What OTB behavior REALLY annoys you?

I don't see why some people are getting so angry at Bawker. All of his pet peeves are totally reasonable, and it doesn't make sense to criticize them without giving any evidence. Calling people an "angry old prune" and dogmatically accusing them of contradicting themselves won't help you or him at all. To prove that Bawker's list is satisfactory I will analyze all of the not unlike one would analyze a chess  game.

"Using 2 hands to castle (Gawd... I want to smack people who do this retarded $h!7)"

According Both FIDE and USCF rules, you may only use one hand to castle. I don't think anyone should get annoyed at Bawker for being slightly agitated at a rule breaker.

"Moving the rook first when castling (actually, I'm Ok with this from newbies. You've been around? Nada!)"

FIDE rules forbids anyone from moving their rook first when castling. FIDE classifies castling as a king move, and therefore moving the rook first is breaking the rules. However, USCF again classifies castling as a king move, but they do say that it is fine to move the rook first when castling. But even that rule is borderline, so I think that this pet peeve is justified again

"Sliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiding bishops, rooks, queens across the board in contact with the board surface"

FIDE and USCF  both forbid one from offering draws when the move belongs to the opponent. This is because it is considered disruptive because your opponent is most likely in deep concentration. If Bawker finds the sliding of the pieces annoying, then I think this pet peeve is justified.

"Slamming pieces into each other when capturing, often knocking captured piece into an adjacent square"

I once heard of a match between to amateur opponents (Both rated about 1600) OTB. One player was very nice and courteous, and the other was rude and obnoxious. In the match, the nice player had a winning position, and the rude one was angry, so he slammed pieces into each other, knocking them into nearby squares and sometimes of the board. When the nice player finally won, the rude player practically tried to break his hand instead of shaking it. I don't know if anyone here would enjoy this happening to them, so again I think this pet peeve is justified.

"Using the base of a piece to punch the clock button (I own a Chronos touch SPECIFICALLY to prevent this!)"

I might be slightly biased on this one, but I hate scratches, dents, bumps, or germs with a burning passion. I was brought up with a mother who was a complete germophobe, though, so  I might be a little extreme. Making dents in other people's equipment is completely unacceptable. Especially if you have an expensive clock that has no scratches or dents. If you do want to make any dents, then I find this behavior fine, as long as you pay for my clock. Once again, this pet peeve is justified.

"Hitting the clock button vigorously hard and noisy, or repeatedly"

Not only does this make dents and scratches, it's insanely annoying. This is almost the same as the pet peeve before this one, and since that was justified, this is too.

"Babbling about BS while I'm trying to analyze"

If you don't think this is annoying then I don't know what to tell you. Talking during a chess game is prohibited, and I see no reason why it should be allowed during an analysis. This pet peeve is not only justified, but anyone who questions it should be taken to a therapist.

"Telling me my queen is under attack... or pointing out an obvious fork or pin"

Why would anyone even want to help their opponent out, and if you do, why with something so obvious? Don't talk during a chess game and don't do something like this. Again this is justified.

"Constantly fidgeting, sliding their chair, or tapping their fingers on the table"

This reminds me of sliiiiiiiiiding pieces across the board in contact with the board surface. Not only was that annoying, but this is even worse because it is constant. Don't annoy your opponent when playing, so again this is justified.

"Tossing captured pieces into the 'pile'"

Please respectfully put your pieces into your chess pile, and don't make any distractions and don't be so downright careless. Justified.

"Knocking down their king onto the board surface as a resignation move"

Remember the game with Mr. Nice and Mr. Mean I was telling you about? Mr. Mean resigned not by putting out his hand, not by saying I resign, but he knocked his king down onto the board surface. This alone may not be so bad, but he knocked it down so hard it fell to the floor and almost to the game next to them. This was entirely rude and this pet peeve is entirely justified.

"Taunting, insulting, putting down oves, or overtly gloating over a won position"

If you are already winning please down gloat or taunt about it. We've al watched the cartoons as kids saying that bragging is bad, and it is. People will think of you as a jerk and someone who doesn't know how to win. Not only is bragging bad in chess, but it's bad in life. This is justified.

Goodbye.