You know what really grinds my gears.......
Posted by shelloid on Oct 04, 2009 · Member since Nov 2006 · 4427 posts
Ok so maybe I'm just a weirdo, but there's silly little things that really bug me for no apparent reason - what about the rest of you? Is there any little thing that really annoys you, but probably shouldn't that much?
Ok I'll start:
I hate it when peolpe jiggle their legs up and down when they're sitting down. Some people will do this continually and I HATE IT. There's no logic to my annoyance but it really bugs me.
It also bugs me when women put their make up on on public transport - just wake up earlier if you want to wear it - and don't give people dirty looks when they stare at you.
When, like, every second, like, word that the (mostly younger) students at uni, like, say... is like, like. :stfu:
Do you, like, think it's their way of, like, bulking up what they say, because they don't, like, HAVE much to say? ::)
When, like, every second, like, word that the (mostly younger) students at uni, like, say... is like, like. :stfu:
Do you, like, think it's their way of, like, bulking up what they say, because they don't, like, HAVE much to say? ::)
THAT IS EXACTLY HOW THEY TALK.
I say like a lot.
You're allowed to because you're vegan - so you're better than everyone else.
Did I just say that? Jokes, jokes
People who...get you on the phone and...like...talk so slowly...that you...just really..uh..wanna finish their...sentences for them...ya know?
I don' t know if it's a "man thing" but the two worst offenders I know happen to be men. It makes me crazeeeee!
Diane Rehm has a show on National Public Radio and she's a very s.......l..............0........................w talker. I can't even listen to her "coming up on the Diane Rehm Show" ads.
My grandma is a very very slow talker. I feel like she's holding me hostage with her words, because I can't just leave because she's technically in the middle of a sentence, but she'll just trail off and stop talking for 30 or so seconds, then come back in. It's really hard to keep the attention level up!
Diane Rehm has a show on National Public Radio and she's a very s.......l..............0........................w talker. I can't even listen to her "coming up on the Diane Rehm Show" ads.
And her voice! At first I thought she was half-drunk or half-asleep. Turns out she has some kind of disability or illness or something...but it's certainly not a "voice made for radio."
The weird thing is that my above mentioned slow talkers only do this on the phone...in real life they talk like normal beings. Weird.
Another one: Whenever I go to IKEA, no matter what checkout line I get into, it will immediately come to a halt. Especially if it's the 15 items or less "express" lane. Someone will not have enough money, or the till will catch fire and explode, or the checkout girl will go into labour. Or sometimes, like this morning, the person checking will simply sit and stare at each item for about 10 seconds before scanning it, then at the person buying the item for another 5.
My grandma is a very very slow talker. I feel like she's holding me hostage with her words, because I can't just leave because she's technically in the middle of a sentence, but she'll just trail off and stop talking for 30 or so seconds, then come back in. It's really hard to keep the attention level up!
I love that. I have a client that I dread talking to for the very same reason....
It grinds my gears when people (mostly females) wear so much perfume/cologne that I can smell it 5+ feet away. Gross!
When my roommate eats my food.
Just this week I've lost a banana and a chocolate bar. Erg.
It grinds my gears when people (mostly females) wear so much perfume/cologne that I can smell it 5+ feet away. Gross!
THIS. And leave a suffocating, throat-closing trail behind them as they walk. Even outside in the otherwise fresh air.
Almost as bad as men of a certain age who don't wear deoderant and leave a trail of reek as the walk about the supermarket.
Diane Rehm has a show on National Public Radio and she's a very s.......l..............0........................w talker. I can't even listen to her "coming up on the Diane Rehm Show" ads.
And her voice! At first I thought she was half-drunk or half-asleep. Turns out she has some kind of disability or illness or something...but it's certainly not a "voice made for radio."
The weird thing is that my above mentioned slow talkers only do this on the phone...in real life they talk like normal beings. Weird.
Another one: Whenever I go to IKEA, no matter what checkout line I get into, it will immediately come to a halt. Especially if it's the 15 items or less "express" lane. Someone will not have enough money, or the till will catch fire and explode, or the checkout girl will go into labour. Or sometimes, like this morning, the person checking will simply sit and stare at each item for about 10 seconds before scanning it, then at the person buying the item for another 5.
I used to listen to Diane Rehm, but the Columbia station doesn't carry her show. Her voice really annoyed me at first, but I just couldn't stop listening. ha. But yeah, she does have some condition that makes her voice sound like that.
Talking to my mom! Now understand, I love my mom very much, but she is the biggest pain to talk to. She can't hold a single thought for more then five seconds. I don't know if she has severe ADD or what, then she repeats herself constantly, asking me the same question time after time. I have a Pink Floyd shirt, she has one jsut like it. EVERTIME I wear it around her she asks "is that my Pink Floyd shirt?" I swear, I have had to answer that question at least five times now. Does she think the answer is going to change? She has asked me like five times to go to Las Vegas with her. And worst, I had this really good friend in college, but that was all we were was friends. She still to this day askes me if I slept with the guy. No mom, I did not!!!! It is none of your damn business anyway! Ugh! It is like if the answer to the question is one she doesn't want to hear, or one she doesn't believe she will ask it over and over and over and over again. Ugh, drives me nuts!
Talking to my mom! Now understand, I love my mom very much, but she is the biggest pain to talk to. She can't hold a single thought for more then five seconds. I don't know if she has severe ADD or what, then she repeats herself constantly, asking me the same question time after time. I have a Pink Floyd shirt, she has one jsut like it. EVERTIME I wear it around her she asks "is that my Pink Floyd shirt?" I swear, I have had to answer that question at least five times now. Does she think the answer is going to change? She has asked me like five times to go to Las Vegas with her. And worst, I had this really good friend in college, but that was all we were was friends. She still to this day askes me if I slept with the guy. No mom, I did not!!!! It is none of your damn business anyway! Ugh! It is like if the answer to the question is one she doesn't want to hear, or one she doesn't believe she will ask it over and over and over and over again. Ugh, drives me nuts!
I have a friend like that. I love her, but she drives me nuts. She is constantly calling me while I'm working and telling me the same stories over and over again. She isn't the brightest, so I don't think she is doing it on purpose. She's the one that said she knew I was a vegetarian but asked me if I liked pork chops in the same sentence. We don't hang out much. Lol.
I hate it when my coworkers don't bother to show up to work half the time, since we technically have unlimited sick days. That means you stay home when you're sick, you come to work when you're not! With people abusing the system, I fear we will have this privilege taken away, just like we were in kindergarten or something. Ahhhhh!
I really can't stand it when people complain that others don't take their opinions seriously, then in the same breath berate someone else.
I really can't stand rudeness. You can usually get your point across without being a fucking asshole.
I really can't stand rudeness. You can usually get your point across without being a fucking asshole.
This. Particularly assholery that tries to excuse itself by pretending to be "just joking" or "funny." It's not funny, it's an inferiority complex flexing its muscles.
It grinds my gears when people (mostly females) wear so much perfume/cologne that I can smell it 5+ feet away. Gross!
THIS. And leave a suffocating, throat-closing trail behind them as they walk. Even outside in the otherwise fresh air.
Almost as bad as men of a certain age who don't wear deoderant and leave a trail of reek as the walk about the supermarket.
I'd always get customers like this right after Christmas... I guess using their newly-acquired perfume. It was strong enough to drown out the coffee scent in the whole cafe and replace it with alcohol/artificialness.
Online businesses that ignore emails requesting information on their products. Crap, how do they expect to get customers? I wanted to buy 2 hot water bottles from an English web company, but it wasn't clear if the (high) price included the actual bottle or if they only sell covers. I assume there's a bottle in there, but there was absolutely no information on the webpage about the size of bottle, materials used or anything. I emailed with a specific question about this, and got no reply. Ever.
Well, I won't be spending 30 quid with them, then.
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