PeevePile • A Pet Peeve Archive » When office emailing conventions cause you to write in ways that make you lose respect for yourself.

When office emailing conventions cause you to write in ways that make you lose respect for yourself.

Hi there, team!

Just a quick FYI about the upcoming PowerPoint seminar! I know that everyone is multi-tasking in anticipation of the holiday closing, but if you could just check in or touch base with me about any feedback you have on draft 168 of the accompanying 72pp report, that would be super!

:)

Diana

— Diana from Brooklyn, NY | Work | 12.12.2008 | Comments (5)

You just made my skin crawl!

— Kerrin posted 12/13/2008

this one is so funny i almost peed my pants. i'm totally sending it to everyone i know who works in an office.

— ray posted 12/18/2008

Oh god...I HATE 'touch base'. I don't know why, but my hatred for it burns like the fires of 1,000 suns. Another office phrase I hate is 'webinar'.

— AJarr posted 12/18/2008

I work in retail and the word I really hate to use is "real-estate." This is, of course, referring to a location in the store to place a piece of merchandise. Why don't we just call it what it is? A table. A t-stand. Whatever. And in emails, to avoid sounding dull, I find myself using way too many exclamation points to drive my point home. Trust me, guys. I'm really not that excited about a t-shirt.

— Lola B. posted 1/17/2009

Tell me about it: http://www.peevepile.com/peeves/1252

— Roland posted 1/19/2009

Putting on a clean pair of socks, entering the bathroom or kitchen and standing in a water splash left on the floor, thus getting your clean socks wet and forcing you to change them. » 5 stars

Excessive and difficult-to-remove packaging » 4.95455 stars

Having to act completely surprised and utterly amazed by any and all gifts given to you in a public setting. » 4.91667 stars

When two light switches control the same light, but one must be off and the other on for the light switch to work. » 4.90909 stars

Driving behind someone with their blinker on for miles. » 4.90909 stars

Being forced to participate in a bouquet/garter toss at a wedding » 4.9 stars

Saying that men watching their own kids are "babysitting." » 4.88235 stars

The dried lotion booger stuck on the nozzle of the lotion bottle. » 4.88235 stars

Using mobile phones at the register. » 127 Comments

The non-existance of unpadded bras in cup sizes less than D. Macy's, Victoria's secret, and Bloomingdales do not carry them. unpadded. » 64 Comments

The "insert" button on keyboards. » 62 Comments

When pregnant women complain about being pregnant. » 60 Comments

"Irregardless." » 56 Comments

People who deliberately pronounce words incorrectly and repeatedly. » 55 Comments

People who put ketchup in the refrigerator. » 53 Comments

Women who are just so beautiful they don't have to contribute to sex... » 52 Comments

Men who always claim their phone died. » Where online can an accredited psyciatrist post articles (or blogs) for them to become popular? – French escorts 5/21

When someone else's standards of living change dramatically and thus, yours must in accordance » 锘?will demonstrate S-type only S-type herself, or pleasing? Because of their respective needs. Up your eyes is the windows on the soul, sunglasses like curtains for the windows, plus some thin, some thick, short, landscape, if they should observe the clear window to attract the curtains to remind: hi, observe the distance! The commonest is going to be ticket star artists, even indoors, in the dark, but will also sunglasses along with the, to safeguard the focus a little privacy. Many celebriti – anitamjx 5/21

Using mobile phones at the register. » just the right Car For Kids generally Miss:'Monkeemobile' designer diesBeach Chalet soccer field hearingHaven a Jack London Square oasisBike to work today'Y star dies49ersRaidersGiantsA'sWarriorsSharksQuakesNFLMLBNBANHLCollegePrepsGolfOutdoorsOtherOn TVTicketsShopVideoMoviesMusic NightlifePerformanceArtEventsBooksTV RadioHoroscopeComicsGamesThings To DoHome GardenStyleOutdoorsSki SnowHealthGreenLGBTHouzzDatingMomsPetsSponsored ContentA year or two before we had kids, i got my dream car. brand – LerCoetaketzrg 5/21

Using mobile phones at the register. » Andy Warhol's More upsetting Works Go on View in Michigan In The News5 vacation trips to Blow Your Tax Refund The Best and Worst of US AirlinesFlight Diverted Over Movie ComplaintGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. there seems to be a dark side to Andy Warhol, Whose colorful images of famous people and everyday objects made him one of many celebrated artists of the 20th century.little one a woman shot and nearly killed him at his studio in 1968, Warhol was fascinated by violent death. It motivated him to cre – LerCoetaketrjm 5/21

10.31.10

Thanks to a recent torrent of spam, I’ve had to disable comments for a while. I’ve now removed the ability to put links in the comments. Email me if you want to put something in, such as five links to knock-off handbag sites, and I’ll happily oblige.

09.10.10

I’ve added two features to the sidebar: Highest Rating and Hotly Debated. They will be updated daily. To my surprise, the ketchup-in-fridge peeve seemed to really incite some anger — it’s clearly a complex situation that affects us all.

It should be noted that the star ratings indicate how much you agree with, or appreciate, the peeve, not how you feel when it happens.

I will be adding a Paragon Peeves section as well, for my and my friends’ personal favorites.

Please enjoy, and contact me if you have any new feature ideas.