Stupid things that instantly piss you off

[oz rider]

Great thread.

I do wonder at times if being short and petite prompts certain responses from various people.

Hell yeah! They seem to assume stupidity. (Or is that just me, hehe?) Not long after I had my son I had reason to point out I'd had a kid, not a lobotomy. Same for too many tradesmen and bike shop guys. But my plumber is a mtbr so he's fabulous!

And anyone assuming anything about my marital status, as if your value relates to availability like a lump of meat.

And lazy/selfish/incompetent/impatient/ignorant drivers.

And waiters who don't check ingredients properly.

[Crankin]

+1 to the petite issue. Though, now that I am of a certain age, it seems to matter less.
My issue with the "kid talk" is not so much from when I was teaching, as Veronica described, although I experienced that a little. It's more what Tulip described, but expanded to every little thing, i.e. getting a license, college application, etc.
One time many years ago, I was at the monthly children's service at my synagogue. My 2 kids were about 8 and 10. Before the service started I had to listen to this horrible rant from the woman next to us about how her little genius was not being challenged in writer's workshop. Blah, blah, blah. I was getting enraged by the second, so I said, kind of loudly, "I don't want to hear this **** when I am in temple," so I made my kids get up and move. My older son was really embarrassed and was like, Mom, calm down.
I had to stop going to the cheapo manicure shop near me because I kept seeing too many people I know who were saying things like, "Oh, did you know that ---- (their kid) was married? graduated law school?, etc. etc." It never stops. These "kids" are closer to 30 than 20!

[Selkie]

Over-privileged people who think the rest of us should step aside because they have money. These are the ones who cut you off in traffic in their big expensive SUVs or cut in front of you in line at a store. Their kids are even worse...

People who come to work sick and spread around their illnesses.

People who take credit for other's work/ideas.

Dishonesty.

A sense of entitlement (my big beef w/much of the "younger" generation -- those who were indulged and told they were special).

Selfish people---the ones who lack manners and think it's all about them.

[Tuckervill]

Most of the time when things piss us off, we're either taking things too personally, or projecting motives that we have no way of knowing. Both of which my mother is really good at and which I try to ferret out of my own personality because of it. So when I read some of these complaints, I just think, "Why do you care? Don't listen to everything you hear. It's not about you. That person is not directing their behavior at you, so why get worked up over it?"

Of course, some people are just being rude, and not considering how their actions affect others. I try to take a look in the mirror to see how I could have helped or fixed or mitigated the situation, before I stew or complain about it.

Karen

[daisylubob]

#1 - People who throw cigarettes out the car window

Close #2 - People who litter

[KnottedYet]

I lose my cool when my daffodils get taken out of my garden.

Folks don't take just one... they take ALL of them.

I've been growing them for 6 years, and it happens every year, so I should be used to it by now. I try to put a positive spin on it: someone has a very empty lonely life and they are so desperate for beauty that they are reduced to taking my flowers, they carefully put them into a vase and smile and feel better about themselves and the world, blah blah blah.

but it still makes me grumpy that they take my flowers. ALL my flowers.

[PamNY]

Most of the time when things piss us off, we're either taking things too personally, or projecting motives that we have no way of knowing. Both of which my mother is really good at and which I try to ferret out of my own personality because of it. So when I read some of these complaints, I just think, "Why do you care? Don't listen to everything you hear. It's not about you. That person is not directing their behavior at you, so why get worked up over it?"

I agree completely.

[GLC1968]

Over-privileged people who think the rest of us should step aside because they have money. These are the ones who cut you off in traffic in their big expensive SUVs or cut in front of you in line at a store. Their kids are even worse...

People who come to work sick and spread around their illnesses.

People who take credit for other's work/ideas.

Dishonesty.

A sense of entitlement (my big beef w/much of the "younger" generation -- those who were indulged and told they were special).

Selfish people---the ones who lack manners and think it's all about them.

This. I'm 100% in agreement with mickchick's list, so I'm just gonna quote it!