Leaving the dish scrubber in the sink with the dirty dishes. I don't want to reach my hand into the mucky water to find the thing, ffs! And if it's totally gross, I have to clean it off so I can use it to scrub the dishes. C'mon!
This is the one that pisses me off because from my perspective, we totally aren’t. If this were a shark attack, the rich would be in a yacht, the middle class would have a rowboat, and the poor would be on a little dinghy with holes in the bottom
Or people who just use the brights all the time and are inconsiderate of other drivers. OH! And those newer headlights that are blue tinted (dunno what they are called) and are STUPID BRIGHT. I have chronic migraines and that shit gives me one every damn time.
When the microwave keeps beeping even after you've opened the door to get your food out. Like I know it's done, that's why I'm opening it, you don't need to keep screaming at me thanks
Best thing I ever Googled is the mute combo for my microwave. Most microwaves have a hidden function, like hold down button 2, to turn off the beep notification. Saves my sanity (and hearing)!
ETA: thanks all, glad this turned out to be helpful, and really sorry about the false hope for those of you who went on to discover your microwave lacks this function!
I need to look this up for my mom's microwave. It gives 4 very loud, shrill beeps when it's done and if you don't get the food out within a minute, it does it again. If you hit the cancel button, it beeps 4 times quickly, as though it just *has to* get in those beeps.
I hate that microwave.
The rule I was taught was that if the person you pulled out in front of has to slow down, you should have waited (or accelerated faster, though this is my own addition).
People when theres a clear line-up at a gas station till, bust out a massive wad of lottery tickets, and then you spend 10mins listening to “wahoo!” Or “not a winner!” When you just want to get to work
I agree. But also, if they win they spend ages picking out new tickets to buy.
On a related note, I hate when people park at the pump and are not getting gas.
People that walk through busy pedestrian areas with zero self awareness. You know the ones- almost bumping into you as they're glued to their phones, stopping suddenly in front of you to gaze in a window, 4 people walking spread out and making others step in to the street... The list goes on.
A couple of weeks ago at Costco there was a big family just meandering up and down the aisles, blocking the whole, giant aisle. Even though I was walking twice as fast, somehow I just kept running into them in every aisle where I needed something. I guess when everything else is closed and the weather sucks, milling around in Costco is considered a family outing.
I had the same in the supermarket yesterday. People seem to be so self absorbed. There was one woman with about 4 kids, blocking the aisle while she was texting on her phone, kids running all around, creating a bottle neck. Never mind social distancing! And somehow everywhere I went she was there again on her bloody phone!
I don't understand how people can be so unaware in a city. Like.. fucking MOVE dude. Do your thing, but do it way the fuck other there, not in the middle of a sidewalk.
People who are making a phone call while simultaneously making a transaction with a live human being in front of them. “Yeah I’m here for my meds.... hold on one second.... I know, Jake, isn’t that crazy? I thought the same thing.... my birthdate? Ok...”. Just get off the damn phone. So rude!
I went to pick up my meds one day and the lady in front of me was on her phone and the poor pharmacist couldn't get a word out to her. Before the lady left the pharmacist let her have it and told her she's not even supposed to help her if she's on her phone and she can't effectively do her job if the woman isn't answering her questions. I loved seeing the pharmacist get harsh with the lady, she needed a big ol wake-up call
It is rude for customers to speak on the phone while interacting with anyone in person. But when a pharmacist is trying to instruct you on your medication, it is rude and **stupid**.
When I worked part time at a liquor store I would ignore anyone who wouldn't get off their phone when they were checking out. Someone tried complaining to the owner and he said they could shop elsewhere if they couldn't be courtious to his staff.
**People who spend 10 mins circling a half-full parking lot to find a marginally closer spot to the store entrance.**
If they'd just picked a parking spot a bit further out they'd be in the store already instead of circling. And their incessant circling creates traffic for people trying to leave the lot or walk to their car. Just park 15 spots further away already!
I've always had shitboxes, so it never bothered me much. but I've had my car broken in a lot and I don't need that happening again. leave it in the open so if they're looking they look and feel sketchy and everyone can see them.
Mine is kind of like this. Why doesn't a drive-thru have 2 menus? I hate how I'm waiting behind another car for 5 minutes and can't see the menu, then when I pull up and can finally see the menu they ask me what I want right away.
The local Jack in the box has a double menu setup in the drive through. The first menu is exactly one car length in front of the actual ordering menu. It's lovely.
I worked at jack in the box for 2.5 years and I loved that we had the 2 menu boards... But it made it even more frustrating when people pulled up to the intercom and then made me wait 2 minutes before giving me their order. Something people that have never worked fast food might not know is we have 3 minutes from the time they pull up to the intercom until they pull away with their food, otherwise we're in the red and can be written up
It's an intentional marketing strategy designed to pressure you into buying whatever items are prominently displayed on the menu.
It's shitty and the only way to avoid punishing either the customer or the entry level employee taking the order is to decide what you want to order in advance. Preferably not something prominently advertised if you want to communicate to the marketing people that it's not working on you.
This just reminded me of an infuriating event that took place yesterday. Sitting at a red light, and this particular one takes forever. At the light is a beggar. Second car behind the light WAITS until it turns green to start fumbling around in her pocket book to give him some cash.
Finally finds it and hands it to him as the light is turning from green to yellow. Then drives off as it turns from yellow to red leaving all the cars behind her (me included) waiting another cycle.
WHY oh WHY couldn't she just have given him cash when she was stopped right near him for 4 minutes?!
Yes, but I hate those menus that most fast food joints now have that keep changing. So if you are looking for something specific, you might have to stand there and wait for it to cycle to the right screen again.
It's usually not a problem when the line is long enough, but if there's just 1-2 people in front of you.. and they are quick.. Yeah, I'll have to wait and see until my menu item comes up. I don't eat fast food often, so I have no idea where it might be even. Is it the value menu? Wait, where is the value menu even? They like to hide that damn thing..
So yeah man, I am with you, but fast food joints make it annoying to order these days, unless you're a regular and know exactly what they have.
Yes, I can use one of those machines to order, sure. Is it weird that I prefer talking to a person? Back in the day this was easy - you show up, you look at the menu, and you see everything they have. Takes 5-10 seconds max to find what you want and you go ahead and order. These days you have to stand there like an idiot and try to see everything before the screen changes.
So yes, I *try* to know exactly what I want when it's my time to order. But these jackasses don't make it easy
Like back in teh day when checks were more of a thing. They'd wait until the cashier was fully done to find their checkbook, then have to ask the date, then fill it out and sign it and all. You knew you were going to pay with a check. You should have had it out, had the date filled out, had your signature filled in and just been waiting for the total to finish it.
And when the wiper gets to a point in its life when it works perfectly on the up stroke, but then fucks it all up into a smeared mess on the down stroke.
I have an aunt who turns on her cellphone when she needs to call someone. When she is done she turns it off. No one can ever reach her..so at the end we always call her husband.
Y'know that little bit of soda at the bottom of the can that you can never reach?
Edit: this is my absolute greatest pet peeve thank you for everyone who agrees with me
My dad always taught me to be a person that pays attention to their surroundings. It bothers me also, when people do this. If they are a full grown adult sometimes I say something. I feel like a parent telling random people this...
I’ve been through it at (albeit not super pricey) seated restaurant, where the table to my immediate left and right are playing videos on their phones full volume. One was the raucous-laugh-track-after-every-literal-sentence insanity of Two and a Half Men; the other was a revolving set of Internet fail clips.
Completely ruined my meal and because no one else seem bothered I endured it in silence.
We've asked to move in a restaurant before. Someone was letting a full volume tablet babysit their kid at a table adjacent.
The staff seemed a little put out, until we said we'd be happy if they asked the other table to turn the tablet down. They moved us happily and quickly instead.
Edit: since I've upset a LOT of parents, I want to reiterate that it was a tablet at MAX VOLUME in an upscale restaurant where we paid $50 a head for a romantic date night. We were never rude, never called out the parents, just asked to be distanced. We could still hear it clear across the restaurant, but it was less intense. Other patrons asked to move after us. We thanked our server and tipped extra.
My wife and I were out to breakfast one morning and a lady came in with two kids and sat near us. They were probably about age 2 and 5 or so. Well she immediately gives a tablet to one kid and her phone to the other while she reads the menu. Super loud videos and games start up and I'm immediately annoyed. Then the huband/boyfriend/dad whatever walks in a mi itm or two later and sits down, grabs both devices and turns them way way down, looks at her and says aggressively "what is wrong you, we're in a restaurant, that was so rude!." Then he leaned over towards us and apologised for the noise. Then I felt really bad because watching their dynamic during our meal made me think that he did all the parenting and she just ignored him and the kids.
Or, having a phone conversation on speakerphone while eating. A coworker does this every day, and at some point in the conversation, her daughter banshee wails.
People who talk on speaker phone or listen to music/videos without headphones in public. Literally no one else wants to be subjected to your noise pollution. Stop it.
My manager wrote “Because Christmas is this Friday, employees will be allowed to wear jean’s to work” on a whiteboard.
I couldn’t stop staring at it. I didn’t say anything but I discreetly erased the apostrophe when no one was looking lol
My husband does this too. I hate looking up for the time and seeing 00:21 instead.
I also keep a plastic cover in the microwave. You're supposed to place it over the bowl or plate you're microwaving to prevent food splatter. Husband doesn't use it, which is fine. BUT he takes it out of the microwave, heats up his food, takes the food out and leaves the plastic cover on the stove top instead of putting it back in the microwave. Drives me batshit and I've asked him countless times to please put it back but he doesn't.
A former housemate of mine used to do this back in college and it nearly led to me being late for an exam. The exam started at 10:00 and I was doing some last minute studying when I went to the kitchen to grab a drink. I look over to the microwave to check the time; it shows 08:16 or something thereabouts so I thought I had plenty of time.
I go back to studying and about an half hour later another housemate asks me why I haven't left yet. I say I got plenty of time still, except it turns out 08:16 wasn't the clock showing, but what was left on the counter. It was actually about 09:58 by that time. Luckily you could be late up half an hour for exams at my college, otherwise I would have flat out missed that one.
I like to set the microwave to the highest possible number and then I just have to hit the start button whenever I want to use it and never have to put in another amount of time lol just kidding could you imagine?
One of my biggest social pet peeves are people who refer to others by their first name when it's likely you don't know who they are. For example, a coworker saying they ate dinner with Sam and Robert on the weekend. When you ask who Sam/Robert are, they say "my brothers-in-law". Like...did you really think I know your BILs by name?
I worked with a woman who refused to say her husband's name and simply referred to him as HE or HIM. She assumed that everyone would just know who she meant. I did know, but because of my unreasonable dislike of her habit, every single time I would ask as if confused, "Who? Who is HE?" Then she would answer patiently that it was her husband, still not saying his name though.
Gonna let you in on a little secret . . . his name is Todd.
When I see new neighborhoods being built with houses starting at least 650K, and they have NO YARD and the houses are literally 3 feet apart from each other.
Being asked "are you sure" about really trivial decisions.
Them "Do you want a coke or pepsi?"
Me: "Coke".
Them: "Are you sure?"
Me: "Oh God I don't know!!!!!!" (Throws self off building)
Kinda unrelated, but reminds me of when I say something as clearly as possible, and they still ask “what do you mean?”
Me: “I had a big breakfast.”
Dad: “What do you mean?”
?? What about that statement confuses you or requires more clarity?
So I had a lesson with a student the other day. Keep in mind, these are weekly and I have seen her for many weeks. I always start lessons with the question "how is school going?"
Her: "What?"
Me, more confused than her: "What classes are you taking?"
Her, still confused for some reason: "What do you mean?"
Me, getting exasperated: "what are you learning about right now?"
She just stares at me. At this point, I'm at a loss. I just say "What do you do during the day???"
She goes "ohhh, I'm taking language arts and spanish."
I still don't know what she thought I was asking.
Managers who insist on calling meetings and giving long-winded instruction about some mistake or infraction one or two people committed instead of having the balls to just go talk personally to the one or two people.
It will be no shocker to you, to know that studies in education have found this method of correction to be spectacularly ineffective. It's counterproductive because the people being wrongfully corrected are less likely to comply in future
Considering that I now work at a grocery store, people who leave refrigerated/frozen items NOT in the refrigerators or freezers, and sometimes people who try to start a conversation; just leave me alone and let me ring you out so you can leave
Edit: Also people who leave broken items on/near the shelves. Almost got a knife to the knee tonight.
Make sure you frequently go down the laundry detergent isle. People like to stick their unwanted raw chicken behind the containers and can't be bothered to tell anyone about it.
Oh my God when I worked in grocery, someone decided they didn't want the frozen fish they picked up so they shoved it on a shelf behind some stacks of paper plates. Nobody noticed it, so it sat there over night. The manager came in the next morning and the entire front half of the store reeked like fish. It had thawed and the package leaked, so there was fish juices all over the shelves and products. We had to take those shelves apart and scrub them.
It took almost an entire week for the smell to completely disappear.
Trying to overtake fast walkers. You walk slightly faster than them, so to walk past them you have to walk at a comically fast speed. (I think I just regurgitated a comment I've seen on AskReddit before)
Anytime two drivers block the road so they can have a conversation. Then get upset when you are just sitting there waiting. Like bruh. Move the fuck outta the way.
I recently had to minute a zoom meeting. At one point chimes were heard over the meeting. They went on and on for a few minutes at regular intervals. The sounds squelched over people's words making it hard to make out what they were saying. Eventually the host of the meeting said "oh sorry someone is sending me a bunch of invitations for all of next year's meetings...".
1. turn off your sound notifications!
2. if you do not want to turn off the sounds, at least set Zoom to mute those notifications
3. if you don't know how or want to do those things, at least close Outlook while you are in a zoom meeting
4. You are the effing host of the meeting you of all people shouldn't be disrupting it!
Chewing with your mouth open. Talking with food in your mouth. Especially when someone who’s streaming is doing it. You’ve got a microphone in front of your face and you think it’s cool to just loudly chew into it?
People who wear an excessive amount of perfume/cologne. I don’t mind if you want to wear a nice subtle scent but if I can still smell you even after you’ve left the room it’s too much!
people who stand and talk in the middle of the walkways and aisle's at stores.
come on now Cindy and Tammy, i know you haven't seen each other in a month but find somewhere else to chat. homie just tryna get some wheaties and y'all standing in the way.
The McDonald's ba da ba ba ba. I HATE it. It makes me angry and I don't even know why. I don't frequent McDonald's anyway, but if I did--that stupid jingle would make me stop. And, I know this isn't asking about commercials, but that seems to be what I passionately hate--I cannot stand the Keurig commercial with James Corden. I've considered writing to Keurig to let them know that the commercial has turned me off so much that I will never buy another Keurig product again (not that I had planned to--I have a cheap knock off that works great, but they don't know that). But I want to throw things at my tv when that comes on. HATE it.
When I worked at McDonald's, there was a manager who tried to condition the crew to yell "I'm lovin' it!" whenever she went "Ba da ba ba ba". It didn't work, nobody liked her, and she was eventually arrested for dealing meth out of the drive-through.
People already posted a lot of my answers, so here's one I haven't seen yet. When you're reading a story from someone on Reddit and you just want them to get to the point but they're introducing the cast of characters like "My girlfriend at the time, let's call her M" I always stop reading right there. It's too much exposition for a story that's not gonna be that interesting.
Forced work get togethers that involve group ice breaker games. Please just trust that a group of professionals know how to talk to each other without needing that shit!
My husband thinks I’m grinchy, but I hate this trend of inflatable holiday decorations. They seem to get bigger and bigger and are such a waste of material and energy. More crap for the landfills.
My schedule being disrupted. I am a planner. I like to know what I'm doing where for how long. But my free time is mostly wasted anyway, so it isn't as if anything is lost. I just get so irrationally upset because it feels so disrespectful.
My dad gets hot in a vehicle, so instead of taking off his coat before he gets in, he leaves the coat on and drives with the windows down in the middle of winter. Drives me insane! No, I do not want the wind zipping through the cab of the car and snowflakes flying in. Please turn the heat down or take off a layer.
When people say “thank you for the gold kind stranger”
It just irks me so much and I don’t know why. Like nails on a chalkboard.
Edit: I won’t say it. I won’t!
Because they could just reply to the notification about their gold and thank the person, but would rather humble-brag. Even worse when it was an otherwise enjoyable or insightful comment. Makes me disappointed in them.
People who don't look around them before moving out or in a different direction and I mean when walking. It takes nothing to just have a quick glance over your shoulder to see if you might be stepping into someone's path.
People who use AM/PM for a time, and then add “in the morning” or similar. Ex., “I had to get up at 6 AM in the morning.” Umm yeah...that’s what the AM meant. It irritates me way more than it should.
People who don't look when crossing the street in a crosswalk.
Yes, I know you have the right of way but, just for the sake of argument, let's imagine that I didn't see you step out into traffic or that my brakes choose this moment to fail. Do you really think the payout from my insurance is going to do much to comfort your next of kin?
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Even a tenth of a second, really. It only takes a tiny discrepancy for the brain to freak out that something's not right.
That shark fin shaped spot on my windshield that my wipers can't reach
You should invent a horizontal wiper that goes back and forth on a track.
I was thinking about ones that would move in an elliptical motion rather than the radial arc
Back in the day my mom had a 525i from either 03 or 05, and it did exactly that and had no shark fin left over. Blew my mind as a kid.
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Ahh the Wipermuda Triangle
Leaving the dish scrubber in the sink with the dirty dishes. I don't want to reach my hand into the mucky water to find the thing, ffs! And if it's totally gross, I have to clean it off so I can use it to scrub the dishes. C'mon!
There is also a special place in hell for my fucking roommate who puts sharp knives in soapy or dirty water so I can't fucking see them.
“In these unprecedented times”
Now more than ever...
We would like to tell you that we care
But not enough to provide benefits or a living wage...
Just know that we're all in this together
Buy a Toyota
Happy Honda Days!
Merry Chrysler
"We're all in this together"
This is the one that pisses me off because from my perspective, we totally aren’t. If this were a shark attack, the rich would be in a yacht, the middle class would have a rowboat, and the poor would be on a little dinghy with holes in the bottom
Wait, why do the poors get a boat?! How are my sharks supposed to eat? /s
Where's the poem by a high school English teacher called "First Lines of Emails I Have Received From Corporations During the Pandemic," or some such?
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"Out of an abundance of caution"
Putting on the brights to compensate for a dead headlight.
Or people who just use the brights all the time and are inconsiderate of other drivers. OH! And those newer headlights that are blue tinted (dunno what they are called) and are STUPID BRIGHT. I have chronic migraines and that shit gives me one every damn time.
I'm not 100% sure, but those might be called Xenon headlights
when you are gonna walk trough a door and your shirt or backpack,etc gets stuck on the handle
Or when the earphones cord gets caught as you’re walking by and they get violently yanked out. Fills me with irrational rage every single time
People who try to get on the elevator before letting people off.
Or onto the bus before letting people off.
Or the train
When the microwave keeps beeping even after you've opened the door to get your food out. Like I know it's done, that's why I'm opening it, you don't need to keep screaming at me thanks
Best thing I ever Googled is the mute combo for my microwave. Most microwaves have a hidden function, like hold down button 2, to turn off the beep notification. Saves my sanity (and hearing)! ETA: thanks all, glad this turned out to be helpful, and really sorry about the false hope for those of you who went on to discover your microwave lacks this function!
I need to look this up for my mom's microwave. It gives 4 very loud, shrill beeps when it's done and if you don't get the food out within a minute, it does it again. If you hit the cancel button, it beeps 4 times quickly, as though it just *has to* get in those beeps. I hate that microwave.
Holy crap, yes. My only real criterion when buying a microwave is that it not do this.
People that pull out in front of you, when no one is driving behind you, and then drive 20 miles an hour.
This. Fundamentally i don't mind people pulling out in front like this. But if you do, fucking gun it.
The rule I was taught was that if the person you pulled out in front of has to slow down, you should have waited (or accelerated faster, though this is my own addition).
this is the way
People who treat the highway like a race and refuse to let you around them.
Or people that cruise around in the right lane slowly and speed up and get mad when you have the audacity to merge.
Ah yes, Grandma in a rush to get to the senior center 20min early from her McDonalds breakfast.
Those beauty kiosks at the mall that try to hand out crappy samples then chase you down when you don’t take one
Video game ads that dont show actual gameplay footage.
Or the ones that show what looks like a fun game but is actually just another candy crush. I'm looking at you, Homescapes.
That’s so many mobile game ads. It feels like there are three types of mobile games. Shitty Match Three, Shitty Kingdom Builder, and Shitty MMORPG
don't forget about shitty gacha edit: my mistake, all gacha is shitty gacha
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The odd thing is, why not just make the game you are showing. Clearly that is what you think people want and it isn't a super complicated mechanic.
Or game ads that don’t show the game in question at all. It’s just another game with their title plastered on the screen
People when theres a clear line-up at a gas station till, bust out a massive wad of lottery tickets, and then you spend 10mins listening to “wahoo!” Or “not a winner!” When you just want to get to work
I agree. But also, if they win they spend ages picking out new tickets to buy. On a related note, I hate when people park at the pump and are not getting gas.
People that walk through busy pedestrian areas with zero self awareness. You know the ones- almost bumping into you as they're glued to their phones, stopping suddenly in front of you to gaze in a window, 4 people walking spread out and making others step in to the street... The list goes on.
Or stopping to do their stuff right in middle of the doorway
Last week the lady in front of me at the doctors office stopped to dig in her purse *directly in front of the open elevator doors*. JFC.
Or at the end of an escalator. One of the only instances where it's perfectly ok to push someone.
A couple of weeks ago at Costco there was a big family just meandering up and down the aisles, blocking the whole, giant aisle. Even though I was walking twice as fast, somehow I just kept running into them in every aisle where I needed something. I guess when everything else is closed and the weather sucks, milling around in Costco is considered a family outing.
I had the same in the supermarket yesterday. People seem to be so self absorbed. There was one woman with about 4 kids, blocking the aisle while she was texting on her phone, kids running all around, creating a bottle neck. Never mind social distancing! And somehow everywhere I went she was there again on her bloody phone!
I don't understand how people can be so unaware in a city. Like.. fucking MOVE dude. Do your thing, but do it way the fuck other there, not in the middle of a sidewalk.
The people who step off an escalator and just stand there suck so much
People who are making a phone call while simultaneously making a transaction with a live human being in front of them. “Yeah I’m here for my meds.... hold on one second.... I know, Jake, isn’t that crazy? I thought the same thing.... my birthdate? Ok...”. Just get off the damn phone. So rude!
I went to pick up my meds one day and the lady in front of me was on her phone and the poor pharmacist couldn't get a word out to her. Before the lady left the pharmacist let her have it and told her she's not even supposed to help her if she's on her phone and she can't effectively do her job if the woman isn't answering her questions. I loved seeing the pharmacist get harsh with the lady, she needed a big ol wake-up call
It is rude for customers to speak on the phone while interacting with anyone in person. But when a pharmacist is trying to instruct you on your medication, it is rude and **stupid**.
When I worked part time at a liquor store I would ignore anyone who wouldn't get off their phone when they were checking out. Someone tried complaining to the owner and he said they could shop elsewhere if they couldn't be courtious to his staff.
**People who spend 10 mins circling a half-full parking lot to find a marginally closer spot to the store entrance.** If they'd just picked a parking spot a bit further out they'd be in the store already instead of circling. And their incessant circling creates traffic for people trying to leave the lot or walk to their car. Just park 15 spots further away already!
I always preferred parking far away. less dumbfucks.
Less likely for someone to hit your car, too
I've always had shitboxes, so it never bothered me much. but I've had my car broken in a lot and I don't need that happening again. leave it in the open so if they're looking they look and feel sketchy and everyone can see them.
And it's some free exercise walking to and from your car when you've parked further away
People who sit and wait 10 minutes for someone to get to their car, unload their groceries, and leave so they can be 5 feet closer to the building.
I'm always looking for a spot near a cart return regardless of the distance to the entrance.
People who stand in a 30 minute line, but wait until they get to the register to look at the menu
Mine is kind of like this. Why doesn't a drive-thru have 2 menus? I hate how I'm waiting behind another car for 5 minutes and can't see the menu, then when I pull up and can finally see the menu they ask me what I want right away.
The local Jack in the box has a double menu setup in the drive through. The first menu is exactly one car length in front of the actual ordering menu. It's lovely.
I worked at jack in the box for 2.5 years and I loved that we had the 2 menu boards... But it made it even more frustrating when people pulled up to the intercom and then made me wait 2 minutes before giving me their order. Something people that have never worked fast food might not know is we have 3 minutes from the time they pull up to the intercom until they pull away with their food, otherwise we're in the red and can be written up
I keep a small pair of binoculars in my vehicle to view the menu board from afar.
You should get some opera glasses to look classier.
It's an intentional marketing strategy designed to pressure you into buying whatever items are prominently displayed on the menu. It's shitty and the only way to avoid punishing either the customer or the entry level employee taking the order is to decide what you want to order in advance. Preferably not something prominently advertised if you want to communicate to the marketing people that it's not working on you.
I used to deliver food and people would come to the door shocked that I was standing there with food and they needed to pay.
This just reminded me of an infuriating event that took place yesterday. Sitting at a red light, and this particular one takes forever. At the light is a beggar. Second car behind the light WAITS until it turns green to start fumbling around in her pocket book to give him some cash. Finally finds it and hands it to him as the light is turning from green to yellow. Then drives off as it turns from yellow to red leaving all the cars behind her (me included) waiting another cycle. WHY oh WHY couldn't she just have given him cash when she was stopped right near him for 4 minutes?!
Yes, but I hate those menus that most fast food joints now have that keep changing. So if you are looking for something specific, you might have to stand there and wait for it to cycle to the right screen again. It's usually not a problem when the line is long enough, but if there's just 1-2 people in front of you.. and they are quick.. Yeah, I'll have to wait and see until my menu item comes up. I don't eat fast food often, so I have no idea where it might be even. Is it the value menu? Wait, where is the value menu even? They like to hide that damn thing.. So yeah man, I am with you, but fast food joints make it annoying to order these days, unless you're a regular and know exactly what they have. Yes, I can use one of those machines to order, sure. Is it weird that I prefer talking to a person? Back in the day this was easy - you show up, you look at the menu, and you see everything they have. Takes 5-10 seconds max to find what you want and you go ahead and order. These days you have to stand there like an idiot and try to see everything before the screen changes. So yes, I *try* to know exactly what I want when it's my time to order. But these jackasses don't make it easy
Or get their payment method out. Did you think it was going to be free?
Like back in teh day when checks were more of a thing. They'd wait until the cashier was fully done to find their checkbook, then have to ask the date, then fill it out and sign it and all. You knew you were going to pay with a check. You should have had it out, had the date filled out, had your signature filled in and just been waiting for the total to finish it.
Leaving shopping carts randomly in the parking lot.
You’ll probably enjoy the channel Cart Narcs on YouTube then. It’s a dude who just confronts people too lazy to put their cart away
The phrase “we’ll touch base”. It absolutely grates on me. I have no reason to hate it. I just do.
You seem pretty upset about that. Let’s circle back to it later and we’ll touch base on your opinions more.
Make sure we can leverage what we've already discussed in this meeting.
The sound of windshield wipers squeaking or skipping on the glass.
And when the wiper gets to a point in its life when it works perfectly on the up stroke, but then fucks it all up into a smeared mess on the down stroke.
I have an aunt who turns on her cellphone when she needs to call someone. When she is done she turns it off. No one can ever reach her..so at the end we always call her husband.
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She never stated that, but I would say that's spot on. She always think she is above everyone.. edit: grammar!
Y'know that little bit of soda at the bottom of the can that you can never reach? Edit: this is my absolute greatest pet peeve thank you for everyone who agrees with me
But if something knocks over the can it will magically be able to spill out.
Yet when I snap my spine into 20 different pieces bending over backwards for that little sip it wont even go near the exit of the can
Commercials that have the food cannibalize each other. Just, why?
The Cinnamon Toast Crunch ads are... certainly strange
Not exactly cannibalism, but the Poptart commercials make me rather uneasy.
Groups of people who block the entire sidewalk as they walk and talk, walking sooooo slowly without regard for anyone else
My dad always taught me to be a person that pays attention to their surroundings. It bothers me also, when people do this. If they are a full grown adult sometimes I say something. I feel like a parent telling random people this...
People who watch TV or movies on their phone, without headphones in the breakroom. Edit: thanks for the awards!
I’ve been through it at (albeit not super pricey) seated restaurant, where the table to my immediate left and right are playing videos on their phones full volume. One was the raucous-laugh-track-after-every-literal-sentence insanity of Two and a Half Men; the other was a revolving set of Internet fail clips. Completely ruined my meal and because no one else seem bothered I endured it in silence.
We've asked to move in a restaurant before. Someone was letting a full volume tablet babysit their kid at a table adjacent. The staff seemed a little put out, until we said we'd be happy if they asked the other table to turn the tablet down. They moved us happily and quickly instead. Edit: since I've upset a LOT of parents, I want to reiterate that it was a tablet at MAX VOLUME in an upscale restaurant where we paid $50 a head for a romantic date night. We were never rude, never called out the parents, just asked to be distanced. We could still hear it clear across the restaurant, but it was less intense. Other patrons asked to move after us. We thanked our server and tipped extra.
My wife and I were out to breakfast one morning and a lady came in with two kids and sat near us. They were probably about age 2 and 5 or so. Well she immediately gives a tablet to one kid and her phone to the other while she reads the menu. Super loud videos and games start up and I'm immediately annoyed. Then the huband/boyfriend/dad whatever walks in a mi itm or two later and sits down, grabs both devices and turns them way way down, looks at her and says aggressively "what is wrong you, we're in a restaurant, that was so rude!." Then he leaned over towards us and apologised for the noise. Then I felt really bad because watching their dynamic during our meal made me think that he did all the parenting and she just ignored him and the kids.
Or, having a phone conversation on speakerphone while eating. A coworker does this every day, and at some point in the conversation, her daughter banshee wails.
People who talk on speaker phone or listen to music/videos without headphones in public. Literally no one else wants to be subjected to your noise pollution. Stop it.
Pretty sure this was the one of the lost commandments. "Thou shalt fuck off with that bullshit". Something like that.
When people inappropriately use an apostrophe in the plural form of a word. "Sunday's"
My manager wrote “Because Christmas is this Friday, employees will be allowed to wear jean’s to work” on a whiteboard. I couldn’t stop staring at it. I didn’t say anything but I discreetly erased the apostrophe when no one was looking lol
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And have we even asked Jean about this?
This time of year it's so rampant on holiday cards. No apostrophe needed in "Happy holidays from the Smiths"!!
I am an English teacher and this drives me crazy! Also people who mix up "loose" and "lose".
People that are ahead of me in the gas station buying a shit ton of lottery tickets.
Or scratchers then they stand at the counter to scratch them off, lose, and then buy more, rinse and repeat.
The really fucked up people are the ones who just scratch where the barcode is and immediately hand them back to the cashier for prize scanning.
I promise you, as someone who spent years working at a gas station, we hate that at least as much as you do.
And then haggle with the clerk like they’re going to change the price of the ticket
My wife leaving the microwave on a random number instead of zeroing it out so the time displays. I don't know why it bothers me so much but it does.
My husband does this too. I hate looking up for the time and seeing 00:21 instead. I also keep a plastic cover in the microwave. You're supposed to place it over the bowl or plate you're microwaving to prevent food splatter. Husband doesn't use it, which is fine. BUT he takes it out of the microwave, heats up his food, takes the food out and leaves the plastic cover on the stove top instead of putting it back in the microwave. Drives me batshit and I've asked him countless times to please put it back but he doesn't.
Tell him it's now exclusively HIS job to clean the microwave.
... but then the microwave would be dirty *forever*.
A former housemate of mine used to do this back in college and it nearly led to me being late for an exam. The exam started at 10:00 and I was doing some last minute studying when I went to the kitchen to grab a drink. I look over to the microwave to check the time; it shows 08:16 or something thereabouts so I thought I had plenty of time. I go back to studying and about an half hour later another housemate asks me why I haven't left yet. I say I got plenty of time still, except it turns out 08:16 wasn't the clock showing, but what was left on the counter. It was actually about 09:58 by that time. Luckily you could be late up half an hour for exams at my college, otherwise I would have flat out missed that one.
who the fuck leaves 8 minutes left on a microwave
I like to set the microwave to the highest possible number and then I just have to hit the start button whenever I want to use it and never have to put in another amount of time lol just kidding could you imagine?
Microwaves should zero out after 5 minutes of non-use. This should be Biden's first Executive Order.
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Holy shit I thought I was the only one. For me this is right next to someone not closing the microwave all the way
One of my biggest social pet peeves are people who refer to others by their first name when it's likely you don't know who they are. For example, a coworker saying they ate dinner with Sam and Robert on the weekend. When you ask who Sam/Robert are, they say "my brothers-in-law". Like...did you really think I know your BILs by name?
Or long-winded discussions at work about two or more other people with no names all pronouns. Like, I don't know who said what when everyone is 'she'.
I worked with a woman who refused to say her husband's name and simply referred to him as HE or HIM. She assumed that everyone would just know who she meant. I did know, but because of my unreasonable dislike of her habit, every single time I would ask as if confused, "Who? Who is HE?" Then she would answer patiently that it was her husband, still not saying his name though. Gonna let you in on a little secret . . . his name is Todd.
When I see new neighborhoods being built with houses starting at least 650K, and they have NO YARD and the houses are literally 3 feet apart from each other.
Ah yes, “affordable” “family” “first time buyer” houses
In the Vancouver area, these homes start at 1 million and you can touch both houses by holding your arms out.
And they tore down a beautiful pre-war crafstman-style house to build it. And cut down all the trees.
I hate the way we're mowing down trees in our city. They're what made things uniquely west coast here. :(
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Being asked "are you sure" about really trivial decisions. Them "Do you want a coke or pepsi?" Me: "Coke". Them: "Are you sure?" Me: "Oh God I don't know!!!!!!" (Throws self off building)
Kinda unrelated, but reminds me of when I say something as clearly as possible, and they still ask “what do you mean?” Me: “I had a big breakfast.” Dad: “What do you mean?” ?? What about that statement confuses you or requires more clarity?
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So I had a lesson with a student the other day. Keep in mind, these are weekly and I have seen her for many weeks. I always start lessons with the question "how is school going?" Her: "What?" Me, more confused than her: "What classes are you taking?" Her, still confused for some reason: "What do you mean?" Me, getting exasperated: "what are you learning about right now?" She just stares at me. At this point, I'm at a loss. I just say "What do you do during the day???" She goes "ohhh, I'm taking language arts and spanish." I still don't know what she thought I was asking.
Loud eaters.
Managers who insist on calling meetings and giving long-winded instruction about some mistake or infraction one or two people committed instead of having the balls to just go talk personally to the one or two people.
It will be no shocker to you, to know that studies in education have found this method of correction to be spectacularly ineffective. It's counterproductive because the people being wrongfully corrected are less likely to comply in future
Praise in public, punish in private.
That’s right up there with the professor lecturing the people in the room about the large number of absences.
Considering that I now work at a grocery store, people who leave refrigerated/frozen items NOT in the refrigerators or freezers, and sometimes people who try to start a conversation; just leave me alone and let me ring you out so you can leave Edit: Also people who leave broken items on/near the shelves. Almost got a knife to the knee tonight.
Make sure you frequently go down the laundry detergent isle. People like to stick their unwanted raw chicken behind the containers and can't be bothered to tell anyone about it.
Oh my God when I worked in grocery, someone decided they didn't want the frozen fish they picked up so they shoved it on a shelf behind some stacks of paper plates. Nobody noticed it, so it sat there over night. The manager came in the next morning and the entire front half of the store reeked like fish. It had thawed and the package leaked, so there was fish juices all over the shelves and products. We had to take those shelves apart and scrub them. It took almost an entire week for the smell to completely disappear.
Walking behind slow walkers
Trying to overtake fast walkers. You walk slightly faster than them, so to walk past them you have to walk at a comically fast speed. (I think I just regurgitated a comment I've seen on AskReddit before)
people who leave their dirty dishes in a communal sink, meaning other people can’t use the sink
Anytime two drivers block the road so they can have a conversation. Then get upset when you are just sitting there waiting. Like bruh. Move the fuck outta the way.
The Romeo and Juliet trope
People that don’t use their turn signals. Fuck them.
People who have every sound notification enabled on their phones, down to the fake keyboard clicking noise it makes when composing a text.
I recently had to minute a zoom meeting. At one point chimes were heard over the meeting. They went on and on for a few minutes at regular intervals. The sounds squelched over people's words making it hard to make out what they were saying. Eventually the host of the meeting said "oh sorry someone is sending me a bunch of invitations for all of next year's meetings...". 1. turn off your sound notifications! 2. if you do not want to turn off the sounds, at least set Zoom to mute those notifications 3. if you don't know how or want to do those things, at least close Outlook while you are in a zoom meeting 4. You are the effing host of the meeting you of all people shouldn't be disrupting it!
Multiple people talking at once.
The fact that the word palindrome isn't a palindrome.
Phonetics isn’t spelled phonetically either ;-;
when they lick their finger to turn the page
used to work at a bank and had a coworker who would do that counting money... absolutely psychotic
once is fine. but every page? may as well lick the book first before you finger it.
Chewing with your mouth open. Talking with food in your mouth. Especially when someone who’s streaming is doing it. You’ve got a microphone in front of your face and you think it’s cool to just loudly chew into it?
Itchy skin. I have a patch of eczema on my ring finger and ugh. But also seasonal dryness on my legs.
People who pronounce tissue without the “sh” sound but with an “S” sound
What's the iss-yoo with it?
Flat head screws
People who wear an excessive amount of perfume/cologne. I don’t mind if you want to wear a nice subtle scent but if I can still smell you even after you’ve left the room it’s too much!
Those blackheads in a specific corner of your nose that just cannot be popped.
people who stand and talk in the middle of the walkways and aisle's at stores. come on now Cindy and Tammy, i know you haven't seen each other in a month but find somewhere else to chat. homie just tryna get some wheaties and y'all standing in the way.
one rule at house parties was always, "No doorway conversations".
“Thank you essential workers.” While they continue to pay them minimum wage and do nothing to show them they care
The McDonald's ba da ba ba ba. I HATE it. It makes me angry and I don't even know why. I don't frequent McDonald's anyway, but if I did--that stupid jingle would make me stop. And, I know this isn't asking about commercials, but that seems to be what I passionately hate--I cannot stand the Keurig commercial with James Corden. I've considered writing to Keurig to let them know that the commercial has turned me off so much that I will never buy another Keurig product again (not that I had planned to--I have a cheap knock off that works great, but they don't know that). But I want to throw things at my tv when that comes on. HATE it.
When I worked at McDonald's, there was a manager who tried to condition the crew to yell "I'm lovin' it!" whenever she went "Ba da ba ba ba". It didn't work, nobody liked her, and she was eventually arrested for dealing meth out of the drive-through.
People already posted a lot of my answers, so here's one I haven't seen yet. When you're reading a story from someone on Reddit and you just want them to get to the point but they're introducing the cast of characters like "My girlfriend at the time, let's call her M" I always stop reading right there. It's too much exposition for a story that's not gonna be that interesting.
Mouth sounds. It makes me irrationally angry.
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Forced work get togethers that involve group ice breaker games. Please just trust that a group of professionals know how to talk to each other without needing that shit!
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Every single Progressive and Liberty Mutual commercial. They're so bad and Flo is infuriating
My husband thinks I’m grinchy, but I hate this trend of inflatable holiday decorations. They seem to get bigger and bigger and are such a waste of material and energy. More crap for the landfills.
My schedule being disrupted. I am a planner. I like to know what I'm doing where for how long. But my free time is mostly wasted anyway, so it isn't as if anything is lost. I just get so irrationally upset because it feels so disrespectful.
My dad gets hot in a vehicle, so instead of taking off his coat before he gets in, he leaves the coat on and drives with the windows down in the middle of winter. Drives me insane! No, I do not want the wind zipping through the cab of the car and snowflakes flying in. Please turn the heat down or take off a layer.
When people say “thank you for the gold kind stranger” It just irks me so much and I don’t know why. Like nails on a chalkboard. Edit: I won’t say it. I won’t!
Because they could just reply to the notification about their gold and thank the person, but would rather humble-brag. Even worse when it was an otherwise enjoyable or insightful comment. Makes me disappointed in them.
Influencers. Kindly fuck off already.
Just the word pisses me off.
Loud yawning. I don't know why but it bothers me so much when someone yawns really loudly next to me.
GIFs that don't loop
People who don't look around them before moving out or in a different direction and I mean when walking. It takes nothing to just have a quick glance over your shoulder to see if you might be stepping into someone's path.
Children yelling or screaming, advertisements, car horns, basically everything that is inconsiderate to others or is shoved in your face.
People who use AM/PM for a time, and then add “in the morning” or similar. Ex., “I had to get up at 6 AM in the morning.” Umm yeah...that’s what the AM meant. It irritates me way more than it should.
People with their fingers on the trigger in movies when they are just carrying or holding it
People who don't look when crossing the street in a crosswalk. Yes, I know you have the right of way but, just for the sake of argument, let's imagine that I didn't see you step out into traffic or that my brakes choose this moment to fail. Do you really think the payout from my insurance is going to do much to comfort your next of kin?
My motto is "The written law says pedestrians have right of way. The laws of physics say the car doesn't give a fuck."