Little Irritants of Life

[+ glennnn]

Or getting water on your pants as you wash your hands...so it looks like you peed your pants....

 

And there you are trying to dry your crotch with one of those hot air hand dryers.

[kewtex]

The most obstinate, entitled customers seemed to be white men over the age of 45….

 

Wait a minute, I resemble that remark.

[+ azdr0710]

Having to find a new tenant.

 

Kevin Slater

 

I thought they were lined up down the street in NYC???

[+ deej]

Some of my language peeves came from broadcasters this year.

 

While watching live news coverage of one of LA's infamous police chases, the anchor actually said "We are efforting to get more information". Efforting? Trying wasn't clear enough, I guess. Now in his defense, he was covering live news and probably had tons of noise in his earpiece and lots of activity on-set distracting him. But some of his colleagues picked it up and used it in later broadcasts. Ugh.

 

Another came from an LADWP (the water company) spokesman after a water main break flooded the basketball court at UCLA: "We are attempting to de-water the court." Umm ... how about drain?

[Kevin Slater]

I thought they were lined up down the street in NYC???

 

Hookers, or tenants?

 

Kevin Slater

[Hornplatz]

And there you are trying to dry your crotch with one of those hot air hand dryers.

Been there, done that - it works!

[Hornplatz]

Motherfuckerness has no generation. It is just as stupidity. No limits.

 

EDIT:

Motherfuckership?

Motherfuckerhood?

Motherfuckery?

Which one do you prefer? I like them all.

 

I like all three but I think Motherfuckery would be easier to fit in a sentence. The originator of these must be quite a unique "thinker".

[+ José Soplanucas]

I like all three but I think Motherfuckery would be easier to fit in a sentence. The originator of these must be quite a unique "thinker".

It is four, you forgot "motherfuckerness".

[+ PapaTony]

Massage ads on RM

 

STRAIGHT boy ads on RM

[Guy Fawkes]

Being asked: "Do you want Catsup or Dipping sauces?" and when I say: "No" and find a half a dozen or so in the bag.

[+ Gar1eth]

As I careen towards 30 I find that I now have to squeeze my urethra in my taint to empty the pipe. No more drips!

 

Isn't the 'taint' the area between the base of the scrotum and the anus? But isn't the prostatic urethra higher than that?

 

Gman

[+ deej]

Being asked: "Do you want Catsup or Dipping sauces?" and when I say: "No" and find a half a dozen or so in the bag.

 

Oh, honey, I use so little catsup (or ketchup) that would be like a year's supply for free!

[+ PapaTony]

People wishing you "Happy New Years"

[Hornplatz]

It is four, you forgot "motherfuckerness".

 

Thanks! Mea culpa, Mea culpa, Mea culpa!

[dcguy20]

The spam I have to block on a daily basis in my email account.

 

Last minute cancelled appointments. On the bright side, at least I was given a heads up.

[+ bashful]

Cashiers in the grocery store who can't be bothered to slide those sticks you put between orders to the back of the belt so I can start loading my groceries.

[amused1]

Great - where is your manager - what are people thinking, that is so rude and downright stupid of a clerk/associate to do that. OR, an associate processing

a customs items at the checkout - the customer's phone rings, she (most of the time it is a female) and she answers it, meanwhile the associate has finished

processing the customer's purchases and is waiting for the customer's credit card or whatever is necessary to complete the sale - now that is damn near the

ultimate in rudeness and downright stupidity. Have you a suggestion for a "good" response to this situation? A good zinger, please.

Tap the person on the shoulder and say "If that's for me, please tell him I'm busy and ask him to call back in 5 minutes. Thanks."

[Zman]

Craigslist ads where the poster promises to ravage you.

 

I might be into being ravished but ravaged?

[+ PapaTony]

People who recite numbers but say: "oh instead of zero"

[+ José Soplanucas]

People who recite numbers but say: "oh instead of zero"

 

Wow, I do that. I noticed most people around me do it, and as an English learner trying to fit, I adopted the use. I remember how confused I was the first time I noticed it, when studying English back in Argentina I was never exposed to it.

[+ deej]

Wow, I do that. I noticed most people around me do it, and as an English learner trying to fit, I adopted the use. I remember how confused I was the first time I noticed it, when studying English back in Argentina I was never exposed to it.

 

It's an Americanism. It actually shouldn't bother anyone.

 

But a co-worker was once royally confused when a Canadian spelled a word and said "zed". I actually had to explain to this 20-something 'murrican that that's how they say "z" in Canada.

[mike carey]

People who recite numbers but say: "oh instead of zero"

It's quite normal here, although the emergency services are pushing us to say zero (the emergency number here is 000) so people aren't tempted to use the 'oh' (the 6 button) on mobile phones.

But a co-worker was once royally confused when a Canadian spelled a word and said "zed". I actually had to explain to this 20-something 'murrican that that's how they say "z" in Canada.

Not just in Canada. Cute little marketing gimmicks like E-Z-Care tend not to work so well in places where the last letter of the alphabet is zed.

[gp0560]

Cute UPS or FedEx delivery boys who can't talk because their engine's running.

 

Well, so's mine, buddy, so's mine.

[gp0560]

Anything said by ... oh wait, this goes in the Politics forum.

[gp0560]

The football announcer who tells us that one team defensed the other.