What drives you nuts????,

[Wools]

Rudeness or people who aren’t polite for no good reason.

Whether it’s in person, in business or a customer, if they're rude or obnoxious then you go down in my estimation of you as a human being.

[CamSLC]

Originally Posted by GB-man

Their dogs generally just roam all over the place and proper dog training doesn’t allow for that as they teach the dog pulling will allow me to go farther away.

I find these people always let their dog way up on my lawn rather than keep them on the strip between sidewalk and road which I believe is good etiquette as a fellow dog owner.

Not nearly as annoying as say a bad taco but still lol

My dog isn't independent enough to wander onto some ones yard if I'm not already in it.

[Knappo 1307]

The term "my AD" has always bugged me.

[datejustrms]

People who chew with their mouth open.

[brandrea]

Ok, so two things happened to me just this evening that brought this thread to top of mind:

I was in the check out at a variety store and the line is 5 people deep. The customer being served is playing lottery ticket after lottery ticket and oblivious to the rest of us waiting

Then, I leave the store and walk head on into the “automatic door that didn’t open

In summary: people who play lottery tickets in busy line ups, and automatic doors that aren’t working

[swils8610]

Originally Posted by Abdullah71601

"Team member" always struck me as contrived corporate jargon to make the work force feel like they are influencers and some how on equal footing with the C suite, which is almost never the reality.

I prefer workers and managers. Workers make the company all its money through their hard work, and managers provide the structure for that to happen. Together they are a work force.

Well said...I will def use that terminology.


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[CRM114]

Originally Posted by swils8610

The word employee drives me nuts. I hate it. To me it sounds like someone owns you...I substitute the word employee with team members or staff.

"Employee" means working for wages regardless of how it may sound to you. To "employ" someone means giving work to them for pay, thus, "employee".

"Slave" is when someone owns another. Pretending that the definition of "Employee" is synonymous with the definition of "Slave", and then taking issue with a word based on your own erroneous, mis-applied definition seems contrived.

Are there other words that you substitute definitions for and then hate?

[liu_watch]

Originally Posted by superdog

Lack of common consideration for others.

Judgemental people.

Hypocrites

Also people driving slow in the left lane. But that falls into the top one.

A good list!

[Abdullah71601]

A Senior VP in my company recently uttered the phrase "thought weavers"...

Artificial intelligentsia.

[tudorbaja27]

Sloppiness (putting no effort into looking half-way decent). Flip-flops. Grandma heels. Ignorance.

[CRM114]

Originally Posted by GSDLover

I just had this conversation with one of my "staff". She didn't want go be called an employee. She felt it demeaned her. She wants to be referred to as staff.
I had always used employee rather than staff because i felt calling someone staff was condescending. Like giving someone a fake title so they feel better about themselves.
Much like a trophy for every snowflake.
That's not how she felt so now she is staff. Noone else in the office cared either way.

It must be strange to be someone like her who is ignorant of word definitions and goes around feeling offended or demeaned based on imaginary slights, expecting the world (including her own employer) to tiptoe around their desire to play a victim at every opportunity.

Not wanting to be referred to as an "employee" even when that's what one is sounds like a precious/ignorant/hyper-sensitive snowflake thing indeed.

[Abdullah71601]

Originally Posted by CRM114

It must be strange to be someone like her who is ignorant of word definitions and goes around feeling offended or demeaned based on imaginary slights, expecting the world (including her own employer) to tiptoe around their desire to play a victim at every opportunity.

Not wanting to be referred to as an "employee" even when that's what one is sounds like a precious/ignorant/hyper-sensitive snowflake thing indeed.

Could be worse, could have demanded to be called a team member.

[swils8610]

Originally Posted by CRM114

"Employee" means working for wages regardless of how it may sound to you. To "employ" someone means giving work to them for pay, thus, "employee".



"Slave" is when someone owns another. Pretending that the definition of "Employee" is synonymous with the definition of "Slave", and then taking issue with a word based on your own erroneous, mis-applied definition seems contrived.



Are there other words that you substitute definitions for and then hate?

Yeah actually...I’m thinking of one now...it’s douche bag but I don’t hate the word; I’m more amused by it. I’m well aware of the difference between “slave” and “employee”. My 85 team members also don’t like being referred to employees either; my philosophy of creating a “team approach atmosphere” where it’s a group of individuals working together towards the same goal has earned our company the Best Places to Work award 5 years and counting. I’ll stick with my team members on this one.


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[Romeojk]

Whiners

My wife

People who drive in the left lane and don’t move over when you get up on their ass

People who are rude to retail workers...I mean retail team members

People who let their kids be rude to retail team members

When I’m expecting really good take out and get home and queue up the idiot box and the food stinks

People who take their sweet time picking out scratchies from the 55 choices on the wall when there’s a line, and the just don’t care

People who take my spot in the parking lot. It’s the one in every supermarket or store I go to up front usually right next to handicap parking

People who park in handicap parking but don’t need it (except for at a football game...they seem to have plenty there so bringing your dad or moms pass is acceptable here

Women who look right past or through me at a bar...ya that’s all of ya

A waitress who touches her face, nose and hair a lot while taking my order

People who make lists about things that annoy them

[imperio]

People who have no regard for others' time.

Spelling "their" as "there".

And a few others already mentioned within this thread.

[piratfisk]

People who go through life with their mouths gaped open. Secure your f*cking jaw! (aka perpetual mouth-breathers)

[superdog]

Originally Posted by swils8610

Yeah actually...I’m thinking of one now...it’s douche bag but I don’t hate the word; I’m more amused by it. I’m well aware of the difference between “slave” and “employee”. My 85 team members also don’t like being referred to employees either; my philosophy of creating a “team approach atmosphere” where it’s a group of individuals working together towards the same goal has earned our company the Best Places to Work award 5 years and counting. I’ll stick with my team members on this one.


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Lmao. This was laugh out loud funny.

And fwiw, I ALWAYS refer to people as one of my “team”. I don’t like the word employee or for that matter, I don’t much like boss either.

[timedate]

cliques and cliquey people

i detest cliques, you find them all over,

they are also prevalent on a car forum i once used to use,

there is a clique in my village, it irritates them when you refuse to try and join them, they want you to try so they can show you how chummy and great they are, but i say f*** that.

[Fat_ninja]

Dumb people drive me nuts.

[zengineer]

Originally Posted by AzPaul

When I'm out for a ride and come across a banana peel another rider had dropped right in the middle of the bike lane. I mean, it's bad enough the knob didn't toss it away in a trash can, but to have so little concern, that you leave it the next rider's way?

Just writing about this is pissing me off

I don't have a bike, at least not one without an engine, so I am not tuned in. Are bananas a big thing with bike riders? Is this peel management issue like your "SS models are hard to get" issue?

[janice&fred]

Originally Posted by superdog

Lmao. This was laugh out loud funny.

And fwiw, I ALWAYS refer to people as one of my “team”. I don’t like the word employee or for that matter, I don’t much like boss either.

oh please. team-schmeme. i'm sick and tired of all this politically correct swill.

i don't even grace my employees by referring to them by name. i merely point and say "you there, stop slouching and get it done".

i run a business not a lounge.

[superdog]

Originally Posted by janice&fred

oh please. team-schmeme. i'm sick and tired of all this politically correct swill.

i don't even grace my employees by referring to them by name. i merely point and say "you there, stop slouching and get it done".

i run a business not a lounge.

Lmao.

Whatever works.

It’s not PC for me. Just that I genuinely value my teammates.

[1st amg]

Ha, some good ones here this morning. I will add my "rub the wrong way" issues:
People who have money and think they can treat everyone they think don't have as much as them like a degenerate. This makes me rage inside and rarely do I let it slide. On many occasions attending fund raisers and galas, when I hear or see a jackass like this who is very demeaning to staff or others will let me rip him or her. I guess I should let it slide, but I enjoy teaching a jackass a life lesson.

Treat EVERYONE the same, because, when I am cut I bleed, and when they are cut they bleed. We are all humans. Period.

[janice&fred]

Originally Posted by superdog

Lmao.

Whatever works.

It’s not PC for me. Just that I genuinely value my teammates.

if by "teammates" you're referring to employees i have a different viewpoint. i let them know right from the get-go that i regard them as beneath me. i treat them as cattle and nothing more. they are all replaceable and of little value to me otherwise. if i let on that they have value then they may mistakenly think they are on the same plane as myself, which would be preposterous!

[brandrea]

Originally Posted by 1st amg

Ha, some good ones here this morning. I will add my "rub the wrong way" issues:
People who have money and think they can treat everyone they think don't have as much as them like a degenerate. This makes me rage inside and rarely do I let it slide. On many occasions attending fund raisers and galas, when I hear or see a jackass like this who is very demeaning to staff or others will let me rip him or her. I guess I should let it slide, but I enjoy teaching a jackass a life lesson.

Treat EVERYONE the same, because, when I am cut I bleed, and when they are cut they bleed. We are all humans. Period.

Without a doubt my friend

Fittingly, this brings it back to someone else’s pet peeve ... douchbag

[Wesley Crusher]

People who order their steak medium, medium well or well done. Drives me absolutely insane.

I’ve gotten into many arguments at restaurants over this lol. I’m all for people enjoy their food the way they want, but this is crossing the line.

[janice&fred]

Originally Posted by Wesley Crusher

People who order their steak medium, medium well or well done. Drives me absolutely insane.

I’ve gotten into many arguments at restaurants over this lol. I’m all for people enjoy their food the way they want, but this is crossing the line.

oh i couldn't agree more! it's these types along with my slacker nameless-face employees that really get under my skin!

[tudorbaja27]

Originally Posted by janice&fred

if by "teammates" you're referring to employees i have a different viewpoint. i let them know right from the get-go that i regard them as beneath me. i treat them as cattle and nothing more. they are all replaceable and of little value to me otherwise. if i let on that they have value then they may mistakenly think they are on the same plane as myself, which would be preposterous!

And the prize for the "crappiest boss of the year" goes to...

[janice&fred]

Originally Posted by tudorbaja27

And the prize for the "crappiest boss of the year" goes to...

thank you and i would also like to thank all the little people i had to step on to get to where i am today

[Al1969]

Originally Posted by janice&fred

thank you and i would also like to thank all the little people i had to step on to get to where i am today