What annoys the hell outta you?

[Bertha Venation]

Y'know what annoys the hell outta me? Vibrato that is so damned wide that the singer is completely off key. Worse than nails on a chalkboard.

Your turn.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. most people annoy me

thats why i am a very cranky person

[MrSandman]

54. Hell is...

Other People, so I've heard.

[bloodyjack]

58. and this coming from Sartre?

you can rest assured he is now roasting comfortably in . . . other people

[MrSandman]

74. That is who told me...

Been too long out of pilosophy. Remember the snippets.
Thanks...

[SheepyMcSheepster]

2. yes that gets me too. very annoying.

also people who do not say "please" or "thank you" and people who act like it is your job to hold the door for them. basically people how express no consideration for others around them.

[redqueen]

10. This is a biggie for me, too

If everyone were to take their fellow humans into consideration before acting, this world would be a much more harmonious place. :)

[Commendatori]

3. People who insist on

writing a freaking check for a three-dollar purchase at CVS or similar store.

[Kadie]

6. How about when they stop to balance their checkbook

after they have written the check. The cashier is done, their bags are ready, and they are balancing their checkbook.

[Commendatori]

9. You are a kindred spirit

That does drive me insane - especially when I am really in a hurry and say "look, I'll pay for it, just go."

Two things I have no patience for: Republicans and standing in line.

[maveric]

70. ARGHHHH!!! That one kills me too!

:grr:

[BOSSHOG]

8. And wait until the purchase is wrung up to get their check book out

then they have to borrow a pen, then they have to write the check then enter it into their ledger before taking their fucking purchase away from the cash register.

[Commendatori]

12. AUGH!

You speak the truth! ARRRGH!

Just thinking about it...

[fudge stripe cookays]

18. Sorry, I don't carry cash.

But I've switched to debit cards.

AND I no longer shop at CVS.

[Dulcinea]

47. And they NEVER have the damn check ready!

Like it amazes them that they have to PAY for their purchase!

If you must write a check, at least have the friggin' thing filled out! In fact, get a damn debit card!

What a shameless waste of time...waiting for clueless people!

[Kadie]

4. People driving slow on the freeway

I hate it when someone is doing 45 in the middle land. If you are going less than the speed limit, USE THE FRONTAGE ROAD! thank you

[AlCzervik]

5. When i answer my phone

and instead of the caller saying "Hello" they "who is this".

[Ladyhawk]

30. I'll go along with you on this one.

More often than not, it's someone who dialed the wrong number and they want to know my name. Not gonna happen.

[redqueen]

7. People who do not think for themselves

Reading the thread about low rider jeans, someone mentioned how their son wore his pants halfway down his butt and wondered when he would stop. Someone answered that he would stop when his friends stopped doing it, and that just gets all over my last nerve.

I hate that humans are such followers! :grr:

[gpandas]

11. stupid people who know nothing about...

an issue, but still have a strong "opinion" about it

[Commendatori]

16. Agreed, and what gets me is when such an idiot says

that one thing that everyone has heard five hundred times, but is the only thing he is capable of adding to the conversation. True or false, these things are so often repeated that if they're the only thing you can say, you need to STFU. Examples:

"If 10% is good enough for God, it should be good enough for the gubmint"

"The rich get richer, the poor get poorer"

"Nixon didn't do anything different than anyone else, he just got caught"

Blah, blah, blah...I'm tired of hearing these in any case, but they're particularly annoying from someone who makes cliches like these the only thing they add to the conversation

[bbernardini]

13. Preach on! Bad vocal technique annoys me.

Especially when my students are trying to emulate people like Christina Aguilera and Jessica Simpson, who have the worst technique on the planet. I don't understand why people think that sort of thing sounds good.

[Bertha Venation]

19. omg, I love you

thank you so much! You are teaching them that that shit is SHIT, aren't you?! Thank you!! :hug: :yourock:

[bbernardini]

25. I'm trying to...

When I've got students buying the solo project of a bass player who plays with a guy who used to play with Frank Zappa, I know I'm headed in the right direction. :)

[Ladyhawk]

62. I can't stand the "technique" of most of today's pop stars.

Their tone is horrible. The women sound like little girls. Hell, I sound better than that.

[KinkyDem]

14. Today?

I would have to say everyone and everything everywhere througout time annoys me.

Why? Why am I having such a cranky day.

Just ignore me. I'll be in the corner pulling the heads off barbies.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

15. ohh poorkinkydem

kisses and hugs to you...feel better :hug:

[KinkyDem]

34. Yes

Hugs, kisses, food, cafien and chain smoking for about fifteen minutes seems to have helped some.

[Bertha Venation]

23. ever played Barbie Toss?

Did this at a pride festival: $1 (fundraiser) to toss Kens & Barbies through holes cut in a painted piece of plywood. Great fun!

Dig the Barbie mobile in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, too.

:bounce:

[KinkyDem]

35. Bwahahaha

I'll have to remember that one for the next adult fun day!

[LynneSin]

17. Menstrual Cramps - nuff said

btw DON'T BUG ME NOW DAMNIT

:eyes:

[theeorg]

20. people who chew with their mouths open

it's gross of course, but also just bugs the hell out of me.

:eyes:

[MisterP]

42. gum chewers who make the same sounds and sights,

but think since it's gum, it's okay to do it (during tests, no less)

[Champ]

21. People who find the littliest things annoying

No one is perfect.

[Ladyhawk]

66. People who are annoyed that others find things annoying.

;)

[Commendatori]

22. Car sales commercials

Especially when they say "all credit applications ACCEPTED" like you're an idiot that doesn't understand the difference between "accepted" and "approved."

I cannot remember seeing or hearing a car commercial that I can stand. I said earlier that the only things that truly annoy me are Republicans and standing in line, but it seems I forgot one.

[Van Helsing]

24. Most all people annoy me.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

26. people who assume that the sales department is more qualified

because they are an all male dept....meanwhile most of them are just plain dumb...agressive but not bright...

[ZenLefty]

27. The only thing that has any power to annoy me is..

me.

If I choose to be annoyed, I will be annoyed. If I choose not to be annoyed, I will not be annoyed.

That being said, ZenLefty annoys the hell out of me. Freakin' bastid! :P

[zbdent]

28. Reality.

'nuff said.

[zbdent]

29. Overly long and loud "people chewing" sound effects

Okay already, I GET THE F-ING IDEA!!!

[doc03]

31. W , Boston Rob and The Donald

That's my top 3, there are many more too numerous to mention.

[skypilot]

32. People who constantly interrupt me...

...when I'm speaking. I have stopped being friends with a few people over this. Some people are so bad it's as though they don't even register the fact that you are speaking. They just dive right in and talk over you. And I don't mean when I'm being long-winded either. I know--or rather, KNEW--some people who would only let me get out about a half dozen words before they'd interrupt. I no longer speak to any of those people.

[Ladyhawk]

65. Unfortunately, this trait is often coupled with stupidity. :(

I know a lady who is like this. She talks and talks and talks and says nothing of import. She's nice enough, but we just don't have enough in common to be friends.

[mvd]

33. Rude people of course

Stingy people
Banks/Credit Card Companies
Collectors
Telemarketers who call before 9 AM.
Music Critics (they too often write for their peers instead of their audience, get petty, have biases, and are arrogant. I hardly ever follow them, and really should stop reading the reviews.)

And conservatives of course.

[Commendatori]

40. A telemarketer would annoy me

before OR after 9 AM. Fortunately, I have no home phone.

[Zookeeper]

36. I don't know much about vocal techniques...

but, I do know that overwrought singing is not the same thing as good singing.

[CBHagman]

37. How much time have you got?

*People who allow their cell phones to ring in church, lecture halls, etc.

*People who wear headphones but have their music on so loud that you can hear the crappy music all the way down at the other end of the subway car.

*Anything George W. Bush says or does.

*Listening to anyone pronounce the word nuclear as "nuke-yuh-lurr" and coupon as "kyew-pon." :puke:

*TV ads for the GOP, except the Log Cabin Republicans.

*People who smile inappropriately while delivering horrible news, saying something hurtful, or asking an overly personal question. Pat Robertson does this. I also have at least one co-worker who does it. It's very creepy.

*A co-worker who cannot refer to anyone Irish without going into her little Lucky Charms spiel. The first eight times she did this, I thought it was immature and rather small-minded. Now it's just grotesque. By the way, she is 46 years old and still doing this.

Yeah, I LIVE in a perpetual state of being annoyed.

[terrya]

38. Seeing a picture, an image, a drawing, ANYTHING of George W. Bush.

I can't stand to look at that ugly face anymore.

Terry

[adriennel]

39. styrofoam

hate it, hate the way it sounds, hate the way it crumbles, hate the way it pollutes...just hate everything about the substance.

[Mrs. Venation]

41. Shrink Wrap

Especially on audio CDs.
Velcro. I hate it. It's like it's after my last good nerve.
Poor grammar and spelling. I am a grammar queen; it's a curse.
Willful ignorance.
Zealots.
Me. I get on my own last nerve quite frequently.

[GOPisEvil]

43. Guys that try to give me swing advice on the golf course.

Dude, unless there's "PGA Professional" on your business card, save it. I know what I did wrong, now let me grumble about it and leave me alone!

[Skittles]

44. lack of courtesy in the movie theater

people arriving late, then walking up and down the aisle looking for seats; talking during movies, answering cell phones, trying to "quiety" open a piece of candy by playing with the cellophane for 15 f***ing minutes; crying babies, I could go on and on. It's not just young people either - I seems like no one has any common courtesy anymore.

[eyesroll]

45. People who walk diagonally across a parking lot

Or four abreast along a narrow street, refusing to move over to one side to allow cars (or, in some cases, faster-moving pedestrians) to pass.

When I worked retail, my biggest peeve was when little kids made a mess, their parents would say, "Oh, don't worry about that, the lady will take care of it."

As though the lady is their personal servant, and good manners don't matter as long as there's the lady. When I was a kid, if I knocked something off the rack, my parents expected me to put it back. If I accidentally made a mess that I couldn't fix -- like the whole rack came apart, or I broke a pickle jar or something -- I was at least supposed to tell someone and apologize profusely.

[Amaya]

46. Things that annoy me are as follows:

Bad manners
Being late
Arrogance
and Liars

Yeah, there's more but those are the main ones :)

[Pattib]

48. Salesperson following me around the store.

I go in and they'll say, "May I help you find something"? I say, "No thank-you, I'm just looking". Then they proceed to follow me around the store, shadowing me. Ugh!

In H.S. I had a friend who use to answer that question, "No thanks, I'm just shoplifting.". I can't bring myself to say that. I do avoid stores in the mall where I do not see any other customers and the salespeople are standing outside the store waiting.

[Bertha Venation]

49. "No thanks, I'm just shoplifting."

Thanks for the laugh!

Mods, can we get this smilie? Pretty please?

[name not needed]

50. everything

dont even ask. you will only make things worse.

[Mattforclark]

51. Bush

[Mattforclark]

52. Tom Delay

[Mattforclark]

53. Tom Craddick

[Mattforclark]

55. Tom McClintock

[Mattforclark]

57. And any other Republicans whose 1st name is Tom or last name is Bush

[NightTrain]

56. What doesn't?

Suffice it to say, I'm having a lousy week at work. I can't wait for that fucking place to close down so I can finally get some rest! :grr::nuke:

[carols]

59. People who go through the drive-thru with special and/or large orders

And it is ALWAYS - and I mean ALWAYS - someone with a God Bless America or Bush/Cheney bumpersticker. Some combine multiple offenses:
1. They have several separate orders
2. They want some of the orders custom-made
3. They have coupons
4. They pay with a check or credit card
5. They ask a lot of questions when they are ordering
6. They get to the window to pick up their food and place another order they forgot
7. They sit there in line and start handing stuff back instead of taking their issues inside
8. They turn around and ask their kids what they want when they are sitting at the window

It's the fucking drive-thru. It really, really annoys me.

Carol

[solinvictus]

64. And pay for each of their 29 special orders separately!

Learn to do math, you damned idiots!!!

[carols]

67. Oh goodness, yes! And THEN they dig around for exact change!

That is if they aren't paying by CC or check. It is evil!
Carol

[solinvictus]

60. Idiots

I hate idiots.

[Ladyhawk]

61. People with vibratos so fast they sound like munchkins.

[oxymoron]

68. heheh...

that's one of mine too! I guess we shouldn't name names.

[VelmaD]

63. People who misspell "y'all"...

as ya'll. The apostrophe goes where the missing letters are. It's a contraction for you all...y-"apostrophe in place of the o and u"-a-l-l. Y'all.

[maveric]

69. People that block doorways/accessways while conversing.

At work the other night I had a patient in a wheelchair that I was taking to the physical therapy room and two women were in the doorway yakking it up and not moving for me at all. They saw me with the patient but didnt budge and kept up the conversation. I had to say "Excuse Me" twice before they moved, giving me a dirty look.

[ScreamingMeemie]

71. tummy aches.

:( and migrain headaches.

[northofdenali]

72. Tailgaters! ARRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I would like to invent an EMP "gun" that you could aim at the car behind you and ZAP!!!! All their electronics shut down! As it is, on the bike, I have my "tailgaters rock" - amazing how quick a large rock in the hands of a leather-clad biker will make 'em back off!!

[SarahB]

73. Soulless people

In every form. People who put greed ahead of human life or the environment. People who are so shallow, they can't see beyond that of their own simplicity.

[Ladyhawk]

75. OMG...have you met my brother? :)