Professional time-wasters

[Diddy_Mao]

Whether in your personal or professional life, if the communication is going to be more than a simple exchange of information just fucking call the other person.

I used to work in technical support and we had an email service for "common problems."
tech support is already an nauseatingly annoying job when you can't see what the other person is doing but the frustration is compounded by electronic communication. I've had entire days wasted trying to solve problems that would have otherwise been resolved in a 5 minute phone call.

But no, Otis Q. Bumblefuck from East Toadbump would rather sit at his computer all damn day and send rambling emails rather than just make a simple phone call.

 

[Toejam]

Where I live we have 2 main roads that run parallel with linking 1 way streets inbetween. People order Taxis to get to work early in the morning...fine. But the frikin taxi drivers always just stop right bang in the middle of the road and park whilst they wait for the customer EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE PARKING SPACES ALL AROUND HIM!!!!

So i'm left to sit there and wait. Taxi drivers are just arseholes.

 

[shootthebandit]

There was this time when I was walking down the street at about 10am, mostly old people about, and this young shaven head man started walking down the street calling everyone a "pussy hole" for some bizarre reason. He wasn't just wasting his time, no doubt he ended up wasting the polices time and caused everyone to think he was a fucking loon.

He couldve had tourrettes syndrome. Ive known a couple of people with this. From what you described this sounds like someone with the condition. As far as im aware not everyone swears uncontrollably with the syndrome but it is a common symptom

 

[L. Declis]

There was this time when I was walking down the street at about 10am, mostly old people about, and this young shaven head man started walking down the street calling everyone a "pussy hole" for some bizarre reason. He wasn't just wasting his time, no doubt he ended up wasting the polices time and caused everyone to think he was a fucking loon.

He couldve had tourrettes syndrome. Ive known a couple of people with this. From what you described this sounds like someone with the condition. As far as im aware not everyone swears uncontrollably with the syndrome but it is a common symptom

A week ago, I had two men walk down the street and tell everyone, non-aggressively, that they looked like shit. I doubt they both had Torettes. It was likely a serious case of being arseholes in the town centre.

 

[Kaymish]

ok OP i thought you were talking about bureaucrats talk about professional time wasters 18 months to get a building consent put that development over a year behind scheduled i had to sue them to get their arses moving they finally "found" the paper work when they got the letters from the court serves me right for being honest and not paying the bribes i suppose

but i believe annoying people can fit the category too the slow walkers get my goat and old people piss me right off i get like 20 calls a day from old people asking inane questions that were covered in the owners manual i gave them or i have already answered for them 3 times ive got work to do and i hate work so the sooner its done the better

also people who drive less than the speed limit and crawl around slight bends in the road my car steers like a cow and i can go round the corners faster than that use the acellerator its there to make you go

 

[Black Reaper]

In my school, we have some pretty narrow stairs, and girls sit on them all the time
2 girls are enough to completely block the stairs, and they never sit alone, whenever someone wants to use them they have to get up to let them pass and sit down again
This looks like the worst place one could pick to sit down, and yet it's full all the time

I also have a maid that i barely see because she's in my house while im at school, but whenever i see her, she never shuts up, she even repeats the same things while talking as well, sometimes even 3 times per conversation
I wonder if she likes talking a lot or if she just has bad memory

You have a maid? And you are complaining that she talks to you everyone once in a while? #Firstworldproblems

I live in Mexico, so maids are actually pretty cheap, my mother says we wouldn't have one if we lived in a first world country
And there is nothing wrong with her talking to me every once in a while, but believe me when i say she talks A LOT, pretty much everyone who has stayed in my house for an extended period of time agrees
Seeing my original post, that actually sounds kinda rude

Another thing i thought of for this thread:
People who are really bad at parking and take up 2 parking spaces
I don't actually drive, but this is something my mother complains about a lot

 

[major_chaos]

There is a small cafe on my college campus that sells snacks like muffins and coffee, and I normally run there between classes for something to eat. The problem is that 90% of the employees are attractive women, which means that sometimes jackhats will hold up the line hitting on the cashier after they buy something and trying to get a phone number even though she is clearly not interested. And then if you try to get the cashier's attention so you can make your freaking order some of these guys will give you a death glare like you just cock-blocked them or something.

 

[krazykidd]

In my school, we have some pretty narrow stairs, and girls sit on them all the time
2 girls are enough to completely block the stairs, and they never sit alone, whenever someone wants to use them they have to get up to let them pass and sit down again
This looks like the worst place one could pick to sit down, and yet it's full all the time

I also have a maid that i barely see because she's in my house while im at school, but whenever i see her, she never shuts up, she even repeats the same things while talking as well, sometimes even 3 times per conversation
I wonder if she likes talking a lot or if she just has bad memory

You have a maid? And you are complaining that she talks to you everyone once in a while? #Firstworldproblems

I live in Mexico, so maids are actually pretty cheap, my mother says we wouldn't have one if we lived in a first world country
And there is nothing wrong with her talking to me every once in a while, but believe me when i say she talks A LOT, pretty much everyone who has stayed in my house for an extended period of time agrees
Seeing my original post, that actually sounds kinda rude

Another thing i thought of for this thread:
People who are really bad at parking and take up 2 parking spaces
I don't actually drive, but this is something my mother complains about a lot

Ah , context is everything. I live in Canada and i know of one person with a maid and it's because his family is rich and they are lazy. He said roughly the same thing, he doesn't talk to the maid ever. It anoys me because the few times he speaks about her , it's like she's not even a person, merely a thing that picks up after them. It angers me to no end. Because i can she is a person who is most likely just tryin to provide for her family. I know that i for one could never be a maid ( or any kind of servant), i just don't have the patience for cleaning up after people , especially if the person doesn't give two shits about you ( not that i'm saying that's what you do). Just i know what it feels like to be undersppreciated.

It's a pet peeve of mine.

 

[krazykidd]

People who stand up in the middle of an escalator rather than to a side, blocking the way for anyone who's in a hurry and doesn't want to just ride the escalator. This also applies to people, usually couples, who stand side to side on a single step.

Actually, I've heard it's bad for the escalators to walk them in a hurry: when lots of people do that, it throws the escalator off balance for everyone else...

I'm not saying EVERYBODY should sprint up and down the escalator, but let's create an imaginary lane to the left side of the escalator so people in a hurry can bypass everybody else.

Isn't that already part of escalator etiquette?

 

[AngloDoom]

People with trolleys who stop to talk to their friend - also with a trolley - completely blocking off an aisle of a shop. Holy shitballs.
If you've turned your trolley so you've managed to successfully solo blocking off the entire aisle while you rummage around the shelves for discounted Ragu, then I pretty much hate you.

 

[shootthebandit]

Another thing i thought of for this thread:
People who are really bad at parking and take up 2 parking spaces
I don't actually drive, but this is something my mother complains about a lot

I think this can be justified if its not too busy. One thing I cant stand is people who park next to you and carelessy open thier door into yours. If you park over two spaces (if its not busy) you stop people parking so close to you and doing this. Ive confronted people about this and they wonder why you are mad when youve spent thousands on a car for someone to do this. Its just basic respect for other people.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

People who stand up in the middle of an escalator rather than to a side, blocking the way for anyone who's in a hurry and doesn't want to just ride the escalator. This also applies to people, usually couples, who stand side to side on a single step.

Actually, I've heard it's bad for the escalators to walk them in a hurry: when lots of people do that, it throws the escalator off balance for everyone else...

I'm not saying EVERYBODY should sprint up and down the escalator, but let's create an imaginary lane to the left side of the escalator so people in a hurry can bypass everybody else.

Isn't that already part of escalator etiquette?

Apparently not in my neck of the woods it's not.

 

[Mithcha]

There was this time when I was walking down the street at about 10am, mostly old people about, and this young shaven head man started walking down the street calling everyone a "pussy hole" for some bizarre reason. He wasn't just wasting his time, no doubt he ended up wasting the polices time and caused everyone to think he was a fucking loon.

He couldve had tourrettes syndrome. Ive known a couple of people with this. From what you described this sounds like someone with the condition. As far as im aware not everyone swears uncontrollably with the syndrome but it is a common symptom

That was something I considered, but he had no embarrassment at what he was doing, no hint of being apologetic at insulting everyone, in my experience people with special needs tend to try and ...almost hide. They often regret bringing attention to themselves, not that they should, but they often do, he revelled in it. Even walked with that typical cocky swagger.

Was probably just drunk, it was a student town.

 

[VanQ]

Nothing quite works me into an irrational rage like people who get in my way when I'm walking.

My thought process usually ends up looking like this.

'Jesus fucking Christ, how can you be so god damn slow and still be quick enough to be in my shitting way, how do you even get out of your house in the morning, I mean there's fucking doors in the way and shit and you obviously can't grasp a concept as simple as walking in a cunting straight line, but wait there's more, you also brought your entire shitting slow walking posse so you can all personally get in my shitting way, I mean it's not like there's several twatting feet worth of pavement to walk on, just fucking bottleneck the goddamn wanking crowd because reasons unfathomable by science, could you just move aside a little bit, just a little bit please, just OHMYFUCKINGFUCKGETOUTMYFUCKINGWAY.'

THISTHISTHISTHISTHISTHISTHISTHISTHISTHISTHISTHISTHISTHISTHISTHISTHISTHIS!!!!!

Oh my God! There is nothing more frustrating than walking down a hallway or path wide enough for two people but some jackass decides to waddle down it right in the middle, not leaving enough room to get around them. Then they have the god damn gall to get all pissy when I say "Excuse me" poiltely and they give you that face like you're the annoying one. ARRRRGGGH! WE ALL HAVE A LIMITED LIFESPAN, STOP WASTING MINE BECAUSE YOU INSIST ON POSTING ABOUT YOUR INANE SHIT ON FACEBOOK WHILE WALKING IN A PUBLIX PLACE!