Little quirks (the other side)

The other topic about your quirks got me thinking, what irritates you that other people do, for instance:

I hate it when people wait to take out their check book after the cashier gives the total, have the damn thing ready.

I hate it when people come to my house without calling first.

I hate it when people call me, and have nothing to talk about, in general, i just hate the telephone.

I hate when people come within a 5 foot radius of myself

ORIGINAL: Wicked Lester
The other topic about your quirks got me thinking, what irritates you that other people do

You mean pet peeves? Heh. One of the ones that' s first and foremost for me are the slowpoke idiot drivers who insist on driving in the far left (PASSING) lane. There' s nothing that irritates me more than having someone drive the speed limit (or slower) in the left lane - either step on it or get outta my way!

People dissecting and overanalyzing a live show. I hate it when the artist is playing a heartfelt slow song and the idiots next to me are talking about how this part is in 5/4 and how hard that solo is.

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It fuckin' pisses me off to absolutely no end when people spend their time bitchin' about pointless shit.

ORIGINAL: Wicked Lester

I hate it when people wait to take out their check book after the cashier gives the total, have the damn thing ready.

I' ll take that one a step further. I hate it when people pay with a check at a store. It doesn' t matter when they get it ready - it takes too f' in long. They should get with the times and use a check card or a credit card.

Similar to my previous post - anyone who slows me down:

• drivers driving below the speed limit
  
• people who stand on an escalator - if your standing, its NOT escalating (and your lazy) - if your walking, it IS
  

ORIGINAL: DevilsFood

People dissecting and overanalyzing a live show. I hate it when the artist is playing a heartfelt slow song and the idiots next to me are talking about how this part is in 5/4 and how hard that solo is.

I' ll try never to go to a show with you!

Strangers annoy me. Specially when they talk to me. That' s my pet peeve. Talking strangers.

ORIGINAL: dkepner

people who stand on an escalator - if your standing, its NOT escalating (and your lazy)

Nah - that' s just your blood pressure that' s escalating!

How about when you go into a Drum shop, and you' re looking around for something, say a cymbal,so you go ask the Clerk how much it is, then the clerk working there go gets it, he says the price, its too much for you, and he assumes you' re going to buy it??

I hate:

Strangers standing too close to me.

People coming to my house without telling me in advance.

That kind of person that starts a conversation with you, but don' t really listen to what you say, making the conversation turn to a Q/A about her/himself.

People that walks too slowly.

Beach.

being a passenger in a car. i have control issues.

also, people who can' t listen to a song the whole way through and must incessantly flip from song to song on the cd changer... or who keep rewinding certain parts to hear them again...

ORIGINAL: dkepner

Similar to my previous post - anyone who slows me down:

• drivers driving below the speed limit
  
• people who stand on an escalator - if your standing, its NOT escalating (and your lazy) - if your walking, it IS
  

You left out people who stand on those airport walkway things. I doubt that they designed these things so people get through the corridors slower.

In all cases, these assholes need to keep to the right.

I might as well add one:

Where I work, the hallways are pretty narrow. I can' t stand the people who walk with their buddies 2 or 3 across and then expect me to hug the wall as they approch. That, and impromptu meetings in the middle of a doorway.

I hate it when people wait to take out their check book after the cashier gives the total, have the damn thing ready.

My store peeve... The losers that go through the express lane and get cigarettes -- making the cashier leave and go to other end of the f*cking store to get them and the rest of us wait. " Oh, I wanted the soft pack, not the box..." AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

Now you' ve done it. Good God, you cracked open the heart of me. Here it goes:

-At work, a customer will come in, and ask me something. Before I am even done speaking, its " UH, EXCUSE ME, PHARMACIST, can I ask you something?" Either listen to me, or DON' T ASK ME A DAMNED THING YOU PIECE OF SHIT.
-People that invade my work area. Especially in the pharmacy I work in, where personal records and thousands of dollars of drugs are kept. Every once in a while, someone will get impatient waiting at the counter for a good... five... ten seconds, and actually walk into the pharmacy lab to ask me or the pharmacist something. Not only is it irritating, but it' s also invasion of privacy for the patients we' re working on at the time.
-People that talk during class. I know, I' m sounding like a nerd at this point, but I just had class. I was sitting in the front row, and two, possibly three, girls in the front row also, carried on their conversation having nothing to do with class while the professor lectured away. These are the people whose parents are throwing away 20 grand a year for their pharmacy education.
-People who beg their way through class. I can' t stand it that the same people that put no effort into paying attention to class are the people that beg the professor to make the class easier, cut their own personal work load, count higher grades more, or just frankly pass them by the end of the semester. DO YOUR EFFING WORK, IT AIN' T HARD, JUNIOR!
-People who befriend me to get ahead in school. Sure, if you want to be friends, that' s great, I could use a few more. Do not pretend you do not know me the next semester after I gave you notes the last one. Fucking asshole users.
-Bad spelling and grammar. I' m anal about spelling and grammar. I cannot stand for crap like " HAY, R U gonig to tha partay 2nite? o, ok l8r!"

UGH, I can' t believe I just typed that shit, I have to go take a shower.


More coming soon, when I can think clearer at home.

People who don' t know what fucking car they' re driving!!

I work at an auto parts store, and you wouldn' t believe the amount of people that want parts for their car, but DON' T KNOW WHAT IT IS. If you don' t even know what the fuck you' re working on, you have no business trying to fix whatever is wrong with it. It' s exuseable when someone comes in and just wants wiper blades or something like that, but there are people coming in for brake parts, alternators, starters, clutches, etc. They don' t even know what fucking YEAR it is. I ask them for a general guess, like, 1 year old, or 15? They still don' t know. Fucking morons.

The other pet peeve is that every non-english speaking person who comes into my work always drives a Mazda, and that' s all they know how to say in English, so they point to a picture, and then say " Mazda" . I ask them what year, model, etc, and they just repeat " Mazda" . I guess I can' t blame them for not knowing english well, they' re doing the best they can, but there' s more than one " Mazda" as well.

 $> man woman
 $> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
 

Nailbiting, Chewing with your mouth open (smacking), saying um, like, ya know, and I mean, all the time.

ORIGINAL: dkepner

people who stand on an escalator - if your standing, its NOT escalating (and your lazy) - if your walking, it IS

I hate when people misuse the English language.

-K

Can of worms: opened. My road trip last month had all sorts of stuff annoying the hell out of me. I' ll second the people driving the speed limit in the fast lane, particularly when there' s only the slow lane and the passing lane. If I have to pass you on the right, I' m not a jerk, you' re an idiot. Also, 18-wheelers passing other 18-wheelers. Seriously, if it takes you ten minutes to pass because you' re only going two miles an hour faster than the other semi and you have a two mile line of cars behind you because of it, you need to show a little common sense and consideration (I won' t even go into my whole diatribe of how I don' t think 18-wheelers should even be on the same roads as passenger cars). If you' re in a regular car and a semi needs to pass you, just get off the road - you don' t belong there. Take a bus, take a plane, just get the hell off the road.

Living in California, my other pet peeve (one that gets that vein in my forehead going) is people who absolutely refuse to wait in line. Just because you think your time is more important than everyone elses' . Granted, it' s not always your fault - there' s always those idiots who ride 2 inches off the bumper in front of them because if someone gets in front of them, they' ll get where they' re going 4 seconds later - but for the most part, you' re a jackass who needs to learn some patience and realize your antics to get one or two car lengths ahead of where you were just cause more traffic, as do the people who won' t let you in. You two need to get together and figure out some sort of hand signals (involving more than one finger) to get your act together, or just annihilate each other and do the rest of us a favor.

ORIGINAL: guitargeek

People who don' t know what fucking car they' re driving!!

I work in parts also, at a dealership, i know what you mean there my friend, how about the guys who have their wives call, but have no idea what they need, and every time you have to ask a question, they shout at their husband and ask him, he hollers back, just put the asshole on the phone

- Smokers. I was going to write up a whole list of things that smokers do that annoy me, but then I stopped to think, there' s really nothing they do that doesn' t. Every possible aspect of the habit I can think of is thoroughly annoying.


- To second what KuzinRob said, bad spelling and grammar. I' m not talking about a typo here and there, I' m talking about people who intentionally type as badly as possible in an effort to look cool.

I' ve been talking to people online in one form or another for about 15 years, and I' ve met literally hundreds of " online" people in real life. TRUST ME ON THIS ONE, online spelling and grammar really is a good indicator of how intelligent a person is in real life. Also, I can easily spot the difference between someone who is just a foreigner and someone who actually is a genuine idiot. They make different kinds of mistakes.


- People who flame without reading the whole post. Example: I bet someone flames me about my comment on spelling and grammar, and points out that for all I know, that bad typist could just be a foreigner and not actually a genuine idiot.


- People who type " lol" or " rofl" after every sentence, even if they aren' t saying anything remotely intended to be funny rofl.


- When driving in heavy traffic, and someone wants to get in my lane, I try to slow down to let them in, and they slow down too, so they can' t get in.


- Mimes. ' nuff said.


- Overly competitive people. The instant you tell them ANYTHING, they' ve automatically heard of something that is/has a friend who is/owns something that is/etc. " 10 times better" . Even if they don' t have a clue what you are talking about, whatever it is still sucks and they have better. Example:

Me and our singer, out barhopping and trying to promote our band to some girls: We' re in a band, you should come see us play.

Girls: Oh really? Our friends are in a band, they are the best band in Phoenix. You should come see them play, you guys could learn a lot from them.

(We were already in the area and the girls were pretty hot so we go see this band. It turns out to be a cover band, and a mediocre one at that.)

Girls: Aren' t these guys awesome? They can play songs by (insert list of popular artists here).

Us: So they are a cover band? They do cover tunes?

Girls: Oh yes, they can play songs by those guys too. They are so awesome! (Indicating that they think " Cover" is another popular band their friends can imitate.)

Us: Do they ever write their own music?

Girls: What do you mean?


- People who think that because it' s raining, they need to drive even faster to get home safely. (This is more of a local Phoenix thing. Since it rains so rarely here, native Arizonians have no idea how to drive in it.)


Well that' s all I can think of for now.

I work in parts also, at a dealership, i know what you mean there my friend, how about the guys who have their wives call, but have no idea what they need, and every time you have to ask a question, they shout at their husband and ask him, he hollers back, just put the asshole on the phone

Hah, happens all the time! I love when I have to ask them a REAL tough question. Say, for example, someone is looking for a CV axle, and there were two different sizes for that year. Usually the person on the other end will just swear and hang up the phone

At least you work at a dealership, though. That kind of narrows down what MAKE the car is. Many people don' t even know THAT!

 $> man woman
 $> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
 

ORIGINAL: Jennifer
also, people who can' t listen to a song the whole way through and must incessantly flip from song to song on the cd changer... or who keep rewinding certain parts to hear them again...

Ahhhh, I know what you mean. I can only stand that when " I" flip from one song to another!

I can' t stand people driving slowly. Especially in the city where every second counts to get over a traffic light that turns red after 5 secs.

I hate it when people talk loudly all the time to draw all the attention to themselves.

On the highway I hate it when people push me on the left lane (most of the times Mercedes-, Audi- and BMW-Drivers), although they see that there are like 1264 other cars in front of me.

I absolutely HATE commercials!

I hate it when I mess up my clothes with something. Then I put water on the stain and start rubbing it. Of course the stain gets bigger which drives me nuts. And the thing that really makes me upset about myself is, that I knew before better not to do it.

I hate it when people touch me without asking me (except normal hugging). You know, like laying their hand on my shoulder, stroking my cheek, petting my head, etc.

Anna

I hate being lied to... more than the average person. I would rather you would tell me something I really don' t want to hear, than tell me what I want to hear and I find out later that you lied. Under almost any circumstances, I lose most or all of my respect for that person, and they will not be trusted again soon.

I have a SEVERE pet peeve for people who pronounce the word " Nuclear" (Nu-Clee-Er) as " Nu-Cue-Ler" . I' m not sure why, but it really drives me nuts. I have heard major network news personalities do this, and it kills me.

I too dislike the telephone in general, but for making and receiving calls. This sucks because my Fiancee loves to talk on the phone, and I usually don' t even talk.

Kinda related to the last one, I LOATH answering machines. I will not leave a message on one unless it is really, really, really important. Even then, I will continue to call until I talk to the person I am trying to reach.

I really, really hate invasions on my personal space, especially when I am eating. reaching for something across my plate is a great way to lose weight fast, because the weight of that arm will no longer be an issue. I also can' t STAND it when someone grabs my arm to get my attention, or to take me somewhere, especially if it is somewhere I don' t want to go. I nearly decked a professor for that, and he let go very quickly.

There are others, but I can' t put my finger on one.

people still use checkbooks??

This just happened, this past weekend. I' m on the beach and here comes a family with 3 little kids. Within half hour these kids must of showed me 3 or 4 different things, that I had no interest in seeing. I got up and moved. My peeve, is with the parents. Control your kids. If I wanted kids, I' d have my own.

Kids screaming on an airplane. Pulling my hair and poking me too. Yes, this past weekend too. What is wrong with parents!!

People who eat with their mouth open. Excessive swearing. People who cannot finish a sentence without every other word being " fuck" . Bad teeth. Dirty nails.

My list is too long. I' ll stop for now.

Mine' s folks who talk about being on a beach when I' m busy getting frostbite on my nose walking to the car today after work.

Matt said:
I really, really hate invasions on my personal space, especially when I am eating. reaching for something across my plate is a great way to lose weight fast, because the weight of that arm will no longer be an issue. I also can' t STAND it when someone grabs my arm to get my attention, or to take me somewhere, especially if it is somewhere I don' t want to go. I nearly decked a professor for that, and he let go very quickly.

Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter

Things to do if you want to piss Jay off:

Bitch at him about smoking.
Bitch at him about foul language.
Bitch at him about anything.
Treat him like a child.
Fuck with his friends or family.
Be a kissass.

Those are just a few things you can do to piss me off. Enjoy.

ORIGINAL: JayBeefC


Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter, Gimme quarter

Oh, you just HAD to go there.

like many others, i could go on forever, but i' ll simply list a few that i can remember. a lot of things annoy me that i don' t even remember until they happen.

i deliver pizza, so here are some pizza delivery related ones:

- not tipping, or tipping less than a dollar. there' s one particular house i deliver to fairly regularly. it' s literally about 1/4 mile inside our delivery area, so it' s like a 5 mile drive just to get there. and being winter, the roads are dangerous as hell from the snow and ice that constantly falls. the kid never tips. the check is written out for the exact amount every single time. look, i know you think you' re hot shit, that because you play high school football you somehow think you' re better than me, but i just [quite literally] risked my life to get here. that' s not worth a dollar? i spent more than that in gas to get here and back to the store!

- not having checks prepared in advance. another case in point, there' s another house i deliver too pretty regularly. inevitably, every time i go there, i walk up to the door and knock. a kid comes out, asks me how much the order is [because they weren' t paying attention when they were told twice over the phone] and runs back inside. then they take literally five minutes trying to find the checkbook, while i stand there being hunted by bees that infest their yard, or being rained on, or freezing my ass off standing in snow. they then come back and hand me a check. yeah, they usually tip about $2, but in the time it took for me to get that tip, i could' ve delivered another order. if you' re not going to write your check out before i get there, at least have the decency to know where the fucking checkbook is.

- people bitching about how their order is wrong. it annoys the piss out of me. i deliver their order, and it' s missing something, or the pizza is burnt, or cold, or something. i understand it' s not what you wanted, i understand you' re upset. but bitching at me isn' t going to solve shit. call the store. i don' t make the orders, i don' t pack the orders, i just deliver the orders. i don' t carry spare pizzas in my truck, nor do i have the facilities on hand to make you a new one. all i can do is call the store for you, and it' s really easier for the both of us if you do it yourself.

- working later than i' m scheduled to. this happens all the time and it drives me insane. because of the nature of the pizza biz, the time i' m scheduled to leave is rarely the time i actually do get to leave. sometimes i get to leave earlier, but most of the time it' s later. however, i usually end up staying later than scheduled not because we' re busy, but rather because one of the other drivers didn' t bother coming in. the reasons usually range from he/she is sick, to he/she is too hungover to make it into work. i don' t feel the latter is an acceptable excuse, but there' s a lack of applications for drivers, so these motherfuckers get away with it with no punishment.

- related to the previous item, getting called in on my days off [which happens with alarming frequency] infuriates me. they always call me first. i always tell them to try everyone else, and call me back if no one else will come in. no one else ever will, so i have to.

[oh hell, that' s enough about my crappy job. like most jobs, i' m underpaid, underappreciated, overworked, and sick of the place. but, please don' t think from my bitching about these topics that i am rude when i' m working - that' s not the case. i' m very polite when i' m working. well, when i' m interacting with customers at least. ]

things that annoy me that are not related to my job:

- talking during movies, especially asking me questions about it. either pay attention, or go away. and don' t ask me why the characters in the movie don' t do this instead of that. i didn' t make the movie. my girlfriend does this all the time, and it drives me nuts. especially when she asks me about something insignificant in the movie, and in doing so misses something very significant.

- insulting the music i am listening to. i understand that you don' t like <whatever it is that' s playing>. so just filter it out. don' t tell me why the group you like is way better - chances are that they' re probably not, and you come off looking like a jackass. my girlfriend does this all the time too. i' ll be listening to dream theater, and she' ll say something awful about them, and then proclaim that godsmack, or the dixie chicks, or whoever, is better. sigh.

- as someone previously mentioned, talking in class drives me up the wall. look, this is college. if you want to talk, leave. no one is forcing you to be here. all you' re doing is pissing me the fuck off, and distracting the rest of people in the class who are here to learn.

- pot smokers. philosophically, i have nothing against pot, and if you want to smoke it, go for it. but don' t do it around me.

- fraternity boys / sorority girls. no explanation needed.

okay, that' s about it for me now. i could go on, but i have homework to do. sorry if i pissed anyone off.

My peeve, is with the parents. Control your kids. If I wanted kids, I' d have my own.

Well, I used to feel the same way. Still do to a certian extent, mostly about my sister in law who does absolutely nothing to raise her child properly (IMO). What I have to say is, though, sometime no matter what the parent is trying to get the child to do, the child will do the complete oposite. It' s not, repeat, not always the parents fault. I hate it when my 2 year old daughter acts up, especially in a public place, but there are times when she wins. I cannot control her 100% of the time. No parent can. It is impossible. So to have that as your pet peeve is a little disturbing. Don' t always assume it is the parents fault and that they can control their kids but are not. Depending on the age, kids can rule over the parents.

Just my 2 cents on that subject.

My pet peeves have already been mentioned. It is when people talk with their mouth full, use the phrases " Um..." , " You know" , etc instead of saying something meaningful. My wife does this constantly. She cuts herself off in the middle of a sentence to say " You know and...." . I always say " ....and what?" She sounds childish.

I' m not done yet.

Work:
-People who ask me how much something is while they continue to hold the item, twirling it in their hands. Hey there, smarty, the price is on the box, and I don' t exactly have the time or effort to memorize the price of everything in the store.
-People who call for delivery and then are not home. Drives me right up a fucking wall. I' d like to point out that it' s not like pizza, where you get it in half an hour. We amass the deliveries early in the day and go out in the afternoon. There' s occasionally another trip out for a late afternoon run, and then only emergency deliveries after that.
-People who don' t pay their copayments for some unacceptable reason. Okay, you left your money at home; or you' d like to charge it for the month; or you just went shopping and have no money. Our customer base is tight enough that we know who to trust and who not to trust. But some people will refuse their copays (and on certain plans, you don' t have to pay for your drugs, the store eats the cash for it though...), and then buy a lotto ticket, or cigarettes, or a box of rubbers. Un-frickin' -believable.
-People who call the store and immediately go, " Yeah, who' s this?" DRIVES ME FUCKING NUTS. This is the worst thing to say to me on the phone. It will immediately warrant a, " and who is this," right back to you. And occasionally I get people who say, " Let me talk to a pharmacist, this is private," which I don' t mind, but PLEASE do not immediately take such a rude and commanding attitude at the beginning of a phone call. Normal phone etiquette to me says the person calling states who they are, and their business. THEN, and ONLY AFTER THAT, may they ask who they are speaking with. It' s what I do all the time, I don' t understand why people are so friggin rude about something that can be so simple.
-People who come in when we are literally turning the lights off in the store to leave and have the audacity to go, " Oh, you' re closed?"
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NO! WE' RE TESTING THE FUCKING LIGHTS! YES, OF COURSE WE ARE CLOSED!
Apparently, they cannot read the sign outside of the door that says, " 9 to 8, M to F, 9 to 6 Sat and 10 to 2 Sun."
Their business at this time is normally to pick up a greeting card or a pack of cigarettes and it usually makes me want to scream violently about murder in mass numbers.
-People who try to get us to do something illegal. This happens frequently with state regulated controlled substance prescriptions. Doctors can be too lazy and not fill in required information (minimally, patient' s name, full address, sex, age, the date, the name of the drug, strength of the drug, how the drug is to be taken, amount to be dispensed, the maximum daily dose, signature, doctor' s imprinted name and DEA number). When someone in massive pain sends their spouse in with a Percocet prescription and we can' t do it because the doctor didn' t fill in the date, they' ll go, " Oh, can you call the doctor?" which is understandable, but the answer is no, the doctor must write it in person. But then people start begging for us to do things like just write it in. I told one guy, " No," once and he said, " Just give me your pen and don' t look." It' s unfortunate that people have to suffer longer because a doctor neglected to *write* something on a piece of paper, but shit happens, and the state cracks down hard on pharmacies when it comes to controlled drugs.

Non-Work:
-Cell phones in class. PUT IT ON VIBRATE!!!! HOLY SHIT! IS IT THAT FUCKING HARD??!?! Every fucking person in school has the most up to date phone available in the world; there must be a vibrate feature somewhere on it.
-Worse is actually LEAVING CLASS TO ANSWER YOUR PHONE! They answer it, start the conversation in class, and walk in front of the steaming professor, have their conversation outside and walk in like nothing happened. WHERE THE FUCK HAVE MANNERS GONE? DOES ANYONE RESPECT ANYONE ELSE ANYMORE? DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THE FUCK THE WORD " ETIQUETTE" MEANS? DOES THE WORD " POLITE" EVEN FUCKING EXIST ANYMORE?
-Smoking where you shouldn' t be. I' m not gonna get on a high horse and say you shouldn' t be smoking. But today in the cafeteria, a girl was puffing away indoors! In-fucking-side the school cafeteria! I wanted to slap that bitch. Good God, I want to hurt something...
Another time, my ex-best friend decided he needed a smoke in a friend' s car when it was 40 degrees and raining outside. He was in the front passenger seat and I was directly behind him. Opens the window and puffs away. " Yo, can you put that shit out, it' s raining on me back here!" " Just a minute!" ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
-People that use me for fifteen years of my life as their " best friend," and then turn around and stab me in the back, through all the times I' ve helped them along, gave them company during the many times in the hospital (even New Year' s Eve in the hospital...). And it' s not only that, they try to pile on top of it that I' m the one responsible for the backstabbing. Well, all I can say is, don' t ever expect anything from me ever again.


Sorry, I just had to get that personal rant at the end out of the way.

ORIGINAL: KuzinRob
-People who call for delivery and then are not home. Drives me right up a fucking wall. I' d like to point out that it' s not like pizza, where you get it in half an hour.

actually, i' ve gotten that one too! it amazes me when someone calls for a delivery, and i show up 30 minutes later and there' s no one home. usually the excuses they give [when they call to complain two hours later] are:

- i was in the bathroom/backyard/shower/whatever and didn' t hear the door.

this one is complete bullshit, as we always call the house if no one answers the door [either from our cell phone or when we get back to the store]. they just don' t want to admit that they ordered a pizza and then ran to the gas station, thinking they could beat us.

- i called the order in from work, i thought i' d be home in time.

well, you moron, you have to drive right by our store on your way home from work, why the fuck did you order delivery in the first place? carryout would' ve been cheaper and quicker, and you' d have a hot, fresh pizza, instead of a cold stale one.

at our store, we' ve no sympathy for you if you order a delivery and then don' t answer the door when we get there. tough cookies.

[i swear i' m not really this harsh, i just really hate my job and even thinking about it makes me angry.]

I can' t believe it! I had 26 things that piss me off and now they' re gone! *sigh*

ORIGINAL: guitargeek

The other pet peeve is that every non-english speaking person who comes into my work always drives a Mazda, and that' s all they know how to say in English, so they point to a picture, and then say " Mazda" . I ask them what year, model, etc, and they just repeat " Mazda" . I guess I can' t blame them for not knowing english well, they' re doing the best they can...

Yes you can.

ORIGINAL: KuzinRob
Normal phone etiquette to me says the person calling states who they are, and their business. THEN, and ONLY AFTER THAT, may they ask who they are speaking with. It' s what I do all the time, I don' t understand why people are so friggin rude about something that can be so simple.

Kindness of strangers, eh? I never will understand why some people have 0% courtesy for others they have never seen before.

Mine:

Since I work in a bank I see a lot of people with a lot of money who have no idea what is going on with it. How can anyone be so careless with their own money that they don' t know how much is sitting right in front of them when making a deposit, etc. LEARN YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBERS! Maybe then you won' t get pissed off when it takes a couple minutes to look it up with your crazy-ass name like Wiezeorecknski.

Telemarketers: ' nuff said.

Talking during movies.

Smokers at the entrance of the building you live in.

Saying ' Hispanic' instead of ' Mexican' because you think Mexican is a racist term for Mexicans.

Racism.

Counter-strike.

When people say they speak ' American' (or Mexican, Singaporean, Brazillian etc).

The overly religious.

People who listen to Beethoven and then says Dream Theater plays too fast and too many notes.

The blatant Tool references in The Great Debate :)

Jingoism (any country not just the US)

The media and its effect on people

Ass kissers

College book prices

Putting a flyer stating you are starting a progressive rock band and ending up with members who doesn' t know what one is.

Music majors (Being one, I' m surrounded by their unfunny humor)

ORIGINAL: VandyDrums

ORIGINAL: dkepner

people who stand on an escalator - if your standing, its NOT escalating (and your lazy) - if your walking, it IS

I hate when people misuse the English language.

-K

If you want perfect English, go teach an English class. In the real world we communicate to get our point across, not to have perfect English. Deal with it.

ORIGINAL: Gerald

Counter-strike.

Ouch, man. Ouch. You hit me where it hurts. Why though?

College book prices

This is a definite for me as well. Just spent $125 for my biochem textbook and $80 for my pharmacoeconomics textbook. Thankfully, I still have my $160 bio text that I can still use this semester.

I just paid $80 for my USED copy of a computer hardware book. Yikes!

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ORIGINAL: Jennifer

also, people who can' t listen to a song the whole way through and must incessantly flip from song to song on the cd changer... or who keep rewinding certain parts to hear them again...

eww. I gotta be pretty annoying then. I hate when the best part of the song comes only once, and that part is totally awesome, I JUST gotta rewind it over and over again

I agree with the one who mentioned talking strangers.