What bugs you in everyday life interactions?

[SHRED]

I'll list a few:

# Rather than parking their shopping carts nearby out of the way they clutch to them and block others as we try to grocery shop around them.
# Entering the freeway at 45 mph.
# Not knowing who's turn it is at a 4 way stop.
# "Left Turn Yields"...people that don't follow this.
# Coming out to my car to find someone has parked so I can't get in.
# Handicapped parking by people who are cheating.

[catbyte]

1. Dumbass drivers going slow in the passing lane. It's an epidemic in Michigan.

And don't get me started on the idiots who pull right out in front of you, then travel 1/4 mile down the road & turn left...

[PassingFair]

30. Whoa there....

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[catbyte]

34. Nice sentiment, but it's against the law in Michigan to impede traffic on the freeway. And remember

what Jerry Seinfeld said, "Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason."

[BlueJazz]

58. It's funny you say that because I've actually said (When the snowbirds are down here in Florida)...

"Is it me or it seems that Michigan drivers insist on driving slow in the left lane" Really!

[catbyte]

63. It's not you, it's us. I just don't get it. Cluelessness or arrogance, I can't decide which it is.

[we can do it]

71. Maybe worse in Ohio.

[LiberalEsto]

2. People.

And Republicans.

[mackerel]

12. SNAP!!!!!!!!

[likesmountains 52]

3. People constantly asking "Do you know what I mean?" while conversing.

This seems to be a rather new thing and it is spreading to almost everyone I work with. The conversation goes something like "I really wanted eggs for breakfast, you know what I mean?" It is driving me crazy.

[hifiguy]

14. That is evidence of mental laziness that verges on the comatose.

And I hate it with a passion.

[likesmountains 52]

22. I'm trying to come up with a good reply...but it happens 5-10 times in the conversation..

I guess someday I'll just crack..

[2naSalit]

73. Try this...

respond with, "you know what I mean, I mean, you know what I mean?" Say it really fast and use it like they use "you know what I mean?" and see if they get that it sounds stupid.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. When you thank somebody and they say "No problem."

Whatever happened to "You're welcome"? There also seems to be a trend for retail sales people to say something like "Have an awesome/great/wonderful day." It used to be "Have a nice day," so I guess this is just a sort of pro forma niceness inflation.

[TexasBushwhacker]

27. In the Bible belt they say "Have a blessed day" n/t

[restorefreedom]

35. omg i just did that!

the no. problem

hope theperson didn't mind.

[cwydro]

48. A lot of people hate that, and I don't get it.

In Spanish, "de nada" is used after a thank you - meaning it was nothing. To me "no problem' is essentially the same.

That being said, I say "you're welcome" simply because that is the way I was raised, but "no problem" does not bother me a bit.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

49. I guess it seems kind of dismissive. I don't lose sleep over it, but

"You're welcome" seems more like the thing was done because they wanted to do it, not because it was some inconsequential thing that they didn't even care about, which is what "no problem" implies. It's also very (and sometimes inappropriately) casual. I don't think you'd hear "no problem" from a waiter at a White House dinner for the Queen, for example. (I get invited to those all the time. )

But I also chase kids off my lawn.

[cwydro]

52. Lol!

I understand what you're saying.

You're right too, the staff at the White House NEVER say that !

[Art_from_Ark]

76. And in French, it's "De rien", and in German, "Es ist nichts"

And I'll say "No problem" if the person asking for the favor is acting like he or she is imposing on me.

[NightWatcher]

5. You'd love my area, we've a new traffic circle

And half the town doesn't know how to drive through it. Of those half, they all are there when I try to go through.

Oh, and by "new" I mean it's three or four years old and they still can't figure it out.

One day when I've snapped, they'll find me doing doughnuts in the thing till I run out of gas.

[femmocrat]

10. We are getting those soon at a major intersection.

This area is mostly populated with elderly folks. I can hardly wait......

[BlueJazz]

31. They're doing some of that here in Sarasota, Fl. Older people here though seem pretty sharp.

...at least the women do or maybe I've just had interactions with the dull men.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

6. At the risk of whatever

- PIN number, who thought that up? The department of redundancy department?


- At work the buy lunch for everyone most Fridays. They send email when lunch is ready for the whole company but page on the intercom when there's a call for just one person. I'm okay if they want to distract the world for someone's phone call but it's a bit ironic that the company wide distraction that changes men and women into hungry jackals starts with an email.


- People that do anything to pass me on the highway but get in front and slow down.


- The management wisdom that sees my department miss a date and decides to help by flushing 30-90 minutes out the work day with a daily status meeting.


- Building airplanes with 4-8 doors and only letting the passengers use 1.


life is such a party

[NJCher]

45. Department of Redundancy

PIN number, who thought that up? The department of redundancy department?

My husband got a new car a few weeks ago. I opened the trunk and found an envelope labeled by the dealership: "Paperwork Papers."



Cher

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

47. ~~~

Good one!

[raccoon]

7. People who don't signal when they're going to turn. nt

[GoCubsGo]

26. Or, they signal 2 seconds before they turn. nt

[2theleft]

67. Or they signal when they are NOT turning...n/t

[Major Nikon]

8. 1) People who drive slower than me

2) People who drive faster than me

[restorefreedom]

36. lol good one! nt

[annabanana]

9. "no problem" in response to a "thank you"

at a checkout counter...

I am constantly biting my tongue so as not to respond "Well I should HOPE not!"

[Cal33]

15. Try this: the words themselves are not as important as what they are intended to mean.

It could make you feel better.

[annabanana]

28. aww.. that's a nice solution

I'll give it a try

[graywarrior]

11. People in general

[hifiguy]

13. Elevator/escalator/sidewalk etiquette, or lack thereof, irritates me greatly.

Some bullet points:

Do NOT charge into an elevator like a stampeding wildebeest the minute the doors open. Just maybe people will be wanting to get out.

Do NOT stop immediately after stepping off an escalator to look at your damned phone. There are people BEHIND you on said escalator who need to get off.

Do NOT walk down crowded streets with your eyes welded to your phone. There is nothing so important that it won't wait until you step off to the side, out of the main stream of foot traffic.

Pay some goddamn attention to your surroundings and remember that there are people around you. You are NOT the center of the #$%^ing universe.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

18. The only escalator I'm ever on is at an airport

Stop in front of me and my roller bag will be saying hello.

[Inkfreak]

51. You are sooooo right with the elevator etiquette.

It drives me insane!

[Art_from_Ark]

77. Oh, man, you'd absolutely HATE negotiating your way through Tokyo Station,

especially as it pertains to your complaints Nos. 2, 3 and 4.

[panader0]

16. According to my personal beliefs, nothing should ever bother me

I fall short daily....but I'm working on it.

[femmocrat]

17. Inconsiderate neighbors.

I swear, I attract all the jerks.

[pinboy3niner]

19. People who are always asking me questions on the internet

I HATE that!

[sharp_stick]

21. The Bastards

there should be a special circle in hell just for them.

[pinboy3niner]

24. I know, right?

They should be shredded or something.

[SHRED]

25. owww... :-)

[sharp_stick]

20. Rubberneckers

When there's an accident on the highway going North and my traffic going South is slow as hell because of the clueless scumbags that have to slow down and take a look.

It should be a hanging offence.

[marlakay]

23. Hubby asking me a bunch of times a day

How are you feeling?

I am a healthy middle aged woman and if something was wrong I would tell him, so why check in so much....ugh!

People who still write checks at grocery store and take forever! I mean if you still want to write checks at least have it all filled out ahead except amount.

I used to get mad at cashiers who didn't like my canvas bags but now law in some states and more people doing it so they have to be friendly about it.

[TexasBushwhacker]

29. People who have big ass trucks and SUVs

who don't know how to park! I you're going to drive a gas guzzler, learn to park it straight and in the middle or go to the back of the lot.

People who use foul language in places where their are kids around, like grocery stores - especially when it's their own kids.

People who allow their kids to run and/or shreak in places other than playgrounds.

I know there are people who won't agree with me, but it really makes me cringe to hear the n-word used by anyone. I'm white and from Texas and grew up in the 60s. My dad's side of the family used it, but I was taught that 1) it was an insulting term and 2) it was low class. It still makes my skin crawl and I wish it would just go away and take all the other racist, sexist, homophobic slurs with it.

[BlueJazz]

32. People who creep at red lights and then when the light changes green let a 150 ft gap between them..

...and the car in front of them.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

33. People texting or emailing at a stop light.

Driving while texting is bad enough but it seems I have to give the car ahead of me the friendly "toot" when the light turns green a couple times a day.

I wait a few seconds, as a courtesy, before the "toot". Inevitably, you see them pick their head out of their lap and speed off.

A couple weeks ago, I was stuck behind someone that delayed 3 or 4 times while I was stuck behind her at several lights. I think it was like the 4th time when I let her have the full horn. Then she threw her hands up like "what?.

I'm thinking of having a train horn installed on my truck. Seriously.

[restorefreedom]

37. people who are on the phone

and almost kill me while walking across a parking lot

2. people who enter a store and stop RIGHT AT THE ENTRANCE to put their keys away, etc. helloooo get in the way much? this also happens when peop,e pull into parking lots and just stop.

3. people behing me in line who sigh and blow their stinky germy breath in my face

[raccoon]

40. Wave your hand in the air when they do that.

[restorefreedom]

41. heh. during cold and flu season

i just pull my turtleneck over my nose and mouth. don't even care how it looks

[BlueCollar]

38. people who dont know how to make change

I want people to hand me the change then hand me the folding stuff.

[Lars39]

39. For those who hate 4 way stops...

There's a little town I go thru occasionally that has the 4 way stop down pat.
There's only the one in town,but they figured it out with a level of cooperation rarely seen in public nowadays.

You creep up to it slowly so that there is no doubt as to whose turn it is to go next. People even hang back to make sure someone else goes thru ahead of them. None of this hand waving, dent causing confusion for them!
Quite lovely to experience.

[Phentex]

42. The other day there was a pause at the four way stop...

the car to the left of me was there first and the car across from me arrived about the same time I did. The car to the right of me got there last. The pause was so long that I finally pointed at the car that got there first. She went but then the car that got there last zoomed through. I can't blame them. Sometimes you snooze , you lose.

[Lars39]

44. And just hope....

that the loss isn't a T-boned car.

[Phentex]

43. I feel as though we are all the same person...

because so far everything that has been listed bugs me.

I have many grocery store peeves but I am working on being patient there. I hate when a group of people shop together (first of all, WHY?) and then they block an aisle to look at something and discuss it or discuss which brand to get. The store is not a watering hole. Move it!

I am probably the peeve of others at the store. I am zooming through grabbing only what I need without hesitation. If you stand in front of something for 20 seconds, I will reach around you to get what I need. If you see me coming down an aisle and you still leave your cart next to the other person's cart to block me, you get one "excuse me" before I bump your cart out of the way. GET OUT OF MY WAY!!!!!

Does anyone do grocery aggression therapy?

[LeftinOH]

46. Having to repeat myself...almost all the time.

Because I think before I speak, when words come out of my mouth they are clear, concise, and to the point. And more often than not, the reponse I get is: "Huh?" or "What now?" or "What's that?"

[steve2470]

50. The "I can't take my eyes off my cellphone while crossing a very busy street one"...

Yes, we drivers are supposed to be courteous, stop, watch for all pedestrian traffic and not run anyone over. Ever heard of drivers doing what they're not supposed to do ? I have.

Take your eyes off your damn phone for 10 seconds while you cross the street so you live to be a ripe old age and still use whatever-they-will-have-in-year-2065-when-I-will-most-likely-be-dead!

[RobinA]

53. Those Shopping Carts

they have now for kids with all the plastic fake truck/ car/whatever facades that make them bigger and wider. All they do is make negotiating the aisles harder for the rest of us.

[PasadenaTrudy]

54. Drivers who don't use turn signals! n/t

[surrealAmerican]

55. Five of those six are about driving.

Self-driving cars could improve your quality of life by roughly 83%!

[3catwoman3]

56. The inexplicable new grammar horror...

...of making a possessive out of "I", as in "Jack and I's" vacation.

[BlueJazz]

57. I've heard "Jack and me's" vacation. AAGGHH! (I live in Florida)

[3catwoman3]

65. It is quite curious to me that these "atrocities" occur only in the plural, never...

...the singular. I never hear anyone say "I's vacation" or "I's car" or "I's house." Similarly, the "Him and me went to the movies." Nobody ever says "Him went to the movies," or "Her went to the store."

I totally do not get this.

[Art_from_Ark]

78. Or how about using a reflexive pronoun as a subject pronoun?

"Myself went to the store today."

Or using a subject pronoun as an object pronoun when there are two or more objects?

"That was a present from my wife and I."

Compare to

"That was a present from I" to see how ridiculous the previous example sounds.

Or, the opposite, using an object pronoun as a subject:

"Me and him went to the park."

Compare to

"Me went to the park."

and

"Him went to the park."

[3catwoman3]

79. Ah, Art_from_Ark, I have...

...found a kindred spirit.

[Arugula Latte]

59. Lately I've encountered people who have no idea how to carry on a two-way conversation.

Their conversations are one-way monologues where they talk about "me me me me ME" and obviously don't care to hear anything about any subject that is not them. If you try to steer the talk to something like a current event they will immediately shut down that line and go back to talking about themselves. I'm okay with some of that, but these narcissistic a-holes just carry things to a ridiculous level of self-centeredness.

[raccoon]

66. I've run into a lot of those too. I think it's an epidemic. nt

[patricia92243]

70. Try living with someone who is that way :(

[Arugula Latte]

72. Oh boy. I'm sorry.

[olddots]

60. I hate when I run over people

and then they have the nerve to get all like mad at me and stuff .

[Blue_Tires]

61. Food service workers/cashiers always calling me "boss"

You aren't working on the goddamned chain gang!

[Capt. Obvious]

62. My condensed list

- Loud eaters
- Loud typers
- Heavy sighers
- People who make a point to show they're not listening to you
- Know it alls that don't really know that much
- Driving in the left lane while not passing (which is illegal - do something staties)
- The moms at Whole Foods blocking an entire side of the hot bar with their cart and stroller while they hem and haw over whether to get the curried cauliflower or the broccoli
- People who use parking spaces as their cart return
- Jay walkers
- Busy bodies
- Gossipers

[Jamaal510]

64. Hearing my neighbor's crappy music and him having sex.

Luckily I don't have to put up with that when I'm back home for the summer and winter, but when I go back to my apartment for school, it can be annoying to have to plug my iPod into my ears every night.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

68. When I'm stopped in traffic and there are people trying to pull into the street

and are coming out of strip malls and the like, they assume they've developed a right-of-way to be let in in front of you. If traffic is backed up at a light and someone is coming out of a fast food joint and wants to get into your lane, I feel for them and try to let them in as a courtesy. But nowadays, some people don't look at it as a courtesy anymore and seize the opportunity and jam their car in front of you as if it were their right. And sometimes the drivers immediately behind them try to jam their car in front of you too and take advantage of your polite pause. If you don't happen to let them in, they give you the finger, honk, or yell.

[astral]

69. Passing lanes hah

We have a car thing here with a massive rush hour for a short stretch of four lane highway. Everybody starts work at 8 am and leaves home at 745. The lanes are packed on both sides and people in the passing lane are probably all wishing they were going faster. It would be physically impossible to make everybody move over to the right lane who wasnt 'passing.'

I think i already read this one: people pass just to get right in front of you and make you hit your brakes to slow down.

People in the right lane who see you in their rear view mirror in the left lane coming up to pass them, and pull into the left lane without speeding up to prevent you from passing. They were perfectly happy just chugging slong in the right lane before you started to catch up with them.

People who dont even come to a complete stop at 4-way stops. (I know!)

People who start to creep up on you in their passing lane but then change their minds and stay in that lane but dont pass you, preventing YOU from pulling into the left lane to pass the slowpoke in front of YOU. If its a move you have to make you're forced to slow down so you can pull in BEHIND them.

Do they do this stuff on purpose? Too often it sure seems like it, releasing their aggressions on the highway.

The one that bugs me the most is people switching lanes to get in front of you right as youre coming up on a red light, forcing you to slam on the brakes.

We got alot of grumpy drivers around this here bumper-car city. (Yeah, check out the body shop yards, FULL of nice new cars.)

I want to live somewhere people arent like this; the attitude isnt just behind the wheel.

[blue neen]

74. Never being able to get a human being on the phone.

All utilities, Comcast, department Stores, you name it. Press 1 for this, Press 2 for that, Press 3 for another, Press 5 blah, blah, blah.

Comcast is probably the worst of the bunch. Worst customer service ever.

[Skittles]

75. idiots who are unable to put down their handhelds

people who make noise when they walk (usually women in pumps)
whistling / humming
people who sit there trying to make left turns in front of multiple lanes of rush-hour traffic
mispronunciations like JEW-LER-RY and IM-PORDANT
people who are rude to clerks and waitstaff
people who arrive late for movies then block your view while they're trying to find seats
weedeaters at ANY TIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT

[DebJ]

80. People who pay for things with cash and then dig, dig, dig in their pocketbooks

for two pennies and a nickel (when the cashier could give them the change back from their bills). Meanwhile, the line at the 'convenience' store grows and grows and grows and grows. If you want to use you pennies, please pull them out in your car before you come in!

Fortunately with ATM cards I don't have to endure this much any more. Cash is so frigging filthy I almost never use it, unless forced to do so, or if someone gives me cash from an item I'm selling. I had to be a cashier from time to time in my life, and I was constantly catching whatever cold virus was circulating. I'm not a germaphobe, but the pattern of getting sick during the months I cashiered was impossible to ignore.