Post one thing that really pisses you off. Just one thing.

[Bertha Venation]

You may have a whole host of items you wish to vent about. In this thread keep it to one.

Mine? Tailgaiters in heavy traffic. I wish I didn't get so mad, but it seems I can't help it. I try to stay mellow, I really, really do.

Yours?

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

1. Cruelty

especially to animals and children.

[fizzgig]

2. the undeserved sense of entitlement a lot of people walk around with

i can't stand being around people like that

[LibDemAlways]

74. Don't move to my neighborhood. You'd hate it here.

Example: The other day I was walking with my elderly mom (age 86) through a supermarket parking lot. We loaded several bags of groceries into the trunk of my car, and then I needed to open the door for her to get her safely into the passenger side beside me. Some asshole parked next to me blows past us and damn near pushes her over getting into his car. Then he starts backing up before she has a chance to shut her door. It's not like any of this was taking long at all. She's very spry for her age. This guy was just a completely self-absorbed POS. When I saw what he was doing I called, "Couldn't you wait a couple of seconds?" His answer: "You old women need to get the hell out of people's way." Nice.

[zanne]

139. If anybody had done that to my mother...

I'd punch him in the mouth.

[HopeHoops]

3. Tamper proof containers you can't break into AFTER you have bought it!!!!

I have no idea how people with limited finger strength or dexterity EVER get into some of those containers.

[ThomCat]

93. As someone who's hands don't work

I just hand those containers to my roommate and ask for help. I can't even hope to open them myself. :(

[HopeHoops]

120. Large hammer or a hack saw - both are good tools.

My wife gets pissed at me when I resort to such items.

[LynzM]

4. Unfair distribution - homeless people and empty houses, hungry people and wasted food.

:banghead: Stupid money.

[ThomCat]

96. Right. At a time when homelessness it rising to near a historical high

we have record numbers of empty houses out there because of foreclosures. Somehow, what is good for people never comes into the discussion. It's always what is good for the Banks! :grr:

And, all this politics and money for big agribusiness, the choices they make are sickening. All this money to subsidize animal feed, so that meat is cheaper, but how about making vegetables affordable for everyone? How about supporting real organic and local food instead of proceed crap? And then using all our money to undercut farmers in other countries to drive them out of business just creates artificial shortages, and that doesn't help anyone. It just drives up the prices and helps the big businesses and the banks again!

:(

[LynzM]

99. Indeed, Thom.

All of what you said, and more. :(


:hug: How are you doing lately?

[ThomCat]

109. Today is my first real good day in a while.

I'm hopefully going to get out of the house today to run some errands. Hopefully I won't get another migraine today to short circuit things.

We need to start winterizing the house. :)

:hug:

How are you? :loveya:

[LynzM]

129. I'm glad to hear you are having (had?) a good day!

:bounce: Sweet. Same here, on the winterizing... time to do windows, soon.

I'm doing pretty well, although hellaciously busy at work, and making myself busy outside of it, too... playing some fiddle and doing some dancing, to balance my sanity. Overall, life's pretty good right now. :)

:loveya:

[TZ]

5. google "experts".

You know, the ones who insist their ability to look something up on google is superior to 15 years of schooling/experience in a field...:grr:

[SidneyCarton]

35. A-freaking-men!

[rcrush]

6. that blinking yellow left turn signal

Why did they change from just a green light and protected left turn arrow to 4 different left arrows? I DONT LIKE CHANGE.

[rcrush]

7. The Man.

[EndersDame]

8. People who dont treat their pets right

:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[Arugula Latte]

47. Yep.

:grr:

[ThomCat]

100. There are a hell of a lot of people who should NOT have pets.

:grr:

There is one house two doors down where with a dog that is chained up outside most of the time. I'm seriously considering wheeling myself down there and cutting that chain and bringing that dog home. :(

[EndersDame]

111. it is illegal in Austin, what about where you live?

If so I would call the Authorities asap

[hunter]

9. Automobiles.

Everything about them pisses me off.

[Terry in Austin]

17. Tell it, bro!

Henry Ford, patron saint of Hell.

[woo me with science]

10. Faux victims and narcissists. nt

[HughBeaumont]

11. Arguing with people who pseudo-intellectually attempt to defend failure.

[Forkboy]

12. The Montreal Canadiens winning a hockey game.

[WinkyDink]

13. Loud neighbors. Sans pareil.

[LostInAnomie]

14. Applying for a job.

Having to deal with Human Resources.

[mzteris]

15. EVERY

thing. . .

:sigh:

[Richardo]

16. Being limited to one-item answers

:grr:

Go Angels, Bertha!!

[Bertha Venation]

19. LOL

O8)

:hi:

[GoCubsGo]

18. Willful ignorance

I can't stand people who are proud to be ignorant and uneducated. That includes tailgaters in heavy traffic. I just slow down and let off the gas pedal some. It annoys the hell out of them.

[ThomCat]

101. Oh yes! One of the worst American traits, being proud of being dumb.

x(

[Blue_Tires]

20. never having enough $$$$

[rug]

21. Landlords.

[Glorfindel]

22. Bullying

...from swaggering, arrogant Mussolini-wannabees like George W. B*sh to nasty four-year-olds in pre-K.

[Auggie]

23. +1

[sakabatou]

116. Ever watch Bully Beatdown on MTV?

[BuelahWitch]

122. That's mine too

Whether it be with animals or people.

[El Supremo]

24. Drunken congressmen who speak on the floor

Like the Rupuke on the floor right now.

[busybl]

118. Who was it? Name names.

[proteus_lives]

25. People who walk slowly in the middle of the sidewalk.

Get the fuck out of the way! :mad:

[Catshrink]

87. And groups walking 4 across so no one can pass

they are oblivious to the fact that there are other people in the world.

[proteus_lives]

126. Ooohhh, I hate that too.

So inconsiderate!

[ThomCat]

102. I had to check to see where you are from.

That is SUCH a huge peeve here in NYC, and it is always the tourists doing this shit. In a way it is good to see that it pisses people off back home too.

[PeaceNikki]

26. Unnecessary quotation marks.

They make me twitch. Oh, and the word "utilize".

[graywarrior]

27. Cable news hysteria i.e. Pat Buchanan.

[taterguy]

28. People who complain about shipping charges

The UPS man has a family to feed

:evilgrin:

[Bertha Venation]

92. Noted!

:)

[bigwillq]

29. Bigots (nt)

[ThomCat]

103. And there are so damned many of them!

:grr:

[Rising Phoenix]

30. Nobody will give me medicine!

[NNadir]

31. Pseudoscientific talk from people who have contempt for science.

I get a lot of that over in E&E in connection with nuclear science.

It comes from people who know no nuclear science, who want to ban nuclear science because it's over their heads, though it's immediately clear that their ever hoping to understand that which they criticize is, exactly, zero.

On the other hand, I kind of take a perverse and cruel pleasure shooting ducks in that particular barrel.

My real peeve is that ignorance kills.

[woo me with science]

56. Very good one.

And it seems much worse to me now than in the past, in that people are not just holding onto silly beliefs in their own private circles. Rather, they will actually ARGUE with great confidence and belligerence on subjects they know nothing about.

I suspect it reflects a combination of:

*the self-esteem movement that started in schools about 30 years ago and taught kids that any opinion is just as valid as any other,

*the ridiculous assumption that one can teach "critical thinking" in the absence of facts. As a result, we have a generation of people who have never been taught basic scientific principles, but who believe that their own stray associations and "logic" substitute for knowledge.

-and-

*the availability of quick internet research, which makes everyone an "expert" in his or her own mind (see someone else's great post above about Google experts).

[TZ]

79. Hell yes!

In my case its the rabid anti-vaxxers who make me insane. They really are dangerous.

[Odin2005]

134. Ugh, and one of them dismissed my attack on the BS as a symptom of my Asperger's.

:grr:

[Odin2005]

133. I love you yanking those guys's chains!

:rofl:

[Nickster]

32. Ohh Ohhhh! When someone asks me a question and then ignores my answer and pretends like I'm no

longer in the room! YAY!

[LoveMyCali]

33. People who can't stay in their lane

when they drive. There's a reason for those lines on the road!

[SidneyCarton]

34. On-Campus pedestrians.

I ride a bicycle, and try to be as careful as possible, but it never fails that some one has their i-pod in and has shut themselves off from the world, never realizing that 200+pounds going about 20 mph doesn't necessarily stop on a dime.

[JBoy]

36. Scratchy tags in the back of shirts.

[BOSSHOG]

37. The freaking stop light in front of Home Depot

[msatty99]

38. "cute animals" and stupid songs put together

horrible

http://goliathandwimmens.blogspot.com/

[msatty99]

39. "cute animals" and stupid songs put together

horrible

http://goliathandwimmens.blogspot.com/

[hatredisnotavalue]

40. People at the checkout who act surprised that they actually

have to pay when their stuff is all rung up.

========= People, get your debit card or check book out and start the process while the stuff is being rung up!!!!! I guarantee they ain't going to give it to you for free.

[mix]

41. people like Judge Bardwell

[slay]

42. Conservative Democrats

it just doesn't make sense to me and they wreck many good liberal initiatives.

[tabbycat31]

43. clamshell packaging

[Auggie]

44. People who use "Photoshop" as a verb

It's called "retouching"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

45. "Oh NOES"...I hide every thread with "Oh NOES" in the subject line.

Don't know why it bugs me, but it does.

:toast:

[hippywife]

46. People...

and everything that entails.

[Louisiana1976]

48. Apostrophe abuse.

[crim son]

49. Being spoken to from a room away.

People, I'm hearing impaired. You KNOW I'm hearing impaired so WTF do you insist on speaking from a distance or in a tone I absolutely will not hear? :grr: Double :grr:

[yawnmaster]

50. People that don't speed up on the highway when they clearly see me right on their tail.

j/k

[woo me with science]

52. People who ride on my tail in the right lane.

O8)

[yawnmaster]

58. no joke, I agree with that one. eom

[Inspired]

51. Co-workers who can't take their eyes off their blackberries in business meetings.

Why do they bother? They can't even pretend to know what is going on. It is rude and distracting.

[nytemare]

53. The mixing of there, their, and they're and you're and your.

Especially their in place of they're, as their out of they're minds. It causes my brain to convulse.

[AsahinaKimi]

54. FOX NEWS... and how they pusth to divide the Nation.

Arrogant bastards think they can just make up any news they want, put any spin they want on events, Lie, spew hatred, racism, promote and cheer lead rallies, and push their agenda which is to find away to disrupt and belittle the Democratic party.

They pretend they are a news organization but claim they don't have to provide any real facts. They can make up the news anyway they want. They can name call, and spot light on people they don't like.

The other media outlets may lean to wards the left... but FOX NEWS is in bed with the Right wing and the Republican Party. They take their talking points from the Republican party. They take their talking points from far right wing people like Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly, and Rush Limbaugh. Their only function is
to tear apart any credibility the left has, and to push the USA into a country into a far right agenda.

[Lyric]

55. Lack of compassion

[ThomCat]

104. Usually paired with overabundance of ego.

:(

[BlueCollar]

57. people who make change by handing you the bills first

then piling the coins on top of the paper money

[gristy]

127. drives me CRAZY!!!!!

I just don't get it. I mean, they make change all day for weeks and months and years, and they haven't figured out what's easier for the customer? Put the CHANGE in my hand first, dumbass!

[frogmarch]

59. Bible-thumping homophobic racists nt

[triguy46]

60. The meth cooking neighbor's dog that barks incessantly. Wish...

they would hurry up and burn their house down.

[Bucky]

61. It pisses me off that you're limiting me to only posting one thing I get pissed about

[MrMickeysMom]

62. The results of gerrymandering in the 18th congressional district

I give you the asshole I'm stuck with- Tim Murphy

[LibDemAlways]

75. Happened to me too. I went from a moderate Dem named

Brad Sherman to this piece of human excrement:



Elton Gallegly (R for rotten- CA)

During chimp's years in the white house, this Congressional district should have sent a rubber stamp to Washington. It would have been lots cheaper and served the same purpose. Now under Obama the asshole is writing editorials in the local rag blaming the Dems for the lousy economy. Total shithead.

[MrMickeysMom]

125. The Republican congressional shithead factor is directly proportional...

to the amount of their white hair locks, it seems. (this goes for Virginia Foxx, too)

[applegrove]

63. I hate masogynists. So does everyone. They are so gross.

[Kali]

64. "homeland security"

and all that is connected with it

[Roon]

65. On a hot day when I am on a nicely air conditioned bus.

Some idiot, almost every time, has to open a window. I guess since they're on a bus they're not use to having AC in a vehicle.

[Brother Buzz]

66. Leaf blowers

[CBHagman]

91. Definitely evil.

A source of noise pollution and additional expenditure of energy. :grr:

[Skittles]

108. I work nights; don't even get me started on leaf blowers and weedwackers

:mad:

[alarimer]

67. People who do not return shopping carts to the cart corral.

People cannot be bothered to walk 10 feet. I hate them with the power of a thousand suns.

[Sanity Claws]

68. stingy people

I have a friend who never pays his share of anything. He has the slowest wallet in the country.
Every once in a while I just decide never to hang out with him again but I tend to relent.

[Generic Brad]

69. The fact you only want me to post one thing

I had two!

[Throd]

70. Poor letter spacing in signage and print media.

And typefaces that read like shit used as body copy.

[BrklynLiberal]

71. STUPIDITY!!! I have no tolerance at all for blatant stupidity which is usually

paired with a total lack of concern for anyone else in the world.

[blue neen]

72. People who can never say, "I'm sorry."

They need to grow the hell up.

[LibDemAlways]

73. I'm a substitute teacher. What pisses me off is high school seniors who

behave like total assholes when they have a "sub." I sub for every grade level and seniors are, by far, the worst.

[Mopar151]

76. You're only getting the leftover karma from my BIL

Who substitutes, and fills the kids with malarkey.

[LibDemAlways]

83. No opportunity to fill them with malarkey or anything else.

They are too busy crunching water bottles, spitting on each other, wandering around the room, flat out refusing to pay attention to the instructions left by the teacher, etc. for me to make an impact. I just collect my meager paycheck and am grateful I don't have to look at them everyday.

[busybl]

112. OT but funny. My great nephew, 3 yrs old, thinks malarkey

looks like ham and doesn't want to eat any.

[lillypaddle]

77. Forwarded chain emails

that tell you something really, really horrific will happen to you if you don't immediately forward the email to 20 people. ARGGGGG!

[Adsos Letter]

78. My dad's wife. -nt

[closeupready]

80. Lately, condescension.

n/t

[Deep13]

81. The insistence that I obey the religious rules of others. nt

[Adsos Letter]

82. + infinity. -nt

[La Lioness Priyanka]

89. ...

:applause:

[Paper Roses]

84. Comcast. Fill in the blanks as it applies to you. n/t

[SIMPLYB1980]

85. Annoying street performers. I want to fight them.

I know I shouldn't but I can't help it.x(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58Q1wr8bXZY&feature=related

[la_chupa]

86. I'm trying not to grid lock the intersection jackhole

I hate it when I stay on the other side of an intersection so as to prevent gridlock and some idjet turns right on red in front of me.

I'm pretty sure that I would be within my rights to drag him out of the big SUV with the W sticker on the back and beat hell out of him.

petty sure.

[joeybee12]

88. People who don't like animals!

They're inhuman! :grr:

[CBHagman]

90. People who look one direction while going in another.

This applies to traffic on foot -- texting and phoning, anybody? -- and in vehicles. :scared: Both are extremely, extremely dangerous.

[ThomCat]

107. Oh yes. They'll walk into me in my wheelchair.

And then yell at me that I'm the one not watching where I'm going. I saw them coming, knew they weren't watching where they were going, and couldn't get out of their way fast enough, but somehow I get the abuse.

I'm in an electric wheelchair, so I'm supposed to be superhumanly maneuverable. I get "jokes" about having my driving license revoked, or about driving on the sidewalk. I get the threats that I shouldn't be allowed out in public, and I don't know how to drive, and I'm not safe in this chair. All this because They walked into Me.

I guarantee that when I am out in my chair I am the most observant person in the crowd. I am the most alert person there. Often I'll come to a complete stop when I see that a collision is inevitable just so they absolutely cannot claim that I ran into them. That doesn't stop them though. :(

I'm supposed to run an obstacle course all the time of totally ignorant and clueless people who can't be bothered to even see that I'm there, and when they fuck up it's always somehow my fault!

:grr:

[busybl]

113. whoa, people yell at people in wheelchairs? What the hell

is happening here? Are manners outdated?

[ThomCat]

124. The stereotype is that having any disability means you are retarded too.

We are automatically considered too stupid to be right about anything, and therefore automatically to blame for a whole lot of shit. So, yes, many people often feel free to yell at and insult people in wheelchairs. :(

Nobody gets a free pass. Everyone gets abuse. Where any kind of prejudice or stereotype can be involved it only gets worse.

[Odin2005]

135. YIKES, my disabled lady friend gets the same rude comments!

Somehow it's always HER fault that she ran over someone's toe with her electric wheelchair because she doesn't have eyes in the back of her head!

[cleveramerican]

94. driving with your turn signal on and never turning

its a small thing, but it makes me nuts.

[busybl]

114. and on the oither side, people who think we're all mindreaders

and don't use the turn signal at all.

[mochajava666]

95. All of my relatives

I'm afraid that my DNA has many dominant genes for assholic behavior. After over 9 years of therapy, I'm hoping to be downgraded from asshole to insufferable prick. It's a start.

[Ineeda]

97. so many good ones here...but hypocrisy is my #1. n/t

[Tikki]

98. That whole generations of young ones may grow up....

not knowing what quality construction and product longevity really is when they see it....because
someone yells..."shiny, shiny and cheap" at them all the time.


Tikki

[piratefish08]

105. zombies

[Skittles]

106. people who don't know how to behave in movie theaters

arriving late and parading up the aisle looking for seats; bringing children, then not leaving when the kiddos start fussing; having entire conversations; checking their phones constantly (those lighted screens really stand out in a dark theater0; answering their damn cell phones

[CBHagman]

119. Yup, as though they were in their living rooms.

I don't doubt that people have always misbehaved in theaters, but I think the proliferation of devices -- cell phones, BlackBerries, DVD players -- have increased the sense that we're all in our own little worlds and there's no need to adjust behavior when in public. :grr:

And as for little children in the theater, I've seen people bring their tots to things like The Constant Gardener and Breaking the Waves -- definitely not kiddie fare.

[LeftinOH]

110. Perfumes/Colognes; soap, hot water & deodorant is sufficient.

[Dr Fate]

115. People who confuse "Rock" music with Rock & Roll music. n/t

n/t

[YoungAndOutraged]

117. Guys who treat handshaking like a contest

I don't mind a normal, civil handshake, but I've had guys nearly rip my shoulder out of socket from shaking too hard. I guess they do it to try and display confidence or something, but it ALWAYS makes me think of them as a jackass.

[BlueIris]

121. Corporate media lies.

The sad reality is, it's all they do.

[asdjrocky]

123. Bullies.

[femmocrat]

128. People who let their dogs run loose and bark all night.

:mad:

[Initech]

130. Cheaters.

If there's anything I absolutely hate it's a cheater.

[dysfunctional press]

131. people who go too slow in traffic, even when you ride their ass.

:evilgrin:

actually- it's people who don't know how to merge in traffic that really gets me.

[Odin2005]

132. Rape jokes.

I'm sure I don't need to explain way.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

136. people with lots of energy, who wake up and are alert,

and they make those of us who need more sleep look bad, and they call us "lazy".

:wtf:

[Blue-Jay]

137. Threads with 137 replies piss me off.

[zanne]

138. WWF wrestling. nt

[Kickin_Donkey]

140. This week it's ...

bosses, supervisors, managers ... authority figures at work.

Essentially, mediocre people with some petty authority and an inflated view of themselves -- very dangerous.

[Kickin_Donkey]

141. This week it's ...

bosses, supervisors, managers ... authority figures at work.

Essentially, mediocre people with some petty authority and an inflated view of themselves -- very dangerous.

[NoPasaran]

142. That smug "I'm a Mac" guy in the commercials