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?

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Originally Posted by ramoth

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

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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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. =/

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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).

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Originally Posted by doodle

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

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 was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Dubble

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.

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Originally Posted by magi

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

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.

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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.

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