What's your biggest pet peeve? - Page 6

KSUViolet06 · #76 03-07-2011, 03:21 PM

People who walk up to me at work/somewhere where I am clearly in the MIDDLE OF A TASK and start: 1.) asking me a question 2.) telling me to do something.

Example: When the teacher is out for a minute, and I am the only person referee-ing a fight over the new colored blocks, other team members like Speech Therapists just WALK up to me and start rattling off messages for parents. They don't say "hey are you busy? I need to give you some info for Suzie's mom." They just start talking and assume I'm listening. Geez.

I was always taught to make sure someone has a free minute and is paying attention before you start asking things!

Drolefille · #77 03-07-2011, 07:35 PM

For my clients there are three kinds of people, friends, associates and females. The little angry smiley does not accurately represent how those statements make me feel.

KSUViolet06 · #78 03-07-2011, 08:37 PM

Being invited to any sort of "home sales party."

Mary Kay, PartyLite, Pampered Chef, Creative Memories, you name it.

Do not want. So don't invite me. If you invite me, I will say "no thanks."

christiangirl · #79 03-07-2011, 10:35 PM

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Interrupting people or talking while someone else is talking.(specifically in class towards professors) You may not find what they're saying interesting or valuable, but I do.

Me at work: "So like I was saying, I really think it would be helpful to just--"
New supervisor: "ABSOLUTELY, I completely agree, you don't have to sell me on it because I've been in this business for a long time and I totally get it."

Translation: I don't really care about your ideas so I'm going to interrupt before the sentence is finished and proceed to talk over you, making it obvious that I'm not listening.

SMTTT · #80 03-07-2011, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by christiangirl

Me at work: "So like I was saying, I really think it would be helpful to just--"
New supervisor: "ABSOLUTELY, I completely agree, you don't have to sell me on it because I've been in this business for a long time and I totally get it."

Translation: I don't really care about your ideas so I'm going to interrupt before the sentence is finished and proceed to talk over you, making it obvious that I'm not listening.

Exactly.

A new one I've found today. I hate it when people won't let me put their drink down on the counter. They're always in such a rush that they have to grab it from my hand which could make them spill and burn themselves.

Please, give me 2 seconds to put his down so you don't have to sue me.

Jen · #81 03-07-2011, 10:48 PM

People talk over me ALL THE TIME. I have no idea how to stop it and it drives me nuts.

christiangirl · #82 03-07-2011, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Jen

People talk over me ALL THE TIME. I have no idea how to stop it and it drives me nuts.

"Excuse me, I wasn't quite finished yet."

It took years of practicing this phrase but I've almost got it to a habit. Because I'm often very soft-spoken (especially at work), people have been talking over me for years. The first time I said this phrase, everyone fell silent like and looked at me like I'd just whipped my top off. They were that surprised.

ADqtPiMel · #83 03-08-2011, 07:56 AM

I also hate when people say they don't like the taste of water. WTF. It's WATER. That's literally the most "first world problem" thing you can say.

MysticCat · #84 03-08-2011, 10:02 AM

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I also hate when people say they don't like the taste of water. WTF. It's WATER. That's literally the most "first world problem" thing you can say.

Well, they may mean they don't like the taste of what comes out of the faucet, which will rarely be pure water.

Alumiyum · #85 03-08-2011, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ADqtPiMel

I also hate when people say they don't like the taste of water. WTF. It's WATER. That's literally the most "first world problem" thing you can say.

Hey now I can tell you in some places the tap water DOES have a weird taste/texture. That's the case for where I live...and it's full of lime on top of the horrible taste.

Of course there's an easy solution to that: buy a filter.

ASTalumna06 · #86 03-08-2011, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by ADqtPiMel

I also hate when people say they don't like the taste of water. WTF. It's WATER. That's literally the most "first world problem" thing you can say.

Hey, I'll say it... I don't like water.

And no, it's not because of the weird taste tap water has.

I'm not saying it to try and be "difficult"... i just don't like the taste of it. The only time that I don't mind drinking it is when I'm working out, but even then I don't find it very refreshing. Also, I HATE drinking it with food. Say I was eating a sandwich... to me, drinking water with that would be the equivalent of pouring water on a piece of bread and eating it.. and who wants to eat wet bread?! lol. I don't know why I think like that, but I do.

If I drink water, I add either a little bit of lemonade to it, or I use those Propel water-flavoring packets. I just don't like plain water.

IrishLake · #87 03-08-2011, 10:21 AM

I work with people who can't stand plain water. I can kinda understand it, because there's additive to tap water that can be funky. But if you were to drink plain distilled water, it tastes like butt. But these are the same people who are addicted to caffiene. I wonder if drinking 6 cups of coffee or 6 pepsi's in a day warp your taste buds to make plain water taste nasty. I have no problem with tap water though.

Alumiyum · #88 03-08-2011, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Hey, I'll say it... I don't like water.

And no, it's not because of the weird taste tap water has.

I'm not saying it to try and be "difficult"... i just don't like the taste of it. The only time that I don't mind drinking it is when I'm working out, but even then I don't find it very refreshing. Also, I HATE drinking it with food. Say I was eating a sandwich... to me, drinking water with that would be the equivalent of pouring water on a piece of bread and eating it.. and who wants to eat wet bread?! lol. I don't know why I think like that, but I do.

If I drink water, I add either a little bit of lemonade to it, or I use those Propel water-flavoring packets. I just don't like plain water.

I'm the same way. I drink either caffeine free Diet Pepsi or caffeine free Diet Dr. Pepper on a daily basis. I make myself drink water when I'm being physically active but I'm like you...I add one of those packets to it.

Though I will say if I drank more water I probably wouldn't have to whiten my teeth as often. And I don't even want them WHITE...I just want them to be stain free and healthy looking. I'm sure downing 6 brown colored drinks a day (even with straws) doesn't help. That only recently occurred to me and I've since bought a bunch of those flavor packets for water bottles.

AGDee · #89 03-08-2011, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by IrishLake

I work with people who can't stand plain water. I can kinda understand it, because there's additive to tap water that can be funky. But if you were to drink plain distilled water, it tastes like butt. But these are the same people who are addicted to caffiene. I wonder if drinking 6 cups of coffee or 6 pepsi's in a day warp your taste buds to make plain water taste nasty. I have no problem with tap water though.

I drink like 4-5 diet pepsi's a day and 96 ounces of water and I still love the water. It does have to be "good" water though (no nasty tastes in there).

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Though I will say if I drank more water I probably wouldn't have to whiten my teeth as often. And I don't even want them WHITE...I just want them to be stain free and healthy looking. I'm sure downing 6 brown colored drinks a day (even with straws) doesn't help. That only recently occurred to me and I've since bought a bunch of those flavor packets for water bottles.

I have a co-worker who drinks out of straws all the time and always has. She now has wrinkles that look like smoker's wrinkles, from her lips being pursed around a straw so muhc. So becareful with the straw usage! It may come back to haunt you in your 50s!

SMTTT · #90 03-08-2011, 02:29 PM

Small desks. I know they have to fit so many in one classroom, but it's so hard to fit everything and still be able to write at the same time. Today we had to have out book, hand-outs, and other junk and literally everyone had stuff falling down or had to have stuff in their lap.