#3 People Walking in Groups in Tight Spaces and not Moving for Opposing Traffic
Imagine this. You're walking towards the Duffy Academic Building across the bridge in front of the cafeteria, which has the width capacity for probably 2 people. In front of you, is a group of folks 4 people wide. As they jut into your walking path, visible annoyance can be seen on the face of your walking opposition. Instead of being a normal pedestrian, your opponent will not move around to the back of his group, will not arch his shoulders so he narrowly misses yours but will give you some sort of sign of anger.
Because sending the neuron impulse to your legs to move out of my right of way on the bridge, which takes less than a second is too much work.
And people wonder why our country is fat.
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#2 Over-Zealous Sporting Parents
Have we all seen these people before? The kind of loud, lazy, and just downright rude individuals that plague sport stands across the world? Yelling at 4 year old girls to "Get out of the way" because they sat their large immobile asses down in a section of the stands that was heavy in people traffic and was very clearly not going to give a good vantage point in the first place??
These people annoy the good sportsman out of me. Its nearly impossible not to glare back with visible annoyance as the Sports-Zealot motions at you like a dog to move out of their sight line. On top of these rude personal interactions, the sports-zealot will curse wildly as their children fails to make a catch or score a point.
"Get your fucking head in the game Emily!!!!"
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While these people certainly are reserved for the Pet Peeve list, they tend to fall on the wayside of pity rather than hatred.
That's certainly not to say they aren't disliked all the same.
I can't seem to place my finger on it, but you tend to need to have a certain something in order to do the right thing when no-one is looking.
Ah. I remember now. (Source)
Not doing the right thing when no-one is looking but soaking up the glory suds when people are is one thing. By doing that you are making an insulting mockery out of the exertions of men better than yourself trying to get to the spot you're at and it is an absolute 100% Pet Peeve. Idly standing by and watching a bus hit those same people while you yourself get away with murder will make me livid and I will remove myself from your presence.
Some guys out there deserved more than what they got in the end for all of their hard work.
My #1 Pet Peeve brings all of us to Post #2: The Merits of Getting in Trouble.
I originally had a longer post on this, but it just wasn't sounding right at all, so I've cut it down to a skeleton of points for you.
Getting into trouble sucks. Eating a shit-train full of self-punishment and imposed punishment is not something anyone enjoys.
However:
Getting into trouble is useful. You learn lessons. You learn to account for yourself if the carrot being dangled above your head is meaningful enough. You learn to do whatever it takes (obviously employing sound ethical judgement, one of which is not "being more sneaky") not to fail in the same aspect again.
You learn not to give excuses for yourself and to own up to what you did wrong. You learn to account for the fact that "Perception is Reality."-->That if you did not do something, but the perception is there, you learn that while you can stand up for yourself and gain a little ground, you'll generally need to swallow your pride and take the hit anyway.
If the price on the line is big enough you'll get a heavy trout of fish-slapping reality brought to the immediate vicinity of your face.
Getting into trouble+trout reference: Check. (Source)
Sometimes it takes getting into trouble in the first place to cut out your bad habits and start to really take responsibility for your actions.
We've all been there, you'll get the automatic embarrassment that comes with getting busted. Followed immediately by the "well I'll never do that again" message flashing across your brain.
That's not the real lesson though. What matters is what you do after the fact.
Don't do it again means don't do it again.
You'll be better for it.
Your integrity will be intact. You have nothing to hide by doing the right thing when no-one is looking.
--FIN--
