Everyone has pet peeves but there are some things that zoom up to the top of my list quite easily. Example: in the check-out lane at your favorite grocery store, they also give you coupons to entice you back into the store later. Typically it is a limited time offer but what is truly irritating is when you go back armed with your coupon you discover they either no longer carry the item or are ‘temporarily’ out. If the item does return, it seems like it always is after the expiration time on the coupon.
Undoubtedly the top of my list of pet peeves are people who talk over you. And it isn’t even an argument! They just think that what they have to say is far more important/interesting than what someone else is saying at the moment (and no, it doesn’t necessarily mean you are the speaker). I really get extremely annoyed. When I was teaching and this occurred, I simply stopped speaking, stared at the ‘offender’ and waited… at least 2 heartbeats after it got quiet I would take up at the point I had stopped. My point was made and rarely did I have to repeat the behavior.
Another juicy peeve are people who are never, as in ever, on time. I don’t believe, at least I’d like to, it’s deliberate but what they are saying loudly is that their desires/wants take precedence over everyone and everything. Many times they rush in with some excuse, only when they are extremely late. But really… why should everything stop and wait? I think the peeve part is that everything and everyone does.
