pet peeves
Jamey’s ongoing list of pet peeves, accompanied by his list of life’s little pleasures, or pet pleases, as well as some common misconceptions.
Pet Peeves
“Waiters and waitresses of the world, if your restaurant doesn’t serve sweet tea, the answer to the question “Do you have sweet ice tea?” is NO. It’s very simple. If you have it, you say yes. If you don’t, you say no. I know there’s sugar on the table. If I wanted to add that sugar to my tea, I wouldn’t be asking if you serve sweet tea. Pointing out that there’s sugar on the table is like pointing out that you serve food. It’s an insult to the customer.” (–Jamey)
Pet Peeve #2: Coordinated Dances at Weddings
Pet Peeve #3: Not Capitalizing “Is” in Main-Words-Up Heads
Pet Peeve #4: Plastic Utensils
Pet Peeve #5: Shared Facebook Profile Photos
Pet Peeve #6: Women Breaking Into Song
Pet Peeve #7: Online News Videos Without Transcripts
Pet Peeve #8: Glasses in the Sink
Pet Peeve #9: Songs That Contain Traffic Sounds
Pet Peeve #10: Parking Space Stalking
Pet Peeve #11: The Delusion of Bread and Butter Pickles
Pet Peeve #12: Cursive Writing
Pet Peeve #14: Running from Danger in Movies
Pet Peeve #15: Unnecessarily Using Foreign Words
Pet Peeve #16: Text Conversations
Pet Peeve #17: Discontinued Toothpaste
Pet Peeve #19: The Pants Pouch
Pet Peeve #20: Food Explosions in the Microwave
Pet Peeve #21: ESPN Video Analysis
Pet Peeve #23: People Telling You What They Thought You Said
Pet Peeve #24: The Pronuciation of “Thames”
Pet Peeve #25: Your First IM Name Will Never Go Away
Pet Peeve #26: Vastly Underestimating the Number of Groceries
Pet Peeves 28-33: Six Pet Peeves That You’re Not Going to Like
Pet Peeve #34: Obnoxiously Loud Bar Bands
Pet Peeve#35: Companies That Say “Marketing” When They Mean “Sales”
Pet Peeve #36: Dream Sequences
Pet Peeve #38: Album-Only Songs
Pet Peeve #39: ”Everything Happens for a Reason”
Pet Peeves and Bad Ideas (and more and more and more and more)
They’re Not Holiday Trees, They’re Christmas Trees!
The U.S. Makes-No-Census Bureau
An Open Letter to Anonymous Commentors
Pet Pleases
#2: Back-to-Back Parking Spaces
#4: When You’re Not in the Wall
#7: The Forgotten Milkshake Phenomenon
#11: Parking Meters with Time Remaining
#12: Unexpected E-Mails from Old Friends
#22: The Parking Spot No One Else Knows About
#23: Someone Else Washing Your Hair
#26: Random Hugs from Little Kids
#29: That Yoga Pants Are Now Everyday Pants
#34-38: Five Odd Things for Which I’m Thankful
#41: Imbalanced Chocolate Chip Cookies
#42: Surprise Delivery of Preordered Kindle Books
#44: Women’s Retro Soccer Shorts
#45: Things That Pay for Themselves
#47: Finishing a Bottle of Chocolate Syrup
#49: Eating Fruit Like an Animal
#51: Playing a Sport Immediately After Watching That Sport on TV
#52: When a Single Kick Fixes a Machine
#55: When Good Magazines Try to Get You to Resubscribe
#56: Reading a Book in the Midst of Everything
#58: Holding Hands for the First Time
Common Misconceptions
#1: He Who Smelt It May Not Have Dealt It
#2: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
