<p>Hahah i know! I’m pretty nice to tourists, I give directions all the time, reccommend good hotels, diners, restaurants, etc, but my god, some of these people are just bananas! I seriously had this conversation two days ago in Washington Sq:</p>
<p>Tourist Gal: Hey, do you know how to get to ____?
Me: Sure, walk to the end of this block, take the A train uptown to -
Tourist Gal: the SUBWAY? <em>whispers</em> but, like, isn’t that dangerous?
Me: Uh…well not really, it’s daytime and this is a very safe area, you shouldn’t have any -
Tourists Gal: Ok, well like i’m not from around here, I’m from Michigan and i can’t really use the subway and my mom said not to go there.
Me: Well, I’m sure you’ll be -
Tourist: <em>high pitched squeal</em> Oh my gosh what if something happens?! I’ll be trapped on the train!
Me: I guess you should hail a cab…</p>
<p>At this point tourist gal’s mom comes out of nowhere, grabs her arm and leads her away muttering, “I told you not to talk to anyone, we’re not at home anymore…this is NY, you could get MUGGED!” (Girl was high school age). This is in one of the safest areas of one of the safest large cities in America, on a sunny beautiful day in the park surrounded by picnicers and familes. I wonder if they know their home state has one of the most dangerous cities in the country? lol</p>
<p>i dont have very man social peeves, but one mistake I have it that I realized I am far too thankful to people. I will always thank my boss, my coworkers, etc.</p>
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<li>I hate people who doesn’t know how to deal with people… Those who’re afraid to come in the open…
-I hate people who are stopping me from dreaming… It’s for free anyway!!! They have no right to stop me…
-I hate people who borrows money and being forgetful afterwards…
-Most especially I hate myself by hating them, I guess It’s just normal… Maybe they have their own reasons and I don’t want to blame them of their behaviors… </li>
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<p>What do I do? Or how do I deal with them…
I just try to understand people as long as my patience can and if I can’t deal with them at all,well frankly speaking, hmmm… I just ignore them…</p>
<p>Haha…this thread just reeks of snobbery. But I might as well contribute.</p>
<p>-People who try too hard. Those ones that suck up to you, try too hard to be funny, act irrationally different around different people, etc.
-Guys who put girls on pedestals
-People who focus way too hard on social things. Sounds ridiculous, but Facebook can really show how fake people can get as they try to make themselves look like fun, exciting, and social people with lots of friends, parties, and things to do. Give me a break already!
-Blind loyalty or beliefs. This applies to relationships, patriotism, religion, and even atheists.
-Snobby, elitest people (irony)
-Self righteousness</p>
<p>What’s so pretentious about the Prius? I don’t know anything about it. Hell, I don’t even own a car.</p>
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<p>Yes, that just reeks of being pathetic. As a girl, I don’t get it at all and think it’s sad that a guy bases his worth or self-esteem is how much he can get laid or even get a hot girl to look at him. Sad sad sad.
This also goes for the guys who think they’re the hot **** because they managed to sack more than one girl in a week or whatever. Get a damn hobby. Only the rankest whore or losers who can’t get any would put you on a pedestal.</p>
<p>Holy **** people are this thread are so whiny. If you hate bumping into tourists then get your own ****ing limo service… oh wait you aren’t rich enough…</p>
<p>Haha we didn’t say we hate tourists you moron, I said I hate when they’re:
But I’m guessing you fit the description, why else would you get so upset? It’s ok, i’m sure I won’t bump into you since you’ll probably have your fat rich ass escorted in a limo everywhere.</p>
<p>The problem isn’t tourists, it’s suburbanites in the city. Especially the city that their suburb is associated with and therefore they claim to be “from.” Yet when they actually go to this city where they are “from,” it is a huge adventure filled with excitement, ignorance, and fear that is embarrassing to witness. </p>
<p>Nobody reps a city like a suburbanite who has spent .05% of their life there.</p>
<p>One of my my social pet peeves is people in big cities who get mad at people not from cities who commit city mistakes. I know those guys have routines and set ways to do things, but there is no need to be so driven that they get mad at simple things.</p>
<p>It’s not about committing “city mistakes” or whatever. I honestly help tourists out all the time, give them directions and even reccommend places for them to eat or go if they ask, because that’s common courtesy and I would hope they would be just as polite if I visited their town/city. We’re not bashing tourists - tourism is pretty important in major cities - just bashing annoying tourists. So if you’re not annoying or rude, I can’t see how it’s anything to get offended over. Besides, these are just “pet peeves” not stuff anyone’s getting enraged over lol.</p>
<p>Haha no worries Alix2012. I have had people get mad (actual mad) at me for waiting a few seconds in front of an elevator and for accidentally touching someone while walking. My peeve is not really the madness, but their self centered attitude (speaking generally) that is all about them them them at all costs.</p>
<p>I agree. Everyone (or most people) have been a tourist somewhere at least once, there’s a difference between being a tourist and being rude. Taking up the entire sidewalk to take a picture when it’s clearly an extremely busy walkway–is rude. It’s fine the first time somebody does something, tolerable the second time, but after walking around for fifteen minutes and having fifty different people behave this way…I might get a little irritated. Especially dealing with it every day. </p>
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<p>I’d take bad customer service over Time Warner, I just want service that works half the time.</p>
<p>My grudge isn’t with tourists or suburbanites either, it’s with those particular ones who will pretend to be from a city and yet can’t assimilate into it or answer half the questions they are asked about it by people outside of the area.</p>
<p>And a major pet peeve in this category is the ones who will act badass because they’re “from” a city with a reputation for crime, while they live outside the city boundaries in a small suburb where it would not be entirely impossible for the police to know where each and every person is at any given time.</p>
<p>my biggest pet peeves:
~slow/bad drivers. I can’t stand them! I have no patience for them.<br>
~People who text others in the middle of conversation (as if your words are meaningless)
~People who cry. I can’t handle it…I don’t know how to respond. I am a rather unsympathetic person, what can I say…<br>
~People who can’t do anything by themselves (always ask the advice of others and never have their own opinions)
~People who are depressed/depressing all the time or drama queens (and only complain about how much their life stinks). I am an optimist! Life is good though difficult, and if there is something that you want changed I am a huge believer that your life outcome is partly based off your general outlook
~Religious or environmental extremists (the idea of vegetarianism/veganism tends to bother me as well, partly because I am in love with meat :P)<br>
~People who backstab or are fake (for obvious reasons)
~Customers that come into my work 5 minutes before we close (and ask 80 questions or rent 15 things)</p>
<p>Otherwise most other things I can handle. </p>
<p>What I do that often annoys other people:
~I am often too loud (I can’t exactly help the fact that I am excited/over-enthusiastic about almost everything)
~I love blasting loud, obnoxious rap music in my car while driving, in my dorm room, etc.
~I wear flip flops in winter. What can I say, I am from a very snowy, cold place. Everywhere else is like an eternal summer</p>
<p>-People who give me weird looks when I tell them what my major is.
-college students who expect their professors to be their best buddies and to give away good grades and allow excuses for stupid mistakes
-college students who ask stupid questions about basic facts they should have learned in high school. Even if you don’t know, google it. Don’t embarrass yourself.</p>
someone seriously wrote that on my facebook, and this girl ALWAYS types like this. I can’t stand her. I will not be “hitting up” the beach with her anytime soon. We’re from the same town AND she goes to my college, that’s the only reason I constantly run into her.</p>
<p>my biggest pet peeve ever is when people use “good” instead of “well”. It bugs me so much, I always want to correct people, but then I feel snobby.</p>
I wonder if they know their home state has one of the most dangerous cities in the country? 
lol</p>