gripes

joggers
pedestrians on the right-hand side of the road
bicyclists on the left-hand side of the road
bicyclists without helmets
bicyclists with helmets pushed back on their heads
departments of transportation which use rock salt and/or dirt as de-icing agents
mass media news coverage
so-called “sports” which rely on subjective judging, e.g., figure skating and freestyle skiing
style guides which place punctuation inside of quotes
pronouncing “human” as “yooman”
languages which count to one hundred by twenty
magazines which include subscription cards—even though i’m already a subscriber
web sites meant for a specific browser, os, or cpu
pedestrians walking in the street even though there’s a sidewalk. most of these freaks are also pushing a stroller with a child
commercial radio music stations. albums have more than 1–3 tracks
networks dictating sports schedules: night games, adding an extra rest day so the game is on the weekend, etc.
non-skippable copyright messages at the beginning of dvds
intellectual property rights covering algorithms, genomes, and plant species
ever-lengthening copyright periods
operators of leaf blowers
weathermen making judgments about the weather. not everyone thinks 86°F is nice weather
use of “differential” when one really means “difference”. these offenders are the same ones who use “penultimate” to mean “best”.