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

Thing is, the person I dealt with on this one project really is going to catch a load of petty-politics grief for her slack attitude toward proofing, but she just doesn't give a damn. She'll walk away from the organization if they say one word more to her than she wants to hear.

hmmm. my case is a ceo who can't delegate, has to look at every stage of every project and FIDDLE each time

Aaarghhh hate micromanagement so. Glad I dont get it where I work.

when you invite people to a repeating event on Facebook that clearly shows it begins on one date, ends on another, and has multiple isntances, and someone replies "SORRY I CAN'T, I'M WORKING THAT NIGHT".

i always respond very glibly "all 14 days???!!!"

For a minute I mis-read Janet Snakehole as "Stinkhole" - I got real mad the other day that the plactis bags they give you to shove you r produce in at the groc is so hard to open - spending forever trying to part the foreskin of the bag - crying...

Pro-tip for opening plastic bags, breathe on your fingertips first - it's a lifechanger.

- the guy putting his Kindle reader in his back pocket in the Kindle ad

--when fucking Family Feud game on facebook freezes and then when i refresh it counts it as me having played teh free episode. FIX YOUR SHIT.

Pro-tip for opening plastic bags, breathe on your fingertips first - it's a lifechanger.

This. Also works wonders for off-brand dog poop bags. Having said that, while I don't think I could name an on-brand dog poop bag, I like the idea that such things probably have on- and off-brands.

I will try this "breath of God"

thanks, elgee!

on second thought...

xxxxp I've been accused of making up the word 'tome'. To make it worse, the person who accused me was a teacher.

o_O

I hate when people claim you 'invented' shit and then laugh at you like you're obv 'so stupid'.

like I kept talking about 'black comedies' (not Black comedies) a few years ago with my g/f at the time and she started looking around the room and going "NEANDERTHAL, call them DARK comedies, not BLACK comedies"...and I'm like....err, ok, but 'black comedy' is an established genre name and 'dark comedy' isn't.

neanderthals had bigger bran cases

brain cases

bran cases

intestinal euphemisms

cue poop joke in 5...4... 3...

chaka khan

god, i turn into such a little schoolmarm when people litter. i don't call them on it in flagrante delicto, because i like not getting stabbed, but something inside me wants to shake them and say "can't you just hold onto your trash a *bit* longer? have you never heard of stormwater runoff?? think of the poor choking seagulls!"

but at least i don't rap while i do it...

http://youtu.be/SJNFT8G_VP0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJNFT8G_VP0&feature=player_embedded

- the new Youtu.be addresses.

There are chunks of food in my drain right now. I am steeling myself to go in there and get them, but it must be done post coffee, else someone may get hurt.

To be clear, they are there because Z did dinner dishes last night, but does not have my habit of also washing the sink. I should just be happy that someone else washed up, right? See, irrational.

My flatmates are *great* at washing up, *terrible* at leaving the sink with half a fetid vegetable patch in there.

To be clear, they are there because Z did dinner dishes last night, but does not have my habit of also washing the sink. I should just be happy that someone else washed up, right? See, irrational.

Cleaning the sink is part of washing up. So is wiping the counters/stove. And if in the course of washing up you get crumbs all over the floor, so is sweeping the floor. If you're irrational, I'm right there with you!

http://strangersihaveloathed.tumblr.com/

I always leave food in the sink strainer. I enjoy collecting it there, watching it change and grow as a person. Sometimes a happy and of grapes will end up in there having the time of their lives. I must say I am surprised the wife hasn't complained. She must share the joy!

okay, i have a new one: I hate buying a new album and getting excited to talk about it, logging on to ILM on the first day of release and searching for the thread on it, only to realize it was discussed and more/less dismissed a few weeks ago due to a leak or promo copies distributed to critics. whatever, my morning jacket.

Pfft nobody on ILX actually *likes* anything.

truf bob-omb

The best is when I'm kind of discouraged by a lack of conversation on an album I like: one or two posts, and then the thread goes dead.

Then a year or two later everyone comments "oh, I really liked that, listened to it all the time!"

So people often music, but if it's not a critic's darling or widely hated, no posts.

i got sick of being attacked by fuckheads for having an opinion

You never music

But many people often do.

I just happily revive the Home Video thread every time they have a new release, rave about it, then it drops off new ansas. But at this point I dont even have ILM in my SNA page, so *shrug*.

--people who address waitstaff with "give me (item)"

--people who just start conversations with strangers despite no indication that this is welcome, and continuing after strangers are clearly uncomfortable...

I am trying so hard to break myself of the "Give me six inch turkey on wheat, no cheese" but whenever I say, "May I have the six inch turkey on wheat, no cheese" I feel like a big weirdo poser.

Like I should be ordering in posh accent or something.

Try the East Coast USA formulation - "Lemme get a [insert food item]"

High school French: Je voudrais un six-inch turkey on wheat, pas de fromage, sil vous plait

I try to remember to use "I'd like _________"

Yeah, I'm usually a "Can I please have"...May I is correct, but i don't want to sound completely posh. But I like to say please. Feel mean just barking orders.

you can do any of those, as long as you acknowledge the person behind the counter first. in years and years as a deli guy, i came to realize the only difference between a good customer and a bad customer was often that the good folks would start a conversation with 'how you doin.... can i have two pounds of pastrami?' vs. bad folks with all their 'gimme three quarters proscuitto sliced so think i can see the sun through it.'

sometimes i exaggerate my new england accent a little bit, too, just cuz i'm afraid i'll otherwise sound poncey

when someone says "how are you?" and i say "i'm good, how are you?" and s/he says "i'm well, thanks"

i don't care about grammar, "i'm well" sounds bad and pretentious

(i care about grammar plenty but not when it makes you sound funny)

"It puts the pastrami in the basket!"

xxpost

idgi, whats wrong with saying "I'm well"?