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

just toilet seats

speak for yourself

what do you mean 'you people'

Australians.

the freelancer's irrational resentment of bank holidays for me atm

The American's irrational resentment for people in countries who get this as a four day weekend. Wait a minute - I take that back. Totally rational imo. ;)

I know a few people who have Friday/Monday off!

We used to get this Friday off, but they changed it to a "floating holiday". It's like a PTO day, but you get one per year and it must be used during that year.

So yeah, it's a PTO day to be used on a holiday (or "holiday") of your choice.

Every American company we do business with is closed today, AND my printers in Asia are closed Fri-Mon, too! EVEN THE CHINESE ARE BETTER AT EASTER THAN US.

i completely forgot it was a 4-day weekend. i have 3000 words to write for monday. it's been a glorious day today and i wasn't able to leave the house :(

when i complain about this, people just point out how i get to do the whole sitting-in-the-sun thing most days :(

my mum emailed me yesterday ' we are going to the beach for 4 days, have a great easter hope u get lots of easter eggs' YOU JERKS

4 day weekends, hot cross buns, chocolate easter eggs...RAGH NO FAIR

hot cross buns suck, dude

only the crappy ones do

i was just gonna post a picture of a swanky butt in a plaid thong, but then i remembered this was a work-safe thread.

And preferably people that know how to party (my friend doesn't party)

Then he got all philosophical and said things like "when you grow up, you are going to learn that you can have fun without partying"

Is "party" a euphemism for cocaine in these sentences?

If not, what does it mean?

the evolution of that word, as i remember it anyhow, is kind of weird. like, there was a time when using "party" as a verb was almost exclusively the provenance of semi-creepy hesherdom, but then there came a turning point circa 2001-ish and vice magazine/electroclash/paris hilton wave culture at which point it became almost de rigueur.

and now it just means getting fucked up in general. and no one will raise eyebrows or think you're being particularly ironic if you say it

so yeah, coke.

To me it sounds like a code word. When I was in New Orleans last winter a guy asked me if I partied, and it was very clear that he was talking about coke.

What does "hesherdom" mean? I Googled it but couldn't figure it out.

turn your "safe search is on" to "moderate"

It was "off"!

I am made irrationally angry by people who open doors with elbows etc because NEWS FLASH they are no cleaner than other users but 100 per cent more diva about their unsullied preciousness.

― a modest broposal (suzy),

I don't think that's the point. People eat with their hands, not their elbows. People shake with their hands, not their elbows..

Wow. Is there anything we can't learn from ILE?

We get Friday, Monday AND TUESDAY off thanks to some wars. FIVE DAYS.

ASSHOLES, ALL OF YOU ;_;

FIVE DAYS

SHUT IT

FIVE

we have 2 consecutive 4 day weekends due to easter and royal wedding / mayday.

(that said, i went into work for 1/2 a day today to alleviate the bank holiday boredom.)

oh maaan, I wish some pointless shits would get married here too

the word "lecithin" is really pissing me off atm

Just look through the NYT society section, you'll find plenty of 'em xp

your "here" is not my "here"

People who don't scan far enough down the road and don't break on the highway during congestion

Cuz two doofuses got in an accident behind me for just that reason!

getting out of work early only to be caught in a traffic jam for 30 minutes because some dude ploughed into a concrete divider. BALLS.

Not innocuous, and my anger is not irrational, here's one for the home-based freelancers and one-person shops: when you've been waiting on a call all morning and the phone rings just as you sit down for a crap.

http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/cordless-telephone-ge-intact2.jpg

Yeah, I have one of those goldurned newfanged devices. I just don't like phone calls when I'm on the can.

okay, last night i was at our local pizza haunt with two friends. we go there often enough that the waitress is friendly with us. it's Easter Sunday, so the place is kind of empty. right after us, this couple comes in, and sits down. they look like Oakland Hills or Berkeley types, but i didn't think much of it.

so, the Fugees are playing over the stereo at a volume that is perfect for conversation, but also perfect enough to hear every note. the female member of the couple asks to see the manager after they've ordered, and starts to complain about the level of the music. when the manager says she's sorry and that they only turn it up that high on slow days, the woman says snootily, "it was that loud the last time i was in here, too. i can't even think with music this loud." the manager then tells the woman that she'd be happy to pay for her meal, and the woman says, "yes, i think that's fair."

note that i heard this all from across the room, while this purportedly 'loud' music was being played.

essentially, this horrible yuppie not only acted like a totally entitled, self-absorbed NIMBY, but got a free meal out of it. i wanted to throttle her. eugh.

So you were in Oakland Hills or Berkeley? Because otherwise, she wouldn't be a NIMBY type because you, you know, have to be complaining about something in your neighborhood/back yard. It's an entire different thing to go somewhere not near home.

Not sure if dissing her as a young urban professional is really the word to use here

The woman, still a total jerk.

/nits to pick

She may have auditory processing disorder and not know it--I have it, and I have problems concentrating on conversation if there is any other significant sounds in the room.

I kind of think you're not a total bitch about it and would say something before eating your meal, though.

The "not knowing" bit is the key, in the same way that someone with a mold allergy might blame someone's cat for their breathing problems.

But it's more likely that she's a jerk.

Yeah not too many people are going to come over to your house twice, and then start randomly bitching you out for even owning a cat.

Would be tempted in that scenario to tell the woman I could hear her bellyaching over the music JUST FINE.

xp "Not too many," because I've seen so-called human beings do things like that.

mh, yeah, i suspect that she probably lived in the condos across the street. so, dressed in the manner and cloaked with the attitude of Hills/Berkeley type, but 'slumming' it along San Pablo Ave in a stupidly expensive, out-of-place condo.

Christine, i totally understand what you're saying— i know people who have the same problem. but to come into a place twice and have this bone to pick, it's like she was fishing for a free meal or something. which is fine if the service is bad, but really, it's just some low-level mid-90s hip-hop.