Things that annoy me (in no particular order):
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
1. Akademi Fantasia - No idea why people are crazy about it (read: the Malay demographic), but it's Astro's highest rated programme and (I think) biggest money earner. Also no idea why people would spend so much money voting for their favourite contestants to stay in. The daily, fly-on-the-wall Diari AF like that. Their weekly concerts also like that lah. The outcome also fixed like anything - democratic, my ass - and like the other AF naysayers, it's more about the popularity, not the talent. Not to mention the dumb ass merchandising: official magazine, tee-shirts, caps, aluminium bottles, etc.
2. People who drive in the middle of the road, literally - they hover between two lanes for reasons unknown to the rest of us. Find myself honking and also cursing them for their indecisiveness. Also makes it really hard to drive past cos you never know when they decide to settle in ONE lane.
3. People who don't seem to know how to park their cars - the idiots you see who are parked between two parking bays or has their head or butt of the car so much on another bay you can't park without scratching the first car.
4. Bent book spines - I don't understand why people need to ruin the spines of their paperbacks by opening them flat out at a 180° angle, with loose pages looming in the horizon. WTF. I yelled at the last person who did that to one of my books - my bro. Not forgetting also other forms of abuse towards books, like getting sauce on the pages, dog ears, etc.
5. The Simple Life - Paris Hilton admitted that she's only playing a "role" on the show. It's established that the show is really super dumb. And it's for the entertainment factor. But why do people watch it still? I tell you Paris and Nicole wouldn't goof up their "jobs" on purpose if they don't have their LA lifestyles to go home to. And I wonder who in their right mind would actually go out and get the DVDs?
6. WASSSUUUPPP...!!!! - Most annoying greeting on the face of the planet. Seriously. Whatever happened to plain old "Hi" or "Hello"?
7. Here's another - "Ya' know what I'm saying?" NO I don't know WHAT you're saying, jackass. If you speak more coherently in the first place then you wouldn't need to ask everyone else if they "knew what you're saying".
8. When you have a car to drive, people you know assume that you'll be there to drive them here and there or pick them up when you go out somewhere. And then they take you for granted - not chipping in for petrol, parking and all that.
Frankly I've nothing against picking people up, it's just that once in a while I would like not having to drive people around, you know? At least lah, volunteer to drive sometimes, esp. when I don't feel like it. At least my mother still insists on driving whenever we go out.
9. Instead of proper testimonials on Friendster, there are the buggers who would give you those stupid ASCII art things to pass them off as testimonials. Maybe I should just delete them.
10. When I have to pay more for stuff than I have to, like recently. My Actorlympics ticket cost me RM32 when it should've been RM27. (I don't care what you say, RM5 is still money). Of course it's not really anyone's fault or anything. Just a bit unjustified loh.
11. Small children at warehouse sales
Why the bloody fuck would any sane parent want to bring kids under 7 to warehouse sales, esp. when some of these sales are held at industrial areas and are not typically properly ventilated (no fan/AC) and it's bloody hot? They're miserable being there cos they're the smallest things there on two legs and getting seperated would be the worst thing that can happen with the rampage of kidnappings these days. The rest of us are also miserable (more so, ME) cos you keep bumping into them and they also take up space, believe it or not.
Guess this would explain why Mum never takes us out when we were younger.
Please lah, leave your kids at home - I BEG YOU.
12. Bookcrossers with empty shelves
This applies to the people I've referred. Okaylah, I admit it took me a long while (and an idle mind) to finally get round to registering most of my books on my virtual shelf, but in the end it was nice seeing it all there, in any order possible (by author, title, date of registration, ascending/descending order). It can get a bit addictive at times, seeing the number of your books increase and it showing on your Bookshelf page, etc.
13. People with SUVs and 4WDs running errands
Anything bigger than a 4 door sedan annoys the crap out of me. It's already bad enough that these huge monsters are somewhat intimidating to drivers of compact cars (like myself) without the owners doing errands with them; double parking due to lack of parking bays and also cos of laziness (not willing to park further - Malaysians would rather spend hours getting the best and closest parking lot than to park a bit further) then obstructing traffic with its massive size. I also think it's stupid to own SUVs with petrol prices steadily rising. (Okay, my mum's driving a Jeep Cherokee so I can't comment too much about the 4WDs, but about the same lah).
14. Abuse of "Away" status on MSN
I find it bloody irritating that some people are constantly "Away" even though for all I know that they're in front of the computer - I always have to try my luck and drop a line. After a while, I don't give a rat's ass. I may be guilty of being constantly "Invisible" on ICQ, but if you're not in the mood to talk on MSN, don't bother signing in.
In fact, there's a "Appear Offline" status made available, use it.
15. Loud people
I dunno why they must speak so loud when the intended audience is within 2 metres of the person. Maybe their goal is to break the eardrums of everyone within earshot of their voices.
I'd rather lose my hearing to music than to these loudmouths.
This list would be updated from time to time as more ideas pour in.
2. People who drive in the middle of the road, literally - they hover between two lanes for reasons unknown to the rest of us. Find myself honking and also cursing them for their indecisiveness. Also makes it really hard to drive past cos you never know when they decide to settle in ONE lane.
3. People who don't seem to know how to park their cars - the idiots you see who are parked between two parking bays or has their head or butt of the car so much on another bay you can't park without scratching the first car.
4. Bent book spines - I don't understand why people need to ruin the spines of their paperbacks by opening them flat out at a 180° angle, with loose pages looming in the horizon. WTF. I yelled at the last person who did that to one of my books - my bro. Not forgetting also other forms of abuse towards books, like getting sauce on the pages, dog ears, etc.
5. The Simple Life - Paris Hilton admitted that she's only playing a "role" on the show. It's established that the show is really super dumb. And it's for the entertainment factor. But why do people watch it still? I tell you Paris and Nicole wouldn't goof up their "jobs" on purpose if they don't have their LA lifestyles to go home to. And I wonder who in their right mind would actually go out and get the DVDs?
6. WASSSUUUPPP...!!!! - Most annoying greeting on the face of the planet. Seriously. Whatever happened to plain old "Hi" or "Hello"?
7. Here's another - "Ya' know what I'm saying?" NO I don't know WHAT you're saying, jackass. If you speak more coherently in the first place then you wouldn't need to ask everyone else if they "knew what you're saying".
8. When you have a car to drive, people you know assume that you'll be there to drive them here and there or pick them up when you go out somewhere. And then they take you for granted - not chipping in for petrol, parking and all that.
Frankly I've nothing against picking people up, it's just that once in a while I would like not having to drive people around, you know? At least lah, volunteer to drive sometimes, esp. when I don't feel like it. At least my mother still insists on driving whenever we go out.
9. Instead of proper testimonials on Friendster, there are the buggers who would give you those stupid ASCII art things to pass them off as testimonials. Maybe I should just delete them.
10. When I have to pay more for stuff than I have to, like recently. My Actorlympics ticket cost me RM32 when it should've been RM27. (I don't care what you say, RM5 is still money). Of course it's not really anyone's fault or anything. Just a bit unjustified loh.
11. Small children at warehouse sales
Why the bloody fuck would any sane parent want to bring kids under 7 to warehouse sales, esp. when some of these sales are held at industrial areas and are not typically properly ventilated (no fan/AC) and it's bloody hot? They're miserable being there cos they're the smallest things there on two legs and getting seperated would be the worst thing that can happen with the rampage of kidnappings these days. The rest of us are also miserable (more so, ME) cos you keep bumping into them and they also take up space, believe it or not.
Guess this would explain why Mum never takes us out when we were younger.
Please lah, leave your kids at home - I BEG YOU.
12. Bookcrossers with empty shelves
This applies to the people I've referred. Okaylah, I admit it took me a long while (and an idle mind) to finally get round to registering most of my books on my virtual shelf, but in the end it was nice seeing it all there, in any order possible (by author, title, date of registration, ascending/descending order). It can get a bit addictive at times, seeing the number of your books increase and it showing on your Bookshelf page, etc.
13. People with SUVs and 4WDs running errands
Anything bigger than a 4 door sedan annoys the crap out of me. It's already bad enough that these huge monsters are somewhat intimidating to drivers of compact cars (like myself) without the owners doing errands with them; double parking due to lack of parking bays and also cos of laziness (not willing to park further - Malaysians would rather spend hours getting the best and closest parking lot than to park a bit further) then obstructing traffic with its massive size. I also think it's stupid to own SUVs with petrol prices steadily rising. (Okay, my mum's driving a Jeep Cherokee so I can't comment too much about the 4WDs, but about the same lah).
14. Abuse of "Away" status on MSN
I find it bloody irritating that some people are constantly "Away" even though for all I know that they're in front of the computer - I always have to try my luck and drop a line. After a while, I don't give a rat's ass. I may be guilty of being constantly "Invisible" on ICQ, but if you're not in the mood to talk on MSN, don't bother signing in.
In fact, there's a "Appear Offline" status made available, use it.
15. Loud people
I dunno why they must speak so loud when the intended audience is within 2 metres of the person. Maybe their goal is to break the eardrums of everyone within earshot of their voices.
I'd rather lose my hearing to music than to these loudmouths.
This list would be updated from time to time as more ideas pour in.
