Annoying traits

I'm a low talker.

I'm also a flourisher.

ok. your turn.

My voice is so soft, people can hardly hear me when I speak.
No matter what happens to me, I survive.
I won't shut up and I won't go away.
I'm originally a Kentucky hillbilly and it shows. :p

Rude sense of humor.

Overly generous to people about whom I should care less, a bit tight-assed with people about whom I genuinely care.

Not very assertive.

In a crowded room, I can make myself and others deeply uncomfortable with my social inability, to the point where I'm left standing in a corner by myself, eating all the hors d'ouvres and waiting for the event to end.

I think you're past that.

I saw you working the room before you realized I was there.

I don't hear very well and am constantly asking "what?" "eh?" "huh?" and blowing the speakers in my jeep.
I use sarcasm, subtlety and foul language in excess.
I don't answer the phone.

I'm sarcastic.

I point out the obvious.

I have been known to "needle" people into giving out personal information.
All of the above may be due to occupational training.

Sanctimony thy name is Griff.
I also have an over-active imagination which often leaves me reading too much into some things while ignoring what is obvious to everyone else.

jinx wrote:

I don't hear very well and am constantly asking "what?" "eh?" "huh?" and blowing the speakers in my jeep.
I use sarcasm, subtlety and foul language in excess.
I don't answer the phone.

Is the speaker-blowing a cause or an effect?

I get bored if I'm not doing somthing that second and blame people around me for being boring.
I won't stop doing donuts in my church's parking lot.
I like playing with children's sponge-like minds.
I spend alot of my free time reading posts in this wierd place called the basement or something and ignoring my girlfriend's whining...

I get ratty with people who aren't prepared for their next task. I can be the most impatient person ever. I can't stand stupid mistakes. oh, and I fart in polite company.

being a natural introvert in a sales job, i use most of my "outgoing" energy with clients leaving little for my wife and son.
i have no ability to be friendly with those i deem unreasonable.

You ask me about some of the sad and nerdish things I know about and I'll go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on about them.
You ask me about other stuff and I'll go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on about it.
I don't like being interrupted!

I find it difficult to deal with people in a rational way in person. Am constantly fluctuating between being a real ass (40%), overly polite (40%) and about normal (20%)

I enjoy firing large caliber handguns from the window of my car but suppress the urge in all but the most remote locations. I also avoid this with a passenger because of the noise and the hot casings bouncing around the front seating area.

I'm a congenital smartass. My sense of humor is very acerbic and sarcastic. Not everybody enjoys this.

The only thing that saves me is that my natural introversion prevents me from firing these off in EVERY situation.

I'd rather read or surf the net than talk to people, even people I like.

Elspode wrote:

Is the speaker-blowing a cause or an effect?

An unfortunate effect... unfortunately. Especially now that Jim is selling the wrong kind of car and can't just take it to work and switch them out.

I know it may be hard to believe, but I too have a few annoying traits. I've been told occasionally I can come off as overbearing, rude, or pretentious....even an asshole.

I consistently and fervently believe that I am the most fascinating person in any given room. Doesn't matter who else is in the room.

I tend to use big words and obscure references purely for their intimidation factor.

My farts smell vaugley of vinegar.

-sm

I talk too fast, and over other people.

I love burping loudly.

I ask my husband to rub my feet on a nearly constant basis.

smoothmoniker wrote:

My farts smell vaugley of vinegar.

Professional musicians fart? Next, you'll be telling me that TV stars use the bathroom.

smoothmoniker wrote:

I consistently and fervently believe that I am the most fascinating person in any given room.

Not sure if this helps you blend into the celeb culture there or not. Does this conflict with the likes of Dr. Phil?

I project myself as stupid and then react appallingly when people treat me as such.
I will ignore someone rather than engage in small talk.
I can be judgemental and intolerant.
I accuse others of doing the things I hate about myself.
I underestimate my competition, make no effort, and then get jealous when they win.
I am often absent-minded which can come across as uncaring, thoughtless, or downright rude.

I steal other people's food, pens, clothes and the beer they've been waiting for all day.

OH! I steal other people's food, too! I'm the one at work who digs into your personal stash! :blush: Actaully, I see a LOT of my bad traits represented up here on this board....hm.

Brianna wrote:

OH! I steal other people's food, too! I'm the one at work who digs into your personal stash! :blush: Actaully, I see a LOT of my bad traits represented up here on this board....hm.

Yeah, I was just thinking the same thing, how I see lot's of my own annoying little habits posted in this thread. I'm ALWAYS on the computer which drives my BF nuts. Maybe we all ended up down here in the cellar for a reason! :eek:

Yeah, I see some of my own annoying habits already posted here so I don't think I need to post them again. :angel:

I make strange reaction faces uncontrollably, unconciously, obnoxiously. I would not do well in a debate format split screen nor at a poker game.

I have a compulsion to peel things like labels and paint. Weeding is like that too, to distraction.

It seems to piss other people off that I know a lot of stuff.

I fully admit that most of it is useless trivia, or represents a surface understanding of a much deeper topic, but the impression that I seem to give is that I'm a know-it-all.

But I can back it up.

I do have a tendency to be condescending toward people. The reason for this varies from person to person, but the most typical would be "individual x is as dumb as a post."

I eat my hangnails off my fingers. To the point at which they bleed, and sometimes I ignore the bleeding.

I smoke...way too much.

I have to have the sheets on my bed in EXACTLY the right way. if they are messed up, I get pissed.

I refuse to eat eggs. They are just gross. Period.

I procrastinate very badly.

I don't like plastic cups...I only drink out of glass or ceramic. The smell drives me crazy. Styrofoam just "feels" wrong.

I have an unhealthy obsession with the color, aqua.

I never quite learned how to use a comma correctly, I just put one where I think there should be one.

my sentence structure is awfull and my handwriting is quite possibly worse

I tend to be painfully oblivious to some very very obvious things.. and overly aware of some very very obscure things

I'm too curious for my own good

I've got a bad 'thing' for readheads

I smoke (cigarettes) and drink too much

and I tend to piss off my neighbors by playing guitar too loudly at odd times

cowhead wrote:

my sentence structure is awfull and my handwriting is quite possibly worse

I tend to be painfully oblivious to some very very obvious things.. and overly aware of some very very obscure things

I'm too curious for my own good

I've got a bad 'thing' for readheads

I smoke (cigarettes) and drink too much

and I tend to piss off my neighbors by playing guitar too loudly at odd times

but you're from lawrence, KS - the home of Coalesce so anything listed here may be overlooked.

cowhead wrote:

my sentence structure is awfull and my handwriting is quite possibly worse

I tend to be painfully oblivious to some very very obvious things.. and overly aware of some very very obscure things

I'm too curious for my own good

I've got a bad 'thing' for readheads

I smoke (cigarettes) and drink too much

and I tend to piss off my neighbors by playing guitar too loudly at odd times

You sound just about perfect! :D

warch wrote:

I have a compulsion to peel things like labels and paint. Weeding is like that too, to distraction.

Oooooh! Will you come down to Colorado and weed my yard? It's a postage stamp, but I never seem to get around to weeding it - another annoying trait of mine! :D

I'm more intelligent than everyone else.

I'm smarter than everyone else.

I'm always right.

For some reason people find these things annoying instead of worshipping me as they should.

I don't leave an impression on people; I leave a dent. (According to others!)
I express my opinions too forcefully, especially when it doesn't matter.
I'm rude, arrogant, charming, witty, and absolutely impossible to deal with. :)

- Pie

Troubleshooter wrote:

I'm always right.

You and the majority of people I run into.

Troubleshooter wrote:

. . .. instead of worshipping me as they should.

I disagree.. I think I'm worshipping you exactly as I should.

I'm out of beer & WFT am I doing in this thread? :dead:

Please may I add that all too often I am bombastic?

I'd also like to piont out that this thread reminds me of a recent TV programme I saw (in the UK) called something like 'public opinion' (Catwoman, Zummerzet, help me out here). The chairman (Gyles Brandreth if you please) had a four word unpleasant description of an unnamed celebrity and four celebrities to play with. Each celebrity (the programme I saw featured Jimmy Saville and Daniella Westbrook, Craig Charles and one other) had to explain how each pejorative word could be applied to them. I was intrigued to notice how eager they were to own up to, for example, 'irresponsible' but baulked at confessing to being 'pretentious' (or something similar). I suppose this give rise to a new thread .... here.

1) When I drink too much, I get confrontational.
2) I talk too much, and usually forget the point of conversation because I go off on tangents. I also have a hard time just getting to the point because I put too many useless details in stories.
3) I question/argue everything (so my husband always tells me) and don't just do what I'm told <--tho I think this is also a good trait occasionally
4) because I don't communicate my feelings well, I sometimes get very angry at stupid things because it's really something else that is bothering me.

I'm sure I'll think of more

LabRat wrote:

...
4) because I don't communicate my feelings well, I sometimes get very angry at stupid things because it's really something else that is bothering me.
...

Oh, boy! Are you my BF?

I sometimes come off as a know-it-all...even when I *do* know it all.

Also, my self-deprecating humour sometimes gets misinterpreted.

1) Somewhat of a control freak.
2) Too sensitive at times.
3) Did someone mention handwriting? Mine totally sucks.
4) A slow burn temper (but it's getting better!)
5) My own worse critic (damn my body image issues!)

More to come I'm sure...

lookout123 wrote:

but you're from lawrence, KS - the home of Coalesce so anything listed here may be overlooked.

I hope that's considered a good thing, they are actually really nice guys... if you like that sort of thing you may also want to check out Salt the Earth (although they just broke up) Theta (oh man..) and Wormwood (although they just moved to seattle) Santos Gold.. oh hell here's a link to free Mp3's

http://www2.lawrence.com/mp3/

there's more stuff on there than you can shake a stick at...

1.) I often think I'm funny when it's only me that sees the humor in what is posted.

2.) When you least expect me to barge into the thread, I do.

3.) When you kinda want me to barge in, I don't.

cowhead wrote:

...and I tend to piss off my neighbors by playing guitar too loudly at odd times

You very well might be my neighbor. He somehow got it in his head that playing his guitar, complete with amp, or playing with his band after midnight isn't a problem for anyone else who lives around his apartment. He's not all that great a singer either? Can you sing?

When I get tired or stressed, my naturally shy tendencies take over, and I become quiet. I tend to withdraw emotionally when I get over-stressed.

I am scatter-brained, sometimes to the anoyance of others. I am patient about most things, but I have almost no tolerance for selfish behavior, particularly when at the expense of others. I also react poorly to having my integrity questioned.

I used to be generous with money to a crippling fault, but being taken advantage of a few times helped me grow a thick callous over my generosity.

Farting.

No, wait -- its way too funny to be annoying.

I've polled all my constituents and I've no annoying traits.

At all.

I stole some vicodin once, but it was for a really good reason.

I always put the milk in the cupboard, instead of back in the fridge.
Sometimes i put my keys in the fridge or some other random place like a bathroom drawer and can't find them.
It wouldn't be so bad if i didn't accidentally do things like this all the time.
I suppose it's just being absent minded.
My roomate thinks it's the worlds most annoying "trait".

Cyber Wolf wrote:

You very well might be my neighbor. He somehow got it in his head that playing his guitar, complete with amp, or playing with his band after midnight isn't a problem for anyone else who lives around his apartment. He's not all that great a singer either? Can you sing?

sing? oh no no no no no... well sometimes... but it's usually quietly and to myself.. I don't have any pretences about being a singer... and I try (usually succesfully) to NOT play my guitar with the amp plugged in (it's a Marshall 1/2 stack.. so it tends to pack a pretty sizeable whollop.. and where as it's great for playing clubs and such... not so good for practicing :) ) so other than that it's the accoustic or the 12 string (which my tuner went out on me.. so it's getting to be a bit out of tune and... yowch) and the band I am in/was in we practice over at our drummers house and are usually done by 11:00 at the latest.

oh! another few annoying traits of mine..

parenthetical quotation

not picking my mail up (thusly infuriating my mail person)

and randomly getting distracted by shiny things.. I think I may have been a crow in a former life (if there is such a thing)

Doodle wrote:

I always put the milk in the cupboard, instead of back in the fridge.
Sometimes i put my keys in the fridge or some other random place like a bathroom drawer and can't find them.
It wouldn't be so bad if i didn't accidentally do things like this all the time.
I suppose it's just being absent minded.
My roomate thinks it's the worlds most annoying "trait".

I've some really bad news for you. It's not being absent-minded. You've real psychological problems. Milk in the cupboard, keys in the fridge---more to the story, Doodle.

Brianna wrote:

I've some really bad news for you. It's not being absent-minded. You've real psychological problems. Milk in the cupboard, keys in the fridge---more to the story, Doodle.

Well if it is a psychological "problem", i'm not too worried. There are worse ones to be had.

I could be smearing things on walls while screaming at imaginary people.

No worries here.

OK this is the best thread I've found so far on this site. Doesn't that say enough right there?!? I have been shy and conservative and not posted much but truthfully I'm conservative but NOT shy and am tired of being ignored!!!!! Maybe this is just the wrong site for me to wander in and out of. Maybe I'm not aggressive enough and don't post enough but...........ah hell I don't know.... I've got LOT's of annoying traits...just like most of the people on here (meant as a joke, not a criticism!). Like SteveDallas, I'm more of a surfer than a talker. But people like us need more encouragement to bring out the best in us. So people, what do you say to that? (Actually I probably don't want to really know, it just was fun to act like I did for a few lines!) I know I'm going to get lot's of crap... let the fun begin!!!!!

triestemoi wrote:

I've got LOT's of annoying traits...

You don't say?!?!?! I would have had no idea!!!!!!

triestemoi wrote:

OK this is the best thread I've found so far on this site. Doesn't that say enough right there?!? I have been shy and conservative and not posted much but truthfully I'm conservative but NOT shy and am tired of being ignored!!!!! Maybe this is just the wrong site for me to wander in and out of. Maybe I'm not aggressive enough and don't post enough but...........ah hell I don't know.... I've got LOT's of annoying traits...just like most of the people on here (meant as a joke, not a criticism!). Like SteveDallas, I'm more of a surfer than a talker. But people like us need more encouragement to bring out the best in us. So people, what do you say to that? (Actually I probably don't want to really know, it just was fun to act like I did for a few lines!) I know I'm going to get lot's of crap... let the fun begin!!!!!

Ignored?

Just get out here and post! I don't do it for *attention* but because I want to say something. so .... say something!

limey wrote:

Ignored?

Just get out here and post! I don't do it for *attention* but because I want to say something. so .... say something!

i do it for the attention.....

surprised?


didn't think so.

add that to my list

Brianna wrote:

I've some really bad news for you. It's not being absent-minded. You've real psychological problems. Milk in the cupboard, keys in the fridge---more to the story, Doodle.

Yeah, tell me about it. I do that shit constantly. I fixed dinner for this elderly lady recently and then put the meatloaf I'd made back in her cupboard with the pots and pans. I lost my debit card and reported it missing. Two weeks later the replacement debit card came in the mail and I lost it before I even had a chance to activate it. Then I found the first debit card in the toe of one of my shoes (???????). My life is continually filled with amazing surprises. :eek3:

I become ever more forgetful with every passing year. I look forward to the day when I can hide my own Easter eggs.

Elspode wrote:

I become ever more forgetful with every passing year. I look forward to the day when I can hide my own Easter eggs.

Hey! I can do that now! Except that by time Easter comes I'll have forgotten your suggestion. I hide my keys from myself - I didn't lock the door to my house for the better part of this summer because I kept loosing my house key, and I lock myself out of my car constantly because I leave the key in the ignition and lock the car. I have given a friend a set of spare car keys so he can come rescue me. I ALWAYS seem to loose my driver's license (have to go down for my third replacement one in a year (I think), my glasses, my prescriptions, my doctor's name which is in my daytimer which is lost, my cat, my car (once I couldn't remember where I'd parked it and called it in as stolen to the police - it was parked around the corner from the pay phone I made the call from), I even forget what I'm supposed to be looking for in the middle of searching for what ever it was. Today I watched Farenheit 911 on video and was amazed to hear about the events of the 2000 election. I didn't remember a single thing about it. Oh well...

marichiko wrote:

Today I watched Farenheit 911 on video and was amazed to hear about the events of the 2000 election. I didn't remember a single thing about it. Oh well...

Sorry to spoil the mystery, but Bush won. I will refrain from detailed commentary on the way Michael Moore tells that particular tale as I have not seen Fahrenheit 9/11. Other people are free to jump all over that puppy. I would suspect that most people who remember the 2000 election don't remember it the way he does, however.

Buy a carabiner for your keychain. If the keys are not in your hand or in a lock, keep them clipped to a belt loop (my only exception to this rule is if I am carrying the dayplanner that's actually a concealment holster, in which case the keys are clipped to the strap). Haven't lost a set of keys yet ... (this includes the keys to the nuthouse which are on a separate keyring.

wolf wrote:

Sorry to spoil the mystery, but Bush won. I will refrain from detailed commentary on the way Michael Moore tells that particular tale as I have not seen Fahrenheit 9/11. Other people are free to jump all over that puppy. I would suspect that most people who remember the 2000 election don't remember it the way he does, however.

I haven't seen it either, wouldn't waste my money on it, but I'm patiently awaiting my copy of FahrenHYPE 9/11 that should arrive in the mail any day now.

Annoying trait=Registered Republican

Mari, how good are you about keeping your wallet where it belongs? Maybe not the stuff inside, but the wallet itself? I propose a wallet with a chain.

I have a wallet chain so my keys and wallet are all in one unit. I also keep a bunch of extra keys that don't go to anything on the chain (including a fire extinguisher key!) If I drop it, it makes all kinds of noise so there's no way I can miss it. I've gotten to the point where I know something's not right if I'm not carrying that 3 pounds of wallet and metal, so I never wander without realizing I don't have my wallet and keys. It also makes a pretty decent weapon. It's like having your own personal spiky ball on a chain that no cop will question you about having in public or using in your defense. Tried and true! :D

wolf wrote:

Sorry to spoil the mystery, but Bush won.

Yeah, I kind of gathered that from the film. I was wondering who that guy in the president's office was. ;)

Maybe the rest of you can help me on another point, however. There was this part at the beginning of the film where all these black voters from Florida appeared before the Senate with petitions stating that their votes had been invalidated somehow, but not a single Senator would sign their letters of protest. What was up with that? Was that a true grievance or was it Moore propaganda? Again, I remember nothing of this.

Cyber Wolf wrote:

Mari, how good are you about keeping your wallet where it belongs? Maybe not the stuff inside, but the wallet itself? I propose a wallet with a chain...

Bwah-ha-ha-ha! Keeping my wallet where it belongs! That's a good one! (Where IS my wallet? hmmmm...) The trouble is that I never put stuff back in my wallet. I stuff cash, license, etc. absent-mindedly into my pockets or my purse or even my grocery bag and then forget that I did that. I DO use something similar to your trick, however. I've put one of those cute little beanie baby style lions on my key ring along with a small flash light. The bulk helps me to find my keys. Unfortunately, it doesn't prevent me from leaving them in my ignition. The other trouble is that I'm ALWAYS sensing something is wrong because something usually is, I just can't put my finger on it. I am developing some coping skills, though; like the spare keys with a friend thing, and if I have to remember something really important, I'll write a note to myself on the palm of my hand - learned that one from the movie, "Memento" (sp?). I was really impressed by the guy with the short term memory loss writing notes all over his body so he could remember things. I always loose my notes on paper. I hardly remember anything else from that movie, but I loved that one part.

Elspode wrote:

I become ever more forgetful with every passing year. I look forward to the day when I can hide my own Easter eggs.

:lol2:

marichiko wrote:

Maybe the rest of you can help me on another point, however. There was this part at the beginning of the film where all these black voters from Florida appeared before the Senate with petitions stating that their votes had been invalidated somehow, but not a single Senator would sign their letters of protest. What was up with that? Was that a true grievance or was it Moore propaganda? Again, I remember nothing of this.

It's not your memory. There wasn't much coverage of that event, with all of the other brouhaha over the election. What happened was that the Democratic senators made a deal with the Republicans to get equal representation in committees if they didn't sign on to the complaints. That deal was broken when Jeffords changed the equation.