Infuriating social faux pas
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I'm with you. I have some indecisive friends. When we want to go out to dinner and I give them the option of choosing they say "Whatever/I don't know/I don't care" but when I reply with a suggestion they veto it. Either pick a place to eat or shut up and go where I want to. I'm not here to play 20 questions with you about meal time.Shawn MacDonald said:
Fair enough, i suppose. Out of curiosity *please note this NOT a flaming question but genuine interest*Mortai Gravesend said:
Would you actually be offended if a man opened and held a door for you? (assuming of course you are female, which I don't really have a way of knowing apart from assumption).
Because, if women indeed are truly offended by these kinds of behaviours then i will re-evaluate my ways.
And the reason i bring up the no father was solely to point out that these courtesies and values were instilled into me by a woman, who is exceptionally liberal in mind and a very self reliant person, that is all.
TestECull said:
There are exceptions of course. And I don't know where you live, but in Melbourne Australia, apart from the absolute quiet times of day and night, there is RARELY a seat available on Bus, train, or tram.
People coming within 6 feet of me. F**k off, stay away. You want to get that close, maybe you'd be happy six feet under.
People who:
1. Sing to themselves at any given time at any given space (i.e in classrooms during a test!)
2. People who insist that ****** and nigga are two different things
3. People who believe that only African American people are allowed to call each other niggers (NO ONE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO)
4. Parents who insist upon arguing, but then get mad at you when you argue back, yet treat it like it's a two sided argument
5. Overly hypocritical people (I, as can many other people fit into this category sometimes)
6. People who interrupt, yet get mad at you when you interrupt them
7. People who spit when they talk
8. People who talk while the teachers talking (or in the case of my school, yell when the teachers talking) and get mad at you can call you rude for actually listening to the teacher and not talking back to you and acting like you have no manners.
9. People who burp without making any attempt to cover their mouths and/or don't excuse themselves
10. People who blow their burps in your direction (not even for kicks, like, they're just the person sitting next to you in class)
11. People who refuse to acknowledge that they burped after letting out a large one
12. Parents who get mad at you for legitimately proving them wrong under the grounds of it being disrespectful (i.e, say your at a party, and you parent's bad memory leads them to tell an untrue story when about how you did something horrible a few months or years back, you see these people forming an opinion of you based on this false story, and in an effort to preserve your reputation, you, as politely as possible, correct them on the story, then they get mad at you and beat you or whatever they do to punish you because you "embarrassed" them at the party when you just wanted to protect your own reputation, and parents wonder why kids are so rebellious -_- {That was a hypothetical example, not a real one just in case you thought I was using a real example but taking out the names })
But yeah, every thing on that list irritates me. That's not to say that there isn't more, and that I never do any of these things, but I still dislike most of them quite strongly.
1. Sing to themselves at any given time at any given space (i.e in classrooms during a test!)
2. People who insist that ****** and nigga are two different things
3. People who believe that only African American people are allowed to call each other niggers (NO ONE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO)
4. Parents who insist upon arguing, but then get mad at you when you argue back, yet treat it like it's a two sided argument
5. Overly hypocritical people (I, as can many other people fit into this category sometimes)
6. People who interrupt, yet get mad at you when you interrupt them
7. People who spit when they talk
8. People who talk while the teachers talking (or in the case of my school, yell when the teachers talking) and get mad at you can call you rude for actually listening to the teacher and not talking back to you and acting like you have no manners.
9. People who burp without making any attempt to cover their mouths and/or don't excuse themselves
10. People who blow their burps in your direction (not even for kicks, like, they're just the person sitting next to you in class)
11. People who refuse to acknowledge that they burped after letting out a large one
12. Parents who get mad at you for legitimately proving them wrong under the grounds of it being disrespectful (i.e, say your at a party, and you parent's bad memory leads them to tell an untrue story when about how you did something horrible a few months or years back, you see these people forming an opinion of you based on this false story, and in an effort to preserve your reputation, you, as politely as possible, correct them on the story, then they get mad at you and beat you or whatever they do to punish you because you "embarrassed" them at the party when you just wanted to protect your own reputation, and parents wonder why kids are so rebellious -_- {That was a hypothetical example, not a real one just in case you thought I was using a real example but taking out the names })
But yeah, every thing on that list irritates me. That's not to say that there isn't more, and that I never do any of these things, but I still dislike most of them quite strongly.
Fair enough. Like i said in a different post, i WILL hold the door for anyone who is close by, i may just go out of my way a little more of others. Sure that may be discriminatory to some degree to men, but you can't please everyone. And you have to stop holding a door eventually or you'll never move. So if I make my personal rule as abled bodied men, i will eventually get out of a doorway and back to my car lolMortai Gravesend said:
And no, i don't believe you owe it to anyone. It is rude to let a door slam in someone's face if you know they are there. It is not rude to NOT to hold the door for them, unless they in some way physically cannot do it themselves. NOT saying women can't do it themselves, just being chivalrous was how i was brought up, and i personally do it out of respect. To be fair , i will not go out of my way for ANYONE who is rude or obnoxious old/young/male/female. Everyone i guess has there own little internal hypocrises, some people admit them, some people don't
i do. At least this hasn't turned into "you are wrong and an asshole" conversation, and for that i thank you 
This, but one step further. They have earphones, but the volume is cranked all the way so everyone in a 10m radius can hear them anyways.Khada said:
I'm one of those people guilty of interrupting people... It's actually hard for me to work around... I feel bad when I do it now... lol first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem...
Also, what that one guy said about his mom... People who give the "opinion" argument despice infallible evidence....
People who is so very obviously lying.
(i have one in my class). i mean every fucking thing that comes out of his mouth is a lie, but you can't say "you're lying" because you don't have any proof that he actually is, but it is so fucking obvious that it is bullshit. Like the time he told me and my friends that he slept with three women on one night.... Yeah right.
And people who wants me to "get a life". again a girl in my class. i am very open about being a gamer. i talk about games every day, proudly. she then says to me that i need to get a life and laughs at me for being a gamer. Really? really? cause what you do is so much better? i actually said this to her once. she replied "well at least i am being social." i mean come on! all you do is talk shit with the same friend every fucking day. i try with the i talk with my friends too, over skype.
Nope that doesn't count. im being anti-social. seriously? just fuck off. i'm having twice as much life as you do, *****. one in the real world and one on the internet.
(i have one in my class). i mean every fucking thing that comes out of his mouth is a lie, but you can't say "you're lying" because you don't have any proof that he actually is, but it is so fucking obvious that it is bullshit. Like the time he told me and my friends that he slept with three women on one night.... Yeah right.
And people who wants me to "get a life". again a girl in my class. i am very open about being a gamer. i talk about games every day, proudly. she then says to me that i need to get a life and laughs at me for being a gamer. Really? really? cause what you do is so much better? i actually said this to her once. she replied "well at least i am being social." i mean come on! all you do is talk shit with the same friend every fucking day. i try with the i talk with my friends too, over skype.
Nope that doesn't count. im being anti-social. seriously? just fuck off. i'm having twice as much life as you do, *****. one in the real world and one on the internet.
WhyBotherToTry said:
Both of theseEl Presidente said:
And people who don't wash their hands before handling food, after handling food, when switching between different foods(or change gloves in some cases), etc.... I use to be a cook and luckily I didn't see anyone in our kitchen who had any of these but I DID see it out with the people serving the food(i hesitate to call them servers since it was a buffet type of restaurant at a theme park but...)
People who feel the need to touch EVERYTHING no matter where they are or who they're with/how personal it is to touch.(I've had people rifle through EVERYTHING in my car including my emergency tampons I keep in there in case you know shit happens and I'm not at home. And it makes me nervous when someone goes through my glove box since I keep my registration and insurance cards in there and I kind of HAVE to carry those by law in the car. Unless I ask someone to grab me a pen or I'm asked if they can use a pen out of there since everyone knows that's where I keep my pens.) Though I'll give people a little lee way if we are running around a toy store since I like to push buttons and annoy the crap out of others because of it
EDIT: from reading above posts someone mentioned people getting mad at you for listening to the teacher talk instead of them and answering them, that annoys me and I was at work with this girl who loved to gossip. We sat across an aisle from each other and worked graveyard shift. So no one else was really there any way. I'd be working and she'd be talking and would get mad at me for not listening because I had a phone call(which she could clearly see and hear) or because I had my music on so that I could work faster and get us caught up in the paperwork we were behind in(like we were suppose to do when we were dead with our primary job) or when I was doing my primary job and dispatching officers and taking their reports and typing them in. Cause you know gossip is more important than work kids. /sarcasm
[sub][sub]I take no blame in anyone who takes that last line of the edit seriously. If you honestly believe that you need to grow up and realise that work is more important than gossip. I would have had no problem listening and talking back to her if there was nothing to do which we did have nights like that but on nights we had stuff to do, I had issues talking to her[/sub][/sub]
People who take children places they don't need to be. Dear lord, this pisses me off to no end! Especially the movie theater (or a regular theater) or nice restaurants. Look, I get it. Being a parent shouldn't mean you have to give up all the "nice" things in life but it doesn't mean you have the right to inflict your unruly offspring on me, either. I didn't choose to have them. In fact, I've remained child-free by choice because I don't like kids. If you want to go to the movies or a play or a nice restaurant, get a babysitter.
Movies - I pay good money for the ticket, etc., and your little prince or princess running up and down the aisle of an R or even PG-13 rated movie is uncalled for. Worse yet are babies. Why the hell would you even bring a baby to the movies? It's loud and anyone with half a brain knows that that level of noise is going to set off crying. Crying which will bother others who want to enjoy a movie they paid to see. Why is this a difficult concept?
Theaters - Same as above. Only, really? You're going to bring a 4-year-old to see fucking Shakespeare? Of course he's bored and squirming/whining. I would've been too, at that age. So, not only are you torturing me, you're torturing your kid, too.
Nice restaurants - Before someone jumps on me about this, I'm not talking about Chili's or Applebee's here. Those places are fine for reasonably well-behaved kids over the age of 5 or so, in my opinion. However, if I'm paying ~$100 for a meal, I expect to have some peace and fucking quiet and nice conversation with my compadres to eat it. There are plenty of family-friendly, kid-friendly restaurants out there that parents are encouraged to bring their children to. I don't want to hear about how kids will never learn to behave in public if they're not taken out in public, either. As I mentioned, there are many, many family-friendly places to take them so they can learn that. Take 'em there and save fancy dining for when they're old enough to actually appreciate it and not bother the other patrons. I think the most pleased I've ever been while eating at an upscale restaurant was the time the maître d' tossed out a group of three adults and three horribly behaved kids.. then comped dessert to everyone who'd had to put up with the little jackasses for half an hour.
Further to this, parents who let their children run wild in public AT ALL piss me off. When I go to the supermarket, I expect there to be children there. I don't expect those children to trip me while I try to get my shit off the shelf, run around screaming like little idiots and intentionally run into my basket with mommy's. Well, I do expect it, but I shouldn't have to. If you can't control your child, put a fucking leash on him/her. Again, I didn't choose to have them and I shouldn't have to deal with their bad behavior.
Here we go, I'm old. When I was a kid, if you misbehaved in public, your mom dragged your ass to the bathroom and spanked it. Or, you left the store/restaurant/whatever until you were ready to behave. Once this happened a couple of times, I was perfectly ready to be good and stay with my parents/sit in my chair/etc. It isn't cute, it isn't funny and if it should be my right to not put up with this just as much as it is your right to have kids. Consideration, people. I know kids aren't perfect and never will be, but there's a difference between "not perfect" and "unbearable." Urgh.
Movies - I pay good money for the ticket, etc., and your little prince or princess running up and down the aisle of an R or even PG-13 rated movie is uncalled for. Worse yet are babies. Why the hell would you even bring a baby to the movies? It's loud and anyone with half a brain knows that that level of noise is going to set off crying. Crying which will bother others who want to enjoy a movie they paid to see. Why is this a difficult concept?
Theaters - Same as above. Only, really? You're going to bring a 4-year-old to see fucking Shakespeare? Of course he's bored and squirming/whining. I would've been too, at that age. So, not only are you torturing me, you're torturing your kid, too.
Nice restaurants - Before someone jumps on me about this, I'm not talking about Chili's or Applebee's here. Those places are fine for reasonably well-behaved kids over the age of 5 or so, in my opinion. However, if I'm paying ~$100 for a meal, I expect to have some peace and fucking quiet and nice conversation with my compadres to eat it. There are plenty of family-friendly, kid-friendly restaurants out there that parents are encouraged to bring their children to. I don't want to hear about how kids will never learn to behave in public if they're not taken out in public, either. As I mentioned, there are many, many family-friendly places to take them so they can learn that. Take 'em there and save fancy dining for when they're old enough to actually appreciate it and not bother the other patrons. I think the most pleased I've ever been while eating at an upscale restaurant was the time the maître d' tossed out a group of three adults and three horribly behaved kids.. then comped dessert to everyone who'd had to put up with the little jackasses for half an hour.
Further to this, parents who let their children run wild in public AT ALL piss me off. When I go to the supermarket, I expect there to be children there. I don't expect those children to trip me while I try to get my shit off the shelf, run around screaming like little idiots and intentionally run into my basket with mommy's. Well, I do expect it, but I shouldn't have to. If you can't control your child, put a fucking leash on him/her. Again, I didn't choose to have them and I shouldn't have to deal with their bad behavior.
Here we go, I'm old. When I was a kid, if you misbehaved in public, your mom dragged your ass to the bathroom and spanked it. Or, you left the store/restaurant/whatever until you were ready to behave. Once this happened a couple of times, I was perfectly ready to be good and stay with my parents/sit in my chair/etc. It isn't cute, it isn't funny and if it should be my right to not put up with this just as much as it is your right to have kids. Consideration, people. I know kids aren't perfect and never will be, but there's a difference between "not perfect" and "unbearable." Urgh.
*Making notes on how to annoy people at a later date*
Cell phone users and secondhand eaters
Oh my GAWD he gave you herpes then I better go see the doctor!
Erm... lady we can all hear you, you seem lack a sound containment bubble, in fact I can hear you through my headphones.
Ok sure eat on the bus, but for the love of god eat in a manner befitting humans. Second hand eating kills.
Cell phone users and secondhand eaters
Oh my GAWD he gave you herpes then I better go see the doctor!
Erm... lady we can all hear you, you seem lack a sound containment bubble, in fact I can hear you through my headphones.
Ok sure eat on the bus, but for the love of god eat in a manner befitting humans. Second hand eating kills.
DeltaEdge said:
But Nigga and ****** are two very different things, even Chris Rock has clarified this.
I also find people with so let so many things get on their nerves quite silly, I mean you're bothersome too.
Personally, I'm fine with people doing that. The way I see it, if they insist on identifying themselves as one, for all intents and purposes, they are. There's another 7 billion people on the planet, and if these people want to ensure I have no reason to give them the time of day, I'm all for it.DeltaEdge said:
What annoys me is parents who leave small children alone in the store/bathroom. It almost always leads to a mess and/or a scared child. Actually, lets just say bad parents and leave it at that.
Those in your face, gotta convert everyone vegetarians. The way I see it, the animal is already dead, and I don't possess enough buying power to change the number of animals slaughtered for food. My buying or not buying meat has no impact on the amount of meat produced, and therefore there is no moral reason to not eat meat. If I was a person of influence, I could see reason not to, as I might sway others, but as it stands, GIVE ME BACON!
Hot Topic: Does it amaze anyone that there can exist a chain store designed to cater to people who think they're different? Fun fact, if you're shopping at Hot Topic, you fit into what is probably the majority demographic of whiny teens your age.
Willful Idiocy: In middle school I read A Game of Thrones. (as far as the series had be released) It was extremely annoying to constantly be asked if I was actually reading a book that thick by my "peers". "No, I figured I'd spend 12 dollars to marginally increase the weight of my backpack and give you something to ask questions about. What is this 'reading' that you speak of, and can I eat it?" Willful idiocy also includes making poorly informed generalizations of fan bases, and assuming that others give a damn about YOUR fandom.
Poor Hygiene: *insert derogatory comments about overweight men with neckbeards, who go commando in sweatpants, and believe that applying half a can of Axe is a fair substitute for a shower*
When people have a conversation with you and ask you questions that they immediately answer. WHY THE FUCK DIDN'T YOU JUST SAY IT?
Like, "You know what I said?" or "You know what I think?" or something similar. Just say "So I said" or whatever the equivalent is, it doesn't break the flow of your conversation and doesn't set me off.
Like, "You know what I said?" or "You know what I think?" or something similar. Just say "So I said" or whatever the equivalent is, it doesn't break the flow of your conversation and doesn't set me off.
Women who think courtesy ( a la holding the door open ) is sexist. Nice try: I hold the door for anyone that I see walking right behind me, no matter their gender, race, species, body type, younameit. You don't like it? Go back through the door and open it yourself again. I'm sure throwing a hissy fit about something so trivial made you feel very important and gender-equal - after all, everyone rages against complete strangers about trivialities, right?
People of a different ethnicity that see everything as racism. You got fired and now you're yelling "It's because I'm !"? No, it's because you're a sub-par employee. Someone DARED describe you by using your skin colour as an attribute? Gee, sorry, we'll all make sure to say "The tall guy with short hair" to distinguish you from all the other tall guys with short hair. People describe others using 3 most visually obvious elements, and skin colour is gonna be one of those - get over it.
Overzealous Atheists. Seriously, they're worse than the hardcore religious groups. So you don't believe in any sort of deity, good on you. There's no need to vehemently voice the superiority of your non-religion over others: doing so makes you just as obnoxious as the people you're calling out for zealotry. Anyone that has to constantly voice his or her superiority about anything is only confirming their fear or being inferior, for you don't see humans bowing down to ants to rant at them about how superior we are, do you? No, we walk among ( and over, really ) them and barely notice.
Spitting, farting and horking in public. What the hell?! When did this become popular, or worse yet funny? I've seen people in their mid twenties doing it, and I can't understand the point of it. If you can't hold your gasses, consult a doctor. If your nose is full, go blow it. If your mouth is full of saliva, then you obviously haven't mastered simple motoric processes like swallowing. Geez...
Right, that's my rant.
EDIT:
And yes to all the annoyance with kids. If you can't keep your offspring properly quiet and peaceful, leave 'em at home. I don't want your kids coming up to me, don't want them staring at me and sure as hell don't wanna listen to their crying.
People of a different ethnicity that see everything as racism. You got fired and now you're yelling "It's because I'm !"? No, it's because you're a sub-par employee. Someone DARED describe you by using your skin colour as an attribute? Gee, sorry, we'll all make sure to say "The tall guy with short hair" to distinguish you from all the other tall guys with short hair. People describe others using 3 most visually obvious elements, and skin colour is gonna be one of those - get over it.
Overzealous Atheists. Seriously, they're worse than the hardcore religious groups. So you don't believe in any sort of deity, good on you. There's no need to vehemently voice the superiority of your non-religion over others: doing so makes you just as obnoxious as the people you're calling out for zealotry. Anyone that has to constantly voice his or her superiority about anything is only confirming their fear or being inferior, for you don't see humans bowing down to ants to rant at them about how superior we are, do you? No, we walk among ( and over, really ) them and barely notice.
Spitting, farting and horking in public. What the hell?! When did this become popular, or worse yet funny? I've seen people in their mid twenties doing it, and I can't understand the point of it. If you can't hold your gasses, consult a doctor. If your nose is full, go blow it. If your mouth is full of saliva, then you obviously haven't mastered simple motoric processes like swallowing. Geez...
Right, that's my rant.
EDIT:
And yes to all the annoyance with kids. If you can't keep your offspring properly quiet and peaceful, leave 'em at home. I don't want your kids coming up to me, don't want them staring at me and sure as hell don't wanna listen to their crying.
1. People who think they know something (usually about politics) and then utterly refuse to listen to anything anyone has to say and claim that they are right without question.
(I think this is why I'm a republican, not because I agree with them, but because every democrat I know does this)
2. That one guy who has to 1-up everything you do. You have that one super-badass moment where you are totally awesome and feel super sick, but then he comes around and says, "Oh yeah, I did that myself the other day, but it was really sick when I..." cue totally made up surprisingly similar story that's better than yours in every way. It's especially annoying when everyone knows he's making it up, but no one seems to care.
3. The guy who has to make the extremely childish joke we all got over at age 7. I'll let a 7-year saying it slide, but it bugs me more than anything when the guy is way to old for it. The most recent example being "Does anyone know which of these two data chips would be better for this situation?" then someone responds with "I don't know, but the best kind of chip is definitely the potato". Yes, thank you, we know there are both computer AND potato chips, we made those jokes in 4th grade, please grow up. Then it's all the more infuriating when people feel obligated to laugh at these jokes, so the guy thinks he's actually funny. GRRRRRR!
4. Whenever people fail to realize that they're in the way, or being extremely annoying. One guy in particular feels it necessary to jump into any conversation he really wants to. A friend of mine just got New Vegas and Mass Effect 2, and asked me which one to play first. This guy jumped into the conversation saying how awesome ME2 is, and keep in mind, I don't even know the guy's name. He just happens to sit 3 feet away. On a similar note, some other people play video games during lunch, which I don't have a problem with, but they never turn the sound off (or down) and that just bugs the hell out of me. Other people are working goddammit, but all we hear are "Go! Go! Go!" and "The bomb has been planted." I always thought turning off the sound was just common courtesy when around others, but NO ONE ever does it, at least in that room.
5. That guy who automatically involves himself in anything mildly interesting. I know that's kind of specific, but there's one guy in particular I'm thinking of here. During a Physics class, there was some lab equipment set up, which involved a very precariously mounted ruler with different weights on each side that was perfectly balanced on a thin block in the middle, this guy walks in and immediately runs up and starts touching it. Then he acts surprised when the thing falls and we spend the next 10 minutes trying to balance it again. This also falls under the category of "hey you have a laptop, I'm going to bring it up in conversation for no reason and ask why you have it and whether I can install Counter-Strike on it".
6. That guy who tries everything he can to look cool in front of other people. One person in particular brings his laptop to school for this programming class (At least he has a reason for that so I'll let it slide) but then he (just a couple weeks ago) finally played Portal, discovered it was really good and then got Portal 2 and has been playing it nonstop in the middle of class. I recognize the levels and I know he's been playing it several times through. I've watched him beat it at least 3 times, give it a rest already! Not to mention he does this at the start of a government class, which is already completely irrelevant and by the time he gets the thing started up and loaded he has to put it away for class anyways. Actually, this same guy does one other thing that bugs me more than anything else. He feels obligated to make a presentation to the class every week on different things going on in the world and has absolutely no reason to. Usually as class starts the teacher lectures us on how we're not doing well enough and going to fail at life, but this guy decided to introduce him every day using an old Chuck Norris joke. Yes I KNOW Chuck Norris can swim through land, you don't need to replace his name with that of the teacher. That was just the beginning, now he does a full on power point with political happenings, recent events, and yes, more Chuck Norris jokes. Probably the part that bothers me the most is that there are these 3 guys in class who always laugh tell him how great he is and love it, when the rest of us just want to get on with it. I think I can finally tune him out and work while he's being annoying, but it bothers me that he thinks he's a riot, when no one else likes him. Oh how I hate him.
7. Also, I despise it when people exaggerate. Goddammit, there a million of them and they never stop!
8. Last one, that's kind of a weird thing to me, but it's like nails on a chalkboard. Whenever someone says "I hate people who..." is infuriating to me, as opposed to "I hate it when people..." To me at least, the first one is saying "if you do that, I will hate you forever and never talk to you again" while the second one is "just don't do it again and I'm cool with you". Maybe I'm nuts, but it bothers me so much. Anyone else ever notice that? No?
(I think this is why I'm a republican, not because I agree with them, but because every democrat I know does this)
2. That one guy who has to 1-up everything you do. You have that one super-badass moment where you are totally awesome and feel super sick, but then he comes around and says, "Oh yeah, I did that myself the other day, but it was really sick when I..." cue totally made up surprisingly similar story that's better than yours in every way. It's especially annoying when everyone knows he's making it up, but no one seems to care.
3. The guy who has to make the extremely childish joke we all got over at age 7. I'll let a 7-year saying it slide, but it bugs me more than anything when the guy is way to old for it. The most recent example being "Does anyone know which of these two data chips would be better for this situation?" then someone responds with "I don't know, but the best kind of chip is definitely the potato". Yes, thank you, we know there are both computer AND potato chips, we made those jokes in 4th grade, please grow up. Then it's all the more infuriating when people feel obligated to laugh at these jokes, so the guy thinks he's actually funny. GRRRRRR!
4. Whenever people fail to realize that they're in the way, or being extremely annoying. One guy in particular feels it necessary to jump into any conversation he really wants to. A friend of mine just got New Vegas and Mass Effect 2, and asked me which one to play first. This guy jumped into the conversation saying how awesome ME2 is, and keep in mind, I don't even know the guy's name. He just happens to sit 3 feet away. On a similar note, some other people play video games during lunch, which I don't have a problem with, but they never turn the sound off (or down) and that just bugs the hell out of me. Other people are working goddammit, but all we hear are "Go! Go! Go!" and "The bomb has been planted." I always thought turning off the sound was just common courtesy when around others, but NO ONE ever does it, at least in that room.
5. That guy who automatically involves himself in anything mildly interesting. I know that's kind of specific, but there's one guy in particular I'm thinking of here. During a Physics class, there was some lab equipment set up, which involved a very precariously mounted ruler with different weights on each side that was perfectly balanced on a thin block in the middle, this guy walks in and immediately runs up and starts touching it. Then he acts surprised when the thing falls and we spend the next 10 minutes trying to balance it again. This also falls under the category of "hey you have a laptop, I'm going to bring it up in conversation for no reason and ask why you have it and whether I can install Counter-Strike on it".
6. That guy who tries everything he can to look cool in front of other people. One person in particular brings his laptop to school for this programming class (At least he has a reason for that so I'll let it slide) but then he (just a couple weeks ago) finally played Portal, discovered it was really good and then got Portal 2 and has been playing it nonstop in the middle of class. I recognize the levels and I know he's been playing it several times through. I've watched him beat it at least 3 times, give it a rest already! Not to mention he does this at the start of a government class, which is already completely irrelevant and by the time he gets the thing started up and loaded he has to put it away for class anyways. Actually, this same guy does one other thing that bugs me more than anything else. He feels obligated to make a presentation to the class every week on different things going on in the world and has absolutely no reason to. Usually as class starts the teacher lectures us on how we're not doing well enough and going to fail at life, but this guy decided to introduce him every day using an old Chuck Norris joke. Yes I KNOW Chuck Norris can swim through land, you don't need to replace his name with that of the teacher. That was just the beginning, now he does a full on power point with political happenings, recent events, and yes, more Chuck Norris jokes. Probably the part that bothers me the most is that there are these 3 guys in class who always laugh tell him how great he is and love it, when the rest of us just want to get on with it. I think I can finally tune him out and work while he's being annoying, but it bothers me that he thinks he's a riot, when no one else likes him. Oh how I hate him.
7. Also, I despise it when people exaggerate. Goddammit, there a million of them and they never stop!
8. Last one, that's kind of a weird thing to me, but it's like nails on a chalkboard. Whenever someone says "I hate people who..." is infuriating to me, as opposed to "I hate it when people..." To me at least, the first one is saying "if you do that, I will hate you forever and never talk to you again" while the second one is "just don't do it again and I'm cool with you". Maybe I'm nuts, but it bothers me so much. Anyone else ever notice that? No?
SarcasmoPope said:
Well played sir, well played.SarcasmoPope said:
For me it has to be when I'm dealing with a very important situation, I get constantly interrupted by inane bullshite, whether it be someone who's going off about a game that they find interesting while I don't, or how I should listen to, or read some goofy comic online, when I'm too busy to be bothered to do so. This kind of thing just drives me over the edge, and makes me want to kill the person responsible.
People who grab things right out of your hands and don't give them back to you even if you ask.
The other day I had my duct tape out and this guy snatches it right out of my hands saying "I'll give it back to you in a minute." I leaned across the table, put a hand on his thigh and socked him lightly on the chin.
I grabbed the tape back and gave him a dirty look.
People do the same shit with my trilby and my feathered blue.
The other day I had my duct tape out and this guy snatches it right out of my hands saying "I'll give it back to you in a minute." I leaned across the table, put a hand on his thigh and socked him lightly on the chin.
I grabbed the tape back and gave him a dirty look.
People do the same shit with my trilby and my feathered blue.