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I swear, I could do a Things That Annoy Me post every week and still have more to include! Here are the latest:
Circle Talkers: You know them. We all do. You start the conversation on the same page, then continue to talk about how you both agree on the topic for 20 minutes and end the conversation on the same page. An example:
Circle Talker (CT): I think we should go to the movies tonight and see a movie.
Other Person (OP): Yeah, okay, that sounds good.
CT: I really want to go to the movies tonight.
OP: Okay.
CT: Don’t you think we should go to the movies tonight?
OP: Yeah.
CT: I think we should go too.
OP: Okay, we will.
CT: I mean, it will be great, we can see a movie.
OP: Okay.
CT: It will fit our scheduled perfect. The movies are a good idea don’t you think?
OP: Yeah, it will.
CT: Okay, so we are going to the movies tonight right?
This was a totally made up conversation, but you get the idea. After a conversation like this I no longer what to go see the movie! I should note that B does not do this. He doesn’t even like to talk to begin with, so he would never ever be a Circle Talker.
Loyal Card Scanning: There isn’t a name for this other than super annoying. It’s not the cards I am annoyed with. I could care less if stores use them to track my purchase history. Nothing that exciting it being purchased I can assure you that. I hate the actual scanning of the card. There is nothing worse than having your hands full at CVS (*), placing your items on the counter, while the cashier just stares at you with her scanning gun in her hand asking if you have an Extra Care card. Umm, lady how about you just start ringing my crap up when I put it on the counter and let me sort through my 100 cards on my key chain while you scan. That way everything can be just a tad more efficient for everyone. I’d say 1 out of 20 cashiers do this and the rest just stand there and waste time. This may be one of my pettiest annoyances ever, but I don’t care, it really irks me.
Craigslist Questions: Ugh. Craigslist. It’s great for selling things without fees, but also very creepy. Since I always make my husband (or someone other than me) meet up in a public place with the Craigslist creeps, I still have to deal with their e-mail questions. I recently sold an old laptop and started getting annoying questions right away:
-Q: Where are you located? A: Umm, exactly the same place in says in the ad (insert city name).
-Q: How much are you selling it for? A: Umm, same price as in the ad.
-Q: Does it come with the box? A: Umm, yeah, if it’s in the picture and I said it includes everything in the picture, the box is all yours.
-Q: Can I write you a personal check? A: Umm, no. What kind of moron do you think I am?
I could do on and on and on. And don’t even get me started on the con-artists. I will not be shipping my laptop overseas for your son who is in school over there. And you cannot pay more via Paypal for the item for my inconvenience.
Fact Finders: You think you know something until you are corrected by the Fact Finder. This person knows everything about everything. You think there are 700 breeds of dogs? Wrong. Fact Finder knows there are 721 breeds. You think you know how many colors there are in a box of 64 Crayola crayons? Wrong. Fact finder says 67. His facts may not always be right, but there is no correcting a Fact Finder. He knows and he loves an argument about it, so watch out!
One-Uppers: Perhaps one of the most annoys types of people. You ran 10 miles yesterday? The one-upper ran 11 and wont hesitate telling you about it. He does it better, faster, longer, with more money, looking skinnier, whatever. You think you are awesome because you buy organic milk? Well the one-upper has a cow in his backyard that he gets his own milk from. You were on biggest loser and lost 100lbs? He lost 110 pounds by only eating lettuce. You like to swim? He was on the swim team in college. He’s better than you (and more annoying than he’d ever realize), so don’t even bother.
What / who has been annoying you lately???
*This actually happens lots of places, but I go to CVS alot and it annoys me the worst there!