There's this new trend in our neighborhood where after someone says something to you, they end it by calling you a fool. Where is Burnside fool, and do you have a cigarette fool? I absolutely hate this, and find it incredibly inconsiderate. What are things that people say or do that annoy you?

anyone that uses the word "synergy" is immediately designated as a moron in my eyes.

anyone that uses the word "synergy" is immediately designated as a moron in my eyes.

:lol: Iv'e heard that word used many times, and still have no clue what it means.

I hate when people say "nom nom nom" after eating something (or talking about food). I know it's a joke, but for some reason it really annoys me. :lol:

People started doing this a few years ago around here and it annoys the crap about me - when people talk in online language.

They would actually say O-M-G or L-O-L.

I hate when people say "nom nom nom" after eating something (or talking about food). I know it's a joke, but for some reason it really annoys me. :lol:

YES!!!!!! That drives me absolutely insane!!! Another thing I hate is when people eat while driving, and when people talk while eating, and when they make alot of noise chewing. A couple weeks ago my mom said that I was just like my brother. He was in the car with my mom as she was eating while driving, as well as talking while eating. He said to her, no offense or anything, but if you keep eating while talking, I'm going to have to walk the rest of the way home. lol I know this doesn't seem like a big deal, but honestly these are some of the things that aggitates me most in love.

All politically correct terms like using african american instead of black. Only morons are politically correct.and most terms that have come out in the last 20 years are just stupid.largely the influence of the internet the media and rap

Another thing that kind of annoys me, is when people tell you that they can relate when you're talking about something that they have never been through. I don't mind when it's something that they can truly relate to, it's just when they talk about something they know absolutely nothing about, it annoys the crap out of me. Naughty By Nature said it best in their song Ghetto Bastard. "So don't say jack, and please don't say you understand,
All that man-to-man talk can walk, damn, If you ain't live it, you couldn't feel it, so fill it skillet All that talk about it won't help it out, now will it."

Ghetto Bastard (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7VD5UpAXPo)

Here's another one, when a random stranger asks you if you have a cigarette. I don't smoke, so I never have one, but I have people asking me that on a daily basis. Sometimes I'll have up to three people ask me in one day, and one time, I was actually asked three times by the same person. So annoying. ohno: The only good thing about it is that you get to meet alot of hot chicks. lol ;)

People who tell you that they will pray for you, but don't follow through. I use to do this myself at times, but over the last five years or so, I'm actually being honest, and I do actually pray for them, and love doing it.

I hate it when people chide you for complaining about the weather. For instance, if you say you thought it was unbearably hot somewhere, and someone says "well, it's summer, what do you expect?"

That's rude as hell on two levels. One, does the fact that it's summer mean that we are supposed to EXPECT day after day of 100 degree temperatures? I don't want to get into a global warming debate here, but the weather is noticeably more extreme than when I was young. And even if it weren't, it's my business and right to say it's too hot for me, I'm just letting off some steam, so to speak.

Second, I really hate it when someone else tries to diminish someone else's concern. "Oh you're just being silly..." how arrogant! We all have our own little gripes and we should be tolerant of them. If you don't agree with my opinion, that's fine but don't act like I'm a wimp or a fool for expressing it.

I dislike when people say in the cold winter months that they wish it was summer. Then, when summer gets here they complain about the heat. :crazy:

What I hate most is when someone asks you for their opinion, and then you give them an honest answer. Then when they don't like it they say "Did I ask you for your opinion?" I'm like "Yes, actually you did."
If they don't want your opinion, they shouldn't ask. Also, if they can't accept your opinion, they shouldn't act like they never asked you in the first place. Bugs me.

Also I hate it when someone says "Dude!" or "Wuz up!" all the time. For example "Did you see that dude? It was awesome!" or someone you know sees you and says "Wuz up?" I am thinking "It's what's up, and I'm not a dude." Very annoying.

I am the same way about people commenting about the heat. Like when it's really hot out and they complain about it, I do tend to agree with them but don't go into detail. I usually say, "It is hot, but I would rather it be hot, than cold. When it's hot you can cool off but when it's cold it's just cold." Then I try to change the subject or drop it but the other person will just go on and on about it till I about want to kill them.

I am the same way about people commenting about the heat. Like when it's really hot out and they complain about it, I do tend to agree with them but don't go into detail. I usually say, "It is hot, but I would rather it be hot, than cold. When it's hot you can cool off but when it's cold it's just cold." Then I try to change the subject or drop it but the other person will just go on and on about it till I about want to kill them.

See, I always say the opposite. That is, when it's cold you can always put on more and more layers until you are finally warm, but when it's hot you can only go so far. And even if you are totally unclothed, you will still be hot! :)

People started doing this a few years ago around here and it annoys the crap about me - when people talk in online language.

They would actually say O-M-G or L-O-L.

Drives me crazy too. I'm not a text message. Also dislike when people end their statements with "It is what it is"

^ Yeah, I hate that too. It's shades of the 1990's "SH#t Happens", which also burned my soul. :mad:

People started doing this a few years ago around here and it annoys the crap about me - when people talk in online language.

They would actually say O-M-G or L-O-L.

Hell, I hate when people use internet language on the internet. lol To this day I still don't understand what 90% of internet lingo means. And why do I always say lol? I may smile, or even chuckle, but I am rarely ever actually laughing out loud. lol See, I just did it again, and all I did was chuckle. :lol:

When someone spells awesome like awsome. For some reason it really annoys me.

Another thing that annoys me is at work when a customer comes up to me and calls me "hey boss". For some reason it just burns me.

But the most annoying to me is people have screaming matches or talk about things you really don't need to know about on cells in public. A cell might be a phone but they not in their home or office and this I know upsets people around them.

this has always annoyed me how about when you like a certian older actor or tv show or type of music and someone else says well why would you like that or how do you know about so and so that was before your time abe lincocon was before out time too and we all know about him so why wouldnt some of us know about other people one time someone started talking about the late diana hyland and started off by saying oh but your too young to remember her well i was nearly 6 when she passed away and i had alredy seen the eps of 8 is enough that she had been in so how could i be too young to remember what i saw on tv with my own eyes

People who intentionally mis pronounce words.


People who say meat and potaters-that annoys the sh*t out of me:mad:

People who intentionally mis pronounce words.


People who say meat and potaters-that annoys the sh*t out of me:mad:

I sometimes do that, but it's only because I'm imitating Archie Bunker. It's woman's intermission, (instead of women's intuition) transtesticle, (instead of transexual) I have to use the terlet, (instead of toilet) and many more. Man that guy was hilarious! ;)

People who intentionally mis pronounce words.


People who say meat and potaters-that annoys the sh*t out of me:mad:

My dad does that, but it is due to his Italian accent.

For mozzarella cheese he says 'mozzorell'.

For tomato sauce he goes 'tamata'.

I hate when you do something predictable, and someone says, "I know you better than you know yourself." It's creepy to me because I see it as a personal violation. Who gives anyone the chutzpah to claim they know me better than myself?!

Also, bad language. For example, I don't like when someone uses the word f----n' as an adjective constantly. For ex. "I left the f----n' house, got in the f----n' car, drove down the f----n' street." Sometimes in a movie or a book in context it can emphasize things, but it's not only crude and ill-mannered, but these people need to get a vocabulary.

Also, about the F-word, people using it openly, like in restaurants and public places with women and children around. If they want to use it in private, go ahead. My language isn't always the best, but I am aware of my surroundings and try not to offend those around me.

I hate when someone speaks in what I call, self-interview style. It goes something like this.

I started my new job this week. Is it the perfect job for me? No, but jobs are hard to get. Am I going to grow old and retire from there? That would be a big no. It's just to tide me over. I hope to go to school for graphic design in the future, but it's expensive. Is it worth it? That remains to be seen, but that is a lucrative market.

I don't bother reading posts that don't have punctuation. It's a pain in the neck. If the person won't take the time to make their post readable, then I'm not reading it. I don't care about bad grammar or spelling, typos and the rest; I know people have reasons for that. No punctuation; that's just lazy.

I can't stand when people overdo the quote thing with their fingers. My husband's uncle did that, and it drove me up a wall. He just loved putting his fingers up in the air to make that quote sign, lol.

I don't like when people diminish a person's loss or situation because they can "top" it. For instance, I've had a lot of losses in my family. As in, they're all gone except for my brother. It would be like me saying to someone who lost their beloved aunt or grandmother, "That's sad, but try losing your entire family." That would be rude and insensitive on my part.

A fake example would be if someone says to a person who just lost their job, "You think that's bad, my husband and I both lost our jobs." Things like that. Everyone's loss or situation is important to them. One doesn't top the other.

I don't bother reading posts that don't have punctuation. It's a pain in the neck. If the person won't take the time to make their post readable, then I'm not reading it. I don't care about bad grammar or spelling, typos and the rest; I know people have reasons for that. No punctuation; that's just lazy.

I can't stand when people overdo the quote thing with their fingers. My husband's uncle did that, and it drove me up a wall. He just loved putting his fingers up in the air to make that quote sign, lol.

I don't like when people diminish a person's loss or situation because they can "top" it. For instance, I've had a lot of losses in my family. As in, they're all gone except for my brother. It would be like me saying to someone who lost their beloved aunt or grandmother, "That's sad, but try losing your entire family." That would be rude and insensitive on my part.

A fake example would be if someone says to a person who just lost their job, "You think that's bad, my husband and I both lost our jobs." Things like that. Everyone's loss or situation is important to them. One doesn't top the other.


You think THOSE are annoying?? Well, I can top that... (just kidding) :)

I agree with you on all counts, Janice. I have a friend who tries to top EVERYTHING I say. If I have to get up at 6 AM, she tries to make her morning look worse in comparison ("well, I have to get up at 5!"). Everything is always worse and more miserable. She's gotten a lot better about not doing that, but man she used to be bad!

I also hate when people don't use punctuation. I understand not everyone has a handle on grammar/spelling (although I'm a bit of a grammar nazi myself), but not using punctuation is pure laziness, IMO.

I hate when someone speaks in what I call, self-interview style. It goes something like this.

I started my new job this week. Is it the perfect job for me? No, but jobs are hard to get. Am I going to grow old and retire from there? That would be a big no. It's just to tide me over. I hope to go to school for graphic design in the future, but it's expensive. Is it worth it? That remains to be seen, but that is a lucrative market.

:clap It drives me crazy too. Similarly, when people are relating something to you, and their statements are all inflected like questions. For example: "We went to the food bank? And we helped those who didn't have enough to eat? And who wouldn't have a dinner for the holidays?" (It seems like a vocal tic common among American teenage girls, and both boys and girls from about 8 to 11 years old). I don't know how this developed, but I hear it frequently, as when a kid is being interviewed on the news. I hear it in adults, though less frequently, but more with women. My cousin, who teaches public speaking at a local community college, says that it shows a lack of confidence in the speaker. That may be true in part, but to me it's just an annoying vocal habit that just grates on my nerves.

I wholeheartedly agree with you Janice. Me and my buddy Preston were just talking about this several weeks ago, about how annoying it is when someone tries to one up you in everything. This was actually going to be my next complaint in this thread. It's extremely annoying!

The Kardashians

People who explain their own jokes. ^^^

Guess no one got it

The thread is called Things people DO that annoy you, and lots of guys do The Kardashians, and they annoy me

Hey Jack, no intense offended, (As Archie Bunker would say), but you need to give people a chance to respond. I'm sure some people got the joke, (Missed it myself) but you only posted a little over an hour ago. You know how slow these boards have been recentely, it has nothing to do with you. Like I said, no offense intended, but just give people a little time to respond. Just a little advice from a friend. :)

People who explain their own jokes. ^^^
I felt like I had to cause it killed the thread

Hey Jack, no intense offended, (As Archie Bunker would say), but you need to give people a chance to respond. I'm sure some people got the joke, (Missed it myself) but you only posted a little over an hour ago. You know how slow these boards have been recentely, it has nothing to do with you. Like I said, no offense intended, but just give people a little time to respond. Just a little advice from a friend. :)
LOL true, yeah I know that,but here;s another thing that annoys me, when I reply to a thread, go back and see mine was the last reply,but other threads have replies after mine, and I feel like i killed what seemed like a popular thread , and a great one

I felt like I had to cause it killed the thread

It didn't kill the thread. The thread has gone nearly 24 hours without a response in recent days, yours was only a little over an hour ago.

When people say, only the good die young. Lots of young people die, but just as many, if not more bad people die young. I also hate it when you tell a joke, and a person reacts badly to it. Some people take things far to seriously, and need a sense of humor transplant.

When people say you're phony just because you're a nice person. I know it's foreign to alot of people, but some people actually do enjoy being nice, and doing good for others. Deal with it!! I know that misery loves company, but you're not going to change me, or bring me down. If anything, you're ugliness will sicken me, and will just make me want to be that much nicer, just so I'm not anything like you. As annoying as my optimisn can be at times, Atleast I can say that it's genuine.

When people say you're phony just because you're a nice person. I know it's foreign to alot of people, but some people actually do enjoy being nice, and doing good for others. Deal with it!! I know that misery loves company, but you're not going to change me, or bring me down. If anything, you're ugliness will sicken me, and will just make me want to be that much nicer, just so I'm not anything like you. As annoying as my optimisn can be at times, Atleast I can say that it's genuine.

You're a good guy, Brad :) Don't change! Screw 'em, I say! ;)

One thing that has always gotten under my skin is when older people talk down to you just because you're younger then them. You sometimes want to smack em in the back of the head and say hey, talk to me like a man, and quit talking to me like I'm an infant. People always say respect your elders, but sometimes that's hard to do, because I don't think most young people can respect someone who doesn't respect them back, and who continuously talks down to them. I'm your peer, so treat me like one. On the flip side, it always annoys me when a young person thinks they know everything, and won't ever listen to anybody, because they don't want to learn new things, and they think that they know it all. Try listening to an elder who you can actually respect, and be open minded to what they have to say. You'll be amazed with how much you will learn. That's why most of my friends have been older throughout my life, because I enjoy learning new things, and respect those who respect me, and can admit when I'm wrong about something. Anyway, both of these situations drive me equally crazy. :crazy:

You're a good guy, Brad :) Don't change! Screw 'em, I say! ;)

Thanks so much for that, I really appreciate it. And I will be sure to take your advice. Thanks again my friend! ;) :wave:

I actually think that many older people who like to talk down to younger people, are actually intimidated by a fairly intelligent young person who knows how to conduct him, or herself. They make subtle wise cracks to you, in an attempt to make you look stupid, and refuse to acknowledge a young persons points, because it's beneath them, and drives them crazy to see a young person who has his own views, and opinions on things, and refuses to be bullied, and discriminated against, just because he happens to be young. (Wow, that was a run on sentance, wasn't it? lol) Most of the older people here are cool, but there are alot in the world who are not. Since it happens so seldomnly, it makes me feel really great when an elder gives me respect, and talks to me as an equal, instead of talking to me as if I'm beneath them.

hate when my sister consantley says really really hate that

One thing that has always gotten under my skin is when older people talk down to you just because you're younger then them. You sometimes want to smack em in the back of the head and say hey, talk to me like a man, and quit talking to me like I'm an infant. People always say respect your elders, but sometimes that's hard to do, because I don't think most young people can respect someone who doesn't respect them back, and who continuously talks down to them. I'm your peer, so treat me like one. On the flip side, it always annoys me when a young person thinks they know everything, and won't ever listen to anybody, because they don't want to learn new things, and they think that they know it all. Try listening to an elder who you can actually respect, and be open minded to what they have to say. You'll be amazed with how much you will learn. That's why most of my friends have been older throughout my life, because I enjoy learning new things, and respect those who respect me, and can admit when I'm wrong about something. Anyway, both of these situations drive me equally crazy. :crazy:i agree its very annoying .i like hearing what people who are younger than i am have to say about things i find it interesting and i actully hasve had younger people tell me that im a good listener because of it

I hate when people say "nom nom nom" after eating something (or talking about food). I know it's a joke, but for some reason it really annoys me. :lol:hi kristel:wave: its nice to see you here again

I hate it when someone says; " I havent eaten all day "
I Tell them " You're not supposed to eat ALL day,hog ass "

I hate the phrase "My bad". It offends my sense of grammar. Do people still say that? It is so annoying!:mad:

I hate the phrase "My bad". It offends my sense of grammar. Do people still say that? It is so annoying!:mad:

I hate that phrase too. I remember when that phrase got popular in the mid 1990's. I use to be a street basketball player. Whenever the kids would make a bad pass or something, they'd always say, my bad. I remember I use to foul the kids who said this extra hard, because it annoyed me so much.

I noticed another mid 90's saying that has actually been replaced. The phrase: "It's all good." Now instead, most people say "no worries." I still say it's all good though. I actually like that saying. I also use the word peeps alot, which is short for people. I know many are annoyed by it, but I just like the word for some reason. Fits my personality I guess.

hi kristel:wave: its nice to see you here again

Hi, Donald :wave: Good to see you again too! :happyface How are ya?

Hi, Donald :wave: Good to see you again too! :happyface How are ya?pretty good thanks hope you are doing well

"Nuff said."

I'm not sure why, but it bugs me.


Also I hate when someone describes an older movie as being "dated"...."It was good but dated" or "The movie is just too dated"....I'm sorry, are you expecting a 40 year old movie to look like it was filmed today?

I hate when I send someone a gift and they take their time acknowledging it, and when they do, it's just a two sentence e-mail thank you. Which brings me to the question, have thank you notes gone out of style? Seriously, I wonder. I have done some super sweet things for people, and I'm lucky if I get a thank-you via e-mail. I wouldn't mind, but most grocery stores sell cards these days. I don't give to get or anything like that, but it's nice to know that someone appreciates your thoughtfulness.

Also I hate when someone describes an older movie as being "dated"...."It was good but dated" or "The movie is just too dated"....I'm sorry, are you expecting a 40 year old movie to look like it was filmed today?

I'm so happy to see that I'm not alone on this subject.

Why on Earth should some people care so much if a movie or TV show they once loved back in the day is dated or not? Just enjoy it for what it is and stop judging it by today's standards.

Just saw this tonight when I went out before...

I hate when people walk down the sidewalk looking at their phones, or any electronic devices, and aren't paying attention to where they are walking.

People even do it crossing the street... it's really something.

Just saw this tonight when I went out before...

I hate when people walk down the sidewalk looking at their phones, or any electronic devices, and aren't paying attention to where they are walking.

People even do it crossing the street... it's really something.

I hate that too... also, people who don't apologise when they bump into you, I find very rude... and a group of people spread across a footpath, dawdling, expecting you to walk AROUND them (I always walk right through them instead)... I live in an area many Chinese (especially from Hong Kong) immigrated to during the '90s, and I'm not saying they're all rude, but I've had this mostly happen to me with them... Maybe they're used to being swamped by people their whole life, but I'm not... I'm also not too fond of "helpful" sales assistants when I don't want help, but that's when walking into a store listening to an iPod comes in handy... It also does when you might fear being targeted by someone on the street wanting to sign you up for something... sorry, can't hear you, bye... (I'm not rude enough to say "f*** off" lol)... Someone on their phone in a cinema (during a movie) tends to make me feel momentarily homicidal...

I hate when I send someone a gift and they take their time acknowledging it, and when they do, it's just a two sentence e-mail thank you. Which brings me to the question, have thank you notes gone out of style? Seriously, I wonder. I have done some super sweet things for people, and I'm lucky if I get a thank-you via e-mail. I wouldn't mind, but most grocery stores sell cards these days. I don't give to get or anything like that, but it's nice to know that someone appreciates your thoughtfulness.

I know what you mean Janice. Daily, I go out of my way to help others. 24 hours a day, with no break, and I LOVE IT!!! Basically gave my whole check away today, but it was for a good reason. to pay bills, as well as to pay for my moms meds. I also don't give to get, but like I said over at Facebook, a smile on someones face is enough for me. Sadly, oftentimes, most people don't even give you that. Whatever, nothing will ever stop me from giving. I probably get more out of it, then the people I give to get. I continue to give to those who don't acknowledge it though. Hoping someday they'll realize what I've done for them, and maybe even give me a smile. :)

Just saw this tonight when I went out before...

I hate when people walk down the sidewalk looking at their phones, or any electronic devices, and aren't paying attention to where they are walking.

People even do it crossing the street... it's really something.

Agreed! Also, along those same lines, I hate it when a person is walking at night, wearing all black. We've hit one guy for this reason, and we've come close to hitting many of them, because they couldn't be seen in the dark.

i agree its very annoying .i like hearing what people who are younger than i am have to say about things i find it interesting and i actully hasve had younger people tell me that im a good listener because of it

That's great to hear. It's nice to see people treated as equals, since that seems to be so rare these days. I have learned so much from younger people throughout my life, including many members here at SO. :)

One thing that has always hurt me, not so much annoy me, is how when a tragedy happens in your life, and you ask for prayers, and how those who dislike you oftentimes won't even acknowledge, or send along their prayers, and thoughts, simply because you have had a heated past with the person. Shows how evil, and hateful so many can be. Sad to see that some people can't even put their differences to the side, to send you some well wishes during tragedy. :( Just makes me pray harder for them though.

When people dismiss you as a friend when someone, or something new comes along. Dealing with this now, and have fallen into a minor depression over it. Trying to be strong though but it is so hard. :(

I hate when I send someone a gift and they take their time acknowledging it, and when they do, it's just a two sentence e-mail thank you. Which brings me to the question, have thank you notes gone out of style? Seriously, I wonder. I have done some super sweet things for people, and I'm lucky if I get a thank-you via e-mail. I wouldn't mind, but most grocery stores sell cards these days. I don't give to get or anything like that, but it's nice to know that someone appreciates your thoughtfulness.

Along those same lines, I hate it when you go out of your way to respond to your facebook friends, and how most of them rarely, if ever respond to any of your posts. I have 60 facebook friends, and only five or six of them even post on my wall. What's weird is that when I was offline for a year, they would talk about how much they love, and miss me, yet when I came back, those same people have completely ignored me, and it's now obvious that much of what they told me when I was gone was b*ll****. What are you gonna do?? :rolleyes:

When people, in the course of their conversations, say "um" and "you know" all too often.

When I vent on FB and people comment and go "Aren't you ever happy?" Or "Are you always this pissed off all the time?" **** off, *******s. I don't comment on YOUR status updates, telling you that I notice you're always pissed off or whatever. Whatsa the matter, I'm not allowed to vent? Would you rather I vented on the internet and then felt better after a bit, or would you rather I killed someone out of anger? CHOOSE ONE. You're going with the former? GOOD, I THOUGHT SO.

When I vent on FB and people comment and go "Aren't you ever happy?" Or "Are you always this pissed off all the time?" **** off, *******s. I don't comment on YOUR status updates, telling you that I notice you're always pissed off or whatever. Whatsa the matter, I'm not allowed to vent? Would you rather I vented on the internet and then felt better after a bit, or would you rather I killed someone out of anger? CHOOSE ONE. You're going with the former? GOOD, I THOUGHT SO.

I'm like you, only I usually get the opposite. Why are you always so positive? Beacause I don't want to be miserable. There's a thought. :rolleyes: Then when I'm angry, they ask: why are you so angry?? you just want to say to them make up your mind people, do you want me to be happy or sad?? If there's a third option, please share. Silly people. lol

I'm like you, only I usually get the opposite. Why are you always so positive? Beacause I don't want to be miserable. There's a thought. :rolleyes: Then when I'm angry, they ask: why are you so angry?? you just want to say to them make up your mind people, do you want me to be happy or sad?? If there's a third option, please share. Silly people. lol
Zactly. I'm not gonna **** on your parade. If you need to be pissy, be pissy. Even if it lasts for a week. PLEASE go right ahead. It's NOT GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH if you keep the anger bottled up and don't vent.

I must be doing something right, because I don't have high blood pressure. LOL

Clearly you're not allowed to have emotions ever! That's what your third option is. Gosh, didn't you get that memo?! j/k :lol:

Cowards who are tough guys behind a keyboard, yet kind to your face. Have some guts, and say what you say behind your keyboard to my face.

I agree with a lot of the comments you guys have made and can sympathize. Some people suck! :lol: I hate when you hold the door for someone and they dont say jack s*** :p I'll say, "well you're welcome"! Loud enough so they can hear :crazy: people acting that way makes you not want to be nice to others after it happens so often. Hince the fact that common courtesy has been thrown out the door these days :confused:

That's happen to me on occasion. If I see them again, I don't bother holding the door for them.

Here's another one (and I hope I'm not alone on this one): Stereotypical assumptions.

Examples:

All African-Americans support O.J. Simpson.

All African-Americans support Barack Obama

All liberals support Casey Anthony, and only conservatives don't.

Rude cashiers. I loathe it when you are in a line and the person at the cash register can't even be bothered to look at you, let alone smile. I understand they may have had a bad day, but it's not my fault. I'm just a customer, Heaven forbid. Sometimes they don't even tell me my total, I guess I'm just supposed to look at the register and figure it out.

Even WORSE is when you have a cashier who is holding up a line because they are chatting away with someone they know in line. Yes, a quick "hello" and "how are you?" are great, but let's leave the long personal stories for your off hours. Meanwhile, your CUSTOMERS are being inconvenienced.

Anyway, here's another thing that bugs me. When people get so use to you being nice to them, that they start taking it for granted. They start off praising you in an over the top way, but as time goes on, you are lucky to get even a thank you out of them. Never knew why people would always say that there's a such thing as being too nice until people started doing this.

The discussion is over. That's for everyone, including me.

there is a guy at PSR who always talks about Deoderent,how to spell the letter TOM in Sign Language,and talking about The Beatles and Elvis Presley and he always talks about keeping the bathroom clean and Blueberries.

You know what really annoys me..when people CARE too much what others think or say about them! WHO FREAKING CARES!!! Self-confidence is a beautiful thing. I had my fair share of people saying crap about me, gossiping about me, etc. But it has not affect on the person that I am. I am still a good person, who is not jaded, bitter or even angry. Why? Because in life, you really need to inquire thick skin. Life is painful, life is hard; and in order to survive it, you have to be strong, positive and have a loving and a forgiving heart...:)

AMEN Tara!! :clap:

The discussion is over. That's for everyone, including me.
It sometimes bothers me too when people don't let me know that they appreciate the nice things I've done for them but I get over it quickly when I remember my real reward for any good I have done will be awaiting me in heaven. And I know God can (and will) reward me in ways that my little human brain can't even imagine. And that is so worth waiting for!!

I know the economy is weak and the job market is tough but lately i been getting this stupid advice from people on a employment i'm a member of

"Just start your own business"



WTF didn't of that before?? That's my next task, lol But that seems to be the new thing everyone wants to say now in regards to employment.

This is something that I often do myself that annoys me. Acting on impulse and emotions, and saying things that I later regret. Never once in my life have things ended well when I acted on what my heart was saying, while ignoring what my mind was telling me. I still make this mistake ALOT, and in no way am I going to try to make myself look like a victim. No excuses, fact is Iv'e lashed out without thinking, and refuse to b.s anyone by trying to make myself look good. I'll be honest with ya"ll. Within the past three weeks, I have blown up probably four or five times. Twice on my neighbor Tommy, a couple times on my family, and three or four days ago on a guy who disrespected me on the streets. I take full responsibility, and all the blame for my reactions. They were also very much in the wrong, but I was just as much, if not more in the wrong for handling the situation poorly, and acting strictly on impulse. Fortunately though, I have gotten alot better in recent months, and for the first time ever, I see myself finally walking the walk more, and talking the talk less. All we can do is learn from our mistakes, and make an honest attempt to change for the better. Won't minimize the negativity, nor maximize the positivity. Just tell it like it is.

Anyway, here's another thing that bugs me. When people get so use to you being nice to them, that they start taking it for granted. They start off praising you in an over the top way, but as time goes on, you are lucky to get even a thank you out of them. Never knew why people would always say that there's a such thing as being too nice until people started doing this.i kind of koow what you mean i have a simillar problem and that is being mistaken for a pushover and then people being shocked when i actully get upset at them for something it dosent happen too often and i try to be easygoing and understanding to people but im no pushover

Something I dislike very much: on a message board, you see a thread of interest to you, and you read all the posts in that thread, and you make a post in it (maybe quoting one of the posts in the process). What I dislike about it is that sometimes, one of these things happens:

--Your post stays as the most recent in that thread/forum for a good long while (that thread/forum may grow cold).
--That thread does get a response, but the response does not address your post in any way, shape or form.
--The threads above/below the one you posted in get responses while yours languishes (semi-related to the first problem).

Sometimes, it happens that you make a new thread in a forum/sub-forum (after inspection of the subject matter), and that first post of the thread just sits there and doesn't get a response while all the other threads get quite a few responses. You tend to wonder if you did something wrong or said something wrong.

Sometimes, you do get a response to your post, but it's of the "flaming" variety. I remember once that I posted on golden-road.net and said that Rod Roddy's death (he passed 8 years ago) could have been a blessing in disguise, because I didn't think that he could have handled Drew Carey. Not much later, I got accusations that I was insensitive and rude. I responded back and apologized, because I didn't know that in this responder's opinion, I was rude. That didn't help, because the accusations continued for a little while. Fortunately, IIRC, someone came to my defense and said to them that I apologized for what I said, and I appreciated that very much.

Fortunately, IIRC, none of the abovementioned things have happened very much to me in my time here and on other message boards, but that does not mean that I don't dislike it when they do happen.

When people say "it don't matter." Also anyone who pronounces it catsup instead of ketchup.

When people say "nucular" instead of "nuclear".

It's not so much that this annoys me, moreso that it frustrates me, and makes me sad. i found out today that i do it myself though, so i'm as much to blame, if not more than anyone.

i get frustrated when people jump to conclusions. i have lost so many friends recentely over total misunderstandings, and people thinking that everything that i have to say is about them. Facebook is where i have learned this lesson the harshest. it has literally gotten to the point where i have to end atleast 50% of my messages with disclaimers, saying no, this is not about you, and i'm being serious, and my facebook friends here know exactly what i'm saying, that's the way i end them, because daily, sometimes multiple times this happens. Just one of the many bad things about having so many strong and unpopular opinions, which ya'll know, i do. lol

It's so sad when a friendship ends over a total misunderstanding. All it takes is for the person to reach out, and simply ask, are you talking about me? Atleast 90% of my recent friendships ended over misunderstandings.

It got to the point where when people would confront me, i just gave in, and pretended that what i said was about them. i found that oftentimes the more i'd try to tell them what really happened, it would just make them more angry with me. i don't do this anymore though, i now simply just move on, and i know the truth will be revealed in time, it always is.

My inspiration for this post is what i found out this morning. iv'e been on facebook for well over two years, and to answer friends messages, i always went to the home page. Never understood why so few of my friends ever had anything to say. lol Found out the other day that only certain friends posts show up on your home page, and that you have to click on each name individually to read them all. Ooops. lol i feel like such an A-Hole, because i know that many of them walked away cause i never responded. To them i apologize, and admit, i was wrong.

Anyway, point being, know the truth before you jump to conclusions, even when it seems obvious. Usually when people are "obviously talking about you" in reality, it actually has very little, or nothing to do with you at all. Just a little friendly advice to EVERYONE here. Notice how i said everyone?? ;)

Maybe you should re-word your posts, over at Facebook; so people, will not jump to conclusions. Make it very clear that what you are saying is NOT directed towards them; then there will not be any misunderstandings. And another thing, if these people are truly your friends, they would respect your opinions, even if they disagree...

i will do that Tara. i already did it three times, hence the i'm totally to blame, and i'm such an A-Hole, and it is totally my fault, but i will look over it again and see if their is any other changes i can make. :)

this has always annoyed me how about when you like a certian older actor or tv show or type of music and someone else says well why would you like that or how do you know about so and so that was before your time abe lincocon was before out time too and we all know about him so why wouldnt some of us know about other people one time someone started talking about the late diana hyland and started off by saying oh but your too young to remember her well i was nearly 6 when she passed away and i had alredy seen the eps of 8 is enough that she had been in so how could i be too young to remember what i saw on tv with my own eyes

I get that from my father; he wonders why I like the NFL of the past (or sports for that matter) and watch a lot of DVDs of the same, while paying little or no attention to the NFL or other sports of today. He says, why would you watch games that have already been decided long ago when you can/should be looking at what has yet to be decided (or words to that effect). I don't know how to explain it, but the reasons are obvious (or should be).

In regards to my last post, i found that there is a flip side to it. Oftentimes, we think we are writing about nobody in particular, when infact, even though we weren't thinking about anyone in particular, after we write the message, we realize, wow, i'm actually talking about six or seven different people. lol The subconcious mind is powerful, and often is more truthful than the concious mind mind.

Thank you so much for your advice Tara. You were right, and i made the appropriate changes. i appreciate it very much!! :) :heart:

Ahhh, here's one i'm sure many can relate with. People who don't do their own dishes, or who put them on the counter when you have a dishwasher.

i usually do dishes by hand, so as to not use too much electricity. Everybody thinks i'm weird, but i tell them that they'll thank me when the electricity bill is 30 bucks lower next month. But yeah, i'm dish man, and so i get annoyed a bit.

The last three times i have done dishes, i spent about an hour and a half doing them each time. Not just doing dishes, but sparkling up the whole kitchen. Everytime i finished, things smelled wonderful, and looked beautiful. i came up about 30 minutes later, and each time, it looked like a freaking tornado hit the place. A tub of dirty dishes, a filthy countertop, and a not so wonderful aroma.

One of the many joys of having 4 roomates, and about 5 visitors a day. Oh joy! lol

When someone farts in the car. Not fun. lol

When someone farts in the car. Not fun. lol

Ugh! That's awful. I completely agree. If that happens to me, I feel like I'm going to lose my lunch. :barf:

One thing that people do that always gets under my skin is whenever I am at a store and trying to find a parking spot, I appear to find one, only to see someone leave a shopping cart right in the middle of it. This inconsiderate act annoys me to no end! :mad:

Ugh! That's awful. I completely agree. If that happens to me, I feel like I'm going to lose my lunch. :barf:

One thing that people do that always gets under my skin is whenever I am at a store and trying to find a parking spot, I appear to find one, only to see someone leave a shopping cart right in the middle of it. This inconsiderate act annoys me to no end! :mad:

LOL on the car farting comment. Haha.

i so agree with you about the cart thing. The last couple times i went to Albertson's i put a couple carts away. i try to do this everytime i go now, to lessen someone's agitation.

In Wood Village where my brother use to work, it is usually really windy, and this causes a huge problem for carts that are left out rolling all over the parking lot, and hitting cars. iv'e seen this happen various times, and so i definitely put carts away when i go there. if i can help a person not to have a $500.00 car bill on their hands when they can barely feed themself, it's the least i can do.

Receiving "gems" emails like this:



Afterward, I sent him this link! punctation can be your friend (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuation)

I hope it wasn't some sort of e-mail with a virus attached.

Another thing that someone will say that annoys me is "Don't take this the wrong way, but..." - when someone says this, I know it is going to be something I am not going to want to hear. To me, it does not ease the sting.

When someone uses the word seen in the context of: "I seen you yesterday." Ugh! It's like nails on a chalkboard!!

When someone uses the word seen in the context of: "I seen you yesterday." Ugh! It's like nails on a chalkboard!!

I had a friend who would say that she "was going to take her son a bath." You can give a child a bath, but you can't take it for them.

It always annoys me how someone with halitosis will get right in your face, and keep talking. it's hard to breathe out of your mouth without looking obvious about it.

Even worse when a bit of there syliva comes out and lands on your face, or worse, in your mouth. Yes, this has happened to me.

People that try on tons of clothes and just leave them all over the floor of the dressing room. uncool :rolleyes:

The misspelling and misuse of the words woman and women.
I don't see what's so hard about it. Woman is singular. Women is plural. This is a common mistake but it bothers me.

Receiving "gems" emails like this:



Afterward, I sent him this link! punctation can be your friend (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctuation)

:lol: Oh man, so sorry you have to deal with that kind of crap. Some of the stories you've told me over the years with doofus guys has shocked me, and had me asking, Do people really do that?? On the bright side, it makes us feel better about ourselves, and makes us realize that hey, maybe i'm not such an idiot afterall. Atleast in comparison. lol What beautiful women have to put up with sometimes is disgraceful. i have always admired your ability to keep your humor through these things. Some people are so weird.

i get annoyed with myself when i write IMO, or say or write in my opinion. Afterall, i'm writing and saying it, so of course it's my opinion. Just doesn't seem necessary when you really think about it. lol

When you make a suggestion or statement after talking to someone about something, they reply, 'I don't know.'

Really? I didn't know I was asking you a question. I get that sometimes and I can't stand it. I feel like telling them, I didn't ask you a question.

i get annoyed with myself when i write IMO, or say or write in my opinion. Afterall, i'm writing and saying it, so of course it's my opinion. Just doesn't seem necessary when you really think about it. lol

It does come in handy sometimes when you want to make sure that whatever it is that you're saying is, in fact, just an opinion, rather than something you're trying to pass off as a statement of fact.

People who say "like" all the time to describe what someone else said. Such as...he was like, and she was like. Works my last nerve, and sounds dumb.

^ yep. hey maybe there's like a support group for that. :)

"Get over it." I find this kind of insensitive when reluctantly sharing in the first place. Sure maybe I annoy them by bringing up a painful situation, but it's something I rarely do. I know they don't mean harm, but saying a few words of support really helps one "get over it" much quicker.

People who say "He goes" She goes" instead of saying "he said " "she said". It drives me nuts! :crazy:

I hate it when people look over my shoulder when I'm on the computer. If I want them to know what I'm looking at, I will tell them.

I haven't had people say this to me in quite sometime but I've always hated it when they did.

What's your point?

That being said, yesterday I was at the bus stop and an old guy was by the bench as I didn't see him. Well, he asked me if I can see the car parked on the street which I could. Then he said, the buses are bigger than the car parked.

I just couldn't figure out why the hell he had to tell me that.

I'm thinking, okay, what's your point? :lol:

I did have my ipod but hadn't seen him approach but next time I should just leave my headphones on all the time.

1) When people talk during a movie. It always annoys me when you watch a movie that you have never seen before and the person next to you spoils the film for you by blabbing what is going to a happen a moment before it does.

2.)Another thing that annoys me is when people when you are trying to tell a story interrupt you and pretty much tell you to get to the point. I have a very short fuse so this gets to me after hearing it a a few times.

3.) When people chew with their mouth open. Honestly, I find this disgusting and unmannerly, but that is just me.

People that say " Huh ? " Everytime you ask them something, even when you know they heard you. I figure they are just buying time to think about what you just said because they are slowwwww.

The following phrases, uttered non stop by people in film, TV, and unfortunately, real life.

"Wait...what?"

"Let's blow this pop stand."

"It is what it is." Really? And here I would have guessed that it isn't what it is..." :rolleyes:

"Wait for it..."

"Killing it"

Something else that annoys me is when people scrape their teeth against their silverware, it just sends shivers down my spine.

The following phrases, uttered non stop by people in film, TV, and unfortunately, real life.

"Wait...what?"

"Let's blow this pop stand."

"It is what it is." Really? And here I would have guessed that it isn't what it is..." :rolleyes:

"Wait for it..."

"Killing it"

That's just how I roll.

It drives me crazy when people get right In your face while talking to you.

That's just how I roll.

Yeah, that's another cringe inducer.

1) When people talk during a movie. It always annoys me when you watch a movie that you have never seen before and the person next to you spoils the film for you by blabbing what is going to a happen a moment before it does.

So annoying and it seems like it just keeps getting worse. My question is, if these people are going to talk all the way through a movie, why don't they just wait for it to come out on DVD, watch it at home, and talk to their hearts content. Seriously, there are other people besides them in the theater.

People that say " Huh ? " Everytime you ask them something, even when you know they heard you. I figure they are just buying time to think about what you just said because they are slowwwww.

This is incredibly irritating. Typically, when I get the impression that someone has heard me, I won't repeat myself but just pause and wait for them to finally respond.

People that say " Huh ? " Everytime you ask them something, even when you know they heard you. I figure they are just buying time to think about what you just said because they are slowwwww.

Well, it depends on if you are talking too fast. I got a few managers who talk way too fast and I have to think about what they said or ask them to repeat.

But if the situation is in a loud environment, they might just not be able to hear or maybe you are in a group and they don't realize you are talking to them.

It just seems to me that people talk way too fast or are mumbling too much.

This is incredibly irritating. Typically, when I get the impression that someone has heard me, I won't repeat myself but just pause and wait for them to finally respond.

So.. what do you do when you are waiting? Do they respond after a few minutes or walk away?

So.. what do you do when you are waiting? Do they respond after a few minutes or walk away?

Well, I wouldn't stare at someone for a few minutes like a freak. If they don't respond after a few seconds, I would then repeat myself. But when I know they heard me, they usually respond within those few seconds.

Another thing I don't like is at restaurants when they put things on your food that you do not ask for, or they do not tell you that it comes with something else included on it.

Some places are great about it when they ask you if you want any lemon, any dressing, ketchup... whatever it is.




At this new sushi joint I tried they put lemon on my sushi. I didn't ask for it and there is nothing on the menu saying that it comes with lemon included. I can't stand lemon so even if I were to take the lemon off the food the flavor is still there.

Other sushi joints ask me if I want any seasonings, seeds, caviar... if I'm paying $25.00+ for a sushi meal it better be to my liking. I had to ask for a new order saying that I do not like lemon.



This hamburger joint I go to automatically puts ketchup on your french fries. I always have to tell them not to include ketchup.

When I ask for water at the diner I always tell them to not include the lemon.

I hate it when people scrape their knife against their fork. It sends shivers down my spine.

I hate it when people scrape their knife against their fork. It sends shivers down my spine.

You must be constantly shivering;)

Sometimes when I get a hamburger I forget to tell them how i want it cooked. It is nice when the waitress asked How do you want it cooked,

Sometimes when I get a hamburger I forget to tell them how i want it cooked. It is nice when the waitress asked How do you want it cooked,

Every place around here always asks.

I'm medium-rare.

You must be constantly shivering;)

Lol, yeah I am:)

One thing that annoys the hell out of me is when you say or write something with many good points, and people only respond to the most minor things. It could be something full of information, yet all they take from it is that you said he was 30 years old instead of his actual age of 32. This is often what people will do when they have no rebuttal to what you said, and so out of frustration they will find the most minor thing you said to take issue with. They are too focused on semantics. It's humorous, but infuriating at the same time.

This may have been said, People who stand in an aisle and seem not to know you want to pass by. I had one woman stand in the exit of a store, the pad you step on to open the door and she stands there talking on her cell phone. I felt like saying "how stupid can you be", but instead just said," I am passing by and I don't want to hurt you." Another gripe lately is people you see and you want to say hi and they have a cell glued to their ear and they just walk on by gabbing away. Those cell phones are bothering me.

People who speak idiot. There are many ways to speak idiot, but the one that annoys me the most is people who cuss every other word. Mostly wanksters, I mean gangsters with a grade school education do this. I unfortunately live in a neighborhood where idiot is the native language, and so I have to deal with this on a daily basis. I can't wait to move to a neighborhood where they speak in complete sentences, and say ask instead of aks. Don't aks me a question, ask me a question moron. lol

Fortunately I don't have too many swearers in my walks of life. I have some but I just think they are so below me. I squirm when I hear someone swear. and with a woman I squirm more. I tend to think they were brought up in much different world than I.

Fortunately I don't have too many swearers in my walks of life. I have some but I just think they are so below me. I squirm when I hear someone swear. and with a woman I squirm more. I tend to think they were brought up in much different world than I.

I can relate with that for sure. I wasn't raised around those types of people either. When my mom and dad were together, I was mostly around the church crowd. Many were awesome, a few, not so much. After they divorced though, she got together with Carl, who was raised totally different. On his own since he was 10, in and out of Juvi, on the streets, shot, stabbed, 8 years in prison, seen murders, etc. He introduced me to a whole new lifestyle. I respect him though, because even with that, he made himself better. Went to college in prison, an accomplished author, and golden glove boxer, among other accomplishments. I have issues with people who go through trials and tribulations, and never even attempt to get out of victim mode. Never make themselves better, and blame everyone else for their problems, and take their frustrations out on innocent people. I've met alot of people like that in my walk of life, and my hope is that one day they will get out of victim mode, and make their lives better. Many great men and women came from environments where idiot was the native language, but they rose above it, and bettered themselves. I admire that greatly!

Anyone who uses the word, "App!"

Is it so difficult to use the whole word, "Application"?!

Someone I've known for over 30 years is acting very strange. I got an apology from her yesterday, but then it snowballed into ugliness. It's unfortunate. She went from being [I thought] sorry to denying almost everything that she said and did on Tuesday. She came over and used my computer and printer. She was rude, swearing, stomping up and down stairs, slameed a door and even called me a liar when I provided her with my mother's zip code which she asked for. I don't go around lying and she should know that.

Her mood continued to get worse so I finally had to ask her to leave. She told me "that she would never speak to me again and that it's on me." She denies she said that. She's now claiming I've never been to her [technically her mother's] house, which isn't true. I was there on Thanksgiving when her mother was in town. We aren't speaking now. :(

Greedy roommates who eat all your food, and drink all your Coke without aksing, I mean asking. lol I don't mind sharing, but when you spend nearly six dollars on a 12 pack of Coke, and less then 24 hours later it's half gone, and you've only had two, that's very annoying. What makes matters worse is when you aks them who did it, they all deny it, and so you know you are living with not only a thief, but a liar as well. And the thing is, you can eat or drink the smallest thing of theirs and they go ape ****, but they drink half of your stuff and you're calmer then they are. I don't care for that kind of thing. Show some manners and respect for other people's stuff, or atleast man up, and admit that you drank it all.

Greedy roommates who eat all your food, and drink all your Coke without aksing, I mean asking. lol

:lol: :wave:

Greedy roommates who eat all your food, and drink all your Coke without aksing, I mean asking. lol I don't mind sharing, but when you spend nearly six dollars on a 12 pack of Coke, and less then 24 hours later it's half gone, and you've only had two, that's very annoying. What makes matters worse is when you aks them who did it, they all deny it, and so you know you are living with not only a thief, but a liar as well. And the thing is, you can eat or drink the smallest thing of theirs and they go ape ****, but they drink half of your stuff and you're calmer then they are. I don't care for that kind of thing. Show some manners and respect for other people's stuff, or atleast man up, and admit that you drank it all.

When my friend was in college (back in the early 60's) , when everybody smoked, she started smoking Lucky's(very strong, harsh cigarettes) so that her roommates would not bum cigarettes off her.:lol:

When my friend was in college (back in the early 60's) , when everybody smoked, she started smoking Lucky's(very strong, harsh cigarettes) so that her roommates would not bum cigarettes off her.:lol:

Hahaha! That's actually a really smart idea, especially if someone did it today in this economy. Maybe that's why my ex roommate Carl smoked unfiltered camel straights. Nobody wanted one. He was an addmitted con-man, so that wouldn't surprise me. LOL

Great to see you Marlene!! I took a couple months off SO for personal reasons, but missed you. It's great to be back and to see you, and many other great people again!! :wave:

Hahaha! That's actually a really smart idea, especially if someone did it today in this economy. Maybe that's why my ex roommate Carl smoked unfiltered camel straights. Nobody wanted one. He was an addmitted con-man, so that wouldn't surprise me. LOL

Great to see you Marlene!! I took a couple months off SO for personal reasons, but missed you. It's great to be back and to see you, and many other great people again!! :wave:

Hi!:wave:

I'm going to censor myself as much as possible here, but people who have sex without first warning you. This is worse when it's a family member. Warn me first so that I can put in my ear plugs, or put in my headphones and put the music up full blast. If it's the wrong people, that kind of stuff can traumatime you. lol

I also hate double standards. People who lecture you about something, and five minutes later they are doing the same thing they just lectured you about, only they're doing it ten times worse. One time I shared the crucifixion scene from The Passion of The Christ on my fb page and it got reported, and deleted. Many of my friends share violent stuff with zombies, and far more graphic stuff, and nobody ever reports that, but if it has to do with Christianity, forget about it. Then of course you have teen girls wearing next to nothing in their photos with middle aged men leaving tasteless, and perverted messages on their walls, yet fb has no problem with that, but they have an issue with breastfeeding photos. Are you kidding me??? Double standards suck, and make zero sense!!!

Ok I might offend a lot of people here because this term is used A LOT! People saying "anyways" It's anyway! Singular!:wave:


“anyways,” a colloquial corruption of “anyway.” It’s universally considered nonstandard and should be avoided altogether. It might help to remember that “anyway” is an adverb, and adverbs can’t be plural.

People who run scalding water at the sink and don't reset to normal temperature before they turn the faucet off. So when you go to wash hands you end up burning the FN skin off.

One thing that kind of annoys me is getting a chain email forwarded that "warns" me about something that has long ago been shown to be a hoax.

Some of them pick on, for example, large companies, saying that they refuse to hire veterans, or that they give large sums of money to abortion providers, or some garbage like that.

One Sunday last year, I was invited to attend a service at a church here in my town (different church than the one I attend). The Pastor there is a friend of mine whom I've known for many years.

During his message, he was talking about chain emails that go out, and imploring people not to believe everything they get in an email. Well, Amen to that, right?

Not two days later, I get an email from this very Pastor (he sent it to a bunch of people), warning everyone about yet another hoax. And in the email, he said "I'm usually careful about this stuff, but I trust the sender on this one, so I"m forwarding it right away".

Well, it took me about 10 seconds to find the info proving it was a hoax, and I sent it to him. I told him, "come on, man, you just finished telling everyone not to believe everything they get in an email and here you are two days later, sending out a bunch of garbage just because you "trust your source"... well, get a different source, because your friend doesn't know what he's talking about"

He just laughed and told me he'd be more careful in the future. More likely, all he did was take me off of his distribution list. We're still friends though.

I posted very early on in this thread but I thought of more things I would like to add.

I HATE it when people say "deers" instead of deer. It's "deer" if it's just one deer or more than one deer. It really bugs me! Also, they get mad at me if I correct them. Well excuse me for trying to help, sound stupid then.

I hate it when people are having a conversation with you and every other word out of their mouth is a swear word of some kind. Fine if you want to swear that's your own right, it's a free country, but show some respect to other people who may not want to hear that garbage. Especially the "f" word, that is the one I hate the most. Now, don't get me wrong, once in awhile, a swear word will slip out of my mouth but I don't use them in everyday conversation. I just wish people would watch what they say especially around children.

I also hate it when people make fun of other people for no other reason than just to be mean. I was teased a lot growing up and it hurt. Words hurt! It's not right for people to say things to other people, especially when they aren't by any means perfect themselves. If you don't like someone, fine but don't make fun of them to make yourself feel better.

Another one I want to add is when people say they don't want to be preached to about God. Sometimes I will talk about my relationship with God and Bible verses and things to people I know, some of them get so upset at me. I mean I figured you would want to hear about God and just how good and wonderful he really is. They would rather talk about sex and drugs and drinking. None of that stuff is going to get you to Heaven but God will. I can understand if they don't want to hear it all time but once in awhile is not that big of a deal. They act like I talk about God all the time. I don't but I talk about Him because of how he has changed my life. I would not be who I am or where I am without him. I don't know why it's so taboo to talk about God and the Bible and yet it's okay to talk about sex, and drugs and drinking. It makes no sense. I love God and am proud of it, what is so wrong with that? Some people take such offense to it.
I don't know why some people are against God and religion. I don't understand how someone can be an atheist and not believe in anything. How could you not believe in anything? I believe that we are all put on this earth for a reason and a purpose and we all go to Heaven when we die. What a waste to think that you are just born and then you die. Terrible. :( Anyway, sorry I went on and on about that, it just really bugs me.

I totally agree with you Twenty, I have embarrassed myself many times after getting a "trusted" source to send me a chain email. A few times I even posted them here, and was told to check my sources. I actually take that advice now, and rarely even read that crap. One time I got one about Starbucks, and how they apparently don't support the military. I went months without drinking it, and went on their website to give them a piece of my mind. When I got their, they addressed the story, and turns out it was totally taken out of context, and the guy who started that even wrote a public apology saying that he misunderstood, and was wrong. I now try not to ever judge until I know the whole, or least most of the story.

Another chain email thing that bugs me is ones that try putting a guilt trip on you. Usually religious ones that say if you don't send this you are ashamed of Jesus, and He will be ashamed of you. I have no problem sending that stuff out, but if you are only going to send it out out of guilt, then it's pointless. God doesn't want anyone to do things out of guilt, but because they want to. Those are just a couple things I dislike about chain emails.

Btw, auto spelling on cell phones is annoying too. Your name is Tweety, not Twenty. lol

I agree with everything you said Andress. On the last page I wrote about my dislike for cursing, people who speak idiot as I like to call it. They just sound so unintelligible, it's hard to even be around people like that, or take them seriously.

I'm with you on the Christian thing too. I don't speak my pro Christian talk to people nearly as much as peeps talk their anti-Christian talk to me, whether in tv, movies, music, or real life, I barely flinch, but many in my day to day life go nuts when I say even the most minor pro-Christian thing. God has done so many great things for me, I NEED to share it with everyone to give people hope. I don't do it to annoy people, I do it because I love them, and want to inspire them. I wish my day to day friends were as open-minded as my online friends are.

Whenever I get a warning or a political forward in my email the first thing that I do is check it out on Snopes.com. There are so many lies floating about. After I check I reply to the sender to please verify this crap before forwarding. I have lost a few friends because of this but I don't care. I never forward stuff unless it's a funny joke or cartoon. I love getting "blonde" jokes!:lol:

People who fart and burp spontaneously and think it's funny. It's not funny dude, it's nasty, and nobody but you is amused. :rolleyes:

People who fart and burp spontaneously and think it's funny. It's not funny dude, it's nasty, and nobody but you is amused. :rolleyes:


When that happens, it's time to start looking for some new friends!

When that happens, it's time to start looking for some new friends!

Exactly. lol But what do you do if it's family? You're stuck with them. ;)

Exactly. lol But what do you do if it's family? You're stuck with them. ;)


lol, yeah, that's true! You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your relatives. (except for a spouse, of course)

People who never accept my apology. They continue acting like I'm the lowest form of scum, even when I realize my mistakes and try to avoid repeating them.

People who never accept my apology. They continue acting like I'm the lowest form of scum, even when I realize my mistakes and try to avoid repeating them.

All you can do is feel sorry for people like that. If someone can't forgive you, then they are not good enough for you, and probably were never really your friend to begin with. Hang in there, and hold onto your true friends.

As Ziggy Marley once said, if there is no love in your heart, then there is no hope for you. Same can be said for forgiveness.

Keep in mind also though that the wounds just might be too fresh, and in time this person may forgive you. I don't know the situation, but that's my 2 Cents for what it's worth. Probably 2 cents right! lol ;)

hate when people say just saying ugh

or when friends totally boot u from their lives no reason no text answers phone call r anything heartbreaking rather hang with your realtive then you when i got no friends hang out with anyway feel totally alone

People that I was close with in life and had a connection with, who will now, not bother with me at all (not SO people), people I've known personally, and really liked, and thought were very special people--who now will not respond, or even ignore or cut off my Facebook friend invitations. I rack my brain to figure out how I could have offended them. It really hurts. I'm sure many of you have experienced this. I can't think of many things that are as bad as feeling rejected by those you care about.

People that I was close with in life and had a connection with, who will now, not bother with me at all (not SO people), people I've known personally, and really liked, and thought were very special people--who now will not respond, or even ignore or cut off my Facebook friend invitations. I rack my brain to figure out how I could have offended them. It really hurts. I'm sure many of you have experienced this. I can't think of many things that are as bad as feeling rejected by those you care about.

I'm sorry to hear this Gene. :( I can definitely relate, it hurts BAD. Few things hurt worse. The worse part for me is the ones who abandon you with no explaination. Feels like getting punched multiple times in the stomach, while simultaneously being stabbed in the back. I've shed many tears over this.

I for one can't for the life of me understand why anyone wouldn't want to be your friend. You are one of the most loyal and kind heArted friends I have ever known. Stuck with me through the good, the bad, and the indifferent. I know this doesn't lessen the pain, but it is so their loss. Hope some of them read this because I just wAnt them to know that they turned there backs on a great guy, and it is your guys' loss. Hopefully y'all will come to your senses someday and hope that he accepts your apology, and friendship. Knowing you Gene, he will, cause that's the kind of guy you are. You will ALWAYS be my friend!! :)

You have no idea how much I appreciate your kind words, Brad. It sounds like you can definitely relate. You are a kind-hearted all-around good guy. I appreciate your friendship--always! :)

People that use the term, "vaca".

Please. "tion" just takes WAY too long to pronouce, or don't you have the energy to summon after hours and hours of Ipading and Tweeting and "friending" and...whatever else people do today? ohno:

You have no idea how much I appreciate your kind words, Brad. It sounds like you can definitely relate. You are a kind-hearted all-around good guy. I appreciate your friendship--always! :)

You're welcome my friend, and in the words of the Golden Girls, Thank you too for being a friend! :)

Thanks for the compliments as well. Made my night!

I ride Public Transportation and there's a few things that annoy me when I'm on the bus...

******* Drivers-Last week, I was bound to go to school and I was in the middle of the street just to look out for the bus, the driver HAD the nerve to not only honk his horn at me and tell me "You're NOT supposed to do that", but I couldn't even put the Bus Ticket I had in the right spot...I had to swipe it. I was tempted to say "I was only looking out for the bus, you ****ing *******"! And if he does that to me again...I'm NOT riding that bus!

People sitting next to me-I hate that...some stranger will sit next to me and they'll go further than me on their destination...I have to tell them to move once I get off.

Drivers missing my stop-Sometimes, I'll pull the stop button or string for a stop...but there's some dumbass Bus Drivers who don't pay attention...even when I'm telling them to stop! Then that means, I have to walk further to my destination!

I gotta get a car...it may cause different headaches, but luckily I know how to fix cars a little bit.

The word Veggies. Sounds like a term a 2 year old would say.

As for keeping friendships, I find it hard to find them in the first place. In the last year I have asked 6-8 people to go out. To breakfast, lunch or dinner, bowling. Something to get together and my telephone calls go unanswered.

it annoys me when people say "no doubt" frequently as a response in conversation.

I ride Public Transportation and there's a few things that annoy me when I'm on the bus...

******* Drivers-Last week, I was bound to go to school and I was in the middle of the street just to look out for the bus, the driver HAD the nerve to not only honk his horn at me and tell me "You're NOT supposed to do that", but I couldn't even put the Bus Ticket I had in the right spot...I had to swipe it. I was tempted to say "I was only looking out for the bus, you ****ing *******"! And if he does that to me again...I'm NOT riding that bus!

People sitting next to me-I hate that...some stranger will sit next to me and they'll go further than me on their destination...I have to tell them to move once I get off.

Drivers missing my stop-Sometimes, I'll pull the stop button or string for a stop...but there's some dumbass Bus Drivers who don't pay attention...even when I'm telling them to stop! Then that means, I have to walk further to my destination!

I gotta get a car...it may cause different headaches, but luckily I know how to fix cars a little bit.

Ah, yes, the excitement of public transportation. :rolleyes:

When I take the big buses, I hate it when there are some people who sit next to you and it's like they have to spread their legs to where they are touching your leg. The person isn't even chubby or tall.

The buses have rotated drivers so, I'm getting annoyed right now because it seems the driver of the bus I take has been leaving the stop a bit too early, 2 minutes earlier. I used to catch it before the changeover and now I don't but then the bus I first take, changed drivers too and she seems a bit slower.

People who say "unthaw" meaning "thaw". If you unthaw something you are freezing it!:lol: Think about it!

Also people who pronounce "jew-el-ry as "jew-ler-y" I hear that on tv all of the time! :rolleyes:


People who say "chimley" instead of "chimney"

And another term that I hear in Michigan a lot. Saying "crick" for "creek". I hate that!:lol:

This really annoys me my bestfriend treats me like she is the facebook police. Every now and then she tells me I shouldn't post certian things and the stuff I post she doesn't like are completely innocent things, and she gets on the private chat and chews me out I try to ignore it but then she texts me and keeps at me to the point where I can't take it anymore and delete my posts just to get her to stop. I know I shouldn't let it bother me but she just keeps at me till I can't take it anymore.

Three things you hear a lot lately which drive me nuts:

1) 'Are you serious?'

2) 'At the end of the day...' (political pundits on TV say this too much to sum up what they say)

3) 'That said...' (a transition into re-explaining what they just told you, in case you didn't get it the first time)

I hate when drivers don't use their turn signals - drives me nuts. Another thing that drives me positively batty is when people hog two or more parking spaces. Even BEFORE I started driving, that always struck me as stupid and selfish. :mad:

When people on the internet get into really heated debates over their favorite couples to the point where they say hateful things to each other. It's fine to "ship" couples but it's totally unnecessary to get mean just because someone doesn't like their favorite couple. I find it childish.

This hamburger joint I go to automatically puts ketchup on your french fries. I always have to tell them not to include ketchup.

How can they assume that everyone likes ketchup on their fries? :confused:
I don't like it on mine, I actually prefer ranch dressing.

How can they assume that everyone likes ketchup on their fries? :confused:
I don't like it on mine, I actually prefer ranch dressing.

That's what this particular place does.

I've never had ranch dressing on french fries, but I like fries w/ mayo sometimes.

This probably happens with family members or friends of yours....

You ask a question.

Person responding asks, 'why?'

It drives me nuts for some reason, its almost as if you are not allowed to ask questions or something.

Pop-up ads - most especially the ones with audio. Enough said!! :mad:

How can they assume that everyone likes ketchup on their fries? :confused:
I don't like it on mine, I actually prefer ranch dressing.

It's nice to know I'm not the only one who enjoys ranch on my fries. Most people I know think it's weird, but it is actually quite delicious. Everything is better with ranch!

I like ketchup but maybe condiments put on the fries depends on where you live. Years ago saw someone put on vinegar and I thought that might be acidy. I live in the Northeast.

People who say "unthaw" meaning "thaw". If you unthaw something you are freezing it!:lol: Think about it!

Also people who pronounce "jew-el-ry as "jew-ler-y" I hear that on tv all of the time! :rolleyes:


People who say "chimley" instead of "chimney"

And another term that I hear in Michigan a lot. Saying "crick" for "creek". I hate that!:lol:
It's so funny - once on Jay Leno he had a headline that said something about some place "unthaws" after record snowfall. "How do you 'unthaw'? If it thaws, it melts. If it doesn't, it freezes. HELLO!!!" :lol:

Being made to feel like a burden by my mother. :(

I got stuck at the doctor today because my transportation got messed up. It was close to the time for the building to close (6pm) and it was raining and lightening outside. I asked my mother if she could please come get me. She didn't want to. Instead she went to David Bridal so that the store could mail her wedding dress to FL for her wedding. I was an inconvenience she didn't want or need. :( I could tell she didn't want to help me. Worse when I talked to my sister on the phone she told me how my mother told her how I had asked her to come get me and that she didn't want to. Thankfully I was able to get a cab. The sad thing is I could have ended up stranded for hours and all my mother cares about is her upcoming wedding.

When people don't know how to spell. It drives me absolutely batty! I understand typo's every now and then but when someone can type an entire thing and 90% of it is misspelled there is something wrong

When people don't know how to spell. It drives me absolutely batty! I understand typo's every now and then but when someone can type an entire thing and 90% of it is misspelled there is something wrong

That drives me crazy, too!! Just call me a spelling nazi(and a grammer nazi!!)!!:D

When people, mostly sportcasters, who say "That puts it all in perspective". OK, whatever. I can't stand most sportscasters anyway, they say the stupidest things. Except Bob Costas, who I like.

Also, I go to the library alot because I don't have internet and cable in my home anymore, so I use the computer and check out DVDs. Whatever happened to actually being quiet in a library anymore??? People standing at the check out desk talking to the librarian, as loud as they possibly can so all of us get to know their business. That's just as bad as having to listen to somebody's cell phone conversation. I got news for you - I don't give a rat's behind about what goes on in your life!!!! Also, there was also a guy recently who was sitting next to me in the computer, he pulled out a bag of chips, not only making a bunch of noise getting the bag open, but then eating them. Wow, let's bring one of the noisiest food you can eat into the library. He ate a few, then put it away, and about 10 min. later, brought them out again. He would eat a couple, wipe his hand on his pants, then put his hand back on the mouse. Finally I said to him "Ya know, there's no food allowed in the library", and he says "oh, I'm sorry, ma'am". Well, it's not MY rule!!!!!

I ride Public Transportation and there's a few things that annoy me when I'm on the bus...

******* Drivers-Last week, I was bound to go to school and I was in the middle of the street just to look out for the bus, the driver HAD the nerve to not only honk his horn at me and tell me "You're NOT supposed to do that", but I couldn't even put the Bus Ticket I had in the right spot...I had to swipe it. I was tempted to say "I was only looking out for the bus, you ****ing *******"! And if he does that to me again...I'm NOT riding that bus!

People sitting next to me-I hate that...some stranger will sit next to me and they'll go further than me on their destination...I have to tell them to move once I get off.

Drivers missing my stop-Sometimes, I'll pull the stop button or string for a stop...but there's some dumbass Bus Drivers who don't pay attention...even when I'm telling them to stop! Then that means, I have to walk further to my destination!

I gotta get a car...it may cause different headaches, but luckily I know how to fix cars a little bit.

All of the above!!! I'm having to ride public transportation lately, too, and I guess irritating people come with the territory.

My beef is people who start playing their music off their phones or Ipod or whatever. If I wanted to hear your CRAPPY music, I would've asked. You don't see me playing my hard rock music in front of you, do you?? You aren't even supposed to be playing any music on the bus anyway.

Loud people - I usually sit near the front of the bus, and there's one girl who sits in the back of the bus and she is constantly talking, and loudly. And of course, she's cursing once in a while, too. Sometimes I feel like saying "Don't you ever shut up??" This is early in the morning, where I'm not very talkative anyway, I don't know how she can be.

When people start getting on the bus at a stop before the people get off the bus. You're supposed to wait until everybody gets off!!!!

I cannot to get a car again, too!!!!;)

I cannot to get a car again, too!!!!;)

I wish I had the vision to drive. People are lucky who can drive. They can go places so easily. It's so hard for me to get places and I never know if I will end up stranded somewhere.

Family Ties, thats a shame, My mom would be there to pick me up in a flash. She was so dedicated to me. I hardly ever struggle. She's be so nervous so out, she would come.

Family Ties, thats a shame, My mom would be there to pick me up in a flash. She was so dedicated to me. I hardly ever struggle. She's be so nervous so out, she would come.

I wish I could say that about my mother!!! When I was a younger and needed to be picked up, I would wait forever. One time, when I think I was about 15, my best friend's sister was getting married, I was sick with a bad cold but I went to the wedding anyway. Well, when the reception was over, everybody went home and I was waiting for my mom to pick me up. I was the last one there, waiting in the church, sick, I think even the priest went home!!! I don't even remember how long I waited but it was a while. Of course, this was before cell phones so couldn't get in touch with her. When she finally came to pick me up, she said she was out shopping!!! So that's why these days, whenever somebody asks me to pick them up, I am ALWAYS there on time, because I never forget all the times I had to wait on my mom!!!

Yeah, Mom and Dad are gone now and one thing I have noticed I am more in charge of myself. In the last 10 years I have become more outgoing and talk to more people than ever. I somewhat wish that in my earlier days had moved away. But on my pitiful salaries, I never did so I somewhat stay close to mom and dad. I didn't make friends well and no one asked me to go anywhere so I stayed in Snoozeville.

When people shorten words...Im not talking like acronyms such as lol and such, even though those are slowly getting to me as well. I'm talking people saying "prolly" for probably or "cause" for because or "def" for definitely. They also do it to towns. Back were I use to live there was a Vienna, they called it Vtown or Metropolis, they called it Metro (when I think of a Metro I expect to see a bus or subway) and Carbondale is Cdale. Stop being so lazy!!!

Telling me I have an attitude...I had an argument at my job last Thursday with someone and I was trying to help her and she pissed me off.:mad: :mad: :mad:

Now I have to seek anger management!ohno:ohno:ohno:

I hate it when people refuse to pick up their dogs poop. I have been sleeping in the park each night, and last night with my new used shoes, I stepped in a giant pile of dog crap. Getting dog crap on your shoe is the worse. What makes it even more infuriating is that throughout this park there are dog poop bags everywhere for that very reason, as well as signs begging people to pick up after their dog. They have made it as easy as possible for people, and still some people don't do it. The inconsideration of some people never ceases to amaze me!!

Brad, I am glad I don't live in 1912 for there would be horse droppings all over. We are cleaner with animals now.

Mr Cleveland, I have tiffs with people too. I just can't get over how "we have the anything goes attitude'". I would do things so different and my co workers just say"don't let it bother you". I somewhat get steamed.

Coffeecup, My neighborhood must have missed that memo. Lol From the litter, to the animal feces, to having to jump over steaming piles of dog crap, this place is anything but clean. Atleast back in 1912 people generally had more respect, and did all they could in spite of the circumstances to clean up their messes.

Another thing that annoys me is when people steal toilet paper from a porta potty. This is obviously something that most people wouldn't think about, but being homeless now, and having to use these things daily, It's a terrible feeling to go to one of these and have to do your business, Only to find that someone stole the only roll when it was completely full just an hour earlier.

A couple weeks ago I read something funny in a porta potty. Someone wrote: Sorry if you have to go to the bathroom, but some inconsiderate moron stole the tp, ruining it for all of us. Underneath that another person wrote: Maybe the person who stole it had a family and needed it more then you. Underneath that another person wrote: I doubt that. I'm sitting here with my pants around my ankles, and an unclean ass, I doubt anyone needs it more than me!!! Hahaha! Ahhh, you got to love bathroom humor! :lol: ;)

People refusing to listen and learn.

I am a social worker and am currently job hunting and my future mother in law has no clue what a social worker is or does. She's "trying" to help me job hunt and emails me what she sees as leads every now and then and they're all for RNs or part time jobs with no degree required that I'm overqualified for. I dont know how many times my fiance or I have attempted to explain to her what social work is and then a hour later I get an email saying someone is looking for a nurse.

I know I should be patient with her but my patience is running out

Telling me I have an attitude...I had an argument at my job last Thursday with someone and I was trying to help her and she pissed me off.:mad: :mad: :mad:

Now I have to seek anger management!ohno:ohno:ohno:

I don't get why some people don't understand that you need to vent once in a while. Nobody is happy all the time. One day, I had enough of my bitch boss, and I got pissed and went off. Not at her, but to a couple of my co-workers. Later, one of my other co-workers told me that I need to watch it, that the wrong person might hear me and it'll get back to the bitch. What, I can't get mad once in a while, that's why it's called an EMOTION!!! All the times I hear all the other people bitch and complain to me about things that go on in their area, and I don't say a word about what I hear. I just let them vent to me, because it does make you feel better. Why let something keep bottled up inside? Why do you think there were so many disgruntled employees before because they probably took so much crap and weren't allowed to blow off some steam!!!

Ok my newest complaint is the fact I hate it when people don't listen. I told my mother that I was going to go to the mall last friday to try and sell my DVDs to Fye. The day after she didn't ask me how things went so I reminded her of it and that's when she said," you told you were going to sell your games." I told her that I sold my DVDs and then she goes on to say " you told me you were going to go to Game Stop or EB Games." and that was when I told her that wasn't what I said it was Fye and she concluded the conversation with "It doesn't matter." That to me was once again a reminder to me that how much she truly cares about my interests and listens to me. I watch how she acts towards my brother and she listens to all of his interests and pays attention to what he has to say and it hurts all the more because I can't help but wish that she could be that way with me. :(

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LOL! That reminds me of something that happened to me awhile back. Someone said to me, don't get smart with me. I responded by saying, would you rather me get stupid with you? A couple weeks ago there was a guy on the bus causing trouble. I like using my words to make people look silly, and only physically fight as a last resort. At one point the guy said to me, You are a smart ass, to which I replied, well I'd rather be a smart ass then a dumb ass like you! Half the bus started laughing, and the guy shut up after that. He definitely met his match that day. lol

LOL! That reminds me of something that happened to me awhile back. Someone said to me, don't get smart with me. I responded by saying, would you rather me get stupid with you? A couple weeks ago there was a guy on the bus causing trouble. I like using my words to make people look silly, and only physically fight as a last resort. At one point the guy said to me, You are a smart ass, to which I replied, well I'd rather be a smart ass then a dumb ass like you! Half the bus started laughing, and the guy shut up after that. He definitely met his match that day. lol
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Oh yeah, I always make sure I can out run them before I say anything!! ;)

Just playing. Thanks for the advice Reverend!

One thing that has always annoyed me to no end is people who curse or mock God based on what His "followers" do. People use Religious wars, Christian hypocrits, etc as an excuse to curse and mock God, and that isn't right. That is called guilt by association. That's no different then a person having a relative who's a thief, a liar, a rapist, and a drug addict, and mocking, ridiculing, and blaming you for it. You are not responsible for the actions of those related to you, and you shouldn't be judged based on what they do. Guilt by association is bs, and has always annoyed the crap out of me.

Two days ago my niece, her mom, and my great nephew came to my house to visit with my eldest sister who is visiting and my mom.

So somehow my niece's bf was mentioned and my eldest sister wanted to meet him. They were supposed to come yesterday but it didn't happen and turns out today was his birthday and now we are going to breakfast at my brother-in-law's house for breakfast.

Thing is, my eldest sister lives in North Carolina so I don't know why she feels she has to meet him if she will never see him and she is leaving tomorrow.

Ugh!!

One thing that has always annoyed the crap out of me is incorrect directions on food. I can't even begin to venture to guess how many times it said to microwave on high for 3 minutes, and when you take it out, it is stone cold in the middle. In food talk, I'm guessing 3 minutes is actually code for four, or four and a half minutes. So freaking annoying!!

Don't know if this has been mentioned. People who walk in the street when a sidewalk is available. You would think they would feel safer on the sidewalk instead of taking a risk of getting hit. I see a walker like this and I mumble "lady why aren't you on the sidewalk?"

I made the mistake of sending a card to one of my teacher friends. It's the same one who had a problem several years ago with gifts. I made what I thought was a nice card and she didn't like it. She was upset over the picture. It's not like I posted it all over the internet. I uploaded it to a card. She said it's a bad picture of her and that she doesn't like bad pictures. I didn't realize it was a bad picture. It was a picture of her, my other teacher friend and me from two years ago. I thought she would like it. :( Oh well, I won't make that mistake again.

Another thing that annoys me is stupid laws, particularly traffic laws. I am not a driver, but a bike rider and walker. One law that I have never understood is the one that says you have to walk, or ride your bike with the traffic, with the traffic coming from behind you. I have had so many close calls as a biker and walker, and I like to ride or walk against the traffic, to where I see what is coming at me. When you drive with traffic, you have no idea what is coming at you. If a car drifts off into the bicycle lane, you're dead, and don't have a chance. When you are riding or walking against the traffic, you see what is coming at you, so that if a car drifts off into the bike lane, you will atleast have a chance to get out of the way, and save your life. This is a law I have never understood, and one that has always annoyed me.

Another thing that annoys me is stupid laws, particularly traffic laws. I am not a driver, but a bike rider and walker. One law that I have never understood is the one that says you have to walk, or ride your bike with the traffic, with the traffic coming from behind you. I have had so many close calls as a biker and walker, and I like to ride or walk against the traffic, to where I see what is coming at me. When you drive with traffic, you have no idea what is coming at you. If a car drifts off into the bicycle lane, you're dead, and don't have a chance. When you are riding or walking against the traffic, you see what is coming at you, so that if a car drifts off into the bike lane, you will atleast have a chance to get out of the way, and save your life. This is a law I have never understood, and one that has always annoyed me.

There are a couple of reasons for riding with (i.e. in the direction of) traffic. Basically, if a bicyclist is riding with traffic, the driver has more time (not much more, but perhaps enough to make a difference) to react if they don't see you until the last second. The closing speed between a car and a bike increases exponentially if you ride against traffic and are coming directly to a car that doesn't see you and is heading right at you.

The key factor is the amount of time the driver has to react, not the amount of time you have to react.

Also (I hope I can explain this), traffic coming out of side streets and making a left turn will check to their left and their right to make sure it's safe to turn left on to the new road. If you are on the road that they're turning on to, there's a much better chance that they'll see you and your bike if you're in the right lane than if you're in the left lane. If they're turning left out of the side street and heading toward your bike (which hasn't reached their intersection yet), they might be looking the other way to monitor the traffic coming from that direction and might miss seeing you entirely. You don't want that.

I understand that it's a little counter intuitive because you (as a biker) would like to see the traffic that's approaching you rather than wondering what might be behind you. Rear view mirrors are a good idea if you ride on heavily traveled roads very much.

I know that one of the things that can be tough about riding with traffic is, when you hear a car coming behind you, you naturally ride carefully until you see the car pass you. But often, because of the car noise, you can't always tell when there might be another car right behind it. The noise from the first car can mask the noise of another car that's practically on top of you. That can be scary if you're not expecting it.

But decades of experience have shown that it's much safer to ride with traffic.

I just googled some stuff about bike riding, and here's a diagram that illustrates what I was talking about:

In my example, I used a driver coming out of a side street and turning left...the diagram shows the driver turning right, but the principle is the same. If you're in the left lane (as you're riding), the driver making the turn might not see you in time.

What's worse is, if you were to get hit in this situation, you would most likely be considered at fault in the accident because you disobeyed the traffic laws by riding your bike in the wrong (left) lane.

But you can see in the diagram that the driver who's turning on to the street you're on has their attention focused away from you..

What annoys me are people walking in the road (in your lane) and they assume that you will go around them . They don't move off to the shoulder to get out of the way. Not only is this presumptuous but totally stupid!:crazy: I know a young girl who was driving home one evening (after dark) and hit and killed a teen walking in her lane whom she didn't see until she hit her. That poor girl is still haunted by that to this day! I feel so sorry for her as it was completely not her fault!:(

Thanks for all that info Tweety, very interesting to see why that law is the way it is. Like I said, I have had so many close calls. The most recent was a few weeks ago. I was walking down to the river after midnight where I was going to sleep. I was walking in the bicycle lane, and something told me to walk over further in the gravel. Not thirty seconds later, a truck came roaring by atleast 20 miles past the speed limit, and was in half the bicycle lane. It was a Saturday, so I'm pretty sure the guy or gal was drunk, but had I not moved, I'd have been blindsided. Wouldn't have stood a chance.

Because of my current living situation (homeless) I'm out alot, and at whacky hours, and so I always have to be on my toes out there on the streets. I can understand the laws being like they are, but this is one I will continue to break. I'd rather have to deal with the hassle of the police from time to time then to be dead. Thanks again though for explaining that. Good to know why the law is as it is.

People who talk a mile-a-minute and tend to dominate all conversations.

I went out to eat last night and my friend brought along one of his friends. Nice guy but he goes into long one-sided conversations and he goes on-and-on before I get to finish my reply.

People who say "Never" all the time..

Many people just follow what others do/say and its sickening!!