What are your day to day top annoyances?

Dennis Kirban

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I figure some of the readers of this post could make a huge list. I know as a company owner dealing with the public I could fill a book.

Here are some that quickly come to my mind:

Speed bumps, in my area they even have some on actual side streets.

Packing peanuts....no one in shipping and receiving ever I repeat ever wants to see them. They cling to you they get stuck in the parts blow all over the floor, you get the picture.

Drivers texting while driving worse yet ones that simply stop in a lane and do it.

The customer that calls in the morning and wonders why it is not on the brown UPS truck that afternoon.

The customer that buys a complicated part from another company and expects me who has zero knowledge of technical engine awareness to explain how it works.

With that being said what annoyances "bug" you on a day to day basis?

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Phone calls & the lack of common sense in leaving a message.

Name & return number FIRST. Speak slowly & clearly when leaving the return number. I can't tell you how many times I have had to listen to some long winded story & then they spit out the number like a machine gun. Now I have to listen to the story again as I try to decipher the number.

Of course the availability of caller ID has helped, but now it appears that people don't feel the need to even leave a message. They just hang up & expect you to return the call.
 
The stupidity of people, if they would take 10 seconds to think about what they are doing, WOW!!!
Definition of Insanity, doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
 
People that wait until that are at the exit and cut across 2-3 lanes of traffic to get off at the exit.
 
If your in your TR hopefully itll be easier than the exit doonboggle...just press the loud pedal
 
People who don't like packing peanuts.
It's the best and lightest packing there is.
I've sold a couple of hundred tractor/trailer loads of them over the years.




That's a Dennis Kirban inside joke. :)
 
Stuff around the house breaking - in threes. Seems like every time something breaks, two other "breakages" are right behind it. I'm at the point in life where fixing one thing is no problem, after that I'm pi$$ed!
 
Stuff around the house breaking - in threes. Seems like every time something breaks, two other "breakages" are right behind it. I'm at the point in life where fixing one thing is no problem, after that I'm pi$$ed!

Kirban 2 cents worth I can relate to that....in the real world all you are doing myself included is fixing the house up for the next people....

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People that go thru a 5 minute routine before they exit their car after parking or after they get into their car before they pull away.

People that use their horn in traffic.

People at drive thru windows that take forever to situate their order in there car while the attendant waits with there hand out holding there change.

Going out for a leisurely Cruz on a random quiet route and someone is behind you making every turn you make.

People that use the word amazing more than once a month.

North face jackets.

The phrase go big or go home.

People that pump gas at a busy gas station, then go into the store to shop leaving their car at the pump.

Hearing Metallica played over the p.a. at sporting events when 20 years ago you were viewed as deranged for liking them.

Well, that's a start :oops::D
 
My day to day annoyances are myself! This getting old is for the damn birds!

I've been "trying" to repair my '88 Jeep front differential, ball joints, etc. for the past three months! Want to get it done and out of my garage before it gets too hot during summer. Everything is all apart, spread all out in the garage, pieces everywhere!

The problem is my damn right knee and hip.....first MRI shows that I need a complete hip replacement! Been in excruciating pain for all these months. All the while, still going out and working on the Jeep, but the pain is severely limiting my progress. Can only do one little thing then I have to quit due to this damn pain problem!! ANNOYED!!!!:mad:

Then, I reinjured my right knee....fell four feet two years ago onto a wooden chair..split my leg open, ripped the hell out of my right knee......doctor said I had a small crack in my oba-gooba bone, or whatever. Finally healed somewhat, then hurt it all over again three weeks ago! Even worse this time!

MRI today showed that I have torn the moruoci-oochie thingy (shock asbsorber for the knee) Can hardly walk, sometimes with a cane...the pain is unbearable for me.....still, I go out to work on the damn Jeep....parts all over the floor. Had to get a big floor lift for it, (expensive) because I can't even use my jacks anymore due to the knee pain.....but want to get it done!!! Still can't.

Can't even take my wife shopping without limping like Chester. Can hardly stand up at the end of the day.

Doctor visit again Friday...MRI results that I do not look forward to.......I know I'll be told I'll need an operation! Just great! Been through therapy, Ten's Unit, exercises at home, still no good, very bad pain all the time.....hard to sleep. Not in too good of a mood, but my loving wife still feeds me....

So my day to day annoyances are PAIN! Seriously, nothing else bothers me except myself!

Had to mow three acres of grass two days ago, I could barely walk into the house.....PAIN. But still cleaned the lawn tractor and put it away for next time.....hurt like hell.

Now the major annoyances for me are the times it'll take for me to recover from this operation....whether they'll cut off my leg, give me a wooden leg, a parrot on my shoulder and a patch over my eye, I don't know.

But, man, I'm ANNOYED big time! And aggravated.

And still, 100 more things to do around here, like Dennis says, "Taking care of the house for the next owners." That's the best true statement I've ever heard.

Plus, my crooked brother and his "wife" are forcing the sale of our late parent's home, so I have to figure some way to go get all the stuff out of there....the house is 100 miles from here, and I've got to clean it out....their damn lawyer has been hounding me unmercifully! Even telling them I can't even stand up at times does no good! Who in hell said brothers are loving must have had their heads in the sand......not mine. Greedy, selfish, self centered, egotistical, and a dictator wife one has...a real BITCH! Hateful as hell. Hates me with a passion. (Hmmm, got off subject there....see how easily I get annoyed?)

And here, Dennis is 70 years old and look what that guy does! He's the Energizer Bunny! Just don't know how he does it....went to FOUR JUNKYARDS, plus numerous other things like dinners, going to Richard's...... I can't even make it through the junkyard gate. That Dennis Kirban, wow, where he gets his energy from I don't know.

Yes, I'm annoyed as hell. Another long night in pain is not too comforting. Thanks for letting the" annoyed grump" here rant. (Well, you asked!)

Bruce '87 Grand National
 
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I have a couple things one is locally we have it good we have WAWA great convenience store which has a gas station too. The people who pull up to the gas pump and then go inside to get their shopping done tying up that pump in the middle of the afternoon when everybody else is just trying to get gas! We call them Gasholes! Pay at the pump and then move your car. Who pays in cash anyway nowadays?
Second gripe having attorneys call me on the phone looking for help with a case they have. This is info that they should either know or can find out on their own! After all they are the ones pulling in the six figures a year not me!
Well guys that what grinds my gears stay classy!!


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People that apply there brakes on interstates for no apparent reason. Ignorant drivers. People without common sense.
Selfish people. People who have money but are cheap. Waiting in lines. Computers that don't work. As Bruce mentioned living in constant pain and not being able to get stuff done. Dishonesty.


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Most days, everything annoys me. And I mean everything. Everybody, everyplace, everything.

Everything!!!!!!!

o_O:yuck::banghead::wtf::grumpy::bigtears::finger::arghh::rage::jawdrop::punch::vomit::mad:
 
Fast lane campers

Those people who pull up to the pump then go inside to shop...but some are worse. It's the ones who pull up to a diesel/gas pump then go inside to place a food order (Sheetz) while I sit there with my landscape crew costing me $1 per minute (they're on the clock)

Sentence finishers. Shut up and listen, don't try to predict what my next words will be.

Interrupters. Shut up and listen. Speak when it's your turn

Inconsiderate people.

Highway mergers. It's not my responsibility to be sure you can get in with traffic. I'll get over if I can, I'll slow down if I can but don't look at me like I'm the asshole if you can't merge properly

People who won't get over when they're clearly able

Cigarette butts/litter bugs - people who smoke, put those butts where they belong. The earth is not your ashtray. Keep your trash in your vehicle until you get to a wastebasket

I see most of this every single day and it pisses me off

One more. This is a true story. I left Richard Clark's one evening in my Buick. Came to a license check about a mile down the road on 62. Cop gave my license back and told me "nice Monte Carlo". Me: uh..... thanks. For fxxx's sake....
 
I never knew I was so annoying..... ;):p:Do_O

Ordering the same cup of coffee every day and being amazed at just how much different and worse they can make it.

Clerks, tellers, sales people etc. that talk to themselves, other employees, and customers about everything under the sun like spouses, pets, medical problems, while there's a line out the door of waiting customers. :mad:

Stick to work and quick friendly replies and there would be no line out the door..... ;)
 
Upselling. So tired of the add-on pitch associated with anything you buy.

Following up. Seems 50% of people you interact with cannot adapt without excessive reminders and some never ever get it.

Turns without signaling. Around here, it's a coin toss. I blame it on bad life choices and general laziness (which caused the bad life choices).
 
Pretty much all the above. But add being in a long line at checkout and they wait till lines are small to open another register.
 
Hwy lane mergers! If you can merge get the fuk off the road! Like Warp said, not my problem if the retard can't figure out the speed rate to merge properly.
 
Robot calls that, when someone on the other end of the line finally does say something, it's some dot head MF'r calling from the "World Pharmacy" and he's trying to "Help me renew my prescription for Viagra"..........:mad: That's what the internet is for, isn't it?........ :confused:;)

Sales people that walk into my office with no VIN number or information about what they are looking for and ask "Where is that Black 3 Series BMW we sent over here a couple of days ago?"........Because everybody knows there's only one Black 3 Series BMW in the whole, wide world and I'm the just guy who should know where it is. Worse, is when they send valet that's been on the job for 20 minutes with the same lack of info to ask the same question but the poor kid doesn't even know the name of the person who sent him. He just looks at me and says "They just told me to come ask you."

Texting and driving. Worst idea, ever.
 
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