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Inconsiderate smokers!

I'm not saying people shouldn't be told not to smoke. But i'll cite some examples. Some of this me being a little facetious, but some of it is very serious and really annoys the crap out of me. So here is my rant.

I CAN'T STAND it when I am indoors following somebody (lets say trying to get to the door to get outside) and they have to stop (indoors) right before the door and light their freakin' ciggarette INSIDE. UGH!!!!

Is it THAT difficult for you to wait an additional 60 seconds to first get outside, and give me an opportunity to get the hell away from you before you smoke your cancer stick? I unfortunately have to use the same exit you are using, so I have no choice but to inhale your nastiness.

Do you really need a cig that bad you have to smoke INDOORS, because that's esentially what you are doing. Is the wind that difficult that you can't light up outside? Let me give you a hint: you're addicted. You will find a way to light up outside. Do us all a favor and at least wait till your officially outside so you can get your daily carcinogen fix.

I notice the same thing when I am coming home on the LIRR. My train is part of an EL and coming home the same people either do it right at the doors right when they open to get off the train (but still inside), or they immediately light up when they stop off the train and smoke on the platform and down the stairs to get to their cars to go home. Now I am stuck following these people because again, they have to use the same exit platform that I have to use.

Can't you wait until you are at least inside your car so you can inhale some of your own nastiness? These are the same people that have to "multi-task". They have the freakin' ciggarette already hanging out of their mouth while the train is coming to a stop. The cig hanging out of your mouth doesn't make you look cool. It makes you look like a fool.

One more of these, the exact opposite of this annoys me just as much, maybe even more. I'll be either outside ready to go inside a building, or i'll be on the train platform waiting to get the train to New York and i'll see somebody puffing away on the platform. Maybe they just lit a brand new cig up, and uh-oh here comes the train! Wouldn't wan't to waste that cig so we now go into "chain-smoking" mode. PUFF-PUFF-PUFF-PUFF in super fast motion. Then right when the doors to the train open they inhale the longest drag they probably have had the entire week and blow that insane amount of smoke INSIDE the train. So now the train REEKS of ciggarette smoke all the way to Jamacia. When I see these people on the platform, I always make sure I get on a different car.

Same thing goes for the smokers that are smoking outside the office building, and I can't get through the doors to get inside quick enough to have the "smoking clique" jump in front of me and let out all their drags inside the elevator we have to share going upstairs. Ugh.


Wow.

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When you say thank you to someone and they say "uh huh."

When you buy something in a store and the checkout person doesn't say a single WORD to you, nevermind thanks or have a nice day.

People who have to get off the exit and cut in front of you while you're trying to get ON to the parkway.

When DH leaves whiskers on the bathroom sink :vomit:

Wet bath mats

NUCULAR instead of NUCLEAR

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-People who cut you off to do 50 in the left hand lane

-People who insist on invading personal space

-People who have no concept of HYGENE - oral or other

-The song "You're so Vain" by Carley Simon. God I hate it. the song boils my blood- the damn song IS in fact, about him!

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-chewing loudly or with your mouth open or slushing your drink in your mouth before you swallow

-being late

-leaving the last of something so I have to take care of it (IE - leaving like one sheet of toilet paper on the roll so I have to change it, leaving a drop of soda in the bottle so I throw it out, leaving practically no pet food in the containers so I refill them)

-stuffing the garbage to the point of explosion just to avoid taking it out

Message edited 5/29/2008 4:16:01 PM.

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I know this is weird.. but..

When someone eats something off your spoon (like ice cream) but doesn't take all of it.. that little bit that's left there is really gross

When you cross the street (walking) and people don't slow down at all and sometimes even speed up.. almost as if they are daring you to get hit

Muffin tops... and sad to say.. sometimes.. I leave the house and think I look okay, but as my clothes shift and my pants ride down, the muffin top rears it ugly head

and of course, I am the first person to notice it on someone else

When people say what your eating is gross, or "how can you eat that?".. I am still going to eat it.. but THANKS

SNORING.. it is unbelievably annoying and all I can think about when DH does it.. I wear earplugs almost every night

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As an ex-smoker, I have to say that smoking bothers me to no end.

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Posted by Babe49


I have the opposite problem! I am Maria constantly being called Marie!

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Posted by ave1024

Inconsiderate smokers!

I'm not saying people shouldn't be told not to smoke. But i'll cite some examples. Some of this me being a little facetious, but some of it is very serious and really annoys the crap out of me. So here is my rant.

I CAN'T STAND it when I am indoors following somebody (lets say trying to get to the door to get outside) and they have to stop (indoors) right before the door and light their freakin' ciggarette INSIDE. UGH!!!!

Is it THAT difficult for you to wait an additional 60 seconds to first get outside, and give me an opportunity to get the hell away from you before you smoke your cancer stick? I unfortunately have to use the same exit you are using, so I have no choice but to inhale your nastiness.

Do you really need a cig that bad you have to smoke INDOORS, because that's esentially what you are doing. Is the wind that difficult that you can't light up outside? Let me give you a hint: you're addicted. You will find a way to light up outside. Do us all a favor and at least wait till your officially outside so you can get your daily carcinogen fix.

I notice the same thing when I am coming home on the LIRR. My train is part of an EL and coming home the same people either do it right at the doors right when they open to get off the train (but still inside), or they immediately light up when they stop off the train and smoke on the platform and down the stairs to get to their cars to go home. Now I am stuck following these people because again, they have to use the same exit platform that I have to use.

Can't you wait until you are at least inside your car so you can inhale some of your own nastiness? These are the same people that have to "multi-task". They have the freakin' ciggarette already hanging out of their mouth while the train is coming to a stop. The cig hanging out of your mouth doesn't make you look cool. It makes you look like a fool.

One more of these, the exact opposite of this annoys me just as much, maybe even more. I'll be either outside ready to go inside a building, or i'll be on the train platform waiting to get the train to New York and i'll see somebody puffing away on the platform. Maybe they just lit a brand new cig up, and uh-oh here comes the train! Wouldn't wan't to waste that cig so we now go into "chain-smoking" mode. PUFF-PUFF-PUFF-PUFF in super fast motion. Then right when the doors to the train open they inhale the longest drag they probably have had the entire week and blow that insane amount of smoke INSIDE the train. So now the train REEKS of ciggarette smoke all the way to Jamacia. When I see these people on the platform, I always make sure I get on a different car.

Same thing goes for the smokers that are smoking outside the office building, and I can't get through the doors to get inside quick enough to have the "smoking clique" jump in front of me and let out all their drags inside the elevator we have to share going upstairs. Ugh.


Wow.

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When people say or write "draw" instead of "drawer". (cash register)

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When people say Tiffany's instead of Tiffany (as in the little blue box store).

People who run into the elevator just when the doors are closing instead of waiting 5 seconds for the next one.

Saying "uh huh" when I say excuse me because you're being inconsiderate and blocking the path/store aisle/other limited space situation.

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- People who don't use their blinkers

- The ones who use blinkers driving a mile down the rode with it on then turn.

- People who don't say thank you when you hold the door

- Using cell phones in a restaurant when your trying to eat. Go outside and talk

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-people who act like they know how to do your job better than you do

-knuckle and gum crackers

-using ozitay instead of OK (DMIL loves that word)

-calling a child by a nickname instead of their realy name-I don't mean Jen for Jennifer, I mean EE for Ethan, kid doesn't know his own name

-creepy old men who think your flattered by them hitting on you

-cell phones- telling everyone your personal business while on line at the store I make a point to be extra annoying while helping them. But DH gets the award-talking while driving with no hands free, and then your swerving on the road cause you just HAVE to send that text instead if handing me the phone.

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slow walkers...(i walk very fast)
gum poppers
people who smoke in front of you while you are eating
people who walk in the doorway while you are trying to get out.

Message edited 5/30/2008 11:05:37 AM.

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Women who constantly tippy-tap their acrylic nails on counters tops or clack them together.
I get it! You have long fake nails! ugh!

Groups of people who walk 2-3 people wide on a trail or bike path and refuse to go single file when you try to pass them. My DH calls it my "trail rage problem".

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Posted by JennZ

Open closet doors.

Tapping fingers/feet on anything makes me NUTS. Being married to an ex-drummer does NOT make that any easier.

Gum cracking

People who talk with food in their mouth.

ValentiMe's Day

There are so many but this is just a taste.

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* Work colleagues who constantly speak their thoughts outloud. Do I answer, do I ignore???

* Someone obsessing over something 100x a day.

* People who live & work here and do not have English as a first language not bothering to try to learn the language.

* Tourists in NYC

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-TAILGATORS, if everyone spaced out traffic would actually move better and faster

-pharses like "most worst", "more better", and "bestest"

-the sound and feel of metal on teeth

-when you hold the door open for the person behind you in a crowd and they push past without touching the door or saying thank you, then you get stuck holding the door for the entire crowd

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*People who tailgate
* People who don't use directionals
* Open cabinets and closet doors.
* People who chew with their mouth open

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Posted by SuchIsLife


Groups of people who walk 2-3 people wide on a trail or bike path and refuse to go single file when you try to pass them. My DH calls it my "trail rage problem".