***ahhnold, be careful or you will be the next Pet Peeve.*****
I believe if you read the replies, you will see that there is a fair amount of MALE responses.

I would be thrilled to be your pet peeve Scarlett.

Threads where posters bitch about innocuous situations is my pet peeve.

LOL, OK, Pup might be jealous, but you can be my Pet Peeve :D

i'm a "foodie", and waitressed for years.
pet peeves...
extreme air conditioning...what's with that?!
water already on the table before you sit... you should always ask for water, i consider it a waste.
lighting...too bright or too dark. sorry, i need to actually be able to read the menu and the bill!
and it makes me crazy when a restaurant will say they can't make something slightly changed from the menu. you have the ingredients, charge what you want! some places just don't use their brains past whats on the menu. i hope this doesn't sound terrible, but it's just a rant. it's such a joy to go out to eat. : )

Hmmm, ahhnold, suggest you fly above this 'burb blues, where the view is better.

and ah., just tell 'em you'll be back, and spilt. Picture empty calories, lol. You'd better get busy in CA!

PCH..Those posts made as much sense as Uncle Ted after a bottle Chivas.

I thought of another pet peeve, but it almost doesn't count because there don't seem to be any restaurants in America that get this right: tea service. Not the scones part, but the tea itself: you should be served a pot of hot water and a pot of tea, steeping, plus be asked if you want milk or lemon. Outside of afternoon tea places like fancy hotel lobbies, this is never done right. And some restaurants don't even offer black tea anymore, just that herbal rot. My bad for going to the UK and getting hooked!

A few more:

When the waitress big-time flirts with my husband and acts like I am invisible. When this happens, I go ahead and act invisible to her until time to pay. When this happens, I (not DH) smile and pull out MY credit card and pay. She only gets a nominal tip at best.

When fast foods are out of regular coffee and give you decaf without asking. I can taste the difference.

The music so loud you can't hear what each other is saying, especially at an upscale restaurant.

I have never been a waitress, but it must be one of the hardest, most frustrating jobs in the world. Therefore, I am easy going with them and not demanding. Just don't flirt with my DH. It doesn't pay - well!

RLA, thanks for the laughs :D

I picture this busty waitress leaning over your husband every time she brings him something, putting his napkin in his lap, leaving her phone number on the check LOL~

Alllohaaaaa,
Man! I finally just woke up after watching last night's Gov Davis' speech! Better than my Vicodin!
I'm now preparing for my dose of "tough love" or "termination". :`(

Speaking of "flirting", what's the diff between "flirting" and "being friendly"?
This is about the only topic that makes Mrs Kal kranky....b( that and things on back order!

Ms Scarlett-Knee is better by the minute. Gave it a good SF walking work out this past weekend. Nurse Ratchett is treating me as expected.((&))

Bailey-I've been happily married for 21 yrs..and 21 out of 24 isn't bad! ;)

Ahh, Kal, up and at em, glad to hear your knee is better :)

Flirting vs Friendly-hard question for me, raised in the South and all~ sort of the same thing to me ;;)

Celine: Don't know if this helps, but remember the scene in the original "Beverly Hills Cop" when Eddie Murphy is offered a cup of espresso by an effeminate-acting art gallery employee played by Bronson Pinchot? In a fake, unrecognizable European accent, Pinchot asks Murphy if he wants "a twist of lemon with with that?" Murphy declines - it's hilarious and made Pinchot stand out in a bit part.

BTW, I love these threads - they make long days at work go faster while I eagerly anticipate my upcoming tirp to Europe. Keep 'em coming!

"Lisa" that scene in Bev Hills Cop with Bronson Pinchot was one of my very favorites.

The one he did in that same movie that I thought was even funnier was when he was berating one of his co-workers in the art gallery for the chest hair sticking out of the front of his unbuttoned shirt.

Where DID he get that accent - kind of a French/Italian/? mishmash - hilarious!

One of my (formerly) favorite restaurants (Italian) has strolling musicians on weekend evenings. My wife and I will be sipping some wine and talking about things when the duo approaches and drowns us out by playing the mandolin and accordian 2 feet from my head.

Music is nice but I was talking with my wife and ...

MM

Obviously, lol.

Best indecipherable accent in a movie has to be Martin Short as the wedding planner in Father of the Bride.

I think "Surges" accent in BHC was just that of a euro-fag. Don't you remember "Donnie,this is not sexy,it is animal,to scruff".

Olive Oyl, while we are having our visit next month, we should plan to have a real Florida GTG, one of those where all us Crankies can get together and giggle :D
Who wants to come ??
How much fun would that be~

Can I come? You would be amazed at what my pet peeves are.