Pet peeves

I don't mind congratulating a kid for a specific accomplishment. Do it myself. But to do it in such a way as to make people wring it out of you peeves me.

 

I guess my peeve would be the oblique way in which the person may be attempting to brag about his/her child.
I think there's a way to be direct and still be polite about it.
'Little Timmy raised his ACT score by nine points. We are so proud of him. Ten more points and he'll reach the the state average.'

That seems reasonable to me rather than couching the news in the form of congratulations addressed to the child.

I miss polite but direct communication.

My wife love to ask me if I 'want to do something.'

'Do you want to take the trash out?' Of course not. If I 'wanted' to take the trash out I'd just get up and do it.
'Do you want to turn the light out?' No, I'm watching something. If I wanted to watch it in the dark, I'd be watching it in the dark.
If I didn't notice the trash needs to go out and you'd like me to take it out, just ask 'Would you please take the trash out?'
If you want me to turn the living room light off while we watch the movie, just ask me 'Would you please turn the light out?'

That is a peeve of mine, but I have no fondness for it, as I might a pet.

 

I'd take that 10 times out of 10 over the cryptic "I need your prayers!" or "I'm so pissed off right now!" posts.

 

We go through the same thing

Wife: Do you want to help me with the dishes?

Me: I don't want to, nobody wants to do dishes, but I will help.

 

Saying happy birthday to dead celebrities on social media. One of them would have answered by know if they really gave a shit.

 

Exactly.
I get annoyed by the phrasing of the question.
Often my response is 'Would you like me to take the trash out?' or 'No, I don't want to take the trash out but I will do it right now if you would like me to.'
Then she gets annoyed by my response.

 

"I want you to WANT to take the trash out!"

 

I want to be part of the idle rich and be drunk 24/7.
Few of us get what we want.

 

Fast food employees who don't pay attention when you are ordering.

Me: I would like clam chowder in a bread bowl and a medium drink for here please.

Her: What kind of soup in your bread bowl?

Me: ... clam chowder ...

Her: And was that to go?

Me: ... No ... for here ...

Her: And what size drink did you want?

Me: ...

I had wanted a different order, but after seeing her fail with two other customers, I decided to make it simple. I'm sorry I even went in.

 

Could've been worse.

 

Wait until your wife says "I believe that you believe you want to take the trash out."

 

My wife not breaking down cardboard boxes (like cereal, cracker and soda boxes) before she puts them in the trash can. Our kitchen garbage can is only 13 gallons, so a couple of those in there leaves little room for anything else. Break them down, and they take up no room at all.
Nine years of marriage and occasional nagging and I've yet to break her of the habit.