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The 'white van man' from Friday, who, whilst I was crossing the junction on foot, approached the main road at full speed and slammed on his brakes and proceeded to toot his pissy little horn at me and swear at me until I turned around and started walking back towards his gakky little van.

Wound your window up pretty fast then didn't you you donkey-cave... Because you had to stop anyway didn't you, because you'd arrived at a fething junction didn't you...
Didn't like it when I punched your door did you? That shut you up you mullet haired gak.
Drove off pretty bloody fast then didn't ya...

/twitch

I can't stand the sound of people eating. It drives me furious with rage.

MeanGreenStompa wrote:The 'white van man' from Friday, who, whilst I was crossing the junction on foot, approached the main road at full speed and slammed on his brakes and proceeded to toot his pissy little horn at me and swear at me until I turned around and started walking back towards his gakky little van.

Wound your window up pretty fast then didn't you you donkey-cave... Because you had to stop anyway didn't you, because you'd arrived at a fething junction didn't you...
Didn't like it when I punched your door did you? That shut you up you mullet haired gak.
Drove off pretty bloody fast then didn't ya...

/twitch

LOL i watched a big scary looking guy punch a BMW door and the guy in the car sat crying until he left...thats what you get for driving like a tool then having the audacity to swear at the person you almost killed!

Roze wrote:

LOL i watched a big scary looking guy punch a BMW door and the guy in the car sat crying until he left...thats what you get for driving like a tool then having the audacity to swear at the person you almost killed!

Good way to die. Just thought I'd point that out.

RxGhost wrote:I can't stand the sound of people eating. It drives me furious with rage.

QFT

What gets me more is not only when its open mouthed chewing like with toffee bars, but when you say something and their response is always "I can't help it"

Don't eat the damn things next to me then!!

To me these are major things and just plain rude. One time I was in a checkout line at a pharmacy in Raleigh, NC. First Raleigh has some of THE MOST rude people in the world. The lady is buying some gum and tampons and gets into an argument about a coupon for $2 off that goes on for over 15 minutes while the line continues to grow. Finally I grab the b*tch by the shoulder and shout "CAN'T YOU BUY THIS UP FRONT??? LOOK HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING ON YOU!!! MOVE YOUR ARSE B*TCH!!!"

G

generalgrog wrote:I hate it when I go to the "express" lane at the local grocery store and people either blatanly ignore the "15 items or less" sign, by bringing double the "allowed" amount. If it was 16 items it might bother me, 17 items maybe, but when you double up the allowed items, that's right out anarchist!

Oh... and I also want to mention the people that get in the "express" lane and have like 15 items but "divide" the purchases up into 2 or three chunks. 5 items on credit card, 5 items with check, and 5 items with cash.

Oh...Oh...Oh.. and I almost forgot my favorite. "Oh I don't have that much money, can you take a few things off" Then they have to spend 10 minutes rummaging through the bags to find that specific item that can be removed to get the total under the amount they can afford. grrrrrrr

I remain calm, but it still gets my blood boiling when I see other lines in the NON express lanes going faster.

GG

I made pancakes this morning.

And when I went to put maple syrup on them...

I HAD NO MAPLE SYRUP!

It made my whole day terrible :(

GoFenris wrote:Oh, didn't you know? Ask was changed to aks years ago. (Who gets that reference?)

Was that about the same time they changed Christmas to Xmas? Futurama, IIRC...

@MeanGreenStompa:
I share your pain. I commute to work on public transit (train and bus), and en route to the train station I walk through a mall parking lot. The trouble zone for me is this weird intersection that is actually two "T" shaped intersections that form an "H" shape. "Right of way" goes out the fething window, and it apparently is every man for himself. This is bad when you don't have a vehicle as well... Let me adapt your experience to my own:

The 'green SUV' from three weeks ago, who, whilst I was crossing the junction on foot, approached the limit line at full speed and slammed on her brakes. Without even looking, she lurches forward, stopping about three feet away from me, and proceeded to toot her pissy little horn at me and grimace at me until I turned around and started walking back towards her gakky little SUV.

Wound your window up pretty fast then didn't you you donkey-cave... Because you had to stop anyway didn't you, because you'd arrived at a fething junction didn't you...
Didn't like it when I kicked your bumper, did you? That shut you up you weaved haired gak.
Drove off pretty bloody fast then didn't ya...

/twitch

Kanluwen wrote:I made pancakes this morning.

And when I went to put maple syrup on them...

I HAD NO MAPLE SYRUP!

It made my whole day terrible :(

I had got rid of my housemates stuff and had moved all of my stuff out and into my new house except my bed and a few odds an sods, I decided to celebrate my last night in the house by walking down the road to my local chinese take away, I ordered my food and waited, then took said food back along the road to my "now" old house and promptly dished up all my grub onto a plate. I then went to take some cutlery out of my EMPTY cutlery drawer.

That night I ate my chinese with nothing moer than a dinner knife, I was not happy

tblock1984 wrote:

GoFenris wrote:Oh, didn't you know? Ask was changed to aks years ago. (Who gets that reference?)

Was that about the same time they changed Christmas to Xmas? Futurama, IIRC...

Ah yeah! For you...

People that get irritated when I return their call, because they left a message, and in the response to their call, instead of checking for that most important message that they must have left; I chose to just call them back, because they only called me like a half-hour ago.

THEN... I check the message to find that it was about something they decided to plan, without my knowledge, and I am still left wondering why it was so complicated, that they simply could not repeat a 10 second request, instead being angry at me that I did not take 5 minutes to check my messages instead. I would have needed to call back anyway, so in reality, you must be angry at the phone, and not me. Oh, and people that insist on communicating only through e-mail, when a goddam phone works amazingly well.

Overall though, I let most of the small stuff slide, except when it comes to getting food. You either know how to make a burrito, or you are totally bullgakking me, and will not listen to my requests pertaining to that burrito... that, does annoy me quite a bit.

Green Blow Fly wrote:I always find it interesting how people can become so upset over what appears to be little things. For example I know a lot of people that play Blood Angels get upset when others mention their army is vampiric. To me I can't see how you couldn't see the connection but I have heard a lot of heated arguments as to why they are not. This is just an example and I use it to illustrate my point, why do people get so upset over things that appear to be insignificant to others. In the case of the Blood Angels' background it's not like they are real, it's all fictional and as far as I know it's not in-PC to be a vampire. So what is up with this in general?

G

That depends , did you call them straight out as vampires.

Or did you say " oh hay , Twilight army! "

Elderly in my store, they automatically think they can cut the line, be rude and get preferential treatment, because they are fething old.

BrookM wrote:Elderly in my store, they automatically think they can cut the line, be rude and get preferential treatment, because they are fething old.

And when challenged do the "we fought for you so you can stand in insert nationality queues" routine?

BrookM wrote:Elderly in my store, they automatically think they can cut the line, be rude and get preferential treatment, because they are fething old.

Damn Old People!

I hate Old people who stick there bags on the other seats in the bus stops, so no-one else can sit down!

LunaHound wrote:

Green Blow Fly wrote:I always find it interesting how people can become so upset over what appears to be little things. For example I know a lot of people that play Blood Angels get upset when others mention their army is vampiric. To me I can't see how you couldn't see the connection but I have heard a lot of heated arguments as to why they are not. This is just an example and I use it to illustrate my point, why do people get so upset over things that appear to be insignificant to others. In the case of the Blood Angels' background it's not like they are real, it's all fictional and as far as I know it's not in-PC to be a vampire. So what is up with this in general?

G

That depends , did you call them straight out as vampires.

Or did you say " oh hay , Twilight army! "

I play BA so consider that.

I get pissed when someone leaves a really long as hell voicemail then at the very end they say their phone number so fast you cant hear and have to replay the entire message. When I call them I complain about it for like at least 15 minutes.

G

Little things annoy me. But i don't go on about them or bring them up.

Things that annoy me however are as follows...


Socially awkward people

Billy bullshiter's

Attention whore's

Posh Cambridge student D-Bags (some are great fun, the majority aren't) ...

and this advert:






And many, many...MANY more!



Slappy

Green Blow Fly wrote:I get pissed when someone leaves a really long as hell voicemail then at the very end they say their phone number so fast you cant hear and have to replay the entire message. When I call them I complain about it for like at least 15 minutes.

It is officially bad manners to be unclear with a phone number in a message, say it once loud and clear, then stop, and say it again even louder and clearer; the main point of this, is the fact that it makes me feel like I am an automated message when a person has the linguistic skills associated with speaking numbers, comparable to a squirrel with hyper-tension trying to walk slowly.

Another thing that seriously peeves me, but I can get past for the most part, is working under a person that demands you work harder/faster/etc..., while restricting your ability to actually do so. If someone is your boss, and they are constantly asking for two entirely different types of workers at once, and you happen to be the only other person besides them in that vicinity, consider finding new work.

"So, you want these pages copied, but you also want me to wash your car, while making you coffee... all in fifteen minutes? Oh seriously though, go plonk yourself!"

Frazzled wrote:Bureacratic BS in all its forms makes my eyes bleed, and not in the good way.

Man, I live through that everyday...

I hate public toilets. People (probably little kids) always piss on the seat and I can't sit down.

Slappywag wrote:Little things annoy me. But i don't go on about them or bring them up.

Things that annoy me however are as follows...


Socially awkward people

Billy bullshiter's

Attention whores....

Couldn't agree more. there's this guy at my flgs who drives me nuts. my first impression of him was back when 3rd ed. 40k came out he was whining about how tyranids used to have 10 wounds or toughness 8 or whatever and would dismiss arguments from people who pointed out that all armies got nerfed the same way. And he was always telling unwilling acquaintances about in game accomplishments for games that haven't been popular for a decade. Don't get me wrong- I consider my self a nerd, but I have non- gamer friends and have even been known to go on a date now and then. I get the distinct impression that he is unable to carry on a conversation that didn't involve sci-fi or games.

Time before last that I was over in the states, this was playing all the time...




Oi Vey!

Is that similar to the "Do you have gold in your attic? send it to us and we'll give you CASH!" advert that runs every so often in the UK?

Yeah sure, let me send you my £500 gold watch in a packet clearly labelled as to its contents that offers zero security or even tracking and HOPE that you will give me ANY money, let alone anything remotely close to its actual worth.

Even more troubling is that people out there will actually do it.


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If the above is incorrect then stuff it, I'm having a moment here

It's especially funny when they act like you should be surprised that gold objects are valuable.

"Wow! I bet you didn't know all of that junk made from solid gold could turn into cold hard cash!"

I'm always thinking...Whats stopping Mr Mail man from pocketing that packet that has "GOLD" printed all over it?

Green Blow Fly wrote:I always find it interesting how people can become so upset over what appears to be little things. For example I know a lot of people that play Blood Angels get upset when others mention their army is vampiric. To me I can't see how you couldn't see the connection but I have heard a lot of heated arguments as to why they are not. This is just an example and I use it to illustrate my point, why do people get so upset over things that appear to be insignificant to others. In the case of the Blood Angels' background it's not like they are real, it's all fictional and as far as I know it's not in-PC to be a vampire. So what is up with this in general?

G

The problem is that really, they're not vampires, but they certainly are hemovores. And GW doesn't just come out and say it anymore, but hints at it in a very blatant way. So really, only idiots would miss it.

The problem is that there are a great many idiots in the world, and that they're generally louder than those who are reasonably cogent.

Roze wrote:LOL i watched a big scary looking guy punch a BMW door and the guy in the car sat crying until he left...thats what you get for driving like a tool then having the audacity to swear at the person you almost killed!

Were you in Las Vegas when this happened? I swear my friend told me yesterday about how he was arrested a few weeks back for this very same thing.

MeanGreenStompa wrote:The 'white van man' from Friday, who, whilst I was crossing the junction on foot, approached the main road at full speed and slammed on his brakes and proceeded to toot his pissy little horn at me and swear at me until I turned around and started walking back towards his gakky little van.

Wound your window up pretty fast then didn't you you donkey-cave... Because you had to stop anyway didn't you, because you'd arrived at a fething junction didn't you...
Didn't like it when I punched your door did you? That shut you up you mullet haired gak.
Drove off pretty bloody fast then didn't ya...

/twitch

I always end up punching white vans and buses when I'm on my bike. They never get upset or retaliate either, know why? Because the inconsiderate a-holes know they are in the wrong.

RxGhost wrote:I can't stand the sound of people eating. It drives me furious with rage.

OMG I remember someone who ate cereal at school... slurping in the milk, open mouthed chewing... then at lunch he audibly inhaled as he was shoveling his heart attacking waiting to happen of choice into his mouth. Again with the open mouthed chewing.

I asked Gav Thorp at Adepticon this year and he said yes they are vampires.

G

Valhallan42nd wrote:

Green Blow Fly wrote:I always find it interesting how people can become so upset over what appears to be little things. For example I know a lot of people that play Blood Angels get upset when others mention their army is vampiric. To me I can't see how you couldn't see the connection but I have heard a lot of heated arguments as to why they are not. This is just an example and I use it to illustrate my point, why do people get so upset over things that appear to be insignificant to others. In the case of the Blood Angels' background it's not like they are real, it's all fictional and as far as I know it's not in-PC to be a vampire. So what is up with this in general?

G

The problem is that really, they're not vampires, but they certainly are hemovores. And GW doesn't just come out and say it anymore, but hints at it in a very blatant way. So really, only idiots would miss it.

The problem is that there are a great many idiots in the world, and that they're generally louder than those who are reasonably cogent.