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Wikipedia, aka “the website which will get me through medical school”, defines a pet peeve as something which meets the following criteria:

1. The annoyance is “insignificant.”
2. The annoyance is “experienced by all.”
3. The annoyance is specific to “only you and a few others.”

So for example, being insulted by a friend isn’t a pet peeve since many people find that annoying. But, as Wikipedia illustrates, if elevator doors which close before you can get in is something annoying, that could be considered a pet peeve.

Here are some of mine:

• The “swish swish” sound of wind pants.
• Being on speaker-phone (or a three-way phone call) without knowing
• Drivers who practically sit on their steering wheel latching onto it with both their hands as if their car will run away.
  • People who can’t park properly.
  • People who tailgate.
• People who complain about the same thing over and over and over again but do nothing about it.
• Girls who call themselves fat but are half of everyone else’s weight.

Yeah, some of these are bogus, but that’s the point of a “pet peeve.” Now I ask my readership – what are some of your pet peeves?

In other news, I’ve crossed off #2 on my Bucket List.

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