What Irks You?

1) My ex husband (still workin on that one)

2) The Guy Who Goes 70 In The Left Lane And Will Not Budge

3) Radical Views that lack Common Sense

4) When I run out of coffee and don't realize it til morning

5) My lack of motivation to Stop Being So Fat All The Time, sigh

:)

Perfume. I have a huge sensitivity to scents - causes migraines and breathing problems. Overuse of perfume triggers attacks. Just because you enjoy the smell does not mean everyone around you does. Someone with an overabundance of perfume passing me in the aisle in a grocery store will sometimes ruin my whole day. My mom told me once that Coco Chanel said you shouldn't smell a perfume unless you were close enough to kiss that person. Sorry.... bi*chy -- I know.

I cannot stand when people finish the roll of tp and leave the empty tube on there or they take out a new one and stand it on top of the empty roll. Is it that hard to change it?!?

People who type in all caps. Stop screaming at me.

I'm like you... I make every attempt to not let it get to me. Hopefully I won't offend too many people here!!

A woman chewing gum and anyone "popping their gum. Just tacky.

Inattentive drivers and road ragers. Where is the police when you need one?

Screaming kids in a restaurant or plane & parents doing nothing about it.

Having to walk through a wall of smokers to get where I am going.

Boys with their pants about to fall off. I feel like running up behind them and pulling them down LOL

Some people in the mall or on sidewalks that are walking toward me and expect me to move. We both should be considerate to move to one side or the other. You are no better than me and I am no better than you.

Passive Aggressive people, Arrogant people

People who play "stupid" to get what they want.... drivers, shoppers, etc.

This just names a few... My intent was not to insult anyone.

Oblivious people.
Driving while texting. (Really? my 8 yo knows this is wrong!)
Misspellings like "postpardum" and overuse of terms like "exclusively breastfed" (isn't that redundant in the purest sense?)
People who think I care if their purse is a "real" or a "fake"! (Normally ugly either way!)
People at the office with an "I'm the ONLY O. that really works around here" attitude.
Noisy eaters.
Close talkers.
TMI from casual acquaintances.
Almost everything that comes out of my MIL's mouth.
PTO Super Moms who don't practice what they preach (SO many of them out there, doing "for" the kids, but really just jockeying for favoritism for THEIR kid!)
People that email or fax you info, then request that you call to confirm that you received it. ???
Sitting down at a table in a restaurant and the table has not been wiped off.
People that always claim to have "facts" yet can't seem to cite a single source of their knowledge.
Definitely not enough room here...but I'll stop for now.

I cannot suffer the stupid. I have tried, just can't. If I hear someone talking down to another and more than that making the stuff up as the go along I will explain to them that they are wrong. I know I shouldn't, I know I don't know these random people, still it drives me sooooo crazy I will say something.

You know the people I am talking about, the ones that would make a comment like, well everyone knows the price of gas is going up because of the cicadas. Huh?? So I basically would have to tell them why gas prices are really going up in a way that says you are stupid.

I know, major personality flaw but I cannot control it, I have tried. :(

A few of mine:

People who block the whole lane in a parking lot waiting forever for someone to empty a space when there are plenty of spaces a little further away. Just walk!

People who aren't really old or handicapped that ride scooters in stores. Again - walk!

When people have their car radio blaring and windows open so everyone has to listen to their choice of music (usually it's not the same as mine)

People who have no sense of personal responsibility and think things that cost money are their "right"

Women who can't seem to handle one or two kids yet go on to have three or four and constantly complain how overworked they are Then stop at two kids...

Parents who have to point out their children's talents all the time

People who don't hold open the door when I'm right behind them or people I hold the door open for who don't say "thanks"

Moms who schedule their kids up the wazzo and then complain that they're "so busy"

Slow people - walk slow, talk slow, do everything slow.

When someone can't multitask at all - ie: my husband who literally has to lie down on the sofa to talk on the phone

Perpetually late people

Parents who curse at the playground. C'mon, I don't want my kid to hear that!

People to play their music really loud when having a party in the neighborhood, especially when the music is offensive.

It irks me when others don't know how perfect I am: )

*People that write "(sp?)" all the time and never take a few seconds to learn the proper spelling of a word.
*Adults that use "text talk" for all words, even short ones. Ex: ii no riigt mii nd myn 2; It's not cute, it's annoying and makes the message difficult to read.
*Adults that post their personal business on public forums, such as 'Facebook', and then write how "nosy" and "all up in" their business other people are.
*People that can dish it, but can't take it.

What irks me?

A lot of thing bug me from time to time. But by far and away, it's those people who 'Can't believe' that I don't drive. No, I did not get a DUI. No, I have never had a license. I have never wanted one. Most people I know Hate Driving. Like, really, really hate it. Why would I aspire to do something most people hate doing?

Having to repeat myself and I married a man who is pretty much deaf so I always get the "HUH?" (which I can't stand either) So yeah, I shot myself in the foot on that one! LOL.....

Another thing that irks me is when people say they are going to do something and then don't do it. If you aren't going to do it then don't say you will!!

I have many more but I think I will stop before ya'll think I'm a freak or something....LOL....

Thick gooey soap stuff that's kind of dried up on a liquid soap dispenser. There's just no reason for anyone to let that kind of thing ever happen! Yuk, yuk
C.

*Rude children
*People who talk on their cell phones while in a store
*People who talk on their cell phones in a resteraunt when it's obvious they are there with their children.
*When you smile at someone and they just look at you like they don't know how to be friendly.
*When a waitress/waiter is busy and you've been seated and they can't take the time to acknowledge you (a nice, "I'll be with you in just a moment") Then when they come to your table act like they want you to hurry up!!!!

Spelling errors. Sorry. It's a very strange thing in my brain. I can literally be driving down the street with lots of billboards and signs and a spelling error will jump out at me. Same thing with reading a book or a written passage. There could be hundreds of words on the page but my eyes and brain tend to go right to the misspelled words.

My favorites are:
preganant (pregnant)
dialated (dilated)
weening (weaning)
loose - when used as "I'm going to loose my mind" or "I'm going to loose weight" (lose...to 'loose' can mean to unleash something so whenever someone types "I want to loose weight" I automatically think "Oh? Upon whom will you be loosing your weight?")
tomarrow (tomorrow)

In this day and age there is a thing called spell check. Use it. And, don't use leet-speak or text-speak while you're at it.

Helicopter parents who behave as if the umbilical cord is still attached. Irrational mama bears fall into this category at times.

Mombies who think that their way of parenting is the ONLY way of parenting and go out of their way to viciously attack other mothers who call them out on their bs.

People who use Bluetooth while not driving. You look silly. Cut it out.

People who think "hands-free" means put your cell phone on speaker and hold it in front of your mouth and talk/listen while you drive. You're still holding the phone! It's not hands-free!

I think my biggest one that I can think of, is Lack of appreciation!

The way people talk about politics these days! It is SO ugly!

~I once asked my grandmother which politically party she belonged to ( I think I was 9) she looked right at me and said 'That my dear, is none of your business'! I have adopted her attitude and it has served me well! I love politics, just HATE talking to people about it!

What irks me the most is selfish, self absorbed, materialistic, superficial people.

when people in my neighborhood won't mow and water their grass...makes the area look trashy :-(

A lot of things on Facebook... I think I just need to stop visiting FB!
-The dozens of photos my SIL posts, all of her making that dumb duckface that she thinks is superhot (sorry, I sound so mean, but that face is just ridiculous!)
-Friends posting about kid potty habits
-Super religious or political FB posts

Oblivious parents picking up their kindergartners. PLEASE! Do not park your car right in the middle of the lane so that nobody can pass, just so you can chat it up with your mom friends. Pull to the side! Also please do not stand in the middle of the lane chatting to your friends. There is a sidewalk 6 feet away... comeon, people, some of us want to pick up our child on time and get home. Also please do not drive through the parking lot with your kids standing up, hanging out of the sunroof; I might have a heart attack!

Mama, this is a dangerous topic for me. :) My list would fill a book. But here's my all time top OMG-get-me-the-hell-outta-here issues:

--chewing with mouths open, chomping ice, or really loud swallowing
--slow drivers in the left lane, usually because they're on their cell phone
--loud neighbors
--bad manners; what ever happened to social grace?
--corn on the cob. Love the corn, hate the cob.

When people post, "Do you think I could be pregnant?" Seriously, how do we know?
When people chew food or gum too loud. Gross!
When my husband takes the last tissue and doesn't replace the box.
When my MIL won't answer call waiting with caller id when I call in but hangs up with me when she we're on the phone and someone calls in.
When I get halfway into a book and it isn't interesting enough to finish.
When I run a load of laundry, then find something that could have gone in that load. Same with the dishwasher...

I am a very pet peevey person because of my slight OCD. I have gotten a lot better since having kids, but it's definitely still there.

I think I have some OCD... so I have a lot of pet peeves :( It makes me frustrated that I can't let go of small things. Often small things get to me more than big things.
Toilet paper on the roll backwards
when people put things away in the wrong place
dishwasher loaded messy

they sound like the most stupid things to be upset about!

When ppl interrupt me when I am talking. HOW RUDE!!! I hate that more then anything. It's one thing when you start talking at the same time, but when I am in the middle of a sentence and you cut me off.... that is just wrong!!! LOL

And when ppl have to bathe in their perfume. I mean if you stink that bad that you have to wear that much perfume that it's time to take a shower.

When my In Laws show up unannounced. I hate that. Always shows up when we are in the middle of something, dinner, cleaning, caring for a cranky child etc. Never fails

Rude ppl in general

What a great post!!! I agree with most of the other posts too. I have lots of things I could name but here are a few:

When my husband takes a shower and his shower water fills up my soap dish... And then he doesn't dump the water out!!!! This really ticks me off.

When the gym I go to doesn't have the AC on. WTH... I don't care if it costs extra, it is a gym the AC should always be on.

I could go on and on, but everyone else's posts pretty much say it all, lol.

There are not enough hours in the day for me to list them and you would either get tired of reading or eye strain LOL ;-)

ok, so normally this wouldn't be a bad topic for me to respond to, but i just had yet another friend flake on me.

i finally asked for some time for myself and planned to go to my friend's house for dinner tonight. 15 minutes before she was supposed to pick me up she txts (not calls, which pisses me off more) to tell me that we can't do dinner.

so now im stuck here, home alone (fiance is working, his ex has all hte kids tonight because she is babysitting in the morning) with no way to go anywhere, and almost nothing to cook for dinner.

needless to say, that annoyed me. i don't mind people flaking on me, but do it more htan 15 minutes before hand and call to let me know. texting to tell me something important like that pisses me off more than anything else in the world i think.

LOL I liked your list! I agree with alot of yours. Ok, here is mine:

People who chew loudly with their mouth open!

Inconsiderate people who see you in line with your children and still find the courage to ask you or demand that you let them in front of you because their purchase is so much more important than yours. Then if you let them, they pay 5 different ways with cash, credit card, EBT and then change-lots of change....

The women who wear clothing that is at least 2 sizes too small and shows their private parts that i really don't want to see. Who wants to see some girl's thong underwear?

When people don't wash their hands after using the restroom or they pretend to wash and let the water run but they don't use soap and just swipe their finger tips under the water for 2 seconds!

Adults or kids that come up to your baby and don't ask to touch, they just do! They grab the baby's hand or the kid tries to squeeze your infant's cheek! drives me nuts, I want to attack them~ ;p

Ok, thats enough for now--

M

Sitting down on the toilet and realizing that the previous person didn't replace the toilet paper.
People telling you a joke/story that they have told you before. "Yeah it wasn't funny the first 20 times you told me" (only the elderly or small children can get away with this)
Cliquey moms at school who would walk past you with out even a smile but as soon as a teacher stops to speak to me (i'm on the PTA) they are over like a shot "HI F., HOW ARE YOU!!!" - Get out of my face you idiot!!! lol
People who don't discipline there kids and speak in that awful soft voice "oh honey, don't stick your sharp nails down that little girls face - thats not nice" WTH!!!!

I could go on.......

People who have a phone permanently glued to the side of their head. have to talk or text at every breath they take.

flies, house flies, fruit flies, stable flies, horse flies, we have an abudance of them in TX and I loathe them

Uppity poshmoms, who look down their nose because your kid is dressed top to toe in walmart.

sitting on the toilet, in wee, from your son who can't aim.

lowrise jeans, showing underwear and stinky bumcrack.

100 degree's but still have their car windows open and music blaring (my son got back at this when he was a toddler by shouting "ICE CREAM TRUCK MOM" at the top of his voice, haha

This is one of the best posts that I've seen in a long time! Truthful, but also hilarious. Thanks for the laugh!

-When I wake up in the morning craving for coffee and realize coffee powder is over

-When I decide to watch some TV and find them playing the same same movie they aired 20 days ago.

-When I am discussing baby concerns and home-mgmt troubles with DH, and he's busy 'Googling' on his phone and nodding his head and looks up and says, 'What?'
(I could literally bang his head with my frying pan then...lol)

-When DH and I would eagerly plan something and we'd just be about to start, and my dear MIL wd call, and literally ask 'So, what've you guys planned?', ask for every single detail (which my DH would promptly explain to her), and she'd give a ,'Oh no, you mustn't do that', or 'You know...usually doing it this way is heavily frowned upon...'
(I could literally.......you know!)

-When parents are busy shopping in the store, and their kids run amok, tipping shopping carts, and shouting

-Rash drivers, and those who text/talk on phone while driving

-When I spend 20 minutes painting my finger nails (once in a blue moon), and the paint chips less than 10 minutes later. I blame the rest of the entire world.

-When someone says they'll call and let me know, but never call.

-When I am reaching the climax portion of a novel, and see a page is torn.

-When I remember something important I'd wanted to ask someone, just after I finish calling them, and really can't call back again.

-When...ok, is there a limit to the It-really-irks-it-sucks list? lol

Mine are, people who can't drive, and people who text and drive. I live in DC which is known to have the worlds worst drivers so I see this stuff daily.
Parents who are not supervising their kids. Watch your kids, it's not that hard. Rude snotty people. People who milk the system just to get free handouts. People who are completely oblivious. The one I can't stand the most is when people put their shopping cart right in the middle of the isle at the grocery store, so you cant get your cart around them unless you move it yourself, and usually the are completely oblivious to the fact that they are blocking up the whole isle.

People who text and drive....really, if you CAN'T put you're phone down then shut the darn thing off.
I am ocd so mess. I need to get past this since have a messy husband, a small child, and another on the way.
People who have to turn their tv volume up SO high and there is nothing wrong with their hearing!
Humid weather- yuck! I can deal with hot but hate, hate, hate humid weather.
People who have to touch you're belly when you are pregnant and that goes for if you know them or strangers!
Last but not least, people that have to touch babies- esp newborns. Keep your germy hands off my kid. This is why I used a baby carrier a lot with my daughter and most likely will with the baby coming!\
Kids screaming at the top of their lungs- that shrill bugs me so bad! Ouch. Still trying to break my daughter of that one when it's not needed!