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What really grinds your gears?

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Caterpillar Jan 2013 9:27am, 11 Jan 2013 7,275 posts	Quote Pin Caterpillar I mean, ffs! How can people breathe around you?
XB Jan 2013 9:49am, 11 Jan 2013 2,766 posts	Quote Pin XB This extract from the local paper really ground my gears "An assistant chef who smashed a schoolboy’s jaw in two places in a vicious unprovoked attack has been spared jail. He claimed he thought the victim had been bullying a boy. James hit the 16-year-old victim repeatedly, leaving him needing a jaw splint and unable to eat solid food. ...the victim had been walking home from school with two friends when he was confronted. James let his dog loose, which intimidated the teenager.
Caterpillar Jan 2013 11:03am, 11 Jan 2013 7,276 posts	Quote Pin Caterpillar That grinds my gears because of the way it is written. Is it just me, or does it take quite a lot of work to interpret who is "a schoolboy," "he," "the victim," "a boy" and "the teenager?" I think I understand what the article is trying to say, but it could be written more clearly.
Caterpillar Jan 2013 11:07am, 11 Jan 2013 7,277 posts	Quote Pin Caterpillar Oh - and what also grinds my gears is people saying "could I get ..." when what they mean is "please can I have ..." I say "I am going to the coffee shop. Would like like something?" and they reply "could I get a coffee?" Makes me want to say: "well I was going to get it, but if you want to get it maybe you could get me one while you about it." Except that is needlessly pedantic because I understand exactly what they mean.
Caterpillar Jan 2013 11:09am, 11 Jan 2013 7,278 posts	Quote Pin Caterpillar And while I am on the pedantic step - people who say "I am waiting on ...." instead of "I am waiting for ..." "I am waiting on a cream cake." How bloody ridiculous is that?
Zorba Jan 2013 11:11am, 11 Jan 2013 639 posts	Quote Pin Zorba " If I were you ...." , meaning " If you were I ...."
Zorba Jan 2013 11:12am, 11 Jan 2013 640 posts	Quote Pin Zorba " Convicted for...." , meaning " Convicted of ..."
heebiejeebie Jan 2013 1:24pm, 11 Jan 2013 2,994 posts	Quote Pin heebiejeebie "I haven't got a pen" later - why have you done no work? "I asked you for a pen and you never gave me one" Where to start... grrr...
Bru-Bru Jan 2013 1:36pm, 11 Jan 2013 1,988 posts	Quote Pin Bru-Bru "No, you're alright" meaning "No, I don't want what you're offering" as in "coffee?" "no, you're alright" I KNOW I'm alright. I didn't feel under any obligation, in particular, I was just offering to do you a FAVOUR.
PQ Jan 2013 2:10pm, 11 Jan 2013 4,929 posts	Quote Pin PQ Passport application forms. If I already have a passport and just want to renew it, why can't new photo's be enough ? I'm still me, the same person I was when I got my passport 10 years ago ffs.