Pet Peeves

[tripletfeb]

I completely agree. To me one of the most telling signs of a diseased mind is when I see someone has gone to a drive through, eaten a meal and left all the trash stacked in a parking lot.
WTF! If you didn't want it inside your car long enough to get to a trash can who do you think wants it sitting in the open?

I also read a study that by that Most of the trash along rural roads wasn't trown out of the window but flew out the back of pickup trucks.

I'll never forget one time when we went camping. We looked down the hill in the woods and saw so much trash. We thought it was such a shame that people would throw trash out when they were camping. That night, a coon tore through our tent and grabbed the one thing of food we forgot to put in our truck. A whole loaf of bread! Little sucker dragged the whole loaf away. That was when we realized the trash we saw was from coons and other animals stealing from us. Not saying all trash is from those thieves, just this trash. We still laugh about it

 

[BigBlueHen53]

An allergy to anything can be very frightening, especially if you find out the hard way. I had a severe reaction to a DiGiorno pizza in the 1990s. I think it was due to preservatives, it was awful, eyes & face swelled, my neck & chest skin had red blotches, asthma was bad, & basically from my mouth to my stomach was on fire. I haven't so much as looked at a frozen pizza since.

Peppers of any kind do this to me. People tell me, "but bell peppers aren't hot!" It's not the heat that's the problem. Or they say, "just pick the jalepeños off the pizza." Dude. If a jalepeño has touched the pizza, I'm not eating it! Perfumes do this to me, to a lesser degree, but I carry an Epi-Pen anyway.

 

[tripletfeb]

Peppers of any kind do this to me. People tell me, "but bell peppers aren't hot!" It's not the heat that's the problem. Or they say, "just pick the jalepeños off the pizza." Dude. If a jalepeño has touched the pizza, I'm not eating it! Perfumes do this to me, to a lesser degree, but I carry an Epi-Pen anyway.

Smelling a perfume can make you go into anaphylaxis? Or is it just the peppers? Certain smells trigger migraines in me, vanilla(the fake stuff, not the vanilla extract used in baking) is the biggest culprit

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Smelling a perfume can make you go into anaphylaxis? Or is it just the peppers? Certain smells trigger migraines in me, vanilla(the fake stuff, not the vanilla extract used in baking) is the biggest culprit

I've had allergic & asthma attacks from walking into a room where Carpet Fresh was used.

Omg...perfume & colognes...ugh! Remember the 80s & 90s, when upon entering any Macy's, they'd be ready to spray you?! I had to completely avoid those particular entrance ways! Good grief, the horrible smell of "Poison" "Polo" & even the cheapo fragrance "Love's Baby Soft" geez some of them smelled like a cat litter box in dire need of cleaning! Instant migraine, asthma attack & swollen, watering eyes! Some of those fragrances were so nasty!

How about getting in a line & the lady in front of you has a week's worth of Aqua Net plastering her helmet head hair...OMG, the stench...make me vomit!

Also...now I know this is downright weird...upon opening the front door of a home, before I even set foot inside, I KNOW IF THERE'S A PVC Shower curtain in that house. It may be on the 2nd story, but I can smell it as soon as the door opens. I have a horrible reaction to PVC Shower curtains, can't breathe, skin turns red, heart beats like its about to burst out of my chest, it's really frightening. Why? I have no idea. But I listen to my body & my bloodhound nose. If it hits my sense of smell or taste buds, I'm gonna pay attention!

This is one that comes in handy...I can smell red ants, before you even start digging. Helps avoid getting stung while gardening. They have a unique acrid smell. I know...I must've been a bloodhound in previous life.

 

[Isadora]

I'll never forget one time when we went camping. We looked down the hill in the woods and saw so much trash. We thought it was such a shame that people would throw trash out when they were camping. That night, a coon tore through our tent and grabbed the one thing of food we forgot to put in our truck. A whole loaf of bread! Little sucker dragged the whole loaf away. That was when we realized the trash we saw was from coons and other animals stealing from us. Not saying all trash is from those thieves, just this trash. We still laugh about it

Raccoons get the nickname trash panda for a reason

 

[Isadora]

Also...now I know this is downright weird...upon opening the front door of a home, before I even set foot inside, I KNOW IF THERE'S A PVC Shower curtain in that house. It may be on the 2nd story, but I can smell it as soon as the door opens. I have a horrible reaction to PVC Shower curtains, can't breathe, skin turns red, heart beats like its about to burst out of my chest, it's really frightening. Why? I have no idea. But I listen to my body & my bloodhound nose. If it hits my sense of smell or taste buds, I'm gonna pay attention!

A severe reaction to VOCs, sounds like.
One of my aunts is the same way. She wound up in the hospital after hanging up some curtains fresh from the package.

 

[Sai]

People not asking why but pretending to be interested. Incorrect pronunciation of certain words. Like mayan instead of mine. Morio instead mario. Just... Find something else to say.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

A severe reaction to VOCs, sounds like.
One of my aunts is the same way. She wound up in the hospital after hanging up some curtains fresh from the package.

There are these awful, stinky, plasticy windows getting installed for people to have a "3 season porch" & they smell horrible...like the second you open the porch door, it sucks the oxygen out of you. VOCs for sure. I guess it's considered Multiple Chemical Sensitivity? I also get reactions from gasoline fumes. It's really important to know how the breeze blows & where I stand before pumping gas. Even the little gas can for my mower...I have to completely open the huge door to air out the 24×34 garage, then must bring mower & can outside to fill it. I have to store all "gas stinky" things, mower, tiller, etc. in that 1 building & always open the door wide before I go in there.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

People not asking why but pretending to be interested. Incorrect pronunciation of certain words. Like mayan instead of mine. Morio instead mario. Just... Find something else to say.

Tomato or to-mah-to

Was just talking about this last night, about a guy at work site, we were calling him Bill. His name was actually Beal or Beil...like Neal or Neil...we thought he was just pronouncing Bill in a southern twang.

 

[troyer]

People not asking why but pretending to be interested. Incorrect pronunciation of certain words. Like mayan instead of mine. Morio instead mario. Just... Find something else to say.

Maybe my vocabulary is limited to what I use and I need you to expand my knowledge. In some areas the vocabulary is pretty well limited to whomever they are allowed to spend time with, or, the school teacher doesn't know proper english any better than all the rest. It might be the only thing they know.

A pet peeve.
Ad: I have one rooster and five chickens for sale. Picture shows one is a rooster and five are hens.
Me: You actually have six chickens for sale, one happens to be a rooster and five happen to be hens.