Stupid things that instantly piss you off

[Zen]

Quick question

[crazycanuck]

A lady (non european immigrant) put her fingers in the flour holder thing to check the consistency of it @ a gourmet food shop yesterday...I wanted to tell the staff but i didn't have time to wait in line..

Ugh..some people need to understand what's ok & not ok to do when they move to a new country

[OakLeaf]

A lady (non european immigrant) put her fingers in the flour holder thing to check the consistency of it @ a gourmet food shop yesterday...I wanted to tell the staff but i didn't have time to wait in line..

Ugh..some people need to understand what's ok & not ok to do when they move to a new country

Having been on the other end of that... yeah.

I had no idea that you don't touch the produce at a market in Italy. Thankfully one of my traveling companions let me know before I did it again (and I made sure to buy the apple I'd touched). I'm sure I grossed out a lot of people, just doing something that would be normal in the USA.

[mhami]

Quick question

lol... Quick questions are NEVER quick. My husband does home repairs and people always say "I have a small job." Yeah, right.

[skhill]

to reactivate the thread....

Last night I biked over to the ice cream shop and was sitting outside, enjoying my delicious cone, when an acquaintence dropped by and we started chatting. Her comment that really pissed me off: "it must be so nice to be naturally thin." OK, we've only known each other since I've been in the best shape of my life, not back when I was over 200 lbs, but still.... Sure, if you eat the way I do and are as active as I now am, you'll "naturally" be thin, just like if you eat the way I did and are as sedentary as I was 10 years ago, you'll "naturally" be obese.

What got me most of all was not the blindness to all the changes in my life I made that have allowed me to drop all that weight, but the way this casual friend was using this as an excuse to refuse to take responsibility for her own health and weight. It's like she's saying that the extra weight she's carrying around is her fate, dealt out by mother nature, and there's nothing she can ever do to change it. Now that pisses me off...

[redrhodie]

I didn't see you.

[Crankin]

"I could never do what you do."

[Veronica]

"I could never do what you do."

I always want to say... "You're right! With that attitude you can't!"

Veronica

[bunny_ninja]

* people riding on the sidewalk
* people riding on the wrong side of the road
* seeing people with their seats too low (doesn't piss me off - just is like nails going down a chaulkboard.
* [at work] people that cut me off mid-sentence - especially if they start saying exactly what I was saying -- as if it were their own genius revelation.

[tulip]

to reactivate the thread....

Last night I biked over to the ice cream shop and was sitting outside, enjoying my delicious cone, when an acquaintence dropped by and we started chatting. Her comment that really pissed me off: "it must be so nice to be naturally thin." OK, we've only known each other since I've been in the best shape of my life, not back when I was over 200 lbs, but still.... Sure, if you eat the way I do and are as active as I now am, you'll "naturally" be thin, just like if you eat the way I did and are as sedentary as I was 10 years ago, you'll "naturally" be obese.

What got me most of all was not the blindness to all the changes in my life I made that have allowed me to drop all that weight, but the way this casual friend was using this as an excuse to refuse to take responsibility for her own health and weight. It's like she's saying that the extra weight she's carrying around is her fate, dealt out by mother nature, and there's nothing she can ever do to change it. Now that pisses me off...

Did you tell her any of that? She probably doesn't know that you were once 200 lbs., or if she does, maybe she doesn't believe you (?!)

I've had that said to me, too. I've never been 200 lbs., but I have said, "Well I eat right and I exercise alot, so that pretty much takes care of it." That has usually gotten them to think about it.

[tulip]

People who don't say "You're Welcome" when I say "Thank You." Instead they say, "No problem," or "Thank you."

"Thank you" to "Thank you??"

It doesn't piss me off, but it does make me grimace.

[divingbiker]

People who never say thank you, now matter how much it is called for.

[OakLeaf]

Ha Tulip, to me it really depends on the setting. There are a lot of times when the formality of "You're welcome" makes me wonder whether I offended the person somehow, asked too much of them, didn't thank them sincerely enough, And in a retail/commercial setting, to me it's always mutual "Thank you" 's. They thank me (for my business), I thank them (for waiting on me).

[MM_QFC!]

People who don't say "You're Welcome" when I say "Thank You." Instead they say, "No problem," or "Thank you."

"Thank you" to "Thank you??"

It doesn't piss me off, but it does make me grimace.

+1
I think that "no problem" is almost a negative choice in response, especially by itself (instead of, "oh it was no problem at all; I was glad to help by..."); maybe it's a not so good habit that people get into, by using it as a quick response?

The other very appropriate time to say thank you - IMHO - is in the retail setting, at the counter when a customer has purchased something and it's the clerk who should be thanking the customer for their business but, instead I've been handed my change oftentimes without any acknowledgement nor appreciation for my business - hmmmph!
When standing in line, I've actually heard other customers thank the clerk when they are given their change, which is still their money, after all

[BikeDutchess]

When standing in line, I've actually heard other customers thank the clerk when they are given their change, which is still their money, after all

Once when I used my debit card in the grocery store and pushed the "cash back" button, I had to remind the clerk that she owed me $20 cash back. Her response "oh yes, you don't want to forget that!" I almost snapped "I didn't forget, YOU did!" but didn't (and then fumed on the way back to my car)...