Grammar
- people who don't know the difference between 12 AM & 12 PM
- you're/your
- there/their/they're
- its/it's
- plural possessive vs. singular possessive in names that end in "S" (ex: Jesus's (correct for singular possessive) vs. Jesus' (correct for plural possessive))
- using 'a' instead of 'an' when the next word starts with a vowel (ex: 'a apple' instead of 'an apple')
- the new spelling rules in electronic media (ex: U = you or 4 = for; using 'q' in place of 'p', etc.,)
- anytime someone uses the word 'wicked' (and doesn't mean a witch or evil creature) especially in conjunction with the word 'awesome'. (IE: "that's wicked awesome!")
- when authors write autobiographies in third person
- using the word "literally" inappropriately
- people who text "k" or other one letter/word responses (especially to lengthy text messages)
Manners
- when someone walks really close to you on the sidewalk, almost bumping into you, when there's 3 feet of space on either side of you!
- parents who let their small children/babies cry (loudly) in quiet places meant primarily for adults (ex: bookstores, nice restaurants, etc.,)
- people who kiss loudly in public, especially if they make that slurping noise (eww.)
- people who talk out loud to themselves while using AutoCAD (ex: "What's the command for line again? oh yeah L or LINE! Then I'm going to put in a rectangle next to it. The command for that is RECTANGLE. I'm so good at this!" *laughs*)
- people who talk loudly (especially on their phones) while on public transportation
- guys who think they're gangsters and refuse to wear their pants at their waists
- caring way too much about their pets (dressing them in clothes, putting them in strollers or car seats, etc.,)
- men who oogle at women from their cars (disgusting)
- people who ride their bikes on the sidewalk NEXT TO the bike lane
- people (especially at walmart) who enter through the exit and exit through the entrance
- forgetting to take their ticket out before going up to the gate for the tube/metro, and everyone has to wait behind them.
Lifestyle
- people who inch forward at stoplights just because the person in front of them inched forward. (I'm leaving that space there for a reason, jerk!)
- squeezing the toothpaste from the middle
- leaving hair in the tub drain
- people who drive through parking spaces in a parking lot instead of down the aisles when it's a busy time of day... and they don't look for other people!!
- I hate being on speakerphone. period.
- adults who still call their parents a diminutive name like "mommy" or "dada"
- when women wear their hair in pigtails! You are an adult woman who pays her own bills/is married! Stop dressing like a 12 year old girl.
In Relationships
- when you invite a friend to go somewhere and they bring their boyfriend/girlfriend without notice. ("Oh hey! I hope it's ok my boyfriend came to dinner with us even though I know you wanted to have girl talk time with me. He doesn't mind though. I already told him about how you like that one guy and how you're having your time of the month!")
- when you tell someone you love them to say goodbye, but they only use cutesy ways of saying 'I love you' in return. (ex: using "luv", "luvz", "lub", "lovez", etc., in exchange for the word "love")
- when the person you're dating picks a fight with you because they don't really want to tell you what's wrong/break up
Hygiene
- talking on the phones while in the restroom (especially in public)
- not flushing the toilet after using it (eww)
- blowing nose in public
- wet socks
dec 14 2012 ∞
dec 17 2013 +