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A pet peeve is a minor annoyance that can instill extreme frustration in an individual. Typically each person has several pet peeves that agravates them more than the average person. Another person may not react as negatively or at all to the same circumstance.

Pet peeves are typically of common occurences and a person may encounter their pet peeve up to several times a day. An example of this would be someone not using their turn signals while driving. Many people do not use their turn signals, and it does not bother some drivers that people do not. People that have a pet peeve of someone not using their turn signals would become very agitated and upset when they witness the practice. Many pet peeves associated with driving can result in road rage where the person who has been peeved, seeks some sort of retribution for the action.

Often a pet peeve will seem illogical to others. For example a supervisor may have a pet peeve about people leaving the lid on the copier up and get very upset. That same supervisor may witness employees coming into work late, and not react as they did with the copier.

To give a better picture of what a pet peeve is, below are a listing of some pet peeves.

Driving

• Not using a turn signal when making a turn.
• Not using a turn signal when changing lanes.
• Driving in the left had lane slower than the traffic moving in the right hand lane. (The opposite in England, India, etc.)
• Not coming to a complete stop at stop signs.
• Driving in a middle turn lane of a five lane road.
• Following too close.
• Not driving with headlights on at dusk or at night.
• Waiting at a stop light with too much space between them and the car in front of them, or the stop line.
• When there are two or more turn lanes, all of the cars stacking in just one of the lanes.
• When there are two or more straight through lanes, all of the cars stacking in just one of the lanes.
• People leaving their turn signal on too long.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items.

Smoking

• People throwing cigarette butts on the ground.
• People throwing cigarette butts out of car windows.
• People smoking around the entrance of a no smoking building so non-smokers have to walk through the smoke.
• Smoker breath.
  
• Smoke odor on clothes.
• Smoke odor in bars/nightclubs/restaurants.
• Cigarettes on the ground next to ashtrays.
• People who smoke when they have small children.
• People who smoke while they are pregnant.
• People who smoke while pumping gasoline.
• People who smoke while driving.
• Making my health insurance rates go up.

Significant Other (Man)

• Leaving the toilet seat up after using the bathroom.

Significant Other (Woman)

• Leaving cosmetics all over the bathroom sink.

Workplace

• People who gossip more than work.
• People who schedule meetings first thing in the morning.

Television

• Breaking into a television program to give a thunderstorm warning.
• At the beginning of the break telling you that the program is being interrupted for a weather advisory. (Just go to the break, don't waste five seconds).
• At the end of the break telling you that the you will now be returned to the original programming. (Just go back to the show, don't waste five seconds)
• After each commercial break, announcing a content warning before a program resumes.

Customer Service

• Cashier that does not know how to use the register.

Telemarketing

• Calling during dinner.
• Recorded messages.
• Surveys.
• Sales pitches for things you don't need. (Vinyl siding when you live in an apartment)
• Any telemarketer call.
• Telemarketers that just hang up when you yell at them.

Neighbors

Mowing their lawn too early.
Mowing their lawn too late.
Not mowing their lawn often enough.
Mowing their lawn too short.
Letting their dog bark outside.
Letting their dog run loose.
Letting their dog deficate in your yard.
Letting their dog mark your property as its territory.
Leaving their junk outside.
Parking vehicles on the grass.
Parking in front of your house when their house has no car in front.
Not parking in their garage because they have too much stuff stored in the garage.
Storing a motor home at their house.
Storing a boat at their house.
Parking anything that blocks the sidewalk.
Not maintaining their house or property.
Cutting down trees and limbs that previously blocked the view of their poorly maintained property or that of another neighbors.
Draining their pool so chlorine gets on your property.
Playing music too loud.
Having too many parties.
Revving the engine of their Harley Davidson.
Revving the engine of their Hot Rod.
Not respecting property lines. (Doing their stuff on your property)
Leaving holiday decorations out too long.
Putting holiday decorations out too early.
Not using curtains or blinds. (Please no one needs to see that)
Staring at you when you are outside.
Staring at you when you are inside.
Telling you what you should do on your property. (Isn't this one ironic)