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

[Martin]

That's awful, Erika. Hope you're not on the line.

[jake8jazz]

I hate that so many American acquaintances have started conspicuously using British-isms recently:

-"Cheers"
-"Mucking about"
-"When I was at university..."
-"Brilliant"
-"shite"
-"a proper _____"
-"colour"
-"arse"
-"get a pint"
-"dodgy"



Is it okay to slap these people?

Absolutely!

[jake8jazz]

Erika - that totally sucks!  How big is the company you work for?

I'm at a small business (14 total) and all the departments heads had to take a 10% salary cut in July, so that takes me back to what I was making 4 years ago, which totally sucks, but at least we're not going through staff cuts.

[erika]

Thanks. It's a few hundred people but each division is close-knit. Ours was 40 people before this so we lost around 1 in 6... and right now it doesn't help that my boyfriend and I work for the same company. I'm terrified, even though we've both been told we're safe.

I am told I'm "indispensable" I just hope that's true.

[jake8jazz]

Indispensable is good!  I'll think good thoughts for you.

[colonel panic]

I hate micromanagers! I had one at my last job and even though she knew a lot about what she knew, she didn't know crap about what I knew. I should have been a good compliment to her skills, but I was not allowed to be. She wouldn't even tell me what she wanted me to do, but instead would tell me to do one part of some project at a time so that I would do it the way she wanted me to do it. I never got to use any of my skills and I started to doubt that I had skills!

yes! this just happened to me. except it was a man. i have a new, better job now.

[Steve of Bloomington]

Fuck, you Bennington College student center, for keeping the radio tuned to the crappiest station in the world. Not only is the music bad, but the signal sucks, so it's bad AND static-y. While we're at it, fuck you, boyfriend, for taking my headphones with you on tour. Now I can't properly drown this out.


Okay, I'm not really saying fuck you to my boyfriend. I love him. My irritation is minimal in regard to the headphones. Just keeping in the spirit of the thread.

As much as Bennington costs they should be broadcasting music algorithmically tuned to your tastes directly to the hearing centers of yr brain.

That sux.

[cutout]

-Female bloggers who refer coyly to their new boyfriend as "the Boy"

-Bright orange rubber Crocs™ worn by professionals (ex: paramedics)

-Those weird flags old people display in front of their house that aren't the flag of any country but have stuff like maple leaves or kitties emblazoned on them

-Step-parents who bloviate endlessly at every dinner, holiday, birthday about right-wing talking points du jour, but quickly condemn any responses as "too preachy" (I say this out of dread for this year's Thanksgiving)

-Anyone over 18 who says FTW ('For the Win')

[Steve of Bloomington]

I love FTW!

But agree, the idea of dying in a car crash and the last thing I see is some grown dude's orange crocs is appalling.

-Female bloggers who refer coyly to their new boyfriend as "the Boy"

-Bright orange rubber Crocs™ worn by professionals (ex: paramedics)

-Those weird flags old people display in front of their house that aren't the flag of any country but have stuff like maple leaves or kitties emblazoned on them

-Step-parents who bloviate endlessly at every dinner, holiday, birthday about right-wing talking points du jour, but quickly condemn any responses as "too preachy" (I say this out of dread for this year's Thanksgiving)

-Anyone over 18 who says FTW ('For the Win')

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

All this time I thought FTW stood for Fuck The World.

[Martin]

I thought it was a sloppy WTF only backwards

[KickTheBobo]

All this time I thought FTW stood for Fuck The World.

me too.

oh, remember the innocent days, when SFW was a shitty "Generation X" movie that nobody saw?

[Gore Marie]

aw I love/hate njtransit.

HATE:
1) My nachos last night were sans black olives even though it was listed as a topping on the menu.
2) Whenever anyone (and everyone since I hear it so frequently) says: "Oh I'm OCD" or "Yeah that is my OCD acting up."  Just because you like to be organized and not a sloppy beast does not mean you have been diagnosed with a cognitive disorder. 
3) GIANT'S STADIUM!
I went to a RedBull game last night and we were sent back to the car twice before being let in. The first time my brother had to walk back because he was not allowed in with small messenger bag, even though I could bring in a big bag.  They wouldn't even check his bag, just said "Men can't bring in bags."  I asked to speak to a manager and got in some ludicrous argument about gender discrimination in which he broke it down for me that "women carry their personal things in their bags and men use their pockets."  I was like, "okay, but c'mon guy, don't you think that is unfair?" and he would not answer me.  etc. etc. My cogent arguments were in vain!
Then they found my metal water bottle when they checked my bag a 2nd time (although they missed it the first).  Okay so i dumped out the water and still was not allowed to bring it in, as I might "throw it at someone." I explained to them it was probably 3oz empty and my keys were much heavier.  No avail, back to the car again, 20 minutes late for match...

[theyellowchair]

-njtransit rail/secaucus junction
-the entire meadlowlands sporting complex (esp. xanadu)
-tucker bounds
-tucker max
-max payne

[John Junk 2.0]

City of L.A. for raising the prices by 400% and changing the rules in the city lot next to my building and not announcing it other than changing the signs in an extremely subtle manner, so that I get two fucking tickets for parking there on a Sunday.  The lots used to be free on Sunday and now they're a dollar an hour from like 7 am 'til 9pm.  And fuck you buzzcutted meter-man for giving me two fucking tickets, you dumb friendly neighborhood nazi.  One for not paying the meter and one for being parked for over two hours.  Nice extortion racket, you bankrupt-ass city in a bankrupt-ass state.


P.S.--I realize it's still not as bad as New York.