Yeah, I do that a lot, too. I know it’s annoying and I do try not to, but it’s sometimes almost a reflexive response.
And the scarf loop thing too - sorry, I don’t know any other way to tie a scarf so that it stays put. I’m not trying to look like Jacques Brel.
Just so we’re clear, are you sure you know what the proper use of ellipsis is? You mention “accentuating a point,” but ellipsis isn’t used to make a point, it’s used to show where you have omitted text from something you are quoting.
I know that it’s common to use an ellipsis to indicate a pause in written text, hell … I do it all the time. But that is not its proper usage.
I would suggest telling him NOW. Touching someone without their consent is a legal assault, and it should not be tolerated. That is one of my bugs, and I always say the first time “I really don’t like peole touching me. Please stop it.”
One of my jobs had an older male who thought it was funny to get behind a woman and grab her waist. The first time he did it, I asked nicely for him not to do it again. The second time, I told him if he did it once more, he would never do it again.
The third time, I ran backwards and slammed him into the wall. He never did it again, and when he complained, I told my Boss that I had warned him twice about it.
I’ve posted many a time about my totally irrational fear of those little wooden paddles people use to eat ice cream with. I despise them with every fiber of my being. If someone is using one when I can see it, I will have to stop what I am doing and get them a real spoon.
Those wooden things totally gross me out.
Which makes me even more baffled that I saw people wearing them that way when I was on a canoeing trip in 90-degree weather.
It is properly used both ways.
If we’re talking irrational gross-outs, rather than peeves, mine is salad bars. All that salad, just lying there in the open looking all innocent when you and I know it’s a seething mass of bacteria and skin flakes.
“Help yourself to as much salad as you like!”
Thank you, but I already have. The amount of salad I’d like from the festering salad bar of doom is no salad.
I’m interested. Can you provide an example of using ellipsis to ‘accentuate a point’? And can you cite any recognised authority that supports your contention?
I’m not being antagonistic about this, BTW. I would have thought you were wrong, but I’m open to correction.
It might technically be assault, but if I had him arrested or body checked him (I’m also male BTW) for putting his hand on my shoulder or grabbing my elbow while he’s talking, I’d be the asshole. It should be mentioned that it annoys me, but that’s about the extent of it. It annoys me to the point that if I hear is voice I go behind the register counter so he doesn’t do it. He’s not hurting me, he’s not harassing me, he’s annoying me. It doesn’t make me so uncomfortable that I’m looking to take legal action against him. It Think about the episode of Friends where Chandlers new boss was spanking him. Like that, but less spanky and more shoulder grabby.
I should note that if instead of grabbing my elbow, he was grabbing my waist (as you mentioned) I certainly would have told him to knock it off. If he did it to one of my female employees he would have been asked to leave the premises and not come back, especially if I felt that there was any sexual innuendo involved at all, even in a joking manner.
I don’t fear them but they are loathsome for sure. They give me goosebumps to even think about.
I don’t get this. Why is it appropriate for medical workers but not a million other jobs where you are on your feet the entire day? It’s not appropriate for anyone on the job in my opinion. Even nurses.
And hell, Crocs aren’t the most comfortable shoes on the planet either.
Whistling really gets under my skin.
So does the Weather Channel.
Then please tell me what are, and I will buy them!
Seriosuly, I am floored by the Crocs hate. Are you guys just talking about the super-ginormous rubber clogs they make? Like this: Sites-crocs_us-Site
Because, you know, they also make some normal shoes: Sites-crocs_us-Site
and even leather: Sites-crocs_us-Site
and have you ever tried on a pair? Because I’m not wearing anything else until someone proves to me that Cubby is telling the truth! 
/points at thread title
Rubber Mary Janes are not “normal.”
OK, that’s normal.
Plastic shoes always make me think that someone’s forgotten to change out of their gardening/beach shoes and into proper going-out-in-public shoes. Either that or my “jellies” flashbacks are affecting me worse than I thought…
I guess I misread your reply (was in a rush to get back to work from lunch). I thought you said an ellipsis CAN’T be used to indicate a pause. My reply was saying it can be used as a pause and omitted text.
Also, my original reply was saying adding addition periods to an ellipsis doesn’t accentuate a point. Many people like to do stupid shit like this…
That is weird, as soon as I warm up I or get out of the wind I get too hot and just have to unloop mine.
Men that wear shoes or boots with leather soles that make click-clack sounds when walking on hard surfaces.
Totally rational but I have to vent a little…people that hum or whistle at work or anywhere they have a captive audience. Bad enough when they whistle a recognizable tune but 100 times worse when it’s just random whistling noises. Been driving me nuts at work lately. I feel better now.
By all means, carry on. Just know that it looks ridiculous.
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It should also be mentioned that Crocs are WAY more comfortable than no-name lookalike knockoffs.
People who type “your” for “you’re” and “there” for “their.”
This is irrational especially because of my own many (many) typos. Yet every time I see it I feel the urge to correct it. (Although I can’t remember ever doing so, except maybe once or twice in jest.)
I have somebody at work that does this (says “Huh?” instead of “What?”, but still). When he does this, I say the same thing MMMUUUCCCHHH SSSLLLOOOWWWEEERRR and LOUDER. I still don’t think he gets it, but it makes me feel so much better! 