Wednesday, December 17, 2008
#333: No tap water in restaurants in Argentina
You just can't get tap water brought to you in Argentina. Even when I was by glaciers and the tap water was the best you could possibly have and better than bottled water, I could not get them to understand the concept. That, or they just refused. One time, a guy just poured me a little bottled water in a glass at no charge, but that wasn't the point. I find bottled water the ultimate in wastefulness when you have fine tap water and I didn't want to contribute to the waste. Severity: 3
#332: Having to ask for the check in Argentina
On my trip to Argentina, I found it a bit annoying to have to ask for the check every time. They just never would come by and see if you were done or not. Sometimes, you like not being rushed, but often it was quite obvious I was ready and having to say "La cuenta por favor" so much became irritating, though it was one of the few phrases I mastered. Severity: 2
Monday, September 29, 2008
#331: Blackberry Buzzing
People at meetings that have their blackberries out and they buzz for every email vibrating on the table. Why do people need to get a buzz for every email? They are going to check it every 5 seconds anyway. It's distracting to me. Severity: 3
Sunday, September 07, 2008
#330: Single Serving Laundromat Supplies
It annoys me to see people wasting money buying single-use supplies from the laundromat vending machine. To pay 75 cents for 2 sheets of Bounce is shameful. How hard is it to buy a 120 sheet pack like I do and take some to the laundromat when you do your clothes? Instead of paying 38 cents a sheet, I pay something like 3 cents and save on trash by not creating packaging waste like this fool did. Same goes for detergent purchases (which this guy also made). The laziness, lack of green, and extreme waste of money boils my blood a little. Severity: 3
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
#329: Fast Phone Number Giving
I dislike when people leave a voicemail and they leave their phone number in such a fast way as to make it nearly impossible to get the number. It's both rude and self-aggrandizing in that it's saying that the person thinks their time is so valuable that they can't spend the extra second to leave the phone number in a slower, intelligeble manner. Severity: 2
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
#328: Premature Elevator Leavers
I don't like when I'm in an elevator with someone else and they stop off at a floor before mine and before the door opens they make a move to leave and have to hold themselves back and are really close to the door. I'm a bit confused by why this annoys me, but I think it both makes me nervous for their agitation to leave before they are able to and insulting for them wanted to get out of the elevator (and away from me) so fast that they can't bear to wait another second. Severity: 1
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
#327: Ticket Number write down
When I call in to the help desk at work, they always say, "Now write down this ticket number" and it's stupid because seconds later, you get an email with the number. So I just pretend I'm excitedly writing the number to make the guy feel important, but I think it's stupid. Severity: 1
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