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anyone complaining about that sort of thing at shows bugs me immensely. just watch the act, move around if you have to, everyone is trying to see and some people get so arsey about it.

Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:26 (nineteen years ago) link

yeah but you don't have to push me out of the way to do it.

Elle a chaud au cul (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:28 (nineteen years ago) link

i hate people pushing in front of you at shows

Red Panda Sanskrit (ex machina), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:28 (nineteen years ago) link

Exactly, also it matters when you're only 5'3"!!!!
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PinXor (Pinkpanther), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:29 (nineteen years ago) link

erm, unless you're first to a show don't you have to stand in front of somebody wherever you move to???

Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:34 (nineteen years ago) link

Of course, but if you found a spot where you can see reasonably well & some dick head that's a foot taller than you, decides to stand exactly infront of you, pushing you out of the way in the process, yeah I'm gonna be pissed!

PinXor (Pinkpanther), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:36 (nineteen years ago) link

I hate people who talk louded during quiet opening bands

Red Panda Sanskrit (ex machina), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:39 (nineteen years ago) link

but you or a friend probably did the exact same thing to someone else! everybody has to stop somewhere. this is why it annoys me alot, I'm not tall but even when I see someone clucking away as some big dude walks in. it makes for a horrible atmosphere.

furthermore people making cranky faces when crowds start moving and bouncing around the place. I find them so grim I've started shouting "stop touching me!!!" at concerts.

Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:40 (nineteen years ago) link

But it's not likely that I have obstructed someone's view though, when I am, like I said, 5 foot 3!!

PinXor (Pinkpanther), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:41 (nineteen years ago) link

I know yeah, but still, it's never that hard to see is it, a little more moving maybe. I just find the atmosphere of annoyance at gigs is often too palpable.

Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:44 (nineteen years ago) link

I agree in principle that if you don't want to get jostled then don't bother going to a gig, but you do get arses at gigs who can be really inconsiderate. Oh & it IS that hard to see!

PinXor (Pinkpanther), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:46 (nineteen years ago) link

We've been over this a million times, but the thing that pisses me off about the pushing in front of other people at shows thing is that I'm one of those people that makes an effort to get to the show early to see opening bands and secure a spot near the front for the band I came to see. So when people get to the show 20 minutes into the headlining bands set, I fail to see what right they have to push in front of me. IF YOU WANT A GOOD SPOT, GET THERE EARLY. I know it's petty, and I'm annoyed at myself for saying this yet again and sounding like a cockfarmer, but that's my logic behind being annoyed.

St. Nicholas (Nick A.), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:48 (nineteen years ago) link

i hate people moving in front of me at shows, to hell with Ronan's sound logic. i don't mind if they don't then stop right there because they've realised they can't get more forward - next time that happens i'm just gonna move back in front of them

the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:50 (nineteen years ago) link

basically tho i just hate gigs

the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:50 (nineteen years ago) link

I think there should be no rules at gigs. or no complaining.

x-post I think I hate gigs too. everyone stands looking so miserable.

Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:51 (nineteen years ago) link

or attempting to feel a misery that may not even be there.

Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:51 (nineteen years ago) link

i went to lots of great gigs i really enjoyed last year tho, it's weird

the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:52 (nineteen years ago) link

I never go to non dance gigs anymore except at festivals.

Ronan (Ronan), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:54 (nineteen years ago) link

Some psycho pulled the emergency break on the D train across the platform from me this morning. The fucking train was IN THE STATION. The look of fright, anger, and despair on the faces of the passengers made me want to rip said psycho's nuts off.

Je4nne ƒury (Jeanne Fury), Friday, 6 August 2004 12:58 (nineteen years ago) link

Just remembered one that sends me into FUCKING ORBIT, and my wife does it ALL THE DAMN TIME!....

...leaving the caps off of felt-tip/ink pens after using them....or any pens for that matter. THE CAPS COME WITH THEM FOR A DAMN REASON, PEOPLE!

Alex in NYC (vassifer), Sunday, 8 August 2004 12:08 (nineteen years ago) link

I agree with that, I know people who throw the pen lids away from brand new pens! WTF?!?

I don't really like going to gigs unless I can sit down.

jel -- (jel), Sunday, 8 August 2004 14:58 (nineteen years ago) link

A few times at gigs someone has said "excuse me" as though trying to get past, so I would step back to let them through, and then they would stand in the place I just created. Damn that is annoying. We used to call that move the 'Glencoe Massacre'. Doesn't seem to happen much anymore though.

Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Sunday, 8 August 2004 16:41 (nineteen years ago) link

people who stop over the crosswalk rather than behind it

CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Sunday, 8 August 2004 17:05 (nineteen years ago) link

Finding an awesome zero just after the thread gets locked.
-- Which Describes How You're Feeling All the Almanac


I've just seen this! If you can find it again I'll unlock it.

roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Sunday, 8 August 2004 17:51 (nineteen years ago) link

two years pass...

Dryer sheets

gabbneb, Thursday, 19 July 2007 04:26 (sixteen years ago) link

Do I have to fucking re-wash my clothes now?

gabbneb, Thursday, 19 July 2007 04:27 (sixteen years ago) link

the outboard handbag-on-forearm

gabbneb, Thursday, 19 July 2007 04:30 (sixteen years ago) link

THERE IS A THREAD CALLED "WHAT DO YOU HATE?" AND I DIDN'T CONTRIBUTE TO IT, SOMEHOW?? WAS I ON VACATION?

the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 19 July 2007 04:46 (sixteen years ago) link

i hate nothing. i am a ray of fucking sunshine. (i wish this was true.)

get bent, Thursday, 19 July 2007 04:50 (sixteen years ago) link

i hate everything besides coney island and the film ghost rider starring nicolas cage.

the schef (adam schefter ha ha), Thursday, 19 July 2007 04:51 (sixteen years ago) link

otm

ghost rider, Thursday, 19 July 2007 05:03 (sixteen years ago) link

one year passes...

When I'm at the customer service window at the bank or post office, and the next person in line comes up and stands next to me instead of behind me...? THAT'S what I hate.

Radiant Flowering Crab (Rock Hardy), Friday, 19 September 2008 15:25 (fifteen years ago) link

Along those lines: when people make left turns around you from behind while you're also making a left turn.

Everything is Highlighted (Hurting 2), Friday, 19 September 2008 15:27 (fifteen years ago) link

Also anyone who drives on the shoulder because they just want to get somewhere faster.

Everything is Highlighted (Hurting 2), Friday, 19 September 2008 15:27 (fifteen years ago) link

* Inflation. And economic assessments that just happen to be rigged to not reflect said inflation.
* The colors royal blue and orange-red.
* Buyers for department store plus size departments (judging from their selections, the hatred is mutual).
* "Red state" culture.

j.lu, Friday, 19 September 2008 15:46 (fifteen years ago) link

ISPs

They're a '90s odd couple. And an odds-on choice for laughs. (blueski), Friday, 19 September 2008 15:47 (fifteen years ago) link

Also anyone who drives on the shoulder because they just want to get somewhere faster.

― Everything is Highlighted (Hurting 2), Friday, September 19, 2008 10:27 AM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah, everyone knows that's what bike lanes are for

metametadata (n/a), Friday, 19 September 2008 15:49 (fifteen years ago) link

VAT

darraghmac, Friday, 19 September 2008 16:00 (fifteen years ago) link

that it's this sunny and settled NOW but it wasn't in July

They're a '90s odd couple. And an odds-on choice for laughs. (blueski), Friday, 19 September 2008 16:01 (fifteen years ago) link

I hate my last 200 or so posts on ILX. I'm in a severe slump.

Z S, Friday, 19 September 2008 17:16 (fifteen years ago) link

aww cmon boo

Albertville FRANCE (jergins), Friday, 19 September 2008 17:24 (fifteen years ago) link

people who don't use turn signals when turning - including left turns.

obnoxious parents at open house night - "I majored in history, and blah blah blah...."

Super Cub, Friday, 19 September 2008 17:29 (fifteen years ago) link

Sort of Rock Hardy's queue rage, but at the other end of the queue: I hate it when I'm at the back of the queue and the next person stands alongside me and edges a little further ahead of me whenever the queue moves. If you're on your own in a queue where most people are in groups (flights, big events, etc) and so not single file, someone WILL do this to you. HATE.

Also, the cyclist who nearly hit me by going full speed up the 20% of the pavement right between the bus and the bus stop. It's supposed to be illegal to cycle on the pavement here, but I know that's a losing battle. And I'm sure it's annoying that buses have to pull in across the cycle lane, but it does tend to mean that someone is about to walk across the pavement between the bus stop and the bus, and if nobody is standing at the stop then that somebody is probably on the bus and can't see you lurking behind it.

(I did look before I stepped out! I guess I was looking down at actual time of hitting ground, and there she was. It's really just that if she'd used the other 80% of the pavement or just gone slower I would have seen her, but she was right on the inside of the bus.)

And lately about 6000 other things besides.

Kaluza Klein (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 19 September 2008 18:57 (fifteen years ago) link

I hate how many times I used the word "queue" in that explanation.

Kaluza Klein (a passing spacecadet), Friday, 19 September 2008 18:58 (fifteen years ago) link

is fcussen the same dude as gff/goole or did i just invent that

and what, Friday, 19 September 2008 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link

I'm close to going haywire on the next person who sidles up next to me, close enough to read the account number off my checkbook, when they're supposed to be behind me. But in this tiny town, I would get a reputation or a booking photo.

I think we have an "Americans don't know how to queue properly" thread, but this one was good enough.

Radiant Flowering Crab (Rock Hardy), Friday, 19 September 2008 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link

THOSE ARE SARAH PALINS HANDS U RACIST

quincie, Friday, 19 September 2008 19:42 (fifteen years ago) link

Who?

not_goodwin, Friday, 19 September 2008 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link


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