PEEVES of LATE ››


September 1st,2010

Mistakenly buying Ikea secondhand.




Biffy from Brooklyn, NY | Household | 9.1.2010 | Comments (0)


August 30th,2010

Having to walk through the kitchen of a restaurant to get to the bathroom.

It's like taking a tour through the digestive system.



Biffy from Brooklyn, NY | Dining | 8.30.2010 | Comments (0)


August 27th,2010

Kids with huge backpacks


Sometimes so big they are actually little suitcases with wheels that they pull along behind them. New York parents: you have taken things too far, anyone can see this is just plain wrong.



Stuart from | School | 8.27.2010 | Comments (0)


August 25th,2010

Use of "cyber" as a prefix for internet-related items.

Why is it cyber-harassment, instead of just internet harassment? Cyber bullying, cyber-stalking? What does 'cyber' even mean? Is it supposed to evoke the fear that AOL drained from the internet? Is it like lawnmower man? Technological naming conventions seem to be stuck in 1992.



Biffy from Brooklyn, NY | Internet | 8.25.2010 | Comments (0)


August 23rd,2010

Hugging every time we see each other.


I go to work, and I have to hug every person I pass when we all get to work. Honestly, I saw you 12 hours ago - Really? I'm still fine, it's still goin ok, still nothing up. I try to brush bye with a quick, 'Hey!' And somebody will say, 'What? No hug?' WHY?



cathi from Florida | Etiquette | 8.23.2010 | Comments (1)


August 20th,2010

PDFs of something with columns, forcing me to scroll the entire length of the page multiple times to read one page of text.

Maybe it's just a student thing, but having to scroll down, then up, then down again for every page of a 20+ page document makes my eyes cross!



kimk from Vermont | School | 8.20.2010 | Comments (0)



ASSORTED PEEVES ››


Religion

The ring of churchbells More grating to my Jew-ears than the sound of mezuzahs on a chalkboard. — Vagina Jones

Silly church signs such as "If you are looking for a sign from God, this is it." — Trentdaddy

When people ask me if I've found Jesus. Did I ever lose him? I hate this expression so much. Whether you are religious or not should be defined by "finding" Jesus. — Cindy

Style & Fashion

People who wear long-expired lift passes on their ski jackets nowhere near a ski hill. Are you trying to look sporty? Or do you not own a pair of scissors to remove it? If you need a zipper-pull that badly, you can do better. — Liz

fashion/beauty business' tendency to singularize plural nouns Did you see the smokey eye on the YSL runway? The highwasted short is just begging for a strappy sandal. The bridesmaid dress will be paired with a red shoe. This would be way cooler if the models were one-eyed, one-legged, one-footed folk. — Hairnette Funicello



Bathrooms

When someone takes the urinal next to you, despite any number of other urinal choices. — Jesse Ball

Public bathroom stall doors opening to the inside. It seems that all public bathroom stall doors open to the inside. When I'm at an airport and I have a big carry-on bag, it's incredibly awkward to get in the stall because the door practically hits the toilet and there's no room for me to get in. — Marla

Being ignored by motion-sensor devices in public bathrooms Toilets, faucets, paper towel dispensers, they all treat me like I'm invisible or motionless, when I am actually standing in front of them, flopping my hands around trying to trigger them so I can get the hell out of there. — Vagina Jones

Clothing

Baggy boxer briefs. You have three options: Boxers, briefs, and boxer-briefs. Boxers are loose and cotton (pr perhaps silk, if you're one of those). Boxerbriefs are tight and hot, with an element of lycra to make them so. But, baggy stretchy t-shirt material boxerbriefs are the old sweatpants of underwear. Go ahead and wear them when you're sick and farting around the house, but don't fool yourself into thinking they are appropriate for public display. — rebecca

Hip children. Kids should not dress stylishly. Fashion is about sex, and children don't have sex, so they should be allowed to dress however they like, not like mini adults. — Stu

Trendy charity T-shirts I'm sure you bought this cute t-shirt with the disease-appropriate ribbon/phrase including "green" or "eco-"/vague but possibly awareness-oriented slogan after seeing it on a sincere-looking celebrity in a magazine ad. And that of the $15 you paid for it, about $3 went to any actual charity organization. And now you get to walk around acting like you are a person who really cares and boasting that you just made a real difference. Instead of what you actually just did, which is "go shopping like usual." — Olivia