Things that grind your gears...

[Artoo]

When people use the phrase "I could care less", in order to imply that they COULDN'T conceivably care less about a particular subject.

All I can say is...

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Feel free to add your own. 😎

 

[Leo tickles]

"Really? Wow"
No, not fucking really. I just said it to see if you would ask.

"Interesting"
I know it's interesting, that's why I told you. Now reply with something more than one word.

"Whatever"
Nothing to say because I'm right? Good game.

"Fuck my life"
Here's a quarter first.

 

[Bugman]

Something that grinds my gears is like, my friend went to the store and like his car would not start so like he had to like call a tow truck to like get the car home. Makes me want to set my hair on fire.

 

[Mitchell]

When someone interrupts you as you're speaking, with a completely irrelevant comment to the topic the two of you are conversing about. My ex best friend used to do this all the time. People who do this, to me, are saying that only what they want to say or talk about, is important, or means something, and whatever anyone else is talking about, means shit.

Mitch

 

[Aimee]

1. snow when good ol' mr groundhog said spring was coming early

2. know it alls

3. crying babies in public. to be more specific: crying babies in public and the parents who ignore them

4. people who text while you are in the middle of a conversation with them FACE TO FACE

5. sales people. i feel like i can't walk into a store without being bombarded with new sales and specials they have going on. i can read the 10 billion signs you have up about them, k? thanks!

 

[badreligion]

Bad drivers .

 

[Bugman]

3. crying babies in public. to be more specific: crying babies in public and the parents who ignore them

Yes!

People who leave a shopping cart in a parking space. What, you can't walk it over to a cart corral?

Standing in line behind someone whipping out a credit or debit card for a $2 or $3 dollar purchase. Am I the only one who carries a little cash for incidental purchases?

 

[Leo tickles]

People who think you should behave and believe what they do.

Parents who let their 9 year old child run around in a buffet and touch the food with their hands. Yeah they're kids and don't know better, what the fuck is you excuse?

Bad drivers. See the sign that says 45? That's about 44 miles faster than what you're going there buddy.

"I don't know" Rage fucking gasm.

People who break plans for no good reason. It's like... what are they thinking?

Verizon. I got 4 bars about ten seconds after I disconnected the service. Seriously. Yet every single time I wind up in a shopping mall, some asshole wants to sell me a 500 dollar phone with a 2 year contract. But wait, the phone is only 350 after rebates. More like 550, fuck Verizon. 😀

Jealous people. I can look at a fancy device or car and try to come up with a way to achieve it. But no, my bad, the proper thing to do is get pissed that they have it and I don't.

Telemarketers who don't know when to quit. I figured out a trick, actually. They CAN NOT hang up on you no matter what you say or they will lose their job. Answer the phone, say no, and if they continue trying to sell you on shit instead of understanding you don't want it, leave the phone next to you on speaker and do something else.

Some mechanics. You're telling me that my headlights don't work because my transmission is shot? Just because I don't have the tools to fix my own car doesn't mean I don't know what the fuck is wrong with it.

Judgmental people. "Oh you have long hair so you must be a hippie bum pothead!" Yeah? You have a mole on your nose, guess you're a fucking leper then.

 

[stroker]

The way that every " man of the house" in British T.V ads is portrayed as a simpering dickless moron, while every woman is perect in every way possible.

 

[Aimee]

6. DVDs that skip! i cleaned you, now work damnit! 🙁

 

[TropicThunder]

People who try to "offer" me parenting advice simply because it worked for them, and pushing it on me worse than a fucking sales person.

People who ask me for change when I'm dealing my child throwing a temper tantrum in the middle of the street.

People who ask me for change, and when I say no, they follow me into a store and wait for me to pull my wallet out.

Bad Drivers. I'll echo this one. I'm pissed off at the guy who thought it would be a great idea to pull a U turn in front of an ongoing streetcar.

 

[Mitchell]

Leo, there was one on your list that I forgot to add to mine. Judgemental people.. I say that with an addendum,., that is.. unless someone's actions DIRECTLY affect you.

Case in point: My ex best friend's mother. Simply put, the fucking bitch can't keep her mouth shut, and her failure to do so, was a cause in the end of our friendship.

I would walk in her house, in the 90s, during my parents divorce, and she would say things like "Your mother should sell her car".. or.. "Your father should refuse to pay you back the money you loaned him, because you are refusing to talk to him". Bizzare, evil, things, that made her probably the only woman on the face of the planet, who I would have no problem punching in the face, if I could get away with it. (I've never hit a woman, EVER, by the way. I didn't even hit anyone, boys, or guys, in school. I used to settle disputes with words). One time, she threatened to call my father, so he would stop paying my mom her alimony. (Truly evil, as my mom was soo nice to my ex best friend). After I heard that, I told him: "You tell that.. (Can I say the word "****", because.. that's what she is, and what I called her) that if she does that, and my father does stop paying my mom her alimony, I will personally go over to her house, beat the hell out of her, and worry about the consequences later" Turns out, either he told her, and she was afraid.. or.. she decided just not to do it. I'd likely have not actually hit her, because she wouldnt be worth the penalty I'd receive. I'd just sue the ... ****..and wipe her out financially.

Now.. to the addendum: I will judge.. my father.. or my assistant.. because.. both have been abusive assholes to me. I'll say things like "They both live crazy.. or.. they both have no social conscience.". Normally, if they hadn't done to me what they did..,I wouldnt.. but..

Anyhow, that's it.

Mitch

 

[Artoo]

Telemarketers who don't know when to quit. I figured out a trick, actually. They CAN NOT hang up on you no matter what you say or they will lose their job. Answer the phone, say no, and if they continue trying to sell you on shit instead of understanding you don't want it, leave the phone next to you on speaker and do something else.

Not true in the UK; or if it is, I'm breaking a lot of rules. 😀

Actually, as a B2B Sales guy, one thing that annoys me is when I phone someone and they say "NO I'M NOT INTERESTED" as soon as I start talking, before I've even outlined what we're helping their business out with. I can understand if you don't want the call or are currently busy, but, I'm a big boy and I can handle the truth; don't feed me bullshit!

 

[Brock Samson]

Slow fucking drivers....and slow fucking drivers who don't move to another lane when they see you coming from way behind them at a faster pace. Either speed the fuck up, or move your slow ass over!

Spoiled ass people. The only thing you are entitled to is your rights. Everything else comes with work. Or you can keep blowing your parents for sustenance. Just don't expect any sympathy from me.

Bieber fever! I will not go any farther into this particular subject because the more I type on it, the more I feel compelled to destroy my computer.

If it takes you more than 2 seconds to make a turn, if you can't stay in one lane for more than 5 seconds, if you think that the signal lights are there merely for decoration, if you can't at least maintain the speed limit, if you don't have the sense to be in the exit lane before you get to the exit instead of trying to fly over from 3 lanes away.....you do not belong behind the wheel of a car!

Take off that silly ass shirt! Ed Hardy: awesome tattoos, fucked up clothing!

Yeah, I'm black. That doesn't mean I want your ignorance spilling over onto me, so call me the n word again, and I'm going to punch your face into the back of your head! And no, I don't want your fucking mixtape! And just because you can't see my underwear over my pants, I enunciate, and I'm 2 shades away from clear, that should not give you the impression that I'm soft and easy to walk over. After I make your face beat up my hands, I'll play Schoolly D's "Am I Black Enough For You" as you fade into unconsciousness!

Call me a toy cop one more time, motherfucker!

Guys making videos of themselves dancing to, and lip singing, Beyonce or Lady Gaga or any other female vocal artist........yeah, that shit needs to stop now. Like, right the fuck now.

And finally, it also grinds my gears when I can't find the droids I'm looking for. What gives with that?

 

[LD_Tickler]

3. crying babies in public. to be more specific: crying babies in public and the parents who ignore them

Holy flurking shnit, yes with the passion of a thousand suns. This fills me with rage that is literally difficult to control. HONESTLY. I don't love your fucking baby. Ok? Shut that thing up. I don't find it cute, I don't care about its quirks. Silence your noise factory, or stay the fuck home. I have so many stories of this.

 

[Big_Dogg85]

I want to say know it alls but I don't mind the odd bit of trivia...now people WHO ALWAYS NEED TO BE RIGHT is a complete other matter. These people absolutely cannot see the other side of an argument or a situation and will talk and go great lengths to prove they're right when they are not. They tend to be very rude and grossly inconsiderate in their demonstration of how right they are; sacrificing friendships if it means they remain RIGHT. Providing conclusive evidence of them being wrong only fuels them more where they change the story to indicate they meant it this way or in that context. Ignoring them or changing the subject is a good deterrent once or twice, but it becomes very grating when it happens every single time a conversation is struck and your person decides that they need to be Mr. or Miss I AM ALWAYS RIGHT.

Screw grinding my gears, to all of the people who ABSOLUTELY MUST BE RIGHT, ALWAYS...you can go fuck yourselves!

 

[Persephone]

I want to say know it alls but I don't mind the odd bit of trivia...now people WHO ALWAYS NEED TO BE RIGHT is a complete other matter. These people absolutely cannot see the other side of an argument or a situation and will talk and go great lengths to prove they're right when they are not. They tend to be very rude and grossly inconsiderate in their demonstration of how right they are; sacrificing friendships if it means they remain RIGHT. Providing conclusive evidence of them being wrong only fuels them more where they change the story to indicate they meant it this way or in that context. Ignoring them or changing the subject is a good deterrent once or twice, but it becomes very grating when it happens every single time a conversation is struck and your person decides that they need to be Mr. or Miss I AM ALWAYS RIGHT.

Screw grinding my gears, to all of the people who ABSOLUTELY MUST BE RIGHT, ALWAYS...you can go fuck yourselves!

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[Big_Dogg85]

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See, exactly! DAMNED ASS!!! 😛

 

[Persephone]

See, exactly! DAMNED ASS!!! 😛

That is the EXACT clip I thought of when I read your response! I couldn't resist!! 😀

 

[love feet]

somtimes life its self.

 

[porcelaindoll2]

When I am out walking and some asshole has decided to drive up far enough to cover the pedestrian crosswalk. When the sign lights up saying I can walk I have to walk around the car that decided to block the pedestrian crosswalk. Then you have the assholes that wouldn't yield for pedestrians if their life depended on it.

 

[stroker]

Holy flurking shnit, yes with the passion of a thousand suns. This fills me with rage that is literally difficult to control. HONESTLY. I don't love your fucking baby. Ok? Shut that thing up. I don't find it cute, I don't care about its quirks. Silence your noise factory, or stay the fuck home. I have so many stories of this.

Yeah .This is exactly how i feel .Travelling by bus is a stricken nightmare in Edinburgh no journey is complete without some shrieking brat being ignored by its mother who spends the entire time with her phone clamped to her ear . The lasy straw was when they allowed this behaviour in libraries to " encourage kids to read " which of course was the last thing theyed be doing.

 

[Bohemianne]

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[Flatfoot]

When people pronounce things carelessly, like last names. If it's too confusing, don't attempt it and butcher it. That just seems disrespectful, to me. Just ask the person how to properly say it. In my case, my last name is only two syllables, and it's spelled just like it should sound, yet people still manage to mangle it. Another one that bugs me is "larynx". It's not pronounced "lar-nicks".

 

[badreligion]

People who think they are better than everyone else and that everyone should capitulate to them .