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

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i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Thursday, 30 September 2010 14:41 (fourteen years ago) link

i mean rly

i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Thursday, 30 September 2010 14:41 (fourteen years ago) link

the fact that no one else could see Snufflupagus

Mr. Que, Thursday, 30 September 2010 14:41 (fourteen years ago) link

see, one person sets the precedent for not following the rules, and everybody else falls in line. THERE'S ALWAYS A RINGLEADER.

officer i didn't know it was a penguin (San Te), Thursday, 30 September 2010 14:42 (fourteen years ago) link

other people's jealousy at your overwhelming leadership skills

THE CHOMPING DUCK GETS HIS FATTY OUT FOR VADAR (HI DERE), Thursday, 30 September 2010 14:43 (fourteen years ago) link

now we've got fodder for the other thread!

officer i didn't know it was a penguin (San Te), Thursday, 30 September 2010 14:52 (fourteen years ago) link

People behind me on the sidewalk who walk at my heels.
People in front of me on the sidewalk who walk too slow.
People who stop at the top of the subway entrance and block your path while they finish their phone call or just peer down and contemplate what to do next.
People who talk on cell phones above a murmur, especially if they are behind me nipping at my heels.
People who try to hand me things on the street.

Virginia Plain, Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:12 (fourteen years ago) link

81. knowing that there is a mosquito somewhere in my house

the great aussie ballkicking vids (jjjusten), Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:14 (fourteen years ago) link

have fun living in MN

THE CHOMPING DUCK GETS HIS FATTY OUT FOR VADAR (HI DERE), Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:16 (fourteen years ago) link

82. The one or two guys I work with who obsessively & exclusively talk about Fantasy Football, in the manner that 10 year old boys talk about dinosaurs. I don't mind general, occasional chatter about FF, as a football fan I kinda enjoy it, but if that's the *only* thing you can talk about then AAAAGGGH OMG OMG STFU

VegemiteGrrrl, Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:17 (fourteen years ago) link

83. the fact that wasps/hornets only exist in order to live out their darwinian purpose of being dicks

the great aussie ballkicking vids (jjjusten), Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:36 (fourteen years ago) link

these are all very rational things to get angry about

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:38 (fourteen years ago) link

the point of this thread is not to show how other people are dickheads, it's to show the ways in which you are a dickhead

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:38 (fourteen years ago) link

i was talking about wasps/hornets, which are not people

the great aussie ballkicking vids (jjjusten), Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:39 (fourteen years ago) link

neither are mosquitos

the great aussie ballkicking vids (jjjusten), Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:40 (fourteen years ago) link

or dollar bills with things stamped on them

the great aussie ballkicking vids (jjjusten), Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:40 (fourteen years ago) link

84. Ppl on my bus in the morning who don't pull the stop cord for the train station stop b/c they assume the bus is going to stop there anyway.

85. The cheerful guy whose entire job is to hand commuters copies of the Red Eye (free, terrible commuter paper produced by the Chicago Sun Times) b/c if I want this piece of shit publication, I can grab it out of the ubiquitous paper boxes in front of the station. I don't need you to mock bow and sing out "Good morning!" and flourish the paper in my face as I enter the station.

86. People who wear sports jerseys to work. You're a grown up in a professional job. Dress like one.

Regular Stormy (Jenny), Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:47 (fourteen years ago) link

wish to register protest at #86. proper grownup jobs let you decide to dress yourself

i dont love everything, i love football (darraghmac), Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:48 (fourteen years ago) link

Protest all you want. It will not change that it is an innocuous thing that annoys me.

Regular Stormy (Jenny), Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:50 (fourteen years ago) link

- when other people arrive like 10 minutes late to work, on the one day that i'm not 15 minutes late to work

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:50 (fourteen years ago) link

"what slackers" i say to myself

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:50 (fourteen years ago) link

"they should take this job more seriously" i think, as i munch a muffin and check my personal email

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:53 (fourteen years ago) link

"do they really think no one notices?"

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:54 (fourteen years ago) link

then i show up at my normal time, 15 minutes late, for the next two months

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 30 September 2010 15:54 (fourteen years ago) link

88. slowmoving massive line to get into a large, multi-stalled women's bathroom....where over HALF the stalls are actually empty.
the reason for the line is that PEOPLE ARE SO FUCKING RETARDED THEY STOP DEAD AT THE ENTRANCE AND STARE FOR AN HOUR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH STALLS ARE EMPTY. JUST WALK IN YOU FUCKING SHEEP. WALK. IN.

VegemiteGrrrl, Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:06 (fourteen years ago) link

89. People who talk about Glee to say anything other than "it sucks"

officer i didn't know it was a penguin (San Te), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:18 (fourteen years ago) link

people who exist, near me

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link

I'm so with you today, Tracer.

I've got ten bucks. SURPRISE ME. (Laurel), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:24 (fourteen years ago) link

People who beat me to the printer/copier when two of the three machines are out of order, and there are like 40 people all sharing the remaining one.

I've got ten bucks. SURPRISE ME. (Laurel), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link

90. People who misuse apostrophes over and over again, putting them in every plural word. I DEMAND PERFECT GRAMMAR, EVEN ON THE INTERNET.

officer i didn't know it was a penguin (San Te), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link

people who buy things in shops, if they are in front of me in line

the people behind me are cool

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:37 (fourteen years ago) link

retail staff who don't move with 100% videogame-like efficiency

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:38 (fourteen years ago) link

HOW LONG ARE YOU GOING TO DAWDLE OVER THAT POPPADOM

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:38 (fourteen years ago) link

People who audibly disapprove of me or my wishes, anywhere, any time, in any language.

I've got ten bucks. SURPRISE ME. (Laurel), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:41 (fourteen years ago) link

testify

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:43 (fourteen years ago) link

I wish I were kidding.

I've got ten bucks. SURPRISE ME. (Laurel), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:47 (fourteen years ago) link

91. people getting irrationally angry about other people who walk slowly. i want to walk at whatever pace i feel like thank you very much

i feed these skreets (tpp), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:50 (fourteen years ago) link

Hangers. Just because.

I've got ten bucks. SURPRISE ME. (Laurel), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:52 (fourteen years ago) link

People who disappear off the face of the Earth for a month, completely out of phone/e-mail contact, then suddenly send a group e-mail at 5:20PM scheduling a pair of two hour "catch up" meetings for the following day at 10AM and late afternoon. Thanks for that, it's not like I was DOING ANYTHING oh wait I WAS AND YOU BOLLOCKS'ED UP MY DAY

Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:52 (fourteen years ago) link

94. people who quote rules, policies or laws at me rather than just acquiescing to my demands

having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link

93. People in restaurants who order using either "Can I get . . ." or "I'm going to have . . . " instead of "May I have . . . " or "May I please have . . . "

94. Motherfuckers who pay for things by putting the money on the counter, rather than handing it to the cashier.

Sauvignon Blanc Mange (B.L.A.M.), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:56 (fourteen years ago) link

Seriously, 94 has caused more spikes in my blood pressure than anything else ever.

Sauvignon Blanc Mange (B.L.A.M.), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:56 (fourteen years ago) link

96. People who only go one stop on the bus. They could walk, most of them. Obviously, it'd be mean to chastise the elderly or the infirm for going one stop. Though, it's probably a good idea for the elderly to keep active.

hey it's (jel --), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:56 (fourteen years ago) link

Let me explain: Why, because hangers grab onto clothes when you're standing on tiptoe holding a cup of hot liquids or a cigarette in the other hand, just trying to get a jacket out, and it will require three hands to disentangle the item from every clip and crevice of any hanger within reach. Conversely, when you put a shirt or dress ON the hanger, the hanger will plumb refuse to grip anything, and the item will slither off the tip of the thing as soon as you take your hand away from placing the hanger on the bar. You can watch it in slow motion, as the strap slips, sliiiips...a little more! and then WHOOSH it's crumpled on the floor behind your dry cleaning pile.

I've got ten bucks. SURPRISE ME. (Laurel), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:56 (fourteen years ago) link

Motherfuckers who pay for things by putting the money on the counter, rather than handing it to the cashier.

sometimes i do this and i always feel bad about it but sometimes i have an important phone game to continue playing

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:57 (fourteen years ago) link

it's worse when the shop asst. puts your change on the counter, that's rude.

hey it's (jel --), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:58 (fourteen years ago) link

laurel what about otherwise empty hangers that hide inside the top of already hung clothes, it's like THEY HATE ME

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 30 September 2010 16:59 (fourteen years ago) link

I am actively trying to train myself out of number 93.

Regular Stormy (Jenny), Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:02 (fourteen years ago) link

I was just about to say that 93 seems over the top to me. I always order with "I'll have..." and don't really see anything wrong with it.

kkvgz, Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:04 (fourteen years ago) link

94 is de rigueur in some surprising places, mostly involving people of other cultures and religious faiths, who may not want to touch their customers' hands for various reasons.

I've got ten bucks. SURPRISE ME. (Laurel), Thursday, 30 September 2010 17:05 (fourteen years ago) link


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