I have a bee in my bonnet.  It just irks me to no end, to see poor writing, spelling, and, the lack of punctuation.

Perhaps it is due to the fact that my Great Aunt Gert was an English Professor and, during my youth, I was raised to speak and write properly.  Is writing and spelling still taught in school these days?

When I was in college, I was forced to take an English Composition class. The reason was, after several years of writing Nursing notes where fragmented sentences were the norm, my sentence structure suffered as a result. I remember having to correct several sentences and discuss them during class.  Now, I must interject here, I was in my 30's and my classmates were in their late teens; early 20's where nouns, verbs, adjectives, and, adverbs were called nominals.  I posted my corrections and was informed these were absolutely correct.  When forced to explain why they were correct, my answer, which enraged my Professor was, "I don't know.  I know that the punctuation is where it belongs.  I cannot explain further."   After class, Professor DiGiacomo asked me to explain to him why I knew the punctuation was correct.  My only response was, "Professor, my Great Aunt was the first English Professor here at Lehigh, and when I visited with her each Summer, my siblings and I were made to conjugate verbs and we were never permitted to speak improperly." 

To this day, whenever I see run-on sentences and misspelled words in print just sends a chill up and down my spine.  It is equal to fingernails across a blackboard.  My suggestion:  use spell check!

My other pet peeves are:

People who think they are so self important, they feel they need not wait in line at the grocery store (department store, gas pumps, etc.).

Drivers who cut you off while on the highway. (When I was living in Philly, I was THE Queen of Road Rage!)

Drinking the last of something and not telling me we need more, AND leaving the empty container in the fridge. (The same is true for bread, crackers, sweets, etc.)

Squeezing the tube of toothpaste from the middle instead of the bottom (that's for my kids)

Leaving the toilet seat up when finished (that's for all men) Have you ever sat on cold porcelain in the middle of the night??  Try it...you WON'T like it!

Cracking chewing gum while you're speaking with me on the phone or in person.  I cannot count the times where I've had the person throw their gum away while they are talking with me.  

Talking with your mouth full of food!   YUCK!!!  there is nothing as bad as seeing ABC food (already been chewed).

Well, I have more, but I'm getting congested and don't want to cough all over the keyboard.

Want to share your best pet peeves?

Enjoy your day!  Cheryl