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Post by johnhurtdoctor on Nov 2, 2020 19:35:41 GMT
Lending books out to family and then being accused of ‘bitching’ when they’re not treated with the respect they deserve. Case in point, I lent out a non fiction book on British Posters of the Second World to help my younger brother with his homework. Less than a day in his possession, he lost it completely. Wasn’t happy that my property hadn’t been looked after and made it very clear and was accused by my parents of being a ‘a drama queen’ and that I should grow up. Eventually we found it. Behind the radiator where the heat had warped the pages so much it could have come straight from the period with half it’s pages crumpled. He’s a teenager for pity’s sake not a child! Told them he can forget getting any help from me regarding his studies and I got told what a horrible brother, useless lump/parasite I was... etc. Just find it ridiculous that if it was the other way around I would have been giving a right telling off but as soon as something of mine gets damaged it’s alright. And they wonder why I’m always grumpy and perpetually cynical and I’m only in my mid twenties. Next time they ask for a book give them the contact details of their local library.
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Post by grinch on Nov 2, 2020 19:36:58 GMT
Lending books out to family and then being accused of ‘bitching’ when they’re not treated with the respect they deserve. Case in point, I lent out a non fiction book on British Posters of the Second World to help my younger brother with his homework. Less than a day in his possession, he lost it completely. Wasn’t happy that my property hadn’t been looked after and made it very clear and was accused by my parents of being a ‘a drama queen’ and that I should grow up. Eventually we found it. Behind the radiator where the heat had warped the pages so much it could have come straight from the period with half it’s pages crumpled. He’s a teenager for pity’s sake not a child! Told them he can forget getting any help from me regarding his studies and I got told what a horrible brother, useless lump/parasite I was... etc. Just find it ridiculous that if it was the other way around I would have been giving a right telling off but as soon as something of mine gets damaged it’s alright. And they wonder why I’m always grumpy and perpetually cynical and I’m only in my mid twenties. Next time they ask for a book give them the contact details of their local library. Don’t you worry, I certainly will!
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Post by timegirl on Nov 2, 2020 20:35:11 GMT
Lending books out to family and then being accused of ‘bitching’ when they’re not treated with the respect they deserve. Case in point, I lent out a non fiction book on British Posters of the Second World to help my younger brother with his homework. Less than a day in his possession, he lost it completely. Wasn’t happy that my property hadn’t been looked after and made it very clear and was accused by my parents of being a ‘a drama queen’ and that I should grow up. Eventually we found it. Behind the radiator where the heat had warped the pages so much it could have come straight from the period with half it’s pages crumpled. He’s a teenager for pity’s sake not a child! Told them he can forget getting any help from me regarding his studies and I got told what a horrible brother, useless lump/parasite I was... etc. Just find it ridiculous that if it was the other way around I would have been giving a right telling off but as soon as something of mine gets damaged it’s alright. And they wonder why I’m always grumpy and perpetually cynical and I’m only in my mid twenties. I would be upset too if someone lost or damaged one of my favorite books! You were completely in the right to be mad. People need to treat other people’s things the way they would want their stuff to be treated!
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Post by grinch on Nov 2, 2020 20:43:14 GMT
Lending books out to family and then being accused of ‘bitching’ when they’re not treated with the respect they deserve. Case in point, I lent out a non fiction book on British Posters of the Second World to help my younger brother with his homework. Less than a day in his possession, he lost it completely. Wasn’t happy that my property hadn’t been looked after and made it very clear and was accused by my parents of being a ‘a drama queen’ and that I should grow up. Eventually we found it. Behind the radiator where the heat had warped the pages so much it could have come straight from the period with half it’s pages crumpled. He’s a teenager for pity’s sake not a child! Told them he can forget getting any help from me regarding his studies and I got told what a horrible brother, useless lump/parasite I was... etc. Just find it ridiculous that if it was the other way around I would have been giving a right telling off but as soon as something of mine gets damaged it’s alright. And they wonder why I’m always grumpy and perpetually cynical and I’m only in my mid twenties. I would be upset too if someone lost or damaged one of my favorite books! You were completely in the right to be mad. People need to treat other people’s things the way they would want their stuff to be treated! I’ve a great amount of respect for the written word (I did an English Literature degree after all) so it winds me right up when people treats books like that. Especially when it’s one that belongs to me and I’ve looked after it. Stories and words have power and, I can proudly say that I’ve never treated a book like that even if I thought it was absolute dross. And believe you me there’s been a few over the years.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Nov 5, 2020 19:12:04 GMT
Rude customers who dont care that they could get a business in trouble by trying to stay later than their booking allows
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Post by grinch on Nov 6, 2020 21:44:30 GMT
Sycophants or those who try to blow smoke up your backside. I don’t mind the odd bit of praise (when it’s earned of course) but when you’re presented with nothing but praise I find it extremely irritating.
If you live your life in such an echo chamber, you never learn to evolve or progress in any way. Sometimes a bit of criticism is good for the soul I find.
Probably why I’d do no good in somewhere such as Hollywood. Wouldn’t be able to stand the idea of being surrounded by Yes Men all the time.
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Post by Ela on Nov 10, 2020 17:19:10 GMT
Websites with drop down menus containing multiple options that don't work. I was just trying to shop on a website like that which I had never visited before. I went to the "shop" option, which contains multiple further drop down options. I tried a dozen times and couldn't figure out how to mouse over to the drop down option I wanted, so I gave up. Good job, merchant.
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Post by Timelord007 on Dec 5, 2020 18:42:23 GMT
The imbecile neighbour who decided to set off fireworks at 11pm last night while i was listening to Shadow Of The Daleks 2.
Idiotic moron.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2020 18:47:59 GMT
The imbecile neighbour who decided to set off fireworks at 11pm last night while i was listening to Shadow Of The Daleks 2. Idiotic moron. Should have had the Headphones on..... (thinks) "blimey! These sound effects are good!"
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2020 21:51:56 GMT
People who use Unnecessary Sarcasm, It makes them look so small.
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Post by Ela on Dec 21, 2020 3:10:32 GMT
Seeing sarcasm where none was intended.
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Post by Whovitt on Dec 24, 2020 22:28:02 GMT
When people are telling a story/explaining something and they don't mention half the vital pieces of information (either because they think it's obvious when it isn't or because they know the story so well that they forget to mention some things), so that when you start asking questions to explain things you're suddenly the idiot for "not having paid attention". This happens to me all the time, but the storyteller/explainer never accepts that they didn't do their job properly. Can't people just accept that maybe they made a mistake every once in a while? I take the rap for this sort of thing nearly every day and I'm just so tired of it. (Yes, it is already Christmas Day here in Aus. How could you tell? )
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2020 23:09:39 GMT
When people are telling a story/explaining something and they don't mention half the vital pieces of information (either because they think it's obvious when it isn't or because they know the story so well that they forget to mention some things), so that when you start asking questions to explain things you're suddenly the idiot for "not having paid attention". This happens to me all the time, but the storyteller/explainer never accepts that they didn't do their job properly. Can't people just accept that maybe they made a mistake every once in a while? I take the rap for this sort of thing nearly every day and I'm just so tired of it. (Yes, it is already Christmas Day here in Aus. How could you tell? ) It was one of Sherlock Holmes prerequisites when a client came to tell a tale of woe. Not to deviate and to tell just the facts in the exact order they happened. It reminds me very much of the Gary Oldman film adaptation of John le Carre's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. A review I read earlier in the year pinpointed its weakness in that it cut out essential plot points in condensing things, yet made room for superfluous changes. If you have read the book or are familiar with the more thorough and intricate Alec Guinness BBC TV series, you don't notice, but if you aren't familiar, a lot of things no longer make sense, or you think them unimportant 'dead ends'. The makers of the film seemed to have overlooked the gaps they introduced into the plotting, because they themselves knew it happened in the book, or the previous version they watched, etc...
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Post by Timelord007 on Dec 25, 2020 16:37:36 GMT
The whole of 2020
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Post by timegirl on Jan 3, 2021 4:26:02 GMT
I feel slightly awkward about this but one of my major pet peeves is spilling things on my clothes. This is especially the case with food, but can apply to other things as well. Whenever it happens it bothers me so much I scream, I try not too but I can’t help it. It just makes me feel so gross and no matter how hard I try it just ruins my day slightly, particularly if I can’t slip off and change my clothes right away! I feel awkward about it because I don’t want to be high maintenance but it just makes me feel horribly disgusting to have stains on my clothes even if they are small. If I can’t get stains out of my clothes I will never ever wear them again. Pre-covid when I worked with kids it didn’t bother me getting dirty while I was at work, but as soon as I was done I would have to get changed as soon as possible because I would feel so gross I wanted to burn my uniform after every shift! I wish it didn’t freak me out as much but I just can’t stop fixating on stains when I get them.
Does anyone else have issues with getting stains on their clothes/ getting dirty? Sometimes I feel like I am alone in this.
Side note: Oddly it doesn’t bother me at all getting paint on my clothes.
Side note: Similar to my dislike of stains, whenever anyone (mostly relatives) offer to let me hold their infants I usually don’t like to because I have a fear of being vomited on. I don’t mind seeing people throw up in tv or movies but the idea of someone else throwing up on me freaks me out.
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Post by Timelord007 on Jan 3, 2021 8:15:40 GMT
I feel slightly awkward about this but one of my major pet peeves is spilling things on my clothes. This is especially the case with food, but can apply to other things as well. Whenever it happens it bothers me so much I scream, I try not too but I can’t help it. It just makes me feel so gross and no matter how hard I try it just ruins my day slightly, particularly if I can’t slip off and change my clothes right away! I feel awkward about it because I don’t want to be high maintenance but it just makes me feel horribly disgusting to have stains on my clothes even if they are small. If I can’t get stains out of my clothes I will never ever wear them again. Pre-covid when I worked with kids it didn’t bother me getting dirty while I was at work, but as soon as I was done I would have to get changed as soon as possible because I would feel so gross I wanted to burn my uniform after every shift! I wish it didn’t freak me out as much but I just can’t stop fixating on stains when I get them. Does anyone else have issues with getting stains on their clothes/ getting dirty? Sometimes I feel like I am alone in this. Side note: Oddly it doesn’t bother me at all getting paint on my clothes. Side note: Similar to my dislike of stains, whenever anyone (mostly relatives) offer to let me hold their infants I usually don’t like to because I have a fear of being vomited on. I don’t mind seeing people throw up in tv or movies but the idea of someone else throwing up on me freaks me out. When my OCD was at it's worst the slightest mark on my clothes & they were in the washer, my advice tell yourself can i remove this stain with wet sponge & bit vanish or do i need to completely wash it. My worst OCD nobody is allowed to touch my blu rays or CDs & yet I'm ok with lending my games to my cousin.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2021 16:33:31 GMT
I feel slightly awkward about this but one of my major pet peeves is spilling things on my clothes. This is especially the case with food, but can apply to other things as well. Whenever it happens it bothers me so much I scream, I try not too but I can’t help it. It just makes me feel so gross and no matter how hard I try it just ruins my day slightly, particularly if I can’t slip off and change my clothes right away! I feel awkward about it because I don’t want to be high maintenance but it just makes me feel horribly disgusting to have stains on my clothes even if they are small. If I can’t get stains out of my clothes I will never ever wear them again. Pre-covid when I worked with kids it didn’t bother me getting dirty while I was at work, but as soon as I was done I would have to get changed as soon as possible because I would feel so gross I wanted to burn my uniform after every shift! I wish it didn’t freak me out as much but I just can’t stop fixating on stains when I get them. Does anyone else have issues with getting stains on their clothes/ getting dirty? Sometimes I feel like I am alone in this. Side note: Oddly it doesn’t bother me at all getting paint on my clothes. Side note: Similar to my dislike of stains, whenever anyone (mostly relatives) offer to let me hold their infants I usually don’t like to because I have a fear of being vomited on. I don’t mind seeing people throw up in tv or movies but the idea of someone else throwing up on me freaks me out. When my OCD was at it's worst the slightest mark on my clothes & they were in the washer, my advice tell yourself can i remove this stain with wet sponge & bit vanish or do i need to completely wash it. My worst OCD nobody is allowed to touch my blu rays or CDs & yet I'm ok with lending my games to my cousin. OCD? Then I'm sure you will appreciate this one:
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Post by Timelord007 on Jan 3, 2021 18:36:28 GMT
When my OCD was at it's worst the slightest mark on my clothes & they were in the washer, my advice tell yourself can i remove this stain with wet sponge & bit vanish or do i need to completely wash it. My worst OCD nobody is allowed to touch my blu rays or CDs & yet I'm ok with lending my games to my cousin. OCD? Then I'm sure you will appreciate this one: Yup, OCD, PTSD & Bipolar battled them over 30 yrs since i was 12, getting harder to cope at minute with dad illness.
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Post by timegirl on Jan 6, 2021 16:04:23 GMT
This is an odd and nitpicky one but, when I am trying to ask someone how they liked a work of fiction and they only say it was good or it was bad and don’t elaborate further than that. I know it shouldn’t bother me, but whenever someone just says that it was just good or bad, I always think surely you must have further thoughts and opinions than that. I think it has to with the fact that I am very analytical. I can’t experience any work of fiction without dissecting it piece by piece and looking at all the tiny pieces. In addition to this it’s also frustrating to me when people don’t pay attention to subtext and just look at the surface level of a work. Everyone should definitely have their own personal interpretation and opinions of different fiction, but it kind of drives me crazy when reviewers or just people in general only take lines and events at face value in fiction and not see deeper intent of what the work is trying to say. I feel like people miss out on seeing and enjoying works on a deeper level when they just look at the surface. At the same I am a bit of my own worst enemy sometimes because I ca never ever shut off my brain. I feel like I am never not analyzing, interpreting something, monologuing or daydreaming long running elaborate stories in my head. Whenever I experience fiction I actually play a game against the fiction where I try to see if I can predict the plot twist before it happens. Often I actually see lists or spider diagrams projected in my brain of all the possible outcomes of the plot and then I will play it out in my brain and then rewind it and then play it back again differently. I actually like it sometimes when I loose the game against the fiction because it means I couldn’t predict the outcome. Sometimes I get disappointed though because I liked the version in my head better than the actual outcome. I often do this with real life too. I love doing this but sometimes I do envy people who can turn off their brain, because even if I don’t understand it, it must be kind of nice.
Does anyone else here think this way or have similar pet peeves?
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Post by Timelord007 on Jan 6, 2021 18:31:12 GMT
This is an odd and nitpicky one but, when I am trying to ask someone how they liked a work of fiction and they only say it was good or it was bad and don’t elaborate further than that. I know it shouldn’t bother me, but whenever someone just says that it was just good or bad, I always think surely you must have further thoughts and opinions than that. I think it has to with the fact that I am very analytical. I can’t experience any work of fiction without dissecting it piece by piece and looking at all the tiny pieces. In addition to this it’s also frustrating to me when people don’t pay attention to subtext and just look at the surface level of a work. Everyone should definitely have their own personal interpretation and opinions of different fiction, but it kind of drives me crazy when reviewers or just people in general only take lines and events at face value in fiction and not see deeper intent of what the work is trying to say. I feel like people miss out on seeing and enjoying works on a deeper level when they just look at the surface. At the same I am a bit of my own worst enemy sometimes because I ca never ever shut off my brain. I feel like I am never not analyzing, interpreting something, monologuing or daydreaming long running elaborate stories in my head. Whenever I experience fiction I actually play a game against the fiction where I try to see if I can predict the plot twist before it happens. Often I actually see lists or spider diagrams projected in my brain of all the possible outcomes of the plot and then I will play it out in my brain and then rewind it and then play it back again differently. I actually like it sometimes when I loose the game against the fiction because it means I couldn’t predict the outcome. Sometimes I get disappointed though because I liked the version in my head better than the actual outcome. I often do this with real life too. I love doing this but sometimes I do envy people who can turn off their brain, because even if I don’t understand it, it must be kind of nice. Does anyone else here think this way or have similar pet peeves? You be great with me & my cousin when we watch films or tv shows we been discussing how in Cobra Kai people get beat up cause criminal damage & yet nobody is reported or arrested lol. Me & my cousin sussed Luke be jedi end Mandolorian & we usually know if a films going be good or bad within minutes watching.
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