I fucking hate that shit...especially around here when people waiting to get on a buss, pile up at the door and the people trying to get off of the buss can't, cause there is a bunch idiots acting like they have to be the first ones on the buss or there are not going to be any seats left. Fuck I HATE that shit.

Mostbeautifulgrlntheworld said:

Same here. Problem is, there are some folks who leave the bus by the front door, when the back door will do just as well. And it's not always their fault... on some Seattle busses, you pay as you leave, and everyone has to come to the front of the bus, where the farebox is located. Also, after 7 p.m., everyone is supposed to exit via the front door (although most drivers don't enforce this). So sometimes you can't tell if there are people getting off, especially when it's one of those extra-long busses that bend in the middle.

Ohhhhh something else that burns my ass is when people don't take there kids out of strollers and fold up the strollers....instead they leave them open in the middle of the aisle for everyone to trip over

People not holding the door open when leaving a shop just in front of you.

Men not giving up their seat on a crowded bus to women or elderly people.

People who spit in public.

People who spit chewing gum on the floor in public.

People who push in and won't wait in queues.

People who unnecessarily take up too much room on airplanes. Though there is usually only room on the armrest for one arm, you don't have to stick your elbow in my ribs.

People who laugh at the cinema at ridiculous moments. People who talk loudly during movies too.

People who won't move to let u in the lift/on the bus/train etc when there's clearly enough space for all.

People who know each other but choose not to sit next to each other, instead leaving a spare seat between them hoping that nobody will choose to sit there, thus giving them more space.

People who can't read Fauxie correctly and hence make really poor jokes based on their error.

People who disrespect temple rules here in Thailand because they somehow think they don't apply to them.

People.

Fauxie said:

I was doing good till this one

Ocean said:

Sorry.

I forgot 'People who don't respect the elderly' too.

People pushing their way in a line up or at a concert without saying "excuse me"

I ENJOY SEEING ETIQUETTE BREACHED.

lilgish said:

well whoop-de-frikkin' doo for you!

luv4u said:

Even if people say excuse me I still refuse to let them past. If they wanted to be nearer the front they should have gotten off their arses and got there earlier.

I had a steaming arguement with some drunk 16 year old (!!!) regarding bumping the queue at the Beck concert recently. She was bloody lucky I didn't swing her outta the venue by her bloody stupid pigtails!!
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LolaM said:

Nah, see that's just the way it works. Sorry.
I mean, there's certainly a concert etiquette, for sure. And drunken fools barging in front of you when there's no room and spilling drinks, etc. is always unacceptable.
But just cause you stood for 9 hours 5 feet away from the stage doesn't mean someone who got there much later isn't gonna walk in front of you if you leave room. Them's the breaks. And a lot of the time, it's someone who's left to use the bathroom or get a drink and are just returning to their friends. The worst is when you're just trying to get back and folks are rude to you for trying to get through. Fine, if you wanna block them, but they'll get around someone else.
I've been doing this for years, politely, and never really had a problem.

CarrieMpls said:

Unfortunately my tolerance level is not as high as yours so I get a bit narked about bumping. I made the effort to get there early so I don't wanna be constantly shoved to the back of the venue. People who are returning to friends after a toilet break are ok but I've had a lot of experiences where people are just chancing their arm to get in front - most of the time they bear the brunt of my anger. If they go and try to bump in on someone else then its their problem to deal with. I've tried to be polite before and was told to fuck off so I now take that angry approach as its the only thing that seems to work.

We all have our pets hates and that is mine. Sorry

Farting. I'm not talking about accidentally letting one out. Plain farting.

.....that's why I'm worried about our road trip to L.A. with Dook.....


M

Is there one thing that a person can do that bothers you so much that you'd have to tell them about themselves, no matter if it were at work or in public or at a party or at the movies or at a family reunion or wherever?

I ask because I work with an absolute troll who regularly falls asleep and snores, belches, farts, has really loud personal phone calls during which he curses at the top of his voice, eats big meals during which he smacks his lips and makes really disgusting pleasure noises, and oh - his personal phone calls usually are him talking about his prostate or his 12-step meetings, during which he basically "outs" people in his AA group to the entire office.

And I've yet to say anything. Nobody does. Everyone thinks he's "special". As in, like, "mildly retarded".

But I've heard him go off on long diatribes about theatre history and indie rock! I've heard him go on and on and on and on about classical music! The dude's a walking encyclopedia! "Special" my ass. He suffers from being a god damn TROLL, is how he's special.

But people think it's cute, so I have to keep my mouth shut. Meanwhile, my best friend and my boyfriend both collect etiquette books and I've come to believe that etiquette makes the world a damn better place.

And here I am, working with the exact opposite of etiquette.

At what point shall I snap? And how do you talk to someone like this?

I might just resign myself to his existence and start a funny blog about him or something. Ugh.

Anxiety said:

I hate that!... mmmmm...aaaaahhh....eeeeehhhh..... just eat it for gods sake! Also I dislike it when people chew with their mouth open and who wolf their food down like they're being chased by a pack of rabid dogs.

CarrieMpls said:

Unfortunately my tolerance level is not as high as yours so I get a bit narked about bumping. I made the effort to get there early so I don't wanna be constantly shoved to the back of the venue. People who are returning to friends after a toilet break are ok but I've had a lot of experiences where people are just chancing their arm to get in front - most of the time they bear the brunt of my anger. If they go and try to bump in on someone else then its their problem to deal with. I've tried to be polite before and was told to fuck off so I now take that angry approach as its the only thing that seems to work.

We all have our pets hates and that is mine. Sorry

Is there one thing that a person can do that bothers you so much that you'd have to tell them about themselves, no matter if it were at work or in public or at a party or at the movies or at a family reunion or wherever?

I ask because I work with an absolute troll who regularly falls asleep and snores, belches, farts, has really loud personal phone calls during which he curses at the top of his voice, eats big meals during which he smacks his lips and makes really disgusting pleasure noises, and oh - his personal phone calls usually are him talking about his prostate or his 12-step meetings, during which he basically "outs" people in his AA group to the entire office.

And I've yet to say anything. Nobody does. Everyone thinks he's "special". As in, like, "mildly retarded".

But I've heard him go off on long diatribes about theatre history and indie rock! I've heard him go on and on and on and on about classical music! The dude's a walking encyclopedia! "Special" my ass. He suffers from being a god damn TROLL, is how he's special.

But people think it's cute, so I have to keep my mouth shut. Meanwhile, my best friend and my boyfriend both collect etiquette books and I've come to believe that etiquette makes the world a damn better place.

And here I am, working with the exact opposite of etiquette.

At what point shall I snap? And how do you talk to someone like this?

I might just resign myself to his existence and start a funny blog about him or something. Ugh.

LolaM said:

Reminds me of a time I went with a friend to one of the Paisley Park parties a few years ago. We got there with plenty of time to spare which was planned since I had to drive over an hour to get there, and the line to get in was tolerable, but then other people who JUST showed up went and found their "friends" in line closer to the door. This went on for about an hour and a half, people rudely taking places in line where they shouldn't have, plus we had to wait out there in the rain. The doors finally opened, the line moved, and then security cut off the line 10 people in front of me and said "We're full. That's it. No more." I was ready to start killing people at that moment. I never did get in that night, and if I ever find out who the fucking people were that didn't take their rightful places in line BEHIND ME, someone is going to get their ass kicked...BAD, because I found out later that it was a hell of a show that Prince had put on.

Just DON'T do it because of pretentious "etiquette", fucking "socially acceptable behaviour", just more useless rules made up by snobs to separate and make themselves feel "better" than "the rest"...


Neversin.

People who belch (especially in an enclosed space), don't say excuse me & (if you're just walking into the room) let you walk right into that rotten shit

oh, to address the whole cutting at concerts thing...i kinda see where carrie's coming from that it's just part of the experience, but i also don't believe that if i show up early for a good space, i should get dicked over by some pushy little trogladite who feels entitled to whatever they want just because they're assy enough to expect it. this is why i HATE general admission shows, because you will always have to deal with these people, and most of the time they turn out to be ass-poodles who aren't even fans of whoever's performing.

i really do think twice before going to general admission shows for just this reason - though, as i said in an earlier thread, when i saw the pixies at lollapalooza a couple of weekends ago, the crowd around us were all waiting for a long time to see the show, and when weasels started trying to cut, we all worked together at crowd control and sent them bouncing toward the back of the crowd. it was touching!