Are there little things that annoy you to the point where you want to scream?

Magna-Carta said:
"Yes, it's expected, just give us the short list and go from there"

Well LadyEmeraude, to give one example, I kind of pride myself in my driving skills & awareness of what’s going on the road. Now everyone I meet seems to say they are above average drivers. I know it’s been a while since I went to school, but please correct me if I’m wrong, and call me old fashioned if you must. But surely that’s got to be a mathematical impossibility. How the hell can everyone be better than the average? :unsure:

So just to explain what I’m leading up to, when I was 22 I took an advanced driving test, conducted by a class one police driver trainer, and passed. At times I train people at work to drive on a test track. My employer sent me to France to be trained by people who compete in European touring car racing. So with that kind of thing in mind, I don’t really expect a lot from people I come cross on the road. Just the most basic of basics is fine by me, It really is, but at least try. Everyone should be praised for trying. *long sigh............."

Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t get a personality change when I get behind a wheel, but every bloody day I’m greeted with a situation on the road were I call out and say, “What the f*#k…are you trying to do! 😕 And many others words and phrases to that effect. “You have got to be [chose you own expletive – be careful now!] Kidding me!” 😖 seems to have become a favourite of mine. :)

Yeeeah…? so anyway, as you can see, someone has changed the ‘u’ & the ‘c’ keys about on my keyboard with some symbols again. I hate that too!
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@ Magna-Carta, I can appreciate your feelings about this, and also appreciated your sharing it ;) Your expletives give me a chuckle, even with the change of the u and c keys ;) *By the way, I am not an above average driver ;) Great short list too :)
 

win231 said:
Well, of course. It's not the restaurant's fault. :giggle:
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I didnt say it was. I supose I was thinking more from a point of view of this type of popular thing -- british bloke on stage in, I think, California?:

KEEP THE SOUND DOWN

 
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Blessed said:
If everyone would just see the older people or Mom's with small children. I just stand back about 6 feet and say can I have your cart after you unload? makes it easier for everyone.
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That is very thoughtful Blessed, it really is kind too...
 

@win231, I hate to admit this but it is the truth. When my husband got his first mobile phone he got addicted to it. It somehow made him feel important, powerful. That was not the case, he was just an everyday guy with a cell phone. This became quite a big issue between us. It made me angry that he not only felt the need to have it with him at all times but to answer it if it rang. He would say "I have to take this" and walk away. It could have been a wrong number, he just wanted to impress others, feel important in his own mind.

Don't get me wrong, I love my husband very much, even though he has passed. I just wonder if he knows how much he missed by being on that damn phone! Did he miss the kid making that touch down, making a goal at soccer, pole vaulting a record that took him to state? Yes, I am not a big phone of cell phone addiction.
 
My co-workers who seem to have an extra amount of social and smoke time while I feel busy. The only break I take is my lunch 1/2 hour.

The usual jerks who pass, cut in front and I meet more than half at the next light.
 
Queuing in a supermarket when the customer being served neatly arranges every item in their bag, in slow motion, while the assistant is waiting to take the money, then starts rummaging around in their purse. Even worse at lunchtime when workers are on their break !
 
TabbyAnn said:
I think talking on a cell phone while visiting or dining with anyone is ultimate rudeness. I never take a call or place a call while visiting or dining with others, and if anyone does that to me, I never invite them back to my house or arrange to dine with them again.
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I agree but sometimes there are emergencies when you have an ill family member.
 
seadoug said:
I never scream, but when I'm driving I say to myself "you f*****g idiot" when I see someone do stupid things in traffic like cut across two lanes to turn or run a red light. Makes me feel better, then I let it go.
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I knew an older couple from Austria. The husband while driving as a devil, always called names to other drivers. Maybe this was the reason that his wife became VERY religious. 🤣
 
No. Whenever a little annoyance enters my head I flip the thought. Just been to the funeral of my cousin's only son. She and I were like sisters growing up and his death almost cost another so since there is so much really troubling stuff going on in everyone's life all the time, I have an easy time keeping it in perspective.
 
For the most part, my philosophy is:

Let events of no concern pass without mention.

Sometimes, when other people bother you, try feeling compassion for them.
You don't know the reasons they do what they do. If you understood,
you would probably go out of your way to be extra kind to them.
 
I don't scream but I do a lot of mumbling, sort of under my breath and sometimes not.

My pet peeve is packaging. I don't care what's in it, food, medicine, hardware, whatever, it seems like it is the manufacturer's greatest aim in life to make the package impossible to open. I envision them sitting back at their desk saying, 'she'll never get this open!'
 
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