Silly Annoyances

mandysmear

You know when something annoys the crap out of you and you know it probably shouldn't, because it's not. that. big. of. a. deal.

Yeah.  So, the coffee station/kitchen by my office only has a small beer fridge.  We have a regular sized fridge in the boardroom kitchen and then a main kitchen with TWO large fridges... the ones with the freezer on the bottom.

Someone brought their costco sized grapes in the original container in and put them in the little fridge by my office.  Use the bigger fridge please.  I would like to access my cucumber slices and yogurt without having to rearrange the fridge every damn time. 

akhensley81

Ha! OK, I'll play.

I normally answer the main phone line in the office... unless I'm in the middle of something, then I forward it to all the other phones in the office. I have 1 particular co-worker who always seems really put off whenever she has to answer the phone. She will physically track me down if she gets a call that she thinks I should take. Regardless of what I might be in the middle of.

I know it's not that big of a deal, but it still annoys the shiit out of me.

baystateapple

FI plays video games at night when I'm going to sleep.  Half of the time I'm not even in the room with him when he does it.  But if I happen to walk in, he's in his rolly computer chair with his face about 1 foot away from the TV screen.  And for some reason, it bugs the crap out of me.  I ask him to move back and he looks at me like I'm nuts.  I guess I am.  It's not like it affects me at all.

mandysmear

Ugh, thank god in my office, we all answer the phone.  I am the main phone answerer, but no body minds getting it for me if I am on a call or in the rest room.

I hate having to repeat myself a million times.  Like when someone can't hear me... and I have to keep repeating.  I just want to yell, "hey! open your fuckin' ears!"

LesPaul

Yes.  And, dear coworker, that carton of milk you brought in a month ago and didn't finish?  It's still there.  How about you monitor your own perishables and throw it out before it stinks up the place?  thanks.

MissLeahM

Who eats that many grapes during a work day?

People at my work think its okay to let their food turn into a rotten mess in the fridge. I just don't use the fridge at work, unless I really have to
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Luckily, I work about 5 minutes away from my mom's house, so I can just go to her house to cook something.

FutureMrsTR

One of the brokers I work for always comes up to my desk and says really loudly, "knock, knock!" but he pronounces the first K which drives me up the freakin' wall for some reason.

One of the other brokers always says, "Can you do me a flavor?" when he means "favor" and THAT annoys the piss out of me.

cengle

I live in an apartment building that is right next to a major theater (not movie theater, Broadway-play type theater), and whenever there is a show, people can pay to park in our parking garage.  And none of the goddamn people know how to drive and/or park in a parking garage.  They drive their giant expensive SUVs and park in 2 spots so no one hits their precious vehicle.  And then we residents have nowhere to park.  It's maddening.  Every single time, I see an expensive car parked in 2 spots, or over the line so no one can park next to them.  I have to resist the urge to commit vandalism every time there's a show.  And Wicked is playing now, so it's almost a daily occurrence.  I can't wait to move.

laurenclaire1386

This one is reeeeeally stupid. FI puts something in the microwave, then takes the food out before the buzzer goes off on the microwave. So then the time left of whatever time he put it on is displayed on the little screen, instead of the time of day.  He can never push the clear button to make the clock come back. It drives me nuts.

akhensley81

Oh! I thought of another phone-related one. I get people who call me specifically to ask a question or get information... then they make me hold while they find a pen/paper to write down the answer to their question.

I have actually told them to call me back when they're prepared and hung up. Hehe.

ohwhynot

Everything about everybody is annoying the pee out of me this week. I think it's pre-wedding crazies and I will not give in to it.  But I am basically shutting my door and keeping to myself as much as possible. 

LesPaul

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[QUOTE]This one is reeeeeally stupid. FI puts something in the microwave, then takes the food out before the buzzer goes off on the microwave. So then the time left of whatever time he put it on is displayed on the little screen, instead of the time of day.  He can never push the clear button to make the clock come back. It drives me nuts.
Posted by laurenclaire1386[/QUOTE]

I can't stand this.  Clear the display!

Brie2010

Oh, I hate the fridge politics too.  We have one fridge.  This guy buys a giant veggie tray, a 12 pack of yogurt, and a huge thing of fruit and eats off it for his lunch every day all week.  It takes up the whole damn fridge and we also have to constantly rearrange.

I also hate people who use the toaster oven to cook.  Specifically, salmon, but also someone is making breakfast sausages right now.  They take like 30 minutes to bake, which means nobody else can use the toaster and my office smells like maple for that entire time and now I'm hungry.

kikibaby

Sometimes if I'm out of work for a day, I'll come back and my chair has been changed.  Usually moved up, because I sit really low in it.  It irritates the crap out of me if I have to fix my chair when I come back.

kikibaby

Oh, I have another one, speaking of kitchen stuff.  I hate it when H puts his dirty glasses on the right side of the sink.  If the dishwasher is full, I think all dirty things should go on the left side.  There's more space on this part of the counter.  I don't know why it matters, though.

akhensley81

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[QUOTE]This one is reeeeeally stupid. FI puts something in the microwave, then takes the food out before the buzzer goes off on the microwave. So then the time left of whatever time he put it on is displayed on the little screen, instead of the time of day.  He can never push the clear button to make the clock come back. It drives me nuts.
Posted by laurenclaire1386[/QUOTE]

Ack!! Mine does this too. And it's irritating.

AdeleDazeem

People who habitually clear their throat (loudly, grossly) make me ballitstic. 

I try so so hard to not be snarky about it because it really is my problem, but if it's on a frequency greater than once every five minutes, I must remove myself from the situation before stabbing a pen in my eye.

crfische

I wish we had a beer fridge at work. Me thinks that wouldn't fly.

laurenclaire1386

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[QUOTE]Oh, I have another one, speaking of kitchen stuff.  I hate it when H puts his dirty glasses on the right side of the sink.  If the dishwasher is full, I think all dirty things should go on the left side.  There's more space on this part of the counter.  I don't know why it matters, though.
Posted by kikibaby[/QUOTE]
I get annoyed at this too, but in my kitchen, the dirty dishes make much more sense in the right hand side of the sink.

mandysmear

Oh, I hate when people open mail and leave it on my desk.  Or grab a fax of mine and then get rid of it.  LIKE THE LETTER FROM MY INSURANCE BROKER.  The letter I needed to give my lawyer a couple days before possession otherwise our keys wouldn't be released to us.

MissLeahM

I feel dumb for being annoyed of this but: when someone writes on my FB wall and then someone else answers the question.. Grr.

ohwhynot

Here's an example of the kind of thing that is usually mildly annoying but now is driving me to actual anger:  last night fi and I are watching a movie when the children are falling asleep upstairs.  Suddenly, my boy's stereo gets really loud - he'd apparently turned it way up.  Fi turns to me and says "Why is that stereo so loud all of a sudden?  Shouldn't he turn that down?" 

Well, gee, fi, how the hell would I know any better than you know why the stereo is so loud all of  a sudden?  And if you think he should turn it down, walk upstairs and tell him to turn it down!  It drives me f'ing nuts that fi complains to ME instead of just dealing with the situation himself.  And yes, I realize this is somewhat unfair. 

cengle

How about when people mumble on the phone?  Dude, I can't understand you--en.un.ci.ate please!

AdeleDazeem

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[QUOTE]I can't stand it when people talk slow, talk in circles and say a bunch of "Um", "Huh", "You know", and says "Stuff like that." after every single effing sentence. OMFG, just spit it out. Be concise because my time is precious!
Posted by Champagne Supernova[/QUOTE]

My fiance doesn't do this exactly, but if we're at a restaurant and it's time to order, he looks at the waiter and goes (while pointing at the menu)

"I'd like... ya know... there are so many choices!  I was thinking of... no wait...  okay.... the mussels.  Now the entree..."

I've been known to talk over top of him and order because, jesus christ, spit it out!

baystateapple

I HATE it when people call me, I pick up the phone, and then they hem and haw trying to figure out what they want to say.  Get your thoughts in order, then call.  Don't waste my time once I pick up the phone.

baystateapple

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Silly Annoyances : My fiance doesn't do this exactly, but if we're at a restaurant and it's time to order, he looks at the waiter and goes (while pointing at the menu) "I'd like... ya know... there are so many choices!  I was thinking of... no wait...  okay.... the mussels.  Now the entree..." I've been known to talk over top of him and order because, jesus christ, spit it out!
Posted by Joy2611[/QUOTE]

OMFG.

My FI does that all the time.  And then he always picks the SAME meal. 

Sometimes I just want to say "Why are you even looking at the menu?  You know you're going to order the chicken parmesan."

AdeleDazeem

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[QUOTE]I HATE it when people call me, I pick up the phone, and then they hem and haw trying to figure out what they want to say.  Get your thoughts in order, then call.  Don't waste my time once I pick up the phone.
Posted by baystateapple[/QUOTE]

Or when people get up the front of a line, watch the cashier scan everything and put it in a bag and then search for their wallet for twenty minutes.  You're in a store - in order to exit, you must play a game with the cashier called "trade money for the items you picked out."  See the people behind you?  They all have to play, too.  Move faster because we all hate your slowness.

I clearly have a lot of annoyances today.  I'm getting worked up :)

akhensley81

FI absolutely can't stand to watch commercials on TV... so whenever we're watching something he always changes the channel the moment it goes to commercial. Half the time he'll end up getting caught up in whatever new show he's watching and I'll have to poke him to remember to switch back to the original show, and we'll have missed something.

I have no problem waiting through commercials if I'm in to whatever I'm watching.

MISSCOURTNEY20

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[QUOTE]This one is reeeeeally stupid. FI puts something in the microwave, then takes the food out before the buzzer goes off on the microwave. So then the time left of whatever time he put it on is displayed on the little screen, instead of the time of day.  He can never push the clear button to make the clock come back. It drives me nuts.
Posted by laurenclaire1386[/QUOTE]

THIIIIIIIIS!!!!! I always go to FH and say "So, it's 003 o'clock??" He's getting better at remembering but not fast enough.

It also annoys me when people send out a mega message on FB and then I have to get everyone's responses. My girlfriend sent out a message that she lost her cell phone and needs everyone's phone numbers. Now I am getting all the alerts of people sending their numbers to her. Good think I don't get my rocks off crank calling people.

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

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[QUOTE]This one is reeeeeally stupid. FI puts something in the microwave, then takes the food out before the buzzer goes off on the microwave. So then the time left of whatever time he put it on is displayed on the little screen, instead of the time of day.  He can never push the clear button to make the clock come back. It drives me nuts.
Posted by laurenclaire1386[/QUOTE]

I totally understand this. I always have to walk over and clear the microwave display if it still has time left. That drives me nuts too.

mandysmear

Sometimes one of the guys will walk to my office.  Ask me to make them a lunch reservation.  I google the number.  Make the reso.  I'll wait to let him know when i see him that he's good to go. 

He will then walk over to my office to make sure he has the reso.  In the amount of time you just spent walking to my office you could have made the damn reso yourself.