Unreasonable Annoyances

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Put 'em here.

I'm usually pretty laid back at work and not much irritates me, but OMG the person sitting on the other side of my cube clears her throat EVERY. OTHER. MINUTE. ALL. DAY. LONG. Holy crap, it's driving me batty; I can still hear it over my earbuds.

I should offer her my bag of lozenges. I'm irrationally annoyed.

[sitnspin]

URGH!  That would make me insane!

I hate when I stop for pedestrians to cross and they wave me along instead (when I am driving).  Like, just walk - GO!  You are wasting more time trying to wave me on!

[RoxMonster]

I'm annoyed that our next door neighbors never picked up their leaves this fall. They raked them into huge piles and let them sit. So now, whenever it's windy, those damn leaves are blowing into my yard!

Why did they even bother raking if they weren't going to pick them up?

[latte]

The price of the Canadian dollar right now. That can go straight to hell, although I don't know how unreasonable that is!

I am annoyed that it snowed last night. It was so nice yesterday, and I woke up to snow. I belong in a sunny destination.

[latte]

Dec 22, 2015 13:30:18 GMT -5 @psugrad said:

Put 'em here.

I'm usually pretty laid back at work and not much irritates me, but OMG the person sitting on the other side of my cube clears her throat EVERY. OTHER. MINUTE. ALL. DAY. LONG. Holy crap, it's driving me batty; I can still hear it over my earbuds.

I should offer her my bag of lozenges. I'm irrationally annoyed.

Ahh! I had a lady that used to sit next to me and do that. So annoying and not at all unreasonable!

[blondemoment123]

H hasn't lifted a finger around the house. I'm so irritated.

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Dec 22, 2015 19:30:16 GMT -5 blondemoment123 said:

H hasn't lifted a finger around the house. I'm so irritated.

I'd be making a "to-do" list for him. 

[theatre4life]

My MIL...lots of little things.
She was only here for 35 hours (this should be a good thing, right?) but she didn't say goodbye to anyone. Squish and I were up, and she just left.
She got me a blanket for Christmas. Again. (This is the third, I believe.)
She sat in my H's chair at the dinner table. We had Friday night, he sat in his normal chair, with Squish in between he and I, she sat on the other side. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner on Saturday, she sat in H's sit.
She got squish some soft plushie Christmas ornaments, got him interested in them/playing with them, and then stuck them on the tree. He's 15 months, he doesn't understand why he can't play with them now that they are on the tree.
She made no less than 20 comments about us coming down to visit her. It's an 8 hour drive on a good day. She is retired. We have a kid and dog that would need to be boarded.

I could go on, but suffice it to say, I am irrationally annoyed with my MIL, lol. I guess it's good that we probably won't see her for another 3+ months...

[OrangePixyStix]

Annoyed a LOT with my sister right now, but that's kind of an ongoing drama-queen issue. 

I'm also annoyed with a situation that I think I'm just going to be an old-grump about and drop out completely.  Our good friend of 8 years is dating a girl (so far for about 8 months) who is planning an extended weekend trip for her birthday in May and wants us to fork over $200 per person (so, $400 total for us) by January 15th for a deposit and to reserve a spot in the house they are looking to rent.   Also, it's primarily to tube/float down the river and at this point in my life that is just NOT exciting any more after having done it about 25 times already.  (been there, done that, don't need another T-shirt kind of attitude).  

Not to mention this good friend has been through a lot of girlfriends the past 8 years and I almost don't even trust his long-term plans after some of the past shenanigans and drama involving his relationships.  So, I certainly don't want to run the risk of losing this $$ if something drastic happens in the next few months.   Not to mention that January is a tough month financially with following the holiday spending, paying our annual HOA dues, and both of us having birthdays a couple of weeks apart.

However, I don't know if I just want to make up an excuse that we already have plans for that weekend or just be honest that it's quite expensive for us to spend that much for a friend's bday who we are just barely getting to know and that it is just not good timing for spending that much. (I mean, that's typically way over our birthday budget for friend's events in general.)  I don't want to hurt her or our friend's feelings, but I guess if I wanted to have a house full of buddies for a 4 day party then I would just pay the deposit and ask them to contribute whatever/whenever they could and not up front 5 months in advance.   :^)

Not sure if my annoyance is justified or not, it's just been on my mind since we just got a 3rd reminder that we have until the 15th to turn in our deposit money.  

[honeydew1894]

Dec 29, 2015 15:12:42 GMT -5 OrangePixyStix said:

Annoyed a LOT with my sister right now, but that's kind of an ongoing drama-queen issue. 

I'm also annoyed with a situation that I think I'm just going to be an old-grump about and drop out completely.  Our good friend of 8 years is dating a girl (so far for about 8 months) who is planning an extended weekend trip for her birthday in May and wants us to fork over $200 per person (so, $400 total for us) by January 15th for a deposit and to reserve a spot in the house they are looking to rent.   Also, it's primarily to tube/float down the river and at this point in my life that is just NOT exciting any more after having done it about 25 times already.  (been there, done that, don't need another T-shirt kind of attitude).  

Not to mention this good friend has been through a lot of girlfriends the past 8 years and I almost don't even trust his long-term plans after some of the past shenanigans and drama involving his relationships.  So, I certainly don't want to run the risk of losing this $$ if something drastic happens in the next few months.   Not to mention that January is a tough month financially with following the holiday spending, paying our annual HOA dues, and both of us having birthdays a couple of weeks apart.

However, I don't know if I just want to make up an excuse that we already have plans for that weekend or just be honest that it's quite expensive for us to spend that much for a friend's bday who we are just barely getting to know and that it is just not good timing for spending that much. (I mean, that's typically way over our birthday budget for friend's events in general.)  I don't want to hurt her or our friend's feelings, but I guess if I wanted to have a house full of buddies for a 4 day party then I would just pay the deposit and ask them to contribute whatever/whenever they could and not up front 5 months in advance.   :^)

Not sure if my annoyance is justified or not, it's just been on my mind since we just got a 3rd reminder that we have until the 15th to turn in our deposit money.  

I would just cite budget concerns and leave it at that. The new year is a time of financial belt tightening for a lot of people, and you could just say that you are saving for something, paying debt, etc. I would not commit if you feel so unsettled about it.

[OrangePixyStix]

Jan 5, 2016 6:28:44 GMT -5 honeydew1894 said:

Dec 29, 2015 15:12:42 GMT -5 OrangePixyStix said:

Annoyed a LOT with my sister right now, but that's kind of an ongoing drama-queen issue. 

I'm also annoyed with a situation that I think I'm just going to be an old-grump about and drop out completely.  Our good friend of 8 years is dating a girl (so far for about 8 months) who is planning an extended weekend trip for her birthday in May and wants us to fork over $200 per person (so, $400 total for us) by January 15th for a deposit and to reserve a spot in the house they are looking to rent.   Also, it's primarily to tube/float down the river and at this point in my life that is just NOT exciting any more after having done it about 25 times already.  (been there, done that, don't need another T-shirt kind of attitude).  

Not to mention this good friend has been through a lot of girlfriends the past 8 years and I almost don't even trust his long-term plans after some of the past shenanigans and drama involving his relationships.  So, I certainly don't want to run the risk of losing this $$ if something drastic happens in the next few months.   Not to mention that January is a tough month financially with following the holiday spending, paying our annual HOA dues, and both of us having birthdays a couple of weeks apart.

However, I don't know if I just want to make up an excuse that we already have plans for that weekend or just be honest that it's quite expensive for us to spend that much for a friend's bday who we are just barely getting to know and that it is just not good timing for spending that much. (I mean, that's typically way over our birthday budget for friend's events in general.)  I don't want to hurt her or our friend's feelings, but I guess if I wanted to have a house full of buddies for a 4 day party then I would just pay the deposit and ask them to contribute whatever/whenever they could and not up front 5 months in advance.   :^)

Not sure if my annoyance is justified or not, it's just been on my mind since we just got a 3rd reminder that we have until the 15th to turn in our deposit money.  

I would just cite budget concerns and leave it at that. The new year is a time of financial belt tightening for a lot of people, and you could just say that you are saving for something, paying debt, etc. I would not commit if you feel so unsettled about it.

Well looks like my cynic-side won on this issue, as I just got messages from the girlfriend that it was "nice getting to know you, really enjoyed all the good times!  Please take care of XXX for me, we are no longer together".   :?

I am sad because I did like her quite a bit and thought they were getting really serious very quickly, but my hunch was correct that it might go south.  I guess I didn't expect it this soon, but man, I'm so damn glad I didn't give her any money!!     I still don't know what happened or if our friend will open up about why they broke up, but as always we'll be there for him if he wants to hang out, go out, or just get drunk and forget about it all. 

[sapphire bou]

Jan 14, 2016 11:36:12 GMT -5 OrangePixyStix said:

Jan 5, 2016 6:28:44 GMT -5 honeydew1894 said:

I would just cite budget concerns and leave it at that. The new year is a time of financial belt tightening for a lot of people, and you could just say that you are saving for something, paying debt, etc. I would not commit if you feel so unsettled about it.

Well looks like my cynic-side won on this issue, as I just got messages from the girlfriend that it was "nice getting to know you, really enjoyed all the good times!  Please take care of XXX for me, we are no longer together".   :?

I am sad because I did like her quite a bit and thought they were getting really serious very quickly, but my hunch was correct that it might go south.  I guess I didn't expect it this soon, but man, I'm so damn glad I didn't give her any money!!     I still don't know what happened or if our friend will open up about why they broke up, but as always we'll be there for him if he wants to hang out, go out, or just get drunk and forget about it all. 

Good call! The cynic-side often wins in these situations. 

[blondemoment123]

I might fire my cleaning lady. She doesn't thoroughly clean, won't move stuff to clean under it, locked my cat in closet....

Ok, this is a reasonable annoyance.