Pet peeves

[chrisname]

So the next time someone has the intelligence and social grace to smile at you as you go on your way, perhaps you ought to consider moving to Japan. Or hermitage.

I don't mean that I hate people who smile at me for no reason. I tend to half-smile back; but I just find it... weird.

Either will do, so that kind people don't have to look at your sour face

I don't get it. Why would you smile at someone you don't know, for no reason? If it was a child who was crying, I could understand. Or someone who looked particularly upset. You would smile at them as a morale boost, to lighten their day and what not.

Ah well. I'm not a particularly sensitive person anyhow, although I guess you figured that out already.

They wouldn't know the difference between a comb and deoderant if it hit them in the face.

wat

[helios]

Boy, today the fora sure are filled with a lot of angry people. This must be like the fourth annoyed/angry post I've seen today.

Duoas: I can understand perfectly that someone might want to make a gesture of friendliness or politeness (why they'd want to do it is what eludes me), but they also need to be prepared for the other person not wanting to interact with them, don't you agree?

[S6k9GNh0]

Agreed!

Another thing that bothers me is when you help a large lot of people and then when you one day require help yourself, your ignored.

[chrisname]

Good... anger leads to hate, and hate leads to the Dark Side. Let the hate flow through you...

[firedraco]

My pet peeve: People who think Java is better for EVERYTHING. It's good for web design, but IMHO, that's about it.

chrisname wrote:

Good... anger leads to hate, and hate leads to the Dark Side. Let the hate flow through you...

Peace is a lie; there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.

[chrisname]

People who think Java is better for EVERYTHING. It's good for web design, but IMHO, that's about it.

It's also good for writing portable code... but your portability is not limited to your skill; it's limited to the portability of the runtime. You can write portable code in C/C++ with ease.

Peace is a lie; there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
Through strength, I gain power.
Through power, I gain victory.
Through victory, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.

We could compress that into

Peace is a lie; there is only passion.
Through passion, I gain strength.
<39,7> <56,8>, I gain power.
<39,7> <89,5>, I gain victory.
<39,7> <118,7>, my chains are broken.
The Force shall free me.

204 bytes becomes 186 bytes.

[Mythios]

For me, it's people who walk really slow (especially down a narrow street where you can't overtake them). It doesn't annoy most people, but it really gets to me. I don't know why, but I find myself grinding my teeth and grunting.

Another thing that annoys me is when people stand somewhere you need to go, talking. For example, I was in McDonalds today and two people were standing, talking, in front of the place where you get straws. I got really angry, inexplicably.

I might get slaped for this - but you sound like my other half :P

[Duthomhas]

@helios
Yes, exactly.

[iw0XoG1T]

Suburbanites who drive in the city, it they can't learn to drive in traffic stay in the suburbs.

[S6k9GNh0]

Whenever people do not appreciate someone else's work because it doesn't meet there individual standards.

[gcampton]

I hate people in general...

What? No I really hate people who try to do everything in their power to get in front of you whilst driving only to drive really slow once it becomes 1 lane. Omgosh I could start carrying grenades around in my glove box.
I just hate driving I think, thank god I'm a taxi driver...

[chrisname]

Are you?

[Mythios]

Hmmmm

I just hate driving I think, thank god I'm a taxi driver...

what?

[S6k9GNh0]

Agreed!

Another one is when people clean the house before the hired maid shows up.

[z05DSL3A]

Not being given all the required information.

The phone rings: "Hello." I say in my politest phone voice.
"Hi, can you come and look at our computer?"
"Why? What's wrong with it?"
"It's making a funny noise and is not starting up."
"Okay, I'll be there in a minute" I say having finally recognized the voice on the other end of the line.

I walk down into the factory and find the PC, it is indeed making a noise and and hung on startup.
"Can you fix it?" came a sheepish voice from behind me.
"Lets have a look at it" I reply.
"What's this?" I ask as I take the base unit of of the shelf where some muppet had put it. There are several scuff marks and a large dent in the case.
"Oh yeh, it fell of the shelf when I pushed a box from the other side."

[helios]

It's even worse when you explicitly ask for the information, but they decide for you whether it's relevant.

-It's making a funny noise and is not starting up.
-Did something happen to it?
-No, nothing.

[DrChill]

Thank you, KoToR

Emotion, yet peace.
Ignorance, yet knowledge.
Passion, yet serenity.
Chaos, yet harmony.
Death, yet the Force.

(Although memorizing it was a pain)

[gcampton]

chrisname wrote:

Are you?

sadly yes...

I enjoy it, I mostly joke about the road rage because so many people suffer from it now, the population here is booming and the roads can't cope. So more traffic = more accidents and more people trying to run others off the road and hurling bricks from cars etc. etc.

[helios]

hurling bricks from cars

Uh... What? Why would someone do that other than to kill someone?

[firedraco]

Uh... What? Why would someone do that other than to kill someone?

Road RAGE!!!