My peeve list is long, but I'll start out with this: The phone rings. "Hello" I say. "Hi, Lorna, how are you?" I pause, thinking, "Is this someone I know?" Then, suspicious, I ask "Who is calling?" "This is Stan, from NW Siding" (fill in name and company)I say, "Have we met?" then, in two short sentences I say how presumptuous it is to assume the familiar use of name is welcome, and hang up.
As for grocery checkout, don't you just LOVE it when the person being waited on decides to finally get checkbook out AFTER everything is rung up, take forever to write up the check, record the amount somewhere else, and at long last tear out the check and hand it over, while those lined up behind this person can only wonder how the clerk keeps a calm demeanor.

There isn't enough room here for all of, them but...

I'm at Applebee's, my daghter and I are laughing and having a good time... it takes a while to actually decide what to order. When I do, the smiling waitress informs me that they are "out" of what I request. Ok, give me a minute, I choose another entree... guess what!? They are "out" of that as well! Couldn't the waitress tell me what they are low on WHEN SHE GAVE ME THE DAMN MENU? (I had a salad)

YAY Lorna! I hate the lazy checkbook lady!

Hey Matt? What's wrong with ATV's? (gotta admit, I can't stand jet ski's and the way people ride them without caution)

Also:

Mistakes on my order at the drive-thru.

Cell phone users in traffic.

Slow cars in the left lane. (Ohio is HORRIBLE for this one)

Cops with "superior" attitudes.

Media spins.

Over playing a new song on the radio and making it annoying.

People that have never heard of "natural selection" and drive up housing costs to "preserve a 5-inch owl.

When someone calls me and asks "Who is this?"

Anyone who thinks the world revolves around them, because it obviously revolves around me!

Hi again rross! When someone calls me and asks "Who is this?" I then respond with "Who wants to know?"

The drive-thru thing happens ALL the time, Rob. So right. About ATVs, partly it's the number of fatal accidents due to rollover. But more than that, it's the imposition of man's will over nature, via an ugly, beastly, noisy contraption (my inner liberal coming out, uh-oh). Just cuz you CAN do sonething, doesn't mean you should. Take a hike fer cri-yi, or take your mountain bike out for a spin, instead.

At least, that's my curmudgeonly take on it.

SUVs that angle-park on both sides of my humble Ford Taurus so that I take my life in my hands just to back out of my spot.

My 17-year-old would say, restaurant staff who give her the kids' menu. Okay, she looks about 13, but still.

I would say, arriving at the grocery store to find the Wesley Senior Services van out front. International Old Folks' Day at the Grocery. But that's not really a peeve, because I expect to get really old, myself, and I plan to be tedious as hell. It'll be my turn.

Motorized scooters on sidewalks. In front of the retail store with the salesman cheering the offender on.

Professional sports when between every play they blast music not of my taste so I can't think or talk to the person I am with. Baseball is better, but not enough.

Michael Moore bugs me, especially after reading today's SFGate story about how he held the Iraqi abuse video secret.

This guy is as responsible as anyone else. He allowed the abuse to continue so he could (possibly) make a bigger splash with his film. What a man of the people.... he'll exploit them for his financial gain.

He bugs me. What scum.

Thanks Lorna, I'll do that next time!

Matt? What's your house made out of, um, wood? Talk about man imposing his will over nature! (with a chainsaw no less) :) Anyway, I use my ATV to get advantage over heavy things in nature. (removing blown-down trees from a path for instance) But, not used properly, they can be a terrible influence on the woods... diverting creeks, causing erosion, etc. You gotta be sensible.

Besides, it's easier to get the deer carcass out of the woods on the back of a go-fast, than on my shoulders. (I think I'm gonna regret that, but I'm leaving it in here.) Yeah, I like Bambi... on bread.