The country with the most pet peeves is India and the one with the fewest is Italy.
One of my pet peeves with air travel has always been how long it takes to board the airplane.
In addition to these tensions, the Senate leadership is struggling to appease individual moderate senators who have pet peeves.
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This post, part of what will be an occassional series, deals with one of my pet peeves: Conventional wisdom that is simply wrong.
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Among the growing list of pet peeves we accumulate as we age, few rank higher than unusable user manuals, at least in my house.
Another story for my little list of pet peeves: finding something that one is indeed expert in being written about in a less than expert manner.
Entrepreneurs' spouses say one of their biggest pet peeves is when their partner claims a business task will take just a minute when in reality it takes a few hours.
Her designers set out to address her pet peeves: sashes that fall off robes (hers are buttoned on like in a vintage couture jacket), pants and sleeves that are too long (hers are designed to be cuffed), and pajama bottoms with bulky ties that are uncomfortable to sleep on (hers sit below the waist and have flat fronts and elastic backs).
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Accounts of the deadly attacks last fall in Mumbai, India, the May 2008 earthquake in China and last week's plane crash show what used to be just a virtual gathering place to communicate pet peeves or plans for the weekend has evolved into a go-to spot for eyewitness news -- sometimes even before mainstream media has had time to crack the story.
Consumers have taken to these channels to pursue their pet causes and peeves, and advocates have jumped in, to massive appreciation and feedback.
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