pet peeve that is annoying me more and more as I get older. It's another punctuation one - use of the apostrophe, in particular when it's used to denote a plural. There's a sign by me which say "eggs' for sale", every time I drive past I want to stop and paste out that offending apostrophe, it's driving me mad out of all proportion to what it is! 
Sophie 378
Avvie by ybbor
Furiey, have you read Eats, Shoots and Leaves (Lynne Truss)? I recommend it to everyone who gets offended by errant apostrophes. 
My latest pet peeve: when there are long rows of seats in lecture theatres, even when everyone knows that there are still loads more people that will need to sit down, they only sit at the ends, blocking off a great empty zone in the middle, and won't move up to let anyone in! Come on, people, stop being so darn territorial about "my seat" and let everyone else sit down! Just move along and stop wasting everyone else's time!
My latest pet peeve: when there are long rows of seats in lecture theatres, even when everyone knows that there are still loads more people that will need to sit down, they only sit at the ends, blocking off a great empty zone in the middle, and won't move up to let anyone in! Come on, people, stop being so darn territorial about "my seat" and let everyone else sit down! Just move along and stop wasting everyone else's time!
Bartleby
Remembers laughter
What annoys me is the lack of good manners amongst my fellow pedestrians.
CurtSibling
ENEMY ACE™
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I hate it when MS Windows always checks all CD players and drives when opening the 'My Computer' window.
Even on a very fast PC, with high-speed DVDs...Highly irritating.
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Even on a very fast PC, with high-speed DVDs...Highly irritating.
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Yuri2356
Test Screening
I concur, but what annoys me even more is when you put a CD in, go to run the application, but you get there before the machine has had a chance to spin-up the Disk. Or, worse, it doesn't even look for the disk until you try to run the program, and by the time it's read the CD the program has already concluded that the disk isn't there and you have to start again.
Like supercalifragilisticexpealidocious? I know it's do instead of di, but hey.
I hate it when eople don't answer E-mails... I'm always stuck trying to figure out if I offended them or why there mad at me... Or if maybe they just forgot to answer. I postively hate this
I ignore half of my email. Over the years I have repeatedly asked family members not to send me their favorite articles or jokes that they think are new but have actually been circulating BBSs even before there was an internet. Given some of them refusing my request, I have filters to automatically trash email from them. Which I guess makes that one of my pet peeves.
GinandTonic
Saphire w/ Schweps + Lime
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People who stand on both sides of the escalator.
If the standers all stand on the right then the walkers can walk on the left. Im only walking if Im late so get TF out of the way. Look at the little signs every five yards on the escalator, they are there for a reason.
First offence, a polite warning to the kind guests to our city. Second offence (or first for residents) and they get put in stocks at major transport interchanges so harrased locals and commuters can "de-stress" on them. Blunt implements provided.
If the standers all stand on the right then the walkers can walk on the left. Im only walking if Im late so get TF out of the way. Look at the little signs every five yards on the escalator, they are there for a reason.
First offence, a polite warning to the kind guests to our city. Second offence (or first for residents) and they get put in stocks at major transport interchanges so harrased locals and commuters can "de-stress" on them. Blunt implements provided.
GenMarshall
High Elven ISB Capt & Ghost Agent
Another thing to add to my list...
...When people resort to Ad hominem attacks.
...When people resort to Ad hominem attacks.
CaptainF
The Professional Poster
High School.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
You know what grinds my gears? When you can't find the droids you're looking for.
Loose/lose is another common one on the internet. It's more common to see "loose" than "lose" when they mean the latter.
Yuri2356
Test Screening
Ever find yourself sitting around, and all of a sudden you realize that there's something you should be doing, but just as you're about to go and do it someone else shows up and tells you to do it? And you know that if you say that you were on your way to do it, that no one would beleive you?
Makes me so angry...
Makes me so angry...
Tykinruoka
Unlimited power
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People who call beginners n00bs in multiplayer games.
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