I honestly think pet peeves are a great way to get to know a person. I mean you can tell their personality just by what irks them the most. And plus, we all have them. Tuesday10 is your pet peeves!

Here are mine:

GRAMMAR 

come on people. you're means you are. your means it's yours. and on that note....

it's means it is and its means possessive like "its stomach."  that person owns it. please understand.  

and how about then and than. when you want to compare please use than and when you want a sequence of something please use then. Such as....we went to the game then the bar afterwards. 

Dishes.

I don't know if that's technically a pet peeve but I hate them. And I know hate is a strong word but since they are inanimate objects I can. I would do anything else than wash dishes. And my poor mother tried so hard to get me to like to wash dishes. But it just wasn't happening. Sorry I do not carry that housewife trait. 

Etiquette/Manners.

 Kind of goes along with grammar. I have no time for people that do not know and understand common courtesies. Maybe it's my country roots or I don't know but if you don't have know it, I probably do not have time for you or care to be around you. Basic rules people. Don't be rude. 

Pity parties.

Ok, so everyone has their very own pity party once in awhile. It is natural and very necessary. I have them about once a month. But I have a serious pet peeve for people that have them everyday and post them all over Facebook. Guess what? We all work so we all probably have similar days. We all have bills so we all think it sucks when they come. Stop crying.

Crazy Sniffling.
This is the equivalent of running fingernails across the chalkboard for me. Something about it just makes me want to go ahh!

People who see the line of cars but cut the line at the very beginning.
These are the people that make me crazy on my ride to work in the morning or on my drive home. No, I will not let you over after I waited appropriately for 5 minutes and instead you are a douche.


Sorry if every answer above makes me sound like a crazy person. But I'm not sorry because those are me and I am ok with that :) And I am sure I will pick up a few wedding related ones in the next few months to actually make it to the 10!

My Annoyance today.

The word 'like'

Seems silly, right?

But no, no it is not silly. This word has started to take over words and speech and it is starting to get to me. I am by no means leaving myself out of this because I have caught myself using 'like' too many times in one sentence.

It's as if 'like' is taking over words we used to use frequently but now for some unknown reason replace with 'like'. Or we just throw 'like' in between words for some unknown reason.

For example: (Here's a hypothetical conversation) So like yesterday, I went to the office to get my paper that like needed grading, but the paper wasn't there so I went to the secretary and was like "Do you know where my paper is that was graded?" and she's like, "No, I haven't seen any papers in there today." Well now what I am supposed to do because that paper was like the only thing I had for research and it's like so frustrating that she said it would be there and it's not.

WAY.TOO.MANY.LIKES.

Granted, I just made that up, but I assure you it is the way people talk on a regular basis.

Here is the fixed version:

So yesterday, I went to the office to get my paper that needed grading, but the paper wasn't there so I went to the secretary and said "Do you know where my paper is that was graded?" and she said, "No, I haven't seen any papers in there today." Well now what I am supposed to do because that paper was the only thing I had for research and it's so frustrating that she said it would be there and it's not.

A few changes but it instantly sounds slightly more educated. In that sentence above 'like' replaced the word said and was just added whilly nilly, as they say. I just hate to see smart people talking in this way and sounding so not smart.

Many people do this my age and around my age. But once you realize you are doing it, it is easier to catch. A month ago I noticed I was one of the 'like' users. I caught myself using it 4 or more times in one sentence. ONE SENTENCE!

I knew it was time to remedy the situation. 

Therefore, every time I started to use 'like', I would stop in the conversation and replace it with the appropriate word. It caused and still does cause me to speak slower sometimes. But eventually I know I will wean myself off of 'like.' And I will feel so much better about my speaking because when I realized how many times I was saying 'like' I thought about how people probably heard me when I talked and it made me cringe.

I am begging you to stop using 'like' so darn much. Only when comparing should like be used. I would like for the word 'like' to go back to its normal vocabulary. Please and thank you. 

-Do not be surprised when those who ignore the rules of grammar also ignore the law. After all, the law is just so much grammar. -Robert Brault