You Irk Me Things That Irk or Annoy Us

I am a courteous person and I almost always move out of the way when people say "Excuse Me", but when they say excuse me and just keep walking in your direction and then grunt at you when you don't jump out of the way and they almost knock you over it just Irks me! Yesterday in Sears and I was trying on shoes and the aisles were very narrow. I had just finished putting away the shoes I was trying on and was returning my shoes to my feet and an older lady behind me said excuse me and continued walking as though she was going to walk into me and then she grunted when I didn't move. I would gladly move out of the way but I need to be in the position where I can safely do so. I was bending over and if I moved I would have tripped and fallen on my face. As I finally moved I turned around and she gave me a dirty look. So I decided to tell her "if you waited one minute I would have moved out of the way safely I was putting my shoes on and couldn't move without tripping". She then replied "Well I said Excuse Me!". Really I didn't realize that it meant that if you say excuse me it means that no matter what and no matter if it would cause you to trip I had to move. I always let other people go when they need to get by, I always am courteous but in this case I think she really should have been patient and waited a moment. All she was doing was browsing the shoe aisle she was not in a shoe emergency. Come on people be patient and wait a minute when you say "Excuse Me."

I hate when people can’t mind their own business. What I am reading on the train you do not need to see; looking over my shoulder to view what I am viewing is wrong. You know the saying keep your hands to yourself; well in my case I would like people to keep their eyes to themselves… This type of person also loves to look at what you are doing on your phone… Whose business is it who I am calling?? If I wanted it to be your business I would say hey buddy I am calling Jimmy right now just in case you are wondering… The biggest irk in this situation is people looking over my shoulder at what it is that I am doing on my computer. Again if I wanted you to be looking at what I was doing on my computer I would turn the screen so we both could look at it. However I do not want you looking at my phone, my computer screen, or what I am reading. This has brought on the age of privacy screens which are great but seriously I have to now shield my phone so you do not look over my shoulder and view what I am doing. Keep your eyes to yourself; I don’t need you looking into my personal business. This also goes for people who do not know what is going on in a situation. If you don’t have all of the background information don’t make comments and point fingers when it is clearly MY business you are invading without knowing anything about the situation. Nosey busybodies need to worry about themselves more than worrying about what I am doing in my life. The only reason you are sticking your nose in my business is because you are jealous and your life is boring…..

I hate when I am standing on line somewhere and someone is standing right on top of me. Is there really a need to stand in my personal space? There is no reason for a complete stranger to be standing right on top of me, so close they are pretty much touching me. Come on what difference does it make if you stand an arm length away from the person in front of you? Do you think you will get to the front of the line quicker by standing on top of me? Do you think that by standing on top of me you will be served your coffee quicker? Standing on top of me will do nothing for you… It certainly will not get you served faster either. So what is the hype with standing on top of the person in front of you? Space invaders are certainly the worst. There is no rhyme or reason for them to stand on top of you and invade your space but they do and they are everywhere!! Beware of the Space Invaders!!

So I will never for the life of me understand how some people pass their road test. Most people don’t even know what the common traffic laws are. I actually had someone ask me, “What does the red flashing light mean?”… And this is someone who has a license! The red blinking light means stop and then proceed with caution when you are able to.
Now the driving sign that is on my mind is the yield sign, does anyone even understand what yield means? According to the NYS-DMV a Yield Sign is defined: As the driver you need to slow down as you approach the intersection. Prepare to stop and yield the right-of-way to vehicles and pedestrians in or approaching the intersection. You must come to a full stop at a yield sign if traffic conditions require it. When you approach a Yield sign, check carefully for traffic, and be prepared to stop.
Can you re-read the last line for me… Be prepared to stop. Yield does not mean that you stop; yield is not a stop sign. Stop signs are stop signs and yield signs are yield signs… As a driver you need to continue to drive and do not stop because if you do I am bound to smash into the back of your car because you do not stop at yield signs unless there is oncoming traffic!

I know that a lot of my posts are all about things that irk me while driving but I seem to be on the road with the crazy people or maybe I am the one who is crazy. Anyway when I am driving into work every morning my daughter and I get off at a particular exit where the left two lanes have arrows to turn left onto the main road however no one pays attention. It is really dangerous when you think you are clear to turn left and the person in the left most lane decides that he can go into either of the two lanes on the road we are both turning on to. Please pay attention when there are two turning lanes because that means the left lane should go into the left most lane and the right lane that is supposed to turn left also will have to go into the right lane on the road you are turning onto. It is really not safe to just assume that I am going straight because my directional is on and you were next to me to see that my directional was on and if you were driving defensively you would pay attention to the cars around you and realize there are two turning lanes. Even though my lane can go straight or turn left does not mean I will go straight all the time. So PLEASE WATCH WHERE YOU ARE GOING WHEN TURNING AND STAY IN THE CORRECT LANE!

This is really annoying and very dangerous. It irks me when someone decides that they want to use the HOV lane as a regular lane that they can enter and exit whenever they want. I take the HOV lane to and from work every day and when there is traffic in the main lanes cars that happen to have two or more people use the HOV as a regular lane that they come and go without any restrictions. It causes a safety hazard and is really annoying. What is even more annoying is that they usually get away with it. I wish there were video cameras on the highway watching the HOV lane they would have hundred of violations that they could help the state budget. When you are in the HOV just wait a few hundred feet to get out or if you have a wait an exit or two just do it and turn around. Swerving in and out of the HOV lane is not right and it is very distracting to the people who are correctly using the HOV lane so PLEASE stop!

This is really annoying to me because it is more than just  a major fashion faux pa it is just really ugly. When an old man decides that today is the day he wants to wear sandals but apparently he does not want to have bare feet in them and he decides to wear white socks. It is common understanding that when you wear sandals that you wear them without socks. If you look up white socks and sandals on the web it says a footwear combination only worn by the fashion challenged. If the problem is that you have moldy fungus full feet then you should be letting your feet breath anyway and get them checked out by a doctor. If your feet have the tendency to be hot and sweaty than use foot powder it will help tremendously and save you from making this terrible fashion faux pas.

There are some people who do not understand that they are being rude when they just leave their Bluetooth on their ear the whole time during a meeting. It is not a fashion accessory! It would be appropriate to take it off if you arrive for a meeting and join the people at the table. It is almost like they are holding their cell phone up to their ear the whole time during the meeting and not only is it on their ear but it is still turned on and the blue light is blinking. Are you currently on the phone? Do you need to be talking to someone? If the answer is no then take it off your ear at least. If you just hung up with someone remember to take it off. You are not still in your car so you do not have to use it anymore. Why is it still in your ear? Are you trying to make a new fashion statement because it is pink and it matches your clothes or that it is blue and it matches your eyes? Or even better trying to cover up you lost your earring on that side? If you are not on the phone and do not have to be on the phone and are meeting with people please take off your Bluetooth because this really IRKS me!

This is an annoying thing that happens at work all the time. When I am on a conference call and we are on speakerphone and one person talks people do not realize that they have to wait until the other person is done speaking in order for the microphone portion of the phone to pick up your voice. If one person is talking you cannot really interupt them. It annoys me how many people try to interupt and then you cannot hear them and they said something important and then they have to repeat it any way. Speakerphone are not like regular phones and the microphone is picking up only the first person talking and then if you start talking it breaks up and people cannot hear you. So please when you are using the speakerphone let the other person finish what they are saying so that we can all hear the important wisdom you have to share with all of us.

People who block the door to a store irk me! There are people who need to enter and exit the store how are they supposed to do it with you blocking the entrance? I don’t get this at all. If people were to leave a clear pathway for people to get in and out of the store the store wouldn’t become over crowded and people would be able to come and go easily. No instead they need to stand right in front of the exit and there are like 5 people in front of the door to exit, so that it is impossible for me to leave I need to stop and say excuse me. They all look up at me like where do you want us to go? I don’t know maybe away from the front of the door so I can exit. They all are still just staring off into space and they have clearly heard what I have said. So now I need to be mean, I have to push my way through and almost knock people over just to get out of the store. Really people can you be a little more kind and considerate do not block the entrance and exit to the store!

THIS IS REALLY ANNOYING BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO FORGET TO TAKE THE CAP LOCKS OFF ON THEIR COMPUTER AND THEY JUST TYPE EMAILS OR FACEBOOK STATUSES AND THEY ARE ALL IN CAPS AND THEY AREN'T YELLING.

Ooops I am doing exactly what irks me. If you are not mad or excited about something then there is no reason why you need to type in call caps. SO PLEASE STOP TYPING IN ALL CAPS because I am sick and tired of you yelling at me. It really seems like something is wrong when you type like that. You should try to read your own typing it is difficult to read and actually distracting. The reader does not know whether there is something wrong, you are yelling or you are just excited!

I hate people that are lazy and do not clean up after themselves. I have watched people do it even in my home and it bewilders me; if you drop food wouldn’t you pick it up and throw it away? Now if you are a normal clean tidy person your answer to this question would probably be yes; but if you are a lazy dirty person your answer will probably be to just leave it there. Now the people who answer this question as to just leave it there someone else will tend to it, they are ridiculously lazy and dirty. If this was your home would you really just leave the food on the floor??

Either way this is my house and I am not dirty; my house is clean tidy and in order so if you drop food pick it up and throw it away! Walk the two feet to the garbage and place the thing you dropped in there. I am not your maid and I will not follow you around cleaning up the mess you make as you go through life. Take the garbage out don’t let it sit there till it over flows and make sure the house isn’t a mess before you have people over. Clean, neat, and tidy is the way to go. Don’t be a burden to the people around you; be proactive and clean up as you go along and you won’t live in a pigsty.

I am not sure what I would call this one other than foaming at the mouth. It really irks me when I am talking to someone and they have that white foam starting to accumulate on their lips. It actually makes me totally grossed out. I want to tell them to lick their lips and keep the foamy spit inside their mouth. Is it really that hard to keep your spit inside your mouth so I do not feel like you are going to spit it out on me? I do not understand why it happens with so many people. Then when it starts going on the upper and lower lip and it connects them while they are talking. This is really disgusting. I really want to give them a napkin to wipe it off but how rude would that be?

It really irks me when someone lies to me. Especially when I know they are directly lying to my face and I know the words they are telling me are a total lie. This irks me to no end, most of the time you can tell when a person is lying especially when they are someone that you know very well personally. I seem to have this problem with a certain person I know. Now the thing that really gets to me are the things they lie to me about are so ridiculous I am completely puzzled as to why they would lie about it in the first place. This gets me thinking hey; maybe they lie about really important things too.

Even though I am pretty sure they do not lie to me about important items it has me wondering why lie to me about stupid things? There is no reason to be lying to me in the first place let alone about something that stupid. I am sure whatever it is that this person has to tell me it would be much better off if they were telling me the truth instead of perpetrating a great big lie! Don’t be a liar about things; speak your mind and tell the truth at all times it might get you hurt but at least you will know you are always being honest with yourself and others.

It really irks me that most of the people in the human population were raised with out manners. I see it all the time its like parents forgot to teach their kids rights and wrongs and how to be polite and kind. So many of my friends do it too and believe me when it comes to asking for something from me that you want you aren’t getting it by saying “Toss me that ball.” Now if you were to say “Toss me that ball, PLEASE” than it would be no problem for me and since you asked nicely I will toss you the ball. Now after I toss you the ball what you are supposed to say is thank you. This is just common courtesy when asking for something you say “Please may I have that?” When the person turns around and gives you the item you say “Thank you!” Try it with me now…. “Please and thank you!”

Now when someone is in your way I wouldn’t say that you should barrel them down so that you can get through them. Just walk up to them nicely and say excuse me, they will probably step to the side so that you can get around them. This is also nice manners saying excuse me when someone is in your way in order to get around them.

Parents make sure that you teach your children manners because most kids in today’s day and age do not have any!

Now we have all seen these people they are oblivious to people around them, people’s feelings, and the time they have to waste on things. You see them at Dunkin Donuts and they can’t make up their mind of how they want their coffee and then 20 minutes later they finally decide. They walk into the deli and are unsure of what they want to eat and 20 minutes later they finally have a decision. They are talking to their family about where to go out to eat and finally 20 minutes later they have a decision. These people while these 20 minutes are passing will also make 25 other possible suggestions as to things they want to drink or eat. Stop with the constant back and forth make up your mind and stick with your decision either you want your coffee black or regular you can not have it both ways.

Now the people who really irk me are the people who are constantly up and down back and forth. Make a decision and stick with it! If you are unsure then don’t make any decisions just yet. Obviously if you are stuck in a predicament where you are indecisive then just let yourself sit on the decision. If it is something as easy as your coffee you should know what you want when you walk through the door. If it is something more complicated heed my advice and wait till you have all the facts and everything is clear in your head. This way you can make an educated decision that was based off of important information.

This has been happening more and more lately. It is almost like they do not want to admit who they are on the phone because they think they are going to get blamed for something. I think when someone answers an office line and they say the Name of the Company that they should also say their name. It really irks me when I always have to guess who I am speaking with especially when it is a company that I pay significant amount of money to in order to take care of business. It is just customer service and it should be part of the routine when you answer the phone. I do not want to try to figure out who I am talking to just say XYZ Company, Dawn Speaking how may I help you. It makes it easier on the caller so they know who you are and it makes it easier that you do not have to waste time telling them that you are not Ann, not Jamie oh yes I am Jane. So please answer the phone and just say who is speaking it would help tremendously!

So you are in New York City and it is raining; it doesn’t even have to be raining that hard just a little drizzle and almost everyone you encounter has an umbrella. The street peddlers that you normally see on the street corner selling purses and scarfs are now standing there yelling “Brella, brella, brella.” It works; because everyone in the city is carrying an umbrella. Even when someone has to take five simple steps from the front of their office building to the cab; they have an umbrella.

Now I would have no problem with this if people paid attention. Most umbrellas also have the pointy metal ends on them and when someone who is carrying one is not paying attention it can hurt someone else. Now I have seen people walking with their umbrellas down in front of their face; how are you supposed to see the people you are walking at? Oh I get it they are just supposed to move out of your way and let you keep going along, not paying attention, and ready to stab someone with the end of your umbrella. Then there is the person who likes to swing their umbrella they are completely not paying attention and they are definitely going to hit someone as well; I have actually been stabbed in the leg by someone swinging their umbrella back and forth.

Bottom line people must know how wicked they are; these types of people irk me, there is no need for an umbrella unless it is down pouring. So brella, brella, brella stop buying them. Oh and by the way when it is windy out they are just going to blow inside out.

Non-Morning people irk me! Especially people who are older and in the mornings they are mean, nasty, and cranky, and don’t want to talk. I am completely a morning person and this probably irks others but I am writing the blog so…. Non-Morning people are the worst; if you wake up wake up early there is no rolling over and going back to bed, waking up again going back to bed again, and then getting up again. If you opened your eyes at 7:30am get up; this is your body telling you that you should be awake now. You shouldn’t constantly go to sleep and get up, go back to sleep and then get up.

You should get up do things; be productive; not sleep until 4:00 in the afternoon. There are some nights even on the weekend when I would go out until 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning and then the next day I would be up at 8:00am. I would get up wondering, where I was going to eat and what things I was going to accomplish for the day. I understand in the winter time there are a lot less things that you can do; but in the summer time there are a lot of things that I enjoy doing.

In the winter I would say pretty much the main thing to do is go snowboarding or skiing; where as in the summer there are a great deal of more events you could do. In the summer there is always my number one favorite going to the beach, or playing golf, or taking a walk around the flower gardens.

I feel that Non-Morning people miss out on life… They need to get up, get out, and enjoy the fun things in life before it’s to late.

Unkind people irk me. I understand I am a push over and will pretty much over extend myself for anyone; but then there are those people that only care about them. It’s all about me, me, me and right now. They don’t care who they hurt or what happens to the people around them. They are all about themselves and if you do not fit nicely into their plans or life; than oh well it doesn’t matter…

Now with a random person I can understand this, this person really does not owe you anything. In their mind unless they are very nice they will never do something above and beyond to try and help you out with something or go somewhere with you. Now if this is a person who you have a close bond with say a boyfriend perhaps; they should be willing to go out of their way for you and over extend themselves to you because they love and care for you.

Unkind people need to be nicer and think less about themselves and more about the world and people around them. If someone asks you to go somewhere with them go; they are probably asking you because they love your company and want you to be there with them, nothing else. I need to wake up and smell the coffee everyone I am overly nice to does not deserve my extreme niceness and the unkind people of the world need to put a smile on their face and help others out more often.