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

- 'down under'

- 'the land down under' doubly so

- people who don't know when to mind their own fucking business

hmm this probably isn't all that innocuous

- ugh cosign to that. Stupid nosy gossipy dental hygenist does the 'are you taking any medications or prescription drugs' survey every 6 months at my cleaning, and EVERY time, when I say "Nope!" she says "Not even birth control?" and I say "Nope!" and then she gives an eyebrow raise and finds a way to ask if I'm trying to have a baby and I want to ram her stupid teeth cleaning tools up her fucking nose. Leave. Me. Alone.

- on a related note, people who offer me a seat on the tram. Presumably they think I'm pregnant :( I really gotta stop slouching and do some situps. Sigh.

omg really??

on a similar note to people not minding own fkn bzns

- people who remark on elements of the private phone conversation you just had

(the content of the call doesn't matter, if it's not about you and doesn't involve you stfu and gtfo)

not innocuous, but dont' wanna find the other thread...

went to see professional tour of West Side Story tonight, first time I've seen it professionally, and this dad was there with his daughter and I'm like 'aww how sweet he's taking his daughter to see WSS'.

then asshole starts singing along, he thinks under his breath, but it's audible to most everyone. I figure he's just doing it for oen song.

nope, does it for the whole show, though when I loudly shushed his daughter kinda shot him a look and he quieted down. until teh second act, when he started to hum along to "I Feel Pretty" in Maria's octave.

Fortunately I still enjoyed it, but he flat out ruined some big moments.

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hate it when ppl talk with cough drop or hard candy rolling around their mouth. clattery, slurpy, ick.

(see also pierced tongues)

^^^

People who say BROUGHT when they mean BOUGHT.

- on a related note, people who offer me a seat on the tram. Presumably they think I'm pregnant :( I really gotta stop slouching and do some situps. Sigh.

― Cyclone Yazoo (Trayce), Tuesday, February 1, 2011 7:24 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

sometimes dudes just offer their seats to ladies. one of those "polite" gentlemanly things that dudes do.

As a male, you don't want to appear selfish or unchivalrous so you offer your seat to the lady standing up next to you. She then accuses you of calling her fat/old. It's a modern conundrum.

Joggers! Joggers make me angry.

When I saw a pair of joggers (m/f couple in matching tracksuits) coming towards me taking up the nearest 90% of the pavement, I knew they were not going to drop to single file or move to the other side of the pavement, because joggers don't do that. So, since I was carrying a lot of heavy shopping, I thought I may as well move off the pavement to behind a little foot-high wall thing to pause for a moment till they'd gone. And one of them takes a detour to jump onto and leap off the wall straight towards me, barely missing me.

In my head, where I am a prettier, sassier lady, I considered some choice words. In the real world I couldn't think of any, and fat old women shouting in the street generally do not change people's minds about anything. Couldn't hold back an audible sigh though.

douchey joggers and bicyclists need to be herded up and fired into the sun.

lately the thing I can't stand is bicyclists who can't just STOP at a traffic light, they have to weave and wobble and generally make a show of how awesome they are. Pedal clips, I get...but on a stupid regular bicycle or bmx you just look like a fool. Put your foot down and wait like a normal person.

sometimes dudes just offer their seats to ladies. one of those "polite" gentlemanly things that dudes do.

Exept in 90% of cases it's been women :/

And on another related note - and perhaps this one is me being a bit inreasonable - women with children in large prams, who feel the need to try and get onto a city tram in peak hour.

Lemme asplain: because Melb has trams on the roads, in the CBD people tend to hop on one to go 34 or 5 blocks from say, a train station to their work. Thus at around9am the trams are SARDINE CANS.

So why any mother in her right mind would be possessed with the idea of getting on a tram, and standing in the doorway with her fucking pram, I dont know. TWO did that on this mornings Collins st tram. They were in everyones way and stood there looking embarrased and unhappy. Fucking dont go to the shops in peak hour stupid women!

4 or 5 blocks, obv, not 34. I need a lobotomy.

- people who tell someone they're 'so funny' when all they do is repeat a saying/phrase that's been a cliche for 5 years, ie "I just threw up in my mouth".

^ indicates deeper self-absorption. I really really really hate people like that. Can't even begin to explain what I mean.

normally i'm very sympathetic to retail/food service people. not always, though.

this afternoon, at subway:

dude: "may i help you?"
me: "hi. i'll have the turkey on 9-grain bread, footlong."
dude: "you want that toasted?"
me: "no, thanks."
dude: "wait, what kind of bread?"
me: "the 9-grain, um, 'omega 3'." (they have this now. i feel silly ordering it, but whatevs.)
dude (grabbing the bread): "with what?"
me: "turkey."
dude: "footlong?"
me: "yeah."

oh yeah, and he asked me a second time if i wanted it toasted. i still didn't.

bloke in front of me in shop today must've picked up and looked at all 2 dozen oranges twice each before settling on one.

sandwich 'artists' r doofus

re bicycles vs pedestrians: when it's don't walk at a crossing, green light for traffic -i'm riding on the road and over the crossing, but people decide it's okay to walk because its not a car but just a bike and somehow I DUNNO MAYBE IT WOULD HURT LESS IF I HIT YOU BUT ID STILL RUN YOU OVER YOU FUCK

people are in such a rush to get anywhere.

also sometimes my ear gets itchy for no reason and that makes me angry and i can't scratch inside it grr

In my town, some asshole cyclists ride on the sidewalk and in the crosswalks. Nice invitation for a clothes hanging.

Especially the guy who gave me the egg eye as I was coming out of an alley as he was biking the wrong way on a one-way on the sidewalk.

which is worse

the existence of the term sandwich artist.

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lately the thing I can't stand is bicyclists who can't just STOP at a traffic light, they have to weave and wobble and generally make a show of how awesome they are.

Eh, in their defense it's a lot easier to get pedaling again with your feet already/still on the pedals than from having to lift a leg off the ground. But yeah, some people are dickishly showy about it.

these gale force winds england has right now are irrationally fucking me off. trying to ride your bike or just even walking against them outside is a mighty challenge

yeah and when all the other rich people in their cars are driving around and stuff and it doesnt affect them and im totally struggling on my two wheels like putting all my effort in and shit

-people that think signing facebook/internet petitions ACHIEVES SOCIAL CHANGE.

jesus christ give me a fucking break. that isn't the type of demonstration that has any visibility.

Um, considering how many people use Facebook every day, I do think it has decent visibility. But I am with you on being annoyed by 99% of them.

The lady sitting next to me on the train that elbowed me every single time she turned a page in her book.

i mean visibility in that they're going to achieve anything. I find letters to congressmen are far more effective as they're more than names on the page.

the egg eye!

@jon -- re the elbowing, that shit annoys me. any type of repeated physical contact in a public place that could just be ceased by taking the time to recognize you're making physical contact with the person next to you and taking a simple step TO FUCKING STOP IT!

so u otm

I find letters to congressmen are far more effective as they're more than names on the page.

lol I wish you could see the replies to every letter I have written to John McCain. "Sorry, I still hate gay ppl. Love J. McC–" Not that I'm gonna stop or whatevs, it's just funny to me, I always start thinking of "The Odd Couple" theme when I think abt me & him communicating. Life is funny.

i'd like to send him a letter that merely says "EAT A DICK" in comic sans font size 36.

People who apply for jobs and don't consider setting up an appropriate email account for themselves. Who on earth thinks they are going to get an executive level corporate sales post when their email address is something like xxsparklycutiepiexxx @ whatever . com

Awh I really wanted that job :'(

that's not as bad as like "fistfuc✧✧✧@vaginam✧✧✧.c✧✧"

This has been brought up I think, but it bears repeating: on a packed out train, don't leave your bag/coat on the seat next to you. Did you buy two tickets? Well then. Also people who sit in the aisle seat so you can't easily sit next to them without squeezing or having to ask them first.

^^^ srsly wanna stab these cunts

Don't they realise that the 'nice' people won't bother, so what you get instead is the people with ISSUES!!! asking to have the seat!

- my brother is flying in tomorrow from Australia and we are having all kinds of last minute arrangements bc of flights arriving earlier than planned and late hotel checkin times and I'm so excited to see him, I haven't seen him in person in almost 4 years, but the planning and last minute changes are making me GAHAAHAHAH mental. I'm really kind of ocd about planning and knowing what I'm doing when and at what time and it makes me almost completely unable to adapt and change at the last minute. huge weakness, I know.

in a nutshell: today can seriously fuck right off

still in a good mood, but some minor irritants:

--Local parking lot for this one particular shopping center is vast and complex, and invites idiocy. why just this afternoon....

1. There was a big gap in a queue of cars wide enough for me to legally pass through to get to parking lot for my store. I signal, I wait a beat, space is still there, and start to converge and only THEN, the asshole suddenly decides he wants to close the gap before I get through. I manage to force my way in, and flip a nice bird.

2. I'm backing out of my spot and this lady, has just made a right turn onto the road, coming the opposite way. local 'common courtesy' is to stop and let the person finish backing out, even if they're on the opposite side, to give them room. This is also a very tight road.

I assume she's going to do that, but the twat just keeps coming, not slowing down once. I'm a pretty good driver so like I backed out fine but i mean would it have killed your stupid ass to wait 3 extra seconds? flipped another bird!

Scrolling down on a website with the wheel and the cursor hitting a YouTube video and stopping. Have to manually move the cursor and start scrolling again.

HUGE PROBLEM.

i'm in favor of bird-flipping bad drivers whenever possible

Saving seats in crowded cafes. Not only does it lack class, it's inefficient - one person sitting at a table for ten minutes, holding it for friends getting the food, while people already with food stand around, frustrated.