Peeved

On my way in to work this morning I must have seen at least three idiots riding their bike on the sidewalk. This really annoys me, as when I'm a pedestrian you never know if these numskulls, who are more often than not high on crack, will slam into me. I hate people who ride their bikes on the sidewalk, I hereby declare it my number one pet peeve.

Which got me thinking--people have some pretty funny pet peeves. My girlfriend, for example, refuses to consume food or liquid in a plastic container. She eschews tupperware, and prefers to put leftovers in ceramic bowls and cover them in plastic wrap. I don't like that plasticy tuppertaste either, but she's a fascist about it and even bought these weird glass jars from Ikea to store food. Weird.

Also, I recently met a dude who hates it when they check your receipt upon leaving a store, like Costco or Best Buy. His thinking is that he just paid them a lot of money and the least they can do is let him walk out of the store without treating him like a criminal, so he does his best to ignore/dodge the receipt-checkers who then must ironically treat him like a criminal because he's behaving like one. A good pet peeve though--I approve.

Audience participation time--any other crazy peeves out there?