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

yeah stuff like that makes me really angry too.

It reminds me of this story I heard on NPR about those Nissin instant ramen cups, and how dangerous they are with little kids re horrible burns - that seriously almost had me marching out into the street to yell at clouds

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/12/05/142634542/why-burn-doctors-hate-instant-soup

I mean no doubt there are some people just wanting to make money, but yeah to automatically assume it is the possibly wronged individual plaintiff rather than the profit-drive company they are suing makes me IA.

IA:

POTUS
SCOTUS
FLOTUS

when did this become a thing everyone took seriously, is it older than i think?

SCROTUS

I'm sorry. It happens almost every time I read SCOTUS.

can everyone please for the love of god SCROLL DOWN when you read emails?
YOU'RE KILLING ME

"email #1

hi person

please [blah blah blah]

also, make sure you [blappity bloo]
love, VG"

email #2
"hi vg
all done! do you want me to [blappity bloo] as well?"
love, person"

once a week, if not multiple times. raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh kill

I would like you to blappity bloo, please, yes.

Fortunately my coworkers are usually very very diligent in reading their emails. It's weird, really.

Giving me the shits right now: this fucking obviously style-concerned guy on the bus wearing a fluffy sweater when it is 100° F.

Nothing wrong with SCOTUS IMO.

Oops wait fluffy SCARF not sweater.

SCARFUS

half the people I communicate are reading emails on smartphones so pretty much anything after the first sentence is doomed for repetition.

the other half of the people I communicate are morans.

;_;

emil.y, for you I will blappity bloo because you asked so nicely :)

SCARFUS

I LOLed.

I actually did see a woman wearing a big cowl-neck sweater in 94 degree heat today. It made me perspire just thinking about it.

went out in a leather jacket myself yesterday expecting the rain to be continuing only to find it was sunny. So wound up having to carry jacket over shoulder. But that might be a different thing. Maybe I just need a lighter waterproof.
Temperature seems to be rising even here.

I mean no doubt there are some people just wanting to make money, but yeah to automatically assume it is the possibly wronged individual plaintiff rather than the profit-drive company they are suing makes me IA.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 28 June 2012 16:52 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

What makes people irrationally angry is getting a large amount of money without "earning" it, lottery wins etc not including.

So, someone burns their leg and is in hospital for a week, ends up with £300K, people go "damn that lucky person! What, they asked for the money? Damn them!"

Someone gets jailed for 3 years for a crime they did not commit, due to police faking evidence, gets £3m

people go "that murderer (probably) got off on a technicality"

It's not innocuous, but.

Big but.

"CD not in database" errors from cddb when trying to rip cds.

especially if it's various artists (twice as much typing) and lots of foreign / complicated names (Bebe & Louis Barron - The Monster Pursues / Morbius Is Overcome)

especially as it's CD2 of a double cd and CD1 was in there.

yeah, especially if they reject your submission of the info when you've had to do it manually cos of that. Was it Exact Audio Copy?

eac, yes.

cddb genres are very limited, often catches me out.

also, there are typos on the inlay (Ii instead of II for instance) and discogs has other errors.

went out in a leather jacket myself yesterday expecting the rain to be continuing only to find it was sunny. So wound up having to carry jacket over shoulder. But that might be a different thing.

Yeh, totally different thing. People wearing sweaters in the dead summer heat irritate me too, but not nearly as much as a SCARF b/c a scarf is so completely inessential. You can't tell me that the jackass I saw yesterday was not uncomfortable. It was exactly 100º and his scarf was bulky and long, so he had it wrapped around his neck twice.

I keep starting to write my important opinions about lawsuits and tort reform but then I get busy, so I'm going to stick to petty annoyances, which is better for this thread anyway.

Also ANGERING: Being told I'm wrong when I am definitely not wrong. When I am definitely, absolutely for sure right. Being told that I am VERY DEFINITELY, ABSOLUTELY WRONG when I am definitely right. And being condescended to while being told I'm wrong when I'm really right.

Specifically today: My therapist's receptionist telling me I owe a $40 co-pay. When I first went there, my insurer told me my copay was $20. Every time I'm there, the receptionist tells me that their billing service informed him that I owed $40. I have called my insurance since and they assured me that it was only $20. I told him, $40 is for specialists, but behavioral health coverage is an exception. The guy pursed his lips and said sweetly, "I'm so sorry, Mr. Jesse [!!], but you were misinformed. I used to work as a biller and it's definitely $40. See, it's right here on your insurance card: 'Specialist $40' and [twee cringe and pained expression, sucking air through teeth] there are no exceptions...."

Holy shit I would murder that person. I would mention it to your therapist, also maybe print out the part of the insurance co's website that deals w/ co-pays/behavioral health costs. Also murder the receptionist.

Slap first, then murder.

carl agatha otm re murder

it's the only way

or handful of their hair, face into desk x however long it takes them to scream "$20! $20!"

I actually got a little bit of tunnel vision when I read the "Mr. Jesse" part.

That's an overreaction, I know, but I get a little protective of Mr. Jesse and that brand of condescension really gets to me.

I just always forget what copays are and just pay a random amount each time.

I hope I haven't misrepresented what happened. He was more officious than condescending. "Mr. Jesse," was actually not part of the condescension! It was probably a confidentiality thing, calling me by my first name only, but adding "Mr." for formality. The worst was his certainty that there was no way he was misinformed.

In the end, he was in fact misinformed. I called my insurance and because of some deal w/ a behavioral health specialty contractor, their copays for shrinks are unusually low. (Like, realllly low! $20 for therapy is unheard of. A friend w/ fancier insurance told me that I must be mistaken b/c she'd never heard of such a cheap patient responsibility.) I was so happy when the rep from my insurance told me I had to call that office manager and tell him he was RRRRRRONG.

The really cute daddy homosexual at the Potbelly sandwich shop across the street from my apartment always calls me "Mr. Jesse" when I pay w/ my debit card. It's cute. It's pretty common in the South, though "Miss [first name]" is more common.

ia: not being able to find a bill i need to pay and having to just still the check in an envelope and hoping that writing the account number on the check is good enough.

"still" the check? i meant "put."

-pencils you can't sharpen because the lead is broken inside and the points keep falling out

i.e. every fucking pencil in my house :(

As deflating as it is IA-making. You look forward to the unique joy of a sharp pencil and being denied that is too sad.

I hate that so much

It's like the saddest post in this whole thread.

otm

The existence of pencils.

gasp

horrifed gasp

The existence of pencils.

Very much in character.

co-worker was wandering around the office the other day looking for a pencil sharpener

broke my heart

whittle your pencils sharp with a pocketknife or gtfo imo

I have a dumb little pencil sharpener at my desk because there are no pencil sharpeners in this joint and sometimes I need to be able to write on something very lightly and then erase it again later. Sure mechanical pencils would be good but I'd have to request them and justify why I don't just use any of the seven million regular pencils floating around unused.

I want a pencil sharpener like this:

http://www.latestbuy.com/img/product-Images/cbum-350a.jpg

I don't like mechanical pencils much, unless you can get a nice soft lead for them

those thin fine pointy lines are kinda yuk generally

I have a lot of hangups about pencils tho

http://kedarphotography.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/largest-pencil.jpg

mirado black warrior #2 pencils for me 4 life