I get irritated by people who are habitually late, especially when they use an excuse that attempts to pin the blame on someone or something else’s. And then I get to listen to them go on and on about how it wasn’t their fault. Even worse is when I am waiting for someone and they call to say “I will be there in 5 minutes” when in fact they have not yet left home/office and it will be a full 20-30 minutes. Grrrrrr.
The other day, I had a tile installer call to say he would be late because he underestimated the time needed to drive to my home. I found that to be an acceptable excuse. He owned up to it and there was no need to elaborate. End of story.
People who blow their nose at the dinner table. Gross! Get up and go to the restroom. Oh and the guy who has a horrible sinus snort thing going on, if its a habit, work on it. If its a sinus problem, get it looked at. Its so loud and frequent we may not go to a movie together again. Too hard to hear and pay attention!
When computers & cars have a bunch of features probably 1% of the people want and use, yet the other 99 % have to put up with them or go through complicated procedures to disable them. How 'bout the default position being simple & basic, & the ones who actually WANT some complicated feature being the ones who have to opt in?
Yep, my vehicle has Eco Stop/Start where the engine completely shuts off when you come to a complete stop at a light, stop sign or in a parking lot. Drives me out of my mind – I always forget to disable it when I get in the car.
It should be something you can turn on not something I always have to remember to turn off.
I couldn’t wait to get home to add this to the list: I hate it when people bring their little dogs into grocery store and push them around in the grocery carts! The carts aren’t the cleanest to begin with then you add the dogs…
Oh dear lord, yes about people who are always late. It is literally one of the most self centered things one can do but People who do this never seem to understand that their action is affecting anyone else. I once had someone I know explain that they were always late so that they wouldn’t have to wait for other people. I was dumbfounded that she didn’t understand the obnoxiousness of what she’d said.
“We are going to be the ones who bring our cats to the dinner party…I mean, why not? People are always asking if they can bring their dogs, but I never see a cat brought to any function.” Of course, they never do that, but the point was made, and it really made me laugh.
I saw this on on Valentine’s Day this year-terrible traffic getting to the restaurant, and people were zooming down the right turn lane then cutting in left into the regular lane. I watched the light turn red three times without moving because this special snowflake in front of me WOULD NOT TIGHTEN UP! and kept letting people cut in.
There was this HUGE semi truck behind me, and he started blowing his horn through me at the car in front of me, and I put my blinker on and moved one lane over to the left (figuring he’d be better at pressuring the car in front of me to stop leaving such huge gaps). I was right-that truck was so close behind the car (a Nissan Leaf, the existence of which is apparently solely for people with bad driving skills), he should have bought her dinner and a Valentine’s Day card.
I finally got through the light; the Leaf and the semi were still romancing each other (and the bazillion line cutters that continued to stream into the 3 car gap) in my rearview mirror.
Oh, late people-we don’t wait for them. It usually cures the lateness after a few incidents of them showing up to a restaurant and we’re already eating or arriving at the gates of a theme park and we’ve been inside for 30 minutes. Ain’t nobody got time for that nonsense.
Left turns. Come on - you know 3 lanes are going to have to stop and let you through. Just find a traffic signal and turn around so you can make a right.
Talking during exercise class! This usually happens with the person who is also 10 minutes late. (and brand new)
When people stand up at sporting events instead of sitting in the seats that we all paid good money for. I am short so I am able to see nothing when people do this. If everyone would just stay seated, we all could see.
@Knitkneelionmom - ditto for people who stand up, dance and sing along at concerts. We paid good money to see/hear the musicians sing-- not listen to some off key rendition and watch someone’s rear.
People who go out in public when they are coughing, sneezing and blowing germs on everyone else. If you MUST go out wear a mask.
Last time I flew there was a guy coughing and coughing, nasty. He was across the aisle from me. Sure enough a few days later, I was sick, spoiling my visit. I had been staying with D, but went to a hotel to minimize my chances of infecting her. The original Germ spreader on the plane was sitting next to a baby! Poor parents when the baby became sick.
“Left turns. Come on - you know 3 lanes are going to have to stop and let you through. Just find a traffic signal and turn around so you can make a right.”
Did you read the article about how UPS bans its drivers from making lefts unless absolutely necessary. Apparently it saves enormous amounts of time and fuel.
Along the lines of standing at a concert or sporting event are the people that have to give a standing ovation to every theatre performance. We have seen many shows on Broadway and see excellent touring companies here in Southern California, but very few really deserve a standing ovation.
I think performers wouldn’t be happy if everyone just sat in their seats at concerts, unless we’re talking about classical music. It’s why many artists want seats at the front to go to their ardent fans vs. VIPs. If you are going to a concert that appeals to an audience under the age of 40, I think you should be prepared for people standing or stay home. I think that’s just the reality of the situation.
Did you ever have someone do something that was beyond irritating and you just got furious? That happened to me on Wednesday. I work in a building with two entry turnstiles, one on each side of the building, so in distance it’s a city block apart. On the South side, people were streaming into the building to scan in, which takes a quick second. The turnstiles are located about five feet in front of the revolving doors into the building. The other morning, a man walked in slowly, casually, with his briefcase and his coffee. He didn’t have his swipe card out, so he stopped at the turnstile, took a sip of the coffee and placed it on the turnstile, then he took off his gloves sloooooowly, one at a time, and put them down, then he picked up his briefcase, to look for his swipe card but got an email so he had to stop and check that. Then he began looking for the swipe card. When he finally found it, he had to take another sip of the coffee, put the gloves on one at a time and pick up his stuff before swiping. In the meanwhile, people were backed up behind him, through the revolving door, which was then stuck, and around the corner waiting in the cold to get into the building. Jerk never even looked up to see the other people around him. It was just so over the top disdainful of the rest of humanity that I wanted to yell at him. Everyone else was furious too.
