re: A pet peeve thread!

Mine are mostly grammar/spelling related.

1.) "Judgment" has no 'e'.
2.) The possessive form of "its" does not use an apostrophe. ("She called its name and the dog returned the ball.")
3.) Obviously the whole you're/your/their/there/they're thing irks me.
4.) People who drive slow in the left lane. You should NOT be in the left lane whatsoever unless you're going faster than the speed of traffic or you're passing someone. If you hang out in the left lane you're an smurf, plain and simple.
5.) Drivers who follow too closely. If I slam on my breaks and you eat my smurf that's your fault. If you harm my child in the process and I murder you as a result that is also your fault.
6.) Loud cars. Stop taking your mufflers off and while I'm at it, for the love of god and everything holy stop putting spoilers on your car. It's not like you're driving it fast enough to warrant the damn thing to begin with. You look dumb.
7.) People who are clearly able to walk using scooters in stores because they're lazy. I saw a huge woman walk from her car to the inside of the store (a long walk) only to plop down on a scooter and putz around each aisle getting in everyone's way. What if someone who is actually handicapped needed that scooter? Besides, it's not like she needed to walk less. She could stand to burn a few extra calories and loosen those hardly-used joints up.

Edit:

One more: "Whose" is possessive. "Who's," however, is not possessive. It is a contraction made from "who" and "is." If you're trying to show possession it needs to be like this: "She wanted to know whose dog was taking a dumb in her yard."

Quoting Raptor Jesus:" Mine are mostly grammar/spelling related. 1.) "Judgment" has no 'e'. 2.) The possessive form of "its" ... [snip!] ... If you're trying to show possession it needs to be like this: "She wanted to know whose dog was taking a dumb in her yard.""

That "its" thing is a really easy mistake to make, I do it sometimes   Damn english language.

Quoting Elliot Reid:" That "its" thing is a really easy mistake to make, I do it sometimes   Damn english language."

Is English your second language? If so, you do a better job than most people who speak it as a first language, lol.

The "its" thing is an easy one to make for people who are in a hurry but I can tell 90% of people don't even know the possessive form of the word does not include an apostrophe. I'm a grammar nazi so I notice stuff like this. I won't point it out unless someone is trying to act smarter than everyone else though, lol. (One of my other pet peeves, oddly enough, is grammar nazis... lol. There's nothing more obnoxious than a person who feels the need to correct every.single.mistake a person makes.)

Quoting Raptor Jesus:" Is English your second language? If so, you do a better job than most people who speak it as a first ... [snip!] ... nazis... lol. There's nothing more obnoxious than a person who feels the need to correct every.single.mistake a person makes.) "

Lol no its my first language. I only get confused because it you say something like Jenny's guitar, that is possessive, so the rules are backwards for its.

Customers like the one I had today who thought that it was ok to keep saying 'Look Lady' to me. I can't stand smurfs like that ... as if you screaming at me is gonna make me fix your internet any quicker.
I do not have a big red FIX IT button

Quoting Destiel:" Customers like the one I had today who thought that it was ok to keep saying 'Look Lady' to me. I can't ... [snip!] ... like that ... as if you screaming at me is gonna make me fix your internet any quicker. I do not have a big red FIX IT button"

Ugh that smurf would make me go slower

Quoting Elliot Reid:" Ugh that smurf would make me go slower"

seriously sometimes you would think that we were holding peoples kids for ransom the way they carry on about their internet

<blockquote><b>Quoting Destiel:</b>" Customers like the one I had today who thought that it was ok to keep saying 'Look Lady' to me. I can't ... [snip!] ... like that ... as if you screaming at me is gonna make me fix your internet any quicker. I do not have a big red FIX IT button"</blockquote>


Ugh yea been there!!! I worked in tech support for a tv, broadband + phone company, most of my calls were abusive. People are brave when they can't see u, used to get death threats + everything. Hated that job!

Quoting Claire Delahunty:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Destiel:</b>" Customers like the one I had today who thought ... [snip!] ... of my calls were abusive. People are brave when they can't see u, used to get death threats + everything. Hated that job!"

Ha me too   Internet, InternetTV, mobile phone, and home phone company. People are smurfing crazy ... I had a guy cursing me out today because he was only syncing at (and I kid you not) 35000kbps. I was like seriously? I would give my left leg for those speeds.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Destiel:</b>" Ha me too   Internet, InternetTV, mobile phone, and home phone company. People are smurfing crazy ... ... [snip!] ... because he was only syncing at (and I kid you not) 35000kbps. I was like seriously? I would give my left leg for those speeds."</blockquote>


Yeah I got a lot of those lol. My calls were mainly for tv though, for whatever reason. Our phones were set to random so u never knew what you were going to get. Could be a simple 30 second call with someone just asking about tv package prices or asking about their bill balance but about 95% of them were faults + abusive people grrr! They forget its not your fault so they scream + rage at u. I've been called every horrible name there is, threats that I'd be tracked down + killed/raped/tortured etc, threats towards my family. Never mind that they couldn't find me lol, by law we didnt have to give our surnames + couldnt tell them which call centre we were in. And this would be all because I couldn't book a same day appointment for a tech to call. Or something similar. Like being unable to turn service back on coz they still hadn't paid their bill. I could understand a bit coz this company used to be smurf, I've heard lately that it's much improved but I'd never go back even if I couldn't find another job!   I learned since that I'm better in jobs where I deal face to face with customers lol

Quoting Claire Delahunty:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Destiel:</b>" Ha me too   Internet, InternetTV, mobile phone, ... [snip!] ... even if I couldn't find another job!   I learned since that I'm better in jobs where I deal face to face with customers lol"

our company isn't smurf ... usually issues that you get with massive coorporations. We have seperate departments for just about everything ... that's the hardest part trying to get someone from another department to do something OR if the other department is on the other side of the country if could b closed and you have to wait til tomorrow.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Destiel:</b>" our company isn't smurf ... usually issues that you get with massive coorporations. We have seperate ... [snip!] ... something OR if the other department is on the other side of the country if could b closed and you have to wait til tomorrow."</blockquote>

It was kind of the same where I worked, billing + cancellations used to close at 5pm, sales not till 8 but we were there till 10. So people used to get annoyed, especially when they were threatening to cancel, only to be told they would have to ring back the next day. There were separate tech support departments once but it changed not long after I started + we had to deal with all of them then. Stupid company trying to cut down on costs. Some friends still work there now + swear its much better. Even the technicians who were notorious for not turning up for appointments are apparently working better + being watched now. I used to feel like tracking down the techs myself after a few abusive calls lol