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Annoying things people do in the real world


OK. In an effort to provide some variety from politically-charged posts and from one poster constantly making ridiculous demands about how the site should be changed to suit him, let's add another topic: What do people do, in real life -- meaning NOT on-line -- that you find annoying? I'd guess that those who text/talk at the movies are a given, as are those so absorbed in their phones they have no clue of their surroundings, but feel free to add them if you wish. Some of my own include:

-- People who stop in the middle of a supermarket aisle to check their lists, decide on an item, etc., blocking anyone from passing and oblivious to what they're doing. Ditto people having conversations in the middle of an aisle.

-- Drivers who never use turn signals

-- People who have conversations on their phones loud enough for everyone to hear

-- People who let their kids run wild in restaurants and stores

-- Cyclists who think traffic laws don't apply to them and ride right through red lights and stop signs

-- People who waste everyone's time at the post office by having no clue how to mail something and having 8 million questions for the clerk, 99% of which could have been answered via a 5-minute visit to the USPS web site. And it's not a matter of not having computer access, at least in my experience; virtually all of them also have smartphones. In fact, have seem some checking their e-mail while clogging up the line.

-- People who treat bookstores -- the few that are left -- as public libraries, and sit on the floor in aisles reading books.

-- Drivers who figuratively break their necks to pass you, then get in front of you and move like frozen molasses

There are more, but I'm sure you get the idea....

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I don't think I've seen these mentioned here.

First, tailgaters ! And the ones who are addicted to this will ignorantly refuse to adjust their driving habits during inclement weather which produces slick roads.

Second, those who modify their vehicles ( especially motorcycles ) to be excessively noisy and then will amplify that effect by accelerating through a quiet neighborhood. Why? Because they're attention whores.

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Oh, yeah. The latter are just annoying as eff. The former are actually dangerous.

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People who have those BOOMING speakers in their vehicles. You can hear them coming blocks away and they're so loud that seemingly everything around you vibrates, and you can't hear your TV, radio, etc.

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I once had a co-worker years ago who confessed to me he couldn't hear a train coming and was almost struck because of that stupid trend.

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And their cars are usually cheap. its sad.

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I once commuted over a 7 year period. During one routine and leisurely day, I noticed a vehicle coming up behind me on the interstate extremely fast. At a certain point, I could actually see a wild, maniacal, expression on the driver's face in my rear view mirror. I instinctively and immediately pulled over onto the shoulder. His vehicle hit the spot on the road where I would have been within seconds and began to fishtail so wildly, I thought he was going to flip and roll. Had I been there, at the least, he would have totaled my vehicle and broken my back.

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Funny how you just knew what to do. You sound lucky to be alive!! You never know who is behind the wheel of the other car too. Scary Stuff.

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Actually, not so funny at all when seen within the context of my life experiences. I'm a seasoned commercial driver with decades of experience on the roads and I'm proud to say, have logged thousands upon thousands of accident free miles. I firmly believe in driving defensively, watching out for the other guy.

Also, I'm a lifelong athlete as well as being involved in martial arts and a rock drummer when I was young, all activities which develop muscle memory, good reflexes. So yes, my background possibly saved my life that day but it was actually somewhat tame compared to other near death experiences I've had on the roads.

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--People with large backpacks who forget they're wearing one and constantly bump other people with it

-- Apologies if this sounds Archie Bunkerish, but people who don;t speak the native language going into a business expecting someone there to understand them and getting upset when they don't.

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People who hint at something excessively when they could easily get to the point and ask.
People who don't control their pets.
When someone turns on the TV and music at the same time so they are both competing to be listened to. Ugh, that's annoying. It's like, pick one or the other okay?
People who think their ideas are the only right ones.
People who don't call before they come over early in the morning. The "pop in".

I'm sure I could go on.

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Yeah, I know if i'm not dressed properly and still in my pjs, I panic! haha. Glad I'm not the only one. ;)
The headsets used to freak me out when people were walking around talking when they first came out. I thought people were crazy. When I was a checker at a supermarket when I was young though, it used to annoy me when people would come in and talk on those SO LOUD all while I was waiting on them. My oh my, I hated that job.

and the loud music/club thing... I think that's why I go to pubs now a days. hehe
House parties though when people get buzzed and turn it up so loud they are screaming... annoying!

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Grown fucking people who can't grasp elementary level grammar rules make me want to break things.

Excessive hyperbole, it's the BEST!!1

-- Cyclists who think traffic laws don't apply to them and ride right through red lights and stop signs


I once responded to this complaint about me, "That's because cyclists are already going the same speed you're going when you "stop" at stop signs." I still think it's spot on.

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It's also why cyclists get hit by cars

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46 years old, lots of city riding, never once hit by a car.

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If you blow through stop signs and red lights, you've been extremely lucky.

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I wouldn't say I "blow through" them. I make sure it's clear, like you do when you "stop."

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The difference is, drivers -- well most drivers -- actually do stop. But that doesn't explain why some cyclists feel they can blow through red lights.

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Red lights I stop at. I might go, after I've stopped, if there's not a soul in sight, unlike I would in a car. Stop signs, check and go, like you do.

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You do realize going through a red light, and not coming to a complete stop at stop signs is illegal and ticketable on bike or in car, right?

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lol, call it a forward momentum preservation fee, I'll pay it out of the mountain of cash the bike is saving me.

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What!?...no way...

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The grammar thing has been bothering me less and less. I think its because mine is getting worse!

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My Samsung phone isn't a person, but someone programmed the spelling corrector. Mostly great but I'm boggled when it corrects a correct word. It just changed heat to hear while I was texting about the heat.

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and I hate how they have the x and the c next to each other on the qwerty keyboard. haha
sec easily becomes sex haha

okay, that's my pointless post. autocorrect is love/hate for sure

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Here's a new one: Talking about GAME OF ****ING THRONES. I'm glad the season is over and it's almost 2 years until the next one, thank GOD! I also keep seeing articles about it whenever I'm online.

Yeah I'll give it a chance some day and watch through it, but it better be worth the hype! Better be more than a battle-filled incest soap opera with a few dragons.

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I'm with you there, Frog. Except chances are good I'll never watch it.

"battle-filled incest soap opera with a few dragons"

LOL, yep, that's how it strikes me.

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I'm surprised there are 3 of us, right here in GD, who aren't into GoT!

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Wow. Er, okay. I can't relate to that. At all :D

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a friend who pees in the shower

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And you know they do because....? Just curious.

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People who talk, whether it be among themselves, or on their cell phones, or text on their cellphone(s) during the movie.

The small, bright light that cell phones emit are extremely annoying and distracting. Why should I or anybody else, who pays good money to see a special movie have to put up with that? We shouldn't, imho. If more movie theatres had the zero tolerance of talkers, cellphone users and textures in their movie theatres that Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas does, I'm sure there'd be many more people who'd be more than willing to come back to the movie theatre.

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