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

woman at work's done "what's that shiny thing outside?" twice in the last half hour.

urge to kill rising.

Think I'd prefer that to the PA across from me debating the merits of her ex's new gf. 'I'm just... I know this sounds wrong but he could do better? I think *I* was better? Is it wrong to be a bit insulted?' and the phrase 'apparently she's a lovely person' every 2 minutes.

So glad I'm not a 21-year-old woman.

I think that a lot.

Unless it is someone very close to me, I refuse to play along. I enforce a strict "use your words" policy when communicating with other adults.

― carl agatha, Tuesday, April 16, 2013 7:46 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

me too. and i call it that too! the worst thing is when someone does the sudden "ha" with the loud "ask me what i'm laughing at" subtext. i just say nothing and hope they can feel the waves of judgment undulating from my bitter soul

My old boss was the worst offender of this ever. She'd sit in her office and make all sorts of noises - laughter, shocked gasps, grunts of frustration - and I would just sit at my desk and grit my teeth and ignore her.

One day as she was walking out to a meeting, she dropped an entire cup of iced tea and started making these panicked squealing noises. I couldn't see her from my desk but felt compelled to check on her, in case she had been attacked or hurt herself. I came around the cube partition and she as just standing there, looking at the spreading puddle of liquid at her feet. Then she looked up at me with wide eyes and said, "I spilled my tea!"

Despite appearances, she was not a toddler. She was in her late 50s.

Oh so but I said, "Get some paper towels!" and instead, she said, "I'm thirsty," picked up the cup,drank the last remaining half-inch of tea and then went to her meeting, leaving the melting ice and tea to soak into the carpet.

I should note that we haven't worked together in two years and go out to lunch once every couple of months and I find her to be delightful company now that I'm not in any way responsible for her happiness or well being.

it's hard for me to understand people who don't catch on and keep making the grunting baby sounds, but i guess people just like being asked questions? was at a local community theatre play a couple days ago for a friend and at the end they did a Q&A and my gf asks me "why are they doing this? who cares?" and the obvious answer was "because theatre people are egomaniacs" and interviews can be like the ultimate rush if you want attention. i usually try not to fault people for wanting/seeking attention tho, maybe i shouldn't be too hard on the grunters

I don't fault ppl who are seeking attention. It's the dishonesty of obviously seeking attention while trying to act like you're not that drives me bananas. If you want to tell me something, just tell me!!!

zachlyon, your story reminds me of something very hilarious.

Oh, it's funny, just laughing thinking about it...

in my office, the "ask me what I'm grunting about" signal is usually "come on!" "Unfucking believeable!" or something of that ilk. Except for the middle-aged lady with the candy bowl and all the wind-up toys who will usually go "Ha ha ha, this is great...ahahaha...that's so amazing" looking at a newspaper or her computer screen.

I have zero patience for that kinda bullshit

Oh so but I said, "Get some paper towels!" and instead, she said, "I'm thirsty," picked up the cup,drank the last remaining half-inch of tea and then went to her meeting, leaving the melting ice and tea to soak into the carpet.

NnnnnnnnnNNNNGGGGGGG

this particular woman has a candy bowl that I like to call "the trap" -- her back faces to the door when she's on her computer, and the bowl is just close enough to the door that you can reach it without really stepping in. But jingle the M&Ms too much, and you might get set off trap: "Oh hello! So you're not gonna believe this, but my cousin just sent me this genealogy research she was doing, and..."

Ha io, when I left 1.5 years later, there was still a huge tea stain in the carpet.

Many people seem to have been raised by parents that constantly picked up after them. This is something that makes me IA.

tbf, some of us also just grew up in really messy houses

I just biked to Downtown Brooklyn and back. I am IA at people, drivers, children on scooters, cars, trucks, school buses, Satmar hasids and their 2 strollers per 17-yo pregnant girl, people, the elderly, slow cyclists, double-parkers, delivery vans, people, gravel bike paths, bars that are not open, stop lights, and people. This leaving the house during the daytime thing has GOT TO END.

Many people seem to have been raised by parents that constantly picked up after them. This is something that makes me IA.

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 17 April 2013 07:35 (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the kitchens at my work are constantly full of dirty dishes because ~half the company was raised by wolves

and imo it's not innocuous, it's fucking primal

well I hope you liberals keep that in mind when you try to use your loosey-goosey parenting methods on your own kids *shakes fist*

'clean up your own shit you disgusting savage' is the poster boy for best parenting imo

in my office, the "ask me what I'm grunting about" signal is usually "come on!" "Unfucking believeable!" or something of that ilk.

The guy who sits beside me (and mind you, we don't even have adjacent desks - we both work at a single long table) not only does all this shit, he also sings along with the music he's listening to (through speakers, not headphones) and pounds on the table. I swear I'm gonna bring a bat to work one day and send his head right through his monitor screen.

i am currently working with the noisiest person in history, and all requests to keep the noise down are met with 'oh sorry' followed by the same noise

he is basically a walking battle of trafalgar

I don't fault ppl who are seeking attention. It's the dishonesty of obviously seeking attention while trying to act like you're not that drives me bananas.

shameless attention-seekers are merely more honest, not better

- people who have got all fucking day

grocery carts with fucked up wheels.

the ultimate ia

all the peple who arent estela

and/or the people

people walking slowly in the airport drive me crazy

also, people who insist on being referred to by their initials, which is essentially the same thing as giving yourself a nickname

mg siegler

Most initial ppl I know are dudes named after their dads who got differentially initialed as kids & stuck with it.

My cousin T.R. is one of these. Imagine a 6'4" Mark Ibold look-alike telling British people this and the British people asking "Tiara!?!"

ayo, i'm someone who goes by his initials more often than not. my friends use them because it's the usual nickname given to ppl with my name and now that i live abroad where ppl have a hard time with my name, i just give them the initials, makes things easier.
i'm also someone who laughs at things he reads and so on, not because i'm seeking attention, but because i'm easily entertained and am not a robot who keeps his laughter in.

i'm also a grocery cart with fucked up wheels.

Disgusting savage.

Also not crazy about when people call me by my initials. (The "Tre-Bones" dude in my office doesn't do that thankfully, but probably because his initials are T.T.)

My brother, God bless him, had always gone by his middle name until he got to college. Now he goes by First Initial-Middle Name.

Even when he got married, the preacher said, "Do you, L. Chris, take this woman to be your wife?"

Whoa. He seriously goes by L. Chris? That is fantastic.

I didn't use his real name, but yes.

I'd go by "El" Chris.

Like the train.

I'm a little disappointed it's not actually "L. Chris," because that combination in particular is delightful but the decision to, as an adult, go by First Initial Middle Name is still pretty damn fantastic.

Oh shit i would be d sean, i love it

I have a friend who suddenly started to go by First Initial Middle Name which sort of made me wonder what got into him, if he was getting too fancy for his regular name, but he has fairly common names and needed to distinguish himself from several others in his field with the same name. He felt sort of embarrassed about it which redeemed it for me.

I also know a dude who legally changed his name at age 21 to "John", which is his dad's name. Giving yourself a nickname is one thing but legally becoming a Junior is really weird to me.

If I went by init + middle name, it would just sound like "Ellen" and be really confusing.

That is pretty weird. Might want to talk to somebody about his relationship with his father...

My dad was born John Edwin III but was always called Mike. NO IDEA why they settled on that. He changed the first name legally to Michael after his dad died.

Half of my family goes by their middle names, but they always have.

It makes researching the family tree online fun.