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No Chill #12: Tiny Irritations, Big Reactions
Ever wonder why certain tiny behaviors can trigger such a disproportionate emotional response? From the person who places their phone face-down during your conversation (a sign of respect or subtle disrespect?) to the maddening habit of leaving dishes beside rather than in the sink, this episode dives deep into the psychology of pet peeves.
We explore whether these seemingly minor irritations might actually reveal something significant about our personalities and values. Are you bothered by people who take forever at the checkout counter? Can't stand being told to "smile"? Driven to rage by those who don't return shopping carts? You're not alone, and your reactions might be more meaningful than you realize.
Through personal confessions, philosophical questions, and plenty of laughs, we examine how our pet peeves develop over time and whether they're innate or shaped by our environment. We debate which annoying behaviors are truly worth getting upset about and which ones we should probably let go. The conversation takes surprising turns as we realize how many little things actually drive us crazy - from noisy chewers to chronic interrupters, restaurant complainers to bathroom phone-talkers.
Join us for this surprisingly revealing exploration of human behavior and share your own pet peeves with us! Are we all just being dramatic, or do these small irritations actually serve as windows into our souls? The answer might surprise you.
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when I'm having a conversation with someone, we're having a coffee or whatever, and they put the phone head down, like, like face down whatever you want to call it. That to me is my biggest pet peeve, because they do that like out of respect, like you know, like I care about this conversation, but you're not that important.
Speaker 2:So you think they should just put the phone away? Yeah, yeah, if you cut me off just to get in front of me and drive slower, you should like. You deserve to be stuck at every red light for the rest of your life.
Speaker 1:Have you ever gotten I love that have you ever gotten mad and you zoom past someone, but then you're at a red light and they're like they come right next?
Speaker 2:to you? Yes, of course, of course, and you can see, you can feel them watching you.
Speaker 1:I love it. Oh my gosh, I love it.
Speaker 2:All right. So today we're talking about pet peeves, the tiny things that shouldn't bother us this much, but do so. Let's start with our weekly what if? Question. What if you had to remove one of your own pet peeves forever, meaning it would never bother you again? What would you choose?
Speaker 1:I mean. I don't have that many.
Speaker 2:It's funny how many you will realize you have in the duration of this conversation. You're like oh yeah, okay, that does bother, me.
Speaker 1:Being interrupted while talking.
Speaker 2:Really, you don't like being interrupted while talking.
Speaker 1:Really, that's a pet peeve. Oh shit, really. No, really Shut up really that's a pet peeve, oh shit, I would say like that. So what would you pick?
Speaker 2:uh, your pet peeve that you could get rid of one of my own pet peeves that I could get rid of. Let me think, let me think, let me me think Somebody putting a dish, a cup, cutlery, whatever the hell it is, beside the sink as opposed to in the sink. It drives me nuts.
Speaker 2:It's literally two inches away. It's literally two inches away. Just put the cup in the sink or, better yet, in the dishwasher, which is equally two inches away. Just put the cup in the sink or, better yet, in the dishwasher, which is equally two inches away.
Speaker 1:My gosh, I forget what it's like having a dishwasher. I guess we could say that it's energy being wasted, yeah.
Speaker 2:On a really stupid chick.
Speaker 1:Where energy could be put into something else. I guess, yeah, I guess I get it, but I mean it is what it is right. Stuff that bothers us bothers us and you know some of it we can control or we can try. Yeah, I really struggle with stuff being dirty and like clunked up.
Speaker 1:It's gotten to the point where, like I'm so sick, like I've just seen what my car looks like yeah like like you know, when you hit rock bottom and something, it's like so and and and, but it's, it's, it's changed into everything. So everything like like, for example, when you cook your food, when it's ready on the plate, ready to eat, do you wash your stuff first and then sit down and eat, or do you eat and then go wash your stuff?
Speaker 2:Like the pots, the pans, I understand I eat first and then go clean up Like I'm a clean as you go kind of person.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:But that bothers you.
Speaker 1:Well, now.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:It's to the point where I typically not all the time Depends how hungry I am, but but most of the time I'll clean everything. Even if my food is sitting there, I'll clean everything.
Speaker 2:You've got food, cold food. I know Cold food. I know that's crazy. Okay, what's something small that instantly pisses you off? Why?
Speaker 1:Why, why? Question yeah why that my kids? I love them to death. And I've been working on this because I understand now that the why is a subconscious, like attack on me, so I understand that they're. You know that that's not what it is, but why is?
Speaker 2:by far as a parent, I mean, how can it not?
Speaker 1:be a pet peeve. I'm sure most parents is like why? Oh my god, if we could get one word out of the vocab, that would be the word why? Um? Because, oh my gosh, I want to kill those kids sometimes.
Speaker 2:I love them, love them, but yeah, no, I agree, I that's, that's a good one actually, but you know what's even worse? What is the second, third, third and fourth wife?
Speaker 1:Yeah, which pet peeve of yours has gotten worse as you've gotten older.
Speaker 2:My noise tolerance, hmm, drives me nuts, just unnecessary noise.
Speaker 1:What's the most overrated pet peeve, something people complain about too much.
Speaker 2:Something people complain about too much.
Speaker 1:I got a good one for this.
Speaker 2:Okay, go, no, no, no, you go, okay. Um gosh, I thought I was going to get out of that one. What do they complain about too much? I guess like, maybe cutting in line, like you hear about that all the time, right, so I don't want to say it's overrated, but it's certainly much beloved pet peeve of a lot of people, maybe. Yeah, what was the one that you were going to say?
Speaker 1:I think, the complainers when it comes to restaurants. I think people have taken this to a like to a place that's like hey, you need to relax. You know, uh, you know, don't come. Uh, you know a paragraph this long about how they had to wait 40 minutes for this or for that. It's like are you with whoever you're with? Is the person that miserable that you can't talk? Sit there, have a good conversation, wait for your damn food. Understand that these people are probably understaffed, working like fucking crazy and like calm down. There are some that are like okay, yeah, that's a little warranted.
Speaker 2:Like okay, yeah, that's a little warranted, yeah that's a little warranted, yeah.
Speaker 1:I just find, though, that it's just automatic now oh geez, some people just like to complain, to complain but that's what I mean, like and, and I find that restaurants you know have been like getting the shit under the stick for that, but I feel like restaurants usually do.
Speaker 1:I just find that people need to kind of relax a bit. I'll give you an example. I used to think that it was because I didn't have a backbone. Now I realize that there's a lot of power to what I used to do. I don't do it as much anymore, but I should, I would order I don't know chicken. Okay.
Speaker 2:Okay.
Speaker 1:They would come with a medium rare steak, all right, and I would eat it Like, or vice versa. You know, I would ask for a medium rare steak and I would get like a chicken, you know, like chicken Alfredo or whatever, really, and I would eat it. I would just, you know, like it didn't bother me, like it, okay, yeah, sure, I'll have this instead, whatever I think that's a rarity, josh because if I ordered a steak and I got fucking chicken.
Speaker 2:I'd be like where the fuck's my steak instead of complaining, I just wouldn't go back to that place again oh really, you know what I mean? It's kind of like okay, well, I didn't have the best experience here, this, this, this, so I'm not. I'm just not gonna go back then and right, yeah, yeah, I get it.
Speaker 1:And to you that's like an like a good or bad experience, like you got the chicken instead of like, to you that's like it's a bad experience well, the thing is, I would say something I would not say something.
Speaker 2:I would, in that specific scenario, in terms of I ordered something. Clearly you know, when you order something, it's because you want it, right, like. But it's more like bad service, I think. But I don't complain about it to them, right, I just don't go back.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that I understand though.
Speaker 2:But that's my personality. What's a pet peeve that you've had since childhood? That's like never going away liars.
Speaker 1:I just you know, I've, I've, I can't, I'm for sure they just make me sick. You since childhood. I can't, that's a pet peeve. For sure. They just make me sick, do you Since childhood?
Speaker 2:I'm getting sweaty just thinking about it. People telling you to fucking smile. I will smack the next person that tells me smile. When you're just sitting there, nobody's interacting with you. You're not interacting with anybody. You're literally. I could be sitting at my desk on my computer typing and somebody will come and say are you okay smile oh fuck it, ain't that shit we are clearly siblings it just it boils my blood and I'm like you know, like what do they call it?
Speaker 1:the resting bitch face or whatever. Yes, it's like whatever you know which I have it.
Speaker 2:I have resting bitch face like I mean whatever, but fucking stop.
Speaker 1:And it's always many oh really, huh see that the times that it's been said to me it's always women oh, interesting, it's always men and I just like, I'm just like, get the fuck out of here all right. So what's something that annoys you? But you do it too interrupting.
Speaker 2:I'm gonna steal yours because I I think that was pretty a pretty good one. I'm horrible at interrupting people yeah, I think it's passion.
Speaker 1:Though, too, don't be so hard on yourself. I feel like if there's passion involved in what is being said, people will kind of interrupt a little bit more. I agree, based off that, but yeah, I get it.
Speaker 2:I agree. I think there's a time and a place for it. Yeah, okay, josh. Ugh Okay, josh. Do you think pet peeves actually say something deeper about a person's personality?
Speaker 1:I don't know. I mean maybe, maybe a little bit, I think it depends. I think it's part of your personality.
Speaker 2:Let's talk about complaining.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Okay, complainers People that are always complaining about everything. That's part of their personality, Right oh?
Speaker 1:right, like energy, like negative, like they just complain all the time. That's true.
Speaker 2:What about like okay, uh, people cutting, always cutting off, waiting to the last minute to get into the fucking lane that you need to get into, right, are they aggressive? Are they? Are they're more aggressive, like I'm not saying listen, I cut people off, sometimes too right, sometimes it happens, but I'm not always doing that.
Speaker 1:You see those drivers right that are just like every day they do. Yes right.
Speaker 2:So does that mean they're aggressive? Is that part of their personality? Like they have no patience, I'm number one, get me, let me in there. Kind of shit, right?
Speaker 1:I don't know so I think that, yes, pet peeves probably has some personality influence. Yeah, okay, be real. What's something you do that would annoy people? And you've already used interrupted, so you can't use that one.
Speaker 2:That's fine. I've actually come up with something. I have this thing where I'm like right behind you cleaning up after. You know, like I, in order for me to like you with your fucking dinner dishes, okay, in order for me to, everything has to be just so before I can sit down and eat dinner, or, you know, I need to make sure that these things are taken care of or cleaned up after or tidied up before I can sit down to relax, or tidied up before I can sit down to relax, and sometimes, depending on my mood, I can get a little aggressive with it and I'm sure that my kids and James would say hands down, that's one of the things that bugs them about me.
Speaker 1:Just the first thing off my head.
Speaker 2:It's good. Honest with my head, it's good. Honest with yourself, it's good. Do you think that pet peeves are like like develop over time, or do you think we're born with them, like it's in our dna, kind of thing?
Speaker 1:I think it's about who you surround yourself with and how that, you know, takes fold so then, do you think it has something to do with how you're raised? Well, I think it has a little bit to do with everything. I feel like, no, you're not born with it okay, it's something that is created through the friendships and and social interactions and so on, and then eventually, at some point, you figure out what you like, what you don't like.
Speaker 2:So it's almost like a product of your environment, maybe.
Speaker 1:I think so Okay. That's a good one, that's, you know, josh Taylor PhD. Call me Dr Taylor, yeah.
Speaker 2:All right, this or that section you ready.
Speaker 1:This or that, let's do it this or that.
Speaker 2:Okay, people who FaceTime in public or people who blast music on their speakers.
Speaker 1:Which one would I prefer?
Speaker 2:Yeah, like which would you prefer?
Speaker 1:I'd probably prefer the blasting music, because the FaceTime thing really annoys me.
Speaker 2:I agree, I agree, but you know what I'd rather take FaceTime.
Speaker 1:Really.
Speaker 2:Yeah, because what if it's? Because at least you can listen to a conversation, no matter how dumb, and kind of laugh about it if you want to, if you don't like the fucking music.
Speaker 1:Well, I'm not in the car though.
Speaker 2:You mean and music? Well, I'm not in the car, though.
Speaker 1:You mean if I was in the car, no, but what if you're on the bus, or what if you're standing? You know?
Speaker 2:what I mean, true, okay, okay fair, fair, okay, go uh.
Speaker 1:People who use way too much perfume or cologne, or people who don't wear deodorant I would rather have too much cologne.
Speaker 2:What about you?
Speaker 1:uh, you know, there's a couple of those perfumes, man, that are like intoxicating men, like you know, like I. I think I might go with the person who doesn't wear a deodorant.
Speaker 2:No, no yeah oh shit, okay, would you, you rather somebody leave dishes in the sink to soak, or would you rather go to grab some juice and only have this much in it, like somebody left only this much fucking juice.
Speaker 1:I'd rather the dishes in the sink with the water. I guess I hate that when I take a drink, or not.
Speaker 2:I agree, I agree that for sure, for sure.
Speaker 1:People who chew gum loudly like a camel, or people who pop gum bubble, who make bubbles with the gum constantly.
Speaker 2:I would rather hear popping than chewing. There's something about chewing that drives me nuts. Yeah, people who cut in line or people who take forever to order at a counter.
Speaker 1:Oh, I would rather someone cut in front of me. Yeah, oh, yeah, I can't deal with that Take too long.
Speaker 2:No, no, nope, nope, nope, all right.
Speaker 1:Josh Hot takes.
Speaker 2:Take too long. No, no, nope, nope, nope. All right, josh Hot takes, let's go Start.
Speaker 1:Adults who drink milk by itself give off serial killer vibes.
Speaker 2:I like that, I'm going to say yes.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Who drinks milk?
Speaker 1:No Alone like that. Come on, you're a serial killer 100%.
Speaker 2:If you don't return your shopping cart, you should be banned from the store. Agreed 100%.
Speaker 1:People who put ketchup on eggs should be monitored closely.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'm going to say yeah for that Eggs.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's a dangerous one, no.
Speaker 2:Pineapple on pizza is fine, but olives, that's a real crime.
Speaker 1:Yes, absolutely. Oh my gosh, this is by far the best one, because this one hits home. Okay, anyone who lets the microwave beep after it's done cooking should face consequences.
Speaker 2:I like that. I don't get that though. Well, why?
Speaker 1:Because I do this thing where, when there's one second left on the microwave, I open the microwave.
Speaker 2:Oh, so you're standing there waiting.
Speaker 1:I'm doing whatever I'm doing, but it's like I'm just. That's how I'm programmed. So, I'll open it, but it's also my partner's pet peeve is that I leave it at one second. When I close it, I don't press the zero, like the clear, oh, okay. But yeah, that's my thing.
Speaker 2:Love it. Bathroom door gaps in public restrooms should be a criminal offense.
Speaker 1:Yeah, agree, I agree, I offense.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I agree, I agree.
Speaker 1:Talking to someone in the bathroom stall next to you should be a punishable offense.
Speaker 2:You know what's even worse, when somebody's on their phone Taking a shit, literally on their phone, talking to somebody in the bathroom. Oh God, who, who does that? You'd be surprised unreal yeah, all right, guys.
Speaker 1:We want you to drop your worst pet peeves in the comments and tell us are we just being a little too dramatic here, or do pet peeves actually reveal something deeper about us?
Speaker 2:let us know let us know, and next week we're taking things outside. Get ready. That's it for this week, so we'll see you next time on brother sister, whatever later.
