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Movie talkers.

Using a napkin for eating messy food & leaving it on the table throughout the meal.
Business buzz words: synergistic, globalize, paradigm shift, etc.
Tapping.
People that burp loudly in public.
Going out to dinner with a big group, eating $10 worth of food and having to split the whole bill and ending up paying much more than you ate.
Parents who have their children on leashes.

People who whistle when they are happy.

People who don't stop at stop signs.
Having to go to a UPS / FEDEX office to pickup a package.
People who stick their USED gum just about anywhere (under a table or chair, on the ground, etc.)
Someone standing over my shoulder reading the computer screen.
People who text during a movie.
Walking into spider webs.
People who don't vote and then complain about the results.
Bathing suit tops as clothing.
When adults cuss in front of children.
People who sit next to you on public transportation even when there are other seats available.
People who use self checkout lanes but don't know how to use them and slow us all down.
People at Wal*Mart Supercenter who enter thru the exit and exit thru the enter.
Car alarms that signal that they are on by honking.
How commercials are so much louder than the TV shows.
People who make out in public.
People who give their kids weird names
People who interrupt you to correct your grammar/speech, paying no attention to the point you are trying to make.
People who are over age 21 who say the word "dude".

Restaurants that put too much ice in your drink.

Waiters/waitress who put their fingers on the top of the glass (where you drink from) when they deliver it to you.
At a restuarant, when they clean the tables nearby with a bleach solution, smelling up my area.
Men who refer to their wife as " the wife"- a wife is not an object.
When people say "What's up?" instead of saying "hi or hello".
When you are trying to wax something, and you pull hard but nothing comes off and yet you still feel the pain.
The sound of somebody playing with silverware on a plate.
Referring to any government agency as "the Fed".
Airline speak (like: "The lavatories ARE equipped with smoke detectors, so DO refrain...")
Feeling a little juvenile when the waitress sees your drawings on the table at the Macaroni Grille and you're over the age of eight.
People who don't want to learn anything new because they know it all.

People who dress their pets.

Fax machines that call my home number.
People who pick their nose in public.
People who say the time like "Eight AM in the morning".
People walking around in ridiculous 'fashionable' shoes that are clearly hurting their feet.
People who buy animals, only to get rid of them a week later because it was harder to take care of them than they thought.
People with poor umbrella etiquette.
Dried toothpaste in the sink.
When people are using armrests on both sides of you.
People who use the word "gay" to mean "lame".
When someone leaves their phone number at the end of a long message and they say it so fast you can't understand it and have to listen multiple times to figure it out.
People who point at their wrist while asking for the time.
Spit flying out of people's mouth by accident.
When people bite their nails in the dead of silence and you hear them eating it.
When the waiter/waitress asks whether you want dessert, but smiles in a way that means she is clearly judging you.
Uncomfortable chairs.
Bad breath.
When you get out of the pool and your bathing suit sticks to you and exposes your crotch.
People who quote movies just because they can.
People who ask you what time it is.
Rappers who thank God at awards cermonies.
No toilet paper or paper towels in public bathrooms.
Whisteling out of tune.
People who invite you out somewhere then cancel.
When you first meet someone and can't remember the person's name by the end of the conversation.
Being asked my telephone number/account number AFTER I already entered in using the keypad on my phone. I thought I was supposed enter that info to "better assist me".
PeOpLe WhO tYpE LiKe ThIs.
I hate it when people take healthy food and fry it up in butter and eat it because it's "good for them".
Pieces of fat on meat.
People who spell "you're" as "your."
Gossip.

Not having enough quarters to do laundry.

People that pop and smack their chewing gum.
Cracking your knuckles.
Eating in bed and leaving crumbs.
When you will be talking to someone, and their replies seem to be limited to "ya", "cool", and "ok".
When you have to go to the bathroom really bad after getting out of the shower and you don't dry off all the way, making the toilet seat all slippery.
People who constantly get up in movie theaters.
Getting fruit in your bag on Halloween.
People who pick their teeth in public.
People that don't answer e-mail.
People who don't pick up after themselves.
Drivers who don't use a turn signal.
When the person who takes the last of something puts the empty package back.
I know they have to do this, but I hate having servers recite the specials to me. Because I have never ordered a special, and hate having to feign interest in them.
Couples who sit on the same side of the booth when there is no one on the other side.
People When they clean the tables nearby with a bleach solution. While I am glad they are sanitary, the smell of bleach can really quelch my appetite. having obviously PRIVATE conversations on their cell phone in public places.
Conversational High-Fives: High-fiving at any time other than when one is actively playing a sport
When drivers bring their car to the wrong side of the gas pump.
People who read out loud what they're typing in an email or letter.
People who respond to my emails but don't include the text of the previous email in their email.
Unexpected company.
The naming of celebrity couples
(Bennifer, TomKat, etc.)
People that say they don't like a certain food before they try it, and refuse to eat it .
When people don't send thank you notes.
When the garbage man turns my can upside down after dumping MOST of the
garbage in it into the garbage truck. I go to collect the can and when I turn it right side up, the remaining garbage spills out on the sidewalk.
Singing along with the music when you don't actually know the words.
Free offer that always have a catch.

People who always look to start a fight.

When you're driving down the road and a cigarette butt comes out the window of a car in front of you and it bounces off your car.
When you are asleep at a hotel and the alarm clock goes off in the middle of the night because the person who was there before you set it and never turned it off.
Having to dress up for work just to have it downpour when you step outside.
Commercials in movie theaters.
Bathroom stalls with a mirror so you can see your whole self while seated
Dirty keyboards.
People who think the seat next to them is a place to plunk down their gym bag/back pack on a crowded bus.
Not knowing if you've taken two pictures with a camera or there are just two left
People who style their hair during Mass.
People who complain out loud while waiting in a long line at the store.
Websites with horizontal scrolling.
When you are hanging out with someone and they make plans to do something else right in front of you.
Co-workers that try to sell stuff to you at work.
People who are late.

Telemarketers.

Drivers who drive slow in the left lane.
Conspiracy theories.
Gray snow that won't melt; piled up on the side of the road
People who zig zag in and out of lanes on the expressway.
When you bend over to pick something up and miss the object multiple times,
and the final attempt is a violent grab as if to say it was the object's fault.
People who habitually need favors.
People who don't look at you when they are talking, or you are talking to them.
Grocery clerks that want to bundle the receipt with my change. Hand me the money separately so I can put it in my pocket, and then hand me the receipt or place it in the bag.
Lazy people.
When people don't clear the microwave numbers.
When people put (sp?) after words when the spell check button is right there in front of them.
Roadmaps that aren't folded correctly.
Hair in the shower drain.
When those little hinges on the CD case break, and now you can't open and close it.
People at a store/supermarket who wait in a long checkout line, and then when they finally need to pay they take forever to find their checkbook/cash/credit card.
People who leave shopping carts in the parking lot instead of taking them back to the corral.
When people call me but are talking to someone else when I answer and I have to wait till they stop talking.
People who honk in front of a house instead of getting out of the car and ringing the doorbell.
Yelling "drop it" the moment a conversation veers into an unwanted direction.
Things sticking out of drawers.
Making me talk to your boyfriend/girlfriend who i have never actually met when i call you on the phone, saying something like, "oh here - talk to [---]".
People who will write something borderline mean, but then follow it up with a smiley face :)
People who think that they are the only one with correct background for understanding an issue.
People letting their dogs use my yard as their toilet.