My top three pet peeves.
Wow...to only pick three. Tough challenge. I’m just not extremely tolerant.
Anyway...
Oh, and my translation of the
term ‘pet peeves’ is that they are things that annoy me but aren’t actually
major issues. So things like abortion/genocide/abuse won’t be in here. But I am
not just being petty.
1. People who use text speak
and misspelled words. Especially in professional or semi-formal interactions. I
have had bosses who use so many abbreviations and such when telling me my
schedule or asking me to pick up an extra shift that I can hardly tell what
they’re trying to say. Even communicating with people in general has grown so
sloppy that sometimes I’m not sure what people are saying. I know I sound like
an old lady, but the way my brain works, it doesn’t properly process such
things. And then you get to the fact that people are losing the ability to
spell in general, partly due to a lack of reading, and it is just a mess.
2. People who start
‘discussions’ with the intent to argue. Some people use controversial issues
like abortion or gun rights. Others use seemingly innocent topics such as ‘what
kind of ice cream is the best?’ And you wind up going in circles about who is
right. Usually these are people who are firmly set in their feelings (no matter
how completely nonsensical), and who know that they won’t change your beliefs,
but simply want to argue anyway. I’ve even had people tell me that they know
there will not be any result from the argument, they just like to argue. I am
all for a good discussion. Even when I don’t agree in the least with the person
to whom I am speaking. But only when there is mutual respect and interest to
learn from the other. If you go into a debate with an open mind, it is
beneficial, even if you both come out of it with the same beliefs. However, if
you go into it with the intent to argue, you may as well not even bother
because your mind is completely closed to anything.
3. People who take pleasure
out of ruining books and movies by telling you the ending, or at least a huge
plot point. I couldn’t care less if they themselves like to know the end of the
story first. If I tell someone I don’t want to know details and they tell me, I
don’t figure we’ll be very good friends. If someone can’t respect a small
request like that, why would I think that they would respect anything else in
our relationship?
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