CocoaCoily

Ugh, sticking the hand in the almost closed elevator doors is another one that bugs me. Another car will be along in a moment!

Is the bolded a NYC thing? Because I can't stand it either. Especially when I worked in the Times Square building. Sweet mercy the tourists have no clue whatsoever, stroll along 4 and 5 people across, looking up at the tall buildings. It took all I had not to show them some of the infamous NY attitude.

They really need to give out a leaflet at the airport.

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Josephine

Haha, probably, over here it would be really rude not to hold the door. And people use it for one floor up and down.

A pet peeve - when slow people drive in the left lane. But I consider that important, that's a rule.

jeepcurlygurl

Believe me, I'm holding myself back. But you guys are making me so happy, knowing I'm not the crankiest most easily irritated person around! I love you guys!

Oh, and I hate it when people are shoveling the sidewalk and see you walking up and continue throwing snow across your path instead of waiting for you to pass by.

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MichelleBFT

Better yet, when they shovel all that delightful effing snow into the street, so it'll freeze and become a sheet of ice for people to try to drive on the next day!! Yay!!

I hate it when people put any of their shi t in the road... your grass clippings, shoveled snow and raked leaves all belong on your own damned property, TYVM. Wet leaves and grass are a HAZARD to both pedestrians and vehicles. And it's freaking lazy. Turn your mower around for that pass and everyone will be happy.

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sarah42

Ha! That reminds me, I get bugged when people do that in my house to any door, especially if anyone is sleeping. My in-laws' whole family cannot close a door quietly, except DH now that I've trained him. They just pull the door shut without turning the knob when they're visiting us, which is stinking LOUD, especially when it's the bathroom door right across the hall from my son's room and he's napping or sleeping. The worst is when one of them does that in the middle of the night. It'll wake me up from a sound sleep! They also turn the faucet off loudly. That **** wakes me up in the middle of the night too.

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jeepcurlygurl

Now I know many many people do this, so don't get mad at me but - I can't stand watching people put chapstick on all dam day long. Over and over again. And when they talk while putting it on, it makes me want to grab it out of their hand and stomp on it.

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CurlyCarrieS

I just came from the book thread so I have to say this...
I hate it if I loan a book to somebody and, when they return it to me, it looks like they poured water on it/folded the pages/cover/used it as a coaster or did anything to it to make it not be in the same condition I gave it to them in.

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curlylaura

People who have the biggest pushchairs ever designed for their babies. Seriously, you do not need a pushchair the size of a small car to move your child around safely. And when they block shop aisles with them? Urgh! Even worse, they line them up and block entire footpaths. I'm sure you're very proud of your wombs production, but for the love of god move them when there are other people around.

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automaticflowers

OMG, please videotape that if you ever do it.

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curlylaura

Women who cross their legs and then constantly wiggle the top leg/foot. These women are usually seen on tv shows like Jeremy Kyle and Ricki Lake. Just keep your damn leg still

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Spiralli

Pens without their caps bug me.
In 2nd place: pens with their caps because they have the potential to go capless.
Yeah, I only buy or swipe clicker or twisty pens. LOL!

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redcelticcurls

People who don't clean the snow from the car.

It's state law where I live to remove snow. If you drive an SUV, don't complain that you can't reach your roof. They make special tools for that you know.

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B-wavy

Almost everything in this thread makes me cranky. My husband's kids are famous for the bolded when they visit us. Our bedroom is waaaaaay across the house from the guest bedrooms and bath, but we've been woken up in the middle of the night numerous times by their closing the bathroom door this way...then, of course, their bedroom doors. It's the middle of the freaking night, people!!

Oh, and another thing that bugs me is when people start commenting (rudely or too personally) on my purchases while at the cash register. It's not like they are politely asking "Do you mind if I ask what aisle that's on?" Nooo, it's something like "Don't you think those towels are a little too bright?" Um, do I know you?

divegirl

I have a friend who pulls his eyebrow hairs out. Drives me crazy! He has little bald patches in his eyebrows. His fiancee chews ice - she'll get a glass full of ice with just a little water, and chew the cubes up one at a time. Then she goes and gets another glass. Doesn't matter if we're talking, playing board games, or even watching a movie. Ugh!

Similar to what someone posted upthread, this ice-chewing friend also goes crazy over kids. She's absolutely obsessed with kids. Any kid will do. If there's a kid within earshot, she'll be talking to it. It worries me because many parents don't like random strange ladies talking to their kids, ya know? She also judges others' parenting skills/styles which, given that she's childless, she is in no position to do.

CocoaCoily

I know this is a thread about things that vex, but that's one of those words I didn't about, and it made me smile. TY!


Oh, if the people doing that could only just hear the vile things I'm saying about them...

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automaticflowers

AHHH YES! There's a cashier at the local grocery store who will comment on the nutritional value of my purchases as she's ringing me up. Drives me batty, especially since she seems to be judging me for the junk food I'm buying for my boyfriend. It doesn't matter if everything else in my basket is veggies and whole grains... if there's one carton of ice cream, she'll have something to say.

"Oh, I see we're eating healthy today!" Makes me want to claw her eyes out. B*tch, you're not my mother.

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rileyb

This Bostonian has total pedestrian rage too - I used to work in an office building that had a shopping mall in the bottom of it, and it would just drive me CRAZY. People standing around staring at the glass ceiling in the atrium (really? have you never seen an atrium?) Who just stops walking to chat and decide where to go next? Who gets off an escalator and just stands there? Hello, there are people BEHIND you on the escalator who have no way to stop advancing towards you. Just step to the side, why is it so hard?

I do think it is more common in large cities, and I think people in the northeast tend to be crankier than most about it - I blame the cold weather.

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Saria

A few more:

My roommate gets takeout and he'll leave stupid little salt and pepper packets all over the place. Eventually I get fed up and throw them out. Of course, he never sees this. He is completely oblivious.

When he does the dishes, or when I do them, the dishes are left on the rack forever and ever by him. At one point he said he just doesn't know where to put them. Find a place, for God's sake! Pick one!

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jeepcurlygurl

People with minivans are even worse! One just went by that was all cleaned off except for 2 feet of snow on the roof!! I use a big old pushbroom on the jeep. Works great.

Yep it's against the law to have snow on your vehicle in PA. It's also against the law to drive in the left lane for more that a couple miles.

I wish it was against the law for retired people to be out and about at lunch. Really, you make me late for work while you stand there and look for 17 cents at the bottom of your purse and talk to the clerk about the weather. You get up at 4 in the morning. You have all dam day. Why do you all pick noon to venture out?

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Gemini13

The extreme heat and humidity don't help either! (In NY, anyway, I have no idea what summer in Boston is like). I can at least understand why someone might just mosey along in the summertime- still, I don't want to dilly-dally, I want to get to wherever there's AC!

But there's really no excuse to walk slowly when it's cold out. COME ON dude, it's freezing out here!

It also bugs me when I'm stuck behind someone really tall who's just plodding along like a big lug. Really now- I'm 4' 10"... there's just no reason why you can't walk at least as fast as I do!

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