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September 1st,2010
Mistakenly buying Ikea secondhand.
— Biffy from Brooklyn, NY | Household | 9.1.2010 | Comments (0)
August 30th,2010
Having to walk through the kitchen of a restaurant to get to the bathroom.
It's like taking a tour through the digestive system.
— Biffy from Brooklyn, NY | Dining | 8.30.2010 | Comments (0)
August 27th,2010
Sometimes so big they are actually little suitcases with wheels that they pull along behind them. New York parents: you have taken things too far, anyone can see this is just plain wrong.
— Stuart from | School | 8.27.2010 | Comments (0)
August 26th,2010
When you have the speaker phone on "automatic" and you put it up to your ear after dialing and the dial tone blows out your ear.
I do this all the time.
— Ben from Staten Island, New York | Technology | 8.26.2010 | Comments (2)
August 25th,2010
Use of "cyber" as a prefix for internet-related items.
Why is it cyber-harassment, instead of just internet harassment? Cyber bullying, cyber-stalking? What does 'cyber' even mean? Is it supposed to evoke the fear that AOL drained from the internet? Is it like lawnmower man? Technological naming conventions seem to be stuck in 1992.
— Biffy from Brooklyn, NY | Internet | 8.25.2010 | Comments (0)
August 23rd,2010
Hugging every time we see each other.
I go to work, and I have to hug every person I pass when we all get to work. Honestly, I saw you 12 hours ago - Really? I'm still fine, it's still goin ok, still nothing up. I try to brush bye with a quick, 'Hey!' And somebody will say, 'What? No hug?' WHY?
— cathi from Florida | Etiquette | 8.23.2010 | Comments (1)
August 20th,2010
PDFs of something with columns, forcing me to scroll the entire length of the page multiple times to read one page of text.
Maybe it's just a student thing, but having to scroll down, then up, then down again for every page of a 20+ page document makes my eyes cross!
— kimk from Vermont | School | 8.20.2010 | Comments (0)
August 19th,2010
Tipping with pennies? Not to be ungrateful, but that's tacky.
I hate when people want to tip 10%, or 20% but insist on calculating it out to the cent and can't deal with rounding up to the nearest dollar . I have seen people actually getting out pennies! Like when Rachael Ray orders a huge meal with drinks on her show "$40 a day," receives perfect, perky, prompt service, and then leaves a $0.30 tip! Qu'est-ce que c'est?!
— Rae, but not Rachael Ray from ca | Dining | 8.19.2010 | Comments (7)
August 18th,2010
The ever growing trend of including this part of anatomy on mannequins is absurd. It indicates that the mannequin mold creators (whoever they are) A) expect women to go braless all the time, B) want to show off that, with the piece of clothing on display; even if you're wearing a bra, it will look like you're not in the worst way possible, or C) are utterly dedicated to anatomical correctness. The first two are just stupid, and if it's the last one, the mannequin better have a colon, too.
— Chelsea from Tejas | Clothing | 8.18.2010 | Comments (1)
August 13th,2010
"What can I do you for?"
When someone says this, what does it mean? Why do people say this?
— Dene from Calgary, Alberta Canada | Language | 8.13.2010 | Comments (5)
August 12th,2010
People who ask me to burn them a CD.
You have a computer, you have a CD burner, you have a high speed connection ... BURN YOUR OWN CD.
— Ben Melbye from Toronto, ON, Canada | Music | 8.12.2010 | Comments (5)
August 11th,2010
Group Emails
Variations include: Conspicuously writing to one person at work, so other people can monitor what's happening without acknowledging that it's happening and people replying-all with little quips, Facebook-style, to an email with an exposed address list.
— Biffy from Brooklyn, NY | Internet | 8.11.2010 | Comments (0)
August 9th,2010
People who opt to sit at a table RIGHT BESIDE YOU in an otherwise empty cafe.
I had to MOVE my stuff for her so she could get by, all the while looking incredulously at her. THE PLACE IS EMPTY. She clearly has no sense of personal space. UGH!
— ugh from toronto | Etiquette | 8.9.2010 | Comments (1)
July 20th,2010
Icewater
In the dead of winter, a tall glass of mostly ice with my meal.
— Maximillian from | Dining | 7.20.2010 | Comments (1)
July 16th,2010
People who limit their "activism" to comments threads.
If you spent as much time leaving your keyboard to, you know, DO STUFF as you do writing things like "@stupidhandle621731273186321, I totally disagree with your views on kitten murder! Please read these eight federal cases that show you that kitten murder is NOT supported by the Bible," you might actually get stuff done. Nothing wrong with posting your views, but please, make sure when you act it involves more action than this.
— Diana from Brooklyn, NY | Internet | 7.16.2010 | Comments (1)
July 15th,2010
Deadheads who try to convert you.
"Dude ... I know you don't like the 'Dead, but just listen to this one song. You'll love 'em after that, I swear."
— Kreg from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | Music | 7.15.2010 | Comments (5)
July 13th,2010
Then you get those little areas, that no matter how many times you go over, the pen wont make a mark. No drawing zones.
— rebecca from woodbury | Art | 7.13.2010 | Comments (0)
July 9th,2010
Public bathroom stall doors opening to the inside.
It seems that all public bathroom stall doors open to the inside. When I'm at an airport and I have a big carry-on bag, it's incredibly awkward to get in the stall because the door practically hits the toilet and there's no room for me to get in.
— Marla from New York, NY | Bathrooms | 7.9.2010 | Comments (6)
July 8th,2010
When the driver repeatedly turns to look at the passenger(s) while the car is in motion.
— Laura from Victoria, BC | Driving | 7.8.2010 | Comments (2)
July 7th,2010
Meat eaters giving vegetarians shit.
Yes, I am a vegetarian. If people choose to eat meat, that is their business, and I will not say a word, as my reasons are my own. However, if you start telling me that I can't get proper nutrition without meat, or that fish/chicken is NOT meat, then boiling blood will shoot our of my eyes.
Fish is meat. Chicken is meat. Turkey is meat. If you try and tell me otherwise, then you are an idiot plain and simple. If it was impossible to get adequate nutrition without eating dead animals, then I wouldn't be alive to have this conversation with you. Get real, people. If you want to make snarky comments, educate yourself first.
— Nocturnesthesia from Hamilton, ON | Dining | 7.7.2010 | Comments (10)
