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

pplains I hear you on the catfood. it makes me IA when they don't bag my milk, even when I give them extra shopping bags. So dumb.

For some reason the checkout people at our local supermarket arbitrarily don't bag toilet paper, cat litter and juice

I love it when they bag frozen food and kleenex boxes in the same bag.

Instagram photos can fuck off.

Instagram photos can fuck off.
OTM

What's wrong with them???

photography equivalent of pre-ripped jeans

I've seen that video before, but my husband taught me a trick (we're Canadian so please understand this is about the rudest we can ever be) which is that I snap my fingers as I am coming up behind people - as I pass I keep snapping so that I just look affected, not rude, but it definitely gets people moving. Heh.

― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, January 12, 2012 2:25 PM (5 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I like this! I don't think I could look cool and canadian about it, though.

free health care gives us a spring in our step that the snapping complements nicely!

guys it broke my heart the first time I went to Chicago and I got 'uh-huuh' as a response to thank you. FYI.

I guess it was more of a 'mmm-hmmm.' And not meant rudely. But still!

"Have a good one!" is starting to get on my nerves. Is "Have a nice day" really so difficult to say? I am nearly always thisclose to saying "HAVE A GOOD *WHAT*?"

xp: I have to fight myself to avoid replying "uh-huh" instead of "you're welcome".

Or "yep".

I picked it up too! I was in America for all of THREE DAYS, five years ago :( But I try to spin it in my head like it's an 'of course!' 'of course I helped you- you're awesome!' #positivity

Well, that's what it means, but it doesn't sound as friendly.

I try and make myself.. lift the inflection of my voice at the end so it's a little sing-songy? I could stab a person in a friendly way if I put my mind to it!

"Have a good one!" is starting to get on my nerves. Is "Have a nice day" really so difficult to say? I am nearly always thisclose to saying "HAVE A GOOD *WHAT*?"

i cannot confirm but i think it just means 'have a good day'. earthlings are strange, aren't they?

But what if they're talking about something different? What if they mean "Have a good poo"?

As long as they have your best interests at shart.

I say "Have a good one" b/c it sounds friendlier than "Have a good day." I say "Take care" quite a bit, too.

For some reason I keep saying "Be well"? I like it. There are lots of ways to be well: mentally, spiritually, physically...it feels like it encompasses more than other er...salutations. It feels like almost a benediction.

There's a security guard outside my kids' daycare who hands out the high-fives.

We used to say "Have a good 'un!" to each other, but after his wife died last year, I amended it to "Take care of yourself, Phil!"

It was the least I could do.

Oh I feel bad, Laurel: my friend's neighbor used to say "Be well" all the time and I would always giggle after she left. It just seemed kinda "hippy"? idk.

I'm sure it seems less-so coming from you? (pathetic attempt at saving face)

something I do that probably makes others IA - when I'm buying something, the cashier usually says something like "have a good day" to which I respond "thanks, you too". Lately they've been saying things like, "stop by again" or at a restaurant "enjoy your meal" to which I also respond "thanks, you too", even though it makes no sense in that context

oh I do that too!

Laurel, I like "Be well," but I just can't bring myself to use it! It's the spiritual connotation that keeps me from saying it. And TBH when someone says it to me or signs off an email with it, it feels a little too personal.

xp - yes, Veg, the hippiness of it would sound weird coming from me!

And the two people I first heard/read say it regularly were both somewhat condescending psychotherapist friends, which is maybe why it makes me itchy now.

frogbs, when I was waiting tables I would often say "Enjoy" or if I knew the diners were going to a play, "Good night. Enjoy Wicked," and half the time they would say "You too," which was funny. Sometimes they would catch themselves and make a joke about it.

I broke myself of "Can I get" and now say "May I have."

Saying "uh-huh" or "yup" instead of "you're welcome" is next.

I'll probably hang on to "Have a good one," though.

It's okay! I don't say "be well" to everyone because, yeah, it's kind of personal. But to people I already like, I do.

the problem is there just aren't very many good responses. "Good night! Enjoy Wicked!" "Yes! I will!"

Thank you! Good night!

the one that always bothered me on a subconscious level was "drive safe" when it's not raining or snowing and its coming from someone who isn't your Mom. because the implication is "please don't get into a horrible wreck" which is understandable but also kinda suggests "wait, am I an unsafe driver? Could I die on my journey?" I mean, all they're trying to do is be nice!

I find it strange when, instead of "Get well soon" people say "Feel better" - it doesn't sound right and I've only noticed people saying this in the last two years or so.

Yes. "Thank you, here is $20" is also appropriate.

xp - YES! It doesn't piss me off, but it's weird. I remember when I was 18 I was leaving work and a co-worker said "Good night, be safe," and I asked her what she was talking about b/c I was driving 2 miles through the country in perfect weather. She said that it's just nice to wish people a safe trip.

Cars are horrible missiles from hell piloted by people who you wouldn't want flipping your burger! I'll take all the blessings I can get if I'm getting in a car.

2 miles through the country in perfect weather.

Perfect weather doesn't hold the drunks off.

Any time I take a cab or car srvc, I do wish the driver a safe evening. :( I guess I started doing it when there was a spate of shootings of livery cab drivers a few years back, and I just kept going. Since I'm usually drunk/half asleep at the time, I don't think I can stop now.

i just say "peace out" or if the cab driver's really cute i'll go for "namaste"

That's very different from someone taking a routine drive home. xp

Why do you think that "routine" = "not gonna die"?

I assume you get my point, so I'm not engaging.

I don't get your point, but I wish you well on your travels, Je55e.

- Cashiers who start scanning groceries and then scan my store discount card.

― pplains, Monday, January 16, 2012 1:53 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

a cashier once asked me if i wanted to give her my card before or afgter. when i asked what the diff was she said a lot of people preferred to have the card scanned after because they like to see all the 'discounts' come up at once. so i guess they just do it at the end now. also, they can start scanning without waiting for every fool to look through their bag/wallet for their card.

Cars are horrible missiles from hell piloted by people who you wouldn't want flipping your burger! I'll take all the blessings I can get if I'm getting in a car.

― beachville, Tuesday, January 17, 2012 11:01 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

its just a weird fact of life that every time you drive anywhere theres a small chance that you're going to die in a terrible accident and it sucks to be reminded of that

yeah esp if you grow up in a more rural setting. one of my best friends in high school, another bro's girlfriend, a casual acquaintance on the baseball team, and a couple others i knew were killed in car accidents around town.

I want to see my discounts appear as they happen.

I don't mind people wishing me safe journey's because I think it's a nice gesture but on Long Island a lot of people shortened it to just, "Safe home!" which I thought sort of weird.

journeys not journey's