Pet Peeves n’at
October 9th, 2010
I’m not a picky person. In fact, you could even consider me a very laid back, low maintenance person (I know my mom is shaking her head right now. But mom, I’ve changed since high school, k?!). Despite the Type- B personality, there are some things that really get my blood boiling. So much so that I will actually speak up about it (if you know me well, you’d also know that I’m not very good at standing up for myself and I’d rather not rock the boat. Mom! STOP SHAKING YOUR HEAD!)
So here’s a list of my pet-peeves:
- Dish soap that is not the original Palmolive. I love the smell SO much; it makes me think of my Grammy. Dave has yet to buy the correct kind.
- My own messiness. I try to stay organized and clean, but I just can’t seem to do it!! And I can’t find anything I need. GRR! I hate myself for it!
- The “lock” feature on spray bottles. I want to SCREAM when I go to spray the Windex and BAM! it’s locked. What a waste of technology. Every time I pickup my spray bottle, I want to use it. I promise you that I am not ever unnecessarily wielding that bottle and there is no reason for it to be locked (this is directed at you, Dave).
- A dirty car. I can’t keep an inch of my personal space clean for a minute…but my car? That’s another story. When Dave uses it I find Arby’s bags in it and other signs of what I refer to as “man-dirt”.
- Noise before 8 a.m. If someone spied on Dave and I in the mornings before we left for work, the peeping Tom would be convinced that I hate my husband. In reality, I am just not a morning person. However, if Dave tries to talk to me when I get out of bed, then yes, I do hate him. Thankfully that hatred it short lived.
- And speaking of mornings, I HATE MY ALARM. And not just because it’s telling me to get out of bed, but because I CAN’T TURN IT OFF. There is a snooze button and a dismiss button, but even when I hit dismiss, it snoozes. This is extremely annoying on the mornings that I set my alarm for 5 a.m. to run, but I don’t. You would think that the alarm blaring at me every 5 minutes would be enough to get me out of bed to run…but it’s not. Everyday I eventually get the darn thing to shut up, but I have no idea how it happens. Actually I do. It’s magic.
- Slow walkers! This afternoon, Dave and I went to the Strip District and it was PACKED. But it wouldn’t have been so bad if people just put one step in front of the other. One second I’d be making great progress on the sidewalk and then suddenly Mr. Mullett in front of me would fake-stop in front of a vendor of Steelers paraphernalia, and just as I’m forging my way around him, he decides to save his pocket change for the shish kabob vendor a half a block down the street. I propose that people need to start walking around with brake lights and four-way flashers like cars. Anyone else agree?
- Pittsburghese. I love my city, I really, truly do. But sometimes the local jargon is like nails on a chalkboard to me. I have to scratch my head and wonder where some of these phrases came from!
- yinz (you all)
- jagoff (a jerk)
- chipped ham (thinly sliced ham)
- dahntahn (downtown)
- n’at (and that)
- j’eet jet? (Did you eat yet?)
- cruds (cottage cheese)
- jagger (thorn)
- nebby (intrusive; i.e. “Mom, stop being so nebby!”)
Phew. Glad I got all of that off of my chest! Now I’m going to go show my support for my city and cheer for the Penguins.
Has anyone outside of Pittsburgh heard anyone of those words? What are so words and phrases from your town? And do we share any of the same pet peeves?!
PS…American “cheese” (I think we all agreed that it’s not real cheese) was commonly made with a combination of cheddar and colby cheeses. But that was back when it was still a real cheese! Now it’s a mixture of thinks like milk, whey and food coloring.
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Oh my word you posting those phrases is awesome when people use those words I CONSTANTLY have to have them repeat it because I have NO idea what the heck they are talking about. Like when I first got lunch meat and they were like would you like it chipped and I said no thin please. How was I suppose to know that chipped means thin? Honestly I felt like I needed a book when I came here because I couldn`t understand so many of the made up words. The j’eet jet? gets me everytime.
xo
cruds? I will never look at cottage cheese again. Maybe I can tell me people I have “cruds” and it keep it in the fridge, haha!
so. funny. but so gross..
Wow, I’ve never heard of those words before ever!
Also, I had a slight hissy fit at some slow walkers in front of me today. OMG people, keep walking, don’t stop!!
I hate mornings!! I am not a mornign person and very often rudely speak to my husband when he talks to me before the coffee. I hate our alarm clock, I hate when the males of the house leave stuff on my counters, I hate when the toilet seat is left up, etc, etc,…I have OCD when it comes to my house.
As for the phrases/words….Girl I am from Louisiana about 40miles northwest of New Orleans (aka Nawlins)! We have got some language issues in my state! As well as a lot of what we call “rednecks” so you can imagine what I may here in a days time….”yant to” (you want to), “yonder” (um I guess this refers to “over there”)….I have never actually found where “yonder” is! I am a Speech-Language Pathologist so you can imagine how some of the jargon infuriates me.
Hahahah ohhh I think that we would get along VERY well!
YINZ! I went to school in Central PA and my best friend is from Clearfield, home of Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub… yes, I know all about yinz n’at.
I am from Hollidaysburg!!!!!!!!!!
Haha. I totally agree on the alarm! I often mess up the snooze and off buttons myself. Since my alarm vibrates (I can’t hear much without the hearing aid), I don’t hear/feel it going off unless I am in the bed. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve realized it is still going off after I’ve gotten out of the shower. Opps.
It is nice to vent and get things off the chest sometimes, no?
Hahah my husband even tries to turn it off for me… but we cant figure it out!
Hahahaha this was hilarious to me bc my whole family is from pittsburgh!! I cringe when they say “yinz” but they probably hate when I say “yall” so I guess we’re even =P
Awww gotta love Yinzers!
SLOW WALKERS! Get out of my way already!
Billy gets embarrassed and tells me to chill out because I’ll pass slow walkers or people on the escalator in a dramatic, annoyed fashion. I had a Grammy, too. 
hahaa I get seriously ANGRY when I have to pass slow pokes! I love my Grammy..she’s still living, but I rarely see her!
How did you know exactly what I was thinking…?
But you forgot two pet peeves: When people add water to the hand soap dispenser beside the sink, (was GG here?) and when people in the office hang stupid signs all over the place, especially in the kitchen (“Clean your dishes. your mother doesn’t work here.” or bathroom.
I read minds,
Yet I totally forgot about the soap dispenser!! THAT IS ONE OF THE WORST, too! The signs are more of an annoyance… nothing compares to the soap dispenser!
John says chipped ham and I thought he was crazy — didn’t know that was supposed to be a Pittsburgh one!!
Here’s one my grammy taught me “red up”… know what it means?
Hahah yup, red up is common around here, too! And they say “chipped” back in good ole H-burg, too!
Nice pet peeves. However, I have to say that the spray bottle lock was put on there as a child safety feature, not to annoy you:)
I’m from P-burgh and I’ll admit I use “nebby” from time to time! I can’t stand the word “yinz” though.
Right now my biggest peeve is the Penguins losing their first two games!!! Ahh! Hopefully tonight we kill the Devils!
The best part of this whole post? The addition of the word “man-dirt” into my vocabulary.