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Originally Posted by lighthousekeeper
A lot of items posted in this thread aren't what I consider to be pet peeves. I consider a pet peeve to be: "an annoyance that an individual identifies as particularly annoying to them, to a greater degree than others find it". Using that yardstick, shoppers at the express checkout with too many items doesn't qualify simply because most everyone finds that annoying. Same goes for people who cut you off, people who drive-and-cell, or drive too fast/slow.
A couple of my pet peeves:
1. Any brick-and-morter store that first demands your zip code or phone number before letting you proceed through checkout. Why the fuck do you need to know where my mail is distributed from?
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People who lecture you about something and then turn around and do the exact same thing themselves.