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What is your patience kryptonite?

  1. cheesetomywhine

    pear / 1586 posts

    Picking is the worst. I cannot stand it!

  2. CupQuakeWalk

    coconut / 8475 posts

    @Mrs. Jacks: *shutter*

  3. LovelyPlum

    eggplant / 11408 posts

    Students.who talk through class...I had to restrain myself from throwing 3 rows of disruptive kids out of lecture today. I almost lost it.

  4. yoursilverlining

    eggplant / 11824 posts

    Not using your blinkers.

    People that are willfully helpless.

  5. autumnlove

    hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts

    Slow talkers!

  6. StbHisMrs

    pomegranate / 3329 posts

    Chewing noises are the bain of my existence.

    Bad/slow/oblivious drivers and people who push their carts down the wrong side of the aisle, think costco. Drives me absolutely batty, makes me wonder if they drive that way!

  7. MamaMagpie

    persimmon / 1436 posts

    @mrsscb: *shudder* when I lived in NYC it was all I could to not let the daily barrage of horrible noises on the subway ruin my day! I would always wonder "do you realize you're singing out loud? And off key?"

    Mine is definitely people who completely disregard social etiquette! Think line-cutters, taking up more than one parking spot, men not getting up for pregnant ladies or elderly (I don't care if it's old-fashioned), etc.

  8. mediagirl

    hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts

    When they open a new check out line, say, "next in line" and inevitably the person who just got in line runs over. FFFFFFFFF youuuuuuuuuu. Not just the line runner but the cashier, too!!!!

    Heavy breathers, personal space invaders and bad drivers are up there, too. I should mention I have little patience to begin with.

  9. MrsSCB

    pomelo / 5257 posts

    @MamaMagpie: Seriously, I just got to work and there's this one middle-aged guy that plays the same game on his phone EVERY. DAY. with the sound on full blast! It's starting to drive me nuts. I really have to get on a different car but there's always a seat on his. What a conundrum... haha. Also the men I see never get up for pregnant ladies. It always ends up being me instead

  10. ladyfingers

    pomelo / 5331 posts

    General stupidity. A lack of awareness of the presence of other people (ignorant grocery aisle dawdlers, wayward mall walkers who don't understand the concept of lanes when walking in crowded spaces, drivers who pull into the first gas pump, blocking access to the farthest one unless you back in). People who don't use their blinkers. Insurance companies. When my husband keeps doing something I've asked him not to (putting dishes on the counter after they're washed rather than in their proper place, leaving things out rather than returning them to the place he originally found them, perching glass bottles of condiments on top of other jars in the fridge rather than securely in the door cubby, leaving our infant Unswaddled when he puts him down for naps).

  11. MediaNaranja

    pomegranate / 3244 posts

    @LovelyPlum: Ugh, add to that students who spend the whole class on facebook/pinterest/reddit/whatever....why do you even bother going, isn't it more comfortable to surf the internet at home in your PJs? I had to start sitting in the front row of all my classes because that made me so rage-y.

    @StbHisMrs: I stopped going to the movies because I can't stand the sound of people eating popcorn and making slurping noises with their giant sodas. And the sound of the crinkling bag. And if someone sneaks in an extra crunchy snack like potato chips....RAGE.

  12. lomom

    nectarine / 2127 posts

    @bree72: +1

  13. lomom

    nectarine / 2127 posts

    @mediagirl: I hate the line thing too. I'm very passive and non-confrontational but I do occasionally speak up and say I was there first.

  14. lomom

    nectarine / 2127 posts

    I hate when people in traffic wait until the very last second to get over, like if the lane is closed ahead. They stomp on the gas and cut in front of everyone. Omg it makes me nearly homicidal, especially when they cut in front of me really quickly, nearly taking off my front bumper, and then slam on their brakes.

  15. Honeybee

    pomelo / 5178 posts

    Constant interruptions. I don't mind being interrupted occasionally, but if it happens more than five times in five minutes, I lose my cool pretty quickly.

  16. blackbird

    wonderful grape / 20453 posts

    People who are inconsiderate and/or stupid. Oh and people without tact.

  17. pui

    bananas / 9899 posts

    Clients who act like my job should take 10 minutes and should cost less than $100. "What am I paying for!?" Uh, ALL THE WORK I DID FOR YOU?? Maybe???

  18. LovelyPlum

    eggplant / 11408 posts

    @MediaNaranja: On a normal day, I'm totally in agreement. But yesterday, I was thanking my lucky stars that so many of the people who didn't want to be there were sleeping/doing other homework/reading/playing games on their phones silently. I'm a TA, so we get to police the back of the room. Yesterday, I had three rows of 18 year olds drawing giant penises and throwing them between each other, and one more who came drunk. It was all I could do not to lose. my. religion. If it wouldn't have been such a disruption to the lecturer, I would have thrown about 10 of them out.

    Today, it's funny. Yesterday, I wanted to kill someone.

  19. Caly

    nectarine / 2765 posts

    Slow people. Drivers, walkers, talkers...they make me wanna slit my wrists with a dull rusty table knife.

  20. Maysprout

    grapefruit / 4800 posts

    Self-centered / know-it-all adults . Since having a toddler my patience with adults who act like toddlers is just non-existent.

  21. bushelandapeck

    pomelo / 5720 posts

    repetitive noises like pen clicking, tapping, dogs barking, honking, whining, etc. Drives me crazy!

  22. sera_87

    pomegranate / 3604 posts

    People who walk into traffic/cross the street without looking.
    Babywise, when he latches and unlatches repeatedly while nursing. Cannot.deal.

  23. MrsRoo

    pear / 1642 posts

    Space invaders, and people who don't have a grasp of basic manners. How hard is it to say please and thank you?!?

  24. StbHisMrs

    pomegranate / 3329 posts

    @septemberlove: I absolutely hate this, sometimes I wish they'd hit me that way I can call the police on their dumb@sses! I get total road rage at this one particular intersection because of this very thing!!!

    @mediagirl: Those people and cashiers get the stink eye from me. So rude and so annoying!!

  25. mrbee

    admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts

    One more: when the kids are in a non-listening mood all day long. This happened a lot during Charlie's 3s!!

  26. Cherrybee

    papaya / 10570 posts

    Hahaha! Im so glad you revived this thread! I saw the title and thought "DD crying for no apparent reason - I neeeeed to be able to fix whatever is bothering her and make it stop!" then I saw that the thread was 5 months old and wondered what I had said 5 months ago.....

    "Not being completely in control". Well, there you have it. That's my problem!

    Why can't I control my 5 week old???? Lol.

  27. mrbee

    admin / wonderful grape / 20724 posts

    @Cherrybee: let me know if you figure out how to control children! What an incredible trick that would be!

  28. californiadreams

    pomegranate / 3411 posts

    lately it is when LO just won't fall asleep!!!

  29. Lindsay05

    pomegranate / 3759 posts

    Whining.
    Liars.
    People who overcompensate. Think facebook.

  30. avivoca

    watermelon / 14467 posts

    Cups of soda left in the sink instead of emptied/thrown away, bad customer service, and rudeness.

  31. HLK208

    pineapple / 12234 posts

    When it's nap time and DS is so wound up, he won't nap. I woke up at 5am with you! I dealt with your tantrums all morning! Please, please let me take a break and just nap!

  32. Dandelion

    watermelon / 14206 posts

    @PrincessBaby: Same! People stay in their own little worlds and don't think about the people around them who are being affected.

  33. Penny Lane

    nectarine / 2163 posts

    this thread is awesome. i like to think i'm a pretty patient person, but composing my list in my head... it's pretty long

    the main one is constant noise! alarms, whining, repetitive bass lines coming from boy racer cars... ack!

    and people who don't pay attention to what's happening around them. parking carts perpendicular in the aisle of the supermarket so no one can get past while you take your sweet time pondering the list of ingredients in your premade spaghetti sauce, teenagers walking sloooowwwwly down the street in a line that blocks the whole sidewalk...

    phew, it felt pretty good to get that out!

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