A lot of things can annoy someone.
Whether it's the neglected history assignment sitting in the depths of your locker or getting up at 5:00 A.M. to put bread on the table, the list goes on. Many of these responsibilities don't belong to any one person, but sometimes a person can develop a pet peeve for them. However, most pet peeves are idiosyncratic, and on a smaller scale to boot.
The phrase "pet peeve" was coined around 1919, but it actually came from the word "peeve" in 1911. Peeve came from the word peevish, which means irritating. You can get more background information from here: http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/526328.
Personally, I have a whole list of pet peeves that I can't think of right now but I'll just pull out what I remember. One in particular is when certain [illterate] people say they hate reading. I MEAN C'MON. If you don't like to read, then how about stopping it altogether? Then we can see how well you'll get along in everyday life. Like not being able to read stop signs. Or how much that Wawa coffee costs. Ok I need to stop. But I'm not going to. I was at Barnes and Nobles this Saturday and I was just thinking how many books there are in this world. The degree is such that anyone is bound to find something they like. That's the part that gets to me, that people will judge the concept of reading just because they have to read some bland book for academic purposes. Young ones, or maybe just immature people altogether, therefore associate reading as "nerdy" and "boring".
Just no.
You can read up in whatever interests you. Mystery, science, non-fiction, Harlequin even.
I can't even begin to describe how badly I want to buy every book when I go to B&N.
Unfortunately, my $40 gift card did not fail to nudge my shoulder while my nose was buried in every shelf.
What's your pet peeve?
It bothers me, too, when people find reading to be a chore for them. Yes, you have to read certain books in school,but that doesn't make all books horrible. Even some of the books in school are pleasureable. I actually enjoyed reading Animal Farm freshman year, and I didn't mind reading The Odyessy this year. Those younger students who claim reading is boring, yet translate "nerdy" as the big glasses to try and look sexy, need to stop. Seriously.
ReplyDeleteI honestly hate when people think reading makes you nerdy. And some people scoff at the very idea of reading like they're going to get some sort of plague from it. My biggest pet peeve is definitely when people talk during movies. I just want to slap them all.
ReplyDeleteYou propose an interesting challenge to "reading haters." Maybe they SHOULD stop reading altogether: text messages, birthday cards, ...everything.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it would be more accurate for them to say that they hate reading stories or that they hate reading for long periods of time. Most people don't mind reading information that they're interested in (at least in small installments), and most people like stories (if not literature). So what's the real problem here? Is it a reading-skills problem? An interest problem? Or is there a problem with the medium (i.e. words on a page or screen). Consider researching the answer for your capstone project.