Questions you hate being asked
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I hate it when people ask me what I am doing, when it is obvious what I am doing.
I hate it when ask you something when you just said it (for example "I'm leaving in ten minutes." *3 minutes later* "So when are you leaving?")
I hate it when people keep asking me why I don't listen to the music they do because they think it is good after I have explained to them numerous times that I only choose to listen to a certain...genre I guess is the term.
And to summarize the rest:
I hate being asked stupid questions.
I hate it when ask you something when you just said it (for example "I'm leaving in ten minutes." *3 minutes later* "So when are you leaving?")
I hate it when people keep asking me why I don't listen to the music they do because they think it is good after I have explained to them numerous times that I only choose to listen to a certain...genre I guess is the term.
And to summarize the rest:
I hate being asked stupid questions.
"Are you gay?"
Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against gays or lesbians but I have been asked this question so many times because (A) I don't have a girlfriend, (B) I have a lisp since I was 5, (C) I am very kind and thoughtful of others, and (D) because I used to walk on my tip-toes and now have a weird way of walking ( I used to love pretending to be a ninja). So people need to seriously stop asking me. It is getting a bit old.
Don't get me wrong, I have nothing against gays or lesbians but I have been asked this question so many times because (A) I don't have a girlfriend, (B) I have a lisp since I was 5, (C) I am very kind and thoughtful of others, and (D) because I used to walk on my tip-toes and now have a weird way of walking ( I used to love pretending to be a ninja). So people need to seriously stop asking me. It is getting a bit old.
I remember being asked "so whats it like being twin" a couple of times...umm I have a brother who happens to be the same age?..I dont know whats it suposed to be like? also because its fraternal theres hardly any of that weird cloning crap going on...Frozen Donkey Wheel2 said:
You actually made me burst out laughing there, very nice haha.daemonhunter17 said:
OT: "What are you".
Nearly any person I ever meet almost always asks me this question. I've gotten kind of used to it, but it's a bit frustrating trying to explain, and it's even worse because my last name doesn't really point towards any ethnicity, so I have to explain AGAIN about where it comes from... My family isn't even sure exactly what ethnicities (and percentages) we are anyway.
"What kind of job do you want to have"
I mainly have a problem with this as my parents really, really, really want me to be a doctor (as in they'll probably disown me if I don't), so I'm never really sure how to answer this question. Do I tell them what I want to do or do I just say "going into medicine" and leave it at that. But I don't even know WHAT I want to do, so all in all the question is just very frustrating for me.
"Why are you dressed so nice today"
Cuz I felt like it, geez. Do I look like a hobo every other day or something?
"Is your hair naturally that curly"
*****, do I look like the kind of person who gets up every morning to perm her hair?
"Why do you play video games"
Why do you have [x] hobby?
"Do you always wear black?"
No, I do actually own other cloths that are not black, but it just so happens that you see me wearing it. I get asked this all the time, and it really doesn't help that my job unofficially requires me to wear all black. I wore a red shirt once and my coworker wanted to know what the special occasion was.
"How come you don't have a boyfriend?"
Because I'm a social cripple and am too damn lazy to get one, is that what you want to hear? That one bothers me, I mean, why do you care if I have one or not? And if I do I'm sure they're gonna wonder when I'm going to get married, dear god. But if so, does that mean I can ask them when can they die? Since for them that would be the next logical step, but I feel it would be too personal a question, unlike theirs to me.
No, I do actually own other cloths that are not black, but it just so happens that you see me wearing it. I get asked this all the time, and it really doesn't help that my job unofficially requires me to wear all black. I wore a red shirt once and my coworker wanted to know what the special occasion was.
"How come you don't have a boyfriend?"
Because I'm a social cripple and am too damn lazy to get one, is that what you want to hear? That one bothers me, I mean, why do you care if I have one or not? And if I do I'm sure they're gonna wonder when I'm going to get married, dear god. But if so, does that mean I can ask them when can they die? Since for them that would be the next logical step, but I feel it would be too personal a question, unlike theirs to me.
Huh?
Hard to say.
I was recently asked, "You celebrate Christmas, right?"
I appreciate the effort to be mindful of other people, but I live in America (where even most atheists celebrate the holiday) and am as white as it gets so it made me wonder why the person'd ask. It reminded me of how I was once asked if I was satanic, the asker wasn't very bright so I let it slip.
I'd say some of the more annoying are deffinately the one-word answer questions, because I normally end up answering them in one word. I'm not a very out-going person and then the conversation ends. If you want a real conversation, don't ask question people can answer in one question.
Hard to say.
I was recently asked, "You celebrate Christmas, right?"
I appreciate the effort to be mindful of other people, but I live in America (where even most atheists celebrate the holiday) and am as white as it gets so it made me wonder why the person'd ask. It reminded me of how I was once asked if I was satanic, the asker wasn't very bright so I let it slip.
I'd say some of the more annoying are deffinately the one-word answer questions, because I normally end up answering them in one word. I'm not a very out-going person and then the conversation ends. If you want a real conversation, don't ask question people can answer in one question.
Not if you're... aggressive about it >8D *wheeled away*UncleUlty said:
I hate either
a) Being asked "how are you?" because nobody actually fucking cares, and
b) "What's wrong?" just because I'm not smiling.
GUESS WHAT? NOT EVERYONE'S NEUTRAL EXPRESSION IS A SMILE. MINE IS NOT. My neutral expression is a serious, contemplative face. Probably because I'm usually thinking. But everyone assumes I'm upset :/ Especially annoying at work, since you're supposed to be happy all the goddamn time because apparently if you don't smile at someone for 2 tenths of a second you're a horrible employee and should be fired. And I have tasks that require concentration (it's extremely boring and repetitive, but I can't really afford to mis-price things...) so my default expression slips in :/
Dudette, you need to own your nerdiness. I'm studying Phys Ed as in Sport and when people ask what I like I say "I'm a nerd, I'm not really very good at sport or dancing and I don't like drinking much, but I love gaming and any book with an elf or dragon in it."Vault101 said:
People will respect that you're proud of being into comics and action figures, every time my dad groans about gaming I say to him "It's no different to watching a film" and he disagrees but who cares. He still likes me (possibly due to being my dad but who knows) and so do plenty of other people.
The whole "Don't want to bore you with the details" thing is fine, you don't need to, but you also don't need to hide what you like.
"I can speak X language". It's what I say when asked to "Say some Japanese" though I don't claim to know the language, I'm merely able to ask for directions and purchase things. Nothing you can't pick up in a few weeks from a podcast.Edd4224 said:
Not legally anyway.UncleUlty said:
"Why do you smoke weed?" - No answer is enough here, unless it's someone genuinely curious, it is almost always someone who wants to tell me I'm wrong.
Why are you Athiest?" - Same thing as the the earlier question.
"Why are you Here?" - Asked by my community college teacher, acting as if entry programming is a big deal and I was only screwing around on The Escapist because I was waiting for a download that was taking forever."
Why are you Athiest?" - Same thing as the the earlier question.
"Why are you Here?" - Asked by my community college teacher, acting as if entry programming is a big deal and I was only screwing around on The Escapist because I was waiting for a download that was taking forever."
awww geez...now Im all embarrasedDoomyMcDoom said:
dont worry, Im very happy about what I like and everthing, I dont make en effort to hide it and generally wont shut up about it to anyone who shows even a small amount of interest (I feel sorry for certain people In the past who have been subjected to my motor mouth assult of all things game related)
this reminds me of what I was like in highschool...I thourght if you wanted to be happy and normal you had to be like everyone else...games and stuff was for losers..which I justified my existance by having a wii because the regular game market was testoserone fuels, violent and scary ...or so I thourght(that didnt stop me from putting Wall-e, Batman begins... and lord of the rings posters up though..and agressivly ripping into everything my teenage girl peers liked..much to their annoyance)
and I wont hide it if I think its apropriate to talk about...but somtimes I feel it isnt worth it, Ill just get funny looks, but Im cool with it..but your right, its not so bad thease days, somone knows somone with an Xbox or whos kids have an xbox..for example
anyway...I probably should make en effort to do more things....its just hard when you end up having really no social circle to speak of..which is fine, thats my own doing and Im mostly fine with it...
I'm pretty sure I answer things that aren't fine as often as not.TheCruxis said:
I regularly say "Sick", "Moody", "Yeah, pretty dodgey actually", "Shitty" etc.
But then again I usually only get asked that by family, friends, and co-workers.
Learn something new every day.Hylke Langhout said:
I work in retail, and 3 really irk me.
"Is the store open?" No, we just turn off all of the lights to conserve power, and lock the doors so we can accurately count the number of people in the store at this time [/sarcasm].
"Why don't you do it this way?" (from customer/upper corporate) Let's see, I've worked this counter for 4 years, and you are telling me how to do my job that you probably NEVER worked, or havent in 20-30 years. I've probably tried to do it that way, dozens of times, and all ended in failure (or would get me fired). There's probably a good reason I didn't try it in the first place.
as a follow up to the previous: "Why doesn't it work that way?" Guess what. I don't know. You know who does? The people you are too darn lazy to call and ask why not. I don't make the system, I don't even have any control over the system. Corporate makes that call, I don't. Otherwise, I would have probably done it for you in the first place to get you out of my face.
"Why don't you play [insert big name game] with us? You would like it." Chances are, I won't. I research the games I buy thoroughly (mostly because I don't like wasting money). If I didn't buy it, it didn't make the cut. I get this most with League of Legends. I played the game either during beta, or shortly after it came out (I forget which), and I hated it.
Oddly enough, I have never had anyone ask me if I am American. I am not sure if it is that obvious, or that I just don't fit the stereotype.
"Is the store open?" No, we just turn off all of the lights to conserve power, and lock the doors so we can accurately count the number of people in the store at this time [/sarcasm].
"Why don't you do it this way?" (from customer/upper corporate) Let's see, I've worked this counter for 4 years, and you are telling me how to do my job that you probably NEVER worked, or havent in 20-30 years. I've probably tried to do it that way, dozens of times, and all ended in failure (or would get me fired). There's probably a good reason I didn't try it in the first place.
as a follow up to the previous: "Why doesn't it work that way?" Guess what. I don't know. You know who does? The people you are too darn lazy to call and ask why not. I don't make the system, I don't even have any control over the system. Corporate makes that call, I don't. Otherwise, I would have probably done it for you in the first place to get you out of my face.
"Why don't you play [insert big name game] with us? You would like it." Chances are, I won't. I research the games I buy thoroughly (mostly because I don't like wasting money). If I didn't buy it, it didn't make the cut. I get this most with League of Legends. I played the game either during beta, or shortly after it came out (I forget which), and I hated it.
Oddly enough, I have never had anyone ask me if I am American. I am not sure if it is that obvious, or that I just don't fit the stereotype.
I really hate when people ask me to say something in German (one and a half years of high school German currently under my belt). I generally keep my interest in the language close to my chest because of that.
When I'm asked to explain anything. I'm absolutely horrible at it.
Oh, and when I get asked not to use such "big words." They aren't even that "big" half the time, and I'm sorry I have a larger lexicon than [what appears to be] normal. Read a book sometime, it might help.
When I'm asked to explain anything. I'm absolutely horrible at it.
Oh, and when I get asked not to use such "big words." They aren't even that "big" half the time, and I'm sorry I have a larger lexicon than [what appears to be] normal. Read a book sometime, it might help.