Inconsequential Things That Really, Really Piss You Off

Noise. If I'm alone in a quiet room a ticking clock can drive me nuts.

sayer wrote:

Generic people lack individuality, the ability to empathize with others, and the ability to detach. If you get the urge to chastize me for pointing this out, just know that I'm probably talking to you.

Good for you for realizing this at what I am assuming is such a young age. Don't spend time hating them, just do your own thing and they will do theirs. You'll likely come out ahead.

sayer wrote:

Wisconsin, for instance, recently passed a law requiring police officers to document the ethnicity of everyone they stop (what will they do with the data? hmmmm).

I can think of an example in which this data is useful. In East Haven, CT there have been reports in the last year that the police department has been harassing the Hispanic population. More here:

The Hispanic population in this town is 5.8% of the total population, but they received 56.3% of the traffic tickets issued over an eight-month period along the stretch of road that was tracked.

There has since been a federal lawsuit filed against the city. And wouldn't you know it, exposing those misdeeds to the light of day (in part due to looking at the statistics), has really improved things for the town's Latinos:

I'd say this is a good thing, and preventing profiling is one of the reasons CT requires exactly what Wisconsin is proposing.

A Runner Man wrote:

sayer wrote:

Generic people lack individuality, the ability to empathize with others, and the ability to detach. If you get the urge to chastize me for pointing this out, just know that I'm probably talking to you.

Good for you for realizing this at what I am assuming is such a young age. Don't spend time hating them, just do your own thing and they will do theirs. You'll likely come out ahead.

The fact is, wherever you go in life, they're probably there. That's why they're "generic". Yes, it bugs me to no end, too. Oh, and liberals. I don't like liberals, especially liberal institutions. Too bad I go to one.

not interested wrote:

Men who leer and undress me with their eyes.

Pics?

Old people who are about as grumpy and rude as a person could possibly be, but still complain constantly about how "kids these days" are all so rude.

runner girl wrote:

the flip side wrote:

Calling women "girls"

thank you the flip side.

So I'm guessing your pretty mad at yourself right now, runner girl?

Not sure if someone has already mentioned this one or not, nor if these stickers are in other places besides Colorado but I DESPISE those horrible bumper stickers that depict a stick figure family of the mom, dad, kids, etc. Nobody gives a crap that you have a wife, 4 kids, a goldfish, 3 cats, 4 dogs, and a turtle!!!

Seriously, I opened a neice's Barbie over Christmas. Beside there being so many places where they tether her to her package, they use so many different types of fasteners. String, twisties, plastic, rubberbands.... one needs a whole f***ing toolbox to free Barbie from her irons.The guy who mentioned corporate "diversity" programs struck a chord with me. On my annual review I had to set a Diversity goal. Which I think is odd because I work with many nationalities. So I set a very basic goal of attending one of the seminars a minority group put together. So how did I accomplish this goal? Attending an AA engineers' seminar which happened to be a white chiropractor giving a talk. Why that proved I was diverse more than my actually working with one of the other engineers beats me.

rhythm runner wrote:

pretty upsetting wrote:

That must be almost enough to make you think about not playing with Barbies anymore.

Have you ever tried to open a Barbie package before? Try it and call me back.

That I can't turn off the lights on my Pontiac. Makes it hard to sneak up on runners at night and scare the bejeesus out of them.

When my cat poops in the corner of its litter box rather than the middle where it's easier to scoop.

When I go to wear my running pants for the first time this winter and the elastic wore out.

When I catch my 3 year old picking her nose and I tell her to not do that, so instead she quickly eats it.

i live under a bridge wrote:

That I can't turn off the lights on my Pontiac. Makes it hard to sneak up on runners at night and scare the bejeesus out of them.

Are they daytime running lights? My car has these & I pulled the fuse to turn them off. Look in the manual to find which fuse it is.

I really can't stand when people fly full throttle through parking lots. This just happened the other day in a shopping center I was at, the poor elderly couple was forced to sprint to the sidewalk as these young clueless chicks turned the corner and nearly ran them down. Why do some people think it's okay to drive like this in a parking lot, are they idiots or what? Is this not covered in drivers ed these days?

Every time I go to a grocery store I feel like I'm going snap. I can handle any stress at work, but heading to the store after work ruins my night every time.

#1 Please don't write a check. If you must then start writing before you're total is announced.

#2 There's a line. Don't pretend like you don't see it & then walk up & press your body against the glass to be the next in line at the deli.

#3 Kids should not be allowed in grocery stores. Leave them in the car. At home. With Dad. Anywhere but the grocery. For some reason kids turn into monsters here.

#4 If you do have a kid in your cart that doesn't mean you can do whatever you want.

#5 When someone is behind you don't suddenly stop in the middle of an aisle so nobody can get by. Get the F over.

#6 When in the parking lot don't walk as slow as possible down the middle of lanes blocking cars. Get the F over.

#7 Don't talk to me, smile at me, or even look at me. I'm there to get my food & get the F out.

I will take a lot of really strange bets. I guess I just have a higher tolerance for lots of weird stuff than most people. Anyway, I'll make these bets for a little bit of money or a set amount of beer or something. Sometimes it's more normal stuff, like betting on a game of darts.

When I lose, I pay up. When I win, half the time someone doesn't pay up or will only pay up in part. What's the point of betting?

phantom 2.0, you sound a bit intense. Do you spend too much time in traffic or something? That can put me on edge.

Someday you'll probably have kids, and you'll realize that you cannot leave them in the car. It's illegal, first of all. Second of all, Dad might be at work. Or Dad might have run off with another woman. You never know. Parents cannot always easily find someone to watch their kids. Thus, they bring them to the grocery. Sorry if this offends.

All politics is inconsequential because the corporations control the politicians who control us through media propaganda. How we vote or what we independently think is inconsequential and that's what pisses me off.

annoyedtonoend wrote:

1. Car dealerships closed after 5 p.m. on week days and closed on week ends. I would think they would want to be open when the majority of people aren't busy at work.

Where do you live? Where I live car dealerships are open until 8 or 9 on week nights and open all day Saturday. Can't be open on Sunday though.

phantom 2.0 wrote:

#1 Please don't write a check. If you must then start writing before you're total is announced.

As long as we are on grocery stores, what about people that pay cash and spend 5 minutes digging through their purses to find the right change?

Same with the airport security line. Get the change out of your pocket or purse before you get up there.

Why do people carry change anyway?

phantom 2.0 wrote:

Are they daytime running lights? My car has these & I pulled the fuse to turn them off. Look in the manual to find which fuse it is.

Most cars with daytime running lights actually have instructions for turning off these lights. You have to manually turn them on and off in a certain way. I have a Pontiac and I have done it.