Balloon Popping

“Huh?”

That’s my pet peeve response.

The belief that you can substitute the phrase “I don’t know” with making a sound that sounds like how you would say it without actually using the words “mmm-mmm-mmmm”. Hard to describe….very annoying to hear!

The teenage undecipherable mumble. Which I believe is different than a low-talker, which is what I’ve been accused of. Totally different. 🙂

The phrase “It’s all good” to some remark or observation you’ve just made in an attempt to have an intelligent conversation with another person. So trite and shallow minded.

It’s not all good. Concentration camps were not good. Cancer is not good. Child soldiers are not good. The economy is not good.

One day, for believers, it will be all good. It’s is not all good, now and trivializes others’ pain to say so.

Sorry, for the venting . . .

When you say “thank you” to someone and their response is “yup.”
Bad drivers.
I have many others, but I’ll stop.
🙂
Proud that I had more positives than negatives.

Even though I’m not a delicate Southern flower, I still have a pet peeve: People who respond to “Thank you” with “No problem.” Read my lips, people. It’s, “You’re welcome.” Repeat after me.

Oh Jenny, your fall lists were so great, I felt like there was so little I could contribute beyond what you wrote. I think I’d add the Yankee “Harvest” candle and perhaps a suggestion that you give Pink Lady apples a try….just a try…I’m not trying to convert you!

Ok, pet peeve of the month (or year….but it happened again recently, so it’s on my mind….) being caught in traffic that has come to a stop and clearly has to go into a specific lane to clear whatever obstacle/accident is blocking the other lane. Those of us who were raised right, obediently file into a line in the proper lane. Those who weren’t raised “right” drive all the way to the front of the blocked lane and expect the rest of us just to “let them in” at the very front of the line, once traffic resumes moving. I’m not prone for road rage, but when this happened with my daughter and I in the car the other night, I nearly let my car get sideswiped because I was so adamant in NOT allowing that car to cut in front of me…. Still not sure if it was a positive “Mom moment” to demonstrate in front of my daughter or not. =)

I’m off to the classroom to sub for the first time this year (5th gr). I think I might entertain them with some of your “tweets” – and infuse some “Jenny B. Jones” energy and enthusiasm today!

I’m with Stephanie–makes me insane when people do that!

Also people who stop and have conversations right in doorways.

So I’m totally stoked about the giraffe trivia. That’s so convenient! If you told me that in the hall, we would chat for an hour. I’m just sayin’.

~Serena

All lowercase letters. I’m a bit of a grammar nerd. It bothers me when I see obvious mistakes and mispellings.

so when people write like this it pretty much drives me crazy.

Also, when people spell Jane Austen as “Jane Austin.” I cringe.

~Kristin

I was gonna say my pet peeve is roommates who can’t figure out the bathroom light system, but then I decided it’s roommates who don’t bring enough of their own snacks so scarf down all the OTHER roommate’s Lara bars and almonds.

But then I decided to stop being peeved and eat some chocolate instead.

OMG this happens to me EVERYWHERE I GO. Especially at my place of employment. I just want to say “thanks for not answering because that wasn’t awkward at all.”

I started typing this in all lowercase letters then saw Kristin’s pet peeve…I’m cleanin’ up my act now! {wink wink}

-It peeves me when people say “just sayin” in place of “you’re an idiot.” I would much rather hear it straight up that I’m an idiot. Just sayin’ 😉
-Men in skinny jeans. And it’s not at all because I’m jealous that they have slim enough hips to wear them. Not at all. Nope.
-Stray hairs in the shower. So gross. Ironically most of them are mine.

Whew! You really got me going Jenny

I assume one thing about men in skinny jeans…and it ain’t that they have slim hips.

My pet peeve is when someone doesn’t try. For example, I’m the first to admit I’m horrible at all sports that involve balls. Period. No question about it. But when we have to do it in PE, I at least try. But it frustrates me when other people, girls especially, just stand on the side and talk and don’t even TRY to participate.

Maybe this is just me, but I like it when people look me in the eye when I talk to them. Or when they’re talking to me, at least look ME in the eye. I find it SO WEIRD when people don’t look me in the eye!

I’m gonna have to go with capillya on this one. One of my major pet peeves is when someone doesn’t look me in the eye when I’m talking to them. It makes me feel like our conversation isn’t important enough to pay attention to. Even when if I’m talking about the silliest subject in the world, I’d still appreciate it if you’d look me in the eye. It’s common courtesy I think.

Okay… I’m done venting. 🙂

When people reply a text with ”Ok.”

or

They don’t have any punctuation in their texts {or anything for that matter!}…or capitols with I’s or names.
EXAMPLE:

what r u doin i have been thinking about you

<3, Emilee

Fail.Whenever someone in our class does something wrong, the guys respond with “fail” or “epic fail”.It WAS funny like the first week,now its not.AND whenever someone puts somebody down,they rub their hands together like they’re cave men trying to start a fire,point their hand at the person that got put down and say “poned”.It might be ok if the “poned” thing was every once in a while,but its not!Its like,”dude you’re ugly.” The guy responds,”yo mama” and everybody does the hand thing and says “PONED!!!” im like ??? anyway…

Bullies. There is this girl who I’ve known for five years and she has always been mean. She was choking on a piece of pizza and couldn’t breathe. I did the Heimlich Maneuver and saved her life. She still hasn’t thanked me genuinely. On top of that my mom just passed away and she is still being mean.

Oh, Jenny. Imagine your pet peeve among other adults. There are people in my adult office who cannot say hello, or sometimes even smile. It’s quite humorous (aka sad) at times. I agree, that type of response is extremely difficult for delicate southern flowers such as ourselves. Good luck having your students practice. Maybe you can pass along your lessons to me, and I’ll have my coworkers practice as well.

I love Richard Mabry’s response above!!

Some of us aren’t morning people, Jenny.. and you’re lucky to get a smile out of us. hehe I dislike it when people use “Hi, How are you” as a general greeting and they really aren’t asking you how you are, they’re just saying hi.. so when you answer them and ask them how they are, they just look at you like you’re an alien.

I dislike how the UK has different television schedules as the US.. so right now Downton Abbey is playing over there and we have to wait to after christmas! What!

I’m really tired of my coworker eating at his desk behind me.. I think one of these days, I’m just going to snap and either scream at him (which is the acceptable response) or do something horrible with a stapler.