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Old 09-14-2005, 07:42 PM   #41 (permalink)
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I don't know if it's social or not, but I really hate call waiting. Every once in awhile the phone company calls up trying to sell extra services, and I think the NO! I give them startles them
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Old 09-14-2005, 08:10 PM   #42 (permalink)
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I absolutely hate the fact that everyone I know allow themselves to be annoyed by all kinds of trite bullshit. Back in the days we were all cavemen and only one or two things existed. Therefore there were only one or two things to get annoyed about. Nowadays, about 8 zillion things exist, and for every single one of those things, there is a person that it annoys.

Everything ever created is annoying.

If you let it annoy you.

Be above it.
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Old 09-14-2005, 08:12 PM   #43 (permalink)
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In response to the first post: "no prob" or "no problem" is pretty much my automatic reaction to a thank you. Why? Fuck if I know, but that's what I say. Doesn't mean I think any less of the thank you than if I'd said "you are quite welcome" (which I do occasionally say if I'm particularly aware of the conversation at the moment). I still greatly appreciate it when people appreciate and acknowledge my help.

No problem is just a shortening of "I am glad to help you", noting that the person is not off-put by assisting you.
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Old 09-14-2005, 08:17 PM   #44 (permalink)
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Here's one I just recently encountered: laughing derisively in a group and speaking only in a foreign language. Made me feel really self-conscious with a group of French people sitting around me doing that. At least if they did it in English I'd have known whether or not they were laughing at me. And I know that some people specifically use their other languages to make fun of people while in their company. NAUGHTY.
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Old 09-14-2005, 09:28 PM   #45 (permalink)
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Suave, if French is their native language they may not be able to express certain ideas comfortably in English. As an anglo who speaks French I know the opposite is sometimes true, particularly if it's a formal education that often doesn't provide the vocabulary to express a lot of slangy or negative social ideas. Not saying this is the case in your particular situation and it certainly can be rude, but there are situations where it may be justified.

My biggest pet peeve? People who are the centre of the Universe. If you can't so much as even make an effort to see the other perspective, perhaps you shouldn't be dealing with people at all.
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Old 09-14-2005, 11:15 PM   #46 (permalink)
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Martian, I'm afraid I can't make even an effort to see your perspective on the subject.

Know what you mean though. It was this specific situation that got me on this tangent, not the fact that they were using another language (it was obviously their primary language).
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Old 09-15-2005, 04:01 AM   #47 (permalink)
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Cellphones. Why do we always gotta be talking on a cellphone? Especially the ones that are like a walkie talkie, where you can hear someones conversation. Why?! What ever happened to, "Guess he's not home, I'll call him later." Emergency only please!
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Old 09-15-2005, 06:34 AM   #48 (permalink)
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Cellphones. Why do we always gotta be talking on a cellphone? Especially the ones that are like a walkie talkie...
You know, I have one of those things...and no, they're really not all that useful. They were when it was free, but now...not so much. But you know what? People can actually change the setting so that it comes through the regular speakers, not the speakerphone speakers. ie. they don't have to broadcast to everyone in a ten mile radius, and yet they do...strange.
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Old 09-15-2005, 07:57 AM   #49 (permalink)
 
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And hell, just today it happened. Some crazy bitch got all pissed off because I cracked my knuckles. Instead of keeping it to herself, she just had to tell me how much she hated it when people did that and how gross it is
Alright, I give you credit for that one, it would piss me off too. I don't like having strangers tell me to my face that what I'm doing annoys them (can't remember the last time that happened, actually). I don't do that to strangers, myself.

But here on TFP, where we're not all strangers and simultaneously anonymous, I think it's alright to vent a little.
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Old 09-15-2005, 08:38 AM   #50 (permalink)
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Cellphones. Why do we always gotta be talking on a cellphone? Especially the ones that are like a walkie talkie, where you can hear someones conversation. Why?! What ever happened to, "Guess he's not home, I'll call him later." Emergency only please!
They're SUPER useful though. Everything is so much easier to coordinate and so forth thanks to my celly.
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Old 09-15-2005, 09:17 AM   #51 (permalink)
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Docbungle- uum, No. no no. Everything ever created is Not annoying. Hate is a pretty strong word. I hate when people use the word hate. Especially when they hate inevitable facts. hehe.
My opinion shouldn't bug you though right? You're above it right? Or do you hate the fact that I am annoyed that you hate inevitable facts such as people will always be annoyed by trite bullshit. Hmm?

So, my ultimate biggest social pet peeve. That would have to be the end of a conversation on the phone. Please, if I say goodbye to you, say goodbye to me!!! Dont just say Okay I'll talk to you later - CLICK!!!! AAAAAAH!
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Old 09-15-2005, 01:51 PM   #52 (permalink)
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Regarding pedestrian etiquette, some of the worst offenders are "Sidewalk Drifters"

Sidewalk drifters are those who slowly drift from one side to the other as they walk, oblivious to others trying to pass or walk beside them. Walk in a straight line and consider those around you!
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Old 09-15-2005, 01:59 PM   #53 (permalink)
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Regarding pedestrian etiquette, some of the worst offenders are "Sidewalk Drifters"

Sidewalk drifters are those who slowly drift from one side to the other as they walk, oblivious to others trying to pass or walk beside them. Walk in a straight line and consider those around you!
yes the walking blind are sooo annoying. They are walking, so how hard is it to look where they are going and not try to walk into another person?
obviously far too difficult for some!
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Old 09-15-2005, 02:13 PM   #54 (permalink)
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And I have another friend who will just talk on and on long after your eyes have started wandering and you've started shifting your weight, and you can't interrupt him - he just keeps talking.
Good news, I found out a little trick to interacting with talky people. You Have to interrupt them. This turns their monologue into a dialogue. After a while, they pause to give you a chance to talk. I tried it once with this one gal, and it works.
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Old 09-15-2005, 02:25 PM   #55 (permalink)
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One of my biggest pet peeves is people who get upset at my smoking when it's their own fault that they're standing so close to me. One time I was walking down the street, chatting with someone and smoking. A girl joins our conversation and 10 minutes later, she's talking about how rude I was, smoking near here. I mean, I understand that smoking bothers some people, but hey, not smoking bothers me. How about some equal consideration?
that one drives me nuts as well. i do not smoke next to entrances and exits when outside--i enjoy my habit but don't feel a need to push it on others. i make it very easy to avoid me if someone should desire it, but some people still feel a need to stand right next to me and complain i'm smoking.

a few friends and i went out to eat a while back and while waiting outside for our table, some of us decided to have a smoke. there was a small crowd outside since it was raining a little and everyone wanted under the little shelter. so we walked out into the rain, about 20 feet from everyone else to light up. a woman left her group under the shelter and came to stand right next to us--then proceeded to cough and wave her hand in front of her face. she then made some comment to her friends (20 feet away) about rude people smoking everywhere she went. we politely let her know we wouldn't be at all offended if she wanted to stand under the shelter away from us--or if she really wanted to be out in the rain, she could go 20 feet in the other direction.
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Old 09-15-2005, 03:09 PM   #56 (permalink)
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My opinion shouldn't bug you though right?
Right. Of course not.

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You're above it right?
Yes.

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Or do you hate the fact that I am annoyed that you hate inevitable facts such as people will always be annoyed by trite bullshit. Hmm?
Yes. That was my point. It's all trite BS. Let it bother you and it will.
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Old 09-15-2005, 07:27 PM   #57 (permalink)
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When I am in the middle of a conversation with someone or a group of people and someone interrupts with something that has absolutely nothing to do with the topic at hand or they jump in without listening to what everyone else is saying. Sometimes I am embarrassed for them.
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Old 09-15-2005, 07:43 PM   #58 (permalink)
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Regarding pedestrian etiquette, some of the worst offenders are "Sidewalk Drifters"

Sidewalk drifters are those who slowly drift from one side to the other as they walk, oblivious to others trying to pass or walk beside them. Walk in a straight line and consider those around you!
Ooh! That's a good one!

My personal "favorite": When a group of people, instead of walking single file or in pairs, decide to walk abreast and block up the entire sidewalk.

That and rollerbladers, bicyclers, skateboarders who ride on the sidewalk recklessly. I have nothing inherent against them, only when they are reckless on the sidewalk.
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Old 09-15-2005, 08:45 PM   #59 (permalink)
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A personal pet peeve of mine is shown in the following example.

Me: HEY! I haven't talked to you in so long! How have you been? Tell me all about it!
Them: yea i no
Me: So what's up? What have you been up to?
Them: nuttin really
Me: You wanna hang out since you're back in the country? We haven't hung out for soooo long. I missed that. We always used to hang out.
Them: dunno

This could go on but basically, one word answers and just a quate-assed (alot less than half-assed) job of replying. That pisses me off.
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Old 09-15-2005, 10:47 PM   #60 (permalink)
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Sounds like the person either: a) doesn't have much to say to you at that point, or b) doesn't like you and is getting the exact reaction they want.
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Old 09-16-2005, 08:34 AM   #61 (permalink)
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Old 09-16-2005, 09:19 AM   #62 (permalink)
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OK, I'll throw one out there that no one else has mentioned.

If you see a marked news truck or a camera crew out there, don't honk your damn horn at 'em. You're not impressing us, you're only the 300th person to do it that day, and you just made us take that much longer to get our work done for the day because now we have to redo whatever we were taping that now has your honking horn blaring out the audio track.

You are NOT on TV just because you see an NBC truck roll by, so there's no need to jump around, yell "hi mom", or act like a general idiot. In fact, that's almost always the way to guarantee I won't put you on TV, even if I were going to in the first place. Which I wasn't.

And when you see your friendly neighborhood TV news photographer, don't walk up to him and tell him the weatherman sucks or you'd like to "fuck the brains outa that cute anchor of yours" (yes I've heard both of these more times than I can count). Remember that the weatherman and that cute anchor are our friends, and are people too.

And quit writing in to your TV station whining about the way a reporter wears his hear or pronounces a word. Shut the hell up. You come do that job and see how well YOU talk

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Old 09-16-2005, 10:46 AM   #63 (permalink)
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1) People who want to enter a subway car not waiting for those who need to exit. You'd need to have a piece of your brain missing not to see how illogical that is. In Hong Kong there are little arrows at the edge of the platform which indicate that those entering should enter from the sides/wait for exiters...but guess what - they don't fuck'n care here either!!!!

2) Lateness. Most of my friends are consistently 20 mins. late whenever we meet socially... I can't even continue anymore it's making me so mad.

3) Tech support people who are reading from a script/always suggest "re-installing the software"/were dropped on their heads as babies.

4) Last but not least, some of my friends have what I'll call "financial over-optimism," which is when they'll tell me about something which is a good deal or cheap and mis-quote what the price actually is. This wouldn't bother me so much if they quoted higher just to be safe, but they're always making things sound better than they are. Example -

Greg: Hey I discovered this place near St. Lawrence Market called the Rainbow Cinemas. They have 2$ matinees!

ACTUAL PRICE = 6$

What if I didn't bring enough?? ....careless asshole...
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Old 09-16-2005, 12:47 PM   #64 (permalink)
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Docbungle- Just messin with ya bud.

Just thought I'd add another social pet peeve. I don't like when people assume that I'm being flirty, when really I am just being kind. I guess I'm supposed to act like a jackass so that men won't think I'm flirting-right? No. I won't do that. I guess my friends and family are going to have to assume that I'm just flirty. I think this is something we all do though. We assume friends, or coworkers or just people we see in general might be flirting, when in fact, they aren't!! But we accuse anyway. Why is that?! Oh well.

Aberkok- We better never meet then. I am NEVER on time. I don't even know what that means.
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Old 09-16-2005, 12:58 PM   #65 (permalink)
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Clueless wait staff (if you have to ask "Is everything alright?" you haven't been watching me shovel it in. ...and NEVER take the tip while I'm still sitting there!)

People who drive down the berm past a line of cars to turn right at a light.

'Sign maker's that have no clue a's to the proper us'e of the apos'trophe.

People who think grooming is a public activity.

The insufferably rude and condescending minimum wage prick on the customer support line (may all their jobs be shipped to India)

Managers who want to touch me.

Oh, and strippers who get insulted when you ask for change, even though you ask very politely.
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Old 09-16-2005, 04:52 PM   #66 (permalink)
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This one regards parallel parking when there are no painted lines to delineate the spots.

Please pull yourself up to a modest, sensible distance to the car next to you. I don't know how many times I see cars taking up the space of two by stopping about 6' away from the nearest vehicle or driveway on my street. Space in this town is so very precious!
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Old 09-16-2005, 05:27 PM   #67 (permalink)
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1) People who want to enter a subway car not waiting for those who need to exit. You'd need to have a piece of your brain missing not to see how illogical that is. In Hong Kong there are little arrows at the edge of the platform which indicate that those entering should enter from the sides/wait for exiters...but guess what - they don't fuck'n care here either!!!!
Same holds for elevators -- people who try to push on to an elevator before the people on said elevator get off... or the idjits who stand right in front of the elevator doors blocking the exit of those on the elevator.
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Old 09-18-2005, 07:59 AM   #68 (permalink)
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People who use stores and supermarkets as a place to hold social gatherings. Sure, just block the aisles with your carts & kids, I don't mind backing up & going all the way around the store to get where I'm going. You talk to so-and-so about who's humping who on daytime TV, that is so much more important.
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Old 09-18-2005, 04:10 PM   #69 (permalink)
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I contacted a friend I have not spoken to in over 10 years...

"What's up?"
"Same old same old."

that's it.. they distilled a decade down to 4 words. Amazing.

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A personal pet peeve of mine is shown in the following example.

Me: HEY! I haven't talked to you in so long! How have you been? Tell me all about it!
Them: yea i no
Me: So what's up? What have you been up to?
Them: nuttin really
Me: You wanna hang out since you're back in the country? We haven't hung out for soooo long. I missed that. We always used to hang out.
Them: dunno

This could go on but basically, one word answers and just a quate-assed (alot less than half-assed) job of replying. That pisses me off.
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Old 09-19-2005, 04:46 AM   #70 (permalink)
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People that want to tell you all their woes. As if YOU could fix it all for them. Sil does this. She will even follow me when I turn my back on her and walk away when she refuses to stop talking after 10 min. Some people just aren't happy if they can't drag you down to their negative level.

I have seen some gentlemen hold doors open for ladies, or other men even. Then see the other people walk to a separate door and open it for themselves. They often give a look as if they are offended that the gentleman didn't think they could do it for themselves. Accepting polite assistance graciously is an art as valuable as being a gentleman/gentlewoman in the first place.
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Old 09-19-2005, 08:46 AM   #71 (permalink)
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Baby talk of any kind. Nails on a chalkboard for me. My parents own two cats and their voice goes up a few octaves whenever they talk to them. They use the same voice for babies and young children. Why? Cats already have incredible hearing and babies respond to normal speech just the same! I told my mom that if I ever have kids, she better not talk to them that way, unless she never wants to see them.

People who don't give a shit about the elderly in public transportation. I always give up my seat to an old person/pregnant woman, but sometimes I'm standing up and I see fucking asshat teenagers just sit there while somebody who could really use a seat is standing RIGHT NEXT TO THEM! At times like these I ardently wish great physical harm to befall them.

The flipside of that is when the elderly literally shove me aside to get in a subway car or bus before me. I guess this behaviour stems from the fear that nobody will give them a seat, but still, don't be an asshole. Also, a woman came to my seat once and asked me to give it up because she was pregnant, but didn't show ANY sign of it (she was about 35, wearing jeans and a t-shirt - not exactly loose clothing). I told her I was pregnant, too, and she shot me the death look. Well, fuck her if she can't support her own body weight plus a six ounce foetus.
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Old 09-19-2005, 11:11 AM   #72 (permalink)
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lol bob I totally agree with the baby thing. So annoying.

My big pet peeve is people in groups inching along the sidewalk or hallway, oblivious to the world around them, even when there are people trying to sneak by to the left and right because they actually are going somewhere. Actually, any dumb reasons that inturrupt the flow of foot traffic annoy me.

Another peeve is girls that don't have enough social grace to reject me politely when I express interest. That "You're the lowest thing on the planet, so just get out of my line of sight" look just rubs me the wrong way, and can change the mood of my whole night. I'm not being creepy or agressive, just looking to enjoy the company of new people, and a simple no will suffice if you're not interested. It's interesting that Guys are actually way more polite if they're not interested in hanging out, they'll give ya a handshake and tell you to have a good night.
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Old 09-19-2005, 11:49 AM   #73 (permalink)
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People who use stores and supermarkets as a place to hold social gatherings. Sure, just block the aisles with your carts & kids, I don't mind backing up & going all the way around the store to get where I'm going. You talk to so-and-so about who's humping who on daytime TV, that is so much more important.

I agree and on the supermarket thang. OMG, how can people queue for 10 minutes, pack up their shopping and then slowly wonder where they put their money or card?
It's 9/10 a woman and I like women ffs.
I check my money (I pay by cash, you might remember that Yanks)
before I even enter the supermarket.

I've finished work for the day let me get home as quickly as possible pleeasseee!!!!
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Old 09-19-2005, 12:37 PM   #74 (permalink)
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I agree and on the supermarket thang. OMG, how can people queue for 10 minutes, pack up their shopping and then slowly wonder where they put their money or card?
This doesn't grate on me as much as the folks, again primarily women, who stop their cart in front of, say, the milk locker, and stand there...perusing.... the 1%.... the 2%..... back to the 1%...... maybe the skim...... maybe 1%.... maybe Maola!

The on to the canned tomatoes..... let's see, there's crushed..... diced..... sauce..... paste..... like they had no idea there would be a VARIETY of choices!

They stare blankly into the freezer cases. The hold a packaged slab of meat and stare at it intently as if they expect it to suddenly shout, "I give! I'll tell you all my secrets! There's grissle in my family and I'm tough to chew! I am so ashamed....."

Now that I've added to the condemnation of women in the market, I can easily see how a pet peeve would be impatient men in the market. I heard one behind me in line nearly throw a temper tantrum because the woman in front of me pulled out a checkbook to pay, instead of cash.
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Old 09-19-2005, 12:41 PM   #75 (permalink)
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People at the gym who just sit on a weight machine instead of using it and getting their ass off it.

People who wear too much perfume. These people should be grabbed by burly firemen and hosed down with a high pressure hose.

People who smoke upwind of me. Listen, if you like to smoke thats great, but guess what, we can all smell it, and it smells like shit to anyone not addicted.

People who insist on taking their dogs everywhere.

People who switch to the right lane and stop at a red light I need to turn at. You could have stayed in the left lane and I could have turned, but instead you found the right lane somehow better.

People who insist on talking about what they just had to eat and how wonderful it was in great detail. I'm sorry your life is so empty that a good meal is conversation, but I don't care.

People who always have to tell you about their young kids. I have a kid too, hes a great kid, if you ask about him I will tell you so, but I won't mention his latest antics, development, or diaper change. Likewise you are more than what your kid does. If you arn't perhaps you need some new activities.

People who take their music way to fucking seriously. Listen dude, its a bad poem set to music, it does not define you, your soul, your generation, your outlook on life, or your future. I can say Nirvana sucks and you remain unchanged.

Cell phones at baseball games. Look I'm sitting behind home plate, watch me wave, thats so cool!

People who need to be drunk for group sex, you know who you are!

People who write long lists of things which annoy them rather than working.

Spelling nazi's. Listen, thats why I have a secretary.
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Old 09-19-2005, 02:21 PM   #76 (permalink)
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It annoys the crap out of me when I'm at a party or other social event and someone comes over and makes a really lame and awkward attempt to get me to socialize, especially when it's at a work event I'm forced to attend, where I couldn't care less about hanging out with the majority of people present.
It's ok to not always be surrounded by people (especially ones you would have to fake an interest in).
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Old 09-20-2005, 04:14 AM   #77 (permalink)
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People who write long lists of things which annoy them rather than working.
Thanks for the laugh - good one.
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Old 09-20-2005, 04:41 AM   #78 (permalink)
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People who use stores and supermarkets as a place to hold social gatherings. Sure, just block the aisles with your carts & kids, I don't mind backing up & going all the way around the store to get where I'm going. You talk to so-and-so about who's humping who on daytime TV, that is so much more important.
I have a song ringtone on my phone of a really filthy song that I break out whenever I'm bothered by these types of people, and it's a no-fail repellant. After I've asked politely two or three times (yes, they still don't move) for them to move aside, and they don't, i pull out my phone and play it.

For the curious, it's called "My Neck, My Back" by Khia. Lyrics...

My main pet peeve would really just be people like that who think the universe exists to serve them, and it rotates around them. Rude people, inconsiderate people, and people who take out their own stupidity on others when they don't understand something.
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Old 09-20-2005, 11:23 PM   #79 (permalink)
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People that don't fuckin' talk. You're out of the house. You're surrounded by people talking. Open your fuckin' mouth and say something.
Some of us are just too shy to talk much when we're not around people we know well. We're not trying to be rude, we're afraid of saying something stupid or offensive. Most of the time, it's just safer not to say anything.

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Movie behavior:

Talking and cell phones, the obvious.

People who take young children into movies not intended for them. I don't care if the movie only cost a dollar, your kids don't belong in a theater if they're not going to be able to sit still and be quiet. While seeing The Island early this afternoon at the discount theater (all shows a dollar) I noticed a good dozen kids in the 4-7 year old range. Two of them were being allowed by their parents to run around up front playing with light sticks. I love kids, and I have a great deal of affection for kids aroun 5-6 years old, but dammit, if you're going to an adult movie, leave them at home. If you're brinning them with you, go see Herbie or Madagascar.

People who shout lines along with the movie. Yes I realize that you've seen Batman Begins 30 times and know all the lines. Shut the hell up! Some of us have only seen it a dozen times and prefer to hear the actors saying the lines.

Shouting comments at the characters, or for the purpose of entertaining your friends. At The Skeleton Key a couple of weeks ago, a group of teens came in and one girl kept shouting advice at the screen. Helloooo! This is not an interactive form of entertainment. They can't hear you, and you're disturbing those of us who want to hear the movie. Along with advice girl was a comedian, who periodically would call out a dumb comment, such as during the climax, "You done got smacked!" (his exact words), which his entourage proceeded to laugh at uproariously and repeat, aloud, several times.

Repeating lines. We heard it. It was funny when the character said it, repeating it does not enhance the humor.

Jay walkers. Yes, I realize the bus stop is a hundred feet or so from the intersection. Would it kill you to walk the extra hundred feet there, cross at the light in the crosswalk, then walk to the bus stop? Cuz it might if you don't.

And if you're going to jay walk, for god's sake go straight across the road, not at an oblique angle from where you are to where you want to be.

Honking to show annoyance, when there is no danger, and when I have done nothing inconsiderate. When making a turn I'm going to wait until I think it's safe. This is likely longer than you would wait. Honking at me won't make the wait any shorter. Also, when the light turns yellow, I am stopping; I don't care if only two cars got through before the change, a yellow light means stop. I'll be stopping fully at all stop signs, yes, even at 1:00am on the access road to the movie theater.

Clerks in stores who keep reapproaching, or don't leave when I say, "I'm fine", or get proprietary or are just downright rude. I am not your customer unless you own the store, I am a customer of the store where you work. That you approached me first when I walked into your department does not create an obligation on my part to have you ring up my sale. Last year, I went to Sears during a big sale to get a new refrigerator for one of our rental units. I tell the salesman who approaches me "I'm fine" when he comes up, and he backs off. He reapproaches twice during the next twenty minutes, tries to tell me how to read my Consumer Reports printouts, gives me a card. I pick out what I want , flag down a nearby saleswoman, and as she's ringing up my purchase, the guy who spent close to half an hour annoying me comes over and tries to take over, saying that I was "his customer", which is ridiculous, as I hadn't bought anything from him, and in any case was Sears' customer, not his. The saleswoman asks me if the other guy was helping me. I say, "No," and he glares at me for a moment then stalks off while the woman rings me up. The way he was looking at me, you'd think I was shoplifting, not spending more than 2 grand in his store.

Ahhh, that feels a lot better.

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Old 09-21-2005, 07:25 AM   #80 (permalink)
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People who approch me and ask for things at work when I am clearly already engaged in helping someone else. If I am talking to a customer and you interupt me to "just tell me where whatever is" I will excuse myself from the current conversation and ask you to wait a moment and then finish with whomever I was already helping, you are no more important than the person who got to me first.(same thing goes for when I'm on the phone with a customer and some one walks up and starts asking me questions. I'm on the phone and cannot answer your quick question without being rude to the person I am on the phone with!)

Drive-through staff who cannot be polite!
DTS: Welcome to ________ can I help you?(no please)
Me: Could I have a _________ please?
DTS: Thattle be $_______ pull up to the window.
Me: Thank you.
DTS: (nothing)

How hard is it to respond with politness when approched with politness? I realize you are getting minimum wage, but I do expect a modicum of courtesy in return when I offer it to you . I am not asking that you "get me a large coffee, bitch!"
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