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Grim Chieftain

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11. I am a retired educator who has taught everything from Head Start to grad school

Reply to get the red out (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 14, 2025, 07:53 PM

Aug 14

and poor grammar drives me nuts.

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What are your pet peeves [View all] LogDog75 Aug 14 OP

I got a menagerie. Don't get me started. EYESORE 9001 Aug 14 #1

People who crowd you in a line, like it will make things go faster. Coventina Aug 14 #2

The same can be said about tailgaters on the road. Xavier Breath Aug 15 #18

I could write a book of them get the red out Aug 14 #3

I am a retired educator who has taught everything from Head Start to grad school Grim Chieftain Aug 14 #11

I seen what you done there k0rs Aug 16 #34

Restaurants that call chicken nuggets "boneless wings" BuckIowa Aug 14 #4

Telephone texts in movies too small print and/or too quick to read. Many times I have doc03 Aug 14 #5

I hate when drivers block me from dive bombing my exits. nt Shermann Aug 14 #6

🤣 Luciferous Aug 15 #17

I seem to be collecting more pet peeves as I get older. markodochartaigh Aug 14 #7

Rude inconsiderate people. TommieMommy Aug 14 #8

People who walk in a doorway and just stop CanonRay Aug 14 #9

People who take advantage, such as users and moochers anciano Aug 14 #10

Dirty street signs and signs blocked by foliage. subterranean Aug 14 #12

People who use the subjective form of a personal pronoun as the object of a preposition. Iggo Aug 14 #13

People who are snobs and have this sense that it is their way or no way. Thank you , LogDog75, debm55 Aug 14 #14

Similar to yours, Rizen Aug 14 #15

A similar pet peeve LogDog75 Aug 15 #19

As a NYC'r on very crowded streets - tourists walking 3 to 4 abreast, usually more slowly, too. Arg electric_blue68 Aug 14 #16

I live in a small beach city in California LogDog75 Aug 15 #20

Oh, pecking order! I always try to be mindful as a tourist. Usually successfully.... electric_blue68 Aug 15 #21

On the pecking order LogDog75 Aug 15 #23

Ah, got it. electric_blue68 Aug 15 #24

Failure to put a question mark Oeditpus Rex Aug 15 #22

People who wear their baseball cap backward. Jeebo Aug 16 #25

Fingernails on a chalkboard, crawling skin. I grit my teeth so hard... 3catwoman3 Aug 16 #28

people not returning shopping carts to their proper place Skittles Aug 16 #26

Negative, hopeless people NJCher Aug 16 #27

Talking with a mouthful of dlilafae Aug 16 #29

Tailgating Emile Aug 16 #30

People who drive slow in the passing lane. THIS IS NOT THE UK, PEOPLE. GET IN THE RIGHT-HAND LANE catbyte Aug 16 #31

Selfish, illogical, and mean narcissists no_hypocrisy Aug 16 #32

One I think most of us can agree on: "Democrat Party" subterranean Aug 16 #33

Instructional books... k0rs Aug 16 #35