Stupid things that instantly piss you off

[PamNY]

I don't act rude to telemarketers. It's about the world's worst job, usually paid little more than minimum wage, staffed for the most part by people in depressed rural areas, and they have a quota to make if they want to keep their jobs.

All you have to do is say "Thanks, not interested" and hang up. You don't have to engage them.

I agree. Nothing is gained by being rude to the people who do this type of work. Besides, they've probably heard it all before.

[badger]

I was talking to my friend one day about telemarketers and she admitted she was one while going to school. She said it was AWFUL, that people were really rude, so she would tell them that she was a student trying to make a living and to put herself to school. It's a job for her and there's no reason for them to be rude to her.

What I get these days are the recorded telemarketing calls. Those I have no qualms hanging up on, but worse in that you can't tell them to take your number off their list.

[Maxxxie]

I was talking to my friend one day about telemarketers and she admitted she was one while going to school. She said it was AWFUL, that people were really rude, so she would tell them that she was a student trying to make a living and to put herself to school. It's a job for her and there's no reason for them to be rude to her.

Who knew that my remarks about telemarketers would generate so many responses?

Without defending bad behaviour (and I admit that some might say that my toying with telemarketers is bad behaviour), I would like to say this about telemarketing: People wouldn't be rude to telemarketers if the practice of telemarketing wasn't so damn annoying, time-wasting and intrusive. People generally aren't rude by default. They get that way by virtue of being needled into it. Here is a post by someone who's received one too many telemarketer calls (warning: contains not-so-nice language).

Anyway. Another pet peeve: Co-workers who stand outside my office door and have a shouted conversation with someone down the hall. For god's sake, just walk five metres to that person and have a spoken conversation with them!!!! I don't need to hear you blathering on! Nobody else needs to hear it either! Just give me some peace and quiet!!!!!

Max

[shootingstar]

Anyway. Another pet peeve: Co-workers who stand outside my office door and have a shouted conversation with someone down the hall. For god's sake, just walk five metres to that person and have a spoken conversation with them!!!! I don't need to hear you blathering on! Nobody else needs to hear it either! Just give me some peace and quiet!!!!!

Max

Sometimes that depends on the corporate culture and nature of dept. that one works in. If one has control/is responsible for a dept. and its space, then one can cultivate more discreet conversations.

[Veronica]

Students who lose every piece of paper I give them. Even when I have purchased with my own money folders for them and remind them to put papers in the right folder.

Veronica

[Biciclista]

Veronica, they haven't lost them. The papers are in the bottom of their lockers /and/or backpacks.

[Veronica]

I know! And they can't seem to look through their back packs and desks to find them! I'm watching one of my little darlings right now look for a missing paper. It's painful. He's slowly picking up papers, staring at them... no he's not ADD.

Veronica