Bleeding heart liberals

The mere fact that someone feels sorry for a person on death row makes no sense. How about you feel sorrow for the ones left behind like the victim's family and to some extent the family of the guilty? Those people need your sympathy not that worthless trash that committed the crime.

Forgiveness, sure forgive them but then accept the punishment. The Bible does not say "Thou shalt not kill" it says "Thou shalt not murder", there is a difference.

Freedom of Speech

The first amendment right does not give you carte blanche to say whatever the hell is on your mind to whoever you want to say it to.

What the hell just happened

Why is it family members are so at ease in hurting you to the core yet to a total stranger will consider that person's feelings above all else?

Disappointment

Nothing is a bigger disappointment than having a friend cancel an activity of which you are looking forward to doing.

Time

It's been a while but here is the latest. Time when refered to the use of the words few and minutes. Minutes is obvious but what peeves me is the misuse of the word few. Few equals 3-6 (of anything). Several equals 7-11 and then anything beyond would be a dozen or tens or a while or qutite a while or an exact amount of time like 1 hour etc. Few is not equal to some indefinite amount of time.

Failure

Well once again I fail to follow through because of my own inability to save and control my money. Two years of training down the tubes for 2011 Senior Games and the National event. Talking and dreaming of this weekend for two years. I'm through dreaming, it's all crap anyway.

People

Idiots. That's all.

What a jerk

How I can be such a person to yell at a dog for barking yet it still comes to me for love and affection. What a jerk.

No PPM for a while

With the loss of a beloved pet "Cajun" our family dog of eight years, I find it difficult to have a pet peeve other than ones towards myself.

WTH

Why do businesses even have a phone number anymore? You call for help or information and they want you to email or fax your request. WTH I just took the time to call you and now I have to do something else to get the same information. Lame.

That guy Murphy and his laws

Yeah, so the AC goes out right when we begin to need it. To the tune of around $4000ish. So the one about if something can go wrong, it will. Well it did and it does.

More people

The sleazy kind who creep your street and driveway and when confronted ask you; "have you seen a lost dog?" I say "no" out loud and in my head "and you don't look like a Chihuahua owner and I know for a fact you don't live around the corner."

Those people

You know the ones. The ones who as you walk towards pretend to search for God knows what on their stupid cell phone instead of engaging in a hello or just a simple head nod.

Are you that insensitive to give a simple acknowledgement of existence to another human being?

Phone messages

Out of 22 messages on the machine, only 2 were actual messages.

Stuff

Unreciprocated favor. Empty offers.

When I'm trying to watch something

This never fails, I'm watching a bike race and for the last 2 hours no calls. Then in the final seconds when all of the action happens the phone rings off the hook, I answer and miss the action. Never fails.

Bike riding on the trail in town

Why is it when two oncoming riders there is always the one who won't move over? What? Are we playing bicycle chicken? Look dude move the heck over this isn't your personal bike path.

Self

Where to start? That I didn't take an opportunity to make a difference. That difference is becoming the scientist I wanted to be and find a cure for breast cancer so some other child would not have to see their mother die.

BIGGEST PEEVE OF ALL

Dillweeds in a theater that JUST HAVE to check their dadgum cell phone every fifteen ephing minutes. HELLO your phone is like a WWII spotlight looking for bombers overhead. I told a guy tonight "DO YOU MIND?" He quit.

Whatev'

So you can't call, text or email but you expect me to ?

O.B.L.

It's hard not to rejoice in the death of an unsaved enemy like Osama Bin Laden.

Stupid people

When someone knowing that performng an act or action with the possibility of impending doom or bodily harm go ahead anyway. I know fire is hot and that it's going to hurt if I stick my hand in it.

Cinco de Mayo

This is a big peeve. Cinco de Mayo [May 5th] is not Independence Day for Mexico.

It commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla.

More on this later.

That guy

You know the one. The guy that passes you on a two lane road, with a very visible double yellow line. You're doing the speed limit but it just isn't fast enough for them. And then it never fails, you pull right up behind them at the next red light.

Decisions

Make one, it's not like you're defusing a nuclear warhead and trying to figure out whether to cut the red wire or the green wire.

In General

When someone else dictates what you do or do not do.

In General

When plans are made and then broken at the last minute.

Driving yet again

One of my favorites.

Progressing down our four lane road
when what else could it be
but a car turning off a side street,
it just had to be it front me.
Not into the other lane
that was free and clear
but no it to be in front of me,
you are such a queer.

Selling a house

When neighbors sell their house to just anybody that comes along without even thinking. Man I hope this was not a buyer on the house across the street, if so then I can't wait to see the dirt track cars stack up in the driveway.

Work Junk

I took a break over Easter weekend. Now that it's Monday it starts all over again.

Pet Peeve for today is when in business someone over promises and under delivers.

"I mean..."

What do you mean? Why do people start off a center with "I mean?" Say what you mean, mean what you say and if you're clear you won't need to preface everything with "I mean."

Bike riding

This area will have many but let's just start with an easy one for today. When riding on the trail through town and I shout "on your left" when overtaking a walker on the trail. They wear earbuds and I don't know if they hear me or not. When I pass them and they jump like they almost stepped on a snake, then I guess they didn't.

Parking

It is so annoying when people park on the wrong side of the street, facing the wrong direction. What about that driveway? In California, you got a ticket for that.

Sub-contractor guy accross the street

Pretty sure it doesn't require that much force to shut the door on your truck to make it sound like a 500 ton press just forged a car fender.

Again it's driving

What the heck takes folks so long to get through an intersection these days? My driver's ed teacher [ Mr. Lambert ]used to punch the gas if I took too long to go through. He'd say "hurry up Ashe, you want to get hit by some fool running a red light?"

Grammar

"where's it at" well it's between the A and the T. Same goes for "where you at?"

Body functions

Restaurant nose blowers. Hate em. How about you go to the restroom and blow that thing? Geez.

When things go wrong

When all else fails, read the freakin instructions.

Name pronunciation

The 'e' is silent. It's Ashe like ash, not ash-she or [long a] a-she or ash-shay [French version]. It's just Ashe [silent e].

Oh and while we're at it, it's Leslie Ashe not Asheley. How in the heck do people take my wife's first name and morph it with our last name?

And Shaypher I am sorry for creating a kerfuffle of pronunciation for your name. Really, do people not know that the [ph] makes an [f] sound? And what is it with the French pronunciation? Shay-fear? Sorry Shay-fur.

Spell check

Everything should have auto spell check.

Laundry

Bugs me when I get ready to hang items from the washing machine and one or both of the sleeves are inside out. Then I have to stick my arm down a cold wet sleeve.

Neighborhood dog walkers

I hate when my neighbor walks his dog and he [the dog] does his business in MY yard. What's wrong with your yard bub? My dog doesn't use your yard and yours shouldn't use mine. That's all about to change.

Dialogue

Bugs me when I ask a question only to be asked a question in return.

Come on let's go

Then why am I waiting on you?

Health insurance

It's gambling. They're betting I won't use them and I'm betting that I might. Then I still have to pay for medical care and prescriptions.

Sagging

Rates right up there with bass thumping car stereos. What's the point? Are you so stupid you don't own a belt or don't know what your waist size is in order to buy appropriate sized clothing? Last time I looked, that band at the top of your shorts and pants is refered to as a WAISTBAND.

White guys that think they are not

Do you not realize how ridiculous you look and sound?

Thumping bass car stereo

What's the point? It's just annoying. I like to pull up next to them and move my lips like I'm talking to them. They go "huh", I go "exactly".

Driving

Better yet, why is it when I'm not in a hurry that douche in a king cab dually wants to run me over?

Driving

Why is it when I'm in a hurry, those in front of me are not?

Red lights 2

Same as first but what makes that even worse is when they do it into the right lane when I want to turn right on red. Now I have to wait.

Red lights

I hate when I'm approaching a red light, on a multilane road when someone just has to pass and or change lanes to be first at the red light. In front of me.

Problems

I hate getting involved in a problem that I did not create.

Pet Peeve Manifesto

This will become my manifesto of things that just erk the living daylights out of me. How many? Who knows, but expect a bunch because I have some seriously well developed pet peeves.