Pet Peeve number… I’ve lost count
Admit it. All of us have pet peeves; those personal irritations that no one else in the world cares about.
Here’s one of them:
Here’s another one:
Aisle hogs
How about a number 3?
squirrelly phrases
Just this morning, I heard it
- in Home Depot from the cashier after buying 10 gallons of odoban.
- at work from 2 people, and
- from an automated telephone answering system
By the 27th time I’ve heard it, I’m thinking, “Yes! I’m definitely having a GRATE day!!!”
It’s sort of like listening to someone talk on the radio who, you know, has to say, you know, something in between, you know, words to fill the, you know, spaces.
Imagine someone in your office telling you that he has a lot of work and is going to miss his son’s baseball game. You say, “Sorry to hear that, have a great day.”
If you’d left out the last 4 words, your co-worker might’ve refrained from giving you that black eye.
What would I say as a salutation to a conversation instead?
- Bye.
- Goodbye
- Bye Bye
Simple and to the point, a succinct way of saying,
- “I’m outta here.”
- “You’re boring me to tears.”
- “I’ve got work to do.”
- “I really don’t want to go, but it’s too early in the relationship to tell you that.”
Bye.
A succinct way of saying is better than Bye Bye 😂LOL!
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Bye Bye is very southern USA. I use it when I’m around someone I know well.
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🙂 Then what is your usual way of saying bye bye then?
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Talk to you later. Bye.
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now, I’m learning that 😇 Thank you☺️👍
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I had to look up odoban.
I’ll be back.
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I wrote a reply, but it doesn’t look like it went through.
Odoban is a disinfectant. My better half has a pet peeve — the smell of bleach. I use Odoban in the wash and on my floors. It’s not cheap, but it is very effective. There used to be only one scent — Eucalyptus. I’m not a fan, but it is actually the best for odor killing. I prefer the citrus scent on floors, and linen or lavender scents in the laundry.
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I agree, have s nice day irritates me too. I say “bye , take care”.
Another phrase that annoys me is “at the end of the day” it is so over used.
At the end of the day it was his fault.
At the end of the day you said you would be there! And so on and so on!
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I’m happy people are sharing their pet peeves with me. “Have a nice day” and “At the end of the day” are great additions to the list.
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Eeeeeeeek, a list. 💜
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I never want to hear the word amazing ever again – it’s the only response people being interviewed on television are capable of – ‘how did you feel after your cabbage won best in horticultural show?’ ‘What was it like being rescued by helicopter from the erupting volcano?’
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I’d forgotten about that one — and “awesome.”
If I remember correctly (which is harder to do as I get older), I used the word “awesome” when telling someone what it was like to fly over Mt. St. Helens a few years after the eruption — in a helicopter. You could still see lava.
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This is true that some overused phrases grate on your ears! Another word filler we hear way too much of from younger people, especially when giving an interview response on TV is the word ‘like’. Every other word they say, they put ‘like’ in there. So irritating.
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Like, that’s so…like…disturbing. 😊
I don’t know what it is about that word. It was used as a filler word in the 1960’s, too.
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I’ve seen the parking lot one just yesterday. In a couple of different forms, too. I mean… No words.
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I like it when people park so that the offending person can’t leave. If they have damage to their car, most parking lots have surveillance.
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I saw a car park yesterdayin a non spot in a way that if someone else was to come and park in a regular spot, they would end up blocking the first car. Why would you willingly do that if there are other spots available? Weird people.
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People do that probably for the same reason they’ll wear a size 70xx bikini into Walmart.
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Hah!
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Do not get me started? Cheers,H
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