RL peeves! >< @$!#

ThatOneDude · Feb 21, 2015, 2:56 AM

@silentsophia said:

@ThatOneDude Hey now. Hey.

They have to keep their dark powers /somehow/.

In my defense, the "You all" is EVERYONE!

Luna · Feb 21, 2015, 2:56 AM

@ThatOneDude It's y'all. Don't be such a monster, butchering the English language all willy nilly.

silentsophia · Feb 21, 2015, 7:41 AM

@ThatOneDude Shit, he's onto me! jumps fence

ThatOneDude · Feb 21, 2015, 4:42 PM

@Luna said:

@ThatOneDude It's y'all. Don't be such a monster, butchering the English language all willy nilly.

silentsophia · Feb 21, 2015, 9:31 PM

I already have science. Biology, suckers! And sometimes the marine and aquatic varieties! A part of me is sad I never pursued microbiology further, though. I love weird, horrible diseases.

Thisnameistaken · Feb 21, 2015, 11:10 PM

People who stand too close to you in the checkout line, or who push their carts into your personal space while you're trying to pay. Stand back, I'm not done yet.

Catsmeow · Feb 22, 2015, 5:49 AM

People who blow you off at last minute for plans you made weeks ago --- then tell you how you inconvenience them and how you are the unreasonable one.

This might be me being moody.

BetterJudgment · Feb 23, 2015, 2:22 AM

On a professional board I belong to, someone who reports having well-controlled but nonetheless serious mental health issues has asked very appropriately for advice about how to put support systems in place so that if he/she does have a psychotic break, he/she can recover quickly and with as little career impact as possible. (That's a solid concern when you're in a career where it can take years to find something other than multiple part-time positions or a one-year contract with no guarantee or even possibility of renewal.)

People who know about these things from professional, administrative, and personal points of view replied with what looks like solid, supportive advice... and then some chronic asshole posts, "Why do you do a job if it makes you unhappy? You're not doing anyone any favors. You should quit. I quit my job because I didn't like it and did something else for a while."

Sometimes, the only appropriate thing to say is, "Go die in a fucking fire." Since I can't say that there, I'm saying it here.

Arkandel · Feb 23, 2015, 2:32 AM

Water. If I order 'just water' I just want water. Liquid water. Ice isn't called water, it's called ice, because it's not water. Slices of lemon aren't water. Straws aren't 'just water'.

I'm really nice to waiters, I've never in my life spoken abruptly to one. Why do they hate me and put stuff in my water when I ask for just water?

ThatOneDude · Feb 23, 2015, 3:00 AM

@Arkandel In the defense of waiters everywhere, from when I use to be one in my youth, the problem is people that are potentially not you are assholes. A conversation of one said asshole could go like, "When I ordered water, that meant with ICE." <pause to look down on the waiter/waitress> "And when I get water I like it with a slice of lemon and a red and white bendy straw" <insert dismissive wave and soft condescending conversation with other assholes at the table>. So with that said, a good waiter/waitress should just ask when the order is made

Luna · Feb 23, 2015, 3:15 AM

I always brought lemon and straw on the side. This is the south, if you want something other than a lot of ice in your water you will be specific. Just like I asked Yankees 'sweet or unsweetened tea' because people here know better than to ask for just tea if you want it unsweetened.

But yes. Either ask or put lemon in a tiny dish.

Arkandel · Feb 23, 2015, 3:29 AM

@Luna I do ask! I think what happens often is that the person taking your order isn't the same as the one bringing it over, and if I'm in the minority they just put the ice/whatever in there out of habit. Bonus points if they ask for a refill, I agree with a hopeful smile and a "yes, no ice please" then by the time they're back being busy as hell, they just forget and do it again. Then I'd feel bad about being that guy so I don't say anything.

With the straw I don't care, I can just take it out. The rest though, bah. #firstworldproblems

Miss Demeanor · Feb 23, 2015, 3:52 AM

Amen to the tea thing! I had to learn that when I moved to Florida. XD That very first sip of tea lead to a comical reaction.

Luna · Feb 23, 2015, 4:00 AM

@Arkandel No I meant the server should ask! You're fine and this is the venting area. But @ThatOneDude makes a good point. People are assholes to servers. I learned that quick but I was always nice. Within reason. I'm still nice to people who wait on me. Which gets me made fun of by friends if I have them on the phone. And yes, I quit talking to my friends when Im being waited on at the register.

I'm just a bitch all the other times. Shut up @silentsophia. See? I'm the worst.

silentsophia · Feb 23, 2015, 6:19 AM

Eh. You didn't wish I'd die of AIDS on Christmas. I think working a call center has smashed my soul and sense of self worth.

Deleted · Feb 23, 2015, 6:39 AM

The only thing worse than having a job you hate is not having a job at all.

Part of me misses being jobless. Having all the time in the world to MUSH. Play games. Be a man-child.

The reality of it is that being jobless caused me to indulge in a lot of unhealthy behaviors and in general be a total dickwad to others. So even when I think to myself how soul-crushing my job can be, I remember just how terrible it would be not to have it. And that brings me to my peeve.

Peeve; WHEN THESE FUCKS WONT FIX THE FUCKING SHRILL ALARM THAT GOES OFF EVERY 5-6 SECONDS IN MY EAR FOR THE PAST TWO MONTHS.

Ahem. Peace and love.

thebird · Feb 23, 2015, 9:26 AM

@Admiral
In a similar vein...
Retail/food industry shiftwork.
Grateful I even have a job, but still kind of want to dig parts of my brain out with a mellon baller while I'm there.
Never the same schedule and 45+ hours after going part time(which means no more benefits) to do other things with my.life, because management can't get their crap together.
Great for the money.
Not so great for my lingering sanity.

Additional peeve: If you ever order a cake with the color "turquoise" on it... please for the love of god bring a swatch or something. Don't get mad at the cake decorators and call them(me) horrible names because I decorated little Susie's cake in the wrong shade of turquoise. (Definitely happened at least twice a month there for a while) I (we/cake decorators) are not mind readers. Promise.

Yes. "Firstworldproblems".

Sundown · Feb 23, 2015, 12:03 PM

@silentsophia said:

Eh. You didn't wish I'd die of AIDS on Christmas. I think working a call center has smashed my soul and sense of self worth.

I worked tech support once, and only once. Naively, I thought that my slight phone-related anxiety would resolve this way. No. I just got call after horrible call, effectively adding to the trauma. The way to resolve the anxiety would've been to get many good calls with positive conclusions, not reaffirm your psychological instinct that PHONE BAD.

ThatOneDude · Feb 23, 2015, 2:34 PM

@thebird To fix the color issue, you guys should have a color scale to show people when they say "problem colors". It would save everyone a ton of time and grief I'm sure

AND! The next time some customer starts to give you trouble, put on your "oasis of calm" and take a nap...

Ganymede · Feb 23, 2015, 2:39 PM

@Arkandel said:

Bonus points if they ask for a refill, I agree with a hopeful smile and a "yes, no ice please" then by the time they're back being busy as hell, they just forget and do it again. Then I'd feel bad about being that guy so I don't say anything.

If you can be specific as to your tastes on your refill, then you could also be specific when you order it. It's not hard to say: "I'll have water, please. Tap water, no ice, no lemon, and no straw. Thanks."

Try that. Then you can bitch all you want when they fuck up that simple order.