Silly pet hate

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Just thought I'd randomly put it out there that I hate loud shoes.
I have a neighbour at the moment who wears huge high heels - not even the skinny ones, these are chunky - and they make a great deal of noise on the concrete outside the block.
I don't like someone walking behind me wearing loud shoes, either. I don't even like the sound of firm-soled shoes on the safety trims on steps, or shoes that squeak against themselves or scuff on the ground.
Much prefer soft rubber soled shoes which just get along quietly.
Anyone else have a random silly pet hate?

One thing I've always really hated, even as a kid, was cartoons that have an Everybody Laughs Ending. You, know, where one of the characters makes a weak joke or does something supposedly funny and then all the characters laugh and then the cartoon ends. They were especially frequent in the 70's and 80's, being the darkest of the Dark Age of Animation, and I thought they were the most cringe worthy and unoriginal way to wrap up an episode. In fact, I hate them so much haven't even looked up any of the the examples on TV Tropes.

OMG the laugh track. Me too.

I probably have a million silly pet hates. I especially hate it when someone asks me if I "have Facebook." No I do not have a Facebook account. Then they look confused and weirded out, like I just said that I don't believe in using soap. I can tell they were about to go on with something I should look up "on Facebook" but now they can't say it because I don't "have it." Often they tell me anyway, as if this will be the thing that will make me sign up for an account.

Wooden spoons. Been that way since forever... when I was little and I got the little ice cream cups that came with them I'd make someone get me a proper spoon instead of what's functionally a tongue depressor.

If I want to feel the way I do when I eat with a wooden spoon, I'll go to the doctor.

I can relate to this. Most walking sounds like stomping to me. I know everyone's walk in my little office because it's so distracting

A few days ago I was on a trip with my mom and I went to the Build-a-Bear store like I normally do when I go on these yearly trips, and she asked me if the toys I'd picked were a gift for anyone, and I said they were for me, and as the lady was stuffing them I'd picked she asked me if there was any special reason I was getting them. That's when I got really embarrassed and when I tried explaining how the store is "special" because I usually only get to shop at it once a year because it's far from where I live I started stuttering and giggling like an idiot.

I wish people in the stores would not ask me questions about why I'm buying stuff. If you went and bought antacids at a drug store, do they ask "Why're you buyin' this, ya got the squirts or something?" If you buy feminine napkins, do they ask "Oh are ya gettin' a visit from Aunt Flo?" Would they ask why someone is buying condoms? No, you don't even have to ask for them behind the counter any more, you can just buy them off the shelf and no one gets into your private business. They don't seem to realize I still get embarrassed for buying something that is supposed to be for little kids.

I also bought a $100 BAB gift card. At least I don't have to deal with that nonsense when buying stuff online.

I hate when people do any sort of dance or movement where they shake their shoulders. Not sure why. Just really pisses me off. I have tons of these.

Eating sounds. Not that silly, because alot of people hate it I guess. But the sounds of spoons hitting a glass or ceramic bowl anger me. And slurping.

I also hate that with a passion. I've always hated the character laugh sequence.

My biggest pet hate is Valley Talk. I hate it with a passion. I've always hated it with a passion when I was in high school. What I hate the most are the sentences that are turned up at the end to sound like questions. That really gets my dander up. I also can't stand women who speak to me in high, shrill voices. It seems to me like they're putting on an act.

I hate when people refer to themselves in the 3rd person.

Oooo yes, cringe cringe cringe. It was also horribly common in older science fiction shows (I'm looking at you, original series Star Trek) and comedies. So much so that it's become a bad cliche. Pretty much anything that's deliberately, ham-handedly supposed to be funny but falls flat is awful too - "Bones" is guilty of this, one of the characters says something that's supposed to be funny but is just really weird and all the other characters look at them like it's weird which is supposed to be funny for we the audience. It's not. It's just embarrassing. Stop it.

Please do share the other 999,999. I know "the look" well. Try telling people you don't own a television so you don't watch television. They look at you like you just farted, or that you still grind your own flour and spin your own thread - or both. Where did we get so overly reliant on Facebook, to the exclusion of all else? After all, you can still post letters even though email has been invented.
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That made me laugh, thanks. And you're so right. If you were of the ballsier type it would be tempting to launch into some kind of twisted tale about all your multiple personalities taking on the appearance of stuffed bears and your quest to search for a representation of them all in real life or something. Make the nosy buggers sorry they asked.

You what else I hate in cartoons? When characters are running through a house and they show the same chair and floor lamp over and over again. Plus it's like, how long is this living room?

I remember once in an episode of Garfield and Friends he even says to the viewer "ever notice how long the hallways are in these cartoon chase scenes?" while they keep looping the background.

They did this quite a bit on The Flintstones, along with the Everybody Laughs ending, but I forgive them because it's well, The Flintstones, which brought some light into the Dark Age of Animation. That and Rocky and Bullwinkle.

I hate when they change the package of stuff without explicitly stating that they've changed the package - I don't know if I've bought the wrong thing or if the product has been changed.

^^ Oh, yeah, I hate that one, TOO!! Years and years, ago, I used to love a certain nutrition bar, that I haven't eaten since they changed the package, cuz I didn't know the name (I only knew the packaging, and location in the store).

I live in an apartment, so another one of my pet peeves, is hearing people talking, down on the street----it's like people who loudly whisper, in a theatre----and, it makes me a little crazy.

What is pet hate?

Kitty4670 - A pet hate is just another name for a pet peeve, which is something that just really annoys you, that other people may not find annoying. For example I really think it's rude and annoying when someone hangs up on the phone without saying "goodbye" first, but other people may not mind or care.