Non-religious pet peeves

[Fi]

So now that my finals are over:

AAAGHH DESK DRUMMERS. And anyone else that makes noise during a test. Like, coughing and sniffling and bag zipper noises and stuff like that is understandable but some people seem to go out of their way to be annoying. Someone in Anthropology 101 was doing a friggin' drum solo while I was trying to write out my essay questions. I had disproportionate violent urges.

But it wasn't as awkward/terrible as the girl that cried quietly in the back of the room all through my history final. o_o

[Chronos]

But it wasn't as awkward/terrible as the girl that cried quietly in the back of the room all through my history final. o_o

My department had an all-day meeting outside of our office at a hotel. There were about 9 of us developing our annual plan. Our department secretary, who was sitting across the table from me, was having a few issues earlier in the day, but we didn't know what they were. During the middle of the meeting she started crying, very lightly. About 30 seconds later she put her head under the table and started bawling. She remained under the table. Our manager didn't do anything. He continued like nothing was happening. He knew what her problems were and I think he decided that she was beyond any kind of help we could give her. It wasn't her first time -- normally she would run out of the office but this time she was trapped with nowhere to go except under the table. Nevertheless, the meeting marched on, crying or no crying ... not easy to concentrate on a presentation when someone's under the table having a breakdown. Awkward and surreal are not words that sufficiently describe that moment.

The theme here is pet peeves, and the existence of this secretary was a pet peeve of mine for about 2.5 years of my life. She was incompetent, and the crying episodes were the least of the problems. She was later reported to medical for suicidal ideation, attended 2 sessions of free counseling but wouldn't take her medication. We managed to move her to another department later, which was one of the happier days of my life.

[Pharaoh Cat]

Forum posts that end with the command, "Discuss."

"Leprechauns are Scottish, not Irish.  Discuss."

Makes me feel like a dog being ordered to lie down, roll over, and play dead.

[xSilverPhinx]

Internet services, of any kind 

I've been requesting a password change from one site for the past hour and it hasn't showed up in my inbox yet. I've double and triple checked to see if the e-mail address I had added was correct, and it is. Tense moment, not alleviated in any form by this delay. 

[The Magic Pudding]

Forum posts that end with the command, "Discuss."

"Leprechauns are Scottish, not Irish.  Discuss."

Makes me feel like a dog being ordered to lie down, roll over, and play dead.

Would "please discuss" offend your feline sensibilities? 

[xSilverPhinx]

Forum posts that end with the command, "Discuss."

"Leprechauns are Scottish, not Irish.  Discuss."

Makes me feel like a dog being ordered to lie down, roll over, and play dead.

Would "please discuss" offend your feline sensibilities? 

I think felines might like "please discuss, whenever you're ready, of course. I didn't meant to interrupt your midday nap." better.

[Pharaoh Cat]

Forum posts that end with the command, "Discuss."

"Leprechauns are Scottish, not Irish.  Discuss."

Makes me feel like a dog being ordered to lie down, roll over, and play dead.

Would "please discuss" offend your feline sensibilities? 

Polite requests are certainly better than direct orders.  As for the dog/cat angle, I think you're onto something there.

I think felines might like "please discuss, whenever you're ready, of course. I didn't meant to interrupt your midday nap." better.

Now we're getting somewhere!

But here's what can't fail:

"Leprechauns are Scottish, not Irish.  Do you agree?"

Ask a question!   

[The Magic Pudding]

But here's what can't fail:

"Leprechauns are Scottish, not Irish.  Do you agree?"

Ask a question!   

Ye but sometimes you might not know the question but you suspect there is one, this could just be a personal problem of mine.
It does give freedom to responders to go where they will, unconstrained.

[DeterminedJuliet]

The people who live next to us keep having rowdy sex at all hours of the day and night. It didn't bother me at first, but I really wish they'd get a new boxspring. I don't need to hear every damn squeak!

[OldGit]

And the mattresses often squeak, too.

[Davin]

Forum posts that end with the command, "Discuss."

"Leprechauns are Scottish, not Irish.  Discuss."

Makes me feel like a dog being ordered to lie down, roll over, and play dead.

It is a public forum geared towards discussion... Discuss? Nah, this whole place is for people to post threads that never get responded to or when they are responded to, the responses are random things that have nothing to do with the topic of the thread.

[Tank]

Forum posts that end with the command, "Discuss."

"Leprechauns are Scottish, not Irish.  Discuss."

Makes me feel like a dog being ordered to lie down, roll over, and play dead.

It is a public forum geared towards discussion... Discuss? Nah, this whole place is for people to post threads that never get responded to or when they are responded to, the responses are random things that have nothing to do with the topic of the thread.

Grapes anybody?

[Davin]

Forum posts that end with the command, "Discuss."

"Leprechauns are Scottish, not Irish.  Discuss."

Makes me feel like a dog being ordered to lie down, roll over, and play dead.

It is a public forum geared towards discussion... Discuss? Nah, this whole place is for people to post threads that never get responded to or when they are responded to, the responses are random things that have nothing to do with the topic of the thread.

Grapes anybody?

I was thinking of taking the steak mobile out for a spin just this morning.

[lomfs24]

Two things really irritate me...both happen in a convenience store.

1). Cell phones have become part of our daily lives. I no longer have a land line to my house and only have one in the office out of necessity and I don't pay for it. I don't mind you talking on the phone, I don't mind you talking on the phone while you are standing in line to purchase your box of menthol lights and lottery ticket...but when you get a chance to come face to face with the cashier, hang up! Or if you must stay connected with that call put the person on hold and conclude your business before you resume your conversation.

2) While we are on the subject of lottery tickets. If you feel the need to buy one, move away from the counter or to the back of the line before you scratch it off. Nothing more annoying than to stand behind someone who is scratching, winning another free ticket, scratching that one, not winning, buying another one, etc....

I will get off my soap box now. 

[The Magic Pudding]

2) While we are on the subject of lottery tickets. If you feel the need to buy one, move away from the counter or to the back of the line before you scratch it off. Nothing more annoying than to stand behind someone who is scratching, winning another free ticket, scratching that one, not winning, buying another one, etc....

For such people we have poker machines, lots of them.
No one has to queue to loose their money in the lucky country.