A 'Pet Peeve' is something that particularly annoys or irritates you. What are your pet peeves?
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My pet peeve is when people treat a language (any language) like a school subject. A language is a living, vibrant thing that must be used every day, not studied in dry sterile books that use dry sterile phrases.
I'm fed up with folks who are constantly OCDing.
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My greatest "pet peeve" is people who behave obnoxiously on the public transport
Arrogant people really irritate me.
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Chewing loud. It makes my heart sink!
Some of the most common pet peeves have to do with noises you wish you didn't have to hear (like slurping), while other pet peeves examples have to do with being impacted by other people's decisions (like someone in your airplane row getting up to use the bathroom over and over again).Β π
Sniffling, messing and not cleaning, not putting items back where it was taken from and tardiness
I will start the answers by saying my pet peeve is people who are habitually a late, without a very good reason. I think it shows that they dont value my time.
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