As we study and discuss the idea of hatred and its negative effects in Arthur C. Clarke's short story, 'Hate,' for this weeks blog I'd like you to reflect on your pet peeves in the form of a constructive, persuasive short essay. A pet peeve is a particular annoyance that a person finds unique to their own personality. Read the article on Public Grooming for an example of pet peeves.
Using the article as an example, write a descriptive, persuasive essay explaining one of your pet peeves.
- Write a few descriptive sentences about why this particular thing really irks you.
- Think of one to three examples of times when you observed someone engaging in this behavior. When did it happen? Where did it take place? What exactly did the person do? Describe the scene as vividly as you can.
- Have you ever addressed the person doing this thing directly? If so, what did you say, and what happened? If not, why not?
- What are some reasons why people engage in this behavior? Are they aware that it is bothersome to others?
- What factors might foster this behavior? How might people be dissuaded from engaging in this behavior?
- How can you overcome your pet peeve?
Responses should be 300-500 words. Submissions must be school appropriate. Only speak of people in general when using examples.
Due by Friday, 11/8/13. Absolutely no late submissions.
There is nothing more bothersome than bathroom talk. When two men are in the bathroom together you’re there to use the bathroom and get out, not to carry out a whole long conversation. Once two guys finish and they’re both washing their hands it’s one thing to say a friendly hello, but if I’m mid-stream and another man makes eye contact from the next urinal over and is carrying out a full conversation it just gets awkward.
ReplyDeleteIt happens quite often to me in school, but the least comfortable time is when it’s a teacher in the restroom with me. One time a certain teacher came in behind me and I was wearing my football jersey. I went into the taller urinal and the teacher went into the shorter one to my left. The teacher started asking me all these questions about my game and gave me an inspirational speech about how we could win the game as this teacher used to be a football coach. Later that night at the game after a long bus ride everyone had to use the bathroom but it was a girl’s locker room so it was all stalls. As the group of football players are lined up taking turns to go into the stall a friend of mine tried to start a conversation through the stall door with me, this wasn’t as awkward since there was a full door between us and he wasn’t a teacher but still uncomfortable anyway. I did not tell the teacher how his conversation made me feel, in fact I thanked him for the bathroom pep talk, but I did tell my friend at the game to be quiet since we had hours in the locker room to talk before the game.
Some people think it’s okay to talk in the bathroom, but others strongly discourage it. I feel like there should be more time between classes to avoid this situation. To overcome this pet peeve maybe I should start talking to people in the bathroom?
I have many pet peeves, probably more than most people. One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone is eating and they scrap their teeth on their silverware. It is the most obnoxious sound I have ever heard. When I hear the sound, it sends chills through my body. When I hear the sound, it makes me in a terrible mood and I want to beat someone up. I use plastic silverware now just so I don’t have to hear the sound. I remember one time I was at my friend’s house and we went out to the dinner table to eat Alfredo that her mom made. Well, the first bite she scraped her teeth and it annoyed me but, since we were friends so I didn’t want to be mean. She did it again and I just ignored it. Once again she did it, and that just set me off. I stood up and took the fork from the hand and threw it. I went to her room and grabbed my stuff. I called my mom and had her pick me up. I haven’t talked to her since.
ReplyDeleteAnother one of my pet peeves is when teachers or coaches pick favorites. I cannot stand when people pick favorites. It happens all of the time. There has not been a single sport that I have played that the coach had a favorite. It makes me so mad. It’s not like they are any more special than me. I can’t really do anything about it though. So, I have to just keep my mouth shut.
The last pet peeve that I want to talk about is when people think they are so much better than everyone else. Don’t worry; I will knock you off your high horse. I cannot stand people that think they are so much better than everyone else. I remember when a girl on my sports team was acting all big and mighty. That didn’t last long for her. I went up to her after practice and told her that she might have been playing longer than everyone else but that doesn't mean that you should be treated any different. The whole team is annoyed by how you are acting and no likes it at all.
Those three are my biggest pet peeves ever!
I only have a few pet peeves that drive me crazy. Most things people do don't bother me, but there are certain things I just can't tolerate, and its only if certain people do it. For example, I HATE it when people sit there and click their pens relentlessly, it drives me INSANE. There's nothing worse than sitting in class for 40 minutes while some imbisile sits there and clicks their pen the entire time. By the end of the block, I honestly wouldn't mind ripping their fingers off. There's no need for people to click pens, its just a waste of time and its irritating. There are much more productive things to do during class than be an aggravating jerk. Like, honestly, take notes or something and leave your pen alone. Another thing I hate is when somebody leaves the toilet lid up, and when you decide to pee at two o'clock in morning you fall in the open toilet. ITS THE WORST THING EVER. I don't care who you are, there is not a single person on earth who particularly likes falling in freezing cold toilet water. Just no. It's obviously not enjoyable, so guys, when you feel the need to go, be courteous and put the lid down for the ladies, because chances are we're not going to think very highly of you afterwards if you don't.
ReplyDeleteWhen did clicking your pen become a pet peeve?
ReplyDeleteI have a few pet peeves that really bother me such as when people click their pens.People in class click their pens all the time and i don't think they realize they are doing it. Sometimes i end up doing it and don't realize it. I usually wait until someone else says something to the person so i don't have to feel bad about saying something. It mostly happens at times when people are board and aren't paying attention in class. Its so aggravating and annoying. If your going to click your pen all the time use a pencil!
Another pet peeve that really bothers me is when people come in and out of my room and never close the door. I always tell them to close the door on there way out and they never close it all the way, and they yell at me when i don't close their door.
these pet peeves are really annoying and you should not do them!!!
My biggest pet peeve of all is when people wake me up on the weekends when all I want to do is sleep. It happens almost every weekend. That really doesn’t make my day start very well. When this happens it makes me very angry and then I don’t want to do anything after that.
ReplyDeleteOn some weekends the other people in my house will wake up way too early, such as this weekend when I just wanted to sleep because I stayed up late, but my sister decided it would be a good idea to vacuum and rearrange her room for hours. So I couldn’t sleep because all I could hear was the vacuum cleaner and banging off the walls because she was try to move her bed. So I woke up and went in her room and told her to stop for a little bit, so she did. So I went back in my room and ten minutes later after I was falling back asleep and she started again. So then I finally just woke because I was so annoyed and I was miserable for hours after.
Some ways that others could not engage in doing this to annoy me is to sleep in past seven o’clock, or when they wake up just go outside and do something. Or they could just do something quiet for an hour before I wake up. Or they could just not rearrange their rooms or run up and down the stairs or scream at each other or bounce off the walls and have to tv turned up as loud as it will go.
I could potentially overcome my pet peeve by not staying up so late and go to bed and wake up at a legit time. Or by sleeping outside where all those annoyingly loud sounds of my house will not wake me up.
My biggest pet peeve is people taping their foot on the ground repeatly, this happens every day in math class and when this happens it makes me angry. Also I can’t concentrate my work and then I get yelled at. One time this happened is with Alan, the second time it happened is with Talon, and then the third time is with both of them and i did tell them to stop nicely then when they continued it assaulted them and I got yelled at. They did this because they knew it made me mad and they thought it was funny and yes, they are aware it makes me mad. Some factors that might foster this behavior is not being around Talon and Alan, how they can dissuaded from engaging in this behavior is my listening to me and stop. I can overcome this pet peeve is stop hanging out with Talon and Alan!!!
ReplyDeleteOne of my biggest pet peeves is when people talk when I’m talking. If I am trying to tell someone something they should be quiet and listen to me, not start talking about something else. It is very rude and impolite.
ReplyDeleteMy sister and my mother both do this to me. When we’re at the dinner table and I’m telling them something about what happened that day my mother will interrupt me and start talking to my sister about something completely different. It’s like she doesn’t even hear me talking. I have told her before that it’s very aggravating when she does that, but she just says okay and continues on with her conversation. I tell my sister almost everything, but when I’m trying to tell her something she will start talking about something completely different. I’ve also told her it’s impolite, but she doesn’t listen to anything I say. Some of my friends also do that and I usually don’t tell them, but if they start talking to me about something I just ignore them. I don’t even get how someone could do that unless you’re deaf or something and couldn’t even hear the person talking to begin with. When someone is talking to me I listen to them. I do not start talking over them.
I am pretty sure neither of them are aware it’s bothersome because they both still do it constantly and I don’t know why. I’ve told them a million times not too, but they ignore me. I’m not really sure how I can overcome this pet peeve because people do this a lot. I shouldn’t even have to worry about this because people shouldn’t do that. It’s just common respect to listen to people when they’re talking especially if you’re there daughter or sister.
-Hannah
My biggest pet peeve is when people talk when they are eating and chew very obnoxiously. This is very annoying to listen to all of the time because many people do it. Just the noise of people doing this irritates me. Times that I have observed this is at my house. My sister does it all the time and I just can not stand it. It happens at my house at dinner. She does this unpurpose because she knows that I hate it. I have told her many times to stop and she just continues doing it. She continues doing it because she things I'm kidding then I go to get up and she stops.
ReplyDeleteSome people do these things no even noticing that they do it. Some people realize that they do and they do it just to annoy people. Some people will stop so that you do not get irritated. Some things that make people is just to annoy people. Some people do not realize it and then if you say something to them they stop just to your are not being bothered when you are trying to eat. I can overcome this pet peeve by just ignoring the noise and acting like I can not hear it.
- Kaitlyn Michelle!(:
One of my biggest pet peeves is people always being negative. I believe that having a positive outlook on life can make you happier and sometimes make life easier, but when certain people don’t like to enjoy life or be happy, it really irks me.
ReplyDeleteI can usually find at least one person a day that is negative about everything. Bad days are understandable, but positive outlooks make life easier. If one bad thing happens in the morning and the person let it ruins their whole day, the person’s negative attitude can easily bring down those who are surrounded.
When I find a person being negative, I don’t usually address them or the problem. Maybe they’re having a bad day or maybe there are other problems in their life that are causing them to not be completely happy for a week or so. My problem is when the person’s negative outlook start’s to affect other people. Once I see that happening, I’ll use positive reinforcement to help the particular person through the negative attitude or situation in their life.
I don’t think that people are always aware that this can be bothersome to others. I believe that when they’re being negative, most people only think about themselves and what is going on in their lives at that point. People might engage in being negative because they surround themselves by other negative people. If people are surrounded by other negative people, they’re also likely to be more negative. They also may have been raised in a negative environment which has an impact on their outlook also.
I believe that I could overcome my pet peeve by having more tolerance and patience for people. This would probably be a challenge for me but trying to be understanding that they may be going through a rough time could also help.
One of my greatest pet peeves is when a person tries to talk to me when I’m already talking to someone else or tries to get my attention through physical manners. This also applies to people interrupting me while I am busy or working. My friends tend to do this.
ReplyDeleteAn example of when these events occur is actually right now as I’m writing this. My friend is tapping my arm trying to get me to look at his computer. Another example of when this occurs is when I was in a class period known as advisory. I was helping one of my friends with his trigonometry homework and three other people were asking for help on the same problem. A third example of when this happened was when I was in Global History. I was doing my work and my friend started incessantly tapping the hand i was writing with until I looked at him filled with anger.
I always call the person out on their behavior. I usually repeat the action in the same manner with a bit more aggression. The person usually proceeds to laugh and asks me whatever question he or she has. This tends to make more annoyed because the person does not see anything wrong with their actions.
I believe people engage in these behaviors because they want help and believe they are incapable of figuring out their problems on their own. I also believe people engage in these behaviors because they know it bothers me or they are too lazy to think about what others are doing and are more self-centered.
There are some factors that may foster people into engaging in these behaviors. Some of these factors include getting a reaction from me and getting help with what they want. People may be dissuade from the behavior if they do not get their way or lose something they once had.
I believe I can overcome my pet peeve. It may require a lot of patience and determination but with hope I will accomplish my goal and prevent such people from troubling others in the same way.
~Ryan Hornbeck
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ReplyDeleteOne thing that bothers me is when I’m trying to read and someone starts talking to me. An example of this is one day during advisory I was reading Game of Thrones and somebody came over to me and started talking to me. I gave him short responses trying to get him to go away but he kept on talking. He then walked away and started talking to somebody else. After a few more page turns he came back and insisted that I watch this video on his phone so I did. When the video was done he stayed right next to me and kept on quoting things from the video so I started to read once again with him carrying on and on in front of me. He finally left after he asked if he was being annoying and I said yes. Most of the time when this happens I just keep on reading and nod or say “mhm” but when it goes on for a long amount of time I just put my book down and give up on it.
ReplyDeleteThis really bothers me because the person can clearly see that I’m reading yet they talk to me anyways. I don’t mind if I’m interrupted if they need help with something but if it’s just useless chatter it bugs me. I don’t read books as a sign for people to talk to me. I read them because I enjoy reading. To me it’s just as bad as standing in front of the TV screen when someone is playing a video game or watching a movie or TV. I never yell at people when they do this so I think I’m patient enough with them. In my opinion they should just learn not to bother somebody that’s reading unless it’s important.
A pet peeve that I have is that I hate how I can’t stay still for five minutes. I always need to be moving that's why I like basketball as a sport because I’m moving all the time whether I’m driving or shooting threes I’m pushing. When I’m also trying to get open to receive the ball I’m moving I may have to jump or run to get the ball. I also like football for this because I’m a lineman where I get to hit or I may end up having to pull down the line. Another pet peeve that I have would be I hate when music is played quietly it needs to be played loud music is the easiest way to express yourself so play it out loud don’t be scared of what people think if you are your always going to be a follower and make people change you instead of you changing them. And if you tell me to turn my music down well then you can go away. (can’t say what I really wanted to say) my music is mine I hate haters you can all go on an island and hate on each other step off me for once.
ReplyDeleteIf there is one thing that I just absolutely can’t stand it is the stupidity of simpleton’s Pet Peeves. To be clearer with this I mean I can not stand when other people have Pet Peeves over stupid things such as the cracking of knuckles or making sounds with your mouth. I find it to be complete nonsense and pointless overall. There is this specific person whom I see every day that has a peculiar Pet Peeve against people who make the certain sound with your mouth when you’re getting food out of your teeth. I see this person do it nearly every day and it just angers me. I address her about it each time it happens. My father would make the sound and this person would scream, “Why don’t you stop before I rip out your teeth!” My father just laughed so I had to say, “Why don’t you stop being a narcissistic annoyance and bestill thine mouth?” That was back during summer, during a car ride to Binghamton. It also recently happened at my friend’s mother’s wedding. I was eating food and celebrating the wedding with my friends when I made the sound. This person who was a good distance away had to run up close to me, get in my face, and yell, “Make that sound again and I’ll kill you!” My friends and I all thought it was funny how she was annoyed buy such a simple sound, so we just had to make it more. The person got red-faced and walked away while scratching her ears. Of course I made fun of her about it, but truthfully the simpleton just annoyed me with her stupid Pet Peeve. It is a sound get over it. I don’t know if I am the only person who has this Pet Peeve but I know that I engage in behavior like this purely to exploit the stupidity of others. I wouldn’t particularly say that my Pet Peeve is bothersome to others, but if it is I have no intentions of changing it just for their sakes. There is nothing that I know for certain fosters this behavior but I don’t exactly see it as a bad thing either. I choose not to be dissuaded and I will not try to overcome this Pet Peeve. My Pet Peeve is the effect of other’s idiotic Pet Peeves. Once they change, I change, simple as that.
ReplyDeleteI have many pet peeves. One particular pet peeve I have is when people try to talk to me in the morning. I am not a morning person and usually it takes me about a half hour for me to officially wake up. I do not like to talk in the mornings, I like to just sit around and take my time getting ready for school in peace. But for some reason people think it’s okay to start talking to me before I showered, before I had my breakfast, and before I perhaps have a cup of coffee if I so desire that morning.
ReplyDeleteOne time when this incident occurred was this morning. A certain someone woke me up by beating me with a pillow then she proceeded her actions with words. I don’t mind the pillow hitting as much as her talking to me. She said “wakey-wakey, time to get ready”, and I didn’t like that at all and I told her about how much I hate being woken up then being talked too. Her reaction wasn’t really promising as she replied with a shut up, go get ready.
Another time when this pet peeve was put to the test was when a certain young step brother decided to yell outside my bedroom. His yelling awoken me, I did not particularly enjoy this, especially since it was a Saturday. So I was awoken form my slumber and when I was awake he continued to yell. Yelling is a different form of talking so this technically ties in with my pet peeve. His yelling did not even have a purpose as he was not yelling words; he was just yelling ridiculously stupid noises that made me irate. So when I opened the door I told him to shut up because I was trying to sleep.
A third time when this pet peeve has occurred is when I got on the bus one morning a person asked me for help on their math. I may have already showered and gotten dressed by then but I still wasn’t officially awake and it was really cold out with put me in a very bad mood. I repetitively asked them to leave me along, yet they thought they’d be a persistent jolly ol’ fellow which ruined my day. That incident that day made me want to just walk off the bus because there mouth just kept moving and moving and there was nothing I could do about it. I did not address this person. I just didn’t speak to them while I stared deep into their eyes hoping they’d get the hint.
People most likely engage in the activity of talking in the morning because they most likely morning people. Which is crazy, why would someone want to chat as soon as they get up? People could be dissuaded from the act of talking because in the morning people have bad breathe, nothing interesting to talk about as the day has just started, and people are annoying.
I could overcome my pet peeve in a number of ways. I could try never waking up again, perhaps I could carry around a brick in a fanny pack, that way when they talk I could show them what is up, or I could just lock my door. That way no one could ever go in my room and wake me up until I’m ready to be awoken. I may have to try the brick method.
I do not have very many pet peeves, but I do have one that really sticks out. My pet peeve is when people constantly copy your work or ask for and answer on a test. This happens to me daily in class and I cannot take it. This irks me because I work hard on assignments and people are too lazy to do it themselves.
ReplyDeleteThis specifically happens in one class. In my biology class, one of my friends copies my work all the time. I work hard on the long labs we have to do and I catch this person looking at my paper. I catch this person multiple times and he does not seem to care. He just acts like nothing ever happened.
I try to confront this person when it happens. I always ask why he does this and I normally don’t get a response. I would be ok with it he just asked for an answer or two, but he feels the need to look at my answers whenever he wants too. This has driven me to a point of moving. I don’t mean moving away, I mean moving seats across the room. Nothing is worse than you doing your work, and then you get in trouble because they have the same work as you. Both people get the same consequences and you were just doing your job.
People engage in this behavior mainly because they are lazy. They feel that copying is an easy way to get out of doing work. I am sure that the people are aware that they are annoying me. I try to take it away, but that doesn’t work. People can stop doing this by simply doing their own work and ask for help. I can overcome this pet peeve by not sitting by the people that cheat a lot or not let them see my work.
~Dean
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ReplyDeleteI have many pet peeves. There is one main one that sticks out the most; it is when people leave their turning signals on after they turn. I feel like everybody does this, it annoys me more than anything else. Is it really that hard to just turn it off? It makes me just want to slap the person. I only get mad when I’m the passenger and the driver of the car I am in leaves it on. When it’s a car in front of us or behind us then it doesn’t bother me at all. I can’t stand the noise it makes. That’s when I usually notice that it’s on. I get worried that other people around us get mad and annoyed.
ReplyDeleteThe main people that always do this are my mom, my dad, and my grandma. One time when I was going to Binghamton and back, my mom probably did this around five different times. I was so sick of that car ride by the time we got home. This only happens in the car while they are driving. We would get ready to make a turn and they turn their signal on. After they turn they forget to turn the signal off. Whenever somebody does this I always yell at them. After I tell them they left it on, they turn it right off.
People always do this. Everybody forgets something once in a while. They just forget to do it or zone out while driving. I’m not sure if it bothers other people, but usually the ticking of the signal annoys others. All you have to is remind the person to just turn it off and they will. It’s pretty simple to solve. I overcome this by telling the person or just putting headphones on and listening to music.
This is defiantly the most annoying thing I can think of. It will be my pet peeve for a long time. Maybe I will get use to it when I start driving.
~Jade Wank
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ReplyDeleteMy biggest pet peeve is when people can’t spell a single word right over text or any social media website. I mean most of these phones have auto-correct in them. I can understand if people are in a rush and have to type something up quick, like if they are texting and driving, which is highly prohibited in the United States of America, but that’s besides the fact.
ReplyDeleteOne time on Facebook, I was scrolling down my newsfeed and everything was all good. Until I came to this one ridiculously long status. There was very few words spelt right in this status. It went something like “we playd gr8 2day bois. i luv meh team n we playd a gr8 sesen. c u all next yere n we can win it”. I don’t know about any of you but I would really like to know where this person was educated. Like we have to take english class for a reason. Plus we spell with letters not numbers. I haven’t really addressed people who can’t spell right over social media or text. Mainly because many people are deeply bothered about this as well. I thoroughly believe that people do this because they are too lazy to spell. If you can’t spell correctly because you’re too lazy, then just don’t spell at all.
If I wanted to overcome this pet peeve it would take ridiculous amounts of time, most likely years. I mean the only way i can get over this pet peeve is if I think of it as people wasting their own time at school to learn how to spell. The chances of me getting over this pet peeve are like one in a thousand. That’s how much I strongly dislike people who can’t spell a single word.If you are reading this and can’t spell on social media then you know not to talk to me through the social media.
I have a lot of pet peeves. The most annoying pet peeve that I have right now is the fact that I can never sleep in anymore. I find this very aggravating because in the beginning of summer I could sleep until at least ten or eleven, and now I can’t sleep passed eight usually.
ReplyDeleteDuring the summer I could sleep in until like ten or eleven easily, like I said in the first paragraph. But a good example of that pet peeve is about half way through the summer when I started working and had to get up at five in the morning. I worked Monday through Friday and sometimes a little during the weekend but in the afternoon. The first two weekends I slept in pretty good but I started to realize like three weeks later that it was harder to sleep in. I would go to bed later and still wake up at like six thirty. It usually wouldn’t even matter how late I would go to bed, I would still wake up early. Like one time I was with a friend and we didn’t end up going to bed until like three or four in the morning, and I still woke up at like eight thirty. During the summer if I went to bed that late I wouldn’t have woken up until probably noon or one.
I was starting to get really confused as to why I wouldn’t be able to sleep in late at all. It just kept happening and it was getting really annoying. Another time was when I was at a birthday party and I stayed up really late, and still woke up at like seven, way before anyone else. I thought about it and then finally I realized why this was happening. Once I started getting up early for work and then once school started for school, my body got used to getting up that early so it got used to it. I’m hoping to overcome this pet peeve during Christmas break or something when I can sleep in a lot.
My biggest pet peeve is people not cleaning up after themselves. My father and I have the same pet peeve. We are big neat freaks.
ReplyDeleteOne example of this irking me is when my sister makes herself food and does not pick up after herself. She will leave the food she used out, not take care of her dishes, and does not throw what she doesn't eat away. She really doesn't do any cleaning at all which really bugs me. I usually tell my sister to clean up after herself and she goes upstairs. I put the dishes on her bed so she has to take care of them.
My second example that irks me is when the lady I babysit for does not clean up after her or her kids. This woman does not lift a finger to clean. She doesn't take care of her dogs, she doesn't do the dishes, she leaves old milk in sippy cups lying around(nasty!). Her husband is neat freak, so the days he has off the house is nice and clean and smells good. I babysit till midnight for them, so after the kids go to bed I start cleaning. It takes me two good hours to clean and do dishes and put laundry in a pile. I can’t say anything because I’ll offend her and probably get fired, or she will throw a big fit and leave for a week.
My sister and the lady i babysit for engage in this behavior probably because they know I will be the one to pick it up, or they are just lazy. My sister knows that this behavior bugs me, a lot, so does the lady I babysit for. Her husband yells at her for not cleaning. I know that her husband is a neat freak because he cleans a lot and it also bugs him. Haley and Katie (the women I work for) could dissuaded this behavior by cleaning.
I could overcome my pet peeve by not being so uptight with cleaning. I could also not clean up other people mess, just tell them to clean it up.
Brandyn Mineau
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English 10
November 4, 2013
Some of my pet peeves are some of the few that no one would think about. Such as when most girls dress as if they we’re an adult of about 20 or older and they are considerably younger than 18. These people bug me because why not just show your actual age instead of trying to look older, like haven’t you ever heard of people who wish they were younger again?
This happens to happen a lot at school. I would just be walking down the hall and see random girls wearing really short skirts and a whole bunch of makeup. I also see it when I’m at a public mall or restaurant. But the most annoying spot to see a girl dressed like this is outside of any building! This is because it seems like they are trying to get a whole bunch of attention from older men, but I think they should just stick to their general age.
I have gone up to quite a few of these people and told them about my pet peeve and they just began to yell at me. They had also started to say they can dress however they want, but honestly are their parents fine with them dressing like that? If so then obviously their parents must have also dressed the same way when they we’re young.
I am definitely positive that they are aware of what they are doing. I think that some of them do it on purpose to show what they got and also to just annoy people. What may cause people to do this is to make them look more mature and or they get the instinct from their parents. In order for people to disengage this behavior I believe they would have to be self-respectful and believe they look fine like they do.
What I do to overcome this pet peeve is that I just try to ignore the person doing it, but if I can’t do that I would just leave the room unless I was in school then I wouldn't really do anything. It’s not that bothersome besides that the people who do it just look completely ridiculous.
I have many pet peeves. One of my biggest pet peeves is when people correct me or teachers all the time. I can not stand when people think that they are right and everyone else is wrong. When people can sit in class and correct our teacher it can get very irritating especially if you do not understand something then that person just gets more irritating. It makes you feel like you are dumb all the time, even though sometimes that person is just being cocky.
ReplyDeleteThere have been many times that I have witnessed this happening. Most of the time it happens in math class a block. It can get so irritating when some of the kids in there correct Mr. Spaulding and argue with him when he says that they are wrong. Another example of this happening is when I will be talking with my friends and someone will interrupt to correct how I said a certain word. I was not talking to you first of all and second you are not an english teacher so how do you know I did not say it right? The last example of this is when I am saying how I do not understand a subject or what we are learning in that subject, and someone asks what we are learning and I tell them, then they say how easy it is, well it may have been easy for you but for me it is not. It is definitely my biggest pet peeve when people are constantly correcting me or teachers.
I have never confronted someone about it because they think they are doing the right thing. Typically the person is but what they forget to think is if how would you like it if I constantly corrected you while you were talking it would get very irritating. I believe some people do this because they think that everything has to be perfection all the time instead of accepting the imperfections in people. I think people would be able to stop doing this if they simply just enjoyed the simple wrongness in people, accepting people the way they think something is, in other words broadening their mindset to see what the other person might be saying.
There are many ways I could get over this. For one I could simply ignore when people do this. I could try to explain to that person where I am coming from. I could also just try to accept the fact that some people need that perfection in their lives. Some people it really bothers them if something is not perfect or the way they believe it should be.
~Shawna Mills
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ReplyDeleteI have several pet peeves. One of my pet peeves is when people try to copy my work that I worked very hard on. This is very annoying since it took me very long to do it and it only takes them a couple minutes to do.
ReplyDeleteOne time, one of my friends just takes a paper out of one of my folders without even asking. This makes me even more irate. It all started when I went to the bathroom and came back to find my homework folder open. I looked through it and I noticed my English vocabulary homework was mysteriously missing. I look around and see one of my friends with it and he’s copying it. By the time I asked for it back, it was too late. This all happened in Mr. Burch’s advisory class last Thursday or Friday I do believe. To make matters even worse, when the teacher handed my vocabulary homework back, it said something about not using the same sentences as other people.
When people do this to me, I ask for the homework back as soon as I notice they have it. I don’t think it is right to take someone else’s homework that they worked hard on. It would be different if it was a smaller homework that takes a lot less time.
I think people engage in this activity because they are too lazy to do it themselves. Another reason could be because they don’t want the bad grade that not doing their homework would get them. Since they don’t want the bad grade, they think it’s alright to copy other people’s work. To dissuade people from doing this there should be a punishment for copying homework. The person copying should receive an automatic zero.
I do not think it is possible for me to overcome my pet peeve. The only way I think it could stop is if people would stop taking my homework. That would make me much happier.
One of my biggest pet peeves is when people are rude and disrespectful. I especially hate it when people are rude to authorities such as teachers. I think that people should be respectful and polite.
ReplyDeleteThere was one time in school when a teacher was trying to explain something to a student and she was talking back to him. She was being really rude to him. He was being very nice about it though and apologized, but she kept being rude. It was very annoying. I wanted to say something to her about it and tell her to stop being so rude, but I didn't, because I felt that I would be butting into things. Another time was when I was in school, we were getting our band uniforms and one of the students was talking to the teacher about the uniforms. She was telling him how much she hated the band uniforms and she was being extremely rude about it. She could have been more polite about it, but she wasn't.
Some people may engage in this behavior because they don’t know any better. Some people may also do it to annoy people, but others may not realize they are being so bothersome. I don’t normally confront people about this because I feel like I would be butting into things and being rude myself. I don’t know if I could overcome my pet peeve, unless people stop being so rude and disrespectful.
I believe that everyone should be polite and respectful. I understand that some people don’t really know any better, but people should be taught better. Everyone should be respected, therefore everyone should be respectful. I was raised to respectful and polite. Another way to say this is to treat others the way you want to be treated. If you are being rude and disrespectful to someone, they might do the same to you.
One pet peeve that I have is when people take my books. I spend a lot of time reading and making sure that my books are organized the way I want them. I like to make sure that they’re in good condition.
ReplyDeleteThis past weekend my family and I moved into a new home. I had about four huge boxes full of books. They were organized in alphabetical order, starting with Jane Austen. I had stopped by another family member’s room and saw that she had several of my books on her shelf. When I asked about it she told me that they were hers and that I stole them. This might have been true for some of them but not all of them, especially the one that clearly had my name written on the inside cover.
She said “It’s not like you’re reading them”
Yes, this is why there’s a bookmark right in the middle of Northanger Abbey.
Last year, I always brought books to lunch. Like huge stacks of every Broadway script I own. My friends always took them. They would read them out loud or throw them or hide them. My favorite one was RENT by Jonathan Larson. I know just about every word of it. One day my friends had engaged in a game of catch with the complete book and lyrics of Rent. They just kept throwing it. Then one of them dropped it and the other stepped on it. Act Two was mostly gone, every page of it torn out. I was mad. I had paid for this book and carried it just about everywhere. One of the girls felt bad and we tried to tape it together. It did not work.
Another time at lunch I was reading Once and someone took it. They hid it and I could not find it. I looked everywhere. I probably made a fool of myself, crawling around under the table and picking up chairs. I gave up looking. I figured that not many girls in my grade had any use for the script of any musical. At the end of the day one of my friends told me that she had it in her pocket all day long. She laughed. It wasn’t funny.
I could probably prevent this if I didn’t carry around every script I own. It would probably end most of my problems. Still, there’s no reason to tear out the page of my book or hide it from me all day long. The only reason anyone should take my script is if they plan on starting a Seasons of Love flash mob or want to serenade their boyfriend/girlfriend with Falling Slowly from Once.
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ReplyDeleteAlthough most people have a large list of things that irritate them, or “pet peeves,” I have relatively few. For most, pet peeves include chewing gum loudly, seeing children on leashes, people talking during movies, and seeing people pick their nose in public. However, my biggest pet peeve is rather ironic. What irritates me most is people who have a large list of pet peeves. So yes, my pet peeve is others having too many.
ReplyDeleteThe main reason this concept irritates me is because I actually find people who critique others’ behavior as absurdly annoying. Nobody is perfect, and other people can expect everyone to be. The critics undoubtedly have their fair share of flaws, yet they are persistent on attacking other people's’ imperfections.
Also, if it’s the little things that annoy people, liking pens clicking repeatedly, then there are ways to politely solve the problem rather than harping on the person who’s doing it. Or even squeaky grocery carts. If someone has a problem, they can get a new one rather than complaining about it. Or if it’s someone else’s cart that’s squeaking, the person who it’s annoying can simply move on to the next aisle and go back later.
I observe people engaging in this behavior all of the time. Particularly last year in science class. A certain person was clicking their pen, and everyone was irritated, aside from myself, and was practically yelling at the person to stop. The person obviously stopped at that point, but i was more irritated at the critics than the pen-clicker. I don’t typically address people when they’re doing this, I’d rather just not be ‘that guy’ and try to get on people’s good side.
People naturally engage in this behavior, criticizing others, because if they have problems with things, then they address them. However, an unreasonable amount of pet peeves is irritating for everyone, especially me. I do not think that they are aware that their amount of pet peeves bother others, and I don’t think they would care either way. There is no way to dissuade from this behavior, as people will always point out other peoples’ flaws. There is also no way to overcome my pet peeve, because it will naturally always annoy me and always be existing.
My biggest pet peeve is when people go through my stuff. I understand they’re curious but I still feel like I deserve some form of privacy. The person I’m referring to is a nice lady and I love her very much but she sometimes crosses the unspoken boundaries every person should have with one and another.
ReplyDeleteOne example of when said woman has invaded my privacy was the other day when she went through my bag and saw I didn’t hand in any of the papers she signed. I was fine with her being upset with this, but then I realized she was going through my bag for some reason. I asked her why she was doing that and she just pretended like I didn’t ask and changed the subject. I’m still curious why she was doing this because I have never given her reason to suspect I would partake in any suspicious activities.
I told this woman that she shouldn’t be going through my stuff, but she said she can do what she wants as long as I live under her roof. I have a lot of respect for this woman, therefore I don’t want to be rude about the subject, but I feel violated on many levels.
I believe she does this because she thinks I’m a bad kid because of some of my friends, but I’m truly a good kid who doesn’t deserve such actions taken against me. She knows this bothers me, but she does it anyway because she doesn’t expect to get caught.
This snooping might come to an end if I start carrying all of my belongings with me everywhere I go. If I leave anything around she can and will go through it looking for something to yell at me for.
I love this woman very much, but sometimes her behaviors really drive me crazy.
My pet peeve would have to be when people blow/ touch my neck. It just sends a chill down my neck and I would like to do something’s. People don’t realize that little things like that can really make people go crazy and do some pretty stupid things. Three examples would be have to be, one would have to be at the lunch table a person comes up and starts to play with my neck. Two people when I’m watching TV come up behind me and touch my neck. And three my friend likes to blow on my neck and it really just bugs me.
ReplyDeleteWell I was sitting on my couch eating totino pizza rolls and looking at my iPod, watching the Patriot vs. Steelers. My night was just great until my friend came up behind me and blew on my neck. Then all hell broke loose and I ran after her and tickled her to death. Little things like this can really make a person mad and people can just do some stupid things. But really most thing don’t bother me, but just the littlest things can set me off and I can be a totally different person.
So when people do those types of things to me I will get them back in some shape or form. Blowing on my neck would definitely be my biggest pet peeve.
I have many pet peeves. The pet peeve that bothers me the most is when you set down your phone or your messaging someone and they look over your shoulder or they take your phone and reads my messages. This irks me the most because sometimes I am having a personal conversation and then the annoying person reads your conversation and now they know all your personal information you wanted to keep confidential in the first place. I also hate when my siblings reads my diary even after i write on the first page in the biggest letters i can write in “DO NOT READ”!! Of course what do they do, they read it anyways.
ReplyDeleteIt happens mostly at home with my sister. When I am laying on the couch on my IPhone messaging someone on facebook she like “Oh you are talking to her/him”. After she said those words of unconditional invadence of privacy I usually say “Mind your own business” or “could you not read my conversations”. I could say it a thousand times. I don’t know why she doesn't respect my privacy, but i would appreciate if everyone respects eachothers space and there conversations.
People probably partake in this behavior because they want to know everything all the time. I like to know what's going on when it is going on but only if it has to do with me i like it when people give me space so they don't know all my personal information.I think they are aware of this behavior they just like to know what is going on with other peoples lives because their lives are too boring.
I havent really controlled my pet peeve. I usually just tell my sister to stop reading my personal information and tell her to go dig in other peoples information.
I have a myriad of pet peeves. One of my biggest pet peeves is when teachers hold the students in class after the bell rings. One of the things that the teachers often say is: “The bell does not dismiss you. I dismiss you.” If this is true, then what purpose does the bell serve?
ReplyDeleteAn instance in which this occurred was at the end of the day. We had a test which took up the entire class. When the bell rang, the teacher told us that we had to stay in order to finish the test. Some people could not finish because they had to get on the bus or go to practice. There were many people that had to stay and were not impressed.
Another time that this happened was also at the end of the day. We went over the homework from the previous night first. Then, we learned a new lesson which took up the entire class. The announcements came on and many people were relieved because teachers do not usually teach through them so the students know what is going on after school or on the next day. This teacher did not stop. He taught all the way up to the bell to let us go home. Then, the teacher had to hand out homework, which delayed our departure even further.
A third example would be when we had a substitute teacher. A few of the students were being loud and obnoxious throughout the entire class period. The substitute felt the need to yell over all of the students to quiet them down. After a few minutes, they were back to being annoying and loud. When the bell rang, the substitute told us to stay in the classroom because they did not approve of our behavior.
I do not think that I will ever overcome this pet peeve. These things will keep occurring for the rest of my high school career.
I have many pet peeves and one of my biggest pet peeves, is when you are on an empty bus or train and then a person gets on and sits right next to you when they have other places to sit. The way it annoys me is that you can be the only one on the train or bus and then the person you don't know or don't like comes up to you and is like can i sit with you and you say no and they sit with you anyways. Also if you are sitting there and then the try to have a conversation with you. also if you are using your phone and as you are texting someone and they are looking over your shoulder and watching everything you are typing and the person you are talking to. Another thing that is really annoying as you are sitting there is when you have your earphones in and your are trying to ignore people and they still try to talk to you.
ReplyDeleteOne of the worst parts of that is the smell so bad and there next to you and you don't want to be rude and say something and you don't want to just get and move to a different spot because they're going to start thinking something. Also if there next to you and they start talking to you and there breath stinks like they haven't brushed there teeth in years.Another thing is when you also tell them to please stop talking to you or if they can move they will say no or a huge argument will happen. Also another thing thats really annoying is if they are eating right next to you and its getting everywere or there chewing with there mouth open which is the worst thing ever.
I don’t necessarily have a lot of pet peeves. I have a few like when people relentlessly click their pen in class, when people chew with their mouth open, or when people go in my room and rearrange things. That is what bothers me the most. This particular thing bothers me because I put things like they are for a reason not just so they can be moved a different way, so at the end of the day I have to go back and put things back to the way they were. If I don’t put them back that way I am incapable of falling asleep.
ReplyDeleteThis takes place in my bedroom. My mother is the one that does this act of rearranging my items. She usually goes in my room to get my laptop to use it for facebook. She moves my extension cord which has my phone charger plugged in to it. I have it in a certain place that way it can reach to the other side of my bed. This happens very often usually every day.
No, I have never addressed my mother on this subject. I have not addressed her on this because she would complain or yell at me so id really rather not listen to it. She engages in this act because she like to have things her way. I don’t think she is aware that it bothersome to me.
I could overcome this pet peeve by telling her not to to do this, but I really rather not deal with it.
My biggest pet peeve is when i’m on the bus and it is early in the morning and all the little kids are yelling and making obnoxious noises. Then when you ask them nicely to stop and they decide to look at you and scream no and then keep doing it. Or when its freezing outside in the morning and the little kids open their windows and you ask them to shut the windows and they don’t listen to you and they decide to open even more windows. Then you have to get up and close the windows and they open them back up again.
ReplyDeleteAnother pet peeve is when you are on your phone and you have other people reading what your doing over your shoulder. That annoys me so much, like when little kids are still learning how to read and they sit next to you when you're texting somebody and they start to read your messages out loud. You ask them nicely to stop and its none of their business. I don't think they would like it to much if we did that to them. Or when you ask a little kid nicely to do something and they give you attitude back and they start yelling and having a little tantrum. Then they try to hit you, kids these days do not listen.
Another pet peeve is when people stare at you, there is no reason for them to stare. Or when people decide to talk about you for no reason when you did nothing to them and they talk crap about you to your friends. Then they think that you won't find out, so when you do find out and you go and say something to that one person that was talking about you and you ask them why were they talking about you they have nothing to say and they walk away. That's just because they are scared and just jealous. Those are my biggest pet peeves.
I have many pet peeves that drive me insane. One of my biggest pet peeve that bothers me the most is when people say things about other people but they turn around and do the same that person did or does. In other words when people are hypocritical.
ReplyDeleteI have many examples when I have seen this happen. For example I have seen people in advisory ask other people for their homework and that person says no, which is the way it should be but, that person was sitting there copying someone elses math homework. Yes, I think cheating is wrong but it is so hypocritical to say no to someone as you sit there copying someone elses. Another time I have seen this happen was in biology when a person asked a friend for a answer and they told them no but when they forgot to do a lab they instantly ran to that same friend they said to see their lab. Then they got all mad when that person said no.
I have not said anything to someone who does this because I do not want to start an argument. Also I just think it is not worth fighting over because it their choice to do this. I think people do this because they don’t want people copying their hard work, but they think that it is ok to copying someone else's. I also think people cheat because they are afraid of not finishing their work on time.
I do not think I can overcome my pet peeve because I think cheating has always been a problem in high school or in everyday life. I think the best way for me to overcome this is to turn my head the other way because it is not my problem.
-Kassi Cook
My pet peeve would have to be when people are looking at what you are doing on my phone. With some people it is the littlest things that will people go crazy and they will do stupid things to them and get themselves in trouble. So examples are like if i'm at lunch and i'm on my phone and one of my friends comes up behind me and starts to read what i'm doing on my phone. Also if i'm at my house and my brother tries to get my phone because i wont tell him who i'm talking to. The last example is when my brothers friends try to take my phone and read my text messages. It most happens at home more than school but when my brother does it i can punch him and not get in trouble. But when it happens in school i can't do anything to them because i will get in trouble because of the cameras in the hallways.
ReplyDeleteThe one example happened on hump day when one of my friends looked at my phone when i was trying to talk to someone that was somewhat personal. Also if someone takes my phone and goes on it and reads my text messages or my messages on facebook or looks at my snapchats. This is very irritating because some things are very personal. I one of my friends take my phone i will run after them to get it back because i don’t like people reading my things. I'm not easily set off with a lot of things but it is the littlest things will set me off.
I have only one pet peeve that I can clearly think of that annoys me. Sometimes I will be sitting and a cat or dog will come up to me. I will rub its fur and then once it’s had enough it will walk away. But sometimes people will see the cat or dog once it walks away and they will also rub its fur and the animal will clearly have had enough attention but the person refuses to let the animal leave. This really happens with my mother’s cat. She will go up to my sister and she will “say” she wants to be picked up. My sister will pick up the cat and the cat will start growling. I know that that means the cat wants to be put down but my sister won’t put the cat down.
ReplyDeleteSo many times this happens and each time it gets on my nerves. I will tell my sister to put the cat down but Steph just keeps holding the cat as the growls get deeper, a sign that the cat is getting more and more annoyed. And every time Steph will put the cat down only once it’s swatted her with its paw. Steph will always tell me that the cat is fine a few seconds before it swats her.
I’m not sure I will ever get over this pet peeve. I always get annoyed as soon as I hear the growls coming from the cat. With my own cat I never know when she’s annoyed because her first response to something annoying is to swat at it. There’s never any warning. She never growls, she just swats and usually someone ends up with a lovely new collection of racing stripes. I know that the response to annoyances is probably unique to every animal, like horses will twitch if there’s a fly on their backs, and dogs, like cats, will growl if they’ve had enough.
Sometimes I think my sister picks up the cat just to annoy ME. Maybe not but either way when I hear a cat growling and see that they’re being held and they look comfortable, I just know that the cat is annoyed. I just wait for the swat to come.
I have many pet peeves but some are more significant than others. One of my biggest pet peeves is when people won’t stop talking about something that has nothing to do with anything important or when people talk excessively loud. This especially happens when I talk to people on the phone or when they have no work to do in study halls.
ReplyDeleteWhen I talk to a certain person on the phone, I think they talk just to hear themselves talk. I try to be nice and listen to them but after twenty minutes of listening to endless babble, it gets very annoying. When I do get a chance to talk I say nicely that I have to go do chores, homework, or something like that just to end my misery. You’d think that they’d get the hint after this happens multiple times but they don’t. It bothers me very much. Sometimes I will answer the phone then quickly give it to my brother to get out of having to listen to this person.
In one of my study halls there is always one person who talks as loud as they can. This person talks so loud, I can hear them clearly from the other side of the room. It's one thing to laugh loud, but it is very annoying when people are shouting to each other when they right next to each other. I mean really, you are RIGHT next to one another, you don’t need to yell. I don't want to say something about it because it would be awkward. I will just have to deal with the non-stop shouting in my study hall.
These people have to know that they annoy others. If they don’t, then someone needs to tell them. They really need to take a hint and stop bothering others daily.
~CTH8~
Ashley
ReplyDeleteOne of my pet peeves are when people sit right next to you and all they do is talk. It is really fustrating having to pay 10 dollars to go to the movies and you dont understand what is happening because people do not shut up.
ReplyDeleteWhen I hear people talking i ask them to please stop so i can enjoy the movie i payed to watch. Of course you get the people that think its funny to keep talking and it gets very irritating. At that point im not in a good mood and i burst on them. It would be nice to enjoy a movie after i just wasted 10 dollars on it.
I can overcome my pet peeve by telling someone that works at the theatre that they will not stop talking.
My pet peeve is when people make me extremely irritated and then tell me to calm down. I tell you what, that irritates me to no end. Thats like shooting someone in the foot and then telling them not to bleed.
ReplyDeleteFor and example, my boyfriend will say certain things, specifically because he knows they will make me indignant. And when i do get mad, he tells me to calm down.
Or he will tickle me, to pick on my laugh, but he knows it makes me mad enough to punch him in the face several times. Which leads to my other pet peeve. I absolutely, HATE being tickled. And my friends and everybody in my family tickle me everyday.. just to pick on my laugh. So, im constantly frustrated on a daily basis. I wish being ticklish was no such thing. :/
One of my biggest pet peeves that bothers me the most is when people chew gum obnoxiously . It is rude and impolite, especially in school. It drives me insane sitting in a quiet classroom listening to the sound of gum being chewed like a cow.
ReplyDeleteNot everyone chews gum this way. It mostly happens in school, around the middle school years. By the time students hit high school hopefully they have broken this habit. I know most people probably don't realize they are doing it but how can you not hear that? Its coming from your mouth! I hope people would be able to tell their mouth is wide open and everyone can hear them chew. Someone usually says something when this happens, thankfully before I say anything or I might feel bad. This happens mostly while students are taking a test. When you're really concentrated and in your own world. If for some reason you can’t chew gum with your mouth closed, please just don't chew gum.
Another one of my pet peeves is when people are tapping repeatedly. When people do it in school it makes me want to freak out! Tapping pens, tapping your foot or even tapping your hand on a desk. It happens all the time in school. In public it bothers me also I just can't stand it! This usually happens when people are annoyed but it just annoys me more than that person. If i ever tapp annoyingly I would hope someone would stop me, just because I know what its like to listen to that sound. My pet peeves are similar with listening to sounds, I must have sensitive hearing because almost everything annoys me!!
Arianna Moore
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ELA 10
11/4/13
I have a lot of pet peeves. One of mine are when I’m trying to tell someone something and they either don’t listen to me at all or talk over me. It’s so annoying to have to either re-tell my story or not even tell it at all because no one was listening to me.
This happens to me a lot mainly with my friends or family. I will try to tell my mom something about my day and she’ll be cooking so she won’t listen and then when I’m done telling her she will ask what I just said because she wasn’t listening to me. It annoys me so badly. Also when my mom is watching a movie and during the commercials i try to tell her something and she doesn’t listen so I just say nevermind and don’t re explain what I explain.
Another time this happens with me is when I’m trying to vent to a friend and they don’t even listen to anything that I say and then ask what I said and I always just say nevermind because if they didn’t listen the first time, it obviously wasn’t very important and I’m not going to re explain my story just because they didn’t listen. This happens alot with my friends and I always feel like no one really listens to me. It is definitely my biggest pet peeve that I have.
Most of the time when this happens to me I don’t address this. This is only because it happens a lot and I would be wasting my time saying something about it everytime it happens. But I have said something to my mom about it before. I told her that she never listens to me and she tried to say that she does but sometimes doesn’t because she’s busy thinking about other things. I can understand her doing that sometimes but she does it all the time. I think that people do this sometimes because maybe they don’t realize that they’re doing it or maybe they do and just like to annoy me.
~Arianna K.
One of my pet peeves is when someone screams or laughs excessively loud when it is unnecessary. This is one of my pet peeves mostly because of the small children on my bus.
ReplyDeleteA few times that this occurs during my daily activities are on my morning bus and in the lunch room. The kids on my bus think it’s acceptable to just scream randomly or laugh excessively loud. One time one of the children just started screaming for no apparent reason and he didn’t stop for about twenty seconds. Another time that I remember was one of the kids started laughing really loud and then a whole bunch of them started laughing loudly because they thought it was funny. These acts make me want to explode in anger. It makes me angry because I am still waking up on the morning bus and when they scream and laugh loudly it doesn’t allow me to peacefully awaken. Sometimes I just give them a death stare to try and get them to stop, but if that doesn’t work I just sit there wishing I wasn’t on the bus. People in the lunch room also participate in this activity. Usually it’s something stupid like someone screaming “Pam” over and over trying to get her attention.
Screaming is one of my pet peeves and it happens all the time in my daily life. I probably dislike it so much because it happens every morning. I would like to conquer it but I highly doubt I will with all of the loud obnoxious children on my bus.