The minor annoyances thread

[SuaveStar]

You need to really examine when you get them. See if you can find a common trigger. It might be a person or a certain task, it could be your job or school or home life, or even something small such as a smell.

Me, mine are set off whenever I work with HTML for too long. (We're talking hours at a time.) Even though I know the code, it can overwhelm me. There are certain people who also act as triggers. Since I've cut them out and / or limited my interactions with them recently, I've suffered fewer attacks.

Medicines such as Xanax do the job well, but learning what causes the attacks in the first place is better than popping pills.

Well, the one I had today had to do with money issues, and being in a crowded place. I was worried about money issues, and then the streets were so f-ing crowded and I wanted to just go for my train in peace.

Mostly, I would say my attacks are due to crowds and money issues, it's not really people that get to me, it's the money worries and crowds, I just get worried and working in a crowded restaurant, I still haven't got used to it yet.

Also, a thing that really triggers it for me, is kids around 6 and under, the ages of my nephews crying, it is just a horrible sound.

[Missy]

Crowds get me, too. Just last week I was out with Niki, and when I suddenly realized how crowded the room was, an attack hit me hard. It was so bad, I nearly passed out. Most people probably thought I was drunk, 'cause I had to stumble out of the bar for some space and fresh air.

[SuaveStar]

Yeah, it's horrible when that happens, I can sit down in a crowded bar and be fine, it's just in the bar, standing at the bar and waiting to be served or having to stand about for extended periods of time.

[George W.]

Today, while showering, a penny fell out of my hair. I'm greatly concerned.

I had a cockaroach fall out of my hair once. Just be grateful you aren't deathly afraid of pennies.

[JackFetch]

T-Mobile service went out in the South today for about 4 hours. I think I'm going to switch to Verizon and get the Droid.

[KnightWing]

I'm not sure that I slept at all last night.

I drank one 16oz Monster energy drink yesterday at about 5pm, but went straight home and didn't have a chance to run off the extra energy. I kept that buzz all the way until now (8am). My fingers are still tingly, and typing is slightly difficult.

[Guest DCAUFan1051]

T-Mobile service went out in the South today for about 4 hours. I think I'm going to switch to Verizon and get the Droid.

y'know it's funny... when I first got a phone with T-Mobile it said it was on the 3G network. But until the outage last night it showed as the Edge Network. It is now showing as 3G... that's just weird!

[Erin B.]

I have a cold sore in the crease of my mouth, which makes talking very painful, since opening my mouth reopens the sore.

[SuaveStar]

I just got tricked into working sunday 11-6.

I was supposed to have till fucking boxing day off!

Dammit.

[dc20willsave]

Ah Brits, you're all so cute with your made-up holidays like Boxing Day. What next, a monarch with no real power?

But seriously, that blows. Still, that's extra money in your pocket or the university's. Whichever.

[slothian]

Ah Brits, you're all so cute with your made-up holidays like Boxing Day. What next, a monarch with no real power?

But seriously, that blows. Still, that's extra money in your pocket or the university's. Whichever.

And Black Friday is what again???

[JackFetch]

Ah Brits, you're all so cute with your made-up holidays like Boxing Day. What next, a monarch with no real power?

But seriously, that blows. Still, that's extra money in your pocket or the university's. Whichever.

And Black Friday is what again???

Not a recognized holiday. It's just the biggest shopping day of the year. Boxing Day is actually on calendars.

[JackFetch]

I'm tired of "it's the last <insert stuff here> of the decade". Do people realize decades are ten years long? The decade started with 2001, not 2000.

[KnightWing]

I'm tired of "it's the last <insert stuff here> of the decade". Do people realize decades are ten years long? The decade started with 2001, not 2000.

But everyone remembers the year 2000 as the start of the new decade/century/millennium, so facts don't matter.

[Koete]

I was told there would be no logic.

[SuaveStar]

Ah Brits, you're all so cute with your made-up holidays like Boxing Day. What next, a monarch with no real power?

But seriously, that blows. Still, that's extra money in your pocket or the university's. Whichever.

And Black Friday is what again???

Not a recognized holiday. It's just the biggest shopping day of the year. Boxing Day is actually on calendars.

Boxing day is like that for us, it's when all the new years sales start.

[JackFetch]

Boxing Day is a government holiday though isn't it?

[SuaveStar]

Boxing Day is a government holiday though isn't it?

Yeah, banks are closed, and shops are mostly open short hours, like close at six if their open.

[Dread]

In Canada, it isn't a holiday. Just a shopping day.

[dc20willsave]

I'm tired of "it's the last <insert stuff here> of the decade". Do people realize decades are ten years long? The decade started with 2001, not 2000.

But everyone remembers the year 2000 as the start of the new decade/century/millennium, so facts don't matter.

I'm getting tired of that myself. I hate having to point out to people that there was no year zero, so for this to be the end of the decade, the first decade of the AD period had to be nine years long which by definition would be impossible. Like you said Jack, it's like all the idiots who thought we hit the new millennium in 2000 as opposed to 2001.

Ah Brits, you're all so cute with your made-up holidays like Boxing Day. What next, a monarch with no real power?

But seriously, that blows. Still, that's extra money in your pocket or the university's. Whichever.

And Black Friday is what again???

Not a recognized holiday. It's just the biggest shopping day of the year. Boxing Day is actually on calendars.

Boxing day is like that for us, it's when all the new years sales start.

Okay, I've actually been curious as to what Boxing Day is. It's nice to know you guys use an actual holiday for your big shopping day as opposed to us Yanks who just go for the day after one.

[SuaveStar]

In Canada, it isn't a holiday. Just a shopping day.

To clarify, it's a bank holiday. Meaning banks and people who work in the government get the day off.

Okay, I've actually been curious as to what Boxing Day is. It's nice to know you guys use an actual holiday for your big shopping day as opposed to us Yanks who just go for the day after one.

There's some stuff about how it got called boxing day, but really for me, it usually means a Rocky marathon.

Not this year though

Also, boxing day is the 26th of December.

[James D.]

You know, I brought up the whole "2010 is not the new decade" thing weeks ago, but it's nice to know people agree with me.

[Professor]

You know, I brought up the whole "2010 is not the new decade" thing weeks ago, but it's nice to know people agree with me.

Not to argue, but could you explain this to me as I always get confused.

This is how it works out in my head. Decade means ten years. So for instance, we have the decade of the 80s. So that would be 1980-1989. So the 90s would be 1990-1999. Then wouldn't the 00s be 2000-2009? Because the implication that the 00s should be 2001-2010 means that the 90s are in fact 1991-2000. So, 1990 is considered in the 80s. I know the argument of no Year 0 so you have to go 1-10. But it seems like if you go 1-9, everything works better, I guess?

I am serious when I say my head hurts now.

[Stavros]

Think of it like this- Ten isn't a full ten until the end of the tenth unit. The end of the ninth, switching over into the tenth isn't the full decade, its a year short.

[JackFetch]

There was not a year zero. You start at one and end at ten. People just find it easier to understand it in terms of 80s, 90s, ect. In reality, the 00s are different than the decade because they start and end at a different time.