Inconsequential Things That Really, Really Piss You Off

Misspelled words in news articles... drives me insane!

When someone on the other end of the phone, for example a customer service rep or carryout order taker is asking for your phone number and then they either say "ok" or repeat the area code while you are saying the remaining part of the number and therefore could not hear what you said because you and they were talking at the same time.

They should be trained to just listen for the whole number.

First, here is a good thing that happens:

You're at a 4-way-stop intersection, and it is clearly not your turn to go, but some big ol' truck or something gives you the little wave to go on ahead so you don't have to wait for them. You then give the obligitory "appreciative wave" and go.

Now, here is something totally inconsequential that really, really pisses me off:

You're at the same intersection, and it is clearly, obviously your turn to go next, but you're waiting for the previous car to clear the intersection. Then some old lady give you the little wave to go. Out of habit, you give the "appreciative wave" and go. WAIT, YOU STUPID BITCH! IT WAS MY EFFING TURN TO GO ANYWAY. YOU DON"T HAVE TO WAVE TO ME. IT WAS MINE, AND I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO THANK YOU FOR "ALLOWING" ME TO GO.

You and Tribe have then best ones so far.

distance guy wrote:

-Speedbumps

-commercials where the male involved in the situation is made to look like an idiot compared to his female counterpart

-people who beep or yell at me when I'm running or riding my bike

I can't stand it when I see someone throw trash out of their car, even if it is a little bit. Such selfish pigs!

- My wife leaves her closet light on after I have asked her to turn it off about 50 times.

- I really hate Christmas songs too. Not sure why.

- People who just talk out loud and don't really care who hears what they say. In other words, people who cannot censor the words coming out of their mouths.

- Almost all computer issues. Mainly, because I can't fix them.

- Leaving the house and realizing the wife ignored the idiot light and I have to get gas and probably end up being late for whatever.

- Being made late by others.

- People who are habitually late. Get a clue people and just start your routine earlier if you're slow.

- Manipulators who stare you in the eye and pump their verbal, slithering tentacles into your head word by word.

- Dicks who insult the crap out of you and say, "I was just joking." I really would like to punch those jack asses.

- Not knowing what to say midstream in an argument though there is something in the back of my mind telling me the other person is wrong.

Political rants on the letsrun.com message board.

Oh yeah

- Lazy "old timers" at work who are perfectly content to play dumb and force you to do their job. Lazy people really piss me off. Some people should just be fired.

A pack of runners/walkers taking up the whole road/aisle/lane, shoulder to shoulder, who fail to yield a gap to oncoming runners. I just square up on one and let happen what happens.

Juvenile

distance guy wrote:

-commercials where the male involved in the situation is made to look like an idiot compared to his female counterpart

Why did this become ubiquitous - because it's a side effect of the reign of political correctness? Because a mean-spirited age means someone must be mocked in order to produce laughs, and we must not rely on anti-PC stereotypes that show women as anything but strong? I'm asking because I really don't know exactly why men came to be viewed as largely incompetent in commercials.

My peeve is somewhat related:

Women or girls in film, TV and ads beating up tough men. I've seen dozens upon dozens of street fights and bar fights. When the big guys are brawling, the women scatter. Sorry, sisters, but this includes all the ladies doing cardio kickboxing at the gym.

Unfortunately for realism in film or TV, there seems to be some obligatory scene in every story where the female protagonist knocks out a male. In real life, against a strong male, this never happens.

People who put forward their own ideas as fact but can't provide any evidence to support them.

This is the second (or third, depending on how you look at it) wave of feminism. If children/teenagers are raised being taught disrespect for men it will continue to undermine a truly balanced relationship between men and women where both parties are appreciated for their strengths and weaknesses. Instead, popular culture--translation, New York and Hollywood--wants to keep the sexes at each others throats because it just perpetuates their inequality machine. People talk about Chomsky all day long because he's intellectual. But, people refuse to pay attention to the obvious manipulations that affect us where it really matters such as this one.

the FARM wrote:

Big Spoons

I always have to ask for a teaspoon when I get soup. Who are those giant spoons for?

I can't stand the sound of crinkling bags or the sound of fake keyboard typing in television/movies.

I'll second (or third) the putting down of men in commercials or television. It's as if the men are idiotic creatures who are barely tolerated. Although, I totally disagree with Uncle Bs stereotyping of the origins of phenomenon. I am female and from NYC.

I really enjoy fake keyboard typing sounds on television. I find it hilarious.

People who leave grocery carts all over the parking lot.

Happy hours that are not 12-7

Weird wrote:

the FARM wrote:

Big Spoons

I always have to ask for a teaspoon when I get soup. Who are those giant spoons for?

I can't stand the sound of crinkling bags or the sound of fake keyboard typing in television/movies.

I'll second (or third) the putting down of men in commercials or television. It's as if the men are idiotic creatures who are barely tolerated. Although, I totally disagree with Uncle Bs stereotyping of the origins of phenomenon. I am female and from NYC.

Then you don't know history very well. Research Simone de Beauvoir.

+1 to all. Especially the jaywalking kids part.

Definitely the slow people who block my path on the highway, on the sidewalk, in the aisle at the supermarket, everywhere I go there is a 'wall of slow' obstructing my path.

I really hate idiots who leave a big enough gap between their car the one ahead to trigger the stop light to change.

It really pisses me off when I'm checking out at the supermarket and the clerk asks "would you like to donate $1 for breast cancer research?" Are you supposed to feel ashamed to refuse in front of other customers? I always say no under those circumstances. I bet everyone despises that practice if they were honest, but no one wants to be on cancer's side.

And most inconsequencial of all, why does my receipt have to be 3 feet long when I buy two things? I keep receipts for my records, but why must there be so much junk on what should be a simple receipt. It really boils my blood....

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