Things That Annoy Me, But Shouldn't

That's true. In English, it's "octopuses".

 

Go on. I'm intrigued.

 

People who include the name of the person they're talking to in every sentence. It's even worse when there's only the two of them there.

 

The expression, 'for cheap'.

 

Most annoying sound in the world:

Spoiler

my dog licking herself

 

When you're reading a book in company and someone asks the inevitable question, "What you reading?" So, you show them the cover and state the title. And then they ask, "What's it about?" and you sigh and try to explain in as few a words as possible because you know in truth they couldn't give a shit what it's about.

 

Celebrity-obsessed social media addicted skunk pussies.

 

A common writing mistake as well, in dialogue passages.

 

Overt dialogue tagging is crime. The reader can definitely figure it out and it slows the pace so much to write that way. Same with spamming adverbs on dialogue. If the tone is set right, those adverbs are already assumed by the reader.

 

That's why it annoys me when people do it repetitively in real life, when it's clearly obvious who they are addressing.

Yeah, Chris has realised you're talking to him after the last five times you said his name.

 

When you've been on hold for ages, and you come off the phone, and you can't get the damn tune out of your head.

 

Co-workers who clearly should have been fired long, long, long ago. I'm sure someone feels that way about me, but at least I do my job.

 

Bengals play one of the late games this Sunday.

If I had my way they would play at noon every week.

 

The Prince’s banquet scene in Indiana Jones atToD annoys me for this very reason. The guy having the conversation with Indy says “Dr Jones...” at the start or end of nearly every sentence.

 

When you’re trying to do something like write a text or forum post in the company of someone and they won’t shut up talking and asking questions.

Take the fucking hint! I haven’t looked up from my phone for five minutes and my responses have been little more than grunts. I’m busy and not listening!

 

I think I would start every sentence with Dr. Jones as well, to be fair.

 

I think Crusade is the best and still holds up.

But why?

 

You could join the rest of the lifelong masochists and root for the Lions. They usually get the early game and are closer to you anyway.

 

I don't know.