Irrational Irritations

Birdie1483

It irritates me that my mom never successfully potty trained her new dog. In fact, she's never 100% succeeded in potty training a dog. And she sees nothing wrong with her dog pooping on her brand new carpet. Ozzie had a recurring UTI for the first 6 months of his life and we still somehow managed to teach him to only potty outside. It's possible, you just have to work at it. I don't like waking up to find that her dog has pooped next to my bed while I was sleeping in the middle of the night.

kikibaby

I had another co-worker who wore socks, but she was pregnant and I think her feet were really swollen.  And she always put her shoes back on if she left our immediate cubie area.

Birdie1483

FI works with a guy that reaks of mildew. He thinks his CW puts his clothes in the washer and then forgets about them or something until they're dry. Eww..

Beachy730

Ok I completely skipped page 2, so some others might be repeats.

The windshield wipers definitely annoys the crap out of me.  I can't stand the noise they make.  And another annoyance is when someone has them on way to high for the amount its raining, even if its not making a noise.  I have reached over and slowed them down on H several times.

People who crawl through parking lots or around turns.  You can see that its open in front of you.  I understand being cautious, but sometimes too cautious actually causes more accidents.

And my number one irritation right now is how much everyone is flipping out over the minimal snowfall here.  People here can't drive in the snow for anything, but schools are closed today with literally 4 inchese on the ground and 20 degree weather.  Give me a freaking break. 

pinkpinot

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[QUOTE]People who wear entirely too much perfume irritate me.  Can you not comprehend that some of your coworkers may have asthma and/or allergies.  Don't you get that overly fragrant perfume can make it difficult for some people to breathe? Yeah, apparently not.
Posted by shaydenise[/QUOTE]

I hate walking in a department store and 25 employees try to hand me a piece of cardboard with a fragrance sprayed on it. 

salt78

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Irrational Irritations :   He also wears the same pants every single day because "we just sit all day, it's not like they get dirty." 
Posted by Seshat411[/QUOTE]

<div>Um. Ew.</div>

mandapanda78

When you confront a person about their rude behavior and they have the audacity to tell you "It's ok." Example: camping and someone put their tent up on the back of our lot while we were walking. We waited for them to come back and then confronted them, asking them to move their tent off of our rented space. Guy says, "Oh it's ok. We won't be in your way." It's not ok muthafuckahs. MOVE. So we set their tent on fire. (that's not true)

kikibaby

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[QUOTE]So we set their tent on fire. (that's not true)
Posted by mandapanda78[/QUOTE]

Oh I wish it were!

mandapanda78

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[QUOTE]My mom. I may need a xanax to get through Thanksgiving. 
Posted by pinkpinot[/QUOTE]

<div>I know exactly how you feel.</div>

cengle

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[QUOTE]When you confront a person about their rude behavior and they have the audacity to tell you "It's ok." Example: camping and someone put their tent up on the back of our lot while we were walking. We waited for them to come back and then confronted them, asking them to move their tent off of our rented space. Guy says, "Oh it's ok. We won't be in your way." I<strong>t's not ok muthafuckahs. MOVE. So we set their tent on fire. (that's not true)</strong>
Posted by mandapanda78[/QUOTE]

This made me LOL really and truly.

Birdie1483

Did they ever move it manda??

mandapanda78

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[QUOTE]Did they ever move it manda??
Posted by Birdie1483[/QUOTE]

<div>The site host had to come tell them to move it.</div>

Birdie1483

Good. I'm not a confrontational person, so it would be really hard for me not the passive aggressively "retaliate" if they never moved their tent.

JessAndTrav

When we went to a Chick-Fil-A Grand Opening earlier this year, we took a tent, because that's customary. The employees tell you where to set up, and we had been told to go set up really close to the edge of their lot, which was fine, so we put our tent up, got all comfortable, etc. Then they told someone with a smaller tent to come set up next to us, and these people managed to think so illogically I couldn't even understand it. They had a pole of their tent LITERALLY in our tent, and seemed miffed when we asked them to move it.

We complained to the employees, and they were like, "WTF? Why would they do that?" and made them move their tent.

Did I mention that these people went to Rice University, an Ivy League school?

ETA: I'm stupid, Rice isn't an Ivy school. STRIKE.

JessAndTrav

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[QUOTE]I'm so irritated with myself and Walmart.  I ran out to buy Eclipse and in my haste I just grabbed the first copy I saw with the red ribbon on the cover.  Walmart smartly placed the price sticker on the part where it said: en espanol . I get home all excited to read and no comprendo.
Posted by pinkpinot[/QUOTE]


When I saw the word "Eclipse" I thought you meant those curtains that WalMart sells that blackout the sunlight, truefax.

I'm clearly not a twifan.

JessAndTrav

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[QUOTE]Haha, Pink, that is hysterical. Want me to translate it for you? Jess, Rice isn't an Ivy. Doesn't excuse their stupidity though.
Posted by emilyinchile[/QUOTE]

Why did I think it was? Who knows. I'm all stupid and junk with my state-education. ;)

FutureMrsTR

Kind of re: the tent thing.  We went to this one place by boat a couple times this summer and it's really popular so we went early in the morning one time to get a good place to anchor.  We get there and start to pull in where there's room for two ro three boats and the guy in the next boat over calls over "Oh, those spots are for our friends!" so I said back, "Oh, I'm sorry, did you pay to reserve them or something?" and he said "No" and I said, "Oh great, well we'll scrunch on over when your friends make it here".  The friends didn't get there for 3 more hours and it was only ONE more boat.

pinkpinot

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[QUOTE]Haha, Pink, that is hysterical. Want me to translate it for you? Jess, Rice isn't an Ivy. Doesn't excuse their stupidity though.
Posted by emilyinchile[/QUOTE]

I'm tempted to take you up on that offer, I'm dyinggggg to finish the series.

emilyinchile

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Irrational Irritations : Why did I think it was? Who knows. I'm all stupid and junk with my state-education. ;)
Posted by JessAndTrav[/QUOTE]

I think it's sometimes referred to as one of the "new Ivies" like Stanford, MIT, etc which really just means it's a good school. Apparently they don't teach tent etiquette though.

JessAndTrav

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Irrational Irritations : I think it's sometimes referred to as one of the "new Ivies" like Stanford, MIT, etc which really just means it's a good school. Apparently they don't teach tent etiquette though.
Posted by emilyinchile[/QUOTE]

Or common sense.

But then again, that can't be taught.

Birdie1483

People outside of Indiana always mistook Purdue for an Ivy League school. I hated to burst their bubble because I love feeling all smart and stuff, but I'm just like nope! Sorry! State school for me!

MacFreitas7

 1.When people don't say "Thank You" or "Thanks" for saying "Bless You!"...

 2.When people get on the escalator and just stand there in the middle of the thing. (move over to one side so less lazy people can walk up the escalator)

 3. When young business professionals sit on the train when there's an elderly lady, pregnant lady, or disabled person standing.

 4. A CW of mine says after everything she ever says "You know what I mean?" Half the time, it doesn't even make sense.

 5. I left the candy dish at work out over night by accident and this morning it was empty! Seriously. Rude.

 I can't stand rude or arrogant people.

Habs2Hart

It bothers me when my Fl doesn't turn his high beams on.  We live in a rural area and it's dark and there are tonnes of critters!  I will reach over and turn them on for him. lol.

pinkpinot

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[QUOTE] 1.When people don't say "Thank You" or "Thanks" for saying "Bless You!"...  2.When people get on the escalator and just stand there in the middle of the thing. (move over to one side so less lazy people can walk up the escalator)  3. When young business professionals sit on the train when there's an elderly lady, pregnant lady, or disabled person standing.  4. A CW of mine says after everything she ever says "You know what I mean?" Half the time, it doesn't even make sense.  5. <strong>I left the candy dish at work out over night by accident and this morning it was empty! Seriously. Rude.</strong>  I can't stand rude or arrogant people.
Posted by MacFreitas7[/QUOTE]

UGH the cleaning man threw away a 1.5L bottle of water I had on my desk, half full.  Why would he do that?  I wasn't finished with it and was going to drink it todayyyyyyyyyy.  Wahhhhhh

Grrr I just noticed he threw away the lint roller I had in the bathroom too.  WTH.

salt78

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[QUOTE]I'm so irritated with myself and Walmart.  I ran out to buy Eclipse and in my haste I just grabbed the first copy I saw with the red ribbon on the cover.  Walmart smartly placed the price sticker on the part where it said: en espanol . I get home all excited to read and no comprendo.
Posted by pinkpinot[/QUOTE]

<div>Wait...it's out on DVD!?</div>

pinkpinot

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Irrational Irritations : Wait...it's out on DVD!?
Posted by salt78[/QUOTE]

Nope, I'm still reading the books!

kikibaby

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[QUOTE] 2.When people get on the escalator and just stand there in the middle of the thing. (move over to one side so less lazy people can walk up the escalator)  Posted by MacFreitas7[/QUOTE]

Well, really, if you were less lazy you'd just take the stairs.  Escalators are especially for lazy people who don't want to walk up stairs.

MacFreitas7

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Irrational Irritations : UGH the cleaning man threw away a 1.5L bottle of water I had on my desk, half full.  Why would he do that?  I wasn't finished with it and was going to drink it todayyyyyyyyyy.  Wahhhhhh Grrr I just noticed he threw away the lint roller I had in the bathroom too.  WTH.
Posted by pinkpinot[/QUOTE]

This Irrationally Irritates me.

JessAndTrav

Oh, I have another.

There's this girl I know...who is married with children and she's around my age...she just started college recently, which is fantastic, BUT...

She joined a social sorority, and ALL THE TIME on FB she's like, "HANGING OUT WITH MY BIG!!!!!!!" "I GREEK LIFE!!!!"

I didn't do the Greek thing in college, and I don't judge anyone that did, but I can't imagine having 3 kids and managing to fit a sorority in with my schoolwork and job.

It annoys me.

waltzingmatilda13

I find that whole situation very odd, Jess, not gonna lie.