What's your irrational pet peeve of the moment?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My spouse comes into rooms I'm sitting in and turns off the light, then leaves. He thinks the room is bright enough, but isn't actually using the room. Makes me crazy.

My DH turns ON the light and then leaves, declaring it's too dark. Wtf?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My spouse comes into rooms I'm sitting in and turns off the light, then leaves. He thinks the room is bright enough, but isn't actually using the room. Makes me crazy.

Is he from Michigan? Mine does the same. He follows me around the house asking if I like the lights how they are.

[Anonymous]

My pet peeve is how many educated people in my company use the word myself incorrectly. Such as when you're done writing your review send it to John and myself. No it is send it to John and me.

I don't know who started this trend, but it has got to stop.

[Anonymous]

When people say something is "to die for."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My pet peeve is how many educated people in my company use the word myself incorrectly. Such as when you're done writing your review send it to John and myself. No it is send it to John and me.

I don't know who started this trend, but it has got to stop.

See, that's not an irrational pet peeve. You're right!

[Anonymous]

My gym likes to celebrate fake holidays like National Hit Chocolate Day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My pet peeve is how many educated people in my company use the word myself incorrectly. Such as when you're done writing your review send it to John and myself. No it is send it to John and me.

I don't know who started this trend, but it has got to stop.

See, that's not an irrational pet peeve. You're right!

Thank you for the validation. I need it. Because it really, really bugs me. It is pervasive in my company. I hear high-level people using the word myself incorrectly. I really don't know where it started.

[Anonymous]

My husband never throwing out old food in the fridge. If I died or left him, I think he would stuff so much in there and it would rot and stink and he wouldn’t know what to do. Then he would probably try to serve it to the kids, while eating bites himself to prove it is fine. Then, he would throw up but state it is due to a virus the kids gave him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My pet peeve is how many educated people in my company use the word myself incorrectly. Such as when you're done writing your review send it to John and myself. No it is send it to John and me.

I don't know who started this trend, but it has got to stop.

It's the same people who say "usage" (seriously, show me ONE place where "use" isn't just as good as and probably better than "usage,") and think "impactful" is better than effective. Nvm that impactful wasn't even a word until a few years ago. It's small-dick business majors adding extra syllables to existing words in an attempt to make themselves look important. I laugh at them derisively.

Also, "orientate." As in, "let's get you orientated to the system." Was I not paying attention when "orient" was stricken from the dictionary??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My spouse comes into rooms I'm sitting in and turns off the light, then leaves. He thinks the room is bright enough, but isn't actually using the room. Makes me crazy.

I could be your spouse! I think people who rely on overhead lighting in the evening anywhere but the kitchen are soulless monsters. If DH is sitting in the living room past 9 pm with a bunch of overhead lights going, I dim them. We don’t need our house lit up like a cheap apartment late at night.

Funny, I live in a cheap apartment and hate overhead lights

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:None. I'm ovulating, and always happy at that time. It's nice to have at least one day a month when everything is awesome.

People who think it is acceptable to tell you about their cycles. Gross!

I agree

[Anonymous]

Honking and loud music and car alarms going off
People blabbering in front of my door or near my windows
The idiot upstairs who seems to always drop heavy items at random times of the day
All my neighbors! Just their mere presence
Customer service people who are unhelpful

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband never throwing out old food in the fridge. If I died or left him, I think he would stuff so much in there and it would rot and stink and he wouldn’t know what to do. Then he would probably try to serve it to the kids, while eating bites himself to prove it is fine. Then, he would throw up but state it is due to a virus the kids gave him.

Well great, now it’s obvious that my DH is cheating on me and has established a second family to boot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's a whole slew of words that got picked up by dumb people or people trying to sound smarter than they are that are now infiltrating regular use.

"Gift" as a verb. It sounds SO stupid coming from a native speaker. Like how do you speak English as a first language and not know that verbs and nouns are different. Do you gift a gift? OMG my DH gifted me a gift of a gift card! Adult is headed that way too. "Yay for successfully adulting." This one at least is still a little tongue-in-cheek, but people will talk about gifting someone something with a perfectly straight face; I don't think they're trying to be silly. I think they honestly don't know how wrong and dumb it is.

And "comfortability." Especially since the pandemic. "We need to assess everyone's comfortability with indoor events." Do you mean... comfort?

Makes me think less of anyone who does it.

Add "prideful" to this list.

It's slowly replacing "proud" and it drives me crazy

Healthful

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My pet peeve is how many educated people in my company use the word myself incorrectly. Such as when you're done writing your review send it to John and myself. No it is send it to John and me.

I don't know who started this trend, but it has got to stop.

It's the same people who say "usage" (seriously, show me ONE place where "use" isn't just as good as and probably better than "usage,") and think "impactful" is better than effective. Nvm that impactful wasn't even a word until a few years ago. It's small-dick business majors adding extra syllables to existing words in an attempt to make themselves look important. I laugh at them derisively.

Also, "orientate." As in, "let's get you orientated to the system." Was I not paying attention when "orient" was stricken from the dictionary??

Or people who use “utilize” when “use” would be perfectly acceptable.