Innocuous things that make you irrationally angry (a list thread)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Thompson_Center

― get wolves (get bent), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:16 (1 year ago) Permalink

i was just in it this morning because there's a dmv office in the basement.

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

in the food court.

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

a dmv office in the food court?

― get wolves (get bent), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

ha it's actually off of the food court. i think it's a pretty cool building but i have never had to take the elevators.

― congratulations (n/a), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:27 (1 year ago) Permalink

It's got some issues.

― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

reminds me a little of the bonaventure hotel in l.a.:

― get wolves (get bent), Friday, 11 May 2012 18:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

Reminds me of the Marriott in Atlanta, which is like Alien to the James R. Thompson center's Brazil:

― joygoat, Friday, 11 May 2012 18:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

carl, I'd never get any work done in your building, I'd be leaning over the balconies and taking the elevators all day.

― how did I get here? why am I in the whiskey aisle? this is all so (Laurel), Friday, 11 May 2012 19:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

i could never get any work done in any of these buildings!

― get wolves (get bent), Friday, 11 May 2012 19:02 (1 year ago) Permalink

xp You probably wouldn't take the elevators unnecessarily after your first shuddering/slipping/getting stuck experience.

― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Friday, 11 May 2012 19:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

people who misspell the word "weird" as "wierd"

― mh, Friday, 11 May 2012 19:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

Baked Lays are only ever 1/4 full.

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 11 May 2012 19:53 (1 year ago) Permalink

(bags of Baked Lays, that shoudl read)

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 11 May 2012 19:53 (1 year ago) Permalink

xpost, I just stayed at the Atlanta Marriott and felt like I was in an alien's thoracic cavity the whole time.

― kate78, Friday, 11 May 2012 20:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

Bonaventure looks the hotel that killed John Malkovich in In the Line of Fire.

IA: Having to use the word "in" twice in a row even if it is correct.

― pplains, Friday, 11 May 2012 20:55 (1 year ago) Permalink

Also, at least in the context of this thread, the city and state of Correctionville, IA, is hilarious to me.

― pplains, Friday, 11 May 2012 20:56 (1 year ago) Permalink

The next time I get, I mean need, to tell someone they're wrong, I'm going to start by offering them a one-way ticket to Correctionville.

― how did I get here? why am I in the whiskey aisle? this is all so (Laurel), Friday, 11 May 2012 20:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

Welcome to Correctionville, Population: me

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 11 May 2012 20:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

ia: "saving the carcass for stock" means you actually have to make the stock, which is a pain in the butt

― get wolves (get bent), Friday, 11 May 2012 23:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

It's pretty easy!

― Polly biscuit face (carl agatha), Friday, 11 May 2012 23:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

easy, yes, but you still have to stand there skimming the scum

― get wolves (get bent), Friday, 11 May 2012 23:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

Also, at least in the context of this thread, the city and state of Correctionville, IA, is hilarious to me.

― pplains

I get IA over Young America, Minnesota, and in googling it to make sure I got it right, I discover it has merged with neighboring Norwood to form Norwood Young America! What's odd is that it was founded in 1856, I assumed with a name like Young America it would be a recent creation. It's known for being a coupon processing center, which is how I first heard about it.

― nickn, Friday, 11 May 2012 23:53 (1 year ago) Permalink

I assumed with a name like Young America it would be a recent creation

tbf, America actually was relatively young in 1856

― mh, Friday, 11 May 2012 23:54 (1 year ago) Permalink

True, and Minnesota was even younger.

― nickn, Friday, 11 May 2012 23:58 (1 year ago) Permalink

I discover it has merged with neighboring Norwood to form Norwood Young America!

Here's an incredibly local IA: There was this town called Helena, Arkansas, on the banks of the Mississippi. Lots of blues history, home of Patrick Cleburne - a Confederate general who wanted to counter the Emancipation Proclamation by also freeing the slaves, Conway Twitty, King Biscuit, etc.

Out west of town, a new community grew: West Helena. In fact, over a matter of time, West Helena gained more population than Helena.

Both cities are in the Delta, one of the poorest areas of the nation not on an Indian reservation. The two municipalities recently (last 10 years or so) decided to merge into one government. But what to call the consolidation? Helena had the name first and the history, but West Helena had more people.

The new city's name? HELENA-WEST HELENA. Makes me A-IA

― pplains, Saturday, 12 May 2012 00:05 (1 year ago) Permalink

That.... makes absolutely no sense

― mh, Saturday, 12 May 2012 00:21 (1 year ago) Permalink

reminds me there is a suburb to the southeast of me, called Pakenham. to its north? not outer or nth Pakenham, no... Pakenham Upper. I mean srsly now.

― Pureed Moods (Trayce), Saturday, 12 May 2012 06:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

the entendre had never occurred to me before

― our love will change the world (electricsound), Saturday, 12 May 2012 06:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

LOL! well now u kno.
people who misspell the word "weird" as "wierd"

― mh, Saturday, 12 May 2012 05:51 (12 hours ago)

;_; I do this sometimes. By accident really! I know how it is spelt, my brain just auto-parses "i before e" all the time.

― Pureed Moods (Trayce), Saturday, 12 May 2012 08:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

Probably all my problem, but it bugs me when people write "etc." as &c or and cetera. Especially "&c."

― Pita Malört (Je55e), Saturday, 12 May 2012 16:06 (1 year ago) Permalink

TV adverts with Jane Horrocks doing the voiceover. I'm sure she's a lovely person irl but can't she find gainful employment elsewhere?

― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Saturday, 12 May 2012 16:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

ha it's actually off of the food court. i think it's a pretty cool building but i have never had to take the elevators.

iirc, Running Scared had a chase sequence staged here, before the building even opened to the public.

My high school prom had some kind of afterparty here; I looked up, got vertigo, and left.

― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 12 May 2012 16:25 (1 year ago) Permalink

Probably all my problem, but it bugs me when people write "etc." as &c or and cetera. Especially "&c."

i am the king of irrational angerment through the application of this and c.

― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Saturday, 12 May 2012 18:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

hate you open a door to go in/out of somewhere, and the person on the other side automatically assumes you're opening it for them and steps out/in. esp when there are double doors, and you could just use the other damn door.

― rayuela, Saturday, 12 May 2012 18:54 (1 year ago) Permalink

having managed to get confused by a door saying PUSH in vertical lettering from the other side of the door. Can't quite work out how I transposed that to read forwards instead of backwards letters and I'm standing there in front of the desk of somebody I'm hoping to work with.
Must look really odd, did work it out but it took me way too long, 30 seconds plus. Hope it isn't the sign of an aneurysm coming on or something. or extended hypochondria.

― Stevolende, Saturday, 12 May 2012 19:19 (1 year ago) Permalink

― nickn, Saturday, 12 May 2012 23:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

One of my favorites.

― nickn, Saturday, 12 May 2012 23:04 (1 year ago) Permalink

Reminds me of the Marriott in Atlanta, which is like /Alien/ to the James R. Thompson center's /Brazil/:

yo I was just gonna say the same thing!

― a parker full of poseys (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 13 May 2012 01:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

Probably looked a bit like that but I was reading the sign from other side of glass door. I can read upside down, back to front etc. just can't see how I thought I was reading forwards. you don't develop dyslexia in middle age do you? It is something you're born with isn't it?

― Stevolende, Sunday, 13 May 2012 10:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

Chipper and/or flirty waitresses. I do better with dark and broody types.

― *tera, Sunday, 13 May 2012 21:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

When I give someone a helpful tip that fixes a thing they are complaining about, and then they complain that they even have to do that. Big girl panties, engage!

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:50 (1 year ago) Permalink

oh
tee
em

― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:59 (1 year ago) Permalink

Honestly, the phrase "big girl panties", no offense.

― pplains, Monday, 14 May 2012 16:03 (1 year ago) Permalink

The woman who works across from me has lived in this state for three years and still goes, "O.M.G., where is Mena? Who's ever heard of these places?"

(1.) If I moved to New York and didn't know where anyplace was, I would Google Map it and keep my mouth shut rather than go "Fishkill? What the hell is that?"

(2.) No, really. Read that quote in the original sentence again. Swear to G, she really says the initials O-M-G out loud.

― pplains, Monday, 14 May 2012 16:08 (1 year ago) Permalink

But she got a big promotion recently and will soon get her own office while I remain out here on the floor. Apparently, knowing where the hell Mena is won't really get you that far in life.

― pplains, Monday, 14 May 2012 16:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

Sorry pp. but people need to learn to deal with things!

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 14 May 2012 16:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

"Helpful people are a nuisance" is real wisdom from on high, though. I'd say "I can help with your problem; would advice be unwelcome?"
xps

― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Monday, 14 May 2012 16:10 (1 year ago) Permalink

I get this thread and the passive-aggressive thread mixed up sometimes. Sorry.

― pplains, Monday, 14 May 2012 16:11 (1 year ago) Permalink

She's my manager, so I troubleshoot for her She was previously just a friend, so I posted her solution to a rant on FB (asking how she can turn off group notifications.)

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 14 May 2012 16:12 (1 year ago) Permalink