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I get on people a lot here about posting so much negativity and ask them to post positive stuff. I try and lighten the mood w/music threads and some positive stories, but I'm gonna get real negative now. [tongue in cheek]

Things I hate:

--People taking food off of my plate and then asking if I mind. I do not like people touching my food.

--Talking to someone, especially a dude, and him invading my space. They keep getting closer and soon they are touching me. Sorry, that makes me uncomfortable. Don't touch me unless I give you permission to.

--Big, fat black ladies at Walmart who align their carts to block the entire article and then give you the shoulder shake and eyeroll when you say "excuse me."

--Self absorbed sorts [mostly older whites] in grocery stores that come out a side aisle and plow into my cart or make me come to a screeching halt when I am in the main aisle. The worst part is they look at you like you are in the wrong. I liken it to our street structure. It's common sense that the stop signs are predominately on the smaller streets while the larger streets have the right of way.

--People slurping their drinks and/or chomping their food in a restaurant. Stop. You're disgusting.

--Building off of that, and this is worse....eating w/someone who talks w/food in their mouth. Check please!

--Person who comes off of a side street and cuts you off enough that you have to hit the breaks, and then one street later, he makes a left or right turn. I oughta.......

--arch.

I hate it when you're having a conversation with someone, and you're obviously trying to interject and offer something to the conversation and they're so self absorbed with hearing themselves speak they just steamroll you and keep talking.

As I type this, I also hate being down 23 to the Spurs...

Yeah, that's a good one.

Here's another.......

A dude tells you........"to make a long story short" and you know damn well that there goes another 20 wasted minutes of your life. LOL

I do not like waiting in line. Any kind of line. It grates against my type a personality.

I'm genuinely laughing out loud right now! The guy I learned how to paint from fits this description and the one I mentioned in my first post to a T!!!!!

He's actually called me up when I was just about to sit down to dinner, and I take the call cause he's the one getting all the work and just goes on and on and you can just see your dinner cooling off while you just say things like 'yeah, uh-huh, oh I know!' As he goes on from one rabbit trail to another.

Bet you like the self check out lines at the grocery store.

Only if there is no waiting. The rest of the time I stand there with my hair on fire.

Well, if your hair is on fire I bet it makes those in front of you move a lot quicker.

LOL....nice.

Speaking of the check out line, here is another one I hate.

I am in line and the person in front of me doesn't put the divider up. She had a lot of stuff and I was kinda chillin'. I figured I would put the divider up myself once she moved forward. The elderly, fat lady behind me was sighing like all get out. Finally, she let's out this very wet sounding exasperated sigh and starts putting her stuff on whatever that thing is called. LOL

I actually started laughing and said.........excuse me, but I haven't put my items on there yet. She says........."what the hell are you waiting for." I said, "yes ma'am," and immediately started crowding the poor woman in front of me. LOL

That reminds me of when I try to use the express lane. 15 items or less. And the person in front of me unloads half a cart of stuff.

Hair on fire.

Yeah, it's always those older, out-of-shape white women w/their nose up in the air and their hair looking like it was cut by my hedge clipper or the black ladies w/their chin jutting out and their eyes full of fury daring you to say a word. LOL

The flip side of that, is when the person actually does let you talk.

But you can tell they are just waiting for you to finish talking so that they can start again. Not actually listening.

There should be a feature in the scanner of the express lane that adds .50 to you bill for every item you check out, including 1-15 if you're in that line with more items than you should be.

Then that extra .50 per item gets deducted from the bill of the next person in line.

Nice.

Yep, know plenty of people like that.

Yep..........who hasn't experienced this?

Annoying Person: How was your vacation?

You: It was good. We really enjoyed the beach...

Annoying Person: [Interrupting you] You should have seen Hawaii. We were the honored guests of the hotel because we are such big spenders. During the initial pig roast on the beach, I actually bit the apple out of the pigs mouth. Some bouncers got outraged, but the hula dancers thought I was sexy and formed a halo around me. I did.........[end of PG version]

- people who don't use their turn signal.

- people who take forever to pull off when the light turns green

- white people having leashes on their bad ass kids

- black people not having leashes on their bad ass kids

- idiots who double park

- the people that keep setting off the light at the self checkout lines.

- people who shoulder check you in the store without saying excuse me

and my biggest annoyance:

- people who sit on a machine or rack in the gym texting on their phone. like seriously, work out. other people need to use it. nobody cares about your ugly ass taking selfies in the mirror while everyone is trying to weight train.

LOL.............that is an awesome list, bro!

I'll just touch on a few:

--Dude, how many times you been in a left turn lane, the green arrow comes on, and the first dude doesn't move. The next guy has some kind of huge delayed reaction. Others aren't on the ball. The dude in front of you sits there, and then speeds up and goes through while it red, leaving you saying mother.....

--Shoulder checking. That happened to me at Walmart recently. This big, husky black guy comes walking through like he owns the place. I move to the right. He keeps moving over. I move further to the right. He moves over again. I am out of room. He is glowering. I slam his ass w/my shoulder. And it's on. LOL

--The phone thing. Oh my goodness. I have been rehabbing my knee and there are some idiots who are texting who knows whom and others who are talking on the phone about the dumbest crap. Shut up, put the phone away. Get out of the way, geek.


Dude, being negative is fun. LOL

Cause a lot if these idiots are texting on their phones while driving. Or worse...they're just completely spaced out at the light, not paying attention.

Dude the shoulder check crap is so infuriating. At least in general if someone bumps you here in America, people are polite and say excuse me.

In Europe? Dude I was so close to starting another world war over there. Those people will bump you and look at you like you're the problem. I mean even women will straight up slam into you and not say a word. I saw my wife do that in Germany and just....like why is you're 5'2 ass so mean? Lol.

Can't tell you how many times I've been the second person at the light and had to 'get someone off their phone' with that sound emitting thing activated by pressing on my steering wheel.

Pay attention kid! We've all got jobs to get to!

Germans are mean. Ive been there several times and got yelled at by Germans every single time. On the train. On the bus. At the train station. Walking across the street. They dont like tourists.

LOL........that's funny about the women and your wife.

Thanks.

You and Swish are right about the phone thang at the lights, but man, there's more............LOL

I almost hate to say it, but man, a lot of those people are old f...., and it is as if they have no clue as to what is happening until just the last moment when it benefits them and everyone else gets screwed.

I know hat sounds mean, but hell..........it's a Negative thread. LOL

God willing, we'll all BE THAT OLD PERSON one day!

Honestly, I worry for those poor people. There oughta be an 'old person' shopping day where we all stay home and let them have the roads so no one gets hurt.

If you dont like old people never go to Florida. They are everywhere and they drive on the wrong side of the road.

My favorite phrase to use when driving is "what are you doing"

It's a perfect phrase, because it can mean four different things depending on which word you accentuate.

"WHAT are you doing?"
"What ARE you doing?"
"What are YOU doing?"
"What are you DOING?"

This is hilarious! Third time I've actually laughed out loud!

Maybe we can offer to take an older person shopping one day? There are a couple of older women in my church who can't drive due to physical problems, and i already take my mom shopping after church, so I offered to take them as well. Thus far they haven't taken me up on it, but the offer stands.

Oh, sorry ... this is a negative thread.

Vers, this was a BRILLIANT idea for a thread!

Dude, I shop at Publix........which is an amazing grocery store down here in the south. Wednesdays is Senior Citizen Day. They are out in force, and while I love old people and I might even be one of them...LOL............they drive me freaking crazy.

Stopping and blocking the aisle every 2 freaking feet. "Look dear, these baked beans are $2.49, but I really didn't care for the taste last time." Blah, blah, blah.

Last week, I made stuffed peppers for my wife and I. my son and his wife, and my daughter. Later, my daughter texts me and says she wants me to make another one for her B.......who is a guy she has broken up w/several times and is apparently now back in her life. I had already left Publix when she texted, so I text my wife and ask her to pick up another pepper. She says: "you want me to go to Publix on a Wednesday?" I say: "Why not, you old ass fits right in."

I have a way w/words.

I hope y'all know it was just an attempt to make people laugh at some very real things. Just trying to lighten the mood.

This is so funny! I think this may have been the most 'personal' any of us has ever gotten, if ya know what I mean.

This is great, just chatting, not shouting!

Well done!

It worked cause I'm rollin'!

-- Students who ask "Mr. RocketOptimist, can I go to the bathroom", but they have yet to attempt to start their work.

-- Students who complain the task is too hard, but never bother to actually try first.

-- People who plan a trip at Disney down to the minute, and then freak out if you delay them in their day.

-- People who ask "what time is the 3 o'clock parade?" at the Magic Kingdom.

-- Walmarts in Central Florida.

-- People in bush Alaska who freak out about weather they can't control.

I get yelled at by older people all the time while I'm working.

I'm a merchandiser for Pepsi, I go into stores and fill the shelves.

I do not design the cases, or pick what goes on sale.

But you can't convince them that.

Legitimate conversations I've had.

"I'm looking for Pepsi Max"
"Oh it's right here ma'am."
"That says Pepsi Zero"
"Yes, Max was renamed Pepsi Zero"
(side note: nothing about the bottle has changed)
"Oh, ok, never mind, I only drink Pepsi Max..."

Or recently they redesigned the cases and labels of Mt Dew.

"Hey man, you guys got any regular Dew"
*points to the product literally right next to him*
"Oh, I thought that was Diet"

MAYBE YOU SHOULD READ IT.

I used to love it at work when I would hear a phone bleeping quietly, or buzzing, and immediately the person would ask if they could go to the bathroom. I would say "Sure, but leave your phone here."

I'm sure they hated that. It cancelled a lot of "bathroom breaks" though.

Why isn't there any Diet Cherry Crush??????

lol

LOL.........when students used to ask me: "Can I go to the bathroom?" I would answer with: "I don't know, can you?"

1.Idiots who pull into parking lots off a busy street... AND STOP- trying to figure out what they're supposed to do next. Don't you realize that my azz is still hanging out there in traffic? Look ahead. Plan. THINK.

2. Sullen teens in hoodies. I know you're 'going through your [stuff]," but I ain't part of your 'stuff.' Make some eye contact and talk to me. I might have an answer for your 'stuff.' I'm old- but I'm not The Opposition.

3. Dumbazzes in public places with loud voices. Please don't announce to the world just how stupid you are... it reflects badly on your wife's poor 'life choices'- and she's smart enough to keep a low profile. Don't blow up her game, bro-

4. Benzo/Cadillac owners who think that their high-ticket car purchase affords them a right to ignore the rules of the road and conventions of civility. (I will purposely park my 14-year-old, CR-V 8 inches from your driver's side door if you 'angle azzpark' your E-Class across 1.3 parking spaces. I'll actually take extra time in a parking lot to surgically place my rusty-azz hooptie for your maximum inconvenience, if you push the issue...

Yeah... sometimes, 'passive/aggressive' is the best way to go...

5. Cell phone users/texters behind the wheel. You might as well drive with a 2.0 BAL

6. 'Pro rant' coming up:
We see you from the stage. We HEAR you from the stage. *If you have a cold, stay home. NOBODY wants to hear you launch into a uncontrolled coughing fit at the end of the violin solo to 'Shindler's List,' performed by world-renowned Joshua Bell. We're here to hear HIM- not your problems with "phlegm management." *If you must attend while contagious, please use common sense: unwrap your Hall's lozenge during the loud passages!!! And trust me- waiting until the orch is whispering and trying to unwrap that thing s l o o o o w l y only prolongs the agony for us and the folks seated near you. *Perfume/cologne: they're called 'personal scents' for a reason... they should only occupy your own 'personal space.' If your scent has the same reach as a NORAD radar dish, you're killing those who are around you.

I could go on, but those are the 'pro tip basics'

7. Fast food drive-through orders that get messed up. The order-taker has one job. The food prep person has one job. Neither involves rocket science or splitting atoms at Cambridge. 'NO MAYO' MEANS YOU ACTUALLY HAVE LESS TO DO ON YOUR SHIFT, YOU DUNCE!

8. "regardless"/"I could care less"/"For all intensive purposes": Please, just shoot me now. (But English usage/abuse/punctuation could be its own dedicated thread, so I'll stop right here...)

9. "Conversationus Interruptus": Folks who think they know what you're about to say, and cut you off- mid sentence- with their instant rebuttal. Such people were clearly not engaging in conversation. They were merely using you as a prop to spout their own POV.I actually called out someone like this in public, about 10-12 years ago:

[said to a big-money donor at a post-concert reception]: "Well... since you already seem to know my answer, I don't really need to be in this conversation, do I?" -and I walked off. (People in that 'convo circle' actually chased me down later to hear what my answer would have been.)

On a fundamental level, I HATE rudeness and 'bully tactics.'

10. "I'm so impressed with the way you speak. You're so- articulate..." Why are you impressed? is it because my command of our common language is so deep and profound? I use the same words as you do. Is it because I can string together a coherent paragraph using the rules of sentence structure we all learned in 8th grade English class? 'Basic survival skills 101.' Is it because I sound more like Tom Brokaw than Don King, Dennis Rodman or Joey Porter? Or is it because you expected so so much less of me when you laid eyes on me?

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Vers: I've had 60 years to compile my (ever-expanding) list of things that everyday folks do/say that get under my skin. I let most of them slide on the daily... but I'll NEVER pass up an opportunity to 'vent my spleen' when a thread gives me the chance. Thanks for this one.

Mostly, I'm annoyed at clueless people who never seem to look outside the bubble they've formed around themselves. To a greater or lesser degree, we're all guilty of this- but when that bubble is so thick that they don't realize how the rest of the world sees them... well, it makes me want to take a needle/scalpel/Bowie knife/brick/jackhammer to that bubble.

I can't help it.
I was raised to be this way by folks who set standards that I'm still striving to reach.

Life quote from My Pops:
"Never settle for Stupid, if you can manage something more.
Read a book/talk to people smarter than you. Listen. Learn."


Fun thread.