Pet Peeves of the Week

[deird1]

1) Cats who wake me up at 5am.

2) Internet Explorer 8, and its ludicrous system of opening sites. (When I'm reading a site and try to open a bookmarked site, it opens it in the tab I'm using - making the site I was reading go away. When I open a new tab and then hit the bookmark, it will open the bookmarked site in ANOTHER NEW TAB, and leave me with THREE tabs open instead of two. What on earth?)

3) People calling grown women "girls".

4) Whoever decided that having free Mentos at work was a good idea. I KEEP EATING THEM ALL. *has no self-control*

5) Proofreading jobs where I have to read bad writing and not comment on how bad it is.

6) Cats who wake me up at 5am. Seriously.

Comments

[velvetwhip]

You can have my cats instead. They wake me up at 4AM.

I am so guilty of #3 because I call myself a girl. Sorry!


Gabrielle

[deird1]

My main problem is more with people saying "there were three men and four girls there" or (as happened recently) someone referring to a woman old enough to be his grandmother as "the girl".

It's... rather patronising.

[velvetwhip]

I see your point there.


Gabrielle

[nimthiriel]

I think it all depends on the context. Generally speaking, I really couldn't care less, but then I still refer to grown men (including those old enough to be my grandfather) as "boys".

[goldenusagi]

How about cats who throw up and run at the same time? Argh.

I can't even get IE to work on my computer. I always use Firefox, but it would be nice to have IE, just because. But no matter how many times I download and install it, it just opens up a blank window that doesn't connect to anything when I open it.

[petzipellepingo]

Try having a cat who decides you need a kiss about 2AM - every single night...