LOL @ JAM....good comeback. I hate snitty nouveau riche people. If I cared about your bank account, well, I'd ask. (Of course, that's rude too!)
Lack of dental hygiene and maintenance. For real, I know going to the dentist can be pricey for people w/o insurance, but brushing twice and day and flossing will do wonders. And if you don't think people don't notice when you don't brush and floss you are so wrong!
Guys who overdo cologne. I don't think asthma attacks are your intention but gee, it happens.
Smelling really strongly of liquor, esp. if it's any time before 5:00, and even worse if it's before 12:00.

swissmiss-Lack of dental hygiene and maintenance. For real, I know going to the dentist can be pricey for people w/o insurance, but brushing twice and day and flossing will do wonders. And if you don't think people don't notice when you don't brush and floss you are so wrong!

People, it's called PERIO BREATH. YOU don't smell it, but it takes a solid 3 feet to get away from it. No mistaking the odor, It is repulsive and can hit any age. Go to the dentist and get it treated! Your friends will thank you.

Ditto on the limp, sweaty handshake thing. To me, there is nothing more impressive than a woman with a strong, confident handshake. Nothing more hilarious than a guy with a wimpy one.

I also don't like meeting people who have facial moles with an accompanying hair sticking out of them. It makes me wrinkle my nose.

Also, going into someone's office that you are just meeting, introducing yourself, stating your request, and halfway through the discussion, they start typing on their computer.

Anyone who'll answer their cell phone in the middle of a conversation with you and ignore you for the person on the phone.

Rude as hell.

Re: First impressions that rub you the wrong way
 

I detest a weak handshake!!!!!!:mad: :mad: :mad:
I mean, why bother sticking your hand out if it seems as though it's killing you to shake someone's hand???

I also can't stand when someone gives a half-hearted "hello". I would feel better if the person just opts not to say anything at all.:mad:

bad breath, body odor and somebody who scratch something every 2 seconds.

Females with a generally uptight air, be it the "I have more money than you, so I am lowering myself to gaze at you" variety or the feminazi "how dare you wear lipstick you puppet of the patriarchy" variety.

LOL!!!

I've GOT to get to work!

OMG! My friend is like this. She always is talking on her cell phone. We'll go out together and she'll pick up her cell phone just to have a random conversation with someone else. She'll just be like oh I'll be back and she'll go outside and have a half hour conversation. Ut's like if you wanted to talk to this person why didn't you invite them along. It pisses me off to no end.

Don't I ever know that feeling, honey. I'm 5'11'" without the heels, and it seems like it's a requirement for all guys I know to be under 5'7"!

Ladies, I hear ya. I'm 5'8'' myself, and I remember one night at the bar I seemed to be attacked by the shirt guys, we called them "mini me's"

* Wimpy/sweaty handshakes...major weakness in character

* When ppl give you the "I'm hotter/better/whatever" look

* When ppl bump into -you- and give you the "how dare you touch me" :mad:

* When any of the TKE PNM's take a gander at my girls :o right in front of my boyfriend...

I don't like it when I meet people for the first time and they're wearing, for example, Seven jeans, a Gucci belt, a Prada handbag, Tiffany necklace, Manolos all at the same time...it's like, "Who are you trying to impress, anyway?".

And also, when I'm talking to someone and they're constantly going, "Oh, well, *that's* nothing, let me tell you what *I* did..." Trying to one-up people on everything does not a good impression make...

Arghhh!! That is the absolute worst. Cocky, self-absorbed people irriate the hell out of me. I just can not stand the attitude. If you think you are to good to talk to me because of what you're wearing, how you look, or what your daddy does for a living, then I don't want you to lower your standards. Get the hell away from me!!!

People who chronically clear their throat.
It is the grossest sounding thing ever! :mad: