Things people do that annoy you

[*winter*]

Others...

People who still write out checks in stores

People who hold up the line in a convenience store to play 99 lottery #s

I know parents will dislike, but when school buses have to stop every 5 feet? No wonder kids are obese, they can't walk from one house to the next?

When people on bikes think you should move out of the way for them. I work out too, but I actually get the f--- out of the way when several tons of metal is coming towards me, or else I wouldn't be alive to type this sentence.

When I mention something random in conversation and it sets someone off on a 20 minute unanticipated and unwelcome political spiel. No one asked what you thought of the President or the war in Iraq, or the price of gas. No one cares.

People at work who do distracting things- the short list includes constant alarms from texts, the radio, personal phone calls, jumping up and running outside to answer personal cell phone calls...it's called WORK for a reason...

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by *winter*

I know parents will dislike, but when school buses have to stop every 5 feet? No wonder kids are obese, they can't walk from one house to the next?

Thank you! In elementary school, everyone in my neighborhood would walk to the same bus stop in one central location, and we'd actually get down there an hour early so we could play football/kickball/capture the flag/etc. before school.

Now, it seems like kids just have to sit in their house until the bus pulls up to their front door. I understand this makes sense in some places where the population isn't dense, but in most cases, it's ridiculous.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by *winter*

People who still write out checks in stores.

Especially when they just stand there while the cashier rings up all 67 of their items, and then act as though it's a surprise that they need to pay. We get to wait even longer while they fish around for the wallet or checkbook that they could have gotten out and had ready while the cashier was scanning things.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by *winter*

Others...

People who still write out checks in stores

I actually really like when people write out checks in stores.

There are people out there who 1) don't like to carry lots of cash, and 2) have had bad experiences with or don't believe in credit cards. If writing checks is what they need to do to keep organized and independent - particularly older people - more power to them.

If more cities would be progressive and create bike lanes, bikes on the road wouldn't be a problem. We have them here, and it makes a WORLD of difference. If a place is too behind the times to see this is something they should do, don't blame the bikers. They're just trying to be green, stay fit and save money.

[PrettyBoy]

Originally Posted by *winter*

Sounds like old people. !

They're younger people. Probably in their 40s, 30s and 20s. I think part of the problem too is me and my driving simulator time LOL.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by Xidelt

I don't want to smell your corn chip stank.

iGuffawed.

BTW I take off my shoes all the time, but only when they don't stink. If they are those older shoes that have had water splashed on them a time or two, I have enough decency to spare the greater populace.

[knight_shadow]

LOL.

I want all of you driving folks to come to Texas.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by wareagle93

People who walk at the pace of a turtle when you have places to go, especially when you're in a hurry.

People who randomly stop in the middle of a hallway/street/path when you are in a hurry to get somewhere.

THIS. Ditto on people who are drivng 10mph slower than everyone else and have the nerve to be in the fast lane.

[PrettyBoy]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

LOL.

I want all of you driving folks to come to Texas.

I've been there too. I've got a lot of relatives in Texas bacause my parents were born and raised in Texas. The driving is nice there, compared to Michigan. In fact, Michigan is the first state I've lived in where I see folks driving down the wrong side of the road, and this has happened several times.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by PrettyBoy

Live in Michigan for a month and you'll want to move back to CT. They drive slow every day and all over, not just in the passing lane. And then when they merge into traffic, getting on the freeway, they do about 40 mph going onto the freeway while most folks (on the freeway) are doing about 60... still 10 mph below the speed limit. If Toyota had a tech center in MN. I'd move back home. It's that bad, and it's so frustrating. I'm really getting tired of this broke, non-driving state. I really am.

I've been to Michigan and actually didn't find it to be that bad. But a week probably isn't long enough to get the full experience.

And I actually haven't lived in CT, but in the year and a half since I moved to NJ, I've driven through it a lot, as I visit friends and family in RI/MA/NH all the time.

The amazing thing about CT is that traffic will be at nearly a dead stop, then 5 minutes later you'll be doing 70, then you'll be back down to 10 mph a few minutes after that. In that time, the number of lanes doesn't change, and there are no busy exits getting on or off the highway. This will go on for miles and miles.. Speed up, slow down. Speed up, slow down. In CT, there is random traffic for seemingly no reason.

I'm convinced it's because no one drives in the lane they SHOULD be driving in.. Ever.

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

LOL.

I want all of you driving folks to come to Texas.

Driving in TX actually isn't that bad.. But yes, the drivers can be a little crazy. And it can be a little intimidating when there's a giant truck (everything's bigger in Texas!) flying up behind you, weaving in and out of lanes. However, at least they drive fast there.. From what I've seen, anyway.

[mayasophia]

People who are talking on their cell phone while driving. People who put others down to feel significant.

[DubaiSis]

My current list of annoyances is vast and may not be fully appreciated by the rest of you.
1 - and this is a biggy - I hate when people won't give you bad news. How this applies in my every day life is there are cultures represented here in Dubai who would personally rather be thrown into a pit of rattlesnakes as opposed to giving you bad news of any kind. That bad news might be no, they don't know where the milk is in the grocery store, or you have cancer. A friend of mine dealt with this. They had to move back to England to be given a valid diagnosis when based on what the doctor was actually saying, he probably knew and just couldn't spit it out. Seriously. Obviously the first example comes up more frequently, and this is how it works.
me: Can you tell me what ink cartridges this printer requires?
store clerk: Let me get someone who works in printers. (and then walks away, clearly not seeking out anyone to assist me).
me: Can I have this dish without ghee?
waiter: Yes ma'am (dish comes drowning in ghee)

2-things being almost, but not quite awesome. My husband and I call it 90%. Everything in Dubai is 90% awesome, but the 10% they miss on makes it completely frustrating. Example: Dubai is a car culture. There is a good metro and bus system but in general you have to drive to get to most places, and everyone has at least one car. The apartment buildings all have parking garages and that's awesome. But there is virtually no street parking and NO visitor parking in any buildings. There's a hotel next door to our building. It's a great hotel, nice restaurants, couple night clubs, taxis always at the ready. And no valet and about 20 parking spaces. And again, no street parking ANYWHERE in this neighborhood. I keep thinking my building should rent them parking spaces in our building for valet (they actually provided ABUNDANT parking in the underground garages that are unused) but that would bring it up to 100% and we can't have that.

OK, that's enough of my "what's annoying me about Dubai today" rant.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

1 - and this is a biggy - I hate when people won't give you bad news.

Grrrrr YES. MommyCG is the WORST at this. My examples are a little more extreme than yours. She knows that I generally do not handle it well when someone dies. Her solution? She pretends everything with that person is fine until either she thinks I can handle the news or she's backed into a corner. Some examples:

1. My guinea pig died while I was away at college. She didn't tell me for a month until I had to come home for a funeral and she had no choice.
2. My grandmother was sick and Mom swore she would tell me when it looked like she was going and it was time to come home. I wanted to have time to see her one last time and to say goodbye. Turns out, my grandmother was already dead at the time of that conversation, she just didn't want to tell me.

She did this again with my grandfather's death. I didn't tell her how pissed I was because her father had just died, but we did have a VERY long talk about how it feels to be constantly set up to believe one thing then be blindsided with the worst.

On the flipside, people need to stop using technology to spread bad news. I posted a couple weeks ago that I had 4 deaths in 5 days--I found out about 3 of the 4 on Facebook. That was a really sucky way to start November.

[thetygerlily]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

1. My guinea pig died while I was away at college. She didn't tell me for a month until I had to come home for a funeral and she had no choice.

My parents did this too- my childhood cat died my sophomore year in college, and every time I asked about her they'd say "she's doing fine".

My rant list:

1. People who smoke. Period.

2. People who lie about smoking. Yes I can smell it, no it isn't a little giggle-worthy lie. That means you, parents. After dealing with smoking parents all my life, I'm at the point where I don't let my parents in my house if I can smell smoke on them.

3. People who use a lot of fragrance, perfume, or lotion in a small confined place. Some people are allergic or highly sensitive to fragrance. I know your skin is dry on the plane, but I can't get away from your Bath & Body Works flavor of the day.

Okay, those are all about smells of some sort... yes, I fall in the highly sensitive/bordering on allergic category. But the biggest frustration is this:
4. People who don't respect other people's time, don't realize how their actions impact others, or otherwise don't realize that the world does not in fact revolve solely around them.

At work there are a few people, one in particular, who constantly reschedule meetings due to "scheduling conflicts". Those conflicts are THEIR conflicts, not the attendees... and THEY set up the meetings. Manage your own schedule and your own time, and stop impacting ours. There are days that I would have worked from home (which I do very rarely) and come in for say 3 meetings- and then surprise! All three of those meetings are cancelled. Color me mad.

[Warning: rant ahead] Outside of work, I'm serving on a guidance committee for someone working toward a fairly high honor within that organization. There are supposed to be 5 meetings with a very specific agenda at each.
Meeting 1: Scheduled during the weekday lunch hour (we all work at different companies in different cities). He decided to change it to an evening time a few days before the meeting. However, he gave such little notice (and never asked whether the day worked either time) that only half of us were able to attend. And then he went through the agenda for meeting 2 instead of meeting 1. Considering meeting 2 is supposed to build off of meeting 1, that's not okay.
Meeting 2: Scheduled for a day that was agreeable to those at the first meeting, with the provision that he'd send out what he was supposed to do in meeting 1. I emailed him early in the day of meeting 2 to ask if he was still planning to send it out and let him know I would be there. He emailed everyone about 4 hours before the meeting to say that he wasn't ready and it was postponed by a week (to tomorrow night). Two of us responded to say that the rescheduled day doesn't work. He rescheduled it to a day earlier (tonight) and finally sent out the information necessary. I'm still not attending because I'm flying out of the country tomorrow, have a lot to do, and I was ready to meet LAST week.

For someone going for a very high honor, this kind of behavior really bothers me. He's very nice, very competent (in other things), and is trying to do a very good thing. But if you can't realize how your actions impact everyone else... It really bothers me- as you can tell!

[FHwku]

i don't like that people watch reality TV (or create it, for that matter.) it makes people value stupid shit. particularly drama, the superficial and the material.