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

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I hate it when I go out of my way to help a student, against my better judgment, and they wind up being shitty to me anyway.  They ruin it for everybody else.

[Steve of Bloomington]

I was never a fan of the students trying to re-negotiate better grades after the test. 'I should get TWO points of partial credit here'.

[moonshake]

These old co-workers and their thoroughly boring, cliched and sexist conversations. "Oh you know, women! Blah blah blah!" or "Men think like this and women think like that." I can't believe how much they applaud each other and perpetuate and rejoice in that kind of talk.

[methanolcereal]

I know it's a little thing, but it annoys me when people take things you have said and try to make it their own. More of a pet peeve than something that inspires vitriol.

Here's a kind of lame, but pretty accurate, kind of "real world" example of what I mean:

Me: I don't know, this band is okay, but they sound too much like bands X, Y, and Z for me to really get behind it. I'm kind of tired of this sound.

thirty second gap in conversation...

Girl: Doesn't this sound like bands X, Y, and Z? I don't know if I like it because it sounds too much like those other bands.
Me: ...I know, I just said that exact same thing thirty seconds ago.

I mean I know imitation should be flattering, but just spouting out what I said feels forced and uninformed.

[ChrisRawk]

I found out today I have to pay $500 to get my car fixed.  Plus I have a show tonight (I'm a comic), so instead of rehearsing and getting ready and being excited and pumped like I SHOULD be, it's been a day of begrudgingly getting money together that I really don't have to get my stupid car fixed, which is just upsetting and infuriating. 

I don't know if this is a "stuff I hate" so much as me bitching about having a lousy day.  I just hope tonight is a good show.  Or I guess you could look at it as something lousy canceling out something awesome.  Which I do indeed hate.

[Andy]

Hate is funny, right?  So use that negative energy, focus it on your show.

Seriously, has there ever been a funny, upbeat/optimistic comedian? MAYBE Brian Regan?

[methanolcereal]

Hate is funny, right?  So use that negative energy, focus it on your show.

Seriously, has there ever been a funny, upbeat/optimistic comedian? MAYBE Brian Regan?

And I don't know if Brian Regan is particularly positive, he's just kind of not-miserable. And clean. He runs a clean ship.

[dave from knoxville]

Hate is funny, right?  So use that negative energy, focus it on your show.

Seriously, has there ever been a funny, upbeat/optimistic comedian? MAYBE Brian Regan?

You never heard a Moms Mabley?

[ChrisRawk]

Hate is funny, right?  So use that negative energy, focus it on your show.

Seriously, has there ever been a funny, upbeat/optimistic comedian? MAYBE Brian Regan?

This one time for some reason I watched Glenn Beck clips the night I was working a set.  It made me so outraged and bewildered I ended up having an amazing set that night.  So I think you definitely have a point there.

As for upbeat comics, I'd maybe throw Seinfeld into the hat along with Regan.  But they're more clean then anything else.

[Steve of Bloomington]

My dog bit through some wires under my seat and I had to pay $500 (the insurance paid the other $500) to 'replace the air bag harness'. I was probably screwed by the mechanics. Anyhow, I still love the little $500+ dog.

[ChrisRawk]

UPDATE: Show last night ended up being really awesome. 

But that leads to another thing I hate: the never-ending Best Show topic, "You know who you look like...?".  A guy saw me and said "Look!  It's the grandson of John Belushi."  What, fat guys aren't allowed to carry samurai swords? 

[DoodleJump!]

I hate having a boss yell at me about how disappointed she is in me and how I ruined everything for her.

I really, really hate that.

[Christina]

I hate having a boss yell at me about how disappointed she is in me and how I ruined everything for her.

I really, really hate that.

I call farts to that. It's not physically possible for you to disappoint anybody, Bonnie.

[Andy]

quit being a disappointment and she wouldn't have to tell you about it.

[Andy]

Is it ironic that I'm listening to Tom play a song I really like from the She & Him CD?  Considering it's the thing that prompted me to start this thread?  (go look at the first post.)