Petty Annoyances

You know, those little things that annoy you when it really makes no difference to anything and is bordering on you being pathetic and whiny :-D

Now I would like to stress that no offence is meant to anyone and if you do the following then... well, stop it :-D

This follows a conversation at work after a customer asked me for "Velcrove" shoes, this one I hear a lot and just bugs me, but of course I'm professional and polite so obviously I don't correct, I wait until they're gone and then bitch about it :-D
Now I realise I don't have very good typing skills, nor spelling, but speaking words I am pretty good with, obviously since talking is what I do for a living :-D
But some co-workers and customers alike just irritate me with some words, some examples.

Nucula (now I realise this has actually become accepted since Gee Dubya, but it's Nuclear, there never was a "cula"

Velcrove (as mentioned above, meant to be "Velcro" , why add the "ve"?

Irrigardless , Regardlessly, uninrrigardless, irrigardlessly and the worst "Unirrigardlessly".... I mean really? ... Regardless.

But the one that just grinds me and almost makes me wince is "Supposably" ... Oh my lord that bugs me, it's not something you supposeb to do.... D, it's a D, "Supposedly"

So anyway, I just thought I'd share that, I have no idea why this bugs me, but I'm odd like that :-D

Anyone want to own up to their minor annoyances? Everybody has them.... I hope :confused

 

Screaming kids in public places.

Although they are to be expected in places like McDonald's and Chuck E Cheeses, any parent who doesn't remove their bawling monster from a $20+ per person restaurant immediately should be grounds for justifiable homicide. Ditto for movie theaters and airplanes - Southwest and Delta should offer bubblegum flavored ball gags for all passengers under 8 years old.

The strangest ones are the screaming kids in Walmart, Kroger, etc. after 10 PM. WTF? Any parent who drags their 5 year olds out shopping this late has issues.

 

Yours are mine, Ned...yours are mine. LOL

In print, what drives me batty, though:
Frig instead of fridge as a shortened refrigerator. Where I come from "frig" is not something I wish associated with my food, thank you very much. :innocent

Walla instead of voila. Or, sometimes, viola.

Should of instead of should have. Just because the contraction "should've" sounds like that's what it should be does not make it so.

"I could care less." Really? How much less could you care? Or would you rather say, "I couldn't care less" when expressing your disdain? Yeah, that's what I thought.

:-D

 

Drivers who won't pull into an intersection when waiting to turn left.
Drivers not signalling there intent.
Smokers tossing or crushing cigarette butts wherever they please.

 

People who litter. So dirty. I will yell at perfect strangers when I see them do this and once I even shamed a girl into picking up her trash and walking it over to the trash can. :-D

People who don't say "thank you" when you hold the door open for them. Sometimes, depending on my mood, I'll yell "you're welcome". :-D

And my OCD moment of the day: People squeezing toothpaste tubes in the middle. I hate that!! I swear I have to fix it anytime I see it (no matter who's house I'm in) or I will think about it all day and it will drive.me.crazy (same with crooked picture frames) :-D

 

Do you carry your tools with you to fix the frames or take them home and work on them there?:confused

Curious minds want to know.


(People not saying what they mean.)

 

I have a few that could benefit from some straightening.

 

I'm pretty sure people knew what I meant.

but to clarify, picture frames that hang crookedly on the wall, because people don't know how to hang picture so they are level. :-D

example:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Qt19NwlJjlg/THUXdf1-M4I/AAAAAAAAOYE/_UxVC7nmeUI/s400/20100820_7538-Time-to-Vino_crooked-picture-frame.jpg

 

AHH, Leveling frames, not fixing them. I get it now.:-DLOL

(Had to do a little tweaking on that dyamond.:wave)

 

Yes, yes yes! The ignorant thing, I have been met abruptly with defensive insults after telling someone they are ignorant.
Just a couple of weeks ago I was explaining to a co-worker about orthopaedic fitting and how she should not do it yet but pay attention to those of us that understand it, I said "it's just a matter of learning, you're really good with customers but most people including yourself are ignorant when it come's to this"
And holy crap did she go off lol, I had to loudly interrupt her and explain in a kind of bemused, laughing, angry way... I didn't insult you, I merely said you do not have the knowledge of this subject, I'm ignorant of many things, everybody is.

People are funny though, "Oh hey, haven't seen you for a while, you look like you've lost weight"........ "Are you saying I was fat?" , been on the receiving end of that one.

You know something else that annoys me, customers... lol, not all obviously, but when I look and see someone looking ready to attempt to pull a shoe from a 12 high pile, I generally approach with this "Can I get a size for you guys?" , to which the reply as the box starts it's journey of freedom from the 10 boxes on top of it, surrounded but piles the same, is generally "No it's ok, we're just looking" and as the "king" comes out of their mouth and the box completes it's journey safely .... the 10 boxes fall lop sided and knoc over the pile next to it and domino effect ensues.
As I stand there looking at Ground Zero I ask "Are you sure you don't want any help?"

But annoyances about customers I could go on all day :-D

 

Well words-

People who say "At the end of the day." Just say 'ultimately' I'll live longer.

'Actually'

'Obviously' - Beckham "soccer player" says this every other word,if it's obvious we needn't be informed so STFU or surprise us.

People who interrupt other people before they've finished even though it's obvious the other person started talking first then on top of that don't apologise and/or talk louder to drown the other person out.

Grown adults who don't admit to failure and lie about it or blame the failing on someone or something else. I understand it as kid you want to keep up appearances to avoid ridicule but as an adult it's just pathetic and guys who make stories up about how tough they are or how they are gansta's.

Rapping making a comeback in dance music,I like rap music and hip hop in general,I like dance music,I don't like generic rapping to fill time in dance music.

One for you Ned:-D

Shop assistants-

WHO:wave don't have what I'm asking for then ask what I'm trying to do then try to explain to me what I'm doing won't work then try to sell me something else.

Firstly it really is no business of your what I'm going to do with 3 tubs a Vaseline and 42 fluorescent light bulbs but usually I'll indulge them unless in a hurry.

But after I've indulged their curiosity to then argue with me just winds me up,I now argue until they shut up and accept I know what I want and I know it will work,the worst one is when they won't even look for me because they've decided my idea won't work or they can't use them for that particular purpose.

There's a point which you cross when shop assistant's should stop talking and complete the sale,advise but don't criticise and whatever happens just have a look!Please for the love of god at least have a look.

The other one is when I'll ask off the cuff if they stock such and such an item on the off chance and they say

"No we don't sell rubber bands here,have you tried a stationary shop?" No frekkin moron this is the first 'closest' place I've visited but your right I should travel 50 miles to the nearest dedicated stationary shop.

I went into a local computer shop and asked is he had any keys for my laptop and he just said "Ebay." That's like someone asking for computer advice and being told "Google."

There are situations where you go to a shop just for the opinion of experts such as in your case Ned,where customers should just shut up and listen,they argue with someone with 10 years experience after reading a webpage before going shopping.rolleyes

Wow quite a lot of words:-D In a thread like this I think that's a clear sign I'm a dick.:-D

 

T.B.H. 90% of humanity annoys me. About 9% are okay and about 1%, (or less) are actually great. Such is life.
Yep, most people are pretty ignorant, including about ignorance itself. I'm getting way too old and grouchy to bother with the lowest common denominator anymore.:hammer

 

I can't disagree with any of that.

Google is funny though, the local pc man in town is like that, I stay away for both our sakes :-D

 

Sure, Sure you just wanted to pick on me :cry

:-D

Yes to these two, the kid thing is the worst in public. I've seen this a lot in supermarkets, kids running wild through the aisles, running in front of people with carts who then have to veer away quickly as to not hit them, kids throwing stuff from the shelves half way down the aisle and the parents are all LOL.. it's not funny, it's not cute, they are being obnoxious and everybody is being annoyed.

I was called ignorant the other day because my opinion was different than the person who's post I was replying to and I asked why I was ignorant. "You're just ignorant!!"... "I'm guessing you don't know the actual meaning of that word which is why you can not answer WHY I'm ignorant".. I didn't get a reply after that. :-D

YES! This one makes me angry but you'd be surprised how many people I know actually do this. A few of them have been completely surprised when I tell them it's really rude to cut someone off while they are in the middle of talking. I just stop talking to people like that.