The most annoying thing.... Ever!!

20 May 2004

I went shopping earlier, and as I was queueing at the "Baskets only" checkout, somebody came up behind me and practically looked over my shoulder. Assuming it must be someone I knew, I turned around to see who it was - only to be met by a complete stranger!
He continued to stand SO close to me that he was touching me at all times mad

and every time I moved forward, he did as well! I ended up having to move sideways out of the queue or else I would have smacked him one. I suppose I should really have said something to him, but as well as being really angry with him for constantly brushing up against me, I was too embarrassed to say anything redface

Its the first time I've been fully aware of my need for my own personal space NOT to be invaded - although obviously there are exceptions to this ;)
I think that along with rudeness (of the ill-mannered kind) people in my personal space is one of my top pet hates. Just wondered what pet hates other people have in day to day life...

20 May 2004

Oh yes !!!!! Chicken on bloody pizza
http://www.swingingheaven.co.uk/swingers-forum/viewtopic/10330.html

20 May 2004

Angel you have just hit on my biggest pet hate as well. Why on earth people cannot give you two or three feet I simply do not know and it is no more than that. Just a couple of feet makes all the difference.
As an aside, I received a new credit card today and who ever decided that we can sign on something thats only 5mm wide needs the damn thing cramming up their chuffs. I cant believe that I am the only person who struggles to fit a signature on these things.

20 May 2004

dave
I am very careful when signing my card, but when I sign the slip I sign with a tremendous flourish!!! I just do not care.
Gilbert

20 May 2004

I hate it when I give up chocolate for a week , then find I've gained weight .

20 May 2004

i hate it when i'm in the car and i let someone have the right of way and they don't thank me! mad

:x :x :x :x :x :x
Road rage!!!!!

20 May 2004

It's called frotting. wink

20 May 2004

Grrr!!! Two of my pet hates (I have many lol) are people who use incorrect words when talking, such as the word "think" when they actually mean "thing" (something, anything etc) mad

And another is when people (usually young people) talk is a sing song voice and everything they say sounds like a question. It is sooooooo annoying and makes my teeth grind confused

Tracy-Jayne

20 May 2004

Quote by gilbert
dave
I am very careful when signing my card, but when I sign the slip I sign with a tremendous flourish!!! I just do not care.
Gilbert

Having seen your Avator, I do not doubt that a man who can write his name on one of his balls when it is 7 letters long does most things with a flourish and not a care.

20 May 2004

I needed to turn the telly down to let me concentrate in this one! There are so many!..
Firstly, you're damn right about the personal space thing. But I don't mind suffering if I'm on public transport. That brings me to the 2nd hate.
People (mainly old women) who insist that their handbags need a seat on a crowded bus or train. Move, for gods sake!
Old people drivers who wanna go down a 40mph street at 25. Again... move!
People who get in my way when I'm shopping in a hurry (all of the time). Taking up an aisle, counting the pennies and vouchers and things, forgetting an item they have to go back for...
I've realised that mostly it's ineffiency that pisses me off. :dry:

20 May 2004

People who post the same thing twice really piss me off wink

20 May 2004

Now I have recently read a book which gave a brilliant look at our personal space. Our space is split into 3 zones, the intimate, the social and the public zone ...... The one talked about here is the 'intimate zone'. If a stranger invades your personal space you then feel very uncomfortable and try to correct this. Now this is where it gets interesting - depending on your everyday surroundings, our 'intimate zones' vary hugely. For instance, a farmer outside all day is used to massive personal space, even if he sees a friend walk by, a wave is an acceptable and friendly form of acknowledgement, they will happily chat to each other halfway across a field! The other end of the spectrum are people in cities, for example, have to commute to work on the underground each morning. Their personal space is a lot smaller than the farmers.
So then it is great to watch 2 strangers talking to each other in a room, a farmer and a city dweller. Even the shaking of hands is different, the farmer will stand quite far away and lean forward, arm outstretched to shake hands, the city person will stand upright with his arm slightly bent. Once the conversation starts then so does the dance around the room! The city dweller will try and get closer to the farmer, getting into the social zone, but the farmers social zone is further away, therefore his intimate zone is being invaded by this guy, making him uncomfortable, so he moves back - then the city guy feels far away in the public zone, so corrects this by taking a step nearer the farmer into his social zone and so the dance begins. They will do this the whole time they are chatting!
So angel, your intimate space was invaded by this guy. His intimate space is a smaller radius than yours, making you uncomfortable, you step away, he steps nearer!
Phew!! finished! ..... are you all still awake? ..... Hello?
Well, I found it bluddy interesting anyway :lol2:

20 May 2004

Actually Misschief, I found it really interesting as well, and only wish I knew a city dweller and a farmer so that I could introduce them in a pub and watch the dancing commence :twisted:
I'm still not sure about the guy in the supermarket though, because he really was brushing up against me (and Easy, it seems even WORSE now you've told me about frotting!!) and I was moving literally a couple of inches away at a time (there was someone else in front of me and I was aware that I didn't want to be in THEIR space) but every time I moved a couple of inches forward, so did the bloke behind me <shudder>
I began to think that perhaps he was (scared now in case she offends anyone) somewhat without social skills, maybe having some kind of special needs (bloody hell its difficult to explain what I mean in a politically correct way!) but then I saw him driving away in a VW Golf, so that theory MUST have been wrong!
I dunno, maybe he was doing the frotting thing after all - ewwwww this is all so much worse now. Wish I'd kept my mouth shut lol redface

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20 May 2004

Quote by Angel Chat
He continued to stand SO close to me that he was touching me at all times

Angel it's a shame you didn't have your stilettoes on - you could have taken a small pace backwards and then apologised for having his foot impaled on your heel.
MISSCHIEF I've got to say that's fascinating. When we complete our adoption up north there's a danger we might not be bouncing up and down at all. Incidentally I would advise our adopters to look at that thread - there are some evil thoughts about I'd say :!: :!:

20 May 2004

Tune, are you a farmer? :twisted: :twisted:

20 May 2004

Hey daffodilww !!!
I'm glad i'm not the only one that hates this...................Manners ...............they cost nothing, but you get so much more from them if others recipicate.
Don't you just feel thanks if they acknowledge you for being so considerate, if not you think .........well i will not say. mad

:x :x :x

20 May 2004

Another thing that really bugs me is aoHELL!!!! It tells you that the website is not responding, so you try again, only to find that you have posted the same thing twice mad

:x
But the lack of manners is covered in my post under "rude (in an ill-mannered way)" and I'm in total agreement with you MrsFC and DaffodilBBW. Thank you both lol

20 May 2004

You naughty people

20 May 2004

Quote by MISSCHIEF
Now I have recently read a book which gave a brilliant look at our personal space. Our space is split into 3 zones, the intimate, the social and the public zone ...... The one talked about here is the 'intimate zone'. If a stranger invades your personal space you then feel very uncomfortable and try to correct this. Now this is where it gets interesting - depending on your everyday surroundings, our 'intimate zones' vary hugely. For instance, a farmer outside all day is used to massive personal space, even if he sees a friend walk by, a wave is an acceptable and friendly form of acknowledgement, they will happily chat to each other halfway across a field! The other end of the spectrum are people in cities, for example, have to commute to work on the underground each morning. Their personal space is a lot smaller than the farmers.
So then it is great to watch 2 strangers talking to each other in a room, a farmer and a city dweller. Even the shaking of hands is different, the farmer will stand quite far away and lean forward, arm outstretched to shake hands, the city person will stand upright with his arm slightly bent. Once the conversation starts then so does the dance around the room! The city dweller will try and get closer to the farmer, getting into the social zone, but the farmers social zone is further away, therefore his intimate zone is being invaded by this guy, making him uncomfortable, so he moves back - then the city guy feels far away in the public zone, so corrects this by taking a step nearer the farmer into his social zone and so the dance begins. They will do this the whole time they are chatting!
So angel, your intimate space was invaded by this guy. His intimate space is a smaller radius than yours, making you uncomfortable, you step away, he steps nearer!
Phew!! finished! ..... are you all still awake? ..... Hello?
Well, I found it bluddy interesting anyway :lol2:

I'm studying psychology at the mo and we've covered something similar. I found this very interesting.

20 May 2004

You naughty people

20 May 2004

Quote by Angel Chat
Tune, are you a farmer? :twisted: :twisted:

A farmer

: I think not - not unless I got me wurzels caught in the mangle. My personal space is as tight as anyone's :!:
(Now I've tried to post this twicw but I can't - will whoever is doing it please stop - my sides are splitting

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: )

20 May 2004

I have noticed some people will push in queues , in my case it's usually fat old women in shapeless woolen overcoats, as if this will speed things up . I usually just shove back or acccidentally dig them in the ribs and they get the message, I suppose this another one of those unconsidered ways in which it's better to be a man as a physical signal like that is given due weight .
Now does everyone agree that when a dog goes for some frottage on your leg , or in my case a West Highland Terrier that was deeply in love with my arm , and remembered it for years ! it is hilarious ?