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

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

It's strange that companies still make pencils part of their free promotional giveaways. They should start giving making custom branded Tide or Shout pens.

Oh! That's a good idea! I'd probably sign up for a newspaper subscription or low introductory rate credit card if the swag was a Tide/Shout pen.

IA: When attorneys just restate facts in the argument section of their briefs instead of making some fucking arguments. This is basic, 1L legal writing shit, plus why would you want to irritate the person who reads your briefs and thus has something to say about the outcome of the thing your briefing?

I hope it doesn't make you IA that I giggled at the word 'briefs'

No, but I'm IA that I effed up your/you're.

bouncy sinking Titanic inflatable that went up in the centre of Galway today. Think its supposed to be a playslide but its got to be the most tacky bouncy castle thing I've seen & I think that does include that vaginal mouth thing that was circulated from i think Austria last year or thenabouts.

http://topnews.in/law/files/Titanic-bouncy-castle.jpg

Maybe if I can stay alive another 80 years, I can see the WTC version.

Whoa.

Excelsiored.

Forgot to mention that the occasion that the inflatable went up to celebrate is the arrival of a boat-race in Galway, so it seems even less tasteful.

esoteric IA: fantasy baseball GM exercising power regular users are unable to exercise and not expecting anyone to notice, and then you can't say anything bc he's your cousin-in-law and last time you called him out on it he denied it and you didn't have proof and you don't want to him to dislike you bc thanksgiving would be weird

well i guess this is irrational/rational depending on yr opinion of fantasy sports (this is a $ league though, wouldn't care otherwise)

A high school classmate - great student, doing well for himself...and after all this time he can't spell Lionel "Ritchie's" name right!

coworkers using the keurig machine then leaving the spent coffee pods in the machine instead of throwing them away, so i have to throw away their old pods when i want to make coffee

keurig machines

used teabags in the sink is worse imo. do they think they are soluble?

Those coffee machines are very trendy here at work and I hate them because they blow the power out every third time anybody uses them.

I don't mind the Keurig --- they have one downstairs in reception and it's a damn sight better than the gasoline they store in the carafes at work. Like if you are in need of a cup of coffee that doesn't make you dry retch, it's palatable.

Opening an question with "Now, I don't want to accuse you of anything..." What are you, a fucking moron?

I don't want to accuse you of anything, but did you store gasoline in the coffee carafe at work?

i hate when anyone starts sentences like "now i'm not trying to be...." "now i don't want to..." or any variation thereof because it just means that that's exactly what they're gonna do. i'm sure this has come up in this thread before.

Some passive aggressive bs. Just be a man/woman and ask me the question.

I don't mind the Keurig --- they have one downstairs in reception and it's a damn sight better than the gasoline they store in the carafes at work. Like if you are in need of a cup of coffee that doesn't make you dry retch, it's palatable.

I'll admit the coffee itself isn't bad; the IA comes from how the company has successfully established their product as a status symbol that's basically like "You don't even have to leave your house to pay $2 for a cup of coffee anymore!" I think some people get this weird thrill from overpaying for things.

yeah the 'easiness' of making coffee kinda bums me out. drip doesn't take THAT long. 15 minutes or so? and it only takes 10 minutes to make espresso in the morning. idk what everyone's doing that 10-15 minutes is too long.

there are lots of levels on which the keurig machines suck (cost and waste are the big ones) but drip coffee in the office just ends up sitting around and getting stale and scorching and smelling gross, and everyone has to agree on a type, and there's always a contingent who wants like hazelnut vanilla coffee which smells gross too

my office got these refillable reusable pods so that we could buy our own ground coffee and cut down on waste but they kinda suck - really unreliable in the amount/strength of coffee they produce and it's easy to put them in the wrong way and break or bend the needle in the machine