Comments on: What is Your Etiquette Pet Peeve?

By: Madame Monet

Madame Monet — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:50:43 +0000

My biggest pet peeve is when people chew with their mouths open, and even if you are not looking, you keep hearing, “smack, smack, smack.” I am living in the Third World, and in my country most ADULTS are also eating like this! When I ask my own family members to please close their mouths when they chew, they make up all sorts of excuses why they can’t–they also claim that why should they have to when no one else does!

Madame Monet

By: Kendralee

Kendralee — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:54:59 +0000

Oops! Surely, I talk way too much!
I will have to watch that. My pet peeve about all social interactions:
EXPECTATIONS THAT I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT! Grrrr…..it makes me so mad. I also can’t stand constant complaining. I don’t socialize to hear all the things you don’t like. I also hate gossip.
Oh goodness, am I complaining myself? I better stop my list. Oh wait! One more…..it is not nice to never sit down with your guests and to be more concerned with your house than us! I stand corrected on my mouth though! I love to talk!

By: Thea @ I'm a Drama Mama

Thea @ I'm a Drama Mama — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:31:43 +0000

I can’t stand it when people show up to my house unannounced…

…or even the most simple…

…It drives me nuts when people don’t say “please” and “thank you”.

By: Tea Party Girl

Tea Party Girl — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:54:36 +0000

You are all coming up with great perspectives. I agree, Marie, that can be VERY frustrating.

By: Marie

Marie — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:42:58 +0000

My biggest pet peeve is misunderstandings about the way things work. I wondered for two years why my husband’s aunt had become so bitter and nasty to me, and finally found out that it was because she had expected that when we moved to her area we would be constant casual visitors. I was taught never to visit uninvited, especially people you don’t know well, and I barely knew her (she never visited us either, or called). Different people have different ideas of what etiquette is, and things would be much easier if we were all on the same page.

By: Jen

Jen — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:21:23 +0000

I never know what to say to keep a conversation going, if I’m in a situation where I have nothing to say. There are some people to whom I always have a lot to say, but just to sit & chit chat with someone is torture for me. I was just thinking this morning that I need to get over this by the time my kids start dating, because my MIL is the same way as I am, and it adds up to a lot of awkward silences, just because neither of us knows what to say.

And I second the pet peeve about RSVPing.

By: Ginger

Ginger — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:57:25 +0000

Lovely new header and picture. I just noticed it a few days ago.

My biggest pet peeve is with RSVP. I’ve tried everything, even writing it in plain English “Call/email to let us know if you are coming or not by XXXXXdate.” Some will RSVP but most won’t. And then they show up and you have the table set, food prepared etc. It could be that I just know dumb people.

By: Steph W

Steph W — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:08:50 +0000

That’s a really great one, TPG! As is the one from Marty. In addition to these, I get really annoyed when someone RSVPs in the affirmative, then doesn’t show for the party and doesn’t bother to call. Not only have I prepared for him/her (food, place setting, possible gift, etc.), but I will worry about his/her safety until I hear that all is well.

By: Marty

Marty — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:45:42 +0000

I am most annoyed when people go on and on about their diet, what they can eat, should eat, and how they shouldn’t eat what you’re serving. It takes all the fun out of fixing or indulging in anything special.