Personality Traits You Hate
 

Everyone has a few - personality traits that just grate on your freaking nerves. I thought about this today when I was at my local coffee shop and ran into a lady I know who was completely in my face the whole time she was talking to me, and also she was talking very loudly.

I think it was more the talking loudly that bothered me than the fact that she was all up in my personal space. It annoys me to no end when a person acts as if they're on stage giving a performance for the entire store/restaurant/office.

Also, I really hate it when people won't make eye contact or seem to "cower" when they talk to you.

What personality traits get on your nerves?

We can't really help it. Sometimes eye contacts are just uncomfortable for some people.

I hate it when people can't keep their fucking distances with me. This is MY breathing space, this is YOUR breathing space and THIS is the fucking demilitarized zone between us, thank you.

It gets on my nerves when those people walk so close to me that I feel they're trying to crush me against the nearest wall. Or when they have to speak RIGHT UNDER MY NOSE, because clearly I couldn't hear them from a couple feet away. Keep your bad breath to yourself, please. I feel really uncomfortable when someone invades the little personal space I need.

I hate it when I go to shake a guy's hand and he gives you "the fish." When their hands are all clammy and they give you the most dead handshake ever. I wanna know they're alive on the other hand. However, it is annoying when you get some punk who tries to give you the death grip and act all tough. I usually get this from guys who are about 19 for some reason.

I'm not sure if it's a trait, but for people having a tendancy to bump in and invade your space when you're talking with your friends... Although I do it myself sometimes, but it's ridiculous when the person CLEARLY knows that they're not wanted in the conversation, yet they continue to stand there acting as if there were there since you started talking. It pisses me off whenever people do that. I just move away and drift to another conversation if I know i'm not wanted. <_<

I loathe people who think they are better than others in some way ... Especially if it's for superficial reasons.

Which brings up another trait I hate: Superficiality.

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You know what annoys me? People constantly complaining about other people. You suck a lot too, you know.

Lil' high school boys (w00t! high school is over!) who think they are "gangster" or "connected". Goddamn they are SO F'N ANNOYING...:

Gangsta Boi: Hey WTF you looking at me for? Staring at my face?
Me: I'm just staring in that direction (looking at your freakish hair)
Gangsta Boi: Nah man you want to start me or something!
Me: You idiot, I can't look that direction? (I wasn't looking at your face, idiot)
Gangsta Boi: Oh you think you're so good now?
Me: *sigh*

Oh my god! I get this all the time too! Don't you usually get a downstare with this as well? I usually get it from that age range too, so I'm starting to think that this is less of a coincidence and more of a fucking strange pattern... :eyebrow:

Yeah, I do agree with you. A FIRM handshake is a good character trait. I think what Methe was referring to though, was when you get someone who uses far more force than is required to shake one's hand.

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HAHA! I hate that shit too! Most of the time I get a courteous "thank you", but there have been times when guys I hold a door open for just give me this horrified look on their face like I tried to jump their bones wearing only a zippered leather mask and holding a 12" black rubber cock in one hand...

A handshake that makes your hand ache like hell is a firm one in my book =p Common courtesy around here is to squeeze the other person's hand rather hard when shaking. My definition of firm differs I'm afraid ^__^;

Well, this thread isn't about personality traits you love, ramroth, although I could just as easily make one of those. Want me to?

Don't act like there's nothing that bothers you about people. That's just not realistic.

Oh, and whoever said that about holding doors - I don't get it. What's wrong with holding a door open for someone - male or female? That's just common courtesy.

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Alice --
We're both siding with your opinion on the matter =p I've gotten strange looks/comments from some women and confused ones from a guy on occasion. Someone holds it for me? I tip my cap and say "appreciate it."

True enough. I think it has a lot to do with individual strength too. I know a lot of people who will hurt your hand with a handshake and not know they're doing so. Hey, if that's your handshake and it was firm and sincere in your book then it becomes so for me as well.

What Methe and myself refer to is the people who do it simply to act tough. I don't know how to explain it, but usually the situation lends all the signals for me to know... "OK, this boy wants to act tough. But if he gets out of hand down the line, he's gonna get taken down by a stray fist."

You know, it's ten times worse when guys do that handshake thing to girls. I understand it's some sort of manly ritual, this squeezing the blood out of each other's hands...but please don't do it to us women. Our hands are smaller and it really hurts. =/

You've never shaken my mom's hands... She can STILL crush my hand like she was making tortilla mix out of it...

Well, most girls don't like shaking hands as it is =p I'm gentle with old-timers (if they look frail) and womens as far as handshakes go.

Yeah, I have bony hands too. But I've never really met any women who do that bone-crushing handshake thing. Sure, they can...they just don't. It's definitely a man thing (and an Encephalon's mom thing).

I hate it when someone can't speak English properly. I'm not talking about non-native speakers, of course, but a native speaker who still can't grasp the basics of the English language.

Arrogant pricks piss me off, too. I used to be one, until I realized what an ass I was.

What'd you say 'bout my mama? :eyebrow:

I think only people from the UK will understand this:
ANY personality trait that a Chav possesses is very bad in every way.

Mainly people who are arrogant, narcissitc, egocentric, or all the above. It's also made alot worse if they have a superiority complex (i.e. the "only my opinion is valid" type -__-; )

YES! YES! Everytime I see something like "lot's" and "their (they are)" OMIGOD I blow up. Funnily enough, I'm Chinese...

Racists are funny too. Another scenario I went through in Year 8, at my racist high school... (my childhood was littered with examples like these).

Racist pig: Go back to your own country, you Chinese freak!
Me: My own country?
Racist pig: Yeh, back to where you were born.
Me: Sorry mate I was born here.
Racist pig: Well you're stupid!
Me: You're arrogant and ostentatious, mate. I'd rather be stupid than what you are.
Racist pig: Sorry, mate. I dorn speaka in Ching-Chong language. I ornry undastand Engrish.
Me: I was speaking English. I can't believe you don't know your own language.
Racist pig: Pfft. *walks off*

I'm with you, woman. You don't look me in the eye when you talk to me, or when I talk to you, I instinctively distrust you.

I hate when people talk way too much about absolutely nothing - or how they'll go on and fucking ON about how they knew so-and-so in school or college and tell me how they saw them and all the details of the conversation.

I hate people who speak slowly, people who never have a point, when someone lies blatantly, or base their opinions in something completely untrue et cetera et cetera. I hate slow drivers, I hate people who can't meet deadlines, I hate people who are never on time, I can't stand when people are indecisive.

This is the worst question to ask me. I hate pretty much everyone. ;_;

I think its funny how the traits you hate has gotten so much more attention than the traits you love, is that saying something?

Are you addressing me?

Because there are far fewer traits I love than the traits I hate. I am an overly-selective bitch.

I hate people with bad table manners. I mean, close your goddam mouth when you chew, and stop smacking. Bothers me to no end.

Also, I really hate those people who act differently towards you in different situations. Like, they'll be cool around you when it's one on one, but if they are around their friends they'll blow you off like you aren't cool enough to be around them.

Lastly, I hate people who absolutely have to be better than you at everything. If you say you can do something, they say they could do that back in primary school, and if you attempt anything, they're the first to criticize it as pathetic.

And flakes! Flaky people that never pull their own weight make me angry.

I'm so irritable. If it irritates someone else, it's irritating me twice as much. Honestly, I can't even try to make a list here, becuase it encompasses every vice possible.

But I mostly hate thiefs and liars; usually these two come in the same package. Don't steal my stuff, I worked hard for it. If you do, please admit it, it will reduce my anger greatly.

How about the arrogant/smart-ass dudes that, because of their background (for ex. rich, intelligent, naturally beautiful) take advantage of what they have? Girls who know they're beautiful and use it, guys who don't need to do well at school who can pay their way through to uni and arrogant idiots who, because of their smartness, are able to talk big and meet up to the standards?

Argh or maybe I'm just anti-social.

Same here. I've been known to back away from people when they start doing that stuff. Depending on who it is (a friend), I'll walk away.

Talking loudly just to get attention gets on my nerves as well. I really can't stand it, especially if they talk louder that my headphones turned up to 10...

How about people who growl when they eat?

Anyway...I really don't like it when people pretend they are something they are not (looks at people who pretends to be a certain stereotype that they are NOT...*cough*)

Also really do not like hypocrisy but I am also a criminal of this one T-T

I hate superficial people, but I do kinda feel the need to clarify myself. If my friend is really in to over-the-top jewelry and expensive clothing, that is alright with me. I consider that a "style", and whether or not it is a good look for them, I just respect that. If my friend is really in to leather and lace, even in the hot summer days and cold winter nights, I can dig that. What I can't stand are people that push themselves to give an impression of looking rich, or looking hardcore, or looking sexy. I can't stand posers. I respect a comic book geek wearing a starwars t-shirt a size too tight before I respect a fat chick in spandex, unless they are butch dykes that take no shit, in which it is more of a respectable hardcore mentality than a unrespectable sexy mentality. I know it is contradictary to say "be who you want to be" when some people do strive to be posers, but I don't care to split hairs.

I can't stand know-it-alls as well. I always support the voice of another's opinion, espically when it crosses my own, because you can have civil debates on the subject and get a broader perspective. On the other hand, there are people who "know the facts" about a subject they have hardly dabbled in and swear that they practically have a PhD in the subject. It is alright to be wrong, as sometimes we are informed of fiction that others conveyed as fact, but just admit you could be or are wrong when new facts arise.

I also can't stand white suburban kids who think that the closer you live to a big city, the more ghetto you are. It is funny how these white kids from Joliet and Zion (suburbs of Chicago) think that everybody who lives in Chicago is a gangster, but it doesn't phase them to find out that they have a high population of KKK and Nazi members. It is even funnier if you are from Cicero, which was a suburb literally run by mob rule. The city isn't the ghetto, it's just parts of Chicago that bring the image down (Cabrini Green was the best example until it was torn down).

People that get angry with the simplest things at the drop of the hat. You know, those people who you feel like you are verbally walking eggshells with? Oddly enough, one of my closest friends is exactly like that. :-P

Also, I dislike it when people apologize too much. It doesn't make any sense! You didn't do anything wrong!

Additionally, there are other people who have this sort of demeanor with you that is "fake-friendly." This is hard to describe, and is probably completely subjective, but basically certain people interact with me in ways that a bully would pretend to be friendly with a "victim." Like they are sitting/standing there waiting for you to say or do something that they can mock.
I just hate this. Either be friendly, or be unfriendly... just don't fucking pretend!

I hate it when people can't take a joke, then turn right around and throw one at you without a second thought. That's one of the reasons why i hate pre teens. I've gotten so much trouble from parents and staff at the summer camp where i usually work for making jokes that are obvious to me, but a kid taking it seriously. I only made the joke cause the kid seemed smart enough to understand it, considering he just finished telling me one, which was on par with my own.

I also hate people who have to ruin a joke for absolutly no reason. Or rather, this can be summed in by saying, people who are unwilling to suspend their disbelief. I have a friend who's exactly like this. He is completley inable to accept any abnormalities in movies, jokes, books, anything. If he sees something he doesn't like, he points it out, tells it how he thinks it should be, and then has to endure countless orders to shut up from just about anybody in the room. He's a good guy, but sometimes he drives me crazy.

I also hate people who are closed minded, especially on the topic of music. My biggest problem is when i'm driving with friends... well this is how it normally plays out.

"Mind if i put on some music?"
"What kind do you have?"
"Mostly heavy metal."
"Then no."
"Why's that?"
"Cause it's barley music."
"How's that?
"Well it helps if you can understand the lyrics, and maybe if there was a melody."

And i'm talking like Dream Theater, and Helloween here. I don't wanna start any music wars here, but i think most people will agree with me that Dream Theater and Helloween are worth at least a listen. I put up with/and for the most part enjoy all kinds of music, often with the same people as in this situation. I think the least they could do is try out my style at least once, and besides, i'm driving, so i should decide.

I also hate it when people discredit me as not knowing something on the subject, when it's clear that i know more than them. My friend tried to tell me the purpose of Karate, when i studied it for 10 years and attained a black belt, and he's never seen anything beyond The Karate Kid. I told him he was wrong, then he laughed at me and walked away.

There's probably some others, but these are the big ones.

I dunno about closed-mindedness; your friends might have a point about your choice in music. ;)

whatever. My point is that they've never heard it, so they can't classify it, yet they do anyways. Wouldn't that piss you off?

Yes it would.

And I am just making simple fun.


(also... postcount ++ [DANG YOU CAPO AND SONIC!])

Oh my god! I have a friend who does the same shit! It's seriously the most annoying shit and it's sometimes it's rather embarrasing.

For example: Just last week I was at my sister's house working on some price adjustments with my brother-in-law when this guy showed up looking for me. I told him we were almost done and he just hung out with us in the living room in which my sister was also watching Cash Cab. This guy was annoyed that for the "mobile shoutout" portion of the gameshow they were using Cingular Wireless service and his rant went something like this.

Friend: "OF COURSE they're using Cingular. Fucking corporate whores."
Sister: "What's wrong with them using Cingular?"
Friend: "Nothing, but do they HAVE to advertise it?"
Sister: "Well. Sponsors are normal for game shows. Why do you not get mad when they give away a Ford Mustang on Wheel of Fortune?"
Friend: "You're so fucking gullible! Do you really think that this show doesn't make enough money on its own?"
Me: "Shut the fuck up, right now. Don't you ever talk out of line in my sister's house"
Friend: "You guys have no sense of humor! I'm fucking out of here!"
Everyone: :rock:

Somewhat along the lines of superficiality...

People who use footholds for conversation. You all know what I mean, "Hi, how are you? How was your day?" and the sort. Once or twice is completely fine, cuz everybody needs a place to start. But after the seventh or eighth time, all the while not caring about the other person's day, feelings, etc., it feels like you're being used. Used for acceptance, mostly.

I hate it.

What the fuck dude? Do you have the same friends as me, or what?

The same friend I mentioned above also does this shit to me ALL the time. For example... A month and a half ago we shot pool at his house (on MY pool table, mind you) and I swear to whatever god you believe in this was our actual conversation.

Me: "Hey, I got this new album by this band called Architecture In Helsinki. Put that on."
Friend: "They suck."
Me: "You've never heard them."
Friend: "Who gives a shit? They suck."
Me: "Why don't you at least give them a spin?"
Friend: "Fuck that, put on Creed again."

Later that week we were in my car listening to the SAME band that sucked and it went like this:

Friend: "Wow! Who's this?"
Me: "Why?"
Friend: "They sound awesome."
Me: "You think so? I thought you said they sucked."
Friend: "I never said that!"
Me: "Dude! You just told me that on Saturday! You wanted to listen to Creed while we were shooting pool!"
Friend: "Well shit! I must have been drunk!"
Me: "Dude... You've been sober since New Year's... "
Friend: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...bestofluck.gif

I agree. People with bad table manners should just go somewhere and eat by themselves. I really can't stand it when people chew with their mouths open, examine their food, talk with their mouths full or pick through their food with their fingers. No offense, but men seem to have waaaaay worse table manners overall than women. I think some guys think it's manly to eat like a pig.

My mother would have slapped me out of my chair if I had eaten like that at her table.

I really hate people who talk non-stop. People who only listen to others stories or opinions when taking a breath. I find if you know every detail of what the person did during the week, without asking specifically, within the first 30 minutes of meeting them, then they talk too much. These people are often female and also dead boring.

Overly cocky super arrogant know-it-all SOB's who know everything in the world, flaunt it about like thier freaking Albert Einsteins, and you cant tell them anything different. I cant tell you how much that annoys the flying backflipping fuck out of me.


On a completely different note - a lot of the personality traits my father has I find myself conflicted over and I'll kind of get mad at myself when I emulate them without thinking. =\

Ditto. And let me tell you, it gets worse as you get older. I'm starting to think that no matter how hard we try not to, when we get old we actually become our parents.

You're so silly. Food is for putting in your mouth, any way you can. Men don't care much for ridiculous ritual or multi-forked tables. Women care about looking pretty and doing things in a "civilized" manner.

I was raised with impeccable manners. I ignore almost every single one of them these days unless I am in a really upper-scale place where I'd get kicked out otherwise.

More things I dislike:
People who have more clothes than their house can handle. People who get their nails done on a regular basis only to be hindered in daily life. So I guess we could say thats pretty much beauty before logic.

I refuse to believe that you can't help it (unless you have a condition like autism). You know that it's not socially acceptable not to be able to make eye contact. You know it's something you have a hard time with. Why just accept it and say that you "can't help it"? Your mind is strong. You can do amazing things with it. Just tell your eyes what to do and they'll do it. It might not be within your comfort zone, but sometimes you have to suck it up and make yourself do things that are hard, for your own good. If you do it enough, it will probably start to feel natural eventually.

Of course, like you said, there are legitimate conditions that make it almost impossible for some people to maintain eye contact, but for most people it's something that you just have to work on if you want to be socially acceptable.

Once again, agree.

I don't see why it would make you uncomfortable to make eye contact with people. What do you have to hide? Its a sign of little confidence to me, and I automatically write people off who show these traits.

And Alice is right - sometimes, despite your comfortability levels, you have to be a man and just do it. None of us like jury duty, none of us like dealing with the police, et cetera. There are some things in life you should just learn to live with.

If you want to get a good job and maintain healthy human relationships, you should be able to look a person in the eye.

Please don't take offense to this. ;_;

Yeah, man i've been there too. I picked up a friend of mine one day, and she hates the white stripes (i rather like them). I had Get Behind Me Satan playing on the player when i picked her up, and she didn't say a thing. I think the only song she'd heard by them was Fell in Love With a Girl, and ever since then, the band has been unworthy of her ears.

I asked her if i should turn it off, and she said no it's not bad. When we were getting closer to where we were going, she was really enjoying it, and she finally asked which band it was. When i told her it was the White Stripes she looked really confused, and refused to believe me.

People who seem to have a constant need to be the best at everything, or have the answer to everything. It doesn't matter what you ask, they have the correct answer (even if they have no fucking idea what they are talking about). It doesn't matter what you've done, they've done it better/faster/harder/longer--even if they really haven't. They exaggerate anything and everything to make themselves look better. Its annoying as shit, but I've found that it often conceals a severe self-esteem issue.

People with very poor personal hygiene. I mean distinct body order, huge pit stains, filthy clothing covered in stains, a complete buffet coming out of the spaces in their teeth. Put some effort into taking care of yourself! I don't care if you don't want to bathe every day, but at least put some goddamn deodorant on and fake it!

The incredibly indecisive. I mean totally unable to make any decision at all for the group. They just stand around and wait for someone else to tell them what to do. Voice your opinion, dammit, because I know you have one!

Ah! Dammit I'm well indecisive! But hey, it's not because I'm too afraid to voice my opinion, its because I've got too many opinions, and I'm spending ages trying to pick one!

Okay, people who are never impressed by anything annoy me. Like, you'll do something great or show them something great, and they just won't be impressed, 'cause they've seen it before, or seen something better....apparently.

One more i forgot, is when people have delayed reactions to stuff. I know this one guy who is terrible for this. I'll tell him a joke, and regardless of whether or not he liked it, he'll give me a serious look, for about 5 seconds before be gives his reaction.

Me: *something funny*
Him: .......... "That's Funny"

It's creepy. And he does that for serious stuff too. And the worst part is, he doesn't do it all the time, it's completley random. I never know what to think around him. Man, it gets on my nerves.

Oh shaking hands with a lady...

it bothers me when I see a guy reach out to shake a girls hand. you should always wait for the girl to initiate a hand shake if there's going to be one. and as for the shake you should neither overpower her or give her the fish. i try to meet the hand shake with the same amount of firmness of her grip.

another thing that bugs me is when people are speaking in public or whatever and they keep their hands in their pockets. it just looks silly.

in general, the only thing that really irks me is when people have a total lack of common courtesy. if you run into someone, say you're sorry. if there's someone right behind you while you're going through a doorway, hold the door open so it doesn't smack into them. if you have to sneeze or cough, cover your face. please try not to expell gas in public places; you may be able to handle the smell, I can garuntee you other people will not be so tolerant. if you have any garbage, put it in a garbage can - don't be a pussy and leave it laying around for someone else to take care of.

the list goes on.

I tend to shy away from the arrogant, cocky, over-confident types as well. it is an extremely unattractive trait to have. even if you are the best looking person in the world, don't preach to everyone about how you are. just shut up and be gracious that anybody would notice you in the first place.

I also highly dislike it when people invade my personal space, especially people who I barely even know. it's even worse when they can't take a hint. if I'm constantly taking a step back to get away from you, for the love of god stop following me. unless you're a friend of mine, I probably won't want you hugging me or putting your arm around me either.

If I have a defining characteristic, it's that I'm calm and easy-going... almost nothing mentioned in this thread gets to me much. The fake-friendly thing, though... that bothers even me a little.

Incompetence in my superiors. I cannot stand this. It's one thing if people who work under you are a little more green on matters, but when your boss is a lazy nutjob who can't understand how things work, then there is a problem.

Of course incompetence in general irritates me slightly, but people with authority who are supposed to be more competent than I am is completely infuriating.


Also, I'm one of those people who usually don't look you in the eyes. I'm not sure why, it's just a habbit. And sometimes it does feel awkward for me to do it.

Alice:
Well, I didn't say I don't make eye contact >.>, but its just uncomfortable, and it makes me seem "cowering" under someone on occasions. That's not always the case though, depending on the situation or the people, I guess. I had always trying to avoid to be appearing to stare at people.

And Sass, I don't see how I could be offended by that, those are sound advices. :) You and Alice both, naturally.

Talking for the sake of noise. Talking is great, but when it gets to the point that you know that someone is talking just because he wants noise.. it annoys me, alot.

Another one is a tiny inaudable voice.

Hipocrates more than anything >:(, People who can dish it out but can't take it it. Poeple who need to practice what they preach so to speak. That peronality trate makes me wanna hurt something. The only thing I hate more that that are people who think they are better than you for stupid reasons. I don't down on anyone unless they realy deserve it.

There is nothing that I cannot tolerate more than people who are cruel to others, people who hurt others, either physically or emotionally for their own pleasure. Every time I see it I can only feel a sense of anger and bewilderment. I simply cannot understand the motivations of the abuser or how they could derive such pure, almost childlike enjoyment from others' misfortune and misery.

Even in my own church, I see these types of people. And what hurts even more, is that there really is nothing that I can do to stop them. People do not want others disciplining their unruly children, (because that would imply that they can't do it themselves) and the adult offenders are often higher-ups within the church itself and can commit this type of behavior with impunity.

So I simply try to be as kind as possible to the victims. And even to the offenders themselves. Kindness is very important to me. In fact, I might make a post about that in this thread's companion thread.

Other than that, I can get along with the vast majority of people. Annoying people, passive people, loud people, slow people, people who talk too much or too little, assholes, jerks, I'm fine with all of them. But I simply can't tolerate cruel people in my presence.

Oh my god... YES! These people are usually the self-absorbed narcissistic pretty boy/girl types who think they're god's gift to the opposite sex (Or same sex, if that's their thing) and treat everyone who they perceive as having "inferior genes" like shit.

I have a few stories about people like this and in one of them a friend of mine nearly disfigured one of these poor saps. Spent 3 days in jail because of it too, but he thought it was worth it, if only to see a broken ego for vindication.

Ha ha ha, try it the other way. I knew someone who just would not look away during a conversation. I'd be talking and his eyes would be glued to my face as if I had this enormous facial deformity (and I'd like to point out that I didn't). Even when he was speaking, he'd look and I swear to God, that guy did not blink once. That does not make me want to maintain a healthy human relationship...that just plainly creeped me out.

Ew, I know what you're talking about. There's a difference between maintaining a normal amount of eye contact and boring holes through people.

I think that some people who have a problem making eye contact force themselves to look you in the eye to the point that it becomes uncomfortable. I know this one guy who tries hard maintain eye contact even though it's not comfortable for him, and he ends up bending his neck as if he's looking down, but his eyes stay on you. It's very uncomfortable.

I really have a hard time with people who refuse to admit they're wrong, no matter how retarded their argument or blatantly obvious the proof against their point is. People have been shooting along the lines of this already, though.

One I haven't seen yet but I'm sure some of you can relate to. Me being somewhat musically inclined, I absolutely can NOT stand someone (or people) showing their musical talent they think they have but obviously do not have. This is particularly the case with singing, not so much with other stuff. There are some songs I seriously hate because whenever I hear the actual songs (which I otherwise might've considered decent or even good) they remind me of some other instance where someone failed miserably at trying to sing it. It's torment, I tell you.

I know I probably sound pretty harsh in saying this, but 99% of the time I feel like the person(s) should never have even tried.

Couldn't have said it better...

I have this friend... whenever she comes over to talk she's almost sitting on your lap. I always end up sitting on the border of my canape or standing up cause it's just freaking unbarable! I just hate people in my face... really, I don't get the fun they have out of that.

Definitely people who will stick to an opinion just for the heck of it. You can present them the most convincing arguments/data, and they'll even acknowledge that it's right, but don't have the adaptibility to change their opinions based on new information. Extreme stubborness definitely pisses me off, especially when people are proud for being obstinate.

I hate nice people. You can never say what they think.

Cowards, liars, and thieves really piss me off. Everything else is just sort of blah, to each their own.

I agree with you. It just makes me so angry. I have a friend who's EXACTLY like that, and I've repeatedly asked him why he did it, and he just said, "It's fun". Now I don't know if he was joking or what, but... I was like WTF? I just feel like slapping some sense into him everytime he hits somebody.

You've pretty much named all traits I hate but three big things have to be: extreme negativity, selfishness, irritatingly loud-ness and superficiality. Wait, that's four. I believe there's a BIG difference between being pessimistic and just being plain negative. Like my ex. When I said I wanted to work part-time as a waitress, he just flat out said to my face I'd suck at it, the job sucked, and whatever he could to bash it. And he can never shut up about how 'terrible' his life is.

Selfish people are just... blah. You can never converse with them properly. Annoyingly loud people are just plain annoying. I hate that trait so much. Maybe it's because I'm quiet in nature, but I just can't satnd it when you're in the middle of a test and you suddenly hear this really big sigh, and annoying rants when you're talking about something important w/ someone else.

*takes deep breath* I'm done ranting. Thank you.

The one thing I despise over all else is arrogance, which comes in many forms:

- Posers: Oh My Goodness! Kid posers really piss me off the most, thinking they're "all that" when they're only in like Grade 6. Boys and girls are both terrible because they boys will be all thugged out and the girls hang in their droves giggling rudely at everything and gossiping amongst themselves trying to get with the "in thing".
People who think they know stuff but don't also falls into this.
- Know-It-Alls: "Oh I can do that, don't tell me that you couldn't :O:O:O?" OKAY, not everyone is a gifted as you, who is obviously the epitomy of perfection!
- Rude people: Flat out, if you can say to someone's face seriously: "Oh man, you suck!" in a non-joking way, then you're a fucking prick. If you dislike when someone tries to be kind to you and give them what you think about it (eg. flip them off, give them a cock-eyed look), then that's just terrible.
- Ignorance: If you don't care enough to listen to what other people say, then I don't care about what you have to say. An opinion is something that not everyone in the world agrees on. Not just yours "counts".

I really hated this one kid because he'd always say stuff like: "oh I can go get the speakers from backstage and make that louder for you if you want"..."oh I know how to manipulate all the lights in the school, I could make a mass blackout if I wanted"..."oh if you want to book the stage you can ask me because I handle all that stuff"..etc. It was basically like: "Look at me, I'm on the Stage Crew 8-|" He would act all that and believe himself to be superior and in charge. He would also butt into my conversations with friends trying to be a part of them. If I was in the hall, he would and hang around and cling to me wherever I tried to go if there was no one else around and we happened to meet up. He doesn't even get the hint that I don't want him around (I know, it's rather cruel of me, but I really hated this guy for several more annoying reasons). People talk behind his back all the time and just about everyone in the school thought the same way except for the stage crew itself. We were in the same band, and he'd always be like: "<teacher>, I have this song the band could play, it's a Portuguese March"..."I can print up this sheet music for the class so that everyone can read the scales"..........and I should stop there, this sounds more like an vendetta-filled journal entry. It just so happened that this kid possessed all the traits that I happen to disliked all summed up in an annoying package.

Feel free to rip into me for being so critical and judgmental, I deserve it :(

I hate men who try to be controlling just because they are "the man" in a relationship. Ugh!

And I also abhor people who get in my face. I always tell my brother to get out of my personal space. lol

Hypocrisy pisses me off no end.

Superficiality irks me even more. "OH I'M SO COOL AND GREAT AND BRILLIANT WHEN REALLY I'M NOT BUT I MAKE OUT I AM".

People who try too hard piss me off also, whether it be the type who try too hard to be different, or try too hard to look popular and cool. Also people who you invest time and care into and they just piss off when they're done with you piss me off also. And if you try and confront them about it they're all "OH NO YOU MAY DAMAGE MY POPULARITY STOP PLZ".

Unacceptance (in certain cases) pisses me off too. "Oh look, someone speaking a language that isn't ours in their own private conversation. Let's loudly and rudely speak stereotypical <language>" Say a vietnamese person is speaking to someone else in Vietnamese and soem idiot comes along and is all "KIYONG THAN THO FAN LOL I R SO FUNNY"

I could go on....

Superficiality irks me, especially the people who pretend to know you. This is not the generic ‘how are you today?’ or any of the feigned interest conversations starters. This is the “Oh, we haven’t talked for ages…” (when we’ve never talked at all), orther “What did say your name was?” (Actually, we’ve never met, idiot…). I don’t know if they’re doing it subconsciously, but I don’t have much patience for these sudden ‘friends.’

As for eye-contact… Some cultures find it intimidating, confronting and a sign of disrespect. In contrast, others believe that if you aren’t making eye contact you’re lying, have something to hide and not to be trusted. I suppose for this reason it doesn’t bother me if someone appears to be avoiding my gaze. Of course, if you think you should be doing it more and are finding it difficult, rather than trying to stare someone down, a good trick is to focus both your eyes on one of their eyes, hold for as long as comfortable and switch to the other eye.

I dislike people who won't give up trying to get someone to like them.

I hate arrogant, cocky, overconfident people.

Extroverts. It's not just lots of talking, that I actually don't mind, its just something subtle about their personality.

That and excessive optimism...I just look at them funny and think "where are you LIVING????"

I hate when people are clingy.

I work at blockbuster right off campus. A lot of people from my dorm come in and rent. There are probably 100+ people that live there.

There is this guy that lives in my dorm that has come to blockbuster maybe two times and seen me there. I said hi to him and whatnot, but now everytime I see him he wants to hug me and it makes me very uncomfortable. My boyfriend said I should tell him I'm taken, but he already knows. I dunno what to do.

Arrogance for one. I have a few friends that each believe they're smarter than the other and have to constantly prove it. Being intelligent and all is great, but not when it interferes with your social life.

Second is dependency. Not a problem with family or friends, but I've dated someone who was just way to dependent on me. He was pretty well depressed, and I became sort of an escape form it. When shit went downhill, he had a hard time letting go and breaking up was horrible.

I don't like "follower" types. The ones that agree with whatever you're saying and will laugh at something just because you're laughing at it. It's pathetic and is disgusting in my eyes. Other than that, I don't really mind anything.

I hate overly arrogant people who try to tell you what you think. For example, once I was saying that I quite liked this one band (can't remember which exactly!) and one of my friends turned around and went, "For God's sake, you've only heard one of their songs! You can't like them after only hearing one song!" I replied, "Actually, I've listened to a few of their albums." Which caused them to shut up straight away. I mean, who the hell were they to tell me how many of this bands songs I'd listened to? And thats only one example...

I also hate it when people totally big themselves up. I'm not saying I hate confident people, just people who are all like, "I'm so great for x, y and z reasons!"

On a lesser note, I have quite a good memory for conversations, and it quite annoys me when you hear someone tell a story again and there's blatant differences! Minor ones I understand, I mean, we all forget details and stuff, but big major changes? =\

Hmmm . . . Personality traits that grate on my nerves . . .

Does "people in positions of power who show favortism based on their personal beliefs" count? (Like when a boss gives a high-profile job to a friend despite there being someone more qualified skill-wise.)

Other than that, I'd go with bigotry and religious righteousness.

arrogance, cockyness (my god there's this idiot in my lectures at uni =_=") umm people who act as if they know like everything, turns out they don't know jack about it... can't think of anymore, but sure there's more in there...

I hate it when people are so easily influenced, it's like they can't do/think for themselves. I had this friend who always did what my best friend did. If she ever got into something, he got into something, if she started to listen to some band, he started to listen to some band et cetera. Basically he was whipped, and it was so annoying. The boyfriend nowadays does the SAME thing. Mentally he is so weak and easily controlled...it's sickening.

I do not like it at all when people think they're cool.
But they're the total opposite of cool, but they think they're so cool.

Just bothers me.

I think I'm pretty easy-going, but a lot of things do irk me (not to the point of complainin' 'bout it to other people though)

I'm not really fond of rude, angry, or cruel people, or people who constantly talk/talk about themselves. The overly weak worries me (I think either "what the hell is his/her problem?" or "am I *that* intimidating? The fuck?")

But on the subject of table manners: I was raised without much "traditional" table manners (eating with hands is ok, talking with food in your mouth wasn't frowned upon, etc.). =/ Dunno, I guess it annoys me when people assume what's polite and what's not; I mean, not everyone was raised the same as you, right?

I maintain constant eye contact when I'm working, but when I'm off the clock, I maintain eye contact with the person for a while, then focus somewhere else. I occassionally look the person in the face, but usually I just focus on their nose/mouth or look around. =/ It's a weird habit of mine.

The people who go out of their way to make sure you know they're "weird" really bother me. Like, the people who fake run-on sentences and talk really fast just to seem like they're really weird.

Because being weird is just so "cool".

I am a hypocrite....I HATE BEING A HYPOCRITE ARRGGHHHH...... it just shows how self-centered I am...and besides, people think I'm weird when I act normally. It's like, I act like who I am, and then they say "you're weird" and I'm like......"wha?!"