How have people annoyed you this week?

[Gummybears6]

My first name isn't that common here. It's not unheard of, it's just not incredibly common but I occasionally meet other women/girls with it. It doesn't have any obvious links to another county but I suppose some people might think it's exotic.
I work in social care, and I had a family member of a resident ask me my name. I told her my first name and she said 'oh that's nice and where are you from?"
I said "I'm local to here really, I'm from round here.'
She then said 'Yeah but where are you really from?"
I said again "I am from this area"
Because my first name is one that's possibly found in other countries, she's made some random assumption that I'm not from this country, even though I was speaking to her with a local accent.

A nurse attended and left a mess of rubbish, when I arrived she was just leaving, and she said to me "Can you clear all that please?"
She could've taken it with her on her way out, it would've taken her a second. I guess she thought because I'm 'just' a carer those sorts of jobs are below her pay scale and she can assign them to me. She was the one who made all the mess. Wish I'd said no really.

And once again, I've had people let me know I'm a roundabout way they think I'm old. A 22 year old colleague asked me my age, I said 32.
She erupted into "Omggg! Whatt?! I can't believe it!! You look young!!"
Well, that's because I am quite young. I guess some people think that you shrivel up the day you turn 30.
I'm also frequently told I 'look foreign' because I've got dark hair and eyes.
That's about it from me I think!

I hope you feel a bit better getting that off your chest - all perfectly reasonable complaints too.

To the nurse I would have said " Ok just this once but we usually clean as we go along ".

Thank you. Yes I do, and you're right, it is about assertiveness.
Many people are very appreciative of care assistants, however a small number do look down on them and see you as some sort of a maid/servant who is thick and unskilled.

HR ballsed up a procedure with an employee.

I was drawn in from the legal department as a result - mandatory procedural response times to stick to.

I try to get her as much information as possible to ensure that the employee feels that they receive a fair, complete and legitimate legal response. HR snit at me for being 'obstructive' because I'm asking questions to do so. They supply the information required at the last possible time.

I end up doing overtime (7 months pregnant) to resolve the situation and meet the deadline.

Have to attend company wide meeting the following morning about how HR value and prioritize staff wellbeing.

That's rubbish :/

For you* I mean

People often look surprised when they ask me where I’m from and I know what mean. Because I answer my parents were born and raised in Singapore ( We are Indian).
There is actually a huge Indian population in Singapore who consider themselves Singaporeans. I find it odd when people associate certain countries with one ethnicity.

Other than that people who make excessive noise- music and tv from my neighbour and on public transport!

A dickhead neighbour on my mum's street who parks on the pavement, meaning I have to wheel a wheelchair into the road to get past

Youngest DC who had a tantrum at the park as I refused to let him into the lake to swim with the ducks

I'm sure there's more but those spring immediately to mind!

No one. I'm pretty good at being tolerant.

One of the other cyclists-on-train & I were discussing passengers who crowd the nearest door (happened to be the only door cyclists can use) which means people can't get off, when other train doors have no queue at all. This habit can even delay departure & there's nothing we can do because we are supposed to / allowed to only Q at that door. Then I had to dash to take bike into disabled carriage space because people had dumped their large things in the only cyclist space.

But I wasn't annoyed. Too used to it, now. Ticket checker didn't give me grief for having my bike in wrong place, either.

Most people can generally annoy me just by breathing tbh OP.

Although I deal with one buyer at work who is thick. I feel quite bad saying it, but when say thick, I mean thick. The information you give him just slides off him, he can't retain information, he can't process information, he Is so easily confused. Even when you write it in an email, he will ask the same question multiple times. Sometimes for MONTHS. He has been repeatedly asking me a question about one specific thing for about five months now. It's a very very simple question, I think a five year old could grasp the answer. I give him the same clear concise response everytime he asks. He doesn't take it in. I think five months is probably his personal record of not being able to sublimate information I have provided. I assume he is going to ask me this question until the very day I retire. Perhaps beyond.

I'm actually quite conflicted because while I find him infuriatingly annoying, I also think he can't help it because he is incapable. When he rings, you can practically hear everyone's eyes rattling as they roll in synchronized unison at having to deal with him and that's a bit sad because he's actually quite nice.

Still annoying as hell though.

A significantly higher number of people have used the phrase “side hustle” this week. It makes me want to punch them.

I was watching my son play baseball and a grandparent behind me said to the person next to him “you know what (my son’s name) problem is, he doesn’t…”

🙄🙄🙄 Do not discuss my child THANK YOU

I got annoyed at people dawdling in shops when I was trying to get through to where DH and DD were. Then I realised that I was just as prone to getting in other people's way 😳

Arfhh. People.

My parents come once a year to see us and they were looking after 6 y/o DD for a whole week while I was at work, at their request. I would’ve been quite happy to book her into holiday club for an activity she loves where she would be with her friends.

I suggested lots of child friendly activities they could do, trampoline park, National Trust, swimming, special kids cinema screenings, local kids theatre show, museum, big park where she can ride her bike, kids activities at the library etc but no, every suggestion was met with “that’ll be expensive” even the free stuff because god forbid they might have to pay for parking.

They didn’t treat her even once, not even lunch out in a cafe. They dragged her around 2nd hand book shops and supermarkets all week and took her to one small crappy playground and gave her nasty reformed ham sandwiches before they left the house so they didn’t have to spend any money while they were out, they didn’t even buy her so much as an ice cream.

They’re not poor, there’s no reason other than they’re mean and don’t like spending money on children.

No one. I was on holiday and everyone was lovely.

Neighbors have built a massive shed right next to the edge of our garden, it couldn't be closer.

DS fell off his scooter and bashed his leg badly. A woman was there with her daughter, who was dressed as a princess, kept coming up to us saying hello, and oh, I've got a bad cut too, whilst DS was crying and in pain. The mother never called the child away I was like wtf, there's a time and a place.

The usual work shenanigans, AE didn't say thanks for my work on a huge quote, in fact he was totally AWOL the entire time.

I have more but I'm trying to get my angst in check

😱😂😂😂😂

A significantly higher number of people have used the phrase “side hustle” this week. It makes me want to punch them

^

And the word 'pimp' to improve. Do not do that. Awful on so many levels

I’m on our council and we’ve worked hard to bring a certain business to town. There is a small number of citizens opposed to it, and the main one keeps using her status as a mother in a manipulative way. “As a mom…” “We’re just a grassroots group of moms…” it’s so frustrating. I am a mother too. And so what? Argghhh.

She’s now angry with everything the city does and came to a meeting and complained about the (beautiful, may I add) stone firepit that was just installed in one of the parks. “As a mom…a child could fall and hit their face on the stone…”

THERE ARE STONES NATURALLY IN THE PARK NOW.

Also her youngest child is 13. If he can’t be trusted not to hit his face on a firepit ledge while running, I don’t know what to tell you.

Eight of us went out lunch today. It was a bar menu so we ordered and the food was brought to the table.

I had baked potato with chilli con carne and salad. When it arrived I asked if I could have some sour cream for it. I was told I had to pay £1 for that. So I had to go back to the bar to order it, then had to wait for it to arrive.

Not a major incident but having spent about £150 with drinks etc I was pretty put out at being asked to pay £1 for sour cream on my chilli. 😠

Sympathy for you all!

Anyone that has used the phrase 'Game changer'! I want to scream when anyone says it or I see it on social media.

@Pointypointything A dickhead neighbour on my mum's street who parks on the pavement, meaning I have to wheel a wheelchair into the road to get past

Im not a wheelchair user but that behaviour really annoys me. Last town I lived in people suddenly started parking cars full on the pavement on the street I lived on, making it dangerous for wheelchair users, pushchair users etc. Police wouldn’t do anything so I phoned the council whose response was “ the pavements on that street were constructed to be wide enough to park cars on”. Despite the fact there were barely any cars when the houses were built? Tossers.

Neighbours kids yelling in their back garden. Drives me effing mad.
Still thinking about how rude one of my colleagues was even though it was last week. Some sarcastic comments thrown my way which were not necessary or kind.
My mum getting a bit snappy the other day with me. Again, not deserved.
Television wasn't connecting to Internet yesterday, was driving me insane.
Loads more. I get annoyed easily the older I get.

Well, I’ve been visiting DM for a week, so how many do you want?!

Main one so far is if I so much as glance at my phone while we’re watching TV, she keeps looking at me, then will eventually say ‘aren’t you watching this?!’ I am allowed to look at my phone!!!

And the usual checking me and DC have jumper and raincoat as we leave the house, in the rain. No mother, it didn’t occur to me that, i thought it would be fun for us to walk round and get drenched.

Repeating the same stories I have heard a million times before and continuing even though I tell her I have heard it before.

And the people I don’t know but she insists I do. You know Janet in the village? You know, Janet! Janet who won the canoeing championships once! Who goes to book group! Her son lives in America. I think he was the year above you at school. Janet! Anyway, she had a plant in her garden that was lovely….. BLAH BLAH BLAH.

You get the idea! I do love her to bits 😁