Hello to All,
I just wanted to start a forum where we could vent our pet peeves. I don't know if one already exist or not, if it does, I haven't seen it.

I know we all have pet peeves. We have them at home, at work and even here on Nursinglink. I just thought I would give everyone the opportunity to let it all out.

I'll start us out by giving a few of my pet peeves. I have alot, but I'll just start with a few, so I can ring in later on too.

I'll start with my family. I just hate it when I go to the cupboard and find an empty box. You know if it's empty throw it away. I guess it's too much to ask my kids to throw something away. It's just easier I guess to leave it in the cupboard.

Another one is toliet paper. Thank God I don't have to share a bathroom with my kids, but unfortunately I do have to use their bathroom at times. Whenever they run out of toliet paper, they WILL NOT change the roll. They will leave it sitting on the counter and use the whole roll like that. Seems like it would be easier to roll it off than to actually have to pick it up and roll it off. I know I shouldn't let this bother me since I very seldom go into their bathroom, but it's just one of those things that I can't stand. I have to put the paper on the roller if it ever goes on it.

Okay, I feel better now that I've gotten that off my chest. Not that it will change anything, but at least I feel better for now. I'm sure I will have lots more to share later, it you all will share your too.

kayakrn7 said:

Hey StalightRN, do we have the same kids? What scares me about the toilet paper is I have not bothered to replace it and there is none in there bathroom and it will be two or three days before they come asking for more...hmmmm

My kids will ask for more paper, but it's not until they are already in there and they are screaming out the door, "I need toliet paper."

I totally agree with SunnieDay. I can't stand when I am studying for an exam and people interupt me for trivial things. It totally distracts your train of thought. It makes me really stressed out especially the night before an exam. My boyfriend can't understand that constantly interupting me drives me crazy! It must be a man thing?

My husband is a slob!!! He has an office but all his papers either end up on my kitchen counter or dining room table. I never know which of his clothes are clean or dirty because he throws clothes everywhere! He will throw them on the floor next to the dirty clothes hamper (how hard is it throw them inside - it takes what...2 seconds!) He wants to talk to me when it is convenient for him.....I can be studying for a big exam and he will come in and try to talk to me when I've been waiting for hours to talk to him but can't because his damn cell phone is always ringing. Then he pouts because I have to study!

I hate finding trash on the kitchen counters, just laying there when all it takes it to turn around and throw it away. I hate stuff on the dining room table that has nothing to do with eating. I hate shoes taken off and left right next to the door, so I trip on them when I come in. I hate, rather than doing one or two loads of laundry at a time, "someone" does five or six at a time. I hate dirty clothes left on the dryer or bathroom floor. I hate dirty dishes left in the sink, unrinsed when five more seconds puts them in the dishwasher. I hate clutter!

DaMomb said:

I have three healthy, intelligent teenagers. I hate walking through the kitchen and feeling all of the "remnants" of whatever sticking to my feet...maybe I'm overly sensitive, but I can feel it, and it bothers me to no end! ALL of them will walk around a toy, paper, or mess, instead of just bending over to pick it up and taking care of it! I hate finding dried jelly stuck to cupboard doors. I hate burnt on food on the stove, and crusties in the microwave! If you're gonna use it - CLEAN IT TOO! UUUGGHH! Ok, sorry all....wwwhhhew! That felt good!

I forgot a couple - Taking out the trash! My husband will let it pile up to the ceiling and won't take it out until I say something! Can't he see it needs to be taken out? I hate tripping over shoes by the door too. And of course, the toilet seat!! I've gotten up too many times in the middle of the night and "fell" in when the seat was up!!Why can't he just put it back down? Every night at dinnertime, just when I have the food ready, my husband has to go to the bathroom . Why?? Why can't he go earlier? Why does he have to wait until we're ready to sit down??Sometimes his food gets cold, sometimes I eat without him. It drives me crazy!

lenix said:

StarlightRN said:

kayakrn7 said:

Hey StalightRN, do we have the same kids? What scares me about the toilet paper is I have not bothered to replace it and there is none in there bathroom and it will be two or three days before they come asking for more...hmmmm

LOL

My kids will ask for more paper, but it's not until they are already in there and they are screaming out the door, "I need toliet paper."

my daughter called the house phone from her cell phone in the bathroom to do that once...did that piss me off!!! I always told my kids, "Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part." whenever they "forgot their homework/gym clothes/money for lunch/books/flute/cleats/whatever

That day I told her, "you can't look and see there is no paper before you sit down?"

no actually i agree with that one too...it actually hurts sometimes! but worse is the god**** cereal at my house (read above) I could spend 24/7 vacuuming and never get rid of it!!!

Mine is also not replacing items if you used the last. I usually will check my IV tray for tape, 2 x 2's ect. Nothing infuriates me more than to have an emergency and need to start an IV and someone forgot to replace the tape or whatever. ...........and I do share a bathroom with my daughter and I it very irritating to run to the bathroom "real quick" and not have TP!!................kayakrn7: My husband also have certain dishes/cups that noone can use either.

Reading all of yours so far I recognize a familiar one here & there, a funny one maybe too but I TRY not to complain too much b/c among us women we seem to share some of the same stresses and maybe – only maybe – we are enabling some of our dearest around us to keep their behavior up by cleaning up after them/reminding them/hunting them??? HOWEVER, how about your friends/neighbors/co-workers, etc. who all take your help willingly & possibly for granted (you good old soul you) & seem “frazzled” when you ask for a favor? I especially love it when you call on them (to remind them, of course) & they won’t call you back!

My kids were terrible about picking up the clothes, taking out the trash, and just plain picking up after themselves. It was driving me crazy!!! When my better half, John, and me got our house together, they thought they were going to drive him crazy too. Well, after two weeks with no power upstairs, which meant no video games, no computer and no lights. All of a sudden, the bedroom was squeeky clean, dirty clothes were being brought down every morning and I was not spending all my study time picking up!
My boys told their grandmother they lived like the amish for two weeks with no electricity and got the message!

My biggest pet peeve is the person who works on the medical floor with you and after spending time setting up towels and washclothes and clean gowns for all my patients, they decide to help and take all the stuff and put it in the laundry!!! I was pissed. Okay, I off the soapbox now. lol

Mramsey LMBO!! thats great! I see a lot of "little things" get placed into the category of biggest pet peeves. I am a woman and a tom boy.... so am caught redhanded with a few of the pet peeves. I do leave dishes in the sink and dish drainer sometimes instead of the dishwasher. I do sometimes empty toilet paper and not refill it. I am human and it is human to err. Stuff on the floor...ewwwwwww. Yes that is a pet peeve... along with staying at a guests home that has cats.... try stepping onto cat furrballs or vomit in the wee hours of the morning.... its enough to make YOU want to vomit!! I am guilty of the leaving of clothing scattered in my room and of leaving the clean laundry piled on the chair. What makes it all the more ironic is that I do some housekeeping for clients and my own place is a clutter fest. Perhaps I am just rebelling against organising and sometimes just plain forgetting.

Mickey said:

Damn women, when yer all done with your little session here, how bout getting back in the kitchen where you belong !

I AM KIDDING !!!!!

I'll do the cooking after you bring home your paycheck and put it in my hands...; ) pppssssbbbtt!