Everybody gets pissed off at something on a daily basis. For me, it's generally 1) traffic, and 2) my employers, in that order. What frosts your cookies every day?

-- Anonymous, January 27, 2000

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In general, waking up pisses me off on a daily basis. I mean, here I am, in some nice fluffy dream where everything's the way I'd like things to be (great powdery snow on the hill, 0 windchill, freshly waxed skis, luscious ski bunnies everywhere, you get it, my kind of heaven), then of course the alarm explodes in my ear and I hafta go to fucking work. Pretty much a letdown almost every morning.

-- Anonymous, January 27, 2000

Traffic is a big piss off for me. I drive on a three-lane highway to work, each morning. Left-to-right, the lanes are thus: Uttermost left is for the speeders.. the fast lane, the quick express.. if you aren't going at LEAST 20 over the speed limit.. get out of this lane. The middle lane is the "truck passing lane".. they can't go in the furthest left lane. DON"T go in theirs. it's rude. AMERICANS VISITING CANADA PLEASE RE-READ. seriously. TRUCK PASSING LANE. the last lane, the uttermost right lane is the lane for everyone over 65, driving a crappy car, or who didn't realize balls were on sale at sears and are afraid to go over the speed limit. now, i fully expect this to be adhered to, and i get seriously upset when it's not. i'm always running late, i always have a nine oclock waiting for me in my office, so dammit i need to be ontime and people not using the right lanes impedes my struggle to get to work on time. have i gone on about this enough?

-- Anonymous, January 27, 2000

Uttermost left is for the speeders... The middle lane is the "truck passing lane"...the uttermost right lane is the lane for everyone over 65, driving a crappy car, or who didn't realize balls were on sale at sears and are afraid to go over the speed limit.

What if you want to drive right around the speed limit? Seriously! This happens to me all the time where I live...I don't want to drive 85 in a 65mph zone, so I won't be in the left lane. I don't want to drive 45 in a 65, so I won't be in the right lane.* So I drive in the middle lane. But if I go to Canada and drive in the middle lane, I'll get run over by a truck driver! :D Where do I go?

* This is in no way shape or form intended to imply that drivers in Silicon Valley adhere to the "left lane = fast, right lane = slow" rule. 45mph in the left lane on the freeway is apparently a way of life in Silicon Valley.

Nothing really pisses me off daily. Can you believe it? Little things like The Co-Worker Who Eats Popcorn With His Mouth Open are irritating, but that's about it. Hrm. I guess I get irritated quickly, but it takes a whole lot to actually piss me off. Am I dodging the question? :)

-- Anonymous, January 27, 2000

OK, the popcorn in mouth thing would really cheese me off. My officemate chews gum every afternoon, and she chews WITH HER MOUTH OPEN. I can't stand that sound. It is the worst sound in the universe. I want to murder her with an axe every time I hear it.

And yet, I haven't said anything, out of politeness. I guess I just don't want an intra-office war between us, but DAMN, I seriously can't take the gum chewing for much longer.

-- Anonymous, January 28, 2000

ya know..as hard as i try i dont get pissed off..i do get irritated..and maybe that is the same thing..but who is to say...

I guess my customers irk me something firece on a daily basis....i am a good sport, though...but christ..i can only take so much...

what pisses me off is that i cant get really pissed off...i mean..i try and then it leaves just as soon as it arrives....one day i would just like to get good and pissed....hey it is a new year...

-- Anonymous, January 28, 2000

Ok, buckle your seatbelts:

1. Fast food joints that take longer to get my order than it takes my Grandmother to make it up a flight of stairs. Which is over 20 minutes by the way, she's 95 years old. 2. Fast food places that NEVER get my order RIGHT. Either there is something missing or its not even what I ordered. 3. Pizza delivery people who lie to me:"The guy just left with yoru pizza" - BULLSHIT DONT LIE TO ME I LIVE LESS THAN 5 MINS AWAY! 4. Little kids screaming and making a giant amount of noise at 7 am on Saturday morning outside our townhouse. 5. People who do 55 in the passing lane. 6. drivers that dont signal for turns at all. 7. drivers that signal for a turn one milisecond before the turn. 8. tailgaters. Unless its me behind the guy doing 55 in the passing lane. 9. Sitting down on the toilet to find there is no toilet paper left on the roll. It's gone, just the empty cardboard hanging on the holder. OH yeah, that pisses me off. 10. Toothpaste in the sink that could of easily been rinsed away. 11. Hair in the drain of the shower. 12. Over stuffed trash in the kitchen. You won't hurt its feelings if you take it out you know... and no, its not my job if you're saying, why dont YOU take it out. Its the principle of it. But it does get taken out eventually so thats ok. 13. Dried coffee stains on the kitchen counter near the coffee machine. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WIPE UP AFTER YOU SPILL!!!!!!!!!!!! 14. Running out of stamps. 15. Girls who assume they can flirt all out with my boyfriend - think again, I think it's a turn on and funny to a point as does he. Cross that point and you'll be down a bra size the hard way, babe. 16. Two drops of milk left in the container, yet it is in the fridge and not the trash. 17. Laundry left in the dryer by anyone - others leaving it means I get to take it out and fold it. Me leaving it in means i have to re- rinse and dry again since its all wrinkled now. Either way its a pisser. 18. Men who think because they have a penis they are automatically more logical and smarter than women. Last time I checked, the penis was nicknamed the Dumb Stick. I say that since many men have done many dumb things for me because of it. :) 19. Men who do dumb things for me because of their penis. 20. My mom saying "i told you so" or "because I'm the mom". YICK 21. Low gas lights on cars. 22. Chevy Luminas - long story. 23. Grocery baggers who play slam-dance with my food in the bag. 24. Waitresses/waiters who give attitude. 25. Long lines of anything. 26. People who cruise in their cars, usually crappy and gold junk covered, playing their music so loud and with so much base that the dead could be raised. Ask me about the gas station incident if you want a good laugh! 27. Being late for appointments, meetings movies etc. 28. Being bugged on the weekends by telemarketers.. family.. friends.. anyone in general. Anit-social I know, but dammit I deal with people all week long, leave me the flock alone!

-- Anonymous, May 02, 2000