Things that shouldn't piss you off, but do.
Feel free to add your own. I'll give two really quick.
1. This girl I'm friends with on facebook makes a post about how she is now pregnant. (She's 19 btw) obviously every random girl she is friends with on facebook felt the need to congratulate her on such an amazing accompolishment. That was midly annoying to sift through, but I understand it's a big deal and all...I just have a cold heart as of late lol.
Anyways about 2hrs later she makes a new post about being pregnant because the first wasn't enough. Awesome. Like 15 mins ago she makes ANOTHER post about it saying "Can't sleep, tummy hurts, hello prego life 😀😀"
It took every ounce of my energy not to type something extremely rude like, "we ****ing get it, your pregnant."
2. Me and my friend drive 30 mins to play beerpong with these chics we met randomly one night. 2 are definitely good looking....ones a chubbba wubba though. Ok lookin face but yeah....Anyways were all playing BP along with 2 other dudes that we didnt know would be there..( I guess I understand them wanting to have 2 of their guy friends there since we've never formally hungout, but whatever...) my friend randomly makes comments the whole time whenever the chubba wubba talks to me such as "that's all you" or "wheres your girl at" when she leaves the room.
Any clue why he feels the need to say things like that? He's always been considering kind of the **** blocking type amongst our ground of friends even if it's never negatively effected me. J/W if someone can get all psychological on me and tell me why he always does that.
I live in a small beachside suburb where I'd guess approx 40% of the time, people say hello, or smile or nod at each other when they walk past in opposite directions. even when they're not fully acquainted.
This seems perfectly normal.
How about if the person is wearing sunglasses? As a runner, I tend to wave/nod/whatever towards people in the opposite direction, but if the person is wearing sunglasses, then I feel lost half of the time.
I live in a small beachside suburb where I'd guess approx 40% of the time, people say hello, or smile or nod at each other when they walk past in opposite directions. even when they're not fully acquainted. and 100% of the time obvs when we know each other or have moved in the same circles
my bigger challenge comes at night. I often go for a 45-60 min walk in the early evening. Areas around where I live, particularly down by the beach don't have street lighting or have inadequate lighting and
What a sad world.
40% is about half of what it is in my area. But it might drop to 50% or so in beach areas a couple of hours away where tourists make up a noticeable percentage of people.
Instead of coughing or something silly, why not just repeat "Excuse me" as you get closer until you see an indication that they have heard you or you conclude that they're very hard of hearing? Of course then you miss out on the entertainment value of some of the other methods.
I worked with a weird dude at work who generally presented as odd but harmless, but my boss and I both found him to be a bit more unsettling than that.
He once went to the vending machine, where a younger woman was there first and making a selection. Since he was behind her and she was blind to him, he said very reasonably and courteously, "Hey, just letting you know I'm behind you." And she acknowledged him and said, "Oh, okay, no problem." And then he added, "I just didn't want you to think I was gonna rape you or something."
In the spirit of signaling safety to others, I actually do make a point of proactively smiling and saying hello to people on hiking trails. On a city sidewalk, whatever, but I don't want to accidentally seem menacing or something out on an isolated nature trail.
What a sad world.
40% is about half of what it is in my area. But it might drop to 50% or so in beach areas a couple of hours away where tourists make up a noticeable percentage of people.
Instead of coughing or something silly, why not just repeat "Excuse me" as you get closer until you see an indication that they have heard you or you conclude that they're very hard of hearing? Of course then you miss out on the entertainment value of some of the other methods.
I simply don’t believe that you say hello to 80% of people you walk past on the street. If not impossible, it would be exhausting
I chose 40% carefully as I think it is accurate but very very high. My suburb has 9000 inhabitants and then tourists/surrounding areas. To nod at, say hi to or acknowledge 1 in every 2.5 is a very high number when I’m getting coffee or dropping my kids to school or w/e
Perhaps you thought I was talking about one on one in deserted areas, walking in other direction? I would say that number is prolly 2/3 - I always look for eye contact and to acknowledge people but I’d say 1/3 don’t look back
Re saying something or making a more obvious noise, maybe I could find a better way to do it. But saying ‘excuse me’ surely just gets them to turn around and expect me to approach them with an additional proposition? What would you do when they turned around? Just wave or would you explain that you were saying hi so as to not scare them? Remember this is a dark and deserted area I was talking about?
I guess in addition, it pisses me off that most women don't seem to understand that I'm not waving at them to say hello. Men wave back because of the importance of the situation.
I guess it depends on the situation. When I'm on the walking paths and sidewalks in the area I'll say something to 100% of the people. But that is only about 20-30 people for an hour walk. If I'm downtown (it's usually pretty crowded even though it's a small city) I only acknowledge people I know.
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Not because of the high rake.
I just don't like being the center of attention at my grocery store. Silence that bastard.
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I simply don’t believe that you say hello to 80% of people you walk past on the street. If not impossible, it would be exhausting
I chose 40% carefully as I think it is accurate but very very high. My suburb has 9000 inhabitants and then tourists/surrounding areas. To nod at, say hi to or acknowledge 1 in every 2.5 is a very high number when I’m getting coffee or dropping my kids to school or w/e
Perhaps you thought I was talking about one on one in deserted areas, walking in other direction? I wo
It would be easier to believe if you realized how comparatively little walking on the streets there is here than in many places. And I usually don't say "hello", but a nod or a quiet "hi" is far less exhausting than plodding around on sidewalks. But consistently walking past someone in a parking lot or a short stretch of sidewalk without acknowledging them borders on being rude around here. Perhaps those uncrowded stretches is how the practice became so common in the first place. I also suspect there is another reason for its origination but that could kick off political discussion, but whatever the reason, it still continues in many places around here.
And it is quite common around here to say "excuse me" to pass someone on a narrow walking path or in a crowded aisle inside a building. I don't recall anyone ever turning around to see what is going on. They just move slightly to make more room for me to pass. Regional differences, I suppose.
"1am in the morning." No kidding. A professional broadcaster, even.
Tom - do people wave while driving past each other in opposite directions?
just a little lift of the fingers off the wheel qualifies
Tom - do people wave while driving past each other in opposite directions?
just a little lift of the fingers off the wheel qualifies
Not as much as they used to, but occasionally.
On desolate roads: almost always.
When passing road workers, garbage guys picking up trash, your mailperson near your driveway, neighbors (whether you know them or not), local cops, etc: most of the time.
After committing a driving faux pax or observing the other person committing one: every time--but occasionally only one finger is used.
You don't see as many people flipping other drivers off as you used to. I used to be terrible about it, then later on I estimated that more than half the drivers I was flipping off were carrying. I quit immediately. I'm guessing most others have as well.
I verbally acknowledge/greet every single person I make eye contact with.
Sometime in a busy place, it may be reduced to a single syllable but you’ll know I’ve acknowledged you.
Drives my special lady friend nuts. Sometime she walks well behind me when I’m on a roll and chuckles to herself.
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Nothin by Shel would ever piss me off.
And I'm OK with "2 in the morning on a Saturday night" but "One aye emm in the morning" will always piss me off.
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After a session at the local yesterday afternoon.
