What annoys you?--a place to put it and leave it

[Food Lady]

I figure if something is irritating you, you can put it here to get it off your chest.

For me it's people who unintentionally or purposely miss your joke and then dismiss it by focusing on a detail that's nothing at all to do with the funniness. Like, just laugh. I'M FUNNY, DARNIT.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

People who lick their fingers to turn pages in books I loan them.

People who lick their fingers to separate money or pages as they hand them to me.

People who need to 'add on' to a hilarious joke by repeating the punch line at the end... again.

[Seanette]

People who explain the joke. If it was funny before the explanation, it won't be after. If it wasn't, explaining doesn't help.

Whistling.

Speakerphones or too-loud music in public places.

Boom cars.

[purplecat41877]

People who don't know how to wait. For instance, you're talking with Person 1 and Person 2 starts talking to you as if Person 1 isn't there.

People who assume you're not doing anything. For instance, you're finishing up Customer 1's transaction and Customer 2 starts telling you what they want as if you're not doing anything.

[XCashier]

People who respond to anything you say with "It IS?!" or "Oh it is, huh?" or some variant. They're not being funny, or clever, they're just saying something stupid to draw attention to themselves.

[Food Lady]

People who respond to anything you say with "It IS?!" or "Oh it is, huh?" or some variant. They're not being funny, or clever, they're just saying something stupid to draw attention to themselves.

My brother did a variant of this last night in regard to something I said to Mom. It's a way of arguing with what I've said and it's not even on a conscious level. It's an underlying desire to prove me wrong on stuff because he's insecure. People who do that are insec.....OK, makes sense you said that they're drawing attention to themselves.

Speaking of family, mine just got an air fryer even though our brand new oven DOES AIR FRYER and also convection. But OK, maybe in summer they don't want to heat it up. Fine. However, they put it in the spot where the toaster oven was because "it doesn't heat up." Uh, yes it does. I used it the other night. And I paid for it so I'd like to use it. They put it in that spot because they don't like when you line up appliances along the snack bar; on the other side you see the ugly backs sticking up. Still, they could've asked me but I don't think they remember that I bought it. Gonna get reminded and it's going back on the counter tonight. They do this stuff all the time; they like buying appliances. I guess I can't complain; I've bought a whole new wardrobe in the last year. Anyway, it's annoying to have them just do stuff and leave me out. I live here, too. In fact, without me they might not have electricity to run that ugly thing.

[XCashier]

It's a way of arguing with what I've said and it's not even on a conscious level. It's an underlying desire to prove me wrong on stuff because he's insecure.

That does make sense. I'm usually talking about something I know about, or making a joke, when someone does that to me, and they're usually smirking when they do it. It's really annoying, bordering on rude.

[Food Lady]

I put it back on the counter and Mom was fine with where it was. I went out to get food and came back to it being in the basement. No one said a word to me and when I asked I was told there's no room--even though I found a place--and I'm welcome to use it in the basement? Or I can use the oven. I do use the oven so I'm actually fine with this but it's the principle. I paid for that thing and they just decided for me I don't get to use it in the kitchen. Know what? There's a huge mess that could be cleaned up so some appliances could be put there:

[Pixelated]

People who lick their fingers to separate money ....

Ye gods, YES. That was bad enough before COVID; now it's really disgusting. I don't care so much about debit/credit cards because I don't handle them, but it's become irritatingly common again for people to do this with cash (and -- but very rarely -- when they're paying with the store's gift cards).

I'm debating going back to wearing gloves, but as it stands now I immediately grab the bottle of hand sanitizer at my station. I haven't had anybody get insulted ... yet.

People who don't know how to wait. For instance, you're talking with Person 1 and Person 2 starts talking to you as if Person 1 isn't there.

People who assume you're not doing anything. For instance, you're finishing up Customer 1's transaction and Customer 2 starts telling you what they want as if you're not doing anything.

The first one happens frequently at my store, and even more frequent is: you are talking to Person 1 and they suddenly start talking to Person 2 ... and you were still saying something. This is partly why I rarely bother conversing with my co-workers.

The second one happens occasionally: I'm still ringing up Customer 1 and Customer 2 is standing in line putting stuff on the belt and suddenly has a question that MUST be answered right away. Thankfully it's usually a very simple question: "I forgot X; can I run back quick and get it?" The answer is yes; I'll just slow down on ringing through what's on the best. Offhand I can't think of an incident in which I've had to ask Customer 2 to PLEASE WAIT and I'll be with them in a minute. But if it hasn't happened already ... it probably will at some point in the future.

[catcul]

I hate it when someone is trying to talk to me while I'm taking a shower.

[Food Lady]

OK, I'm glad no one does that to me!

[mjr]

Women who keep money in their bra. Or men who keep money in their sock. I don't want to touch your bra/sock money!

On the page/money finger licking thing...I've always found that gross and inconsiderate.

[Ironclad Alibi]

Licking fingers to turn page is part of the plot of the movie "The Name of the Rose" (1986).

When the head Librarian succumbs like the others, William and Adso ascend the forbidden library, and come face to face with the Venerable Jorge, the most ancient denizen of the abbey, with the book, which describes comedy and how it may be used to teach. Believing laughter and jocularity to be instruments of the Devil, Jorge has poisoned the pages to stop the spread of what he considers dangerous ideas: those reading it would ingest the poison as they licked their fingers to aid in turning pages.

[Kit-Ginevra]

I've never seen any female keep their money in their bra....












shame as I would be only too pleased to help retrieve it for them should the opportunity arise

[Ironclad Alibi]

shame as I would be only too pleased to help retrieve it for them should the opportunity arise

Are you sure it would be the money you are grabbing?