Pet peeves

I don't know why I've never considered this before:
The next dog we get is going to be named Peeve.

 

Slow repliers, biased commentators, Charles Barkley.

 

What's wrong with eating a Baby Ruth in the bathroom?

 

As a general rule, I don't eat in the bathroom, but I'm not going to claim I've never done it.

 

You'd think twice about eating in the bathroom if you have read those stories about how nasty your toothbrush can be just because it is near the john.

 

If this hasn't already been mentioned on this thread I'm sure it has been many times before elsewhere on here, but people who bring uncovered drinks and food to a crowded press row really are the worst.

 

At least for the drinks, you have no choice at NCAA basketball tournaments.

 

People who park in two parking spaces...grrrr

 

People who park in two spaces with a vehicle that prices well under 20K.

 

People who back into parking spaces. If it's an F-150, fine, it's probably safer to back in so that you can drive straight out. Otherwise, don't hold up traffic in the mall parking lot and confused people behind you by driving past a space and then backing into it with your car.

 

People who congratulate their kids on Facebook and don't say why. Today one parent congratulated her son and said they were so proud of him!!!!

So the first response was, "What did he do?"

Then mom gushes about how he got his ACT scores and had raised it 9 points (which is pretty outside the norm, granted).

Congrats on your new ACT score of 19, I guess!

 

Is the purpose of such a post to actually congratulate the child, to whom you could, presumably, speak in person or at least on the phone?
Or is the purpose of the post to other people in your network that the child has accomplished something of note?

seems more like the latter.