Hopefully this thread isn’t a repeat of something already started, but I wanted to know what things set other people off?
I got to thinking about it this morning when my husband got livid when our toddler dribbled some milk on the couch slipcover on accident. He didn’t yell at our kid or anything - just got really annoyed, much more so than I felt was warranted.
Still, I have to admit that little things can tick me off, too, especially when I’m really tired. They include:
Forgetting things inside and repeatedly having to go inside to get them when I’m late.
Being late.
Having to wake my husband up every morning (he’s an adult and I know he has an alarm clock!).
Freezing cold showers when all the hot water has been used.
Seeing my toddler’s clothing flung all over the living room by my husband, not my toddler, because it was the most convenient place to undress him and it didn’t occur to him to put the clothing away.
So, tell me - what is it that really sets you off but should be no big deal?
Having the hiccups. There is nothing that makes me want to kick a kitten and then swallow a shotgun barrel faster than having the goddam hiccups. My blood pressure goes up just thinking about the little fuckers.
People who come in when I’m in the middle of doing something very time consumming and start giving me their opinion of how I could do it better. I am in the middle of doing it my way, and I don’t appreciate your messing up what I am trying to do my way.
Like on the fifth of the month when I have to sort out, pay, record, copy, stuff, seal and stamp 17 mortgage payments and 57 utility payments. I’m doing it my way, and just keep your stupid nose out of it.
When someone (or worse, multiple someones) continues to tell me what I’ve done wrong even after I’ve realized my error and corrected it. Do they just want to feel superior?
Being corrected (especially about something trivial) when I’m right. I generally don’t have a problem with being corrected when I made a mistake, but it annoys me having to deal with it when I didn’t.
When someone isn’t paying attention to what is going on, be it a TV show, conversation, whatever, and then they realize halfway through that maybe it is interesting. So they ask you to either start the conversation over from the beginning, or explain EVERYTHING that has happened in the show up until that point, even though they’ve been in the room the whole time! :mad:
For me it’s someone banging about with pots and pans, like when someone needs a pan that’s in the back of the cabinet and so just pulls it out. I could literally freak out and kill someone with my bare hands when that happens. Think Cujo and loud noises.
I have worse to offer - when they start that from the beginning of the very first scene. Even if you’ve never seen the show/movie before either, and they know it, and they’re still pestering you about who that is and why he’s doing that and oh who’s this new guy… :smack:
