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[TidgeyPud]

Not quite harsh enough punishment to be consigned to the "fuck you" thread, but still little things that irritate the hell out of me...


- People who rush around carrying around huge steaming cups of Starbucks or Tim Horton's coffee during the busy morning commute. If that bloody double latte gets anywhere near my lap...

- People who say "Bless you!" when you sneeze. Shut up. And I'm not saying it back, I'm not that bothered if you end up in Hell.

- Those stupid little Bluetooth headsets favoured by sales 'executives' and people who think they are important. You are not Lt. Uhura off Star Trek, you are an annoying twat. Just use a proper phone like normal people.

- When you are chatting to someone in a bar or something, they get a text and start texting back, interrupting your conversation. Are they texting "Please go away, I'm talking to a hot babe"? Or "God, I'm so BORED, pretend my dog's died so I can leave..." I dunno. Jolly annoying.

- Food that is still in date and yet mouldy. And you've been looking forward to it all day.


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[zeppelino]

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- Those stupid little Bluetooth headsets favoured by sales 'executives' and people who think they are important. You are not Lt. Uhura off Star Trek, you are an annoying twat. Just use a proper phone like normal people.

I hate this too.

- People who drive under the limit in the fast lane of the motorway.

- People who tailgate.

- Traffic

- Roadworks

- People who don't acknowledge good deeds.

[Tuppenny]

People who drive at 40mph all the time regardless of the actual speed limit

Making a cup of coffee only to discover that someone has left the milk out all day and its gone off

Having to work on ones birthday

[stipeinator]

Professors who don't see it necessary to rent a bus for a field trip, at a university where not everyone has a car, forcing carpooling with total strangers

Whoever is riding the noisy scooter up the street

People who shove you on the sidewalk

[montie]

People who answer their mobile phones while being served at a shop or bank, can't stand it what is so important.

People who talk loudly on their mobiles on the train going to or from work.  Hate to tell them this, no one is interested in their conversation even though we have to put up with it.

Enough of my mobile bashing...

[merchgrrl]

*People who refuse to pause or end their cell phone conversations when standing in front of the cafe til, meanwhile a 30 person line-up waits, frustrated behind them.

*Roommates who neglect to clean up their dirty dishes for as much as a week after they've used them. I am not their mother, and I shouldn't have to clean up after them... or inhale the mould that grows as a result of their neglect.

*People who talk loudly about personal/business problems on public transit.

*Customers who think the aggressive panhandlers who wander into my work should be left alone, because they are sad, addicted and lonely.
I get it, I really do, and I sympathize- but on a daily basis, our staff gets knives & needles pulled on them, punched, bitten, screamed at, cursed at, and are seriously sick of having to fill out police reports on the same people over and over again. I'm not insensitive, I have safety concerns. So keep your "he hasn't done anything to you" comments to yourself.

[Matthew Wood]

People say bless you when you sneeze because your heart stops for a split second. We should really be saying something like, "Welcome back, zombie," or, "Can I have your stereo in case you don't come back next time?"

[warmfuzzysocks]

Matthew Wood said:

People say bless you when you sneeze because your heart stops for a split second. We should really be saying something like, "Welcome back, zombie," or, "Can I have your stereo in case you don't come back next time?"

Can I have your moose if you don't come back next time?

[Tuppenny]

When supermarkets stick labels onto the inside of food tins and mixing bowls, and the glue stays on there forever...I swear I'm just cooking glue into my food all the time...probably why people eat it, come to think of it.

[zveozdi]

The librarians at the uni art department, for the following reasons:

-They make me wait in front of the desk while they're sending e mails to their b/fs with lots of smileys and I feel like an invisible stupid.

-Everytime I ask them for a book, I feel like they're doing me a favour.

-I have to do the paperwork by myself, when it's their job to do so. While I'm doing that, they're always complaining they don't get paid enough. Last time they did that, I told them I had a teaching position and was doing it for free, so they basically had to STFU. Let alone the fact they're getting paid from the taxes I have to pay, so basically I pay them their salary.

-When sometimes I ask for a book, they tell me it's not available because "it got lost when we moved out". If they had done their jobs properly for at least once in their lifetime, and an inventary, no one would steal nor loose the books I need to get a decent education.

-They decided not to open on saturdays because they claim they don't get paid enough, yet the administrative department is convinced they open on saturdays.

-They slammed the door on my face once because they're were closing. At 4:30 pm, even having taken a lunch recess of an hour.

-If I need an specific book, I have to look it up for myself because they're not going to that for me, even when they're get paid to do that.

-The only two people who actually were nice in that hell library are dead.

The only reason I haven't insulted them yet is because I still have a final project to work on and I need the books from it, but I'm eagerly waiting for that moment. They're so rude it makes me want to punch all of them in the face.

And that's the joy of public universtity, when everyone do their jobs as if they're doing you a favour.

[Matthew Wood]

warmfuzzysocks said:

Can I have your moose if you don't come back next time?

You better believe it. :p

[TidgeyPud]

People at work who want me to "touch base" with them.

No-one is touching my base. Stupid ruddy phrase. :mad:

[NearWildHeather]

TidgeyPud said:

- People who say "Bless you!" when you sneeze.

Matthew Wood said:

People say bless you when you sneeze because your heart stops for a split second.

I don't know that I'm annoyed by this, but I do find it silly...wait, my heart stops? Anyway, I figure if you're gonna bless people for a bodily function, you may as well do it for all bodily functions. Ergo, if you  cough/burp/fart/et al around me, I will say 'Gesundheit!' Ask anyone here who's spent time with me.

Tuppenny said:

Having to work on ones birthday

Just wait a few years. You'll be glad for the distraction. :rolleyes:



I'd thought of resurrecting my 'I'm sick...' thread for this, but here we are:

I am sick and utterly fucking tired of nobody ever fucking listening. Seriously. I know that sometimes I may be interrupting people in the middle of stuff, and I realize attention can waver involuntarily, but when people ask me questions, ask for important information, or for some other reason need to fucking hear what I'm saying and simply cannot be arsed to listen, I find it completely incomprehensible and ridiculously fucking stupid. I swear, I think 99% of the problems in this world are a result of people just not fucking listening to one another, whether because they can't be bothered, or because they hate each other, or some other reason that is immaterial compared to what they could accomplish if they'd just get over it. :mad: :(

[Matthew Wood]

Bombalurina said:

May I have custody of yours and Red's lovely hate blog? I'm sure I could equate the venom if exposed to a bad enough album (anything by white guys thinking that they are black will suffice)

No love for Rick Astley, huh?

EDIT: Or Will Smith? *zing*

[Matthew Wood]

NearWildHeather said:

I don't know that I'm annoyed by this, but I do find it silly...wait, my heart stops? Anyway, I figure if you're gonna bless people for a bodily function, you may as well do it for all bodily functions. Ergo, if you  cough/burp/fart/et al around me, I will say 'Gesundheit!' Ask anyone here who's spent time with me.

Honestly, I think saying "bless you" is just as superstitious as it is considerate, but I'm quite certain the momentary heart stoppage supersedes all the bodily functions you cited. Having said that, there might be grounds for some kind of social pastiche where it concerns vomiting; you can't breathe at the same time, after all. In summary:

Sneeze = "Bless you."
Puke = "Way to dry dive, ya feelthy gondola."

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I am sick and utterly fucking tired of nobody ever fucking listening. Seriously. I know that sometimes I may be interrupting people in the middle of stuff, and I realize attention can waver involuntarily, but when people ask me questions, ask for important information, or for some other reason need to fucking hear what I'm saying and simply cannot be arsed to listen, I find it completely incomprehensible and ridiculously fucking stupid. I swear, I think 99% of the problems in this world are a result of people just not fucking listening to one another, whether because they can't be bothered, or because they hate each other, or some other reason that is immaterial compared to what they could accomplish if they'd just get over it. :mad: :(

You mean like this? Two A-Holes at an Adoption Agency

[Tuppenny]

I thought 'bless you' dated from the black death and sneezing was a symptom so people said it to warn off the plague...although I could be talking absolute rubbish.

[Matthew Wood]

Tuppenny said:

I thought 'bless you' dated from the black death and sneezing was a symptom so people said it to warn off the plague...although I could be talking absolute rubbish.

In those days, waking up or peeing was a symptom of the plague.

[Tuppenny]

Matthew Wood said:

In those days, waking up or peeing was a symptom of the plague.

Fair point... I'm aware that I learnt this 'fact' from the same parent that told me the hoover would take my toes off. :cool: