pet peeve #372
One of my many pet peeves is when people talk to me about people or situations with the assumption I know everything about what they are saying. For example, the person will come up to me and say "I went to Bobby's birthday party last night and Sally told me that Bertha's sister had a baby!". I don't know who the hell Bobby, Sally, Bertha or Bertha's sister are, nor do I really care. I used to be stupid and tell the speaker I don't know who they are talking about, which would ultimately result in a long-winded explanation that would just prolong the unpleasant experience of having to talk to this person. So I've learned the best way to deal with this is just reply with an "oh, that's nice." Either that or I stand up on a chair and flap my arms around wildly while reciting the pledge of allegience. Either way, the one-sided conversation ends pretty quickly.