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Annoying people....
Posted January 16th, 2008 at 05:43 AM by minute44
I've worked serving the public in some capacity for about 9 years now and I've come to realise that people really do have some damned annoying traits/habbits when speaking to someone they don't know.
For example, some laugh at everything even though it's not at all funny. You wouldn't do this when talking with your friends or family... but for some reason, some people seem to think a barcode falling off a bottle of milk or a slightly off-colour egg in their carton is hillarious when discussing it with the checkout operator at the supermarket.
Another example is people that infantilise everything and sound like a 5 year old. I can't really make this clear in text but they'll talk to strangers like they would talk to an 18 month old baby in a buggy out of the bizzarre notion that it conveys friendlyness.... when it just conveys annoyance.
What makes people act like this?
Yet another example is people that talk to someone they've never met before like they've known them for years, moreover, mentioning the names of people they know as if the stranger has any idea who or what they're talking about. "I took one of these around to my neice, paula's house, you know how she is about things being clean..."
Sorry to go on, I just needed to get that off my chest
For example, some laugh at everything even though it's not at all funny. You wouldn't do this when talking with your friends or family... but for some reason, some people seem to think a barcode falling off a bottle of milk or a slightly off-colour egg in their carton is hillarious when discussing it with the checkout operator at the supermarket.
Another example is people that infantilise everything and sound like a 5 year old. I can't really make this clear in text but they'll talk to strangers like they would talk to an 18 month old baby in a buggy out of the bizzarre notion that it conveys friendlyness.... when it just conveys annoyance.
What makes people act like this?
Yet another example is people that talk to someone they've never met before like they've known them for years, moreover, mentioning the names of people they know as if the stranger has any idea who or what they're talking about. "I took one of these around to my neice, paula's house, you know how she is about things being clean..."
Sorry to go on, I just needed to get that off my chest
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Different people, different Walks of Life!
Different people, different Opinions! Different People, different Values! Thant whats makes this world a wonderful place! |
 
Updated January 21st, 2008 at 01:32 AM by Monie |
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Still annoying.
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Another damned annoying trait is when people use a huge font size to be noticed... especially when their point doesn't even apply to begin with.
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There.. like it?
The moral of the story is, You can't force people to be like yourself, or what you like and don't! If all people in this world is looked-like you, then what's the point of having a "colorful" world? Solution: you just have to deal with it..  Haa.. |
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Updated January 18th, 2008 at 12:29 AM by Monie |
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I'm not talking about what people look like, their walk of life or opinions. I'm talking about people who fundamentally change their interaction habits when talking to someone they don't know... to the point where it's annoying.
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monie you seem to be trying to force some kind of moral on a situation where its not relevant minute44 from what I understand is talking about when people act different when they don't know you not complaining about why people are different just why they act different to who they are when they don't know you.
and to minute44 it is pretty annoying especially the latter where people act like they know you when they don't I hate that especially if there not nice. |
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I'm with Monie. Deal with it, people are different and have different ways of dealing with any given situation.
Having said that though, I worked in retail for ten years and what used to really piss me off was people with no concept of personal space.. they want to talk to you from an inch in front of your face! That and clowns that try to return something they bought 5 years ago worth 50c (still with receipt and all!). Ah, the memories.. I don't miss it. |
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So I was different that any of you guys...
 Sorry about that minute44, sorry for the misunderstanding.. Now I understand |
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Oh yeah! People with no concept of personal space are very annoying. That said, culture can play a huge part in this. People in Arab countries are very tactile and their idea of personal space is very different to ours.
Once i was waiting in line at Burger King and this guy behind me stood so close i could almost taste his brilcream! Wierd. |
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People feel comfortable in familar situations. They know the people in thier close circle so they know how other people will respond & react to them thus they can be them selves.
Making small talk or general conversation to people you don't know can be nerve wrecking to some. To them it's just as never wrecking as taling to that girl or guy you like for the first time. I think its a fear of rejection myself. If you approach a person with a light hearted or babyish manner and appear over friendly, your less likely to get told to p**s off. Could it be that these people know that deep down they have really irritating traits and they know it but don't want to show it on first impression? Who knows! The psychological workings of the human being are fascinating to be sure lol I can merely speculate. In my oppinion the kind of behaviour minute44 is talking about bugs me more than it would if they were just being them selves! Myself I'm naturally shy when first meeting people, watching what I say and do but that is mostly due to not knowing how people are going to react. In this day and age you could be talking to an knife wielding looney you might just trigger into a frenzy just by looking at them! The other day I was getting a tyre changed and tried to strike conversation with another guy who was waiting to be attended to. Usually some light hearted humour does the trick to break the ice but this guy didn't seem to be human. Totally blank expressions at most things I said, even the non humorous small talk! You can just tell when people don't want to know no matter what angle you approach them at. Amusingly, when we were about to leave, he started to try and start a conversation ROFL  |
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Updated January 23rd, 2008 at 06:05 AM by weasel |
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