What are your pet peeves?
04-07-2010, 12:13 PM
#31
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Running out of paper towels or toilet paper. Someone not putting an item on the grocery list that they just used the last of. Co-workers gossiping or whispering when you are three feet away. Whether it is about me or not, I think it's just rude.
04-07-2010, 03:39 PM
#32
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Location: Arizona
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Forwarding a prayer is one thing-turning it into a chain letter with a hex/curse/promise attached is superstitious garbage and totally negates the power of true prayer. The Bible is pretty specific about the nonsense of this type of thing. I always delete them and my house is still standing and my dog is still alive. If I do forward the picture or the message I delete all the "forward to 10 people or else" junk and simply let my friends know I was thinking of them or praying for them. Just wanted to throw my 2 cents into the conversation!
Originally Posted by QBeth
Sorry, have to add one. Just got an email from a friend that contains some variation of a religious picture and a prayer to say. It says, if I don't send this out to X number of people immediately, I'll lose my job, my house will burn down, and my dog (if I had one) will die. BUT, if I forward it (thus continuing the curse, in my opinion), then I'll get a gazillion dollars in the mail, etc.
I told her to REALY think about the message she's sending! If I don't do her bidding, then my life becomes a shambles. Somehow, I think God will forgive me if I ignore these types of emails. I can think of my own prayers and, prefer not to buy into such superstitious nonsense. Not to be irreligious but what is a Novena? A prayer?
Sorry, had to vent. Guess this is really a pet peeve of mine!
I told her to REALY think about the message she's sending! If I don't do her bidding, then my life becomes a shambles. Somehow, I think God will forgive me if I ignore these types of emails. I can think of my own prayers and, prefer not to buy into such superstitious nonsense. Not to be irreligious but what is a Novena? A prayer?
Sorry, had to vent. Guess this is really a pet peeve of mine!
04-07-2010, 05:06 PM
#33
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Friendswood,Texas
Posts: 221
I get upset with people who drive in fog without their lights on. What makes them think they are so special that I would be able to see them when I can't see the front of my own car! (Sorry... we have alot of fog here in the mornings).
04-07-2010, 05:16 PM
#34
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Forest Grove,OR
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Originally Posted by QBeth
Sorry, have to add one. Just got an email from a friend that contains some variation of a religious picture and a prayer to say. It says, if I don't send this out to X number of people immediately, I'll lose my job, my house will burn down, and my dog (if I had one) will die. BUT, if I forward it (thus continuing the curse, in my opinion), then I'll get a gazillion dollars in the mail, etc.
I told her to REALY think about the message she's sending! If I don't do her bidding, then my life becomes a shambles. Somehow, I think God will forgive me if I ignore these types of emails. I can think of my own prayers and, prefer not to buy into such superstitious nonsense. Not to be irreligious but what is a Novena? A prayer?
Sorry, had to vent. Guess this is really a pet peeve of mine!
I told her to REALY think about the message she's sending! If I don't do her bidding, then my life becomes a shambles. Somehow, I think God will forgive me if I ignore these types of emails. I can think of my own prayers and, prefer not to buy into such superstitious nonsense. Not to be irreligious but what is a Novena? A prayer?
Sorry, had to vent. Guess this is really a pet peeve of mine!
04-07-2010, 05:16 PM
#35
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Southern California
Posts: 872
people who litter
vandalism
parents who don't parent
lying, stealing, cheating politicians
computer virus writers
hyphenated-Americans (sorry, but it bugs me, why not just American?)
pressing 1 for English
people who pass along spam and chain letters
guess I better quit, before I work myself up any more and explode. guess I have a LOT of pet peeves.
vandalism
parents who don't parent
lying, stealing, cheating politicians
computer virus writers
hyphenated-Americans (sorry, but it bugs me, why not just American?)
pressing 1 for English
people who pass along spam and chain letters
guess I better quit, before I work myself up any more and explode. guess I have a LOT of pet peeves.
04-07-2010, 05:24 PM
#36
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: North Carolina
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Originally Posted by Jingleberry
People who post to get people upset about something and no one ever comes back to up date it.
People that ask for free fabrics, then comes back and tell they just bought a new sewing machine and took a vacation. Seems to me they could buy their own fabrics.
Poeple not looking at other threads and asking the same question that has already been asked.
People skipping around and not reading through PDAs, threads and asking a question that's already been answered, sometimes right above their question.
Too many more to mention.
People that ask for free fabrics, then comes back and tell they just bought a new sewing machine and took a vacation. Seems to me they could buy their own fabrics.
Poeple not looking at other threads and asking the same question that has already been asked.
People skipping around and not reading through PDAs, threads and asking a question that's already been answered, sometimes right above their question.
Too many more to mention.
04-07-2010, 05:24 PM
#37
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Location: Forest Grove,OR
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Originally Posted by redquilter
Originally Posted by Jingleberry
People who post to get people upset about something and no one ever comes back to up date it.
People that ask for free fabrics, then comes back and tell they just bought a new sewing machine and took a vacation. Seems to me they could buy their own fabrics.
Poeple not looking at other threads and asking the same question that has already been asked.
People skipping around and not reading through PDAs, threads and asking a question that's already been answered, sometimes right above their question.
Too many more to mention.
People that ask for free fabrics, then comes back and tell they just bought a new sewing machine and took a vacation. Seems to me they could buy their own fabrics.
Poeple not looking at other threads and asking the same question that has already been asked.
People skipping around and not reading through PDAs, threads and asking a question that's already been answered, sometimes right above their question.
Too many more to mention.
04-07-2010, 05:27 PM
#38
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: California
Posts: 1,325
Originally Posted by sewnsewer2
Originally Posted by MegsAnn
Kids who pick their noses and eat the boogers. Eeeewwww. I know they're salty but enough already!
04-07-2010, 05:29 PM
#39
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: California
Posts: 1,325
Originally Posted by hokieappmom
Running out of paper towels or toilet paper. Someone not putting an item on the grocery list that they just used the last of. Co-workers gossiping or whispering when you are three feet away. Whether it is about me or not, I think it's just rude.
04-07-2010, 05:52 PM
#40
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Oregon
Posts: 701
Originally Posted by 2wheelwoman
people who litter
vandalism
parents who don't parent
lying, stealing, cheating politicians
computer virus writers
hyphenated-Americans (sorry, but it bugs me, why not just American?)
pressing 1 for English
people who pass along spam and chain letters
guess I better quit, before I work myself up any more and explode. guess I have a LOT of pet peeves.
vandalism
parents who don't parent
lying, stealing, cheating politicians
computer virus writers
hyphenated-Americans (sorry, but it bugs me, why not just American?)
pressing 1 for English
people who pass along spam and chain letters
guess I better quit, before I work myself up any more and explode. guess I have a LOT of pet peeves.
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