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Pet Peeves ver. Fjones vs Redleader

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Lacey-I am so with you on that post! Every time I talk to my mom she is complaining that she doesn't have any money and doesn't know how she's going to pay her bills etc..then she'll slip in "well I just got back from the hair salon" fucking duh

Also my fiance sometimes complains a little too much about how broke we are. I mean we ARE pretty fucking broke, but maybe because I've been in this situation many many times I don't see it as that big of a deal. Its just irritates me when he complains about not having enough money to go out to eat or that we don't have that big screen tv he wanted to get a year ago. DUDE there are more important things! Plus those are just things, worry more about putting food on the table please. I understand he wants to be able to have enough money to take care of our daughter on the way, but I think I would rather she learn how to be frugal early on-and learn that anything you want in life requires WORK. I grew up with waaay too many spoiled bitches getting a brand new BMW for their birthday and then a brand new SUV for christmas all before they have their license. NO fucking way my kid is growing up like that even if I had the money.
 
THat's some heavy stuff Lacey.

pet peeves: the crapfloods of yuppies, hipsters, and emos around here. And what's with their girly skinny-pants? And cucumbers in my water.
 
People who constantly tell stories about their friends who you don't know. Specifically things like:

"Oh, in my high school we could choose what kind of specialty we would graduate with... sort of like a degree. I remember I got mine in art and Johnny got one in music and Stan got his in biology... Man, Johnny was so good at guitar... blah blah blah...on and on and on about 'Johnny' 'Stan' 'Sarah' and other elusive friends who I will never meet". WHO THE FUCK IS JOHNNY??? WHY WOULD I CARE ABOUT HOW GOOD HE WAS AT GUITAR???
 
Why in the HELL do people ask me questions when I am watching TV? Are you fucking serious? Is there any part about my personality that leads one to believe that I want to be interrupted while watching LOST or any other show? Unless the house is on fire, wait until a commercial break!
 
Agreed. If the pun is not intended, then REWRITE THE FUCKING SENTENCE WITHOUT THE PUN!!!!!!!!!!!

I have so many new pet peeves but I am too busy to write them all on BL. I'll save them for another time. Work is keeping me busy.

I will say this though -- a major pet peeve is that some people do not seem to think what I do is a "real" job. I am self-employed as a poker player and it is definitely a job. In fact I imagine it is one of the more stressful jobs out there.

Sometimes people do not seem to understand when I say "I cannot hang out, I have to work." No one pays me if I just skip poker sessions. I need to play. Until people want to pay my bills they should leave me alone when I say I have to work. I could go on for many paragraphs about this but I am tired and I have things to do. End rant.
 
Redleader said:
Okay, I just need to say this one again.

When someone says "pun not intended" when it [the referred to pun] clearly was.
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Oh. my. fucking. god.......
I literally stated this exact same peeve to my boyfriend last night 8o (he doesn't do this, it was just in the discussion we were having)
Red, are we psychic????

Seriously....that is kinda scary.
 
... and somehwere, somehow, Jung just cracked a smile.

Fjones, you're a poker pro? You're just full of surprises!

My latest peeve: unprofessional trainers. Or rather, just mine. He's cancelled our sessions for the last two weeks, and I'd bet good money that he's going to cancel today's session as well. If you'd rather I didn't train with you, then tell me and release my contract so I can find someone else. I'm a big boy, I won't cry. And besides, when you look bored during my sessions, it doesn't really bode well for me renewing my subscription now does it? Sorry that I can't do your fancy-pants unstable-funtional-movement-plyometric-whatever workouts, but they make me physically ill.
 
Fjones said:
Why in the HELL do people ask me questions when I am watching TV? Are you fucking serious? Is there any part about my personality that leads one to believe that I want to be interrupted while watching LOST or any other show? Unless the house is on fire, wait until a commercial break!
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People ask questions because its TV yo. It aint a play at the metropolitan opera theater. Some people just watch it to pass the time. Most people do think its acceptable to talk while watching TV. It aint got a thing to do with you or your personality leading them to believe that. Its just that most people aint that uptight about the damn television man. Youre different from the norm so, in that case u should not expect everyone to conform to you and your views and instead inform them how you feel before they sit down with you. Or better yet leave til its done, cuz Why would you want to watch TV with someone in silence and not talk? You might say WELL ITS ONLY COMMON COURTESY, I SHOULDNT HAVE TO TELL THEM THEY SHOULD KNOW and bla bla bla, but on the real its more like you bein the one with the odd preference here and thats fine you got a right to it. but , the majority of the world aint gonna change and if youre upset with the way people act in general they aint gonna stop til you say some shit. so just make sure the person with you knows that you are a mentally unstable person ready to fly off the hinges the second someone says "Hey, I-" while you got your eyes on the screen and save them the trouble of gettin a rant lol.
 
lacey k said:
People ask questions because its TV yo. It aint a play at the metropolitan opera theater. Some people just watch it to pass the time. Most people do think its acceptable to talk while watching TV. It aint got a thing to do with you or your personality leading them to believe that. Its just that most people aint that uptight about the damn television man. Youre different from the norm so, in that case u should not expect everyone to conform to you and your views and instead inform them how you feel before they sit down with you. Or better yet leave til its done, cuz Why would you want to watch TV with someone in silence and not talk? You might say WELL ITS ONLY COMMON COURTESY, I SHOULDNT HAVE TO TELL THEM THEY SHOULD KNOW and bla bla bla, but on the real its more like you bein the one with the odd preference here and thats fine you got a right to it. but , the majority of the world aint gonna change and if youre upset with the way people act in general they aint gonna stop til you say some shit. so just make sure the person with you knows that you are a mentally unstable person ready to fly off the hinges the second someone says "Hey, I-" while you got your eyes on the screen and save them the trouble of gettin a rant lol.
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Wow, are you serious?

I am watching a drama such as LOST or 24, and you think it is reaosnable and appropriate for someone to enter the room and start talking to me about something unimportant?

Do you really think I am abnormal because I don't want to miss cricual parts of a once a week show that I enjoy watching?

I don't see why other people should decide for me that what I am doing it not important and that their question or chatter is. It seems to me that common courtesy would dictate that you wait until a break from the episode to talk to the person.

According to you the majority of people interrupt others when they are clearly engrossed in a television program? Huh? ALso, just because the majority of people are inconsiderate doesn't make it acceptable behavior.

What do you suggest I do? Should I put up a sign that says, "I am watching TV. Leave me alone?"

Seriously, I don't know if you are trolling me or if you are for real. I tend to get trolled on this site a lot because I often cannot tell the difference.

By the way, anyone who knows anythign about me knows that I do not watch TV to "pass time," ever. There are at least 100 other things I would do first. That is why I said, "what about my personality leads one to believe I want to be interrupted whiel watching TV."

If I am watching TV, it means I WANT TO WATCH TV. I do not want to be asked some unimportant question.
 
PVRs mang. Press pause, deal with the question, then press play. Don't bother with commercials.
 
I hate it when I go to buy a strawberry smoothie (from a certain very well-known Australian juice bar franchise that shall not be named), where they always have trendy kids working behind the bar who are way too cool for school. They non-chalantly ask what I want and I pay, then they all gaggle around with their backs turned to the customers, and gossip audiably about boys and parties and whatnot. All the while they are supposedly making my smoothie!

Now, if the end result was of adequate quality I wouldn't mind how much they faffed about whilst making it. But every time it's either too thick to suck up the straw because they put too much frozen yoghurt in it, or it's too runny because they put too much juice in it, or it tastes different than it's supposed to because the ingredients weren't measured out correctly.
All because they were NOT CONCENTRATING!! Why even bother to show up at work if you're not going to do your job. And it's not like making smoothies is difficult or anything. They just have no work ethic instilled in to them.

Fucking kids these days....I dunno....

/jaded old people rant
 
^ lol.

not naming ANYONE specifically; but when i want a BOOST; ive now adopted the trend of a recent comedian; and when requesting my name to be called when my bevvy is ready to be collected; i only respond to either "batman" and or "captain awesome".

it raises unimpressed eyebrows from the youthful trendy staff behind the counter; but invokes a smile or two from me, and bystanders around. try it sometime :D

...kytnism...:|
 
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Fjones said:
Wow, are you serious?

I am watching a drama such as LOST or 24, and you think it is reaosnable and appropriate for someone to enter the room and start talking to me about something unimportant?

Do you really think I am abnormal because I don't want to miss cricual parts of a once a week show that I enjoy watching?

I don't see why other people should decide for me that what I am doing it not important and that their question or chatter is. It seems to me that common courtesy would dictate that you wait until a break from the episode to talk to the person.

According to you the majority of people interrupt others when they are clearly engrossed in a television program? Huh? ALso, just because the majority of people are inconsiderate doesn't make it acceptable behavior.

What do you suggest I do? Should I put up a sign that says, "I am watching TV. Leave me alone?"

Seriously, I don't know if you are trolling me or if you are for real. I tend to get trolled on this site a lot because I often cannot tell the difference.

By the way, anyone who knows anythign about me knows that I do not watch TV to "pass time," ever. There are at least 100 other things I would do first. That is why I said, "what about my personality leads one to believe I want to be interrupted whiel watching TV."

If I am watching TV, it means I WANT TO WATCH TV. I do not want to be asked some unimportant question.
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Hey man, thats really great for you. Im happy for you that you never watch TV to pass the time. You must have a very fulfilling life to not have to sink to that level, and its good to hear that there is over 9000 things you would rather do than watch TV, except when youre watching it.

However, most people talk during TV. Failing to recognize this,as much as you hate it, will cause this problem to continue until you address it with the people who actually bother you, instead of a random group of strangers who cant help the issue either way. It would be great if everyone in the world always knew exactly wat you want just by spending all their time observing you and your personal preferences, but some of them have great busy lives too. I aint sure wat would lead you to have such delusions of grandeur that you believe any person around you should immediately understand that the innocent act of talking during a show is enough to make you rage, but Its prolly that with all their other horrible habits, their brains aint as powerful as yours, so their ability to instantly sense unsaid things just aint there.

But, since you are such a courtesy oriented guy, If this irritates you so much, how about giving THEM the common courtesy of telling them that you dont want to be bothered when you watch your stories. If you wont do this, then you aint no better than them. I assure you that nobody does this specifically just to piss you off. They prolly just dont have as many great hobbies and friends, and Im sure that they aint got such full, busy, and intriguing lives as you do, so unfortunately for them they have to resort to such banal and stupid things as watching TV to pass time or as a background thing while they interact with the other human life forms sharing the couch with them. I know, it really is pathetic considering they could be hanging out with one of their 100 friends or earning a living on the internet instead of wasting time watching non award winning dramas, but we aint all that great ya know?

Whether you agree or like it or not, people will continue to try to have conversations with you while you are thoroughly engrossed in your watching, but until you let them know, they cant be blamed for your unnatural level of sensitivity about this subject. if you DO tell them and THEN they STILL ignore it, then you got a right to be mad, all bets are off and you should probably behead them with a chainsaw at least. But, Until then, recognize that the whole world dont operate on the same principles on you, and refusing to deal with that and make everyone aware of it shows that you would rather be angry about it than deal with it.

It wouldnt take much time to tell these poor stupid interrupting souls that you would like them to leave you alone since apparently they are too dumb to understand this just by looking at you, but Im sure it would take a lot less effort to do so than to tell all of us here who already know to avoid doing anything other than breathing in your presence, but the problem is we already know, so it aint gonna help you since we aint the ones that need to be told. Postin here might feel good to vent but that still leaves that pesky ''in real life'' issue to deal with. The "talk to me and die cuz im following the plot'''sign you referred to might be a good idea, if for some reason you got something against face to face communication to explain your needs like the rest of us.

Well, I got to go be a useless junkie and inject some heroin into my arm and then go watch TV to pass the time, so Ima wrap it up but, I just wanted to send my sympathy before I go.

It must be pretty bad havin such difficult problems in your life, but surely with your mental superiority to 99% of the human race, you will come out on top of all these inconsiderate, rude, wretched fools who DARE to try and be friendly when you are clearly busy. shame on them.

I genuinely hope that this works out for you and I will be keeping you in my thoughts, since that is a pretty terrible problem to have. Maybe you can find a support group for this. Good luck!

Also, since I dont know if this site will be around that far in the future, I wish you a speedy recovery from the stress induced heart attack that will prolly happen sometime around age 35 when the waiter at the restaurant youre eating at brings you the wrong salad dressing.:)
 
AmorRoark said:
I thoroughly lol'd lacey. You've got mad sarcasm skills.
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I must admit, Lacey's post made me laugh (in a good way).

I did a poor job of explaining the original scenario. I would never invite anyone over during the 5 hours a week that I watch TV, nor would I go to anyone's house. The only two people who could possibly be near me are my two roommates and close friends.

They know how serious I am about those 5 hours a week of TV. I think he just asked his question without thinking about it. Everything is cool but I will need to re-clarify for them that I don't want to be bothered unless ti is an emergency.

I went to my personal television near my poker desk to watch the show (smaller than the main TV), so I figured it was somewhat clear I wanted to be left alone.

Also I didn't mean to imply that there is anything wrong with watching TV as a hobby. It just isn't for me. It is too sedentary. I cannot sit still much and I prefer games, cards, sports, darts, etc.
 
I don't eat Salad dressing. I hear it can lead to heart attacks :) ;)

In all seriousness I re-read your post seveal times because it is very funny.
 
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