Things That Annoy You

[wr250]

Green teeth, as in, a small carbon footprint?
Darn!
I can't even chew anymore without influencing climate change.

i gave up and decided on a diet of beans, beef,bacon and broccoli. just my contribution to "climate change" 

[ksm32]

Things that annoy me...

People who ask themselves questions aloud in order to convey a thought or opinion. Example: "Do I love oranges? Yes, I do. Do I love peeling them? No, I do not, but I eat them anyway."- For f*ck's sake, why are you interviewing yourself?!?!?

Use of the following phrases:

"Do me a solid" -So, you want me to shit on you?

"Reach out" Example: "I need you to reach out to our IT department and ask that they resolve the issue." Just say "contact"! "I need you to contact our IT department and ask that they resolve the issue."!  The phrase, "reach out" brings the vision of grabby needy arms shaking and reeeeaaaching out AT me or for something. So corny, I can hardly stand it.
                                         
"At the end of the day" - Please, for the love of God, replace this with "ultimately"!

Why are you gonna POOP on them?  Solid can be rock to hit them with perhaps. WTF! everybody and the potty thinking.

I don't want to hear about woman shitting on folks

[Yorkshire pud]

Green teeth, as in, a small carbon footprint?
Darn!
I can't even chew anymore without influencing climate change.

Green teeth as in algae that gets into the parts that fish doesn't clean off. Not sure they can chew, I don't think they can. It surprised me when I saw the teeth..As did being up close and personal with such an unbelievably powerful creature.

[Yorkshire pud]

Why are you gonna POOP on them?  Solid can be rock to hit them with perhaps. WTF! everybody and the potty thinking.

I don't want to hear about woman shitting on folks

To avoid any ambiguity anyone using such a nonsensical phrase should say what they mean.

[Birdie]

They way the news avoids using the word rape. I just heard a report claiming 10% of women 'experienced unwanted sex.' WTF. Call it what it is: rape.

[Tarbaby]

There's a name for the guy who perpetrates unwanted sex: Therapist.

[coaster]

Things that annoy me...

People who ask themselves questions aloud in order to convey a thought or opinion. Example: "Do I love oranges? Yes, I do. Do I love peeling them? No, I do not, but I eat them anyway."- For f*ck's sake, why are you interviewing yourself?!?!?

hahah.. that is pretty damn annoying.

[Bart Ell]

Not being able to get a proper wipe.

[UnscreenedCaller]

Snow. Snow, snow and more bleeding snow.

[zeebo]

Those little broom sweepers in ice curling.  Also annoying:  I have no life and watch ice curling.

[Heather Wade]

That inevitable moment when you realize it's time to mop the kitchen floor.  Annoying. 

[Mind Flayer Monk]

Also annoying:  I have no life and watch ice curling.

hehe I still have no idea what is happening in that sport.

[FallenSeraph]

Applied for a freelance job as an encyclopedia content writer. Yeah, my career has reached new heights.

They email me and tell me my resume looks good. The next step in the application process: "Please write a colorful, creative essay on how to use a semicolon and why the semicolon is relevant. Creativity and descriptive writing are key. Bonus points if you use several semicolons."

Seriously? For a job writing encyclopedia entries?

There was a time when I would have embraced this task, but now I just feel sad.

And that leads me to annoyance: Applying for jobs.

I miss the days when you sent a resume/cover letter, interviewed (in person) and then they made a decision. The End. Now there are endless online job applications, 8 million hoops to jump through, background checks, IQ/EQ tests, stunts, etc.

My friend went in for a job interview with the marketing department of FedEx. They put her in an empty conference room. They gave her a box of junk: styrofoam balls, straws, blocks, clay, etc. They told her she had one hour to invent a product, build it and put together a PPT presentation about it.

Then she had to go in and sell her product, using the product and presentation, to a room full of executives.

DAMN!!!

She pulled it off and got the job. I probably would have excused myself to use the restroom and run like hell to my car. Or just built a little stick woman and put on a puppet show.

[ItsOver]

... Or just built a little stick woman and put on a puppet show.

You could have made it very interesting. 

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[ziznak]

I'm annoyed by rusty humphries and all his trombone jokes

sounds like it should be used like "douche chills" or "goose bumps"

"Ah man that interview really gave me the rusty humphries"

[West of the Rockies]

I absolutely concur, Seraphim.  Now when I apply for jobs I sometimes have to fill out "technology statements", "diversity statements", etc.  I used to order a textbook by receiving a note from the department clerical staff saying, "Here is the approved list of textbooks for this class.  Tell us which you want to use this semester."  Now I have to create an account with a textbook company, read an 8-12 page document to learn how to navigate the system, go in and order my books, email the department staff as to which books I ordered...."  Every bloody thing in life is just more and more complicated.

I interviewed for a tech company late last year.  Imagine 100 people in a room designed to hold maybe 30, waiting for hours for an interview.  Along comes some 25-year-old chucklehead with a beach ball who calls out, "Alright, everybody, don't let the ball touch the ground!"  And then suddenly a bunch of anxious, tired adults (some pushing 60) are pretending to be so excited that we get to play this game.  The ball bounced off light fixtures, people got jostled... so stupid."  Then the interview is like a cattle chute:  give a bit of information to this clerk; repeat it to the next clerk.  Then they told me it was time for my "interview".  It turned out to be play acting a phonecall from someone with a weird accent asking all sorts of questions about the product the company sold.

I wanted to punch someone or cry or go build a cabin in the woods and become a hermit.

[HorrorRetro]

I probably would have excused myself to use the restroom and run like hell to my car. Or just built a little stick woman and put on a puppet show.

I've actually excused myself to the restroom and left an interview before.  My anxiety gets the better of me and I run.  I made it 3/4 of the way through applying with Amazon today, and I got sick of the ridiculous hoops to jump through and said fuck it and closed the page.  I miss the way job searches used to be. 

[onan]

I've actually excused myself to the restroom and left an interview before.  My anxiety gets the better of me and I run.  I made it 3/4 of the way through applying with Amazon today, and I got sick of the ridiculous hoops to jump through and said fuck it and closed the page.  I miss the way job searches used to be. 

I hate HR people, wannabe managers with delusions of importance.

[bateman]

I'm annoyed by rusty humphries and all his trombone jokes

sounds like it should be used like "douche chills" or "goose bumps"

"Ah man that interview really gave me the rusty humphries"

Hahahaha, "Rusty" is a total dick.

[MV/Liberace!]

I hate HR people, wannabe managers with delusions of importance.

if you work in HR, i've always believed you should commit seppuku.

[bateman]

You should ALWAYS be asking "is this good for the company?"

[ItsOver]

if you work in HR, i've always believed you should commit seppuku.

At least twice.

[Evil Twin Of Zen]

I hate HR people, wannabe managers with delusions of importance.

cocksuckers. that's all you need to say. just cocksuckers.

[PB the Deplorable]

People that don't curse properly.  Give it up already.

Not you Zen, Cocksuckers perfectly describes HR shitheels

[Heather Wade]

I hate HR people, wannabe managers with delusions of importance.

All managers have these delusions. 
They seem to catch the bug as soon as they get the title of 'Manager'.  Of anything.
I hate them all.  There.  I said it.

[onan]

All managers have these delusions. 
They seem to catch the bug as soon as they get the title of 'Manager'.  Of anything.
I hate them all.  There.  I said it.

I have had three... that is 3 managers in my life that were good at their job. All the others, without compassion, empathy, or any semblance of common sense.

[Juan]

HR has been handed a terrible burden.  People who are drawn to filling out paperwork and checking boxes on computer screens have been tasked with hiring people who will do jobs that are wholly beyond their grasp.  How can someone who is trained in doing the paperwork necessary to get a new employee enrolled in healthcare possibly be expected to hire the best candidate for an engineering position, or IT position, or graphics artist, or mental health counselor? Particularly when the HR person has to do most of the choosing from written documents submitted over the internet?

And especially when they are heartless idiots.

[UnscreenedCaller]

I have had three... that is 3 managers in my life that were good at their job. All the others, without compassion, empathy, or any semblance of common sense.

I had one manager who was the biggest, bullying bitch I've ever encountered, an absolute nightmare. But, to counter that, I'm still in touch with managers and section heads from my s/w days. It was a simpler process then: HR interview, s/w manager interview and then follow up by H/R where they stressed Julian and Ethel Rosenberg and capitol punishment should secrets be revealed, no silly game playing, and no silly game playing for my teaching job. An interview and an offer. One principal wanted to have the people she was interested in come back to write an essay so she could decide. She was shocked a month later when she found out I'd been hired on the spot and taken the job at the school in which I'm currently working. Other people aren't so lucky: they have to pitch lesson plans to school boards who know nothing about teaching. I'm sure there's a lot of m&m graphing being demonstrated in those lessons, standard showy lesson plan.

[aldousburbank]

People that don't curse properly.

Screw they.

[wr250]

consumer pc's preloaded with a bunch of crapware. i hate having to decrapify them.