Things that bug you (spin off of Goldmoon's thread)

[Aeson]

You want to be careful doing that - if they're right up your exhaust pipe then they're more likely to do something reckless if you do something that pisses them off. I saw an SUV ram the car in front of me into a barrier at about 60mph in a road-rage incident a couple of years ago...

I know.

 

[Goddess FallenAngel]

I've seen people drive the wrong way around them (forcing people off the road), I've seen so many near-misses it's scary.

I've seen this as well... people who don't yield when entering them, people who go around the wrong way (although this is rather rare here, fortunately, because for most of them you can only enter them one way), and people who apparently get confused or lost and do nothing but drive around, and around, and around them, usually very, very slowly....

 

[Pbartender]

A week or so ago, dshai was driving and we were turning right on a green light, and someone coming from the opposite direction was turning left to go the same direction we we heading to.....(I hope this creates a mental picture for you) anyways, *we* had the right of way. The light wasn't turning yellow so it wasn't like he was clearing the intersection and we were being rude, we had a green light and *he* was supposed to yield. Well, jerkface barrels through the intersection and hangs a quick left almost taking off the back end of our car (plus there were 2 lanes going that direction and we even turned into the right-most one, as we are supposed to, and he could have turned into the left-most one and there would have been NO problem) Anways, he gets all pissy and is sure to pull up to us and flip us off. Uh.......hello?!

Now imagine that same situation, but you are going straight ahead through the intersection, instead of hanging a right. Next, imagine that you are riding a bicycle instead of driving a car.

I'm a commuter cyclist and ride my bike to work practically every day, year round. This situation (or something awfully similar) happens to me about once a week or so.

And another thing that since this site is mainly men they probably won't appreciate quite as much, but the girls here definitely will.....why do women find in necessary to piss all over the seat in public restrooms?

Men just do it in a slightly different manner, often hitting the wall and floors around a urinal.

"Hrm... Looks like someone Took 20 on his Use Toilet check." :\

 

[Torm]

My BIG one is people who assume that just because your way of doing things is different from the way things are done, even though they have no real reason for doing it their way aside from that's the way they were told to do it, that you are automatically wrong and/or evil.

You might think I'm speaking of religious matters to say that, but I'm not (necessarily). This applies to stupid corporate or bureaucratic policies just as well, if not better.

In the way of more minor issues that get my goat:

1. Restaurants with employees who don't know you at all who come out to sing you happy birthday. I don't want your false, forced sentiments. I try to be nice, because I know they have to do it or possibly get fired, but that just adds lies to lies.

2. Food products that change their recipe, then advertise themselves as "improved" when they decidedly AREN'T and only changed to save money. I'm looking at YOU, Nacho Cheese Doritos! Nacho Cheesier my aching arse.

3. Along the same lines, food products that I grow used to and enjoy that suddenly become completely unavailable, period.

4. Also along the same lines, restaurants that change how they prepare a dish with no indication given in the menu or by the waitstaff.

5. High Fructose Corn Syrup

6. Phone systems that take you in loops.

7. Phone support people that can't speak the language of the people they are meant to support properly.

8. When the local TV network affiliate screws around with the feed on the rare program that I have REALLY been looking forward to.

9. Creative minds hampered from doing really neat stuff, particularly crossover stuff, by their proprietary affiliation with particular entertainment companies.

10. POLLEN, and the way the screwed up weather lately has seemingly extended allergy season. At least for me.

11. People who code viruses and other malware, and their creations.

12. Software companies that change things JUST to make you buy the next version.

13. Entropy.

And then, my other big one, which actually covers some of the small ones: People who make the effort to lie or intentionally make things difficult for others, rather than trying to do something useful or helpful or, barring that, just shutting up and doing nothing.

 

[Prince of Happiness]

OOO! OOO! OOO! I HATE high fructose corn syrup! Tastes horrible! Bleah! When I go up to Canada I stock up on Canadian Coca Cola because it's still made with honest-to-god SUGAR.

 

[Torm]

OOO! OOO! OOO! I HATE high fructose corn syrup! Tastes horrible! Bleah! When I go up to Canada I stock up on Canadian Coca Cola because it's still made with honest-to-god SUGAR.

Once a year in some places in the U.S. you can get cola products that are made Kosher for Passover, and they have actual sugar, too. Little Kosher for Passover symbol on the caps.

I haven't drank any soda in three months, and haven't missed it - Propel Fitness Water and Aquafina Alive are pretty darned good and comparably priced, and much better for you.

 

[Prince of Happiness]

Once a year in some places in the U.S. you can get cola products that are made Kosher for Passover, and they have actual sugar, too. Little Kosher for Passover symbol on the caps.

I haven't drank any soda in three months, and haven't missed it - Propel Fitness Water and Aquafina Alive are pretty darned good and comparably priced, and much better for you.

More of a Vitamin Water fan myself, but every once in a while...

 

[Hijinks]

People who are too attached to their cell phones that they can't leave them closed during a 2 hour movie in a dark theater. You want to know what time it is? Wear a watch. Bored? Leave.

People who are so focused on other people being "Nice" that they get all bent out of shape for the silliest things. Like someone not saying "Good morning" to you, but they smile and nod while maintaining eye contact - uhh ok go complain to their supervisor that they're "rude" ... whatever .. yes, this did happen to me.

Extroverts who enforce their outgoingness on introverts. If you ask me if a book is good, and I smile and nod, you do NOT need to shout "What? I didn't HEAR you!!!!!"

 

[Raven Crowking]

"Your call is important to us. Please hold the line...." Know what? If our calls are important, hire more people to man the phones.

"We are currently experiencing a higher than usual call volume. Please hold the line...." Really? Every time I (or anyone I know of) calls? That isn't the definition of a higher than usual call volume -- that's normal call volume. Hire some more people to man the phones.

People who don't use their turn signals.

People who wait until the light changes to use their turn signals.

People who drop rabid weasels down your pants.

 

[Goblyn]

What really annoys me?

Those who become annoyed at little things and then transfer their annoyance to those around them.

That and getting one of my eyelashes in my eye. I HATE that.