Pet Peeves

[oilgun]

We must hold the line against the 'ofs' of the world, Gil! Don't get me started on pronunciation and grammatical pet peeves! I'm overrun with them!

Now that I live by myself, I have escaped from a pet peeve in the kitchen: having to scoop all the bits of food and trash out of the left side of the sink and put it in the right side of the sink where there's a garbage disposal. I used to have to do this several times a day, but no more! (unless you count the times I do it over at my daughter's house, where I hang out two afternoons a week.)

I've never seen a sink garbage disposal. I don't even understand the concept. Why not just put the stuff in the garbage?

[CellarDweller]

I'm reviving this thread, not just because it's Throwback Thursday but because I realized a behavior that peeves me very much. Have you ever noticed there are certain people you call who never answer their phone? Never! So you have to leave a message every time. And then, five minutes later, they call you. You answer, and they say "This is so-and-so." And then they don't say anything and that's when you realize that they didn't listen to your message and you are going to have to repeat it over again! Why do such people even have voicemail? 

Oh, I hate that too!

[CellarDweller]

My biggest pet peeve is people writing should of instead of should have or should've. Aaargh! It's so rampant that I'm sure it will soon be accepted.

Oh yeah, that annoys me, along with there, their and they're,  hear and here, your and you're, past and passed, and all the other ones that people mess up.

I seems to happen so often, that I posted this to my FB page one day.

[morrobay]

Speaking of bad grammar:

[The Polling Place] Re: What Is The Most Disgusting Thing You've Ever Ate? 

[CellarDweller]

[Sason]

Speaking of bad grammar:

[The Polling Place] Re: What Is The Most Disgusting Thing You've Ever Ate? 

Oh yes, I've noticed that one too. But put it down to some secret inside joke among English speaking people.

[Jeff Wrangler]

Writers of historical fiction (stories, books, or screen plays) who use "okay" or "OK" in stories, etc., that take place somewhere besides the U.S. and sometime before the 1830s.

The OED surmises that "OK" was first used in the U.S. in the 1830s, and the oldest written reference to it comes from the Presidential election of 1840, when it came to be used to refer to President Martin Van Buren, whose nickname was "Old Kinderhook" from his birthplace in the state of New York. According to the OED, during that election campaign, supporters of Van Buren formed what was called "the OK Club."

[CellarDweller]

People who leave old food in the office refrigerator and let it stink the fridge up.

[Front-Ranger]

Yes, that is the pits! Even in laissez-faire companies, some kind of policing is important, e.g., label the food with your name and date.

[Front-Ranger]

Isn't this a great topic that dot-matrix started? Thanks for bumping it, Chuck!