'Twas the Night Before Christmas,
And all through THIS house,
Every creature was stirring,
Especially THIS louse,

Who'd promised cards early,
So friends far and near,
Would know that we'd moved,
After many a year.

It's here that we've come,
Dad works in a Zoo,
Though he keeps promising,
"Just one year or two!"

While Dad talks to the bears,
Mom rants and she raves,
About prices at PDQ,
and what she never saves,

Our Junior, tall John,
with new braces, doesn't smile,
Hates his new teachers,
and dreads his percentile.

Freshman David's a swinger,
with hobbies galore,
Like complaining, and grousing,
and yelling, and more.

Pert Paula's a poet,
But man, is she mean,
She won't help her mother,
she just sits in a dream.

The sanity in our house
comes from sweet little Reeves,
Who compiles what we say,
and sends them to "Peeves."
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My peeve about Christmas is when you go into one of the big
store outlets with the Christmas spirit until you get to the
checkout lines.  There's 12 checkout counters but the manger
only has 4 opened.  The line goes to the back of the store
and everybody's complaining.  I walk out saying BAH HUM BUG
just like scrooge!!
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A common holiday peeve from Pam...

My Christmas pet peeve is why sell an ornament with no
hook?  Every single time you go out and buy one, just that
special one for the year, it doesn't come with a hook.  No, you
have to then go purchase a whole pack of like a thousand
hooks for just one tiny hook.  Then you know by the following
year you can never find the box of hooks.  It seems like a
never ending process for one hook.
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From James...

I hate it when our weathermen here in Buffalo say were
going to have heavy lake effect snow. Saying lake effect
snow here is like yelling fire in a theater. The worst of it all
is when they say it and it doesn't snow at all. Thus worrying
everybody for nothing.

[I hate how they do nothing be obsess about having a "White
Christmas" for the week leading up to the holiday.]
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From Tiffany...

I work in a fast food restaraunt and during christmas time
we are completely packed... my peeve is that people get
so pissed off because they aren't stuffing thier faces two
seconds after they order.  I think they should consider
themselves lucky that they can afford a luxury like food.
Because some people can't.  So you have to wait ten
minutes because everyone in back is working thier butts off
to make you happy. Be glad you are being fed in the first place...
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A peeve from an anymous AOLer...

My peeve is people who don't know when to leave.  Last
night my friend asked if she could come over. I said all right
30 min later she asks if she can bring someone else. I don't
really like this person but not wanting to be rude I said OK.
They said they were only going to stay an hour. Well, they
left for an hour and she came back with her boyfriend! So they
sat and made out on my floor for 4 hours because their parents
won't let them. She completely blew me off and they made a
mess of my room. Grr...
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A peeve from Linda...

Okay, my peeve is Christmas Mass.  I hate having to get
there an hour early to get a seat.  I hate standing even more. 
There need to be more masses or... don't go if you normally
do not go to church. I feel so bad every year and give my
seat to an old person.  Really now, there should be masses
done by age or something. It's always crazy during the holidays.
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From Sparklez...

I hate it when people buy you Christmas things (shirts,
earrings, etc.) as Christmas gifts.  Then you have to wait
until next year to use/wear them or look like a dork wearing
them when the holiday season is over!!
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From Melanie...

My Christmas peeve is my husband.  He is terrible with
this particular holiday.  For the past 2 years, he has guessed
what all of his presents were. I told him that after this Christmas,
he is going to go out and buy whatever he wants for himself
so I don't have to try to keep his gifts a surprise.  I for one love
being surprised on Christmas morning, but he still wants to tell
me what he got for me and tries to give them to me before
Christmas morning.   We have an 11 month old son whom is
going to experience his very first Christmas, everyone keeps
telling me that my husband will change once our son is old
enough to really get into it.  I also hate going with him
anywhere during Christmas holiday, if anyone has road rage,
my husband does.  He gets furious at other drivers (okay,
sometimes it is for a good reason), but come on, some others
may not have the availability of a home computer and cannot
buy online.
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From Kym...

Okay, am I the only one with this complaint? I love the
Christmas season, and spend almost every day from
Thanksgiving on preparing for it. Every year, I have this big
list of mine and my husband's families that we send Christmas
cards to. I slave over the cards, writing individual messages
for each card, not just signing them and mailing them. Each
envelope is decorated with Christmas stickers and fancy,
colored lettering, and in the mail they go.  And then...
NOTHING! No Christmas card sent in return, no acknowledgment
at all that they even got the card! How rude is this? If I am
willing to take the time out of my busy schedule to send all of
these people cards, would it kill them to buy a cheap box of
them and send one in return? I guess so, because each year,
I mail at least 50 cards, and feel lucky if I get more than 10
cards in return! Come on people, get into the holiday spirit!  It
won't kill you, and maybe for once, I'll smile when I go to
check my mailbox!
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From Danne...

I am on a bowling league and really enjoy the sport, My
peeve is people that throw a ball, and stand at the foul line
until the ball is out of sight, even if it is a gutter ball, then
they still keep looking and planning their new strategy while
still standing at the foul line, c'mon, there really are
other people in this world, give us a break!
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Dawn's college search peeve...

My peeve is that today I was looking up scholarships for
going to college.  All the descriptions for scholarships asked
if you were either African-Americans, Hispanics, Orientals,
Native-Americans, etc., or if your parents were in Vietnam
and they are disabled, blah, blah, blah but no where in there
did it say anything for a white hard working American, with
parents who work damn hard but don't have enough money
to help me go through college.  Aren't we in need too?  Also
I work two jobs and go to school full time, and only make
about 15,000 a year, but yet I am not in financial need
for assistance for college (ya-right!)  It cost approximately
8,000 a year to go to college.  You would think they would
want people who want to better themselves going to school. 
Not some kids who go to college because their mommy and
daddy can afford to send them, and their parents want them
to go!!!!!!
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A peeve from Misty...

OK, this is something that makes me want to kick and
scream. I work at K Mart, and no... we do not yet have an
automatic check writer. I'm sick and tired of people making
me complete their check. (This does not include little old
ladies who can barely go.) Heaven forbid that people who
take the time out to get a checking account have to spend
a few seconds making out a check. Sure, it may take as
much time for them to write it as it does for me but time is
not of the essence here. It's how people are just plain
lazy. I didn't make them get a checking account, and I don't
know about you, but I learned in school how to write a check
in the FIFTH grade. It's NOT rocket science! I have had people
say to me, "Would you make it out? I ain't a good speller."
WHOA!!! K-M-A-R-T!!!
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From Ellie...

I hate buying things in the heavy plastic containers.  I have
to use scissors to even try and open them and then pry like
heck to get a wedge in.  Then you get nasty cuts trying to
get all the things out!  UGH, why do they do this to us?
I feel bad for people with arthritis who can barely open a
door let alone one of these things. 

[I hate those containers, too!  Takes all the joy out of buying
the product... you kill yourself opening it!]
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Bob's solution to the Canadian spelling check problems...

The Canadians need to use a different language setting.
Computers purchased in the US have a "default" setting of
English (US). For the folks in Canada, it's English(Canadian)
as different from English (United Kingdom). This can be found in
the Word Tools Menu/Languages/Language settings. An
alternative would be to add all the funny words to the
American (U.S) dictionary.
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A peeve from Natalie...

What annoys me the most, more than anything, is when
TV channels all have commercials at the same time so that
whenever you try to flip around and decide on a station, you
have to wait for over 5 minutes before all the commercials are
over.  You end up sitting there with the remote in your hand
or standing in front of the television waiting on a show to start.
By the time you find one, even if it's not what you want to
watch, you end up watching it anyway because you're tired
of waiting.  Also, the news stations all play the same exact
stories in the same exact order at the same time.  It's really
pointless, and I usually just turn off the television all together.

[I've noticed that radio stations pull that.  I'll spend 5 minutes
with my hand on the dial flipping from one commercial to the
next.  The only music is usually some Michael Bolton crap.]
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From Connaka...

I hate it when white people want to say something about
black people (I'm black by the way), and they stumble
around the words, afraid of what my reaction is going to be. 
I think that if you have something important on your mind,
why not discuss it, get it out in the open, and not worry
about being Politically Correct.  That way, everyone can
benefit from learning about other people's views.
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A pet peeve submitted by Deb...

I have a pet peeve about young kids and some adults who work
cash registers, either at supermarkets, or retail stores.  They
are always talking to each other as they are supposed to be
ringing your merchandise up.  Its about when they are off work,
about what they did last night, how they hate to be at work.
GIVE ME A BREAK.  A lot to people can't get a job and these
smart a__es won't pay attention or shut up, they are very rude. 
I got charged for like 12 dozen eggs or something like that once,
instead of just the 4 dozen I got.  If my daughter wouldn't have
noticed it, I would not have found it.  Most people don't have
time to check every receipt they have for these kinds of mistakes. 
Where are their bosses, who watch over them?  I have heard more
than my share, and I am just one person, of very personal crap
while I am waiting in line.
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From Amber...

My peeve is pregnant women who complain nonstop about
how much they hurt.  Isn't the baby inside them justification
for all the pain? Some women don't have the capability of
pregnancy and certainly wouldn't complain if they had the
opportunity to become pregnant. If the pain is so bad, they
should have thought about that before they laid down and got
pregnant.
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From Carolyn...

My pet peeve is what seems to be the ever shrinking size
of control buttons on anything electronic, such as a TV, VCR,
stereos, camera, etc.I am "middle-aged" and if I am finding
those tiny selection buttons annoying, I wonder how older
people feel when they use their VCR. To add to the problem,
the controls are fashionable the same color as the unit, so
not only are they hard to use but very hard to see. As our
population continues to age, I hope electronic manufacturers
will adopt a more practical and user friendly approach in design
rather than less useful trendiness. I plan to begin writing letters
to manufacturers of products I have purchased to express
this view, I hope others will do the same.
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And finally, Steve explains the real estate sign thing...

Certainly the advertising element of leaving the real
estate signs up with "sold" on them is one factor.
However, it is *very* common for sales to fall through
even up to the day of closing. Good salespersons know
this and if they have a bad "feel" about whether the
house will close, it is not uncommon to continue
showing it and even presenting contingent offers in
case the first buyers cancel their contract for some
reason.
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From Chad...

My pet peeve is those DJ's who can't pronounce the
name's of songs.  One that really gets me is that song
by Enrique Iglesia -- "Bailamos".  It is pronounced
"BY-E-LA-MOS" not "BA-LA-MOS"  Now, I know that I have
a major in French and a minor in Spanish, but sheesh!
Can we please learn how to say words in a foreign
language correctly if we plan on using them?

I have another similar peeve and that is the people
who use the phrase "Laissez les bons temps rouler"
(Let the good times roll) during Mardi Gras.  (Ok, this
may just apply to Louisiana.)  No one knows how to
spell the phrase!  Can we please learn how to spell
words we're going to use frequently?!
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From Stace...

Whenever I spell check my work on MS Word, I keep
getting these "notices" that I have spelled words wrong,
such as the following:

"Labour"
"Favourite"
"Honour"
"Colour"

Ack! Now THAT really irks me, and probably a whole lot
of other Canadians, too. LOL

[I'm guessing Microsoft has a way to fix this.  Does anyone
know how, exactly?  Language settings of some sort?]
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From James...

Why must people wait to get in the habit of driving in bad
weather? When it first snows they drive as if the pavement
were still dry and not like it is coated with a layer of snow
and ice. People wait till mid winter to finally put their snow
tires on when they should have done so when there
was a half a foot of ice on the road. If people would just use
common sense most of your peeve page would be empty.
People are just stupid jerks. It's a wonder we survived this
long.
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From Steve...

My pet peeve is how good TV shows get canceled during
the first season and wind up doing reruns on cable.  If the
cable channel will do the reruns and they're so popular...
why can't they just show new episodes too?  The Sci Fi
Channel stole the episodes from Brimstone and are showing
them on Friday's.  But they are all old repeats.  Why???

[Well, it costs money to make new episodes.  It's usually
not worth it if the show isn't doing too well.  I liked Brimstone,
myself.  I also liked Mystery Science Theater 3000, but that
canceled that show.  It's all in the ratings...]
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A peeve response from Jon...

My peeve is all the wimps in my office, and other places,
always griping about being cold.  Come on people, get over
it!!!  Is it really that bad to have to wear a sweater or jacket.
I'm very warm natured, as are many others out there.  But I
can't really sit in my office in my underwear.  So I just have
to sit there and suffer.  COLD people, just put on a jacket,
shut up, and be happy at least there is something you can
do to get warmer.

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From Vernicka...

My pet peeve is an ongoing situation as long as I'm in
college and don't have a computer. Currently, its finals
time, everybody is writing papers and trying to generally
get their work done in the computer lab. What I HATE is
how the printing is always backed up. What JERK is
printing out like 200 pages of material? What the hell is
wrong with him? We are all on deadlines and need our
papers but the printer is busy printing HIS unimportant
crap for like and HOUR!!! Now we are all messed up cuz
of some jerk! If you have to print a novel out then print it
during the middle of the night so I don't have to wait all day
for your trash to be done!!! A little consideration goes a
long way!!
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From Lisa Ann...

I may not know much about this whole Pokemon rage,
but I do know how to pronounce it. It is Pok-e-mon,
not POKEY-MAN!!!!!

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From Melissa...

My pet peeve are those people who are outside of the
Wal-Marts and other stores ringing the bell and asking
for a donation for the poor.  I don't really mind them
being there, though I never donate.  I know most of the
money will probably just go to pay support staff or the
board of directors.  But... when did the people start
sitting down?  I walked into a Wal-Mart yesterday and
the person was sitting there in a lawn chair, reading
a trashy novel and ringing the bell with her free hand.
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A peeve from Cody...

I hate how all of these past child actors and one hit
wonders of the entertainment world wind up on TV shows.
They're usually promoting nonsense, since their careers
went down the toilet they're stuck doing crappy little plays.
Who wants to sit through an interview with some old
washed up actor who isn't even promoting anything
interesting??  I think the shows have a list of them to fill
gaps when guests cancel.

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Geri's pet peeve...

My peeve is my local TV news.  It is so horrible.  They do
2 or 3 stories about car accidents, 2 or 3 feel-good
Christmas stories, some sports, and some weather.  There's
no in-depth coverage of anything.  They hardly even report
ANY news at all!!  It's pathetic.  I'm going to stick to CNN.
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From Jason...

Why do TV stations and radio stations run the same
advertisement twice in a row?  I'll be listening to something
on the radio and they'll spend 30 seconds yakking about
something, then they repeat it all again right after the
first ad.  I don't understand it... why do they waste money
to put it one twice in a row?  It's soo annoying too... by the
second one you know exactly what they're going to say
and I usually change the station before they finish...
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From Doug...

My peeve is with all those stupid commercials for
diamonds that seem to be on all the time now because of
the holiday season. Blue Nile and DeBiers are two of the
companies and there's another one that's running ads as
well. These ads are insinuating that to make your wife love
you, or continue loving you, you should buy her some
overpriced chunk of stone. The thing that I hate the most
is that old equation that husbands to be have been told by
DeBiers and jewelers alike. "The size of the diamond that
you buy your fiancee should be at least equal to two months
of your salary." Who the hell came up with this anyway?
It's so ridiculous that people actually think that the more
money you spend on someone, the more you love them.
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I have Multiple Sclerosis and use a wheelchair when
I go out to shop, to doctor visits and other errands. I have
had dentist visits where I am right at the sign in desk, husband
beside me, and the silly woman says to my hubby "Would
August 24th at 2:00pm be a good time for HER to come in
for a cleaning?" Some people just ignore you because you
are in a wheelchair!  On the lighter side, there are others who
are nice enough to ask you why you are in a wheelchair.
They ask what they would like to know and do not ignore you.
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A slightly unusual peeve from Andrea...

Where I live, the library is only open late one night a
week, on Wednesdays, so naturally, that's when everyone
in my family goes. I also arrange for any books I have
requested to go to that library so that I may pick them
up every Wednesday. This Wednesday, I came home from
work to a completely uninhabited home. I learned later that
everyone else had left for the library mere minutes before
I arrived. I get home at the same time every day, and always
 jump at the chance to go to the library, since I read quite
a bit, but no one in my family could think to WAIT for me?
WHAT is this world coming to? And amazingly, they went
without me last week too. As I am not old enough to drive,
and must go to either work or school during the day, I can
only wait and hope that they will think of me next Wednesday.
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From Meredith...

My peeve concerns the air-conditioning in my office
and every office that I have ever worked in.  I live in Chicago
and the weather changes a lot.  The problem is that the
'powers that be' who regulate the air-conditioning temperature
in office buildings NEVER make any changes to the air
depending on the temperature outside.  If the temperature
was around the 90s last week of course we need decent
air-conditioning inside, but if the temp is only in the 60s this
week it doesn't make since to keep the air-conditioning at
the same level it was the week before.

I can't stand it.  I have to leave a jacket and a sweater at
work just because of the air-conditioning.  Even when it is
really hot outside (which it rarely is BTW) I end up wearing
a jacket inside the building and taking it off when I leave. 
Sometimes it gets so ridiculously cold that people in
the building go and stand outside for warmth!!!
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A peeve from Beth...

My pet peeve is when people at my school share the same
sucker or lollipop.  It is just gross!  Still, I never say anything
about how disgusting I think that is until someone offers me
a lick, and when I decline they look at me like I'm the freak!!! 
I'm sorry, but if not wanting five other peoples' slobber in my
mouth makes me a freak, then so be it!
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A cell phone peeve...

My pet peeve is when I go to the movies and the mall.  I see
people walking around with cell phones.  It's been a long time
since I've seen a movie without a cell phone going off sometime
in the middle! I mean come on!  You go to the movies sometimes
to get out from the outside world for an hour and a half or so,
can't they just turn their phone off for that long for even just
a little while? That's nothing compared to when I go to the
movies alone and there are hardly any people and then suddenly
someone comes in and they sit RIGHT in front of me! I love going
to the movies, but with people like these around I'm ready to just
stay home and watch TV or wait for the movie to come out on
video. 
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Cynthia's peeve...

My bigget pet peeve is the way doctors and nurses in
my doctor's office talk about other patients behind their backs.
They make fun of them, laugh at their complaints and generally
are disrepectful and go against the right to privacy for that
patient. I have heard some pretty nasty remarks made about
other patients in my presence.I am sure they talk about me
also.

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A peeve from Steph...

This is an ongoing peeve of mine for a little while now.
Why don't bread manufactures make half loaves of bread?
I live alone and can't eat a whole loaf of bread a week. I only
eat about 4 or 5 slices a week for a sandwich or toast.
I've tried freezing it( nasty), refrigerating it (soggy), and
storing it in an air-tight container.  It gets stale and moldy
before I can eat even haft of the loaf. So I have to throw it out,
and I end up wasting money.

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