Uploading a beautiful cake picture, and being too lazy to remove all the mess around it. It takes, oh I don't know, One Minute to clear off a table! It ruins the whole photo, and looks very ameturish, and slovenly.
I love you. 
That drives me nuts! I used to just take my pix on my table after clearing it off, but now I have black velvet and a 3 pane foam core board from the craft store for pix so it looks a little more professional.
Venting is all and well, but do these types of things really actually annoy anyone that much? Come on . . . it's an informal forum about cake - this isn't life or death stuff here.
I agree, I think this is an informal forum about cakes, and if someone asks again maybe they didn't understand, remember we have members from all over the world. CC is great I don't mind all the questions, I have learned so much here, and I love the way everyone jumps to help.
I'm guilty of the flavor "thing". I like hearing flavor combinations that might be good to try myself!
About background clutter ~ it's midnight and i've just spent 5 hours decorating that cake. I've removed most items from around it but i'm tired and have to get the thing in the fridge. Snap a pic - box it up and go to bed now.
peeve 1 - PMing a dozen times with someone about one of my cakes with instructions (cowboy hat / bushel of crabs) and having them post theirs without a "Thank you" for my help. the TY doesn't have to be on the picture but just a final PM would be nice! Oh - and i'm still getting comments and PM's asking for instructions for my cowboy hat - how long has the tutorial been up?
edited to add - I don't mind specific questions about the cowboy hat tutorial it's the "can I have directions to this" posts in the comments section when the last 3 posts i've posted say "please see tutorial"
peeve 2 - responding to a how to question and someone else posts the same response 3 posts down and the OP says Thanks to the post 3 posts down like my post didn't even exist.
This is a great topic! Very informative!
Debbie
I don't know if this has been mentioned- but my biggest peeve is when someone posts a pic that everyone loves, and leaves countless compliments, and ask for details on how it was done. But the poster never replies. I guess they want to keep the secret to themselves, but something about not answering irks me.
My little pet peeve is the double and triple posts.
..If you accidently post more than once, just hit the little X at the top right corner and delete your duplicate posts. It is right next to the "edit" button. 
Thanks for letting me get that out, now I feel better! yeah I did that the other day and hit X and it said I couldn't delet it.... great, now I will make it on your pet peeve list...
No worries...I'll let it go this time meancat
Then 15 people come on and say "Oh no, don't make your own cake, that's stupid!" The OP politely says that she is defnitely doing her own cake because it's really important to both her and her DH-to-be, and she just wants some feedback on the timeframe, but instead of being helpful and answering her actual question they continue to try and talk her out of doing it. She did not come on and post a thread that said, "Should I do my own cake?" I think that is indicative of people not really reading clearly and understanding what the OP is asking for. Maybe they are trying to read between the lines. Hard to say.
THat's just what I was talking about with the whole maroon/red thing I wrote yesterday (which was like what, 8 pages ago?!?!?) It is SO irritating when people do this!!! I find myself being VERY detailed in my posts asking for help lately because there's always someone who will twist what is asked and almost make it about them or something. Its like they just have too much time on their hands or one of those people who just talks to hear themself talk (although in this instance it would be .... type to hear themselves... read???)
Not just thread hijacking BUT things like this:
"Oh my goodness my cake just fell off the table and was eaten by the dog! What am I gonna do they are going to be here in two hours...."
and we get people like this:
"oh I totally understand! My dog once ate this cake I made for my cousin who just got out of rehab (He was a total druggie since he was 15). The cake was sitting on the table my grandfather made (my grandfather made it after he came back from WWII while my grandmother worked at the factory)....blah blah blah blah....me me me....blah blah blah....etc...etc...etc.
Ok....what is that all about? Should we have a folder in the lounge for life stories so this doesn't happen?
I really don't like to reply to a thread without reading all the replies but seriously, I don't wan't to be stuck reading autobiographys <( did I spell that right Melvira? 
YIKES sorry autobiographies
That's all....oh and WGoat5 This.... "what really grabs my @$$" ... made me laugh for 5 min straight I think. I love that quote! Can I borrow it?
Love you all 
My little pet peeve is the double and triple posts.
..If you accidently post more than once, just hit the little X at the top right corner and delete your duplicate posts. It is right next to the "edit" button. Thanks for letting me get that out, now I feel better! yeah I did that the other day and hit X and it said I couldn't delet it.... great, now I will make it on your pet peeve list...
If the X doesn't work and you still have the edit button available, hit that, then go in and delete your comments. I add a comment of "deleting dupl post" so people won't wonder why there's just a blank space.
well my number one peeve is .....
asking a question in forum...THE CORRECT FORUM too mind you, and seeing that over sixty people have read it...and not a single reply?
when personally, i reply asap even if i cant help...ya know
its just disappointing i guess
i get this alot. but i refrain from posting a bump for a few days when its apparent its been days with 60+ views and no replies- and only then if i Really need the info. i always try to be polite and gracious both before and after.
I would say that my pet peeve would be the "save". You get an email saying that someone has posted to a few really great threads that you've been following. So, you get all excited and you go get yourself a nice cup of coffee and get all comfy in your chair thinking that you're going to be intrigued with all this great info and you click on the thread and it says "save"
For the ones that do post the sizes of their cakes, I hope they continue. I haven't made enough cakes to be able to identify the sizes just by looking at the cake. It helps me to determine which size pans I need to create a certain look.
well said. you've potrayed my thougths precisely 
I personally enjoy learning new techniques, and doing things the old fashioned way sometimes.
Agree. I've learned so many new ways to do things (Melvira is the #1 new method! Can I be president of her fan club?), but I will repeat Kerri Vincent's concern that she voiced at Las Vegas last week: We must preserve the art of cake decorating. That includes that "old fashioned" method of BC piping, borders, flowers, etc. She said she worries about new decorators who get into this craft and think using molds is the do-all-know-all to this art.
At first I didn't think I had a pet peeve, but I actually do. I hate it when someone cries and sobs about how horrible their cake turned out then you look at it and it is amazing. Are they just drama queens? Trying to get attention? What? Surely we know the difference between a beast and a beauty.
While we're at it...
I think this may have been discussed in another thread...
I come here primarily for the purpose of helping people. I've got a bit of experience and have definitely had my share of disasters, so I feel that I have something valuable to contribute.
So, I look for threads where someone is asking for help. Well, if I see there are already 10 replies, I generally won't open the thread, figuring the question has been answered satisfactorily. In the event that I do open the thread, I'm shocked to see 10 replies of "Yeah, I want to know that too..." and "I can't help you, but I hope someone can." I'm sure this is even more annoying for the OP who gets a notice that their thread has replies, only to find nothing useful.
I suppose my suggestion would be, if someone hasn't answered a request in a few hours, then the OP should bump their thread. But, if you have nothing to contribute, please don't waste everyone's time by telling us that!
Let me preface this next peeve with... I am flattered and honored that people like my cakes. Like I said, I'm here to help. Now for the peeve...
I get a PM that says, "Hi! I've only been doing cakes for 5 minutes. Can you send me instructions for your medieval castle?" I'm definitely impressed with their ambition, but come on. I want to reply with, "Step One: Get 2 more years of experience under your belt. Then contact me for Step Two." However, if I have the instructions typed out already, I'll just send it off. If I don't have the instructions typed out, I'll request they ask specific questions.
I also find it amusing how some people think we have instructions for all of our cakes just lying around. Or, that it takes no time to whip out the instructions. It does annoy me when the entire content of the PM or email is, "I saw your dragon cake on CC. Please send me the instructions." What do I look like? The unabridged cake reference manual? I attribute the lack of manners to youth and/or immaturity, so I do take the opportunity to educate a person on the proper way to ask for something. I'm always a mother first. Sheesh.
Last peeve... people who just type and type and type and never shut up! 
At first I didn't think I had a pet peeve, but I actually do. I hate it when someone cries and sobs about how horrible their cake turned out then you look at it and it is amazing. Are they just drama queens? Trying to get attention? What? Surely we know the difference between a beast and a beauty.
naw. we're just our own worst critics. we have a vision in our mind how our creation was "supposed" to turn out and when it doesn't- "we've failed to live up to our own expectations" at least thats how i feel when i have a cake not turn out "how it was supposed to"... it does make me feel better when others delight in its results and makes them smile... helps ease the guilt and negative feelings/thoughts regarding the results ... many times when we feel our cakes didn't turn out the way we feel they should have- by crying out to those we trust- we're seeking reassurance that everything is ok. its no different then how we teach our children when their upset over things.. so in essence we've taught ourselves to seek assurance from others in times of stress etc...
(tucks soap box away) sawwy for the lecture.. as lucy on Peanuts would say now "the doctor is Not in"
So, I look for threads where someone is asking for help. Well, if I see there are already 10 replies, I generally won't open the thread, figuring the question has been answered satisfactorily. In the event that I do open the thread, I'm shocked to see 10 replies of "Yeah, I want to know that too..." and "I can't help you, but I hope someone can." I'm sure this is even more annoying for the OP who gets a notice that their thread has replies, only to find nothing useful.
I suppose my suggestion would be, if someone hasn't answered a request in a few hours, then the OP should bump their thread. But, if you have nothing to contribute, please don't waste everyone's time by telling us that!
There is no winning on this one! I read an entire thread about two weeks ago dedicated to complaining how people should write "SOMETHING" if you read a thread or look at a picture. Like they just want any ol response instead of a valuable one?
and the BUMP thing....was on the pet peeve list here a couple pages back.
I guess some people are annoyed by certain things and others don't have a care in the world. I guess we all just have to agree to disagree here and be happy
Why doesn't any one put constructive critisism??? Is everyone afraid of hurting the other persons feelings??? We are on here to learn and grow from our mistakes.... NO one ever puts wow that could look alot better if you tried this or you did it WRONG... try again... just saying... sorry I guess sometimes I see stuff and I want to say um how bout working on that a bit more then you will have it but I see that NO ONE EVer has... so I don't 
Do we all feel better now??
Doesn't it feel good to vent sometimes? Who knew I'd have a post create such a response from a silly comment!
And my next post will be "I need to stop decorating cake - my A$$ is getting huge!" Now that post will probably be 10 pages long
Glad I could help start a great subject - this has been quite informative and amusing! 
I read an entire thread about two weeks ago dedicated to complaining how people should write "SOMETHING" if you read a thread or look at a picture. Like they just want any ol response instead of a valuable one?
That makes no sense to me at all. But I'm a person who DOESN'T like being patronized.
Why doesn't any one put constructive critisism??? Is everyone afraid of hurting the other persons feelings??? We are on here to learn and grow from our mistakes.... NO one ever puts wow that could look alot better if you tried this or you did it WRONG... try again... just saying... sorry I guess sometimes I see stuff and I want to say um how bout working on that a bit more then you will have it but I see that NO ONE EVer has... so I don't
I added some construction criticism to a post that specifically asked for it - all I said was something about the size of one of the pans and got blasted for it! Never again!
Debbie
Why doesn't any one put constructive critisism??? Is everyone afraid of hurting the other persons feelings??? We are on here to learn and grow from our mistakes.... NO one ever puts wow that could look alot better if you tried this or you did it WRONG... try again... just saying... sorry I guess sometimes I see stuff and I want to say um how bout working on that a bit more then you will have it but I see that NO ONE EVer has... so I don't
I added some construction criticism to a post that specifically asked for it - all I said was something about the size of one of the pans and got blasted for it! Never again!
Debbie
That is what I don't get why would any one be mad about a constructive critism or other fellow readers you guys need to suck it up You aren't always right nor is anyone else but maybe a different view point is what you need to be sucessful! Lets start working on the Cake Bible I think it would be useful.
my peeves is when someone is asking for help and really don't get replies. I know I ask crazy questions but sometimes its like only certain people get people to read their posts.
I've read posts in which I couldn't for the life of me figured out what they were talking about. The headline was vague and then the text was confusing. On those, I kinda shake the confusion from my head, think "whatever", and move on.
Or it's too general: "My cake is ugly. What did I do wrong?" Well.....what's wrong with it? What part bothers you? And to be honest, I tend to back off from these, because my feeling is if we really DID tell them what was wrong with it, we'd all be blasted and blackballed for being "negative".
And I don't think anyone actually trolls thru the forums looking for posts from certain people. I have never NOT gone into a thread based on who wrote it.
I also don't specifically look for certain people's threads, but I know when I enter a thread if I see certain names (like my dear Halloween soul mate Debi) I think to myself, "Ooh, this one's gonna be fun!!" I hope someone else feels that way about me too!
Indydebi There are times I have read post by newbies or junior members and they haven't got much response but in the next few days someone else post almost the exact same thing and it gets pages of response. I think it may just be bad timing on the post or something like that.
Well I have to admit I've seen some constructive criticism that, while constructive, was also heavy on the criticism. It surely doesn't happen often, but occasionally people will forget that text reads harsher than speech so words must often be chosen more carefully in order to come across as intended.
There is a difference between
"Well your borders are kind of sloppy so try this..."
versus
"In order to get more precise borders, try this..."
Of course you'll all think I'm crazy for pointing this out if you are always tactful! And I've surely seen people (like Debbie mentioned) flamed for offering help which is odd when the OP ASKS for constructive criticism.
Indydebi There are times I have read post by newbies or junior members and they haven't got much response but in the next few days someone else post almost the exact same thing and it gets pages of response. I think it may just be bad timing on the post or something like that.
wow...never noticed that. it could be timing......
And to be honest, I tend to back off from these, because my feeling is if we really DID tell them what was wrong with it, we'd all be blasted and blackballed for being "negative".
debi, your negativity is appalling. 
seriously though, i don't pick specific threads to read but there are certain members whose replies i look forward to more than others (mainly because i know those member won't get offended when i give them a bit of a hard time).
and really, if you ''don't know how to answer but will bump it so someone else hopefully can'' or ''wanted to know the same thing!!!'' then just click ''subscribe to thread'' and go on your way. don't get me all excited about a new post just to see that stupid stuff posted in it.
*sigh* stick a fork in me, i'm done
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