r/petpeeve • • Aug 17 '26

Moderator Apology

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r/petpeeve • • Jun 20 '26

What is your worst pet peeve regarding coworkers who steal lunches from the fridge?

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My worst pet peeve has to be when a coworker swipes your lunch from the office fridge and then acts like nothing happened when you ask around about it. Last month I brought in a container of leftover chili that I had spent time making the night before. I left it on the second shelf with my name written on the lid in marker. By lunchtime the whole thing was gone and someone had even tossed the empty container back in the trash like they were doing me a favor.

What gets to me most is not just the theft itself but the way these people never own up to it. You end up standing there hungry while everyone else pretends they did not see anything. One time I had to run out and buy a sad gas station sandwich because my planned meal disappeared again. It threw off my whole afternoon and made me feel like I could not even trust the basic setup at work anymore.

I have tried little things like putting a note on my food or using a locked lunch bag but nothing seems to stop it for long. Some folks just keep doing it and the rest of us end up paying for replacements or going without.

Have you noticed any patterns with who tends to take things or how people react once they get caught? I would like to hear what your worst pet peeve is in these situations and whether anything actually worked to cut down on it.


r/petpeeve • • 5h ago

Why do bookstores do this?

14 Upvotes

It irritates me and seems like a waste when bookstores who can't sell a certain paperback book will tear off the front cover before giving the books away. I suppose they do it so no one can resell them, but it really disfigures the book and makes it less enjoyable to hold and read.


r/petpeeve • • 1d ago

When you’re excited to tell someone something and they hit you with “I know”

63 Upvotes

This is such a pet peeve of mine. Like, I’m excited to share something with you and you hit me with the most nonchalant “I know” ever. Okay, now I don’t even wanna tell you anymore lmao. Why do you have to kill the vibe?

Sometimes it comes off as so dismissive and arrogant. You could literally just say “oh yeah, I saw that too!” There’s a difference between letting someone know you already know and making them feel stupid for sharing.

Even when I already know something, I still act interested because I can tell the other person is excited to tell me. Sometimes it’s not even about the information, they just wanna share something with you.

Does anyone else find this annoying or am I just being dramatic? lol


r/petpeeve • • 2h ago

As a millennial… I find this terrifying. 👍 <—

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r/petpeeve • • 12h ago

When the Thumbnail is the Image

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r/petpeeve • • 7h ago

customers who call employees by their names after reading it of their name tags, why are you like this?

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r/petpeeve • • 23h ago

If you answer a work call on speaker in public, everyone else is now in the meeting too

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r/petpeeve • • 21h ago

I hate the annoying notification badges with every fiber of my soul

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r/petpeeve • • 1d ago

People who use "js" as an abbreviation for "just"

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r/petpeeve • • 21h ago

Excuse me?

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You know the type, talks loud sometimes, needs things repeated. That's me, and Jerry Seinfeld too.

Why do I always have to say “excuse me” when I can't hear what someone is saying? Why? Am I guilty? Did I inconvenience you? “Excuse me? Pardon me? I'm sorry?” Why can't I just say, “Nope. Not loud enough.”

So, as a fan, I gave it a try, just a blunt, “Nope, not loud enough.” It's surprisingly usable in a public-facing service role.

Here's another one. “Hey, use your outside voice.”

In regular conversation, the first one doesn't come across as rude as you might think. The second is bound to draw an eye roll, but it gets the job done. The catch is, they may start talking to you in a loud, slow, mocking tone from that point on. Apparently, if you can't hear them, the next step is to find out if you can understand them.

Edit; Having pilfered the joke, I wanted to try out my alternative punch line and report on my IRL experience. U thought it necessary to cite the source, since that's where I got the idea. I wasn't aware it was in the public domain, and wound up in this strange position.


r/petpeeve • • 1d ago

Unfiltered Topic of the Day: What’s a "unspoken rule" of adulthood that you completely disagree with? 🥂

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r/petpeeve • • 1d ago

People blasting their videos on BART. Zero sense of the space around them. No one wants to hear your phone call or self help video. Ffs

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r/petpeeve • • 1d ago

People seem to do obvious loud exaggerated coughing as soon as they walk past me?

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Not sure why this happens to me everytime I head out for a walk to the shops or something, it's very confusing and it makes me think something is really wrong with my appearance.


r/petpeeve • • 2d ago

People who text 'Hey...' and wait for you to respond before saying what they actually want.

459 Upvotes

People who send "Hey" or "Can I ask you a question?" in a chat message and then wait for you to reply before typing out what they actually want.


r/petpeeve • • 1d ago

Does anyone else replay conversations after they're over?

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r/petpeeve • • 1d ago

Using the word "remodeled" or "renovated"wrong.

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r/petpeeve • • 1d ago

If you have brown/dark brown eyes and wear light colored contacts you look absolutely ridiculous

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Unless you're dressed as a werewolf for Halloween or doing a Thriller flash mob please stop. Brown and dark brown eyes are just as beautiful as light-colored eyes, please embrace them, and guess what? We can still see your brown eyes under the contacts and it looks dumb as hell, please stop ~ Sincerely, everyone


r/petpeeve • • 1d ago

People who type "kk" instead of "ok"

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No one actually says "kk".

I mean, it's literally the same number of letters!


r/petpeeve • • 2d ago

People who go in public knowingly sick!

110 Upvotes

The title pretty much says it all. What is it with sick people have disregard for the general publics wellbeing? It's seriously disgusting and I am starting to find people like this to be some of the worst humans on the planet.

Let me clarify by saying I am not talking work, that is different. I understand most people CANNOT afford to miss work or take off. This is strictly directed at people who knowing are sick going into public social settings for fun and or for things that can clearly be put off until they are better or use modern technology to overcome such as dashing for groceries...

For the better part of a year I have been healthy and not even a cough or scratchy throat. Then against my better judgement I decided to go to friends Halloween party and boom 3 days later I am as sick as sick can be. Come to find out not only did an activity sick person go but a whole group of this person's coworkers came and they were all sick too. Like what the fuck goes through people's heads are they that up to drink and party in bullshit costumes they just disregard everyone else? It's ridiculous imo and I ended up reaching out to the host who not only knew these people were sick and didn't uninvite them but actively encouraged them to bring more friends there. Now I am contemplating cutting this friend off because I think that's just crazy behavior.

This is why everyone gets sick especially this time of year, because idiots can not sit one fucking party out and it's seriously one giant petpeeve!


r/petpeeve • • 1d ago

Movie sequels that start at the exact moment that the original ends

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As if I'm supposed to remember the exact sequence of events of the movie that came out 4 years ago.


r/petpeeve • • 2d ago

"_ AM in the morning"

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This pisses me off so bad. For example "I had to wake up at 8 AM in the morning." Does the use of AM not imply that it was in the morning?


r/petpeeve • • 2d ago

Sitting next to someone on the bus when there's so many open seats

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Like its not even just a pet peeve it straight up creeps me out, and it's always grown men randomly sitting next to me on a half empty bus 😟 never had a woman do it. Now I have to squeeze past you to get off at my stop is that what you wanted? AND DON'T TRY TO TALK TO ME AFTER DOING THAT DUDE.


r/petpeeve • • 2d ago

People that think Medicare Part C is Real Medicare.

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When asked if they have Medicare they say yes but they don't have traditional Medicare. They have private insurance. They don't understand it's either you have C or A, B, with sometimes D and Gap policy.

With C, that deduction from your social security check goes directly to private insurance companies and they are going to try to keep as much of that as they can through delays and denials when needed the most.

It was allowed to be called Medicare Part C to confuse people on purpose. Paid for by private insurance companies.


r/petpeeve • • 2d ago

Conversational 'one-uppers' who immediately hijack your story to talk about themselves.

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When you tell someone a quick, funny story about something that happened to you, and they immediately hijack it to tell a longer story about themselves instead of acknowledging yours.