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People who won't take their dark (non transitioning) sunglasses off when indoors, or outside after dark and expect me to carry on a conversation with them. Bugs the heck out of me.
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Originally Posted by midwest61021
Many of us wear them because we don't WANT a conversation, OR wewear them for a tactical reason.
I don't understand what it might mean to wear sunglasses for a "tactical" reason. Can you please explain that?
City-Data posters who feel the need to throw out some snide, insulting little barb in place of just disagreeing in a straightforward manner. The intent seems to be to irritate the other party as opposed to presenting a point of view. It's all too common, and seems to be the sign of a generalized hostility.
No Kathy you haven't hit a nerve with me. I like your posts. However this time, it was me who struck the nerve with you. You had to use these carts at a time in your life when you were in pain and in need of assistance. No one faults you for it, at least not me. I think too much is being made of it really. But several posters feel I'm making assumptions or being insensitive, but we can say that of any of our annoyances.
OK - maybe I didn't hit a nerve with you. And you didn't hit one with me. Don't assume you did just because we're engaged in a conversation about personal scenarios.
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A guy who chews with his mouth open may not be able to breath through his nose, a little compassion maybe?
See, this is the difference between the mobile cart example and your example - in your example above, this situation (not being able to breathe through the nose) would be an exception to the general rule. In the mobile cart scenario, I don't think that MOST people who are riding in one are lazy slobs. Sure a few are, but not most of them. With the food smacking issue, MOST people CAN breathe through their nose. That's the difference.
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God forbid a loved one is suffering with the flu or something worse and throwing up, good to know they won't be asking you for a cool rag or that they should keep the door shut so you won't have to hear them.
I'm not sure you get it - if I am near someone who is throwing up, I will also throw up. Precious little help I'd be!
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Someone who wears sunglasses indoors may be sensitive to light and needs to wear them to avoid headaches and squinting. Someone who uses "good" instead of "well" may not have had the benefit of an education or perhaps English isn't their first language. See where I'm going here? I'm annoyed by some of the things that annoy you and others, but I know to take them with a grain of salt. We all have our quirks.
I think you made a list of things that annoy you as well, but I'm too lazy to go look it up.
I don't understand what it might mean to wear sunglasses for a "tactical" reason. Can you please explain that?
Wearing sunglasses irritate people for various reasons. For example cops use sunglasses as a deterrent so you can't see where they're looking at the moment, while they're speaking with you. He might be looking over your shoulder at the blunt you left in your ash tray. Well, he doesn't want you to panic and run, so he's not going to let you know what his intentions are by his eyes.
Cops also don't like it when WE wear sunglasses and may ask you to take them off, because HE wants to know where you're looking. Also some people don't like seeing their own reflection when they look at someone.
She always drives in the passing lane at a snails pace and I'm always telling her to get over and her response to that is, "They can go around me." (I slink slowly down into the seat so no one will recognize me).
She also likes to ask directions in a nervous way and every street you pass she'll do a hard brake and say, "turn here?" "No" next street, slam on the brakes,"Turn here?" "No." This can go on for blocks. I now where the seat belts in the front and the back seat of the car and hold the handle on the door all scrunched up and ready to jump.
If an event is transpiring in her life and the next day she needs to add to the story she has to go all the way back and start at the beginning even if you interrupt with, "Yes, you told me this yesterday." Then she starts all over again. This can go on as far as a 7 day stretch.
This is hilarious! Thank you; I needed a laugh this morning!
Slurping soup.
Talking about how great they are and what they do.
Chewing loudly.
Talking over people.
Treating others like children.
Old people taking advantage of their position.
Chefs- they whine if you do it that way so you change it and then they whine about it being that way. Never pleased.
People who start smoking - makes me very angry, especially teenagers.
People driving super slow.
Eating other peoples food.
My granny - shes never happy and you can't please her. She gets at me when eating saying i'm not eating it quickly enough.
People who do A level Maths/Science thinking they are the bees knees and that they are better than me when basically anyone can do it now.
As a male its disgusting I don't want to see them doing that. They make it so unavoidable its just right in your face out of nowhere. I would NEVER do that:
Men opening their car doors while stopped in traffic, leaning down and spitting out the door. Not only that, men spit whenever they can. Why? Is there some physiological reason men have more spit or something? I've never seen a woman spit unless a bug flew in her mouth.
I don't do that. Its illmannered I actually wonder myself do they make it up or is it a habit because I hardly ever have that much spittle..
MY MOTHER does something similar to this. Every night, my parents watch a movie and if I'm there, then of course I'm watching it with them (I visit them for three or four days each month). So, we'll get ready for movie time - getting a drink, popping popcorn or slicing up and apple or whatever - and then we say, "OK, let's all sit down and watch the movie!" and my dad and I will sit down and get ourselves comfortable, and then my dad will holler, "OK - let's get started!" and my mom will holler back from somewhere in the house, "I'm coming, go ahead and start it," so he does. Then she walks through and says, "I'm coming, don't stop it," and so we continue it, and she walks outside and waters some plants, or goes to the bedroom and gets her cold cream and starts rubbing that on her face, or she starts piddling around in the kitchen looking for something and meanwhile the movie plays for about 5-10 minutes. Then she finally comes in and sits down and says innocently, "Did I miss anything important?" Well...we just don't tell her anymore. So often, she's completely confused about what's happening because as anyone knows, most movies have some pretty pertinent information in the first ten minutes.
It never fails though. Never. She WILL NOT sit down for the first ten minutes of a movie.
As a male its disgusting I don't want to see them doing that. They make it so unavoidable its just right in your face out of nowhere. I would NEVER do that:
I only do that, IF I'm around women while they're picking their nose.
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