Things that annoy you

[Audra]

Ditto on the cars who drive side by side at the same speed for 10 miles!

People (it seems to especially be students at my campus) who push onto the elevator the second the door opens without giving anyone a chance to get out. Last week I actually had to shove one (not hard, but still) to get off the elevator as she ploughed forward.

People who talk on phones in the bathroom! I hate that too. It’s gross. And rude to everyone involved.

People who bring their young kids to restaurants after 8 pm and when the kids scream they act as though they don’t even notice.

Students who start “packing up” their stuff ten minutes before class is out, zipping, rustling, etc.

Students who won’t take responsibility for their own actions (or inactions) and then tell me they absolutely can’t fail the class because (insert reason) and blame me when they fail, even though I emailed them and spoke to them after class and met with them privately all semester about their grades.

Ok, lol! That’s it for now.

[Pike]

Scooby-Doo annoys me. I was watching it this morning and they were driving their van through Transilvania and stop at a spooky castle to solve a crime.

How can these apparently jobless hippies afford to ship a van from America to Europe? And how are they getting their dog through quarantine?

Red Matter?

[Janitorbob]

It annoys me when the teenager at (insert any fast-food franchise name) cant count back my change without the aid of their cash register. When did the ability to count become unimportant?

[smarx]

It annoys me when the teenager at (insert any fast-food franchise name) cant count back my change without the aid of their cash register. When did the ability to count become unimportant?

I don’t care so much about this, but for my boyfriend, it is a monster pet peeve. He always looks at me later and says, “Have they stopped teaching math in school.” Then he shakes his head.

[Splatterson]

It annoys me when the teenager at (insert any fast-food franchise name) cant count back my change without the aid of their cash register. When did the ability to count become unimportant?

None of them can count change. They don’t have to, the computer/register does it for them so that their “over-taxed” brain doesn’t burn out.

I don’t care so much about this, but for my boyfriend, it is a monster pet peeve. He always looks at me later and says, “Have they stopped teaching math in school.” Then he shakes his head.

They have. They use calculators in the 2nd grade for goodness sake. I don’t think I was allowed to use a calculator until 9th grade Algebra.

Apparently, do-gooder meddling crime stopping does pay. Whoever hired them probably flipped the bill for all that jazz.

Wait…scratches head

face distorts Did I just justify a plot-hole for a Scooby-Doo episode? bows and shakes head in shame

Dude - you equate Pooh Bear to boobies. Justifying plot-holes in Scooby-Doo is nothin’…

Has it also become uncool to use a blinker? It seems the faster one drives the less important it is to signal.

Don’t even get me started on how the horn is now thought of as a negative, like someone is saying “Frak you” rather than “Look out” which is why it is there.

In the Boston area and most of the rest of the east coast, I think the answer is a resounding yes!

This is definitely a USA-wide issue. Heck - even the folks driving in town here don’t use their blinker. The hub and I assume that their left arm is broken or that on all newer-than-1990-cars, turn signals are optional…

People that use toilets in malls, or pubs, or any public area, and don’t flush it… Seriously, why wouldn’t you flush the toilet? Are they SO proud of their leavings that they need it to be displayed?

I agree - that is disgusting. If I open the stall door and see that, I just move down to the next stall. I know I could just flush, but it totally grosses me out!

[ThotFullGuy]

People that just send you and “ics” file to confirm or suggest and conf call time/date.
An ics file is an outlook calendar file. I guess you just import it into Outlook an it puts an appointment on your calendar. That’s all well and good, but some people (like me) don’t use Outlook as their calendar program. Some people (like me) can’t stand Outlook, and avoid it like the plaugue. Outlook is bloated, over-featured, restrictive, difficult to use email and “organizer” program. I hates it.
And even if I did use Outlook, can’t people do me the courtesy of sending an actually email with, ya know, words–words that time me what time a conf call is?
A blank email with nothing but an ics file attached doens’t work for me, thank you.

[Solai]

People who use speakerphones in business space where they clearly are in a public environment. The worst form of this comes when someone in a cube not only blasts the speakerphone but feels that it is necessary to shout every response. Double-down my annoyance when people in offices do this very same things and don’t shut the frakking door. :mad:

[Splatterson]

People who use speakerphones in business space where they clearly are in a public environment. The worst form of this comes when someone in a cube not only blasts the speakerphone but feels that it is necessary to shout every response. Double-down my annoyance when people in offices do this very same things and don’t shut the frakking door. :mad:

Ohhhh - I sit in the next cube over from one of those people. I agree - it’s super annoying.

[Pike]

People who use speakerphones in business space where they clearly are in a public environment. The worst form of this comes when someone in a cube not only blasts the speakerphone but feels that it is necessary to shout every response. Double-down my annoyance when people in offices do this very same things and don’t shut the frakking door. :mad:

My take on people doing this, pretty much anywhere: Answer the annoying bastage as if s/he was talking to you. It confuses them.

Alternately (and I only got to do this once so far) if someone is, say, in line at the grocery and is on their phone giving out numbers to the other person, repeat them back loudly as if you’re trying to memorize it. They look at you like you’re mugging them, but they can’t think of anything to say.

[THX1966]

People in office with Thermestats that use space heaters… it freezes out everyone else effected by that thermestat. URRRGh… put on a sweater!

[Aset]

People who use speakerphones in business space where they clearly are in a public environment. The worst form of this comes when someone in a cube not only blasts the speakerphone but feels that it is necessary to shout every response. Double-down my annoyance when people in offices do this very same things and don’t shut the frakking door. :mad:

Expand on that to people who try to take phone calls on speaker phone discussing things they KNOW should not be discussed publically on said speaker phones!

[Boxytheboxed]

Expand on that to people who try to take phone calls on speaker phone discussing things they KNOW should not be discussed publically on said speaker phones!

That always amuses me

[THX1966]

On the Phone topic…

People on Cell phones that think if they YELL they will be able to hear better…

[ThotFullGuy]

There’s few reasons to use cell phones:

1. You loose electricity and that’s the only phone you can use.
2. You’re coming home from work and your husband/wife/significant other wants to call you to pick up dinner, or the kids or something.
3. You’re travelling for business or pleasure and you want to avoid paying the ridiculous hotel phone rates.
4. A life or death emergency.
5. You’re at a premiere/show/event and you need to call into GWC.
6. You’re at the GWC National meetup and you’re calling me.

Other than that, in my opinion, don’t use a cell phone.

[Phil]

Okay, the thing that annoys me about cell phones is the same 45 second instruction list you have to listen to every time you want ot leave a voice mail. What happened to “Start talking after the beep”?

[THX1966]

Okay, the thing that annoys me about cell phones is the same 45 second instruction list you have to listen to every time you want ot leave a voice mail. What happened to “Start talking after the beep”?

I agree!!!

I had a friend, who, about 20 years ago, on his answering machine, his message was…

“You know the Riff”

thats it. and thats all you need.

…And NO i don’t ever want to send a numeric page… does anyone?

[Janitorbob]

If I’m in a public place like a restraunt and my phone rings, i’ll answer it. If the conversation has to last for more then 3 seconds I will step outside for it, as a courtesy to others. Anyone else who dosent do this annoys me. You don’t want to hear my conversation I don’t want to hear yours.

[Armando]

There’s few reasons to use cell phones:

1. You loose electricity and that’s the only phone you can use.
2. You’re coming home from work and your husband/wife/significant other wants to call you to pick up dinner, or the kids or something.
3. You’re travelling for business or pleasure and you want to avoid paying the ridiculous hotel phone rates.
4. A life or death emergency.
5. You’re at a premiere/show/event and you need to call into GWC.
6. You’re at the GWC National meetup and you’re calling me.

Other than that, in my opinion, don’t use a cell phone.

Actually, some of us use our cell phones as a source of inexpensive and/or free long distance, since our families live in other countries.

[ThotFullGuy]

Actually, some of us use our cell phones as a source of inexpensive and/or free long distance, since our families live in other countries.

Good. That’s #7.

[deathbytray]

If you think the warranty on my vehicle is about to expire, you’re wrong. You clearly don’t know what car I am driving, and moreover, you don’t know that it’s 5 am on the west coast. If I ever meet you in person, I will stab you, warranty guy.

(I heard FCC shut them down last week, so hooray!)