Irrational annoyances

[litskispeciality]

Haven't done one of these in a while.

I have a friend trying out for a magazine shoot and you have to vote. I thought I was voting every day for over a week, plus sharing on my Facebook. Only figured out last night, with 48 hours to go until the next round of voting closes that I had to take an extra step and allow FB to access my info to vote. I can pay real money to buy extra votes if I'm feeling really generous...I'm not. Anyway those kinds of vote for me! make me irrationally annoyed, especially for people who don't have a huge network to push them.

I'll throw a vote into the tagging the whole group on social media that was posted in Randoms today. I'm still part of a MLM group and need to deactivate myself because the "I'll only tag the group once" thing is getting really old.

Add yours.

[gummybear]

Oh I have so many. So, so many. Here's a GBCN specific one which is very irrational:
When people tell some long-winded story with multiple characters and instead of being consistent and using identifiers throughout said story (like BFF, SIL, CW, neighbor, old roommmate) they assign letters to these fools "So, my cousin (we'll call her N) lives next door to crazypants (let's call her Z) and she's married to this cop (I'm calling him D for purposes of this story) etc.

Then it's "N said to D that F was fucking R and Z got all pissed off and approached P at target and they got in a fight in the parking lot and D's partner arrested P and then I had to bail her out. Should I be pissed at B or D or Z or S or Y or H?

ANNOYED

[wanderlustmom]

When people want to show me pictures on their phone to enhance a story. Nope, just go ahead and tell me, I'm not really a visual learner. I am cool seeing your cute pet or kids but let me ask.

[cville]

Mar 6, 2024 14:56:24 GMT -5 gummybear said:

Oh I have so many. So, so many. Here's a GBCN specific one which is very irrational:
When people tell some long-winded story with multiple characters and instead of being consistent and using identifiers throughout said story (like BFF, SIL, CW, neighbor, old roommmate) they assign letters to these fools "So, my cousin (we'll call her N) lives next door to crazypants (let's call her Z) and she's married to this cop (I'm calling him D for purposes of this story) etc.

Then it's "N said to D that F was fucking R and Z got all pissed off and approached P at target and they got in a fight in the parking lot and D's partner arrested P and then I had to bail her out. Should I be pissed at B or D or Z or S or Y or H?

ANNOYED

Yes. Because we don't know these people. We don't give a crap if you're making up names.

Just be like "WWYD, my cousin Nicole has an insane neighbor. One day, the neighbor shot a squirrel out of a tree with a BB gun and when it fell, it broke Nicole's windshield. Then the crazy neighbor posted photos of it on NextDoor, accused Nicole and her husband of harboring vermin, and said she had to shoot it because it was eating her siding! They were in Bermuda celebrating their anniversary an all of a sudden their phones were blowing up with other neighbors texting them about it.

Their friend Jenny then called the cops on the crazy neighbor's garage band for noise violations and crazy neighbor blamed Nicole!! She was still in Bermuda!

So now crazy neighbor is refusing to pay for Nicole's windshield replacement unless Nicole pays to replace crazy neighbor's siding. How can Nicole get the neighbor to pony up?"

See? Minimal number of names are sufficient if you must.

Also, that is loosely based on something that happened to a friend of mine who isn't my cousin and isn't named Nicole. But we all kept it straight! Nicole got her windshield replaced, and paid for it herself, and then moved. For other reasons.

[waverly]

litskispeciality, In a MLM group still?

I have so many annoyances where do I even start?

[cville]

The
Word
Utilize




Stop using it. See? Using. THAT'S THE WORD.

[shauni27]

Mar 6, 2024 15:11:48 GMT -5 waverly said:

litskispeciality , In a MLM group still?

I have so many annoyances where do I even start?

yup. none of these things actually impact me and yet I am annoyed by them, lol.

People who post like 75 pictures a day of their activities. I don't need 33 angles of your kid's face when they are eating ice cream. 
Vaguebooking.
the TT influencers who all look the same. Do the same thing. take the same cold plunges, use the same stanleys.
Disney adults.
People who try to one up you on everything.
That TT couple (parents) who sit down and share their funny parenting stories from the day while they eat something and they laugh at themselves through the whole thing. 

I could list 100 more things but I am going to come off as very judgmental (which I realize I am, and I am talking about it with my therapist, lol).

[ssmjlm]

Books that include pets, but then forget to take care of the pet in the book. I HATE THIS SO MUCH!

I read a book where they talked about the dog going on hikes and camping, but that dog never once got fed. I think they mentioned letting it out before bed a time or two, but like, dogs need care.

I just read book 2 in a series and the main character from book 1 is in it. They are in the character's house hanging out and THE DOG IS GONE. There is not one mention of the dog in book 2 despite the number of times they're in the house and the owner is mentioned.

[tacokick]

Mine continues to be email newsletters from business or organizations choosing to use a person’s name instead of the business as the sender.

I do not remember that Sally is the owner of a massive candle brand, Barb runs the bakery and Roger is the head of the arts council.

How difficult is it is use “Heather from Yarn Store” or “City Arts Department” instead?

The subject lines are often vague like “Spring Fever”, “New Schedule” or “Big changes!” so that gives no clue.

Do they think people are more likely to open an email from a random stranger than one from a list they signed up for?

[shauni27]

ssmjlm , that reminds me of a few others!

shows like "lost" etc, where people are barely able to stay alive, yet the women never have armpit hair. Men all grow beards but the women are still perfectly shaved.

Any time in a show or movie that they make loose plans to meet up and say "ok, see you tomorrow!" but then don't discuss where or the exact time. PLAN IT OUT.

[starburst604]

Because I'm listening to this right now: an admin who sits outside of my office and I feel bad saying this because she's the NICEST lady, but she does this nervous laugh thing and she's very nasally. In any phone or in person conversation it's "Heh heh, heh heh heh, heh heh" and I know not that many of our patients are being funny on the phone!!! STOP LAUGHING. It's hard to listen to for 8 hours a day, thankfully she's PT. 

ETA another admin who refers to every patient checking in as "we". As in one person steps up to check and and she'll say "Are we having any cold symptoms today?" 

Clearly moving my office this close to the front desk is wearing on me. 

[meowmaps]

ssmjlm's post reminded me of an annoyance I have.

It completely irks me whenever I watch a tv show or movie and there's a pregnant character and she has a big belly but her chest remains unchanged. If a prosthetic belly can be made, I'm sure they can stuff bras or whatever. Everyone's boobs get fuller during pregnancy. A little more effort would make it look so much more realistic and not like a non-pregnant person wearing a prosthetic belly.

[CrazyLucky]

Mar 6, 2024 15:17:07 GMT -5 cville said:

The
Word
Utilize




Stop using it. See? Using. THAT'S THE WORD.

I feel like you are a fellow grammar nerd so I will share that I learned the difference between these recently.  Use is when you using something for the purpose in which is was intended.  Utilize is when you use it for another purpose.
Ex: I use socks to keep my feet warm in the winter.  
The silly toddler utilizes her socks to keep her ears warm.

But I am with you.  I always notice when people say utilize.  I think it's one of those words that people use because they think it sounds more intelligent or fancy.

[picksthemusic]

Mar 6, 2024 15:17:53 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

Mar 6, 2024 15:11:48 GMT -5 waverly said:

litskispeciality , In a MLM group still?

I have so many annoyances where do I even start?

yup. none of these things actually impact me and yet I am annoyed by them, lol.

People who post like 75 pictures a day of their activities. I don't need 33 angles of your kid's face when they are eating ice cream. 
Vaguebooking.
the TT influencers who all look the same. Do the same thing. take the same cold plunges, use the same stanleys.
Disney adults.
People who try to one up you on everything.
That TT couple (parents) who sit down and share their funny parenting stories from the day while they eat something and they laugh at themselves through the whole thing. 

I could list 100 more things but I am going to come off as very judgmental (which I realize I am, and I am talking about it with my therapist, lol).

Dadchats and Momchats? Yeah... I like them and all, but geeeeez. Who TF eats gummy bears with a fork? FFS.

[noodleoo]

Mar 6, 2024 15:22:46 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

ssmjlm , that reminds me of a few others!

shows like "lost" etc, where people are barely able to stay alive, yet the women never have armpit hair. Men all grow beards but the women are still perfectly shaved.

Any time in a show or movie that they make loose plans to meet up and say "ok, see you tomorrow!" but then don't discuss where or the exact time. PLAN IT OUT.

Ooh you reminded me of a TV one!  When people enter homes and apartments in TV shows and they don't close the door behind them.  Why?  Who does that?  Would it really take more than 3 seconds to close the freaking door?

The Lost one bugs me too!  Why are men allowed to look like crap but women can't?

[litskispeciality]

Mar 6, 2024 15:22:46 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

ssmjlm , that reminds me of a few others!

shows like "lost" etc, where people are barely able to stay alive, yet the women never have armpit hair. Men all grow beards but the women are still perfectly shaved.

Any time in a show or movie that they make loose plans to meet up and say "ok, see you tomorrow!" but then don't discuss where or the exact time. PLAN IT OUT.

Oh my goodness I love 90's shows and I can't stand "I'll call you later"...when is later? Did they ever call? I don't care if we didn't have cell phones like we do now, tell me when you're going to call so I'm ready, lol

[shauni27]

Mar 6, 2024 15:29:56 GMT -5 picksthemusic said:

Mar 6, 2024 15:17:53 GMT -5 shauni27 said:

yup. none of these things actually impact me and yet I am annoyed by them, lol.

People who post like 75 pictures a day of their activities. I don't need 33 angles of your kid's face when they are eating ice cream. 
Vaguebooking.
the TT influencers who all look the same. Do the same thing. take the same cold plunges, use the same stanleys.
Disney adults.
People who try to one up you on everything.
That TT couple (parents) who sit down and share their funny parenting stories from the day while they eat something and they laugh at themselves through the whole thing. 

I could list 100 more things but I am going to come off as very judgmental (which I realize I am, and I am talking about it with my therapist, lol).

Dadchats and Momchats? Yeah... I like them and all, but geeeeez. Who TF eats gummy bears with a fork? FFS.

yes! And like, it is the same thing every time.

[noodleoo]

Mar 6, 2024 15:27:54 GMT -5 meowmaps said:

ssmjlm 's post reminded me of an annoyance I have.

It completely irks me whenever I watch a tv show or movie and there's a pregnant character and she has a big belly but her chest remains unchanged. If a prosthetic belly can be made, I'm sure they can stuff bras or whatever. Everyone's boobs get fuller during pregnancy. A little more effort would make it look so much more realistic and not like a non-pregnant person wearing a prosthetic belly.

After having kids, I cannot watch pregnancy/labor/delivery on TV shows/movies anymore.  It makes me irrationally angry how unrealistic they portray it.  And the moms are back to normal 5 seconds after having a baby.  RAGE

[cville]

Mar 6, 2024 15:28:46 GMT -5 CrazyLucky said:

Mar 6, 2024 15:17:07 GMT -5 cville said:

The
Word
Utilize




Stop using it. See? Using. THAT'S THE WORD.

I feel like you are a fellow grammar nerd so I will share that I learned the difference between these recently.  Use is when you using something for the purpose in which is was intended.  Utilize is when you use it for another purpose.
Ex: I use socks to keep my feet warm in the winter.  
The silly toddler utilizes her socks to keep her ears warm.

But I am with you.  I always notice when people say utilize.  I think it's one of those words that people use because they think it sounds more intelligent or fancy.

I do not believe that is correct.

Eta: Your example, that is. Utilize is not for improper uses of something, but creative extensions or applications. Utilizing a sock to replace a fan belt so you could drive a car? Sure. Putting socks on the wrong body part is not utilizing the socks.

And either way, use always works, and can be several parts of speech. Utilize only sometimes works and is not. And nearly no one uses it correctly. So just don't, I say.

[dochas]

Along the same lines as your voting one-people constantly post these that are "vote my son/daughter for player of the week". Whoever's mom gets the most strangers to vote is somehow player of the week? Like sports isn't already enough of a popularity contest?

[rhian]

Not board related but names in stories related, my MIL will include names, and often full names, of anyone in a story or comment she makes, whether or not it is relevant or necessary. E.g. "I used to work with this woman Kathy. Kathy Jones. Kathy's daughter Melanie was allergic to peanuts. Kathy and her husband Bob taught Melanie to use her epipens herself when she was about 7 or 8." She will have not talked to Kathy in 20 years, so it's not even like we might meet Kathy or Bob or Melanie! Just say "a former coworker taught her peanut allergic daughter to use her epipens herself when she was 7 or 8"!!

[ProfessorArtNerd]

Mar 6, 2024 14:56:24 GMT -5 gummybear said:

Oh I have so many. So, so many. Here's a GBCN specific one which is very irrational:
When people tell some long-winded story with multiple characters and instead of being consistent and using identifiers throughout said story (like BFF, SIL, CW, neighbor, old roommmate) they assign letters to these fools "So, my cousin (we'll call her N) lives next door to crazypants (let's call her Z) and she's married to this cop (I'm calling him D for purposes of this story) etc.

Then it's "N said to D that F was fucking R and Z got all pissed off and approached P at target and they got in a fight in the parking lot and D's partner arrested P and then I had to bail her out. Should I be pissed at B or D or Z or S or Y or H?

ANNOYED

I want gossip not algebra!

[devonpow]

The word “thriving” - particularly when discussing kids. It’s just so overused (here on this board and elsewhere) that it now drives me insane.

[minzy]

Using a superlative instead of a comparative when there are only two.

Like when someone says “my youngest” but they only have two kids. Arrrrrgh. 🤣

[VillainV]

Mar 6, 2024 15:17:07 GMT -5 cville said:

The
Word
Utilize




Stop using it. See? Using. THAT'S THE WORD.

See also “gifted” as in “my parents gifted me a new sweater.” THEY GAVE IT TO YOU.

[CurlyQ284]

I'm so tired of meal planning/grocery shopping/feeding my family. Omg I just did this yesterday, do you really have to eat AGAIN? 😂

[glw]

I hate generalizations of any kind. It's irrational because really it's impossible to avoid generalizations entirely, but whenever anyone says/writes/implies that "all" people in a group are one way I am incensed.

"40-somethings are..."
"Women love when..."
"We all try to..."

YOU DON'T SPEAK FOR ME, BUDDY!

[mae0111]

People that pull out in front of me when I'm driving the speed limit, cutting it too close, and then proceed to drive 10 mph under the speed limit. Clearly you're not in a hurry, so just wait until there's sufficient space for you to merge into traffic mmmkay?

People who park in the areas designated for grocery pick up, but they're doing a full shopping trip and just taking up the spots so you can't park there to pick up your order.

Almost everything about youth sports lately, but most of all the parents who will go out of their way to not cheer for certain kids and coaches who cheat to win games involving 4th/5th graders. DD2 is in an indoor soccer league that is for kids under 12 (U12). Her team is young - they're U11 - but the league She is playing against 14 year olds, because their coaches want to win SO BAD that they lie and bring in older kids. This is not speculation. Our kids asked the other team how old they were. They told them - they probably don't even know they're in a younger division. There is a big size difference between 4/5th graders and 7/8th graders! And some of the parents on DD2's team are brutal. The kids are 10/11 years old - cheer for them when they do well!!

[sju]

People in my neighborhood who run on the street. Hear me out, I know it’s irrational, but our neighborhood has fantastic sidewalks connected to trails so people who run during the early morning rush, when it is still kinda of dark, and without any reflective gear annoy the heck out of me.

Non commuters who hop on the freeway during rush hour. You can tell who they are.

[DotAndBuzz]

Mar 6, 2024 16:44:34 GMT -5 VillainV said:

Mar 6, 2024 15:17:07 GMT -5 cville said:

The
Word
Utilize




Stop using it. See? Using. THAT'S THE WORD.

See also “gifted” as in “my parents gifted me a new sweater.” THEY GAVE IT TO YOU.

I'm so firm in my hatred for this, that instead of using "gifted" as we're supposed to on our buy nothing FB site, I REFUSE, and amend the post to "given," when it's officially picked up and gone off my porch.

I absolutely cannot abide "GIFTED."