Things I get unreasonably angry about.

The sound of people chewing in general, not just noisy chewers/people that chew with their mouth open.

I was going to say this same thing. I hate it so much.

Sociologists who announce 'discoveries' of stuff we've known all along, e.g. kids with rich parents do better at school. Gosh, really?
People who earn money for sending letters to magazines with 'handy hints' my grandmother would have thought were old ideas e.g. Leave your clothes-pegs on the washing line to save time.
Stupid, ugly, untalented, unskilled people who sneer at the idea of earning the National Minimum Wage : "I wouldn't get out of bed for that kind of money."
People who think the world stops at the edges of America - helloooo? I think you'll find there are several other continents out here, actually.
Anything to do with recycling, especially those horrible bins of rotting food which don't get collected for two weeks - gross.
Large noisy flies which won't stop buzzing past your head as if they have some kind of death-wish.

New study finds that broccoli is really good for you!

New study finds that carrots are good for you!

New study to determine if apples are good for you!

Do we really have to study one vegetable or fruit at a time to figure out that these things are healthier than junk food? Can we be spared the tedium of scientifically studying each individual vegetable or fruit to see if it's healthy? Isn't is abundantly obvious that eating whole fruits and vegetables is almost always better than eating heavily processed foods, junk foods, or "fake" foods? Nah. Let's conduct studies and not connect the dots between them to just announce: abundant evidence demonstrates that eating more fruits and vegetables is better than eating crap. . . and be done with it. . .

People who walk beside their grocery cart

People eating crisps (The noise)
Weights not put back correctly in the gym
People getting on a treadmill next to me when there's loads free
Bad service in supermarkets
Seeing an overweight person eating crap in public (Sorry but I just do!)

Stupid conspiracy theories
People who misuse the term 'irony'
Lululemon
Turtlenecks


What do you get unreasonably angry about?

Irony/ironic is the single most mis used word in the English language.

The kid a few houses down who insists on practicing his trumpet outside.

When my mom tells me I'm too strict with my kids

Spam e-mails from the Prince of whatever country he says he's from offering me money but only if I send him mine first.

Stupid conspiracy theories
People who misuse the term 'irony'
Lululemon
Turtlenecks


What do you get unreasonably angry about?

People who tailgate me on 2-lane roads where I can't pull over. If I had a gun in the car I would be sitting on death row right now. Nothing, but nothing, makes me more furious. In fact, just writing about it now makes me want to smash something!! GRRRRRRR.

When teachers/leaders b*tch at or punish the entire group because of the behavior of one individual.

My clinical teacher at my internship does that. She calls it "live by one, die by one," and it creates an environment for her in which negative things tend not to happen. It's one thing for a high-schooler to do something the teacher doesn't like and face consequences specific to them, it's another entirely to have to answer to all of your disgruntled peers. Bet he won't do it again.

It still pisses me off. :laugh:

I remember it pissing me off too.

Oh I just remembered one. TV commercials that are 598727895479827582930 times LOUDER than the show.

It suddenly occurred to me what really ( irrationally ) grinds my gears.

When, I don't get the Travolta spot in the hot tub at the local pool. I go and swim my laps, and from the pool, I can see other people in MY spot. There's only one spot, with a good jet, that has the big post at just the right distance to put my feet up against. I am in heaven when I am in this spot. If it is taken, and I have to sit elsewhere, waiting for the interloper to leave, I consider it dead time.

I often think ( irrationally ) that many of the people who are in MY spot, have done nothing to earn it.... that they come and do nothing but sit in the hot tub. I sometimes consider ( irrationally ) making a suggestion that they'd be just as comfortable in another spot, since they don't seem to be using MY spot to its fullest potential. That is, they might be sitting on the edge of the hot tub, which they could do anywhere, or they might not be using the footrest feature, which again, they could do anywhere.

It also grinds my gears when I have to share a swim lane. I don't like showing up, and having to pick which lane to 'share...' I always feel that the person I am joining, will be like me, and be p*ssed that someone is 'inconveniencing' them. I don't like it when someone shows up, and picks MY lane to join in on.

All that said... I met a guy with cancer who joined me in MY lane the other day, and he taught me something about swimming, and maybe, just a little bit about life.

:blushing:

Guys who work at the grocery store who try to chat me up when I'm dressed up, and then forget to say hi when I'm not. PIck one or the other, be friendly or ignore me, and do it consistently. I don't care which. On the other hand, I get unreasonable pleasure out of going to the store in a dress and heels, and not noticing those guys.

I'm not fond of those magnetic "ribbons" people have on their cars (like the awareness for cancer, troops, etc).

Here in Columbus, OH, there's a bike race (for 90+ miles I think) that is for the awareness of cancer (seriously, if you don't know what cancer is in 2013 you've been living in a whole in the ground). To do it, you need to raise $1,200 each, and when you complete it you get this ridiculous green arrow sticker to put on your car. I'd say I see about 10 of those darn stickers every time I go out. Yeah, Ok, you biked 90+ miles. Who's more sane, me, who prefers not to and just drive to the city you end in, drink beer and be happy, or you? And what I think is insane, no one who's done it can actually tell me where the money actually goes. "Awareness of Cancer" is really broad right?

So, yeah. I'm not fond of bumper stickers in general for some reason.

When teachers/leaders b*tch at or punish the entire group because of the behavior of one individual.

My clinical teacher at my internship does that. She calls it "live by one, die by one," and it creates an environment for her in which negative things tend not to happen. It's one thing for a high-schooler to do something the teacher doesn't like and face consequences specific to them, it's another entirely to have to answer to all of your disgruntled peers. Bet he won't do it again.

It still pisses me off. :laugh:

I remember it pissing me off too.

I actually appreciate it that my mom punished both my sister and I every time one of us got in trouble. It made us into a team, two people looking out for each other, instead of trying to blame each other.

Guys who work at the grocery store who try to chat me up when I'm dressed up, and then forget to say hi when I'm not. PIck one or the other, be friendly or ignore me, and do it consistently. I don't care which. On the other hand, I get unreasonable pleasure out of going to the store in a dress and heels, and not noticing those guys.

Girl, I'd try to pick you up either way. You sexy

The Prius.....any and all.