what really annoys you?

Answer 1

Lots of things. Right now it's that fruit fly that keeps buzzing between me and my monitor.

Any time someone makes a statement that involves assumptions I believe are untrue, but does not permit me to challenge those assumptions, I get terribly frustrated. I figure if you want to dialog, you should say things in a way that makes it possible. And if you don't want to dialog, you should probably just shut up.

I am also terribly frustrated by what I call "psychobabble," and which I strongly suspect is really neurolinguistic programming. Some people have a way of speaking which is very contrived, full of buzz words and politically correct expressions that mean nothing really, but sound like something right and good. They learn this in many professional training areas, especially the so-called helping professions.

Dolores Umbrage, in the new Harry Potter movie, is a classic example of what I mean. I have not seen the movie yet, but I have just been re-reading the book, and I have seen the previews of the movie. She's one of those types that drive me right up the wall. A friend of mine used to refer to them as sweet little bunny rabbits with fangs.

Answer 2

some of the loonies on answers.