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

lol...the free Proj Gutenberg stuff has a better selection

About the bike stuff- I don't ride on the sidewalk, but I do do a pretty cool macguyver thing at one particular intersection by school that involves riding through with traffic after I've lost my green left turn light, stopping in front of the two lanes of cars opposite who have also lost their green turn light, and then going on my left turn once everyone has their red. I'm pretty good at it and it's safe, anyway. There is no dodging involved, at least not any dodging or defensive riding I wouldn't have to do anyway riding straight with traffic.

mmmhhhmmmm (narrows eyes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cnOvMFnRvs

wrong thread! that was for the rebecca black thread. but enjoy css anyway.

- people who wipe their arse like they're buffing scratches off a car

how do you know they do this

the noises!

I know this is such a mundane IA, it's probably been covered 900 times but being trapped in an elevator with someone who tells you their life story when you ask "How are you".

got a full story of someone's ear infection, doctor's appointment, weekend of sickness... honestly, likeigiveafuck.gif

how do you know they do this

dude you can hear it over the partition, scrape-scrape-scrape-scrape-scrape-scrape-scrape-scrape-scrape-scrape

Re "how are you": In the nicest way possible and I really mean that, maybe next time don't...ask? I know that one assumes people will understand that it's a meaningless social gesture but maybe it shouldn't be.

that sounds unpleasant for their anii xpost

hence my ia

There's someone on my floor who . . . I don't know what his BMs are like or what his problems might be, but whenever we're in there at the same time I just hear him tearing off strip after strip after strip of toilet paper. Like, two feet at a time, about ten times in a row. Are you bleeding down there? Building a TP snowman? Deliberately trying to break the toilet? What?

xxpost Laurel, yeah it's hard... In this case today she asked me how I was so my automatic response is "Great! How are you?" ...I think I need to think ahead sometimes and maybe not respond that way with the over-sharers, I dunno. But it feels rude not to ask so...

Argh, I know and people who're always negative and tone-deaf about how boring/awful they sound are their own problem, too.

I really wish people would stop talking to me today. Can't move for people I know and/or complete strangers trying to force a conversation onto me. Toilets, lifts, you name it.

maybe you have a friendly face

I cannot think of a single aspect of myself atm that says 'talk to me i am friendly'

Can't imagine why anyone would have that impression of you tbqh :p

Fucking power outages pissing me off ATM. Two in the past two days, more bad weather, more outages likely bah grr

APPLE EAR BUDS.

FUCKING PIECES OF SHIT.

They fall out of my ears if I turn my head a few degrees, and forget about wearing them while running or working out. Isn't Apple supposed to be known for their design wizardry??

Oh god I hate them too...always forget to bring my sennheisers home from work and have to suffer the pain and annoyingness of those stupid things...they are the worst ... and the sound is for shit, to boot

- People who think headphones included with audio devices are worth a shit

I actually like the sound when I press them deep into my ears. My Shures don't have enough bass and mid-range for my liking. (And I'm using the Apple ones instead of the Shures right now b/c the adapter cord broke.)

xp - I don't think they are worth shit, but I think they should be at least serviceable!

Maybe your ears are just a more awesome shape than the average human and so they don't fit right

I have Sennheisers that go everywhere with me, a backup pair of Sennheisers that also go everywhere with me, a backup pair of Sonys that are behind emergency glass at home, a backup pair of rubbish Sennheisers that I bought accidentally, a bag of ear plugs, a drill with a bit that's perfect for bursting ear drums and easy access to a train line for a quick and instant death. If all of those fail I have a pair of Apple earbuds under the stairs.

Maybe your ears are just a more awesome shape than the average human and so they don't fit right

I like this standard, because according to it, my ears are incredibly fucking awesome.

This is not innocuous but I feel like this doubles as my letting off steam thread so

They laid off at least 10 people at work today. They have never laid off that many. Two of the layoffs were a young husband and wife whose 8 yo daughter died suddenly last year. I don't even know how that family absorbs/deals with that at all, or how the company even decided to lay them both off at the same time. They laid off 4 ppl from our Eaat .coast office, leaving one person. And a senior marketing manager who runs that department and I have no idea how that even gets absorb, she was far from "dead wood"

I just...maybe I should have out this on the I'm sad thread, but I'm fucking mad. And it's tilting at windmills because it doesnt do any good to be mad...but I spent all day thinking about all these people going home to their families and it just...

Weird, weird fucking day

god, that sucks, VG. i'm sorry.

Thanks. I'm still processing it...we are a pretty small company and I think theyve been "protecting" us from layoffs for longer than they should have. We have had some cutbacks over the years, but it was usually only one or two a year...this was huge. Its shitty to say I don't fear for my job right now, but that is not what I is driving my emotions right now...they set this company up so that we would be like a family, so that's how it has been. I think the 180 on that position with these cuts just feels hypocritical and I don't like being lied to

Agh ranting now, I'll stop

Oh VG that is horrible :( It leaves the rest of you feeling so uncertain which is just the worst!

I was gonna come here and kick a can about how pissy I am about my stupid jokes on ILX about myself being apparently taken seriously but all water under bridge.

the only thought i'm gonna express on that subject is that if you find you keep having to point out things are a joke there might be something in the telling that isn't quite working..

You can kick your can, Trayce...I think I've let off all the steam I have, lol. And for the record I never take you seriously :) <3

if you find you keep having to point out things are a joke there might be something in the telling that isn't quite working.

I dont really give a fuck either way at this point tbh.

What I dont appreciate is people making up blatant lies about me for the lolz on a thread thats about someone else, and turning into a joke at my expense. I dont find that kind of thing remotely funny especially from people I know in real life.

ia: there was this woman on the bus who, for almost the entirety of my hour-long ride, was standing up at the front, practically leaning over the steering wheel to talk to the driver. the bus had shown up 25 minutes late so i was already in a weird mood, and i just had this awful feeling that the woman might distract the driver and cause him to crash. so relieved that didn't happen.

i mean, she was just... hovering. i couldn't take it.

VegemiteGrrl, that really sucks-- sorry!

seconded

i came here to post "baby corn"

What, like "Muppet Babies" kind of angry?

'oh hai i am a recruiter wanting to give you some work! I don't have a specific job right now but are you available? No? When will you be available? Really? Wonderful. OH BY THE WAY AS AN AFTERTHOUGHT JUST COMPLETELY OUT OF THE BLUE DO YOU HAVE ANY VACANCIES AT YOUR COMPANY SO I CAN BE A SNEAKY BASTARD AND PUSH MY WAY IN THERE?????? No? k thx bye <click>'

Recruiters are scumbags.

yes, and you missed out the "do you have any colleagues/friends that may be interested?"

1) (Colleagues) Yes, I like them so much, I'd like them to leave where I work...

2) (Friends) Yes, because all my friends have the same job and skill set as me that's why they are my friends...

People who make tea/coffee really loudly by clunking/chiming the spoon while stirring for longer than is necessary.
Makes me want to smash the whole place up >:(

People who stir their tea/coffee and then tap out a tune on the rim of the cup with the spoon. Also people who combine this with stirring their tea between every other mouthful - YOU ONLY NEED TO STIR THAT SHIT ONCE YOU FUCKER

I can just imagine Hitler stirring his coffee and then tapping out the first few bars of the H0rst We55el song.

To be honest, every think makes me irrationally justifiably angry these days.

Every think? Everything, sorry!