People who swing their arms like damn counterweights when they walk. I have no ides WHY this bothers me, but it does. I purposely sidle up and bump into their arms—and they wind up apologizing to ME!
For some reason it always annoys the hell out of me when people use baby as a name rather a noun. ie, Baby is wet. Is baby talking?
Also I hate idiots pulling forward too far past the line in the go-straight lane, so I can’t look left to see if I can make a turn on red from the right-turn lane. (And those damn SUV’s make it the worst, at least with 18 wheelers you can see under.)
Our Office Manager eavesdrops when I’m on the phone, and does not hestitate to correct me while I’m still on the phone with my client. Sometimes from across the room even. Grr. Mind your own business, will ya?
Oh Eve, you sure those people aren’t “power walking”? You know, making it look like exercise.
Even worse than that are the ones who have pulled too far forward, then when you inch forward to look around them , they inch forward too, so you still can’t see. Grrrrrr.
Number one on my list is bad drivers. I absolutely detest people who are oblivious to traffic around them while behind the wheel of their automobile. Particularly when they are on the phone while driving - “Hang up and drive you dumb shit!!!”
A very close second is people who litter. How much effort does it take to walk that piece of trash over to the nearest garbage can? Live like a pig in your own house if you want but please don’t litter in public.
Don’t even get me started on people who throw trash out of their cars while driving. It’s the only time when I actually have to restrain myself from ramming my babied car right up their ass and running them off the freaking road.
Let me add to the “people in their car” theme…at a strip mall by my house, there’s always 3 or 4 cars parked in the “Fire Zone/No Parking” area right in front of the stores. There’s always plenty of parking spots. Would it friggin’ kill ya to park your car and walk the extra 10 seconds???
I have a multitude of car-related pet-peeves, among them:
People who park in two spaces: I REALLY hate this. I mean REALLY hate this. Some are just bad parkers who manage to get a tire over the yellow line. To remedy this, I ALWAYS park next to them, and pull as close as possible without hitting them. It’s especially satisfying if I can do this on their drivers side. Since I am 100% inside my spot, it’s their own damn problem. The others are those guys who drive really nice cars and intentionally take up 2 spaces so no one parks next to them or messes up their nice finish. These shitheads get keyed.
People who aren’t handicapped parking in handicapped spots: I key these shitheads too. Try walking, its good for you.
People who drive around parking lots following you as you walk back to your car to take your spot: We call these “Parking lot vultures” My buddy and I used to LOVE fucking with them all the time. If someone is following me as I walk back to my car, I always go down a row 4 rows away from my car then cut across the rows to get to my car. My favorite one is when some vulture waits in the middle of the row for you to get out. I get in my car, turn the key, put the car in reverse (so the reverse lights come on) and move about an inch. Then I turn off the car, get out, point, laugh, and walk back into the mall. I have almost been killed a few times, but MAN is it worth it.
People who can’t drive the speed of traffic: Whether you are going 25 miles over the speed of everyone else or 25 miles slower than the speed of everyone else, you’re STILL A TRAFFIC HAZARD. If I’m doing 80 in the fast lane, don’t try to pass me. Likewise, if EVERY OTHER CAR is going 75, and you’re doing 55 YOU’RE GOING TO CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. Pick it up a bit.
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Okay, it’s old now but I had to do it.
Anyway, while were talking about idiots in cars: I was taking a trip with my dad who’s a truck driver. Now I don’t know if it’s EVERYONE that has this attitude, but almost everyone on the road this particular trip did. That being the attitude of, what my dad likes to call, the “Have to be ahead of the big truck” syndrome. The speed limit is 70 miles an hour. The car in front of, whom we were approaching very quickly, couldn’t have going faster than 50mph. So, naturally, we passed. Well, almost. The stupid SOB sped up!!! So we backed off and got back behind him. What did he do then? The retard SLOWED DOWN! It’s people like this that shouldn’t be able to drive at all.
I wish to second all of quicksilver’s, and “super size” on the cell phone rant.
I also hate people who talk about “oxymorons”, and then use a NON-oxymoron (that is a joke) as the example, ie “military intelligence”. “Military intelligence” is not an oxymoron, you moron.
Also annoying is the new sophmoric writing style of using “she” as the neutral pronoun.
Idiots who say “I like the idea of a flat tax, I would like to just pay 10%, and forget about it”, without knowing the first thing about taxes or rates. A “flat tax” does not mean you pay a given %, the percentage would be about 20-30%, not 10, which would INCREASE taxes for 80-90% of the taxpaying public, and it would NOT replace payroll taxes (fica/fuat).
Just remember another one. People who can’t walk an extra 10 feet to put their damn shopping cart in the shopping cart return. You know who you are… You’re pissing the rest of us off!
I also really HATE anyone talking on a cell phone while driving. I’m thinking of using my electronics background to make a device that will jam cell phone frequencies in a one-block radius. Then when I see some asshole driving half in one lane, and half in the other, and 7 mph, while talking to his girlfriend, I can hit the button, and BZZZZZ, nothing but static
People who do not use turn signals drive me crazy. I mean nuts. And put me down on the “anti-phone while driving” list.
Non-car related:
One day, I am just going to backhand someone who says, “You know what I’m saying?” after every freaking sentence!! No! I do not know what you’re saying! You want to say something, just say it! I’m not psychic. Don’t make me guess.
What about people who talk really fast? Mix that with someone who says “like” and/or “oh my god” a lot and you have someone worthy of you spending the rest of your days in prison for murder.
Also, people who talk with there hands. (No, not deaf people, you moron! :D) I mean the ones who constantly make gestures even when they aren’t necessary. The ones who, if you tied their hands behind their backs, wouldn’t be capable of speech at all.
This is job related. I love my job. I don’t mind being a second class citizen. (I’m an intern) But give me directions! I’m a college student working in a manufacturing plant. I do not know what chem # A-37L is, what machines it’s on, or who to call to ask. Telling me to fix the A-37L problem by tomarrow does nothing. (Me “what problem? Umm… is it killing people or what? Its gotta be a chem because the steels are all T numbers…”) I know I’m stupid but yelling at me isn’t going to fix that. When I screw up, then you can yell, but give me a fighting chance!
Making me put in your revisions only to have me take them out during the third revison is a pain too.
but I do love my job…except for a few minor details.
People who honk at me because i won’t make a right turn on red because a *&&%##%$ SUV has pulled out way past the stop line making it impossible to see.
People who nearly run into me while I am making a left turn (not at a light) despite the fact I have my signal on. I do not stop suddenly, I signal, WHAT ELSE CAN I DO!
oh yeah i forgot to mention talking on the phone while driving. its very distracting and dangerous, so i think it should be avoided. if the passenger talks, its ok i guess
