That Which Annoys

[bjarvis]

1. Someone in my office this morning bathed in Chanel Nerve Gas #5. Perfumes & colognes typically don't bother me but this stuff has set off a sneezing fit the likes I haven't experienced in years. Oy.

2. In the past few days, I've encountered a handful of people who chatter nonstop. This is beyond general conversation: it's as though they feel compelled to keep talking and talking and talking and talking to somehow stave off the grim reaper by annoying him so much he won't approach. Which sadly means that he won't relieve me of the pain no matter how much I pray for death. Why do some people abhor silence like nature abhors a vacuum?

So, what annoys you?

Comments

[atldaddybear.livejournal.com]

My last boss at my last job in Atlanta was your classic middle-manager, and thus a chatter-er. In fact, Larry was so bad that the 5 of us who reported to him called him "Yappy" behind his back.

I was finally able to bring one staff meeting to an end by loudly interrupting one of his never-ending prolixities with "Does your train of thought have a caboose?" and he had to admit no, no it didn't.

He really needed to find a chapter of "OnAndOn Anon". He put the "All" in "Small Talk".

[faghatesgods.livejournal.com]

"Chanel nerve Gas #5"

You made me spit coffee. You win.

Oh and everyone knows what annoys me by now.

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

Right now it's my migraine headache, so no, I'm not going into work. :-(

[brunorepublic.livejournal.com]

Re: #2. The horror of Giggles3000™! She couldn't keep her mouth shut for more than 30 seconds. I wonder if she's drowned in her own banality by now...

[quirkstreet.livejournal.com]

People who see a printer with a toner-low light, take out the toner cartridge, turn the printer off, and never say word one to the IT staff along the lines of "pretty please, we need toner."

Thank goodness I *am* psychic (or, at a minimum, do a regular walkthrough of the offices to find problems people have neglected to inform me of.)

[dendren.livejournal.com]

heheheheheheheehehe... channel nerve gas #5... I LOVE IT!! so apt for folks who bathe in it hehehehehehe

[paigemom.livejournal.com]

Twenty-something assholes who a) drink and b) pretend not to speak English. They live down the street and are a right royal pain.

Agriculture majors (ag majors) who attend non-ag classes smelling like... ag majors.

[ohwolfman.livejournal.com]

People who don't use their turn signals. Comic Sans font. Christmas being advertised in September. The folks who don't know the difference between 'your', 'you're' and 'yore'. Jackson Pollock. "That 70's Show". The sign at the grocery store that (grammatically incorrectly) points out "10 items or Less." Those damn ugly Crocs. Girls who wear pajama bottoms in public. Waiters who don't have the psychic sense to know that I'm "still all right" after they just checked on me 7 seconds ago. Perez Hilton. The hairs that insist on growing in my ears. Hummers (the vehicle, not the Samaritan act of giving one). Is that enough? I have plenty more..