This is an annotated list of things that piss me off. You may feel free to post yours, also.
[list]
[li]People waking me up when I’m sleeping.[/li][li]Bad drivers.[/li][li]My car overheating.[/li][li]Having to take a dump but having to wait until I get home.[/li][li]The act of pooping.[/li][li]Brittney Spears, Christina Aguilara, *Nsync, Backstreet Boys, and other SHIT pop bands.[/li][li]That fucking Dodge commercial dip-dip-different. Mother fucker. Rot in hell.[/li][li]Not knowing martial arts.[/li][li]Not knowing how to skateboard.[/li][li]Not having a minibike or 4wheeler when I was a kid.[/li][li]Stupid ass local news morons. They kept saying “Brown Reh(pause)kloose”[/li][li]Not having enough money.[/li][li]People who get my damn order wrong.[/li][li]Bad drivers.[/li][li]Walking.[/li][li]Wearing long pants in hot weather.[/li][li]Sweating.[/li][li]People who try, in any way, to make their business name synonomous with “internet” even if it has NOTHING to do with e-commerce or development.[/li][li]Only having 800 mp3s.[/li][li]Having a slow connection.[/li][li]Old people who drive slow and shit.[/li][li]Old men who smell like old-person poop.[/li][li]People, gay and straight, who have huge PDAs in public.[/li][li]Hot lesbians. Dammit![/li][li]People who smell.[/li][li]Bad breath.[/li][li]Having to shave.[/li][li]Running out of deodorant.[/li][li]Having to clip my fingernails.[/li][li]That “I haven’t brushed my teeth yet” mouth feeling.[/li][li]Fucking bug bites.[/li][li]Damn lousy mosquitos.[/li][li]Itchy ass.[/li][li]Itchy nuts.[/li][li]Stupid people who I have to explain shit to four or five times because they were too damn dumb to listen the first fucking time.[/li][li]Being full when I want to eat more.[/li][li]People who give teenagers a bad reputation.[/li][li]Naked old people who are wrinkly.[/li][li]Porno mags like “60 Plus” or “Porkers”.[/li][li]Not having sex for almost a year.[/li][li]Hot chicks with boyfriends.[/li][li]People who don’t listen to the fucking automated phone system. Hey, dick. Listen to what it says, and you’ll get the right extension the FIRST TIME![/li][li]People who think the world revolves around them.[/li][li]Not getting enough fiber.[/li][li]PETA.[/li][li]Getting hit on by men.[/li][li]Especially men who are like 50.[/li][li]Extremely obese people who wear bare midriffs.[/li][li]Skanky girls on talk shows who say everyone who boos them and tells them they’re gross because “you can’t have dis!”[/li][li]People who have too high of self esteem. (see above)[/li][li]My boss.[/li][li]Gut punches and kidney punches.[/li][li]Stepping on things.[/li][li]Falling down.[/li][li]Having a flat tire.[/li][li]Not getting enough sleep.[/li][li]Smeary fucking dumps.[/li][li]Hitting that long dead animal, so my car smells like decay.[/li][li]Not having a convertible.[/li][li]People who refer to Visors and Palms and “Handheld PCs” or “Pocket PCs”[/li][li]People who make fun of Christians.[/li][li]Wierdo fundies. Yes. You believe in God. Quit being wierd about it.[/li][li]This girl at work who’s just SOO hot but not only is she a Mormon, she also dated a friend.[/li][li]People who think they’re better than anyone else.[/li][li]Moving. The actual act of motion. Dammit, I hate walking and moving and shit.[/li][li]Not having a cut body.[/li][li]Having big nipples.[/li][li]The fact that I stopped buying Superman comics in 97.[/li][li]Fucking annotated lists.[/li]
I’m sure I’ll think of more.
[ul]
[li]People who want to buy a computer but don’t speak English.[/li][li]People who think that hygiene is optional.[/li][li]Dicks who don’t understand that sometimes things get sold out, and it’s NOT my fault, and NO, I CAN’T discount a computer that’s $500 more just because you want to be a dick about it.[/li][li]People who don’t let me do my job.[/li][li]Ingrown toe-nails.[/li][li]Itchy scalps.[/li][li]Armpit hairs.[/li][li]Re-runs I’ve seen 20 times.[/li][li]Once again, people who want to shop but can’t speak fucking English![/li][li]People who are bad dancers, but look all excited-like when they dance.[/li][li]Pants with baggy asses. It looks like you took a dump in your shorts. Pull 'em up.[/li][li]Commercials with naked baby asses and some person runs their hand over the naked baby ass to show how smooth the baby ass skin is.[/li][li]Zits.[/li][li]Whiteheads. Pop the damn thing. Ugh. Mayo-face.[/li][li]Blackheads. Use a damn pore strip or something.[/li][li]Shaved eyebrows.[/li][li]Angry midgets.[/li][li]Wal-Mart.[/li][li]McDonald’s.[/li][li]Cellulite.[/li][li]That chick who sounds like she’s going to cry who promotes them things where you pay for a poor kid to live. If she’d quit eating so much there’d be some left over for them.[/li][li]The fact that these kids are dying not because there’s not enough food being produced, but because their totalitarian government provides for an uneven distribution system.[/li][li]The fact that the USA makes MORE than enough food for these poor starving children, but it’s allowed to rot, unsold, in warehouses. Then, it is thrown away. Bastards.[/li][li]Not having enough time.[/li][li]Armpit hairs.[/li][li]Unibrows.[/li][li]Thick black hairs that grow out of the tops of old men’s noses.[/li][li]Slow drivers.[/li][li]Coffee.[/li][li]Running out of soda pop.[/li][li]The smell of Play-Doh.[/li][li]The white stuff that comes out of zits. Yum![/li][li]Mustard.[/li][li]Mayonnaise.[/li][li]Bad bbq sauce.[/li][li]Gas.[/li][li]Diarhhea[/li][li]Dumb sig lines.[/li][li]Evil monkey warlords.[/li][li]Badly written movies.[/li][li]People who laugh at dumb things that aren’t funny.[/li][li]“I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!”[/li][li]Snow in a can.[/li][li]Sugar cookies.[/li][li]Not being able to afford a tattoo.[/li][li]People who are too emotional.[/li][li]People who come in to buy a computer, and tell me their life story.[/li][li]My nugat deficiency.[/li][li]Horses.[/li][li]Dumb sig lines.[/li][li]People who yell curse words in public just to ‘shock’.[/li][li]Losing a sock.[/li][li]Getting mud on the carpet.[/li][li]Being tired.[/li][li]Having that dream where you’re somewhere and you’re suddenly, inexplicably naked.[/li][li]Weird pizza toppings.[/li][li]People who type in all caps.[/li][li]People who type in alternating caps.[/li][li]People who use weird fonts.[/li][li]People who spell terribly.[/li][li]People with bad grammar.[/li][li]Dumb commmercials.[/li][li]Things that insult my intelligence.[/li][li]This damn concrete plant I have to look at every day on the way to work.[/li][li]The fact that concrete was banned.[/li][li]People who are mean to other people for no reason.[/li][li]That dumbass Bill Clinton.[/li][li]His wife.[/li][li]Al Gore.[/li][li]Al Sharpton.[/li][li]Al coholics.[/li][li]All our presidential candidates.[/li][li]The fact that no one has the balls to take a REAL stance on issues these days. Fuckers.[/li][li]Oprah Winfrey. Dumbass.[/li][li]Rosie O’Donnell. Hypocrite.[/li][li]Nutsacks. They’re ugly.[/li][li]Melted cheese.[/li][li]Bad pizza.[/li][li]Chunky salsa.[/li][li]Pathetic, chincy, weak, watery salsa.[/li][li]Not having an accent.[/li][li]Toupees.[/li][li]Tankers full of milk jacknifing on the interstate.[/li][li]Traffic Jams.[/li][li]People who aren’t attractive who masturbate in public.[/li][li]Ugly people in pornos.[/li][li]People who suck at charades.[/li][li]People who talk loud.[/li][li]People who believe everything they read in the newspaper.[/li][li]Old women who don’t wear a bra… ugh.[/li][li]Snot.[/li][li]Ham pizza.[/li][li]Green olives.[/li][li]Rotten egg burps.[/li][li]People who’s lives are heavily influenced by what they see on TV.[/li][li]Giant floating boobs[/li][li]People who reply to their own topics.[/li][/ul]
[QUOTE] [ul][li]People who want to buy a computer but don’t speak English.[/li][li]Once again, people who want to shop but can’t speak fucking English![/li][li]People who smell.[/ul][/li][/QUOTE]
I don’t suppose these would be the “illegal immigrant, lawn care working, rusted out econoline driving, dirty, sweaty, greasy, mexican bastard[s]” you spewed about before. Nah. Couldn’t be.
-Manboobs, especially the hairy ones, and especially mine.
-People who fanatically stick with one side of a story.
-When someone I know to be intelligent does something really stupid… over and over and over and over.
-Lists that are so long, they stop being amusing halfway through.
-Saying something really dumb, and then realizing ten minutes later “I didn’t want to say THAT!!”
Okay, that’s my list. There are probably other things, but some of them were mentioned in Homer’s list, and I didn’t want to be TOO repetitive. 'Sides… it’s difficult to piss me off.
[ul]
[li]People who put words in my mouth[/li][/ul]
Hey, mikan. Dick. Let’s look at something here. Yes, I said that. I’m sorry you haven’t noticed, but I’m not near as angry or hateful of a person as I was then. This list was supposed to be half-serious and half-humorous. Maybe that’s why I included some things we were talking about in chat, some things I was hearing on Friends, and some other stuff that just doesn’t make sense.
Is racist spew the same thing as bitching about something that interferes with my ability to do my job? Is it possible for me to do my job when I cannot understand what the person I’m supposed to be helping is saying? Can I do my job when they get mad at me for asking them to repeat themselves a few times? It’s not my fault if someone who cannot speak English well comes into my store to purchase something. It’s also not my fault that I cannot understand them. And it’s not my fault when they get mad.
OK, homer, so maybe it wasn’t fair of me to dredge up that hateful episode from your earlier self. But those were your words (try typing “greasy” and “homer” into the search engine and see what pops up). I couldn’t help but make an association between something you wrote in this thread and something you wrote in that much earlier one; it’s not my fault if your words from months ago left such a strong impression on me.
And yes, people do change. I’m glad that you’re “not near as angry or hateful” now as you were back then. It’s not readily apparent from this thread, but I’ll take your word for it.
Sorry for the pot shot I took at you, but to he honest, it saddens me – and angers me, too – when people bitch about others not being able to speak English. Regardless of why they haven’t yet acquired sufficient English skills to inquire about something as complex as a computer (hell, even I don’t understand what those computer store clerks are saying half the time), they still suffer because of it. It’s not a fucking cakewalk to be living someplace where you can’t communicate well. No, it’s not your fault that they don’t speak English. But expressing anger at these people doesn’t exactly help them feel welcomed into the English-speaking community, either.
I don’t want to hijack your thread here or start another one in GD concerning language. But, since you went to all the trouble of calling me a dick and giving me the “fuck you,” I felt I at least owed you an explanation. So, there it is.
Hun - spending too much time thinking about things you hate! (And stop mentioning poop and defication. And hairy balls, and the rest. Please. Some of us are petite delicate flowers here.)
I could tell you were mostly kidding. That’s why they invented the BBQ pit - so you could vent and let off steam.
But I have to say - what non-English-speaking people? You are in Kansas City, man! I’m sure there are some non-English speaking people, but nothing compared to L.A. You have Spanish, Armenian, (a.k.a Farsi?) Thai, and a million other languages in LA. I think there are approx 80 different languages spoken in LA. Trust me, KC has got nothin’ on LA and California when it comes to non-English-speaking folk. But I admit, I never wring my hands and worry about the fact that there are people who do not understand me and my English-speaking ways. I cannot be expected to learn several fricking languages to accomodate everyone, so I’m not going to worry about it.
YosemiteBabe: Actually, strange as it sounds, KC is a midwestern Tech mecca. We have huge populations of Russians, Latin Americans, Indians, Palestinians, Saudi Arabians, Iraqis, South Africans, English, and… um. Other people. All of whom I deal with freqently because they all want new computers.
Normally, it’s not a big deal. If I can’t understand them, I don’t sweat it, I just ask for a repeat or two. It’s when they get frustrated, annoyed, or uppity that it burns my ass. Like it’s MY fault you’re not pronouncing or enunciating correctly.
Armenian and Farsi are two different languages. Armenian is spoken by Armenians (duh). Armenia is part of the Former USSR - I can’t remember what country it’s a part of now; I don’t think it’s independent. You may have heard of the Armenian Holocaust, in which over a million Armenians were slaughtered by the Ottoman Turks in the very early years of the 20th century. There is also an Armenian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem, which is where I learned this.
Farsi is also called Persian (Farsi=Persia, hear the similarity?), and is the language spoken in Iran and Afghanistan.
Kyla - Oh, I know many Armenians! Glendale CA seems to be the new home for a large amount of Armenians. Glendale is my hometown. Anyway, I got confused about Farsi and Aremenian, because some Armenian co-workers I knew in Glendale spoke Farsi, and also mentioned trying to teach me Farsi. (Which I wouldn’t mind learning, some day…like I’ll ever have time!) There are plenty of Iranians, Iraqi, etc., in S. CA, so I just got confused about who speaks what.
Homer, I am sure there are a lot of Russians, Saudis, etc. in KC, and I’m sure you meet far more than your fair share in your line of work. But I seriously doubt that the percentage is as high as in LA. Oh my gosh. Don’t get me wrong, I am totally used to a melting pot, so I’m not bitching. But oh my gosh. There is every nationality imaginable in LA. In large LARGE numbers. And more Aremenians in Glendale than you can throw a stick at.
Homer, you mentioned that dip-dip-different Dodge commercial. Well I’d just like to pile right on there, and let me add FUCK Dodge Viper, you hear me DaimlerFucking Chrysler? Fuck it! I wouldn’t drive one of those cockroach looking things if you gave it–OK, that’s bullshit. I’d totally take one if you gave it to me.
I can’t explain why, but that commercial fills me with rage. Could be the chemical imbalance.
