From my bad day today, I need to know what annoys you.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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On top of being trained as a secondary school teacher, I also work in a large public venue to spice my life up somewhat.

Today a woman had to be birthed, a man was saved by police from murder as he mugged a child, three fights broke out and a man was arrested for racism that was deemed serious. These things, quite frankly I love to see and stop, its my passion to see different things.

I will say though, whilst I love it, today was a big test. So to cheer me up, I would love to know what annoys you lot. It would be candy to my ears so to speak.

pcp

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Since I work on an ambulance, lets see…

Elder abuse and neglect, especially at the facilities that care for them
Adolescents that go through bf/gf drama, and take a bottle of tylenol to get attention
a lack of adequate mental health facilities for the same
insurance companies dictating the healthcare system

just a few random frustrating thoughts to get the ball rolling…

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As a massage therapist: people who don’t wash their feet. Come on, you knew I was gonna be touching them…

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Having both been sexually assaulted and abused [separate occurances, not the same person] I get pissed off at both rape and wife beating jokes. I also get pissed when people treat them as jokes [like outright saying that a rape victim was ‘asking for it’ by action or dress, or that the woman did something wrong and that being abused was her fault]

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Abuse of power or wealth. Stupid people. Generally, folks who are wasting my air by breathing.

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People who call us to take their pets, they don’t have the money to feed or vet them, they can’t possibly afford to bring the pets to us, gas is so expensive don’t you know and when I get there, they argue about me taking the carrier, leash or whatever.

You can’t afford another pet, you don’t need the leash and collar. You won’t get more than a dollar for them at a yard sale and I need them to properly restrain your throwaway pet while I move it to a better place.

Even worse is when someone calls to tell us about an ignored dog tied to a tree and when I get there, I see mangy skin over raw bones. I know that people don’t want to make waves or anything, but don’t wait until a 110 lb woman can toss a full grown rottie over her shoulder and climb a 6 foot chainlink fence. Call as soon as you notice the chained dog has a 2 foot high pile of poop kicked out of his 3 foot wide walking area.

What really brought tears to my face is that while I was running off with the dog, he kept licking my face.

Yeah, I have been known to steal animals. Back when I was innocent enough to think that I could defend myself with pictures and all, I went to court. I ended up with 6 months of probation and was told to never get caught stealing animals again. 8 years later, I haven’t been caught. Don’t do this at home, kids.

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When you come into an employment agency to look for a job, for god’s sake groom yourself! It doesn’t take a lot of money, jeans and a nice shirt are just fine for a manufacturing job. Please don’t wear the following, EVER;

flip flops
sweatpants
any clothing that exposes your butt or boobs
any clothing with profanity
anything stained or ripped

Take a shower or bath. WASH YOUR COAT. I can’t tell you how many times I’m doing an orientation and I have to open the window when it’s chilly outside because while you are clean, you haven’t washed your coat and it smells like nasty old Rice-a-Roni and stale smoke or sweat. Just as you wash your clothes, you need to occasionally wash your coat.

Don’t chain smoke in the car before you come into the office for an orientation. Your sense of smell may be blunted because of your two pack a day habit, but the rest of us are stuck dealing with that noxious haze that surrounds you. For the most part it’s not a big deal, but sometimes with very heavy smokers it’s really bad. Small room + hardcore stale smoke = the rest of us are grossed out.

Did you get really drunk last night/this morning? I can smell the alcohol on you. Bonus points for rumpled clothing, bloodshot eyes, and breath mints. Please sleep it off before you go out looking for work, even of your mom, wife, girlfriend, grandma or whoever is yelling at you to get a job.

During the orientation, turn your cell phone off. Don’t text. Don’t accept phone calls or texts or update on Facebook. We warn you before we get started, then ask you to step out when you ignore us.

Don’t order a pizza because you got hungry.

I told you there would be a drug test. If you’re into opiates, don’t try to tell me that you ate a lot of poppy seed bagels. If you smoke weed, don’t try to tell me that you were in the same room with your buddies but you didn’t smoke it yourself. My favorite was the guy who came up positive for coke and in the middle of his vehement denial, got a nosebleed. Yay!

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Thank you Flatlined!! ((((Hugs))))

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Drivers who stop at green lights to wave through a car turning left. It’s a New England thing.

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People who stop in doorways.

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People who can see that I walk with a cane and a limp and still act like I’m moving slowly just to spite them, or get all huffy about my refusal to step back and let them go through a door before me, because their time is somehow more precious than mine. If it’s single file and I’m ahead of you, suck it up and deal, snowflake.

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I actually had some guys in orientation who were falling asleep. After the third time of prodding them, they were asked to leave. They complained to the admin who was following up with them that they hadn’t been told that sleeping during Orientation was not allowed.

Oh, lord. Really? Guess what, it’s also not allowed to pee on the floor or to stab your fellow Orientees, but I didn’t think I needed to specifically mention those etither.

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I think we are supposed to call them **Asieens **now.

:wink:

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Or when getting off an escalator. Come on, people. Does it use that many more brain cells to move to the side and let the rest of us get off, too?

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Oh god, and people who wave you through when they have the right-of-way at a four way stop. And when I’m a pedestrian, vehicles who want me to walk in front of them, instead of getting out of my way so I can cross the street without a motor roaring at me. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

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people who see someone they know at the grocery store or mall then feel the need to stand in the middle of the aisle or walkway having a big freaking reunion with that person. totally oblivious there are other people who might need to get around them.

as for other things that annoy me…there are honestly too many for me to list. i’m a generally annoyed little girl…it’s pretty bad.

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So I am walking through heavy commuter foot traffic at the subway station this morning going towards turnstiles for the El. Dickhead the Oblivious stops 3 ft in front of the turnstile to dig his pass out of his pocket with a swarm of people behind him, me being directly behind him. Of course, he has the nerve to give me a dirty look and say, “Excuse me” sarcastically as I swerve around him. Seriously?

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This with an added annoyance for people who have this behavior with their vehicles in a two lane road. Happens altogether too often in my neighborhood.

The Offenderati and PC police also tend to be annoying-ish.

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“Car 54, where are you?”

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Your first two items do not make sense. It’s the baby that has to be birthed, isn’t it? And how can you mug a child? Who was murdering whom? Quit bein’ so cute.