posted on August 11, 2000 03:16:34 PM newTokay99 LMAO!
My big peeve is when I'm going just over the speed limit and - with the flow of traffic - and someone flies past me like I'm standing still - usually cutting everyone off like a maniac.
I do love it though when I pull up right next to them at the next light. I always wanna yell out the window, "Yeah, you really got somewhere didn't ya."
posted on August 11, 2000 05:11:47 PM newMybiddness: A couple of times someone as flown past me like that (once on freeway, once on surface streets) and when I caught up with them again, they'd been pulled over & were getting a ticket. Both times I rolled down my window & laughed *loudly* as I rolled past... boy that felt good!
posted on August 11, 2000 05:18:12 PM new
Another irritation: Sitting in the car at a stop sign and casually looking over to the car next to you at same sign. Person behind wheel has finger crammed so far up their nose its surprising they arent picking the inside of their eyeballs. See that alot...its gross. Once, I rolled down my window and hollered "Whatcha doon? Diggin' for gold?"
posted on August 11, 2000 05:23:36 PM new
Heres another one: Friend or family member rips out a good one, then furiously waves it toward you, all the while laughing up a storm thinking its hilarious and funny to make you smell what came out of their butt after a huge meal?
posted on August 11, 2000 08:41:16 PM new
I have a feeling my irritants are a tad different than everyone else's:
1. The morons are home downstairs.
2. Idiots who back up traffic halfway to the parking lot entrance waiting for a parking space that may be coming empty sometime this century(especially when there is an empty space a little farther down. But then they'd have to WALK a bit more...)
3. Tractors on the priority roads.
4. Cattle on the priority roads. Do the farmers HAVE to move their cattle from pasture to pasture at peak driving times?
5. Banks that close @ 1600. Sharp.
6. No pizza, newspaper, or mail delivery.
7. Not being able to work outside on Sundays and holidays.
8. Americans who think the whole world should be just like America and proclaim the perceived shortcomings of the local nationals in a very loud voice.
9. Spouses who wear their active duty member's rank.
10. Having to limit my online time because we pay for the time we're on the phone, even if it is a local call.
posted on August 11, 2000 08:54:34 PM newMaui: The country in which we currently reside has what are known as "Quiet Hours": 2200-0700, 1300-1500, Sundays & holidays. That means no outside work, noise, etc. goes on during those hours. And that IS a law.
On the other hand, sure makes for nice quiet nights and Sundays...
posted on August 11, 2000 09:07:58 PM new
Wow...wish we had those laws in my neighborhood. Then again, I like hearing lawn mowers on lazy sunday afternoons
posted on August 12, 2000 12:22:14 AM new
Hey Maui, Mybid.
I'll get back to it.
#3 is a husband who comes in while I'm posting to this thread and says he needs to use the telephone, very irritating Humph!
Kids on rollerblades who skate right in front of you while you are driving down the street.
A community service worker (that or jail,I think) who doesn't show up when he's supposed to but I'm really nagging about picking up my outhouse (have to have it for our festival next weekend) and I will go get him if I have to and stand out there with a bullwhip if I have to while he scrapes and paints!
Maui, you have my sympathy. I married into a family of secret you know whaters (hate to use the word).
posted on August 12, 2000 02:56:43 PM new
George Carlin once had a routine on drivers. He said that no matter what speed you are going at any given time it is always the perfect speed. Anyone going any faster than you is a maniac and anyone going any slower than you is an idiot.
LOL
posted on August 13, 2000 10:59:38 AM new
As long as we're on the subject of irritations, has anyone else noticed that AW has the word 'successfully' spelled wrong in the picture uploads? When a picture is uploaded, it says 'item retrieved successfuly' ... maybe I'm just being picky but in a business format, shouldn't you spellcheck? Everytime I see that I wince...
posted on August 13, 2000 11:03:34 AM new
Funny, I just read an article in today's paper about spelling and how people judge your written content two ways; the content itself and how it's spelled.
posted on August 13, 2000 11:32:57 AM new
I agree with shadowcat about the banks. The banks here open at 10 am and close at 4 pm. I (and most everyone else) works from 9-5. Now how silly is that??? I think my sig line is appropriate for this!
posted on August 13, 2000 01:56:58 PM new
james I believe that's true. If you're running a business it behooves you to display your wares, including signs and advertisements, and other variations of the printed word, professionally. It irks me to go somewhere and they have a sign that says "Buy three and get the forth free" or "50% of the regulor price", etc etc etc
posted on August 13, 2000 02:57:59 PM new
1). When banks have only two or three tellers during lunch on Friday or on Saturday morning and you end up standing in line (with the screaming brat in front) for an eternity.
2). Co-workers that may ask for your help on a something because they don't know how to do it and then stand there and tell you that you are doing it wrong.
posted on August 13, 2000 06:02:24 PM new
Thinking of screaming kids and/or babies reminds me of a true story:
The tom and I went to a seminar given by former ambassador Clingerman(sorry, his first name escapes me right now). The turnout was very good and we found seats at a table also occupied by a young couple and their infant. Right before the ambassador began his lecture, the infant set to wailing. The father suggested either he or the mother take the baby out of the area so they wouldn't disturb people. The mother replied, Oh no. People will understand about a crying baby and won't mind.
"I won't understand and I WILL mind," I retorted before I even thought about what I was saying. "I came to hear a talk, not a baby crying."
Both parents stared at me, openmouthed, as though they couldn't believe anyone would say such a rude thing. I stared back at them, not feeling the least guilty. I noticed others at the table nodding in agreement.
The mother whisked the still squalling baby from the room. The ambassador's talk was excellent and I know that because I was able to hear every word.
The tom told me later he couldn't believe I said that but he was glad I did.
So that's another irritant-parents who don't immediately remove a shrieking child from an area where there are others who are not enamored of that child's lung power.
posted on August 13, 2000 06:58:35 PM new
That reminds me of another irritating thing:
Getting on a plane, smiling, happy, looking forward to arriving in Maui and snorkeling. Stromp on the plane, find our seats. Get comfy. Buckle up. Look around excitedly because WE'RE FINALLY ON OUR WAY, after saving and scrimping and hoarding every dime. In the seat next to us, or right behind us, or just in front of us, a family gets comfy cozy..and AGHHHHHHH!! The woman is holding...holding...OMG, THE WOMAN IS HOLDING A...A....BABY! And there are 2 TODDLERS TOO!!!!
For the next 4 hours, we are STUCK with bouncing kids, screaming babies, a mother that only says "now now" and no movie that can be seen nor heard, nor food ate during the flight due to seats wiggling and being shoved in my face, and no nap because JUNIOR is wailing at the top of his lungs.
posted on August 13, 2000 07:10:29 PM newMaui: Been there so I can sympathize. I also travel with earplugs, for such occasions(but be warned. If the proximity of the rugrat is too close, the earplugs will lessen but not block out the kid.).
The tom had a kid kicking the back of his seat. After repeated requests to the mother, who was sitting right next to the kid yet didn't do anything, the tom leaned around and fixed the kid with an even stare. After a few seconds, he said, in a very slow and measured voice, "Knock. It. Off."
Now, the tom is probably one of the most laidback people on the planet. But he's big and he has a deep voice and a way of giving the impression that he won't tolerate any more of whatever behavior is bugging him.
Y'know that scene in Kindergarten Cop, where Schwarzenegger scares the seatkicker behind him? I swear the kid had the same look on his face as the kid in the movie! And he didn't touch the back of the seat again!
posted on August 13, 2000 07:26:31 PM new
Oh oh oh, and the parents who look at YOU like YOU'RE the one causing trouble if you tell them to shut their baby up. Humph!
posted on August 13, 2000 07:37:40 PM new
1. (Last apartment I lived in) upstairs thinks it's a good idea to start their vacuuming at 10:30 PM.
2. I find it hard to get out of apartment complex I currently live in because all the gym rats have to park on the street in front of the fitness center instead of (is it too far?!?) 50 feet away in the parking lot.
3. People in their cars on the freeway cutting in front of semis, then slamming on their brakes, to get off at an exit. This is not only idiotic, it's potentially lethal.
4. I gotta beg the salesperson for service ("Come on, take my money, PLEASE!"
5. I hear ridiculous "trendy" phrases that dilute the meaning of communication.
6. Anyone substitutes profanity for vocabulary.
7. I get telemarketing calls ANYTIME, especially when I'm asleep (shift work).
8. No one in this area is ever in a hurry, until they get in their cars. Then watch them break the land speed record getting to their destinations.
9. Those nosy old pests in the next apartment block over call the game warden when they see me fishing (how dare I have any fun!)- of course I have a license.
10. I get an official-looking letter in the mail (I enter many sweepstakes) and it turns out to be misleading junk mail. Same for email!
posted on August 13, 2000 08:04:05 PM new
....when pple ahead of line of me at the checkout took the TV guide and started reading, and put it back. the cashier waited until the customer is finished. agh!
posted on August 13, 2000 08:16:26 PM new
GRRRRRR! Heres another one:
Going into a shop and the ladies behind the counter dont even look up or acknowledge your presence (they are too busy jabbering about their dates or chewing their gum).
When I had mauimoods as a REAL shop in town, I fired the employee that didnt say HI, or ALOHA, or even SMILE at whomever came in. And the phone! PICK IT UP BY THE SEOCND RING OR ELSE! Sheesh. If Im not acknowledged when I walk in a shop door, I tell them what I think and then walk out.
