Pet Peeves

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aka eraser

I wrote the first draft of my weekly column this morning which turned into a rant about my #1 pet peeve. I won't list it now lest I wreck the fun for my subscribers but I got mulling about other stuff that bugs me.

This one ranks pretty high these days:

People who preface a statement with "I'll be honest with you..." or "To tell you the truth..."

This leads me to believe that most of the time they lie but they claim they aren't now which is probably just another lie. The fact that they're often trying to sell me something at that moment doesn't help their cause at all.

So I instinctively mistrust what the person is about to say and the person himself.

Hmmm...maybe I shouldn't be peeved. Maybe I should be grateful that they give themselves away so easily.

OK. How about this one then:

People who start message board topics and then change their minds about it before they're done. That really bugs me.
 

Greenwolf103

LOL Yeah, what's up with that??

My CURRENT pet peeve is actually because of my hubby. He keeps saying "only a moron would..." every time I ask him a question. IT DRIVES ME CRAZY!!!!!!! :head It's gotten to where I can always count on him saying "only a moron would ask that question" or "only a moron would do something like that" every single time. :huh
 

maestrowork

Aww, don't change your mind Frank.

One of my pet peeves: people who say "think out of the box" all the time. If I had a box, I'd lock them inside and throw it into the ocean. Let them think themselves out of it....
 

Greenwolf103

LOL! Good one, maestro!

Allow me to add to that: People who draw a box in the air as they say it. Argh!
 

toto1958

Im very wary of anyone who says, to tell you the truth or I'll be honest with you.
 

wwwatcher

My favorite is... "Can I ask you a question?"
(No, you just did and I have a one question limit!!!!!)
 

LiamJackson

Years ago, right after I received my investigator's shield, an old cop told me to always note the following phrases during suspect interviews:

1. I swear to God...
2. God as my witness...
3. That's the honest truth...

Over the course of my career, I found that advice valid.

In recent years several text books dealing with interview techniques support my old mentor(s). Of course, this isn't a hard and fast rule. Those same texts also point out that in some regions of the country, such prefaces have over time been integarted into the local jargon and are as common as saying "hello." In my own area, every good fishing or hunting story seems to begin with "God as my witness." (And some of those stories are even true. :lol )

Still, those buzz-phrases set off an alarm when I hear them.
 

maestrowork

I never said those things.

Honestly, I don't believe in truths.

Honest.
 

ChunkyC

My pet peeve? (like the old comedian said, I got a million of them)

Currently: the wing-nuts who try to wave you through a 4-way stop when they got there before you...then the moment you give in and start to move, so do they.

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reph

I too am suspicious of people who say "To be honest with you..." Were they dishonest with me the last time we talked?

Dawn, your husband is insulting you with that "moron" line. Tell him to cut it out. Disrespect is a bad thing in a spouse.

My pet peeve: people who comment on others' message-board posts and never supply original material of their own.
 

Gala

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<blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr>My pet peeve: people who comment on others' message-board posts and never supply original material of their own.<hr></blockquote>

Goll, I'd not noticed this, and I consider myself one who notices such things. Thanks.

Along that line, but to color outside the lines, I honestly am bugged to the point of pain by people who show complete disrespect for others by saying in reply to a topic,

"I know this is off topic but..." or "Please forgive me for going of topic here but I just wanted to say" and "I know this is your topic but do you mind if I ask about xyz?"

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Oh--an writers who are so colorless of speech and creativity they rely on smilies to make a point. (I love smilies, but only when they aren't embedded in the text.)

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reph

Re: peeves

"My pet peeve: people who comment on others' message-board posts and never supply original material of their own."

Gala, I meant that as a self-referential joke.

Oh, you got it? Okay, I'll just slink away in shame now.
 

Gala

didn't get it

You know I'm blonde, right? (at least on the www).

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thanks for the clarification.
 

Lori Basiewicz

My biggest RL pet peeve is strangers and business associates who refer to me as 'honey' or 'sweetie'. When did these words become an acceptable substitute for 'ma'am', 'miss', or 'hey you'?

As terms of endearment among relatives or close friends, I have no problem with these terms, but in professional or non-personal exchanges, I find them demeaning. I know many people disagree with me, but if a man cannot say them to a female colleague without risking a sexual harrassment law suit, why do women believe it is acceptable to address one another in a belittling fashion?

Okay, stepping off my soapbox now.
 

arrowqueen

What reduces me to teeth-grinding fury is when I make a perfectly sensible suggestion to my beloved, he spends five minutes thinking it over then announces: 'That's not such a stupid idea, after all.'

Of course it bleedin' isn't! I wouldn't have said it if it was!!!

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Melina

It drives me nuts when people stand too close to me in line at the grocery store. This is happening to me more and more frequently lately, and I don't understand why. Are people in general so disassociated that no one respects people's personal space anymore? I had a lady literally trip over my heels a few days ago, and when I turned to look at her, she didn't even say "Excuse me" ! I don't want someone looking over my shoulder while I'm typing my ATM pin # into the keypad! I understand being in a hurry, but breathing down my neck is not going to make the cashier move any faster. >:
 

maestrowork

Re: RE: Pet Peeves

Hey you, Lori sweetie. Don't fret over it, honey. Okay?

My other pet peeve phrase is: "Whatever." Whoever first introduced the way it's used now should be shot, his/her whatever body displayed in plain view for anybody to do whatever they please with it. Yeah, as if.
 

Greenwolf103

Ooh, I have another one!

Another pet peeve of mine: People who ask "did you see that?" when something happened RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME!!
 

Cary

per peeves..

Mine ? The caller who starts out the conversation with..
" I know this is a really dumb question, but"....and I always feel like sayin, 'an your gonna ask It anyway'????
Sheeesh!!! :smack Carybelle
 

spooknov

Re: per peeves..

My current biggest pet peeve would have to be getting a phone call from a relative/neighbor and they start out asking, "so how ya doing?... That's great...can you do me a favor?"

If you called for a favor ask the %#%@*%**# favor. Don't pretend like you just called to chat it up with me then ask me within five minutes if I can do you a favor! Why, why, why? Do they know it makes you feel unimportant and used? :head
 

Cary

Re: per peeves..

Doncha hate the big pretenders!!!!! Like when they pretend their smart !!!! :nerd Carybelle
 

Greenwolf103

Re: per peeves..

Spook, my little brother does that ALL of the time. Like, "Hi, Dawn. How are you doing? Listen, can you loan me $100?" ARGH! :head
 
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