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You and Your Pet Peeves - Things That Irk
Some studies show that women are more easily irked than males, but that when males become irritated they are more likely to turn violent.
This is an unscientific study on the top items that irk you, piss you off, irritate you, drive you crazy, make you want to pull out your hair, make others glad you don't carry that concealed weapon.
Personal pet peeves: people who don't use their turn signal - or use them and don't turn them off, people who do not stay home when they are sick, blondes who want to determine how much I get paid when they aren't familar with my work, people (such as myself who always want the last word). Top pet peeves: men who refuse to acknowledge that a woman is better regardless of volumes of work that prove it, and women who refuse to acknowledge that a male can be as good at parenting as a female. Oh yeah, there are those people who say one thing in emails and then when you go before the big bosses in a meeting they don't say one little word and let you take the heat.
Okay, go ahead and unload. I hope it lowers your blood pressure!
20 May 2008 at 9:07 a.m.
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jd (Anonymous) says…
Just went to the post office this a.m. It has to be the single greatest argument against bigger government. Not enough counter help and the one that was there was moving in super slow motion.
I left and went to the bakery, then a coffee shop and then drove back to the post office only to find they were still helping the same customer - who only had ONE letter he was trying to mail!
20 May 2008 at 9:10 a.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
hahah, now that is a great one, jd, although very frustrating. I hope it wasn't a time sensitive delilvery! Thanks for sharing!
20 May 2008 at 9:19 a.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
Calling a business number and being put on hold, then dumped.
As in, call Pizza Hut and get their recording, then wait for 14 minutes, then at closing (which time I didn't know) they just shut the phones off.
Verizon, called nearly ten minutes before they close (didn't know closing time), fighting through all the choices to be put on hold, then trying a couple of times to get the woman to understand. She say she will put me on a 1-2 minutes call back as she looks over my account. So on hold again.
Then 1 minute later, a recording comes on to say what the business hours are and click.
20 May 2008 at 9:24 a.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
muti, I am with you on this one - I really do not care for recordings at all because so often the help that is offered is so limited and whatever reason I am calling doesn't ever seem to be in the mix. The ones you mention are rude, inefficient. Makes you feel as though you are not much sought after or respected as a customer, eh?
What about the recordings where you have to listen to an entire series of questions before you get to push the correct number and right about the time they are giving you the correct information you have another call come in and you can't hear what was said?
20 May 2008 at 9:25 a.m.
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iloveyoutoo (Anonymous) says…
People who do not know how to use roundabouts. People who walk up to a customer service counter while on their cell phone. People who drive 10 mph UNDER the speed limit. People that don't rinse off their dishes or utensils before putting them in the dishwasher/sink. Really I could go on for days because I'm probably the easiest person in the world to irritate…..I used to take medication for it, but then life got a little boring.
20 May 2008 at 9:33 a.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
iloveyou, are you compulsive/obsessive? Yeah, meds. can really take the fun out of getting upset. Sometimes not worth the trade off!
I know all of us will be thinking of many more now that the topic is in our head. Yesterday for example I wanted to phone to get tickets to the Tina Turner concert and everything that could go wrong did. I punched in the wrong abbreviation for Missouri first and had to call back, then I was charged for the 150.00 tickets instead of the 50.00 tickets and had to cancel and call back, then I got the right tickets but the numer on the back of my credit card was rubbed off so I had to call back, then I got through and someone tried to call in and I missed my cues on the phone and had to call back. I mean this was crazy!
I finally got the tickets or I wouldn't be writing about it - I would still be screaming.
20 May 2008 at 9:39 a.m.
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blue73harley (Anonymous) says…
Wow, Ronda, you are a brave person!
Since I drive a lot most of my pet peeves are regarding other drivers. Those using cell phones while hogging the left lane on K10 at a steady 69.3 mph are at the top of my list. Also way up there are the complete fools who actually READ while driving. You would not believe the number of people I have seen with books, newpapers or clipboards propped up on the steering wheel while diriving.
20 May 2008 at 9:46 a.m.
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beatle919 (Marcy McGuffie) says…
Well…I was just getting after the hubby this morning for not using the clothes hamper that's on HIS side of the bed. Instead, he finds an empty spot on the floor and then complains when all his clothes have disappeared. The youngest pup drags items underneath the bed to build her evolving nest. Why should I have to get on my hands and knees and stretch my arms underneath the bed when I'm doing laundry? There's a friggin' hamper available! Aw. That felt good!
Like, iloveyoutoo, I'm purty darned easy to irritate - never had the medication for it, but am certain I'd benefit from it.
Shopping at Walmart makes me an angry person every time (but sometimes, I just want Walmart items).
I get irritated when you signal to switch lanes and people refuse to let you over (even though they easily could if they were nice enough/paying a bit of attention to their driving).
I got majorly irked when a woman butted in front of me one evening at Starbucks proclaiming she was running late and just HAD to have coffee because they serve Folger's at work and she hadn't had coffee since that morning. “Folger's is so nasty,” she explained. She never asked - just butted and then explained and thanked me without asking my permission. I would have let her butt had she asked nicely…but, this was rude! I was 'nice' but secretly seething inside.
My real “pet” peeve - the cats jumping up on counters/the dining table. I didn't grow up a cat person - they came with the marriage. While I've accepted them, sometimes I just can't get over their cattiness!
And finally - people who don't put young, small children in carseats!!!!!!!! That makes me irate!
I'm sure I'll be back with more…
20 May 2008 at 9:51 a.m.
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consumer1 (Anonymous) says…
Besides other peoples driving. The one things that upsets me most is People who talk without ever listening. Of course this doesn't bother me for long, because, when I encounter someone like this, I just politely get up and leave, then make sure they never get the chance to do the same thing to me again.
20 May 2008 at 9:51 a.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
A flyswatter will break the table problem quickly. You don't have to hit them, just the table.
If they are really stubborn, a light tap on their nose is very memorable for a cat. They are super face defensive.
20 May 2008 at 9:53 a.m.
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geniusmannumber1 (Anonymous) says…
Pretty much everything every driver does who's not me irritates me. One that sticks out for me after attending graduation stuff this weekend is people driving in Old West Lawrence. Seriously, most of those intersections are two way stops, not four way stops. If you don't have a stop sign, don't stop at the intersection. Is that so hard?
Also, those damn kids with their rock and roll music who won't get off my lawn.
20 May 2008 at 9:53 a.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
I just imagined marcy slyly dropped her purse in the path of the cut-in-line woman.
She trips, spilling coffee.
Marcy could say, “Oh, I'm so sorry, you must had knocked it off my shoulder when you cut in front of me!”
20 May 2008 at 9:55 a.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
I am lucky because my cats do not get on the table or the counter - my maltese pups live upstairs and the cats downstairs. A nice living arrangement!
Good pet peeves people. (I hate it when people call others people as I just did).
consumer1, absolutely agree! Beatle, girl you do have some issues going on.
I hate it when my 20 year old son takes a shower and puts it on my bed even though he has walked past towel racks. And how many times have I told him?????
20 May 2008 at 9:56 a.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
multi, you are a stinker!
20 May 2008 at 10:11 a.m.
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tvc (Anonymous) says…
Businesses that send me an automated recording really irk me. Really?! It’s okay to call and waste my time when you won’t even pay a real person to do the job. I see, my time is worth nothing and your time/money is precious.
I hate it when people leave their dogs out when they invite me over for dinner. I don’t want your dog touching me while I try to eat…sorry, it’s gross.
20 May 2008 at 10:19 a.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
tvc should clearly never marry a dog person.
Not a badly meant statement.
Me? A stinker? (batting eyelashes)
I wouldn't think of that if it happened to me in real life, but I can think of anything once I'm outside the situation.
20 May 2008 at 10:24 a.m.
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sissezz (Anonymous) says…
yes the roundabouts!!!! Please learn to use them! And of course people who litter. I really hate that
20 May 2008 at 10:43 a.m.
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mommaeffortx2 (Anonymous) says…
flavored water. Yes if you want flavor drink koolaid.
20 May 2008 at 11 a.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
tvc, even as a dog lover I dislike being licked, barked at, pawed on when I am eating also. Fully understand. And I also am in agreement about prerecorded phone calls - they call on automatic and I hang up just as quickly.
yeah, what the heck is so tricky about roundabouts? Gnome has the great idea of putting poetry on them so as we are going round we can read - might help people continue going in the right direction.
flavored water, I don't want to waste money on it either!
Yeah, now you guys are unloading - keep em coming!
20 May 2008 at 11:18 a.m.
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Aisling (Anonymous) says…
people who think it's okay to have a meeting right outside my cube or people who step out of their meeting to take a call but then stand right outside my cube to talk. There is a meeting room right next to my cube and it's a major source of irritation for me~as if you couldn't tell. Let me see, people who IM me even though my status clearly states “do not disturb”. Then those same people who kept IMing me turn around and ask for updates on stuff that I am working on for them but can't finish b/c they keep IMing me. I'm currently irked that the clock seems to be working in reverse today. I swear, it should be 3:20 instead of just 11:18.
20 May 2008 at 11:23 a.m.
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BrianR (Anonymous) says…
Mine is a varation on the turn signal theme. Of course not using them at all is extremely bad but it drives me crazy when someone is in the middle of their turn and the signal suddenly pops on. It's as if they didn't know they were turning before they started to turn.
By the time the driver brakes, most of us have already figured out they're turning so why signal so late? So they can say the actually signalled? To me, that is tantamount to not signalling at all.
20 May 2008 at 11:38 a.m.
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schula (Anonymous) says…
Sheets of paper that are perforated but then won't tear on the perforations — the Cityof Lawrence bill is a perfect example.
People that drive with their turn signal on and don't turn!
People who walk around sniffling instead of using a Kleenex! Then when you offer them one, they refuse to use it, saying it is their allergies.
I am sure I will think of more as the day goes on.
20 May 2008 at 11:38 a.m.
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Aisling (Anonymous) says…
oh and yesterday's things that irk-from the backyard blog thingy.
Let me see, things that irk: The Spangles tv commercials, people who don't thank me when I hold the door open for them. People who ask me to 'do a spell' when they find out that I'm a pagan/wiccan or try to get me to admit 'the error of my ways'. Let me see, I'm irked that work is cutting down on my nap time at the moment. I'm a bit irked that my cat-Finn McCool-just filched my little debbie snack cake and is currently eating it with both paws just like a squirrel. well okay I'm not really irked because he's just so darn cute.
20 May 2008 at 11:46 a.m.
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alm77 (Anonymous) says…
People who mix up “its” and “it's” or “your” and “you're”.
People who have bumper stickers, tag lines, t shirts, etc. that brag about their poor attitude or that they are a bitch.
20 May 2008 at 11:58 a.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
You guys are on a roll! It is interesting that most of the ones you named also irk me - who are the people out there somewhere who are not irked by the same things? And why are they do different?
alm, the your and you're thing bothers me a lot also.
asiling and multi, thanks for repeating your irks again today and an extra thanks for giving me the irksome idea behind this blog! :)
schula, I also will hand people a kleenx who are picking their nose that is more than an irk - it is a grossout. There are those people who think just because they are in their cars that they are invisible and we can't see what they are doing.
brian, you've got it exactly right - what is their point? Slowed thinking process, on drugs, shouldn't be behind the wheel, never learned the proper tech., too lazy, brain cells went bye bye!
20 May 2008 at 12:10 p.m.
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alm77 (Anonymous) says…
Ooo, that reminds me “a lot” and “alot”
20 May 2008 at 12:14 p.m.
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smarty_pants (Anonymous) says…
All those apostrophe's put in all the wrong place's.
20 May 2008 at 12:14 p.m.
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adriennerm (Anonymous) says…
People who use their cell phone during a business transaction.
People, mostly women, who pop their chewing gum. My co-worker smacks on candy and pops her gum. One day i'll get fired for throwing her out the 15th floor window
I work in customer service…my number 1 issue is when customers call in and then say can you hold on a minute. That drives me crazy.
20 May 2008 at 12:26 p.m.
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jackbinkelman (Anonymous) says…
Window rattling, loud, booming car stereos and home systems. It is entirely disrespectful of others. I wish the police would enforce such city ordinances.
20 May 2008 at 12:35 p.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
Wow, now we are getting into some new areas although I have to agree that gum popping will send me pretty fast - as will knuckle cracking and I am a knuckle cracker.
adrien, do people actually do that? Call in and put YOU on hold? Amazing!
Seeing people driving while talking on their phones still upset me, but jack, I actually like the sound of my windows rattling. I am not sure why, but I enjoy it and always try to picture what the car and driver look like.
20 May 2008 at 12:39 p.m.
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samsnewplace (Anonymous) says…
Calling customer service and getting someone that doesn't speak english, needing to speak directly to a person but having to go through numerous prompts in an automated system just to get to a live person, going to the post office again it's slower than trying to drive on icy roads, screaming children and parents who act like they don't hear them, pokey/inattentive drivers who spend too much time on their cellphones and not enough paying attention to traffic, people who talk during a movie at the theatre, people who talk loud like i'm deaf, and the list goes on and on………I need a vacation!
20 May 2008 at 12:42 p.m.
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alm77 (Anonymous) says…
People who compare their dogs to children. That really gets me steamed.
20 May 2008 at 12:43 p.m.
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blahblahblah (Anonymous) says…
Whistling. Don't know why, but for some reason it bugs the bejesus out of me.
20 May 2008 at 12:44 p.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
sam, that sam I am that sam I am - when is your vacation and where are you headed? I agree that even knowing you have one coming up soon helps. The first thing to do once arriving home from a vacation - planning the next one. And even better to plan the next one while you are still on vacation.
I agree with foreign speaking customer service. I asked one of them one time if I could speak to their supervisor because I couldn't understand her and she started screaming at me that President Bush would come after me because of the Patriot Act and that I was discriminating against her. I screamed at her and hung up - this went on for a few days. So it really ticks me off if I lose my temper with a customer service rep., and they call me back and hang up. And I am irked with myself on ever losing my temper.
20 May 2008 at 12:46 p.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
blahblah, do you hate good whistling or just nervous, bad sounding whistling? Did you like Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs - lots of whistling in that one?
My dogs are like babies to me, but my children are not like dogs to me - is this good enough to get me off the hook with you, alm77?
20 May 2008 at 12:52 p.m.
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lubyloo (Anonymous) says…
I echo Blahblahblah's sentiments re whistling. I absolutely cannot stand whistling, and I have no idea why. It's the one thing that really makes me go batty. If I'm in a store and someone is whistling, I actually have to leave the area. It's pretty nutty. Some other pet peeves:
(1) Chewing/talking with mouth full
(2) chewing ice
(3) Turning left (from a lane that isn't only for left turns) and signaling at the last minute so I have no chance to pass.
(4) At the Applebee’s carside to go service, the little machine that they bring out to you to swipe your credit card. You have to indicate, right in front of the server, whether you want to leave a tip and, if so, how much. Kind of awkward!
20 May 2008 at 1:15 p.m.
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lonelane_1 (Anonymous) says…
You guys have just about everything that irritates me covered. How 'bout those phrases that become the popular phrases of the moment and then won't disappear? “At the end of the day…” “After all…”
Also, I have to add people that are always late to something important and totally oblivious that you're upset about it.
20 May 2008 at 1:16 p.m.
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blahblahblah (Anonymous) says…
Nope, do not discriminate. Any and all whistling.
Another thing that really bugs me is people who are unkind to their wait staff. No excuse for it. People that don't say thank you. Ever. I guess, rude people in general. What happened to being polite to those around you? You catch more flies with honey, right?
20 May 2008 at 1:24 p.m.
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JJE007 (Anonymous) says…
Lots of things when I am in a bad mood…
Few things when I am in a good mood…
For instance, I tend to get upset with people who drive cautiously and slowly when I'm in a hurry but chuckle at people who exhibit rude, roaring and relatively reckless driving behavior when I'm relaxed.
Frankly, I irk myself. I'm an irked JJErk with quirks!~)
20 May 2008 at 1:31 p.m.
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urbanrural (Anonymous) says…
Wiccans. For a variety of very valid reasons, not a real religion. Just folks still trying to irritate their parents.
20 May 2008 at 1:33 p.m.
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blahblahblah (Anonymous) says…
Christians. For a variety of very valid reasons, not a real religion. Just folks still trying to imitate their parents.
20 May 2008 at 1:36 p.m.
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peachesncream (Anonymous) says…
Whew i started to really jump on my soap box on this one, but someone moved it as they seen me runnin towards it… i will leave it simple ….judgemental people…….
20 May 2008 at 1:37 p.m.
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tearanydawn (Anonymous) says…
One of my biggest pet peeves is the McDonalds drive thru on 6th street. I understand that by making 2 stations where you can order it should save time. Which in the long run I believe it does. The problem I have are all those people out there that think they are so super important they don't wait in the single car line till it's their turn to place their order, NO they drive up to the outside order spot and cut in front of everyone else who was waiting.
20 May 2008 at 1:40 p.m.
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samsnewplace (Anonymous) says…
justbegintowrite, due to our wonderful gasoline prices, which by the way should be at the very top of my pet peeve list…….I can't afford to leave my home other than to come to work. So, even though I need a vacation badly, I cannot afford even a little one….but thanks for asking.
20 May 2008 at 1:44 p.m.
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Aisling (Anonymous) says…
thanks urbanrural I really needed a good laugh today. I appreciate you taking the time to make my day a little brighter.
20 May 2008 at 1:51 p.m.
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a_flock_of_jayhawks (Anonymous) says…
People who are rude and snotty. I mean, who do they think they are, anyway? OK, daddy got you this and that and tells you that you are his little angel (or the equivalent for young male snots). Newsflash: you put your pants on the same as everyone else. Get over yourself and find ways that people can be happy to see you and be around you, not ready to hurl when you are in their midst.
20 May 2008 at 1:53 p.m.
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road_Runner (Anonymous) says…
Things that make you go hmmm…….
Usually I'm pretty laid back, however my PMS meter will reach the dangerous level on DEFCON 1 when I'm driving down the interstate and there are vehicles in BOTH lanes who are going way under the speed limit and there is no way to pass them….OR if vehicle is passing another from the left lane and it takes them forever to do so. Yeah, that makes me a bit cranky.
Oh, and then there's Mizzou. No need to elaborate on that one.
20 May 2008 at 1:53 p.m.
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alm77 (Anonymous) says…
Ronda, Dogs as babies - that's fine. But I'm talking more like when I say something my child did that I think was cute and they tell a story about when their dog did something cute.
I have two cats, they're awesome, but they are not, nor should they be, comparable to my children. I get that spoiling a dog is fun. I hope to do that one day as well. Talk to dogs all you want. Use your goo-goo-gaa-gaa voice, I don't care. But don't tell me your dog is on equal brain capacity with my toddler. *whew* It was nice to get that out there!!
20 May 2008 at 1:55 p.m.
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alm77 (Anonymous) says…
OH, I just realized, my pet peeve is really a PET peeve. Get it? Pet peeve!! HA!!
20 May 2008 at 1:56 p.m.
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lubyloo (Anonymous) says…
I thought of somthing else, and this is sooooo irritating. When I go through a checkout line and, after finishing the transaction, I say, “Thank you” and the clerk responds, “You're welcome.” My husband thinks that that is an acceptable response, but I completely disagree. It's not like the clerk did me a favor and I'm thanking him/her for it (in which case, “You're welcome” would be a fine response). Rather, I just bought something. which helps the clerk to keep his/her job. The clerk should thank me, and I should thank him/her. I was a cashier when I was in high school, and I always thanked the customer.
20 May 2008 at 2:06 p.m.
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adriennerm (Anonymous) says…
Hello Rhonda,
That happens to me at least once a day. Now that I think about it….I have another one.
Parent who let young children serve themselves at buffets. You see them messing up the food or putting food back. The parents say nothing.
20 May 2008 at 2:19 p.m.
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beatrice (Anonymous) says…
Republicans
20 May 2008 at 2:21 p.m.
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BrianR (Anonymous) says…
lubyloo,
In a similar vein, I would like to know when “No problem” supplanted “You're welcome” as a response to thank you.
20 May 2008 at 2:23 p.m.
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iloveyoutoo (Anonymous) says…
People that say they don't like a certain food when they've never tried it. How actors and actresses get paid millions of dollars to memorize lines for OUR entertainment and yet we are the ones who are broke as a joke and there are kids starving to death in other countries. Paris Hilton. When you ask someone a question and they just stare at you like you're speaking an unknown language. At work I have to answer the phone with this long greeting and it really ticks me off when people cut me off in the middle of what I'm saying. When people come up and just start going through my desk and in my mind I know they would rip me a new one if I did the same to them. People that feel they're above drinking tap water. Just to name a few more….
20 May 2008 at 2:25 p.m.
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institches (Anonymous) says…
I am curious about your annoyance of the blond who would determine your worth? Fill us in!
20 May 2008 at 2:35 p.m.
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KU_Dude (Anonymous) says…
Cools same posts over and over again regarding the Oread Inn and www.oreadinn.com
20 May 2008 at 3:02 p.m.
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Take_a_letter_Maria (Anonymous) says…
The “martyrs” that live in my home.
You know the ones who always do everything and if they didn't nothing would ever get done and the house would fall down around us all. I especially love hearing that one while I'm the cooking dinner for the night. I'm not claiming to be Mother Theresa or even Martha Stewart, but wake up and smell the coffee. Everyone is chipping in around the house not just the ONE who thinks they are doing it all!!!
20 May 2008 at 3:19 p.m.
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cds (Anonymous) says…
Driving.
People who go into debt, change phone numbers, don't inform anyone they changed numbers, then you get that persons old number. I love getting 10 calls a day from crediters and telling the same people over and over the person they are calling hasn't had the phone number they are calling for 3 years..
Snobs.
Parents who don't keep control of kids in public.
20 May 2008 at 3:26 p.m.
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Andini (Anonymous) says…
People that make comments on topics like this.
20 May 2008 at 3:37 p.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
Wow, and I thought I had them all figured out in my own little head. You guys really brought some new ones to light. Now I can be irked more than ever on an irksome king of day. But you know today is lovely and I need to get over being irked. What, just a minute, I have to get these out first.
I am irked when wait staff asks how much money I want back when I pay my food ticket. I always want to say - all of it because I am slow with math and it will take me five minutes with a calculator to figure out if I have enough left for anything for you. They ask that if you give them a hundred dollar bill - like we'll really say - ah just keep it all!
adrien, yeah I don't like the kids at the buffet line either, or people who eat off of the line, or take the same plate up to it. NO manners atall!
alum, pet pee vd very bad - very irate and irked!
roadrunner, I don't like to be trapped in a car between two slow pokes either. I like to drive fast and if I can't zip I get ticked.
I get irked when I see the man of my dreams while I am driving and he spots me just as I have to make my turn. We catch each other's eye and wave and I think, “Wow, that could have been the love of my life and there he goes, driving out of sight and into the sunset!” Of course I know deep down inside that there really is no man of my dreams and that REALLY irks me!
lonelane1, any peeves about burning popcorn in an office situation, or how do you feel about wrong orders at pizza hut when you are the only person there. Can't get the order right, bring Dr. Pepper instead of Root Beer, don't leave a straw, give you the wrong pizza, bring out the dessert first, bring out the correct pizza in a to-go box. Yeah, it really happens this way. Don't pick up on the fact that you are laughing at them so hard you are doubled over crying.
As far as blonde making decision for me who knows nothing about my time, effort, amazing mass of work, well probably enough said. I say if someone doesn't want to be paid for doing something and somebody else does then the somebody who doesn't shouldn't mess it up for the somebody who does. Does that all make sense?
20 May 2008 at 3:41 p.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
So Andini irks himself/herself?
I am irked when the internet closes me down and reopens and I have to get back into the site where I was writing. Just happened and irked me to the bone!
20 May 2008 at 3:45 p.m.
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Disposable (Anonymous) says…
Harley Davison Motorcycles.
Why is it necessary to hear you coming for blocks?
My newborn has not slept through a single night in 11 months thanks to your custom exhaust.
You must be very proud.
You and the kid with the mid-80s honda with the bump in the back should get together and compare whos got the bigger “sound”.
20 May 2008 at 3:49 p.m.
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bad_dog (Anonymous) says…
Road Runner-That practice is known as the Douglas County rolling road block.
One of my pet peeves is people that can't speak on a cell phone without hitting at least 110 decibels. That is a piece of high technology, not a string and can science project you're using…
20 May 2008 at 3:50 p.m.
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brujablanco (Anonymous) says…
Marion and his incessant delusions of grandeur. :-)
20 May 2008 at 3:50 p.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
They are very loud, I agree. I wish you would also all wear helmets. I would be happy to help save your lives if I got the chance, but I prefer that you don't have to have brain damage when you crash, please - there are a lot of people who love and need you.
20 May 2008 at 3:58 p.m.
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bad_dog (Anonymous) says…
People who can't turn left or right without using at least two lanes of a four lane road…
20 May 2008 at 4:01 p.m.
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justbegintowrite (Ronda Miller) says…
oh yeah, I should have seen that one coming, bad_dog. What is the deal with that one? And how about people who honk at you if you slow down enough to make a turn. Driving is a big one for people!
20 May 2008 at 4:16 p.m.
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bad_dog (Anonymous) says…
I don't know whether it arises from poor initial training or indifference, but it can and does cause accidents to occur.
How do you feel about women that walk into and use men's facilities at public events like concerts? While I am certainly empathetic to the generally insufficient amount of facilities provided for the ladies, I have to think any man would be expelled or arrested for doing the same thing in the ladies room. Of course, their agenda may differ slightly ;-)
20 May 2008 at 4:21 p.m.
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lonelane_1 (Anonymous) says…
Ronda, you're right. Normally the Pizza Hut incident would have been unbearably annoying but with our jaws dropped error after error in disbelief and laughing 'til we cried, somehow it's a warm, fuzzy memory now!
Yes, the burnt popcorn in the office gag aroma continues. Yuck.
20 May 2008 at 4:25 p.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
barack obama:
The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a change! The chicken wanted CHANGE!
john mc cain:
My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation & dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.
hillary clinton:
When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure - right from Day One! -that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me…
DR. PHIL:
The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on 'THIS' side of the road before it goes after the problem on the 'other side' of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his 'current' problems before adding 'NEW' problems.
OPRAH:
Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes & take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road & not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
george w. bush:
We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
colin powell:
Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road…
anderson cooper - cnn:
We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
john kerry: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.
nancy grace:
That chicken crossed the road because he's guilty! You can see it in his eyes & the way he walks.
20 May 2008 at 4:26 p.m.
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Multidisciplinary (Anonymous) says…
pat buchanan:
To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
martha stewart:
No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
dr seuss:
Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.
ernest hemingway:
To die in the rain. Alone.
grandpa:
In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, & that was good enough.
barbara walters:
Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting,& went on to accomplish its life long dream of crossing the