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At work or elswhere?

My desk is next to a co-worker who is constantly clearing her throat and it drives me crazy evil I try to ignore it but some days it just gets to me............. evil
Back before I retired, I used to get annoyed at the body language of someone was clearly upset when I cleared my throat. mrgreen


Sorry, couldn't resist oops
What really annoys me?

Pretty much everything annoys me.

londonsquare @ Tue 08 Nov, 2005 Wrote:
Back before I retired, I used to get annoyed at the body language of someone was clearly upset when I cleared my throat. :mrgreen:


Sorry, couldn't resist :oops:



Hahaha :mrgreen:

But there is a difference in clearing your throat and constantly clearing your throat.
I timed it this afternoon, it was every 75 to 90 seconds. Now that is a problem :evil:

Some people do have a problem with keeping their throat clear, especially older people.

Do you think that you do something that may annoy people?
People who constantly sniff are pretty irritating, but it's so common here I'm beginning to think that it's not as socially unacceptable here as it is in the UK. If people sniff regularly for long enough, I will give them a tissue, so I bet there are a fair few people round here who get really annoyed by the Randow Kleenex Distrubutor of Ann Arbor Town! lol
Its the ones that sound like they snorted the whole of the contents of their nasal passages down their throat that get to me.
Noisy eaters, like slapping their gills and eating with their mouths open . . ughhh
At the grocery store check out.

someone puts all their groceries on the counter then goes off to do more shopping. then comes back and has to write a check.
I get annoyed by slow walkers in my office building. The corridors are too narrow to 'over take' so I tail-gate and make polite coughing noise until they pull over....
They should have their own lane like at the swiming pool.

One of the guy who works for me spends a bit to much time playing 'pocket billiards' it's a bit offputting tryign to listen to what he's say while he's fondling himself.. shock -

marmitemaniac @ Tue 08 Nov, 2005 Wrote:
Its the ones that sound like they snorted the whole of the contents of their nasal passages down their throat that get to me.

Me too! Of course, there are people back home who do that too, however I've noticed there are far more 'snorters' over here and it's absolutely gross, IMO. Even more so if you're in a restaurant listening to them snorting and swallowing their phlegm. Boak! :evil:

Cappellirossi @ Tue 08 Nov, 2005 3:40 pm Wrote:
One of the guy who works for me spends a bit to much time playing 'pocket billiards' it's a bit offputting tryign to listen to what he's say while he's fondling himself.. :shock: -


Couldn't you get in the game too, just to pass the time?

I suppose any sort of lazy behaviour really that inconveniences others. Like not putting shopping carts away, or parking right in front of the school doors in the no parking area because it's too much trouble to park in a parking bay.
people that have 20 items in the cart and go through the express lane of 15 and under. I do say something every now and then. normally, something about having a problem with maths lol.

But I must admit I have gone through the line with my wife and split it between us lol
I hate that people blow their noses all over the place, my co worker blows hers at her desk all day, and I think it's rude - go to the bathroom for god's sake - i don't want to hear you blow your snotty hanky mad

joyce @ Tue 08 Nov, 2005 Wrote:
At the grocery store check out.

someone puts all their groceries on the counter then goes off to do more shopping. then comes back and has to write a check.


Sorry Joyce, it's only cos I have to ask where stuff is. I'll try to get it under control. :wink:

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