Stuff you hate (aka: the new f. you thread)

[fletcher munson]

I hate getting shit, even though I know I'm in the right.

Yesterday I was sitting in the park, a public place, with my girlfriend when this guy comes over and sits down fairly close to us.  Next thing we know, he's playing guitar and singing folk songs.  My girlfriend notices me tense up and says, "Don't say anything to him.  Let's move to another spot." 
So I go over to the guy and ask him nicely to please stop playing.  He gives me a confused/angry look and continues playing.  Then I notice my girlfriend ride away on her bike.  Now she won't take my calls. 

[AndrewVDill]

Afraid I'm going to have to side with the guitar player on this one.  That being said, that seems like a pretty strong response from your girlfriend. 

[Sarah]

I would need to know how fm defines "ask[ing] him nicely to please stop playing" before I'd be willing to say anything about the girlfriend's behavior.

[fletcher munson]

Sarah, I went over to him and said, "Excuse me, could you not play right here?" and he said, "Sorry, it's a free society, dude".  So I said, "Well, actually, it's a community and we're all respectful of each other in public places, you're being intrusive".  Then he said something like, "No I'm not, I'm adding to the environment through the self expression of my music".  That's as far as I got when I noticed my girlfriend was gone.  

[dave from knoxville]

You keep misspelling ex-girlfriend.

[fletcher munson]

fricking acoustic guitar playing, folk singing in public square troubadors.   There's a place for this sort of thing.  It's called your basement apartments.

[buffcoat]

I really, really like the image of you standing there, watching her pedal slowly away.  If I were a director, this would be a scene in my movie.

Thanks, FM!

[Steve of Bloomington]

There's no public square in my basement apartment.

[dnk]

I mean no disrespect at all, FM, these are just some random comments I have about your situation.

Even if you are in the right about free speech (?), I mean, your girlfriend did tell you you guys should just sit somewhere else, which is not an unreasonable suggestion. If you had to "get up" from where you were to tell him to play somewhere else, it would have been just as easy to get up and move to a slightly farther place to sit and talk with your girlfriend. I'm sure you're aware that she's angry about you not listening, not about the pros-cons of public music-making. Is not listening to her a frequent point of contention between the two of you?

More-on-thread-topic: I hate doing homework?

[fletcher munson]

I finally got in touch with her.  Apparently I'm easily distracted by things going on around me when she's trying to talk to me.  Does some bearded college student strumming his guitar into my ear make me an easily distracted person?   

[dave from knoxville]

You sound perfectly reasonable to me.

Sincerely,

Bernie Goetz

[Reeleyes]

My boss.

[Sarah]

You sound perfectly reasonable to me.

Sincerely,

Bernie Goetz

Very nice, Dave.

[erika]

my co-worker who has been my officemate for 3 years, and interviewed me when I was hired, was fired this morning. He has a 12 week old baby at home and had no indication this was coming. i hate this. f. you, whoever.

[Andy]

whomever