http://metachat.org/index.php?disp=comments en-US http://backend.userland.com/rss 60 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 22:11:05 +0000 c605415@http://metachat.org Right-handed people who walk on the left side of the hallway, especially around corners. It's your damn convention, righties. If you're not going to follow it, why should we lefties? http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/09/27/irrational_pet_peeves_anyone_aka_i_just_#c605415 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:09:03 +0000 c605416@http://metachat.org Eide that gets me too. Along with people who stand in doorways to hold a conversation... http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/09/27/irrational_pet_peeves_anyone_aka_i_just_#c605416 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:10:07 +0000 c605417@http://metachat.org Seeing folks ignore posted signs or basic courtesy conventions because it just isn't convenient for them . . . parking in front of the library on the "no parking" zone, "reserving" chairs around a pool when the signs say no, talking VERY loudly on cell phones while in line or in elevators or other places where others can't escape, holding elevators at times when others are sure to be waiting . .. you get the idea. http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/09/27/irrational_pet_peeves_anyone_aka_i_just_#c605417 Thu, 27 Sep 2012 23:51:24 +0000 c605418@http://metachat.org I have left things on people's chairs, but only on messy-desk people's chairs. If I can reasonably assume that if I leave the thing on the desk then it will got lost in the shuffle, AND -- important! -- if the person DOES NOT HAVE AN INBOX, then the chair kinda makes sense. I do feel like an asshole doing it, but some people leave you little choice. Someone with a neat desk and an inbox, however, is not one of those people. My irrational pet peeve is people who take up too much room in the supermarket check-out. Move forward! Condense your shit on the conveyor belt! Stop talking to your companion and run your goddamned card already!
Someone with a neat desk and an inbox, however, is not one of those people.

My irrational pet peeve is people who take up too much room in the supermarket check-out. Move forward! Condense your shit on the conveyor belt! Stop talking to your companion and run your goddamned card already!]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/09/27/irrational_pet_peeves_anyone_aka_i_just_#c605418 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:21:44 +0000 c605422@http://metachat.org All these pet peeves sound quite rational to me. I would send an email to the perp saying, "Don't leave makework on my chair, I don't look there for assignments." It has to be said. You could even use "going forward" to make it official. Stick to your guns. They're there for blasting people to hell. Use them.
I would send an email to the perp saying, "Don't leave makework on my chair, I don't look there for assignments." It has to be said. You could even use "going forward" to make it official.

Stick to your guns. They're there for blasting people to hell. Use them.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/09/27/irrational_pet_peeves_anyone_aka_i_just_#c605422 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 05:38:37 +0000 c605430@http://metachat.org people who start sentences and don't finish them.
]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/09/27/irrational_pet_peeves_anyone_aka_i_just_#c605430 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 06:16:38 +0000 c605431@http://metachat.org Sit on stuff in your chair and then ignor it. If they ask say "I didn't see it". http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/09/27/irrational_pet_peeves_anyone_aka_i_just_#c605431 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:35:06 +0000 c605432@http://metachat.org I hate it when people dump stuff on my chair, too. I have a tidy desk and clear it completely every day when I leave, so anything you put on it will get noticed. If you happen to come along when I'm not in my office and it happens to be one of the five minutes a week that my desk is covered, put it on my keyboard! People who walk on the right on footpaths and stand chatting on the right on escalators! Keep to the left, just like on the road! Related - people who dawdle all over the place while walking. I don't care how slow you walk, just walk in a fucking straight line!
People who walk on the right on footpaths and stand chatting on the right on escalators! Keep to the left, just like on the road! Related - people who dawdle all over the place while walking. I don't care how slow you walk, just walk in a fucking straight line!]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/09/27/irrational_pet_peeves_anyone_aka_i_just_#c605432 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:09:59 +0000 c605434@http://metachat.org People who have loud conversations at the gym are my peeve. Who the hell wants to hear you talk at 7:00AM when they're trying to workout? http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/09/27/irrational_pet_peeves_anyone_aka_i_just_#c605434 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:43:37 +0000 c605436@http://metachat.org lfr, maybe you need to put a piece of paper on your chair that says THIS IS NOT MY INBOX. I hate passive aggressive behavior in the workplace, but I think that qualifies as just being pragmatic. No implication that anyone is a moron. My most persistant pet peeve is drivers who come to a stop with tons of room between them and the car in front of them, then some random number of seconds later they creep up into the remaining space. I was going to say something about people who are obnoxious knowitalls or rude or snobby or mean, but I think I just hate people in general right now.
My most persistant pet peeve is drivers who come to a stop with tons of room between them and the car in front of them, then some random number of seconds later they creep up into the remaining space.

I was going to say something about people who are obnoxious knowitalls or rude or snobby or mean, but I think I just hate people in general right now.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/09/27/irrational_pet_peeves_anyone_aka_i_just_#c605436 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:09:55 +0000 c605438@http://metachat.org Well, I think it's completely rational, but: people who use giant golf umbrellas on the sidewalks of busy NYC streets. Oh yeah, you are SOOOO special you can't possibly get one hair wet while you're shoving the rest of us out the way? grar.
grar. ]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/09/27/irrational_pet_peeves_anyone_aka_i_just_#c605438 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:58:10 +0000 c605441@http://metachat.org Word People who take out their smartphones in a theater. If you're that bored you are welcome to leave.
People who take out their smartphones in a theater. If you're that bored you are welcome to leave.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/09/27/irrational_pet_peeves_anyone_aka_i_just_#c605441 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:57:01 +0000 c605445@http://metachat.org People who use umbrellas at all. Especially short people. Because they always seem to be at the exact height necessary to put out one or more of my eyes. http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/09/27/irrational_pet_peeves_anyone_aka_i_just_#c605445 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:47:16 +0000 c605447@http://metachat.org People who say something three, four, five, or six times. The exact same thing. Last week, for example, I was in a coffee shop line in an airport and selected a pain au chocolate. The woman behind me, who apparently wasn't able to detect the presence of this pastry option until she saw me put mine on my plate, said "Look at that!" to her companion. SEVEN TIMES. She went on to say FIVE times, "I think I want one," then SIX times, "Mm, looks good." I can't believe she had a companion. That is a role I could never fill for her. pain au chocolate. The woman behind me, who apparently wasn't able to detect the presence of this pastry option until she saw me put mine on my plate, said "Look at that!" to her companion. SEVEN TIMES. She went on to say FIVE times, "I think I want one," then SIX times, "Mm, looks good."

I can't believe she had a companion. That is a role I could never fill for her.]]> http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/09/27/irrational_pet_peeves_anyone_aka_i_just_#c605447 Fri, 28 Sep 2012 18:17:58 +0000 c605450@http://metachat.org People who say something I didn't hear, and when I ask, "What did you say?" proceed to give me a big long explanation. No, I didn't MISUNDERSTAND, I just didn't HEAR you. Just repeat, that's all you gotta do. http://metachat.org/index.php/2012/09/27/irrational_pet_peeves_anyone_aka_i_just_#c605450