25 Peeves That Irritate the Hell Out of People
What really pisses you off? Is it relationship problems? Is it being stereotyped or labeled? Is it a horrible website? Is it work? Here are twenty five peeves that will be sure to irritate the hell out of you.
Culture/Relationships
- Pushing My Buggy, Er, Shopping Cart
Discusses the cultural differences in ordering sodas, saying Nevada, and pushing around a shopping cart.
- Vain Celebrity Fair by Vivien.
A peeve about why celebrities can get away with so much and our obsession with celebrities in general.
- Is Love at First Sight Sex at First Light? by Bes Zain
Is it really love at first sight, or it something else?
- My Lifestyle is My Personality, Not My Country by Jess
Just because you are from a particular ethnicity doesn’t mean you are to behave in a certain way.
- What Happened to the Revolution? by JH Siess, Esq.
A peeve about reality TV and how women are being wrongly influenced by these types of shows.
Misconceptions
- The Most Infuriating Misconceptions by Vivien.
A mother doesn’t have to choose between family and career, the capital of Canada is not Toronto, and not everyone can become a web designer.
- Tattoos Are For a Lifetime
Tattoos are for a lifetime and not just for the moment as some people might suspect.
- Taking a Simple “I have to go” Out of Context by Bes Zain
When someone has to go, let him/her go. Don’t take it personal.
- The Art of Misconceptions by Jess
Life is all about misconceptions, whether we’re labelled incorrectly or a conversation is taken out of context.
- Parents - It’s Not “All About The Kids” by Rory Sullivan
It’s not exactly wrong to tell your child “No”.
Work
- My Favorite Job Hunting Pet Peeve by Jacob Share
Job hunting can be a pain, especially when nobody cares about your career but yourself.
- Pet Peeves Around the Office by G.L. Hoffman
Various office peeves including people not making the coffee, gum chewers, and more.
- Work Place Annoyances (Speakerphones, Nail Clippings, etc…)
Work isn’t always fun. Speakerphones, nail clippings, and other annoyances can drive you crazy.
- Thank You For Your Opinion, But No Thanks by Bes Zain
A peeve about how many people ask for your opinion, but not many people act on it.
- The Joys of Working Retail by Jess
Retail is not the perfect job. People take credit for your work, and the boss gets on your nerves.
Internet
- Mixing Spam and Invitation Perceptions Together by Bes Zain
It’s an invitation to test out a new website. You feel special. Then you delve closer… and realize it’s just spam.
- 5 Reasons Why I Hate Your Site by Luis Cruz
There are some things to be hated. One of those is crappy websites.
- A Website is About the Content, Not the Bling by Shane
There are bad websites. And then there are BAD websites. Too much bling doesn’t make a website better.
- Can You Complain When Something is Free?
Open source is all about giving out stuff for free. But what is the real cost of giving stuff away?
- Viva Free Internet by Vivien.
Why does getting wireless Internet still cost an arm and a leg?
Stereotypes
- Stereotyping Serves No Purpose But to Hurt by Ranjani
For all of our sanity, stereotyping, this one descent into madness — this childish slander upon people of our world — forever condemns us to regard others (and be regarded by others) as second-class citizens of the same planet.
- All In Favor of Being Stereotyped, Please Raise Your Hand by Cetroyer
Being a young adult, one should be partying and chasing the girls, right? Or, as a Christian, one should always be in church, right? Or, maybe not.
- Not So Beautiful Stereotype On Physical Attractiveness by Vivien.
Being beautiful no longer has to be natural. It can be achieved, if you are willing to pay. However, there is a bigger price to be paid that hardly anyone talks about.
- Men With Long Hair
Not all men with long hair are gay, bikers, criminals, or have tattoos.
- Please Stereotype Me In 5 Ways! by Bes Zain
Are you gay, Jewish, gangsta, a girl, Asian, or some other “label.” Stop labeling yourself and stop letting people label you.
Peeve Week Contributors
An extra special thanks goes out to all of the Peeve Week 2 contributors. You not only made Peeve Week 2 a tremendous success, but you helped give the blogosphere twenty-five awesome peeve posts. An extra extra special thanks goes out to Bes, Vivien, and Jess, who contributed a total of twelve posts combined to Peeve Week.
Thank you…
- Bes Zain
- Cetroyer
- G.L. Hoffman
- Jacob Share
- Jess
- JH Siess, Esq.
- Luis Cruz
- Ranjani
- Rory Sullivan
- Shane
- Vivien
Peeve Week 2 Conclusion
I personally had a lot of fun reading all of the various Peeve Week 2 entries. I am thankful for the authors that did decide to participate, and am thankful that the readers didn’t mutilate me for the sudden onslaught of posts.
Please let us (me and the Peeve Week authors) know what you thought of Peeve Week, the various peeves, and what could possibly be improved if there is another one. I personally am open to all feedback (positive or negative). If you would like to help the Peeve Week 2 authors out, please consider digging this post and visiting the respective authors’ websites and subscribing to their feed (if applicable). Also, please vote for which Peeve articles you liked the most. Thank you.
Join the Discussion (5 Comments)
At 54 there is very little a let get under my skin anymore. I just don’t have the time to get upset at bad drivers and thoughtless parkers and kids with too many piercings and politicians who should be euthanized, etc, etc, etc. Life’s too short. There are too many people I care about who need my energy and too many things I want to see and try before I shed this mortal coil.
However, there is one thing that will set me going. Not so much because it annoys me but for the fact that so many will accept it without questioning to sufficiently to see it for the lie that it is.
I am talking about pseudo-science and the hundreds of fallacies they have created in popular culture. For example, the fallacy that human beings never visited the Moon and that it all an elaborate lie. Or that crystals emit energy. Or that extra-terestrials are responsible for UFOs. There are so many others.
Shame on those who start such spurious codwallop and shame on those whose accept it and repeat it without a thought of their own.
Posted on October 13th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Cisco,
Or, that 9-11 was the US attacking itself. Or, that the Holocaust never happened. Unfortunately there are many out there like who support these ridiculous conspiracy theories.
Posted on October 13th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
I didn’t have time to read them all but the stereotype articles are hilarious and do carry a lot of truth. Nice post I bookmarked the site and will return later to finish off the peeves.
Posted on February 15th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Jayson »
Thanks Jason for reading through a lot of the Peeves. It was a fun group project.
Posted on February 18th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
@Jayson,
If you want to catch Peeve Week 3 before it ends, I’ve moved the group project to another blog. There’s about a month left to participate if you’d like to take part.
Posted on February 23rd, 2008 at 5:06 am