Petty things that annoy you.

I loathe whores who don't appreciate farmers.

You're rather petty, OP.

And you annoy me.

Lol R1.

I hate when a someone waits days to text you back and then when you hang out with them they are on their phone 24/7.

Gum chewing. Baby talk.

I'm not a farmer so their problems aren't mine, R1.

people that give directions that require a local history and geneology guide to decipher

Too many items in the express lane

Women under 50.

They're all petty.

R8 ...and those over 50?

Strangers just knocking on my door when they're caught in crossfire. Can't they let me know they're gonna stop by?

I had a friend who was a farmer. And then he died.

Op is not a fan of Mylene Farmer

I get irrationally angry when sandwiches or pizza aren’t cut all the way through and you go to pick up half or a slice and the bread part rips and all the good sandwich stuff or toppings slide off. That’s my one pet peeve.

When someone at work EMAILS me to say “Can you give me a call when you get this? Thanks.”

It’s like are your fingers broken that you couldn’t have just picked up the phone and - oh, I don’t know - called me in the space of time that it took you to type that request out? If you want to talk to me live go bad then don’t email me asking me to call you! You have my effing phone number.

[quote] I hate when a someone waits days to text you back and then when you hang out with them they are on their phone 24/7.

IMO, that would tell me where I stand in their priorities.

A phone call is considered an interruption, R14. They are emailing you to ask that you call when it won’t be an interruption. They are just being polite.

R16 you are actually wrong about that. It’s a way of getting something off their to do list and onto yours. Phone calls are not interruptions between co-workers. . People silence their phones or just don’t answer if it’s an interruption.

Any man who uses this term in any context: "Gurrll"

I also hate when a poster tries to explain away someone else’s petty peeve like r16 just attempted. Guess what, it’s still a petty peeve. In business, you should be available by phone to your colleagues during business hours, and if you are not, you silence it or push it to voicemail. When you are busy, as most of us are (except you r16?) and get hundreds of emails a day, no one needs to add random “can you call me” emails on to the to-do list with no context to them at all.

I fucking hate phone tag.

Just leave a message with the details, because if you don't you will be on another line when I call to find out why you called.

On the flip side, fuck those assholes who never listen to the voicemail you left them and call you back wanting you to repeat everything you spelled out carefully in your message.

Nobody should be leaving voice mails at all. Texts are how to leave a phone message.

R21 I do not like texts from businesses. If it has to be in writing, send a fucking email.

People who don't walk on the right or people who think they're walking a dog or pushing a stroller think this gives them the right to walk wherever the fuck they want.

Random stapling. The staple belongs in the upper right corner, about an eighth of an inch from the edges.

White people acting like the police in public. OMG, its so infuriating.

Perpetually angry black people.

Cashiers trying to make conversation with me. I'm here to pay for my stuff, not to make a new best friend.

Having a bunch of small inconveniences at once. Like needing to pee, charge your phone, let the dog out, wash the dishes, etc all at the same time. It annoys the fuck out of me.

When someone (usually an elder and always a stranger ) tells you to “smile, it can’t be that bad!” Literally had someone tell me that as he walked past my car window while I was at a stop sign on my way to my parents’ house because my father just died. So yeah gramps. It was that bad. Not that it was his business, and why should I ever be held accountable to make some stranger happier by seeing me smiling in my car or walking down the street as I go about my own life??

No matter what I want to look at in a store, there always seems to be some annoying person standing right in front of it and taking forever to move that I end up just saying "fuck it" and walk out of the store without what I want.

People walking while staring at their phones like security blankets because they don't know what else to do with their eyes

Humblebragging, my college friend is the worst about it. "I can't believe the boss liked MY idea," "what did I do to deserve a boyfriend who takes me to Italy every summer?" Don't fish for compliments and make me dance along with your ego.

[quote]When someone at work EMAILS me to say “Can you give me a call when you get this? Thanks.”

I think this means (and the emailer should say) can you give me a call when it’s *convenient* for you.

When I need to speak to someone urgently (and don’t care about their convenience) I’ll email, text, slack, send smoke signals and even call.

I’ve gotten emails though that say “can you take a look at this and print two copies for me and you?” and then I’m truly annoyed. You emailed me a file to print? Or worse, “can you save this on the shared drive?” It would’ve taken you less time to do that than email.

Straight couples who become really loud, performative and dramatic while they are shopping like they are on a sitcom

Pedestrians who perch themselves on the very edge of the curb or even on the actual road at the corner of an intersection then appear to be in another world looking up into space etc. definitely not noticing cars wanting to make a right turn and not sure if they will just step of the corner another few inches and make it a bad day for everyone involved.

Dowdy Frauen friends walking around at homesense (homegoods in the USA) picking up shit off the shelves and pointing out other garish crap and blathering how “ it speaks to me for our great room” like they are designers on an HGTV show.

People who leave a full car-length gap or more between themselves and the car ahead when stopped at a traffic light.

R34 yup. They all seem to have watched Mad About You reruns.

Similar to your peeve, same straight couples - usually very bland looking and usually moving in together for the first time) tongue kissing each other sloppily in the line up at ikea.

That I encounter women all the time throughout the day that I could fuck/date/marry but rarely have a mutual connection with a guy

People who won't pull into the intersection to make a discretionary left turn (no left arrow). The light turns yellow and then red ... still behind the line.

People who dramatically run their fingers through their hair in the rear-view mirror while waiting at a red light like they are in a Garnier Fructis commercial

[quote]Similar to your peeve, same straight couples - usually very bland looking and usually moving in together for the first time) tongue kissing each other sloppily in the line up at ikea.

Whoa. I think that bothers everyone and crosses beyond petty annoyance into revolting display of affection that all people hate. Even the making-out couple will hate it when they see other people do it.

R42 I guess they think they are the exception to the rule when they are all aroused because they are buying cheap kitchen supplies for the first time together at ikea.

[quote]People who leave a full car-length gap or more between themselves and the car ahead when stopped at a traffic light.

People who leave no space behind you at a red light and are parked up your ass. Sometimes, I’ll turn my car off and wave my hand out the window and shout “my car just died! Go around!” just to watch them get frustrated because they didn’t leave enough room to go around and now depend on the entire line backing up to accommodate them.

When people ask me questions during a movie. I either haven't seen it so I don't know the answer myself. Or perhaps I have seen it and know your question is about to be answered if you watch just 10 more fucking seconds. Or maybe I can't answer without giving away the entire plot. Don't you want to be surprised?

Long story short, don't ask me any questions. Just watch the damn movie.

People who don’t know the difference in meaning between the words exacerbate and exasperate and use them interchangeably in conversations.

(Rule of thumb: people get exasperated and situations are exacerbated)

People who say I could care less instead of I couldn't care less. It's like the most basic of logic.

When I'm told we're going to go to a certain restaurant so I look at the menu and pick exactly what I want, then suddenly at the last minute they decide to go somewhere else.

People who spell “woman “ (singular) as “women” when they actually mean the singular. “I went on a date with a women with blonde hair yesterday”

And no - I am not referring to people who speak English as a second language.

R49s boundaries have been stated.

R25 then stop stealing

That’s so badass r44! I’m totally going to try it!

R51. Eff you cocksucker. Like I would ever need to steal anything.

Well r50, we know someone was going to bleat “but think of the poor ESLs! English is a hard language to learn!”

People who walk on the wrong side of the road. I live in an area without sidewalks, and when walking my dog I walk on the left side of the street, per the rules of the road. Nearly half the other walkers I encounter seem to be ignorant of the rule.

R55 wait though - do you live in a country that also drives on the left side of the road? Cause we are from all over here and no offence but what you wrote sounds all wrong to me and have no idea what your specific road rules might be for a pedestrian lol.

My sister always visits with her two year old and suddenly I'm the babysitter while she does the bare minimum. Even when I'm cooking or hosting it's me entertaining her, making sure she doesn't rip my bookshelf apart.

Just 🔫 her in the head. No more farmer comparisons.

R57 it’s so annoying isn’t it the way parents are always looking for a break and think a relative actually wants to oversee their poorly disciplined ankle biters.

Listening to boring as fuck stories about what a coworker’s moron kid did last night, this morning, over the weekend etc and then having to feign interest in it.l or laugh along like I feel entertained or impressed. Your kid is only cute to you and no he doesn’t sound smarter than other children his age.

R24 is an anarchist. You staple the left top corner, not the right.

[Quote] Most people agree that you ultimately get the best readability when you place your staple at a 45-degree angle on the left side of the document. Using the left side most likely won’t make a difference even if you’re left-handed.

R44 A bit passive aggressive?

Extremely R59, what gets me is the parents' presumption that you should LIKE picking up their slack because their kid is just too damn cute. I love my niece but not playing butler.

chester draws

it's chest of drawers you idiot

[quote]Random stapling. The staple belongs in the upper right corner, about an eighth of an inch from the edges.

People who don't know left from right.

And, to the person who doesnt' like people leaving space when at a stoplight...you're supposed to leave enough space so that you can see the back tires of the car in front of you. That way you can get out if they stall.

And, to the person who walks on the left side...unless you are from a left side driving country like the other poster asked, you are walking against traffic instead of with traffic like you are supposed to.

And, I guess people with annoying pet peeves are my pet peeve.

In the real world, if you are the first person in the right lane at a stoplight, move your fucking car up and as far left as it will go so people behind you can turn right if they need to because you don't own the fucking street. Either that, or get out and piss all over the area you are blocking to prove your possession...at least that would be honest.

Oh, and...no, no matter how small your dick is, your giant fucking car/truck is not so precious that you get two parking spaces. Did I just trip and accidentally key your car? Oh no.

[quote]People who leave no space behind you at a red light and are parked up your ass. Sometimes, I’ll turn my car off and wave my hand out the window and shout “my car just died! Go around!” just to watch them get frustrated because they didn’t leave enough room to go around and now depend on the entire line backing up to accommodate them.

You are mentally ill. That's what you do for enjoyment? You really need to get a life

R65. The last two paragraphs made me pee my pants

R56, I live in the United States. As a child, I learned that pedestrians walk on the left side of the road. See this link, 8 Walking Safely Tips.

I have a friend who hums along to music in the car. She actually is a musical person who played viola in her city's orchestra ensemble, so no tone deaf complaints. It was just weird whenever I was in a car with her and I song I know and and like (the Clash's "Death or Glory").

[quote]You are mentally ill. That's what you do for enjoyment? You really need to get a life

I’d like to add r66 to the list of petty things that annoy me.

[quote] My sister always visits with her two year old and suddenly I'm the babysitter while she does the bare minimum.

I'd park my ass on a couch and drink alcohol until I was "unfit" to babysit.

Other solution: let sister know that I'm not the babysitter.

Or: remain a doormat.

I just need people to stop asking me if I’m doing anything fun over the weekend. I don’t want to share. I don’t know your definition of fun. Sometimes we just stay in to sleep, eat and fuck. It’s not relevant to my job. Some of the ‘fun’ I have isn’t work appropriate to share. I’m a nerd, my idea of fun might be someone else’s nightmare, again, I don’t want to share. I don’t want follow up questions or to feel like I have to justify my interests. I just don’t gel with these particular people. I was fine in past jobs.

R72, tell them one time that you're just gonna watch scifi and jack off all weekend. They'll never ask you again.

R73 That would make me ask every Monday.

So, did you bust one out to Star Trek or The Expanse this on the weekend?

Remove ‘this’ from the above please. I posted before proofreading for autoimcorrect errors.

Fuck! My petty hate is no edit option for this site.

I'm not a farmer so their problems aren't mine,

where do you think your food come from fucktard?

People who park just far enough away from the driveway ahead of them so nobody can park behind them. basically just taking up two parking spaces!

[quote]I just need people to stop asking me if I’m doing anything fun over the weekend. I don’t want to share. I don’t know your definition of fun. Sometimes we just stay in to sleep, eat and fuck. It’s not relevant to my job. Some of the ‘fun’ I have isn’t work appropriate to share.

I hate this too. I’m not invalidating your hatred of this petty annoyance, just making a coping suggestion: Do what I do.

Lie.

Sometimes I lie in bed all weekend and take an edible and watch music videos. Or I masturbate 75 times and order pizza.

But on Monday morning: “Oh, I had the best time. I went to a friend’s and we made shakahuka then went on a hike!” or “I had brunch with friends and then we played board games”. Never say you read a book (unless you actually read a book). It’s a trap! Next they’ll ask you what book, who wrote it, what were the last 5 books you read, please describe them all, and then try to friend you on Goodreads.

No matter where I'm walking in my house, my dog is standing in the way. She's psychic like that. Every single time!

I only read magazines in the tub. I make sure to shake out any inserts beforehand, lest they fall into the water.

No matter how hard I shake, or rifle through the magazine, there’s always a stray one that plops in the water.

Not being able to carry all my groceries inside in one trip.

People who constantly clang metal utensils when eating out of glass jars.

[quote]When someone (usually an elder and always a stranger ) tells you to “smile, it can’t be that bad!” Literally had someone tell me that as he walked past my car window while I was at a stop sign on my way to my parents’ house because my father just died.

R79 I can lie easily on Mondays. I just don’t have the energy and bandwidth to lie on Fridays. My personal time is my own and it just defeats the purpose to talk about it at work when I look forward to my personal time because it’s not work. I don’t want those people involved in any way. It’s my personal issue, I just don’t connect.

Guess what R84: I wish you were dead instead of my father. It did happen. He had pancreatic cancer and died at home. My siblings and I all rushed to my parent’s house before the funeral home came to take him away. You are probably just like the old ogre who said that to me while I was at a stop sign on a small neighborhood street with my windows down. Now go take your miserable self to a river and drown.

For the record R84 women get told shit like “Smile it’s not that bad” etc by old farts like you all the time because they think women are on the earth to look pleasing and sugar and spice and everything nice. Now go fuck yourself.

R38- or they are one half a mile from the traffic light 🚦 and therefore don’t trigger it to turn green- it’s five corners and all the other streets keep getting a green light besides yours- WIMPY drivers do that.

R82- I almost always bring all of my food into the house at once because I have no patience to make several trips- unfortunately this often causes me to get Hemorrhoids.

[Quote] Now go take your miserable self to a river and drown.

Is this the new “Die in a grease fire”?

R90 I just assumed R84 would want a more dramatic looking lead up to death by gliding to the river edge wearing his ugly caftan. A grease fire might be more suitable though given the vile nature of him to mock someone as lying about events surrounding the death of a beloved parent.

Stickers on produce!!

R49 That's a typo I make frequently here. I'll try to do better.

R92- Especially after I've washed the apple I'm about to eat I did not peel of the label and now I have to wash the damn apple again.

Truly petty: mailing lists. One donation and you regret it for the rest of your life.

I have a friend who thinks he's Buddhist. He thinks he's being loving and tolerant. In truth he stands for nothing. Drives me bonkers.

Also every time we have dinner at his house it is literally steak, baked potatoes and green beans. I mean every.fucking.time.

R97 that is petty. Eaters of free meals have no right to complain, unless they are offering rotten food or nonfood.

Maybe that's all he knows how to cook adequately well.

If there is no sidewalk, I always walk against traffic so I can see what it is doing and hopefully react in time. Too many people are run down on roads by cars coming up behind them that they never see.

If you see a car wavering over the line or gliding over towards you, you can take a leap into the bushes. I would rather brambles and scrapes than be hit by a car even if it's moving at 30mph.

It may be petty but it's been twenty years of steak, potatoes and green beans. Cut me some slack.

Work emails with the title "Have a minute?", "Call me, please", or something similar. I have 40 clients! At least provide the name of the company in the subject of your email.

Neighbors who MUST chat across the aisle in the food store. Both have shopping carts; one going up the aisle while the other is going down it. Get on the same side or find another place to chat. Like the Panera less than 1/8 mile away from the food store.

This one is REALLY petty and I freely admit it. I keep my car in the garage because I don't have it so full of shit that my car doesn't fit in there. My neighbors on both sides of me don't park on the street (as required by the HOA) or park in their garages. When we have a heavy snow and the bucket loader is used, the bucket loader will use my spot in front of the garage to turn around. This, in turn, packs the snow under the tires so I wind up with mounds of snow and ice in front of my garage. Because of the angle of the sun in winter, and one neighbor's SUV, the sun never melts that snow. I am forced to shovel that snow, if possible, and keep adding snow melt in hopes the mounds will liquify and disappear.

Today I just finished breakfast and I'm already hungry for lunch which I won't be eating until 2pm.

ATTENTION LAZY, DUMB-ASS RESTAURANTS

Unless you’re serving shrimp cocktail, take the goddamn tails off the mother fucking shrimp.

I don’t want to fish (no pun/fuckoff) around my soup or pasta or curry to take the damn thing off with my fingers getting all saucy just because I want every morsel of flesh that I paid for, OR slice it off with my knife and fork, sacrificing that morsel of flesh that I paid for.

I hate people who don't drink water because they don't like the taste. It's fucking WATER, how much more of a child could you be?

They’re usually tasting their own mouth.

Noisy eaters. I just wish murder was allowed when I'm at a dinner party and the person next to me smacks their lips and chews noisily. Eurgh!

Do you have something against farmers, OP?

[quote]Noisy eaters. I just wish murder was allowed when I'm at a dinner party and the person next to me smacks their lips and chews noisily. Eurgh!

That sounds like misophonia. It’s not just a petty annoyance.

Congratulations! You’re mentally ill!

r103 - YES! When adults complain about "the taste of water" I can't believe the foolery.

R103 R108 Yes, especially those pesky people who wind up with lead poisoning from their foul tasting water.

I get pissed off that I only have 2 hands.

When I drop the remote control or phone onto the floor when in bed

While I agree with some of these, most of you are just insufferable cunts.

[quote] Also every time we have dinner at his house it is literally steak, baked potatoes and green beans. I mean every.fucking.time.

He sounds like the WORST.

How do I score an invite?

People who buy a new car and never remove the square sticker on the driver side window. The sticker is usually located in the right lower corner of the window. Just stop at a car wash and have them remove it already!

I hate feces

OMG I'm loving all you petty complainers. Keep it coming. I concur with many of these.

Here's some of mine: everything you buy now, you need a fucking Exacto knife or worse to get into the packaging. A got a sent of pens that needed a Exacto in their bubble hard plastic packaging to open. WHY? for pens. Also, why Amazon? do you need a huge box the size of half my body to ship a two-pack of toothpaste. I don't get it.

R37 some of us leave that space in case we get hit from behind, or can see someone coming is going to likely hit us from behind, to get the hell out of the way or at the least, not cause a third person to be involved because I was too close to their car.

Streaming interfaces: I hate the new Netflix interface. Why is "exit Netflix" now on the far right, not near any of the other commands? It sucks. Hulu's interface is horrible. Why doesn't HBO fucking remember what episode I am on even though I have my own profile? It always shows the most recent episode, regardless if I'm on that yet, or not. Why is You Tube so greedy that it won't keep playing your video when you are trying to look something else up in the browser (that could be related to the video)? Assholes.

I'm also super annoyed that Walmart online has completely tanked since they launched their plus service. Even if it says available, 1 day shipping, when I add to cart it puts it in the fucking pick up at store option. WHY EVEN OFFER THIS FOR SHIPPING. If I wanted to go to a god damned store I wouldn't be shopping online. And God knows I don't want to go in, or to, a Walmart.

When people say "it's a bop". Such a frau thing to say.

Posters like R112.

Coworkers with annoying laughs. Horrible laughs. Naturally, they constantly laugh all day long for no reason. Anodyne remarks are punctuated but giggles, snickers and guffaws.

“Hi.” HAHAHHAAA

“How are you?” HAHAAAHAHAHA

“Are you going to the meeting later?” HAHAHAAAAA

The problem is that they’re are otherwise above average nice, intelligent, respectful, good workers, smell good - there is nothing wrong with them apart from their stupid laughter, which makes me hate them all the more.

[quote]everything you buy now, you need a fucking Exacto knife or worse to get into the packaging.

I felt this DEEPLY. I bought a box cutter on Amazon and it came in that hard plastic sealed packaging. I bought that fucking thing to DEAL with shit like that. So fucking infuriated I though it across the room.

Mary!

For you bitches having trouble opening rigid plastic casing, I recommend kitchen shears. Those things are designed to cut through sinew and similar tough food-related things. If fact, I originally bought mine to trim heavy felt carpet padding.

[quote]For the record [R84] women get told shit like “Smile it’s not that bad” etc by old farts like you all the time because they think women are on the earth to look pleasing and sugar and spice and everything nice. Now go fuck yourself.

I doubt if anyone, anywhere, at any time has ever expected you to look pleasing. You seem miserable.

Relentless unsolicited advice.

I was watching this video the other week. I thought it was hilarious! This guy’s (AJ Hawk) petty thing is people holding their noses to jump into swimming pools…..

Greg

[quote]When people say "it's a bop". Such a frau thing to say.

I have never heard this! Ever!

Coworkers who sent me a chat message of just “Hi”, then nothing because they are waiting on me to message “Hi” back before they follow up with a question.

Just ask the damn question already!!

R123 is for sure a sad, fat cunt who is even jealous of people who receive unwanted attention from men

Has anyone mentioned the floating dots when someone is typing a text message, and then they disappear, but then reappear and you wait and wait and then they stop and don’t send the message?

R85 it’s not you - it’s them. I can appreciate. I worked for a long time at a company where a lot of people in my department were over the top extroverted. They were often asking me on Wednesday morning what weekend plans I have ahead and usually I hadn’t thought about it even. They of course already had their weekends sewn up with some adventure. I started lying about it like R79 suggested and recommend doing that here and there. But I got tired of trying to always come up with something to sound interesting for them, and half the time I’d forget whatever I told them by the Monday when everyone is having coffee and talking about their weekends . Anyway, I know what you’re dealing with on this one. It’s not a problem with you <3

You know what annoys me? When someone starts a new thread here, asking for opinions or anecdotes, & says “I’ll start.” You’re the OP, OF COURSE YOU’RE STARTING FFS!

[quote] Greg

I'm not petty. Now fuck off!

Huzzah!

I get annoyed by how irrationally angry people get on this site. Cunt this, cunt that... the unhinged need to go nuclear, the constant overreaction, the endless requirement to sift through evidence of a need for therapy, it's really annoying, to be honest.

R134 me too. But then I wonder if they aren't actually that angry and just talk like that all the time and don't think it's a big deal. It's hard to tell online.

But yes lol, it's definitely jarring when you get a response screaming at you that you're a pathological cunt who needs serious help and should probably just kill yourself. MARY!

Every Airbnb I have stayed in has nothing but Teflon pans scratched to hell. Who are all these fucking idiots that don't know how to use nonstick cookware? Why don't hosts replace them with something else? Do I need to travel around with my own frypan or buy a new one in every destination?

R127 Fraus hijacked that from hip young urban kids. Calling songs a bop has been a thing for at least a decade now.. I guess I need to stop saying it lol.

Paper straws. I know that plastic ones are bad for the environment, but that doesn’t stop me from hating the paper ones. They go soggy quickly.

Fake nice

Womens pussies

Random people asking me where I live so they can find out where I am on the food chain.

People who ask me what I do for a living.

I DO NOTHING. I have an ample trust fund!

Men

When adults use kiddie-slang like "jammies" and "veggies."

When grown ups leap on dumb slang, like calling a song a "banger" or saying "it slaps."

Brekkie for breakfast sounds sooooo stupid.

My mom

Those insipid phone chains. Many companies use them but VERIZON is the worst! "Dial 1 to hear the same stupid message over & over again 2. Dial 2 to pay your bill because that's all we really care about", etc, etc. etc. By the time you're finally able to reach those poor hapless souls in the southeast asian call center, you're livid!

"Keep my name out of your mouth," I hated that phrase even before Will Smith. It's a fake tough way of saying waaah, don't talk about me!!

People with nose rings. But especially when men have nose rings.

I'm not sure why edgy means putting a hole in your nostril, either.

Paying for a coffee or fast food with a card at the counter and being asked how much you want to tip. The tipping culture in the US has gotten out of control.

The flaming bags of poop that people throw on my front porch.

I’m tired of farting

R111- I hate when ANYTHING falls to the floor and I have to bend down to pick it up and at those moments I wish the gravitational pull of the earth would change.

Poor-quality perforations on paper towels that don't separate cleanly and tear chunks of the next towel off. Poor-quality sealed bags, such as the bags that hold cereal, which split down the middle when you try to pull them open.

Just poor quality control in general.

R151- Once a week I go to a Natural foods store. When I go to the food counter to buy a piece of Spinach pie or Hummus Wrap I see a HUGE tip jar on the counter. The woman behind the counter always looks sullen - perhaps because I'm not caving in to the endless tipping SHIT.

The prices at that store are fairly high and I don't mind paying those prices but it's offensive to be expected to tip someone at the food counter. Why doesn't the god damn owner pay his employees a proper wage so the customers don't have supplement their wages.

DL people this is a petty thing that may annoy YOU but it does not annoy me.

I ALWAYS eat my soup with a teaspoon never a tablespoon. It's a big bowl of soup too.

Is it because you have a tiny little girly mouth, Miss R157?

R158- Perhaps

[quote]...and those over 50?

We progress from petty to cunty.

Whenever there is a Starbucks inside a grocery store, there's at least five douchebags in line at all times with permanent neck slumping mindlessly scrolling their phones like reverse anthropology

R161- Sorry, but I hate when people refer to a supermarket as a GROCERY store.

It IS a grocery store

R162. Wow you got issues.

When burger fast food places forget to put ketchup in the bag. In general, condiments customary to the meal being eaten left out of the bag by minimum wage dolts. I know I'm a munt(male cunt).

R163, Right a supermarket is a type of grocery store. A delicatessen is a type of grocery store. A brick and mortar farmers market is a type of grocery store.

The Constitution

People who just throw things into the dishwasher with zero thought about what should go where. It looks like a monkey loaded it. They also put sharp knives, wooden utensils, and other things that should not go into the dishwasher. Also, not using the dishwasher space correctly to maximize efficiency.

[quote]Poor-quality perforations on paper towels that don't separate cleanly and tear chunks of the next towel off. Poor-quality sealed bags, such as the bags that hold cereal, which split down the middle when you try to pull them open.

Just poor quality control in general.

R155 Maybe you're buy cheap knockoffs of Bounty?

On garbage day with the rolling cansWhen people don’t close the lids on the garbage can all the way and overstuff it with all their crap . Flies. People who use RoundUp but must have organic food farm to table and even organic potting soil. When people kill indoor spiders instead of shooing them out the door. Shoes on the bed. Lots of things. Lord help me!

Farmers are one of the most propped up by the government dime groups ever. Even the rich ones get all kinds of subsidies. I never feel sorry for them.

People who buy a new car, and don't remove the lopsided warning decal on the driver's side window.

Two people have now mentioned some weird square or lopsided stickers on new cars? What the hell are you talking about??

R173, are you from New York?

No, R174. Is it a New York thing? You'd think either of those posters might have mentioned it was a local thing.

R175, a lot of New Yorkers aren't used to cars cuz ppl never drive. Thought u might be one who never noticed that.

R159 This! Lately all the bog rolls do this, and they're too fat to fit a recessed receptacle. It's wasteful and maddening.

^sorry, above meant for R155

I've lived in a town filled with cars for over 40 years. I've bought several in my lifetime. What square, lopsided sticker on new cars are you all talking about?

I HATE when people try to sound fauncy by saying “vehicle” instead of car. It’s too many syllables & is so unspecific. A vehicle could be a skateboard, an Amish buggy, a UFO, whatever. Call it what it is: a car, truck, SUV, hearse.

Mary!!

R114 here. Sorry R179 I guess the sticker is found only on new California cars. I didn’t realize the rest of the country did not have them. It’s such a stupid sticker and waste of money by the state. Here’s what it looks like.

I hate it when i feel like shit first thing in the morning.

Walking with boss and coworkers from the office to a nearby restaurant for a team lunch. I hate small talk, I hate dining out in groups larger than six, I hate having to pretend I’m enjoying myself.

To add to R165's complaint, I hate when they neglect to put napkins in the bag.

I'm annoyed by the many vehicles I see lately that have a rear window wiper that still has the plastic wrapped around it.

I hate forced celebration, especially my birthdays. I never feel like having a party but it's expected and people bug you if you don't do anything to celebrate. Hate hate hate that.

R187 Do what I've always done: I say I want to be alone with my partner, boyfriend, etc... If you're single, lie to them, and tell them you've met someone, and much prefer a romantic and intimate evening with X... they won't ask again. I started doing that with NYE twenty-five years ago, and it does work; they stop asking.

I hate people slouching / not lifting their feet. Shuffle. Shuffle. Shuffle. Argh!

(The elderly and disabled are of course exempt from my contempt)

When people say "no worries" after you thank them instead of "you're welcome". It just doesn't sound as polite. It's as if you both now know you have, in fact, just put them out but they're assuring you it's okay and not to worry about it (even though the "thank you" is usually for something like them handing you your McDonald's bag out the drive-thru window).

In similar vain: “No problem”, R190

This bitch who helped spring me from an Alabama prison over the weekend gives terrible head! She’s all 🦷. I miss my old cell mate who knew how to swallow it perfectly. Petty, I know…

That time that Richard Petty gave petty cash to Tom Petty.

I hate items that come in resealable pouches where the seal is so tight the packaging rips off the pouch instead of opening it.

Greg. I don't hate him but his mulish insistence on his stupid posts that are all about him really annoys me. Then I think, there's something missing there, so I am being unkind.

Smug. Irritates the fuck out of me. But they're the jackass, so why should I care?

Plastic cover with a tip at the corner that says “open here”, only to either tear the thing in half OR you tear the tip and only the tip itself off.

[quote]Fake nice

This is sometimes called "midwest nice" which I resent because I live in the midwest and don't consider myself fake or nice.

"For all intensive purposes"

R199 Also, 'supposively'

People who drive too aggressively & think they own the road. These tend to be people that drive expensive vehicles or SUVs. They expect YOU to get out of the way for THEM! They drive way too fast especially down residential streets. They tend to run red lights, stop signs and honk at you if they think you’re driving too slow or they want to get around you. You could call it dangerous and entitled driving!

Also, they tend to take up two parking spaces, park in handicap spots when not handicapped, etc….

Plastic packaging that won't open without a knife or scissors.

I have a few which I feel are legit, but I’ll start with 2:

When people (mostly women) post a review and it starts with I Love, love, love it! It’s annoying as hell and used everywhere including YouTube reviews.

When someone on Amazon (or other online retailers) asks a specific question about a product and someone answers, ‘I don’t know I haven’t opened the package yet and tried it.’ Or, I gave it as a gift so I don’t know.’ Then why the hell are you even responding?!

I hate how Canadian white people think they're above American racism. I have straight up had Canadians tell me the Trudeau blackface wasn't racist, that's just an American view. Plus, you know, a history of enslaving and commiting genocide on indigenous people. That sweet and polite rap they get is totally unearned.

R198 it’s also called nicety

When someone on Amazon (or other online retailers) asks a specific question about a product and someone answers, ‘I don’t know I haven’t opened the package yet and tried it.’ Or, I gave it as a gift so I don’t know.’ Then why the hell are you even responding?!

Omg, this is truth. Its so condenscending and insulting. Are they telling them to say that from corporate. "Oh gee, golly guess I have to buy this shit to find out". They cannot think we consumers, are that naive.

When someone posts a question, Amazon spams it out to others who bought the same product. A shocking number of people think they're responding directly to the person who asked the question.

I love the rare occasions when the answer is something like: "Who are you??? Why are you tracking my Amazon purchases??? How did you get my email??? Do NOT contact me again!!!!!!"

80s music. It's everywhere and you can't escape it.

Morons that make a ton of changes to a recipe and then give it a bad review or conversely make a ton of changes and give it a great review. You did not make the recipe, you made something totally different you nincompoop.

[quote]I almost always bring all of my food into the house at once because I have no patience to make several trips- unfortunately this often causes me to get Hemorrhoids.

Do you carry them between your butt cheeks?

You know those giant flashing arrows and all those construction barriers with flashing lights on the top that are making everyone else move over to the lane the giant flashing arrow is pointing to? That means you are supposed to fucking merge, not speed the fuck up trying to pass everyone and then sitting there right as the lanes merge into each other with your fucking blinker on clogging up the whole process so you get four cars ahead of where you would have been anyway if you'd just fucking merged when you saw the giant flashing fucking arrow in the first place! Assholes, every one of them.

[quote]You know those giant flashing arrows and all those construction barriers with flashing lights on the top that are making everyone else move over to the lane the giant flashing arrow is pointing to? That means you are supposed to fucking merge

"According to the Michigan Department of Transportation, and several traffic experts, merging early in an effort to be polite to other drivers is inadvertently making traffic worse."

Clickbait titles on YouTube. Travel vloggers will post "SHOCKED by New York!!!""Puerto Vallarta is like THIS???" Yes, idiot, are you really going to pretend you never saw any of the other hundreds of videos about your destination before you went there?

People who use "that" instead of "who."

[quote]Morons that make a ton of changes to a recipe and then give it a bad review or conversely make a ton of changes and give it a great review. You did not make the recipe, you made something totally different you nincompoop.

I love the word "nincompoop" - thank you.

[quote]Morons that make a ton of changes to ...

I stand corrected r214!

People who answer a question with a question. Is this a game to you? I'll gouge out your eye, motherfucker!

Pretty junior miss dresses on wire hangers

Jokes.

People changing money in the temple

R217, I don't know...is it a game to you? Really, what are you trying to say? Hmm?

[quote]People who don’t know the difference in meaning between the words exacerbate and exasperate and use them interchangeably in conversations.

People who don't give a flying fuck that I know the difference in meaning between the words exacerbate and exasperate (read: every human being that ever existed.)

She said it again!! "This weather is good for the farmers." OMG, I wanted to SNAP.

People who honk outside my house and expect me to go outside

R224 Are you a 1970's teenager? I agree that honking in a neighborhood is a pain in the ass, I didn't know it was directed at anyone in particular.

[quote][R175], a lot of New Yorkers aren't used to cars cuz ppl never drive. Thought u might be one who never noticed that.

To the contrary, MILLIONS of New Yorkers own and drive cars every day. It is the very definition of a car culture city.

Inane chatter. I got a text from a fellow retiree this morning wishing me a happy Wednesday, noting it was only 2 days to Friday. I reminded her that we were both retired, which led her to say she’s always working. That prompted me to ask what, then, was the significance of the reference to Friday?

[quote]People who answer a question with a question. Is this a game to you? I'll gouge out your eye, motherfucker!

That would be a hate crime, you anti-Semite!

Idiots. See r226.

Juries.

No r225. My mom does it and it annoys me.

Blind assholes. See r229.

R223 next time it rains, look her in the eye and say: "It's pouring cats and dogs, but I bet the bloody farmers will be thankful, eh?"

Look her in the eye and say “art fart shit tit”

I think you should in a completely matter-of-fact way say that rain hurts crops. Farmers hate rain because they have their watering controlled to such a degree that the rain fucks up their sytems and ends up overwatering and ruining the crops.

No shit?

And I don't care, R235, lol.

R23- You are supposed to be on the left if you are walking. Helps you see oncoming cars.

I hope I can shit before it kills me

I am now shitting

That people expect those working in service positions, generally earning min. wage or less, use language they want to hear instead of what suits the worker and is perfectly acceptable speech.

No tip for you, R241

R242 that's fine.

Tipping is giving into a control freak's need to punish "servants" for their behavior while rewarding bosses that expect profit gotten at slave wages.

It's the intersection of the psychopath and the sociopath in our capitalist culture.

"Now that's what it's all about!"

Fucking hate it.

[quote]No [R225]. My mom does it and it annoys me.

I condole you.

R20 - Do... people still... use phones?

People who... eh, screw it. Let's just leave it at people.

R162 Only suburban moms call it a supermarket

As usual on DL, this thread has deteriorated to a few squabbling posters. Thanks, OP, it was a great thread while it lasted.

When I'm leaving for or returning from my daily walk and some motorist driving by turns to stare at who's leaving/entering the abode. Voyeuristic, creepy behavior (matching people to where they live). And people who don't watch the road at all times should lose their licenses. Maybe then they'll stop bitching about gas nonstop.

They did not enslave the indigenous, R204. Flat out wrong.

Why is it such a sin to say "committed suicide" now? Everyone says "died by suicide" as an alternative. This is why I can see what people mean when they complain about "cancel culture." They just pick random, arbitrary things that not a single person complained about for how many thousands of years and all the sudden they're a huge problem.

Long-windedness. When talking and when writing. People ramble on and on, then say "long story short," and it's too late. Your long story is already too long. Writing: someone writes blocks of texts, then writes TL;DR _____. Put the TL;DR at the top.

When a washer repair person comes over to fix your appliance & they do not check the most obvious cause. You make a small suggestion after researching the problem for an hour and they dismiss your suggestion. Then they say it’s a plumbing issue and say call a plumber. The problem is still not fixed and they still charge me 75 bucks.

When someone on Twitter asks something very specific, and so many people who flood the replies aren't who the question is for. The one I have in mind is: "Who here has never gotten covid?" Just about every other reply says things like, "I've had it twice" "I had it once at the beginning" "Had Delta but not Omicron yet" "Just came down with it" "My whole family just tested positive and most of us have symptoms", etc. I'm interested in this subject and would like to know about other people who haven't gotten it, but those replies just ruin the thread. Very annoying.

R248 Alice & I are going to do our marketing later.

Drama Queens on FaceBook or other social media who post their big drama, with pics but don't tell you what happened. They troll for OMG comments, so glad you are safe, or hugs or whatever but keep you guessing as to what really happens. Why the fuck are you posting pic if you wont say what happened? Attention Whores Maybe?

I hate on DL when I’m reading a reply and it refers to another reply like for example R100. If I click on it it takes me all the way up to that response and I lose my place where I was reading before. Does this happen to anyone else? I did not used to do that. it used to just show the response right above the response you were reading.

I hate it when my dog just rolls over and falls asleep in my bed at bedtime and does not want to cuddle. I need a little lovin’ before sleeping! She’ll be all lovey-dovey in the morning with me. But I think it’s because she’s excited about eating breakfast.

R258 simply hover over the RXXX… let your mouse pointer rest on it, the reply will then be shown as a little pop-up bubble. Don't click. Hover.

Hahahaha It seems like Zombie Andy Rooney from 60 minutes has staggered to a keyboard to type with disintegrating fingers i this thread.

That old troll was bitching about impenetrable plastic packaging decades ago!

[quote] Why is it such a sin to say "committed suicide" now? Everyone says "died by suicide" as an alternative. This is why I can see what people mean when they complain about "cancel culture." They just pick random, arbitrary things that not a single person complained about for how many thousands of years and all the sudden they're a huge problem.

"Birthing bodies,""unhoused people"...

What IS the rule about where pedestrians in the road should walk?

Earrings

CAFTANS!

AR had every right to bitch about water! Firstly, the bottles are terrible for the environment and secondly, no one needs to be wandering around all day with a water bottle! Whatever happened to drinking from a glass while at your desk? Offices should ban single use bottles and have nice water dispensers which encourage people to use glasses or reusable bottles.

R263 If you’re referring to direction, with or against traffic, in the United States, the rule is you walk against traffic.

I hate when people greet each other and instead of saying Hi they say

HEY

Are you a fuckin horse 🐴

R262 You can add "depopulate" to your list. It's used instead of KILL. I recently heard it used when talking about the avian flu. A flock of chickens was depopulated.

When I'm driving down a main street at a fairly good clip and there are no cars behind me, and someone is looking to pull out from a side street and hesitates and hesitates, then when I'm close they decide to pull out in front of me as if in a big hurry, then they go REALLY slow. Bitch, if you were in that big a hurry you should be going fast. I don't mind so much when someone does that then guns it and goes as fast or even faster than me. They seem like they're in a hurry. But slow, or even worse super slow, what the fuck was the point? Since there were no cars behind me you could have waited.

Lady Colin Campbell's voice, laugh and too long hair.

When the DL trolls derail a thread by repeatedly and obsessively claiming that OP's story is fake, an EST and a lie. My dudes, you are not tasked with uncovering the big conspiracies of our time! You are reading an anonymous forum and have the full right to not participate in a thread if you have nothing to add to the discussion. The assumption that everyone is lying and the hysterical effort to 'catch' them isn't a contribution, it's incredibly annoying, old and tired and it makes you a TROLL!

Nobody:

Literally nobody:

People who have no idea what highway on-ramps are for. They exist to give you time to accelerate to speeds comparable to cars already on the highway. This morning I was behind some guy who plodded along the on-ramp at 20mph, and then stopped instead of merging. JFC, if you’re so afraid of other traffic take a goddamned bus instead.

Anyone who says "my dudes".

Troll detected at R275.

I usually get to work early and the parking lot is almost empty, so I can check DL, listen to the radio show, whatever.

It infuriates me when someone pulls in 2 min later and parks right next to me. Bitch, there are 50 other open spots! Why are you parking right next to someone, especially when they are sitting in their car!

And half the time they are too close and I can barely get the passenger door open to take out my bag.

[quote]They exist to give you time to accelerate to speeds comparable to cars already on the highway. This morning I was behind some guy who plodded along the on-ramp at 20mph, and then stopped instead of merging. JFC, if you’re so afraid of other traffic take a goddamned bus instead.

Now, I will say (as the person you might be railing at), sometimes onramps have speed limits and if you're not familiar with the highway, you may not realize what you're merging into

R260 thanks for the tip but it doesn’t work for me because I use an iPad. It’s either tap or no tap. Unless I’m doing something wrong?

Racial profiling

uninteresting boring topics!

R279, press and hold on your iPad or phone. It has the same effect as hovering.

Anyone telling me to call them- just tell me what you fucking want. I don't have time for that shit. (drives me crazy). They get a better answer anyway if I don't have to answer things off the cuff- do they need my immediate reactions?

And whistling. I hate public spitting and littering a lot too (especially on beaches) but I don't think those are petty)

Thank you R23. I was beginning to think I had imagined the whole walk to the right thing since no one else seems to observe it. Nice to be validated. I am enjoying this but also getting very annoyed by reading these.

R282 thank you I finally figured it out! I need to press and hold and then lift my finger off the screen. No more losing my place! Yay!

Op reminded me of something, I hate it when people post books that they clearly never read as "favorite books" in social media profile. The reason the op reminded me of this is that back when I used Facebook, I noticed that someone I knew listed the Famer's Almanac as her favorite book. That is NOBODY'S favorite book.

When someone "backs in" to a parking spot.

Sheepishly raising hand……… I do that R287. But I have good reasons! I also try to do it when no one’s around so I don’t impede any other cars progress.

Thanks for your diligence r288. In my experience, it's usually a big ass truck with dually wheels and the driver is completely oblivious to the traffic waiting for his dumbass, oversized truck into a stupid parking space.

I also don't understand the rationale of a person that won't pull through to an open spot IN FRONT OF THEM. it eliminates the need to back out!

What's wrong with backing into a space? It makes coming out easier and safer.

it's the amount of time it usually takes for the asshole to back in. Sort of a "stop the world for me and my big ass truck/SUV while i back in to make it all about me."

[quote]I also don't understand the rationale of a person that won't pull through to an open spot IN FRONT OF THEM. it eliminates the need to back out!

R287 Correct!

[quote]It infuriates me when someone pulls in 2 min later and parks right next to me. Bitch, there are 50 other open spots! Why are you parking right next to someone, especially when they are sitting in their car!

R277 Maybe that person is interested in you. Why not invite them over to your car?

Adults with a childlike palate. There are grown ass people out there who only eat pizza, chicken tenders, plain burgers and nothing else. I find them infuriatingly sheltered.

R294, this is the 294th time you have written this here on datalounge. You have issues, man!

When driving, people who have the right a way but they want you to go first. I was doing a left hand turn, there was no light, and waiting for traffic to clear when this other driver making a right hand turn just stopped, the combination of sun light and tinted windows didn't allow me to see the driver, so I couldn't see if they were motioning for me to go. I just sat there and the other driver just sat there. Eventually I just turned in front of him, but if there would have been an accident it would have been my fault.

Oh and then the other driver tailgated me even though I was going faster than the speed limit and it was a four lane road and they could have easily just passed me.

these topics really bring out the bitches on wheels.

Greg at R294.

[quote] Greg at [R294].

Sorry, but that wasn't me. I always sign my posts.

R290 long into my employment, the county is worked for decided we all needed driver’s training, in case we ever had to drive during work hours to an offsite training session.

We watched a prehistoric DMV video on VHS, one of the things we learned was it’s safer to back into a parking space, so do this whenever possible.

So the next day I hooked up during lunch with my fuckbuddy, parked in the lot after lunch, & backed into the space, using my newfound knowledge. And promptly got a parking ticket! Apparently since we had stickers for our designated parking, you weren’t supposed to back into the space. Even after being told it’s preferential to do so.

Couples who refer to each other as BABE

R301 One time is permittable, but relentless "Babe" back and forth will provoke a wishful breakup vibration

In northern CA during the 80s, you called everyone past the acquaintance level "babe".

I definitely prefer babe to bae. Unless it's the British version, "how are you, babes?" I don't know why they use the plural when they're addressing a single person. Ugh.

R301 i’ve heard Tom Brady say that all the time. Of course he’s from Northern California.

[quote] So the next day I hooked up during lunch with my fuckbuddy, parked in the lot after lunch, & backed into the space, using my newfound knowledge. And promptly got a parking ticket!

On the plus side, you did get laid.

Right now, black flies. They.Are.Vicious.

R293 I think the next door parker might be a bad parker and needs to pull in next to someone to make sure she gets into the spot straight.

She's got to be 20 years older than me, with Oompa Loompa hair and definitely not my type.

[quote]Sorry, but that wasn't me. I always sign my posts.

R299 No you don't, Greg. If you were really "Greg", your signature would be in red. There are no number of Greg's on DL. The only way to prove you are the one and only is to register as Greg and post as Greg. Until you do that, you are a fraud my dear.

Absolutely, R296. I just read recently that people who do that can inadvertently cause accidents because they are disregarding the rules regarding the right of way and it throws other drivers off. I see people do it a lot at 4-way stop intersections.

[quote]Sorry, but that wasn't me. I always sign my posts.

Greg, why aren't your posts signed in red? These are bullshit posts. If you can't afford $2 a month to share all your recipes with us, I feel bad for you.

A lot of people don’t know that when two cars come to a stop sign at the same time perpendicular to each other the person on the right has the right of way.

This thread has annoyed me for days because I keep reading it as:

Pretty Things

I've said this elsewhere but I really dislike it when someone being interviewed begins their answer with the word "so". A lot of this is happening these past couple years by infectious disease specialists being interviewed on news radio stations. So many of them begin their answers with "So...". And, while I'm here, I'll add that a surprising number of female doctors use upspeak when interviewed. Grateful for all doctors and the work that they do, but it would sound better if they would not begin their answers with "so", and never, ever use upspeak.

People who don't know the difference between regime and regimen.

Cashiers being forced to ask "Did you find everything you were looking for?"

If I hadn't, why would I or anyone wait until check out to ask about it? Don't most shoppers ask an associate in the aisles or go to Customer Service Desk if they can't find something BEFORE they check out?

I've never heard anyone answer the question with anything besides "Yes, thanks". The entire exchange is a waste of time.

I think that is Greg. I have him on block and I can only read the people calling him out for being... himself.

Crocs, who the fuck is still wearing them? Stupidest fad ever. And no I don't care how comfortable they are, so are black socks and saddles. Who do you think you are? Mario Batali?

[quote] What's wrong with backing into a space?

90% of the guys on DL back in. They're pre-lubed and ready to go

All the cables in my possession that used to or still do or perhaps might charge by stupid devices. Plus the inevitable purchases to mate one to the other after each change, I mean improvement, by fucking Apple. (Which is now just a greedy brand like the rest of them.)

R316 I do appreciate the question, as it happens that I was looking for something, it wasn’t there, and the cashier informed me said item was going to get restocked the next week.

Cleaning up blood spray.

Newscasters and regular people who pronounce the word “cavalry” as “Calvary.” The first describes an elite, highly mobile, well-armed military reconnaissance unit. The second is when a Jewish carpenter is nailed to a cross.

R316 is tedious. There are plenty of time I didn't find what I was looking for and no sales clerk was around. Or many times when they asked that question I ask them about another product or just general inquiry about the retain store.

I am annoyed by petty, stalled out shop bottoms, like R324.

[quote] Greg, why aren't your posts signed in red? These are bullshit posts. If you can't afford $2 a month to share all your recipes with us, I feel bad for you.

Because I don't give a shit if they're signed in red.

And what kind of idiot is R309 saying:

[quote] No you don't, Greg. If you were really "Greg", your signature would be in red. There are no number of Greg's on DL. The only way to prove you are the one and only is to register as Greg and post as Greg. Until you do that, you are a fraud my dear.

Huh? I don't want my signature in red. Not now, not ever.

Leave Greg alone.

The driveway thing is not petty at all, R100.

When someone offers to wash the dishes but doesn't wipe and clean the stove and counter tops.

[quote] I ALWAYS eat my soup with a teaspoon never a tablespoon. It's a big bowl of soup too.

You're supposed to use a soup spoon.

I chug my soup - no utensils needed.

Comments on the internet

I've been looking forward to spring all winter of course but I forgot how much I hate classic cars and the people who drive them. Just because the weather is nice doesn't mean that you have to drag out your old shitty mustang, corvette, 70s muscle car or 50s Chevy whatever. Get a life. Seriously.

Lol, R333. That's hilarious and I can picture people tooling around in Model Ts and scarves or whatever. I do like the early '80s Corvettes.

I too use a teaspoon for soup. It keeps the slobber show and mess to a minimum.

I use a straw. Paper, of course. The hot liquid loosens my dentures.

Madonna's continued descent into oblivion really annoys me.

When I was a kid I would drink Kool-aid with a teaspoon to make it last longer. You guys are making me feel like Darfur Orphan.

What is a teaspoon?

People talking about their children or grandchildren.

An unmade bed

Dirty dishes in the sink

Not putting things away: for example, grocery carts left in the middle of the parking lot. Another example are weights not pt back or not taken off machines or racks at the gym. Although, for the latter, I'll put them back myself, thus incorporating that into my routine of the day

The loss in our nomenclature of the terms "divorced" and/or "widowed" mother. They're all now, simply, "single" mothers.

Why on earth does that annoy you, R341?

Because - strictly speaking in the heterosexual realm - there's a difference between mothers who didn't marry the father of their child, mothers who are divorced from the father of their child, & mothers who have lost the father of their child to death, &, as a purist, I think the language should recognize these differences. In real time, after her first husband's death, Jackie Kennedy was NEVER referred to as a "single" mother.

That's REALLY petty, R343

R343 just wants to be able to discriminate more against the ones that don't meet his moral standards.

[quote] Because - strictly speaking in the heterosexual realm - there's a difference between mothers who didn't marry the father of their child, mothers who are divorced from the father of their child, & mothers who have lost the father of their child to death, &, as a purist, I think the language should recognize these differences.

What about men who fathered children and never married the mother of the child(ren). There should be a word for that.

R343 I think you need to think a little deeper about that. There is a LOT to unpack there psychologically.

^Haha. As if there is no possibility of a differences in family dynamics depending on whether your father may be out-of-the-picture, is divorced from your mom or dead.

Wtf is so hard to understand. A widowed mother was once married. Single moms could have been married but usually they weren't. The father is a baby daddy not ex husband.

I, for one, would like to go back to the days when titles and names meant something.

[quote] Single moms could have been married but usually they weren't. The father is a baby daddy not ex husband.

You made my point! Can you really say that "single" moms in today's lexicon are "usually" not ones who have been married to the father?! I doubt the statistics would bear that out. It's just a bastardization of the language over the last few decades that offends an English purist like me.

[quote] That's REALLY petty, [R343]

Good, I'm in the right thread!

But R340……. What about the DUST MITES??!!!

[quote] Unless it's the British version, "how are you, babes?" I don't know why they use the plural when they're addressing a single person.

cf, “maths”

[quote]Or many times when they asked that question I ask them about another product or just general inquiry about the retain store.

Yes r324 checkout is the time and place to ask "general" questions about the store while others in line are fuming and waiting for you to conclude your tedious chit chat. Do you also write checks for your purchase and wait until the cashier is finished ringing everything up before you even begin fishing out your checkbook and reading glasses? Have you ever heard of the Customer Service Desk located at the front of the store in most every supermarket?

r354, Happy Mothers Day

It's singer, not seen-ger.

Packaging. And those little round pieces of foil held down with nuclear strength glue.

R357 Yes, those foil pieces are always on prescription meds; I have to use a knife to poke a hole in them.

R357 I hear you! I now carry a small Swiss Army knife with me in my pocket at all times. It really comes in handy!

People who sit in their front yard to socialize for hours, especially if they have a perfectly fine backyard they could use. So trashy.

Grown adults who try to form a plural noun by adding an apostrophe followed by an "s" to a noun.

Grown adults who don't know the difference between "their," "there" and "they're." Also, those who don't know the difference between "your" and "you're."

Misuse of "its" and "it's."

People who type "arial" instead of "aerial."

All of these are rampant on Facebook.

This isn't nitpicking. This is fundamental English, and these are common words.

R360, Nothing trashy about that. You need a life.

[quote] People who sit in their front yard to socialize for hours, especially if they have a perfectly fine backyard they could use. So trashy.

When I was little, we had a neighbor who was very into home improvements and "house proud," I guess. We had another neighbor who started growing vegetables in their front yard, really close to the sidewalk, in fact. The house proud guy told my mom: "Look at them, farming their FRONT yard!"

Petty things that annoy me:

People who add an apostrophe onto a decade. E.g., the 60's or the 70's. It should be the 60s & the 70s.

Customer service employees (could be a waiter) who respond to 'thank you' with 'No problem' or 'No worries' — of course not, it's your job! I far prefer people to say, 'You're welcome' or 'My pleasure'

People who set the table with silver that does not relate to the food. If there is no soup course or no other reason to use a spoon, then don't put one on the place settings.

People who back into parking spaces. This is a total indicator of a douchebag behind the wheel.

People who ask for separate checks.

People who act the same in public as they do in private.

Any rudeness shown to waitstaff (this is not petty).

Cluttered kitchen counters.

People who play music on public transportation (see 'people who act the same in public as they do in private')

I'm not rude to waitstaff and I tip well, but I dislike the fake friendliness it seems your expected to exchange with them. All I want from them is to answer any questions I have, take my order, and bring my food. Don't hang around the table chatting. I don't care about your kids. I'm not there for that.

[quote] I'm not rude to waitstaff and I tip well, but I dislike the fake friendliness it seems your expected to exchange with them. All I want from them is to answer any questions I have, take my order, and bring my food. Don't hang around the table chatting. I don't care about your kids. I'm not there for that.

I completely agree with you. When I go out to a restaurant, I am there to spend time with my friends, not to strike up a relationship with the waiter. The worst is something I experienced once at some sort of chain restaurant where the waiter would sit down at the table with you to take your order. This is absurd. I also am so tired of the "Have you dined with us before?" Once I relied, "No, but I think I understand how it works—After looking at this menu, I order something I want to eat and you bring it to me." That did not go over well. I can imagine perhaps saying, 'If this is your first time dining with us, welcome. If you have been with us before, we're so happy to have you back."

I have a friend who does a similar thing, but as the customer. He will say to the waiter, "What's your name?" and then sometimes ask even more questions. It drives me crazy. I want to say to him, are you here with us or are you here to strike up a conversation and get to know the waiter? It's so inappropriate. Let them do their work. They don't need to answer your stupid questions.

DL threads that don't stay stickied

"Misuse" of "quotation marks"

DL threads that always show unread messages.

R368, that could be due to your having ignored posters. If an ignored poster posts something, the thread will indicate that there are unread posts. That's pretty much why I don't ever "ignore" any posters.

Makes sense, R369, but it's still irritating. Less irritating that the people I've ignored, however.

A big fart on a sultry night

Driving by a hog farm that stinks to high heaven and trying to maintain my dignity.

Friends who steal

Friends who attempt to steal boyfriends

[quote] People who add an apostrophe onto a decade. E.g., the 60's or the 70's. It should be the 60s & the 70s.

There SHOULD be an apostrophe, R364, but before, in your example, the 6 or 7, i.e., '60s or '70s.

My sister lives down the street from me. Her husband is dead. She has a job (software sales) that requires her to often be on the road a couple of days every couple of weeks. I do her the favor of letting her three kids stay with me. I've set up three bedrooms for them and they have things like toys, clothing and an X-box to keep them entertained. I don't ask for anything from my sister for this, I do this out of my love for her, my niece and nephews.

The thing is, they expect me to feed them. Sorry, but giving them a safe place to stay isn't enough? My sister believes that while the kids are with me, I'm their legal guardian and have the responsibility to see they're taken care of, in all ways. I believe that, since she's the children's mother, she is responsible for feeding them.

Some nights, their weeping in their rooms gets really annoying and I have to turn the TV up real loud.

Farting loudly while doing happy baby pose in yoga class

R376 I hope you’re not serious. Of course you need to feed them you ninny!

Posters who attempt to make allowances and excuses for certain Rethuglicunts, Tories, and Conservatards by claiming "they're not really conservative" or they're Classical Liberal, or other such nonsense.

The best is when they make the distinction that they're Neoconservative or a Neocon: as if that's some improvement, or an evolution. No badge of honour, as most Neocons are warmongers, and supporters for regime change, and exporters of democracy.

When someone else in the household leaves the dishcloth or sponge full of water and soaking wet. How hard is it to wring it out when you're through using it?

TV shows where the actors whisper their lines hoping it sounds intimate and dramatic. It sounds stupidly conspiratorial and contrived to me.

r378. They're only here for a couple of days at a time, so it's not like they're starving to death. They have free access to the dog's water bowl, which I keep full. They're also free to peruse the deep-freeze in the basement and have whatever might be in there.

I imagine if I let them out of my house, some of my neighbors might feed them. But the world's.a dangerous place and I'd hate for something bad to happen to any of those three sweet kids.

I may not see them for a while. There with their mother in Las Vegas right now--she's trying to earn some money to get back home.

And, I forgot to mention, P.J, her youngest, is 27.

R382, I wouldn't overthink this. As long as you keep the dog's water bowl filled, they should be fine. Fresh water and a full freezer is going above and beyond. What makes you think your neighbor might feed a 27-year-old? I'd give them something to weep about.

R376, r382 is my next husband.

[quote] A big fart on a sultry night

Wasn't that one of Tennessee Williams' later plays?

Bless your heart, R378.

Greg--I'm a squid fisherman by trade, so, lucky the kids like calamari, which is what my freezer is mostly stocked with. The damn thing broke down in 2020 and I'm considering getting it repaired.

Any social media post that begins with "Friendly reminder that..."

Timid drivers. It takes forever for them to merge into traffic, they don't go over the speed limit and they brake at every curve in the road no matter how slight.

R392

Posters like R391. What do you mean??

My dog knows how to give high-fives. But yet she leaves me hanging all the time. The only time she will give me a high-five is when there’s a treat or food involved. Why is she so stingy with her high-fives?

She doesn't like you, R393

[quote] Greg--I'm a squid fisherman by trade, so, lucky the kids like calamari, which is what my freezer is mostly stocked with. The damn thing broke down in 2020 and I'm considering getting it repaired.

It's clear that you are a real gift to your nieces and nephews. And how wonderful that you have mostly calamari in your (warm) freezer. It's a little known fact that squid does not need refrigeration if it's stored in plastic baggies. I think you should let them eat their fill before you get the freezer repaired.

When I see a Patti LuPone show and she doesn't melt down.

Irregardless

When I buy a bag of nacho chips, half of them are broken. They should pack them like Pringles.

Native English speakers who write about a female in the singular tense and write “a women” instead of a woman.

The driver behind you in the left turn lane who honks at you in the same split second that the advance green appears and no human being would even have had a chance to fully press the accelerator yet, much less keep the people behind waiting too long.

When you're in the hospital and the doctor tells you that the treatment to keep your loved-one alive is expensive and not very-likely to succeed. Especially after your previous experience wasn't that expensive and succeeded.

It's definitely my friend Madge who's always going on about her hairy pussy. It's "my pussy is so hairy," or "have I ever mentioned how hairy my pussy is?" I mean, she just goes on and on. I'm like--we get it.

I hate when a frau at work comes in all weepy about having had an abortion the day before. Look, if it's so bad to have the abortion, just go ahead and have the kid. Lately, it's been especially bad because you get all the other fraus jumping in telling the newly-aborting frau that at least she got the abortion in under the deadline.

R400 - Stop dithering at the light and GO.

R402 throw a bar of soap 🧼 down there and see if it ever comes back

r403 works in a whorehouse.

OP

Wrong, R406. I work for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops!

Datalounge's self-appointed What You Must Wear! cunts, currently whining about people wearing shorts to see a Broadway show (Dear Evan Hansen) in summer weather.

Tom.

I only say "give me a call when you get this" if it's a sensitive issue for which a written record would be bad, but you knew that.

I did one of those just yesterday, r411. I didn't want one friend to inadvertently read what the other might have texted about him, so I said 'call me.'

My boyfriend calls me babe all day and all night long in excess. Thank God I’m not super annoyed by it. I figure it’s just his own love language. Plus it’s better than being called bitch.

When my mother has the air conditioning on, opens her side door to let in fresh air. She will then complain that her electricity bill is so high! Duh! You’re air conditioning the outdoors! No matter how many times I calmly explain this to her she still does it! it drives me nuts!

When I just have to dash in to a single-occupancy public restroom to take a quick piss and the guy who's in there ahead of me is taking a fucking 15-minute dump.

I know we can't control when nature calls but FFS you're not at home, hurry up in there!

[quote]I just need people to stop asking me if I’m doing anything fun over the weekend.

"Not really, just the usual. Burying the dead hookers I killed in the backyard. It just never ends!"

The taste of canned dog food

Subway subs workers who ask you your order before they are ready to actually listen to it so huh have to repeat 4 times no I whole wheat bread. 6 inch. Turkey. 3 times. They either hire them all Only if their iq’s are below threshold for normal adults or they all have ADD and cannot retain what they asked you and also reach for the bread

- yeah yeah, I type fat :-p

I don’t sweat the petty things

Those drive-through car washes with free vacuums that say five minutes maximum time to vacuum. You see people wiping down/detailing their csr for 20 minutes or more. They are oblivious to all the other cars waiting to use the vacuums. The people who work there do not enforce the time limit either. Why can’t people just vacuum and leave? You can wipe down your car somewhere else. People are so selfish these days and never think of the needs of others.

Hey R65, you might want to check the tag, or the mirror for a handicapped sign, because I have a loved one in a wheelchair, and if all of the spots are taken we use two spots so we don't fuck up your car trying to get them out of our car.

r40 I love to detail my entire car at the carwash especially when some old coot is waiting.

I just found out I’m a whore because I like corn on the cob.

When the location drop down on a website defaults to the U.S.

[quote] I just found out I’m a whore because I like corn on the cob.

Oh honey, that's just on account of what you do to that poor cob afterwards.

Vain assholes who stand in front of a scenic viewpoint or tourist site taking a million fucking photos for Instagram, oblivious that other people might want to enjoy the place and possibly take one lousy photo without their ugly asses in it!

The way my Keurig passive-aggressively waits until I push the button to tell me it needs water.

Here's a new one:

When I'm using Google Maps for navigation on a highway, it now tells you at most every exit to 'keep left' on the damn highway. No fucking shit! I don't need to be told to NOT exit.

This feature started when it was dealing with situations where a separate highway split off, and that is indeed helpful. But someone decided that we're all mouth breathers and need constant reminders not to fucking exit!

When I say to someone 'Thank you' and instead of hearing 'You're Welcome' I often hear 'No Problem'! It makes me want to create a problem right there.

I use Outlook at work, and there are meeting invites that have reminders popping up every so often. I like this.

But once you are in the meeting, you still get reminders to join the meeting, unless you hit 'Dismiss'. It's more dumb busy work!

R429 -

Tallulah darling. It's obvious they hear the sarcastic sneer in your, "Thank You". Consider yourself lucky no one has bitch-slapped you yet.

R429 - I started feeling a distaste for the "No problem" response long ago on my own, and found it interesting that lots of people share my feelings about it. I've even read articles about it.

It seems to be generational. In the past, the "Thank you/You're welcome" exchange has always been a standard conversational transaction, like "Hello/hello" or "How are you?/Fine." It's kind of like a hand-shake. In general, the response is simply an acknowledgement that the message has been received. "You're welcome" just is a way of saying "I acknowledge your thanks."

No problem adds in a measure of the respondent implying that they had somehow gone above and beyond.

Older and younger people seem to have different points-of-view about that aspect.

Let's say an older customer buys something at the store. The cashier rings it up, puts the item in a bag, and hands the bag to the customer. The customer says "Thank you."

The cashier, if older, is likely to say "You're welcome." No one has a problem with that.

But a younger cashier might look at it this way: the "thank you" implies that you just did something on their behalf, but it's simply part of the job, so a thanks is really not necessary, so you say "no problem." The older customer, expecting a simple "you're welcome" might be put aback, because they didn't think the cashier ringing up their purchase and putting the item in the band would be any kind of problem.

Essentially, the customer is saying "I end my part of this transaction in the proper polite way" and the cashier is saying "I end this part of the transaction in the proper polite way."

(And, my characterizing them as older or younger is simply a device to try to distinguish the two schools of thought.)

A long time ago, I picked up a habit from a friend who was raised in the country. When people would say "thank you" to him, he'd say "you bet." I liked that, and it became my go-to response.

But if it's really a case where I went out of my way to do something for them, and they're thanking me profusely, I might end up with "no problem at all."

I don't even register when I hear "no problem." Some of you are absolutely ancient.

R432- Young cashiers ca. 1999 had replaced you're welcome with no problem , but now no problem ( which I had no problem with) has itself been replaced with No Worries- which I DO have a problem with.

R77 my food come from da store!

R418- Stop going to SHITTY Subway for your sandwiches.

Try Jersey Mike's Subs- FAR better quality/taste.

So many of you are living in a vacuum

Andrew Yang

[quote]Datalounge's self-appointed What You Must Wear! cunts, currently whining about people wearing shorts to see a Broadway show (Dear Evan Hansen) in summer weather.

Wearing shorts to the theater is low class and trashy. Sorry, but it just is.

R436 yes! Also Jimmy John’s is pretty darn tasty.

R429 & R432 how do you feel about “my pleasure” in response to your thank you?

Your favorite Prince albums and why?

Agree R439 I was shocked to see a girl wearing Daisy Dukes at a Broadway show a few years back. She just looked ridiculous and out of place in contrast to the rest of the crowd. Like wearing a gown to a State Fair

Alex Pettyfer

It's the store clerks who should be saying "thank you" at the end of the transaction, not the customer, as in thank you for patronizing the store and spending your money here. When did that get changed around?

But, r445, that's just not how these things work.

Op how are the farmers today?

Drivers who won't turn right on red. They just sit there waiting for the light to turn when traffic backs up behind them. I usually honk my horn if I'm directly behind them, but if you're further back in the line this won't work.

Of course I'm not talking about intersections that are signed "No Turn On Red". Then you just have to wait...

R432 Thank you for your explanation. This is the first time someone has explained this to me and I do appreciate it very much.

What's a cashier?

Cashiers are the people behind the register in the checkout lines that old people use r450. They're a foreign entity for those of us who use self check out.

When people on social media say things like "Oh I love my man so much!"

Tell him, not us.

We don't care.

I would argue most of these driver on the road complaints here are not at all petty. Each of them leads to road rage and accidents.

Maybe we need a road rage thread?

R452, yeah online performative affection is usually rooted in everything but real affection.

[quote] Cashiers are the people behind the register in the checkout lines that old people use [R450]. They're a foreign entity for those of us who use self check out.

What's self check out?

R455 - when you intentionally stop taking your life-saving meds.

[quote] When people on social media say things like "Oh I love my man so much!" Tell him, not us.

Oh honey, no. There is no him.

[quote] Also Jimmy John’s is pretty darn Nasty.

There, fixed it for you.

I am in the eldestgay cohort, and I have been using self-checkout since it became available. I don't know why you youngercunts think you're the only ones using it, and then feel so fucking superior on account of it. You little shits.

Oh honey, no. You're trying to scan your Depends on an ATM.

As if any shit could make it to a Depends when I've got you living in my toilet, r460.

OK boomer

R459 / 461 sounds a lot like ZemenWarmbuis

I DETEST the little stickers stores put on fruit

R464 - I couldn't agree more

Me too r464. I hate those little fucking things.

I hate when, after running over some brat, you have to scrub down your tires to remove all the DNA evidence. I'm tired of having to buy the toothbrushes.

r467 cars are messy. A basement is ideal, cleanup is easy peasy.

I love Bill Burr’s take on the whole self check out idea……

Shoes in the house

Having a small penis

Here's a question.

Who do we queens get so annoyed by so many things?

Because we have issues R472. Many, many issues……..

R451- Older people always pay with exact change. They take out their quarters, dimes, nickels , pennies and slowly place them on the counter. I say to myself they have ALL DAY to do this because they are not in a rush. On the other hand they're 90 years old so they DON'T have all day.

Poorly toasted "toast" - a couple of beige lines do not toast make...take it back, puhlease.

Bread that's doughy in the middle.

Straight women. They are petty and that annoys me.

Every asshole where I live INSISTS on backing into a parking stall. I mean WTF? When did this weird, cultish phenomena start? Do they believe a fire is going to erupt at any moment? When and how did this retardation occur? At first I told myself that parking spaces were too small for these big ass SUVs and Mack trucks. But the again, I wondered WHY they were these people were buying big ass Mack trucks in the first fucking place? Some part of me wishes gas prices go up to $10 a gallon so these asshats stay home and I can enjoy a restaurant experience without their small dick complexes.

Nothing as petty as yours, OP

Next….

[quote] Every asshole where I live INSISTS on backing into a parking stall.

Attach a ginormous dildo to the inside wall. It'll make every hetero asshole think twice about backing in.

People who back into parking spaces are assholes. They're the same ones who drive in a breakdown lane in a traffic jam to get to the head of the line.

When I run into a convenience store to make a quick purchase (bottle of water, breath mints etc.) and I get stuck behind a gambling addict who is getting dozens and dozens of lottery tickets, with specific instructions to the clerk behind the counter on what numbers they're playing and then which of those damn scratch-off tickets they want. It's endless.

R481 - I empathize. But without these people paying extra taxes (aka lottery), ours would be higher.

Rudeness and people being inconsiderate to me.

Tip jars

Asshole people

[quote] Rudeness and people being inconsiderate to me.

But not to others.

No I couldn’t give 2 shits if someone is rude to you.

When Trader Joes cashiers ask me if I have any plans for the rest of the day.

Stuffing my my face, masturbating, sleeping, edibles, bed.

When people take videos with their phone in portrait mode, not landscape mode. Argh...get it right, people!

Couldn't agree more, R489. Add to that people who can't keep the action/subject in the frame.

Interesting observations from a military analyst who got it right about Russia about why almost everyone else got it wrong.

Whoops, sorry, wrong thread. Add DL's posting quirks to things that annoy me.

Daylight.

People who interrupt you and then say, "No, you go on," as if they're doing you some fucking favor.

R366, well if the waiter is to dumb to not announce his/her/they name I don't blame your friend.

^ The waiter spits in the food of R366's creepy friend

OP- What about- It’s raining 🌧

CATS 🐱 and DOGS 🐶

Ironical.

get educated.

The car in front of you at a drive-thru takes 5+minutes at the window.

Groups of people who spread out on the sidewalk and walk at a snail's pace so nobody can get around them.

Groups of family members who spread out in a supermarket aisle so nobody can get around them. Since when did marketing become family outing?

I find all the New Yorkers like R500 complaining about sidewalks hilarious. Who else in America even uses sidewalks?

[quote]Who else in America even uses sidewalks?

People who live in:

Pittsburgh

Seattle

San Francisco

Chicago

Washington, DC

Boston

Philadelphia

R502 must live in bum fuck egypt

Some frequent DL posters. To me it is a signal I’m on here too damned much.

R505 - Agreed,

R451 you might find them at Macy's, 7-11, Wendy's . . .

I mentally roll my eyes whenever someone refers to the Atlantic Ocean as "the pond." It's so tediously pretentious. That huge ocean is but a pond to them, poor jaded dears.

ever hear of understatement R508? particularly popular in Merry Old

Automated call centers, where it's impossible to talk to a real person 😡

People who tell you all about a "great farmers market"

When you say "thank you" and the cashier says "hakuna matata"

Looking for a phone number on a company website to call Customer Service and only finding FAQs.

^^^ These are the new con games that these banks and CC companies are pulling on us. That, and that endless menu tree selection that tries to discourage callers by taking 10-20 minutes of your time to speak to a real person.

I’ve taken it to task by removing ALL of my business from them and going to companies that are still honest and provide basic customer service. They may not be VISA/Mastercard prevalent, but they are almost as dependable. For those businesses that exclusively accept V/M, I also cut off buying anything from them.

I’ve cut myself off of Amazon for this reason alone. I can buy online with many other businesses. I also make it a point to “freeze” any business with said company for 5 YEARS! as penalty.

Teach these assholes!

I hate it when people back into parking spaces in parking lots instead of pulling straight in.

I have so many petty annoyances, I annoy myself.

Speaking of rain, whenever there was rain in the forecast or when it was raining, my dear aunt would always say very seriously, "we need it," No, we are not farmers. We lived in Brooklyn. She'd say it even if it had been raining for a week.

My dry cleaners/laundry is in an out-of-the-way suburban strip mall with plenty of up-close parking. There is always some fat whore who parks their gigantic fat SUV in the fire lane smack in front of the door of the dry cleaners so anyone going to the cleaners has to walk around the SUV. These people are neither handicapped nor elderly, merely selfish, lazy whores.

R515, If people would stop buying gigantic fat ass gas-guzzling SUVs that block visibility for smaller cars that wouldn’t be a problem.

The fire lane parkers piss me off too. You can't park like a normal person and walk your fat ass 20 paces to the door? Lazy assholes.

R514 is living off the grid

My aunt takes so many phone pics it’s really over the top like st my uncle’s funeral last fall. She wouldn’t stop snapping pics during services. It really made me angry. She’s known for her phone pic taking by me as being way way extreme

Adria

Idiots who think they are clever using "GQP" for "GOP." It looks so, so stupid and it reduces the problems with the GOP to its lunatic fringe-- as if McConnell and old school neocons like George W. Bush are not repulsive or representative of the party.

R516- Maybe she was referring to the reservoirs.

Here's the Get Human website to find out phone #s where you can talk to a human.

R520. I do not need to specifically use my Amazon Chase Visa card for any purchases I make on Amazon. I have many other charge cards to use….and yes, I will not use any CHASE card for five years because there are many alternatives. Where would you get the weird idea that I’m living off the grid?

Also, very few business only accept V/M. Just a handful. I boycott them. Just as there are jackass restaurants that accept cash only. Again, just a handful. I also boycott them.

R514

I have a coworker, who, when recounting stories will mention the people in them by name and not their role in the story she’s telling. So you have no idea when she’s talking about how sad she is that she lost Mary seven years ago, that it relates to her grandmother, her dog, or her hamster. Just tell us that aunt Mary died seven years ago and we’ll get it.

Given Eldergays, I am shocked that after six weeks we are not up to Round 2 or 3 of this thread

I get annoyed when someone brings up a pet peeve that was already said in the thread twice already now! I am referring to R515!

R529 - Please, please. Girls, there's enough hate to go around for everyone.

Bete Noire. What a stuck-up French bitch she is.

I hate r529 and everyone like him. Especially in a thread closing in on 600 posts, there will be repeats. Your personality disorder, r529, is far more annoying than any duplicate post could ever be.

Running out of toilet paper in my bedroom bathroom and having to take an extra shower to get all of the shit off

I hate it when people back into parking spaces in parking lots instead of pulling straight in.

Men who cum too quickly

[quote] I have a coworker, who, when recounting stories will mention the people in them by name and not their role in the story she’s telling.

I have a friend like that. Who the fuck is ___?

Also annoying are people who can't tell a story. Start from the beginning, then go in chronological order, leave out the irrelevant stuff.

Related to bad story tellers, are those that tell the same story repeatedly. I've got a friend that I have eventually had to avoid who has stories triggered by places or phrases that often come up, such as New York. As soon as the trigger happens, just like clockwork cuckoo, he'll tell about his trip in the 90's to the Oyster Bar at Grand Central Station. Everyone he knows has told him how annoying it is, but he's apparently incapable of controlling it.

^^^I’d interrupt him and exclaim “OH GOD, WHY ME”?! That would stop him.

[quote]Who do we queens get so annoyed by so many things?

Because you're intelligent enough to notice them. Ignorance is bliss.

R537 do you think it happens to most people as they get older? I know my friend who’s over 65 repeats her stories all the time!

R540 my 25 yr old friend did it all of the time.

R532, that's the point of this thread- pettiness.

R134 suck my huge asshole!

Women who get abortions. Use contraceptives! What are you, twelve?

I need to talk about people who repeat their stories for decades. Lifetimes. My sister and my husband do it.

AND when I happen to repeat a story, which is very rare, they eye roll me or look glazed or just flatly say You told me already.

But I just politely let them drone on. And as someone above mentioned, there are triggers. You know before they open their mouths what’s coming.

My husband and sister are intelligent and usually witty and engaging. But if the trigger word is stated they go into this fucking altered state, reciting a script, acting as if they are telling me for the first time, excited to reveal the punchline!! It’s so fucking crazy.

Do they know and not care?

If they don’t know, then what is wrong with them?’

I don’t bring it up because I am so embarrassed for them. I can’t handle basically telling them they are insane and I’ve known for 35 years.

R544. Yes. Some men are depraved.

[quote] do you think it happens to most people as they get older? I know my friend who’s over 65 repeats her stories all the time!

They're like cancelled TV shows airing reruns over and over forever.

It's definitely a mental issue. My friend even brings up that others have told him he repeats himself... just before going on to repeat himself "Have I ever told you about my trip to Telluride?"

R545 I admire how you’re able to listen to the stories over and over. When I start to hear the same stories I say that I’ve heard it before. I can’t stand to sit through the same stories again and again. I wish I was more polite & patient but I’m not.

I just bought a box of Dove ice cream bars and am so disappointed. These bars used to really be something. They have long been downsized, but now the chocolate coating is half what it used to be. It's not much better than an Eskimo Pie, at twice the price.

I hate when in the morning someone says "I'll call you later" and you don't hear from them for days. "Later" means "within the same day." Anything beyond "later" is another day. .

People who run into one another on street, then stand in middle of sidewalk, instead of moving to curb or close to a building.

No edit button on DL

R553, thank you!

Let’s get lunch some time.

I miss that we can’t kill threads we hate by posting at a certain time of the day, like we used to do when DL was hosted on a different server.

People who ask a question to just talk about themselves. I have an acquaintance at work (unfortunately my job prohibits my avoiding him) who will pop into my office to ask "How was your weekend?" (or something similar). Before I can finish my first, short sentence he launches into a breathless 10 minute monologue about his exceedingly boring weekend which was the same as last weekend, all told in excruciating detail. And even if I manage to find a breath to reassert myself into the "conversation" he just continues talking over me. Sometimes he'll even tell the same God-damn story several times a week. It also pisses me off that he launches into these soliloquies as if he were answering your question...

"Yeah, mine was pretty good. I went to the grocery store to get ding dongs but they were all out of ding dongs because there was a BOGO sale so then I thought about getting Pop Tarts but Pop Tarts have a lot of artificial crap so maybe it's better that I don't eat Pop Tarts because my doctor wants me to watch my weight which I've been managing to control ever since I had that hernia surgery last September when I had to take time off for work and finally caught up on watching X Files on Hulu which is a pretty good deal if you ask me because..." and on he goes for another 8 minutes before hitting a period.

Getting home from the grocery store and finding out one of your items never got bagged...sigh

R597, Had a co-worker who would go into a similar rant. At one point I said "Is there a reason you're telling me this?" She said "Thought you'd like to know." I didn't respond. She walked away. Has bothered me since.

R24 And not on a angle, it makes it harder to turn the page. Staple should be parallel with edge of paper.

As I was watering (once) around the garden this morning, I thought of OP’s friend and laughed.

I used to repeat my stories over and over again. It’s a sure fire way to lose friends that way. It’s just a form of venting or reliving glory days. I was a terrible listener. It’s selfish behavior, a sort of the world revolves around me type of thing and gives off vibes that one is self-centered. My best advice is to politely point it out to them. Explain how it makes you feel. You say they are intelligent so there’s a chance for them to change.

It’s also conceited behavior and that is a thing that annoys me. Conceited and judge mental people are annoying.

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[quote] Conceited and judge mental people are annoying.

Oh dear!

Judges can be quite mental.

"Did I ever tell you about...?"

Yes! Yes, you did. And frankly, it wasn't very interesting the first time.

And because you're someone I work with, I can't tell you how conceited and obnoxious you are. You're an opinionated know-it-all, and you really should take a shower more often because you also stink!