Petty Vents

[Anonymous]

Paper notecards misspelled as stationary.

It’s stationery!

Breath and breathe misspelled and misused.

Misuse of apostrophes.

[Anonymous]

People who set their sprinklers so that the sidewalk gets wet. #1 this is incredibly rude to pedestrians who are forced to walk in the road (harder for those with strollers, scooter, disabled folks). #2 you are already wasting water by watering your lawn and you are further wasting water by not even doing that- you’re watering the sidewalk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My petty vent is that my DH's petty vent is becoming unbearable. He hates hearing people chew, so he has to have background noise during all of our meals--and it has to be loud enough to drown out any sound of chewing. If I want to enjoy croutons on my salad, I have to endure him giving me the death stare every time I bite a crouton and all of us have to shout over the dinner music if we want to talk to each other. It's just easier to avoid eating crunchy things at home.

This actually sounds a bit insane. I think you can elevate this vent to another forum!

It’s called misophonia.

And it's bulls%it. I'm so tired of my wife getting up and moving to another room because she can't "stand the sound" of my chewing. Meanwhile, she eats out all the time with people everywhere around her ALSO eating, and it never seems to bother her then. And we eat together all the time without sudden bouts of this supposed "loud eating" disorder.

My take: Misphonia is just a mental pretzel you twist when you're irritated about something else (that's probably equally stupid and unwarranted).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know that this is terribly silly and petty but I hate when making plans via text, verbally, etc. explain why their child isn't free will say "Billy has travel soccer that day". Does it really matter that they must clarify that it is travel soccer? Can they not just say "Billy has soccer"? And it isn't that I am jealous or impressed or being competitive or anything. I have an older child who plays D1 college level yet I never felt the need to say things like that when he was younger.

Yes! This! Stop with the hyper-specific responses!

I recall evites for an adults only neighborhood party and it was full of similar: running a 10k/overseas travel for business/vacationing in Vail/Logan’s championship baseball game

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People. That's my vent. I hate people.

I'm with you.

I'm working at a coffee shop today and noticed my order was ready at the counter. I was seated maybe 6 feet from the counter but there were two women looking at their phones and waiting for their orders, blocking the path. The only other way to get to the counter is to go back out towards the door and skirt around a half wall barrier and approach from the other side. I said "excuse me" in a perfectly polite tone of voice and they moved, but one turned to the other and said loudly "She could have got around" with an eyeroll.

People are rude, entitled, $hitheads and do not deserve this earth.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The word “littles”.

When moms refer to themselves and other moms as “mommas”.

I find these petty, and I roll my eyes at myself for thinking they’re petty, but here we are.

I think it’s cute and I love it. Me and my girls talk like this and don’t have any issues with it.

Since no doubt your "girls" are just your little clique of preschool mommies and not your daughters, this is unsurprising.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The word “littles”.

When moms refer to themselves and other moms as “mommas”.

I find these petty, and I roll my eyes at myself for thinking they’re petty, but here we are.

I think it’s cute and I love it. Me and my girls talk like this and don’t have any issues with it.

Yep. PP is a case in point.
Since no doubt your "girls" are just your little clique of preschool mommies and not your daughters, this is unsurprising.

[Anonymous]

Going to a grocery store and using their plastic bags. The baggers put basically one item per bag. I bring my own bags but sometimes I buy more than intended and get stuck with five plastic bags for five tiny items. Then, I can't throw them away bc of guilt (yes, I have a problem) so I have a bag of bags at home, waiting to be used. Luckily, my dog poops twice as much as a dog his size should poop.

[Anonymous]

Turning left from a traffic lane on a busy street during rush hour is a great way to make people hate your guts, your childrens' guts, your spouse's guts, your parents' guts, your grandparents' guts, your great-grandparents' guts, your...

[Anonymous]

If you refer to children as "kiddos" and pets as "doggos" I think you're a "lame-o."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Paper notecards misspelled as stationary.

It’s stationery!

Breath and breathe misspelled and misused.

Misuse of apostrophes.

Who’s is my biggest pet peeve!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Going to a grocery store and using their plastic bags. The baggers put basically one item per bag. I bring my own bags but sometimes I buy more than intended and get stuck with five plastic bags for five tiny items. Then, I can't throw them away bc of guilt (yes, I have a problem) so I have a bag of bags at home, waiting to be used. Luckily, my dog poops twice as much as a dog his size should poop.

Self checkouts are my everlasting love!
I use plastic bags as liners for my trash cans too

[Anonymous]

I am probably in the wrong here but have for the longest time been arranging my Costco items in the cart barcodes up, for a quick scan by the cashier and no taking them out and putting them in.
I recently had a cashier give me whole lecture how it’s so bad and she has to make sure there is nothing hidden in the cart and how now she needs to take everything out just to make sure. She started lifting each and every item and scanning it, trying to not double scan etc.
I just use the self checkout now. Sorry not sorry if she is replaced by a self checkout!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am probably in the wrong here but have for the longest time been arranging my Costco items in the cart barcodes up, for a quick scan by the cashier and no taking them out and putting them in.
I recently had a cashier give me whole lecture how it’s so bad and she has to make sure there is nothing hidden in the cart and how now she needs to take everything out just to make sure. She started lifting each and every item and scanning it, trying to not double scan etc.
I just use the self checkout now. Sorry not sorry if she is replaced by a self checkout!

That's odd. At my Costco they actually prefer it if you leave items in the cart while I prefer to take them out, all but the super bulky items.

[Anonymous]

My neighborhood only has a sidewalk on one side of the street. Use that sidewalk people! Don't walk on the opposite side that has NO sidewalk, that is stupid and a good way to either get hit by an oncoming car (if you're in the road), or to piss off your neighbors for walking on their grass when there is a WHOLE SIDEWALK across the street.

It felt good to get that out! Thx OP