Whiner 49er

Things I think are rude:
Showing up expecting to meet with someone you’ve never spoken to before.
Bombarding people as they’re walking out of a store with a survey. Or attacking them every time they pass by you to sign up for something (that you may incur costs for later). Basically, I don’t go shopping to enter to win 1 of 10 $20 gift cards after I take a survey, or agree to a photo package. Nor am I interested in chatting with strangers.
Pressuring someone into a free trial of something they’ll have to cancel within a certain time or be automatically enrolled and have to pay for it.
Walking around work talking on your cell phone. I don’t mean waling to the copier or printer and walking back to you desk. I mean literally strolling around the office talking as loudly as possible.
People standing at my desk whispering to each other. Seriously?
Going into a vacant office to have a conversation with your tire guy on your ear piece. Just because the boss isn't in there, doesn't mean I can't hear you loud and clear 10 feet away.

Things I don’t think are rude:
Telling someone who showed up without an appointment that you don’t have time to see them.
Blowing off someone as they bombard you while you’re walking out of a store.
Refusing anything free when it has strings attached.
Punching the cell phone talker in the face?

I also don’t like it when salary people show up 15 minutes late and leave 5 minutes early every single day. I don’t get it. Do they have so little work ethic that they think it’s just fine to roll in whenever they feel like it? Or is it lack of respect for the fact that by salary they get paid regardless of when they come in so they might as well do what they please when they please. And since their time isn’t accounted for, they have no concept of it. I really hate it when other people behave as if their time is more important than yours. I don’t make you wait. I don’t make you move. Nothing revolves around you. I don’t find it difficult to have polite consideration for others. I find it difficult to be taken advantage of.

Biggest Pet Peeves:
Demanding specific things for tentative plans. (ie. I’ll need breakfast for my meeting at 8am but the guys might not come)
Making others wait for no good reason (ie. You say you’re just running to the bathroom before giving someone their break and then you take 10 minutes to chat, and grab a soda, etc.)
Telling someone they aren’t thinking or feeling what they tell you they’re thinking or feeling (ie. That didn’t hurt; there’s nothing to be mad about)
Wasting (money, food, time, etc.)
Skinny people saying they’re fat.
Fat people saying they don’t know why they’re fat.
Being incapable of having empathy for someone else, not being able to understand their needs because they aren’t YOUR needs. (Also goes with line 3)
Taking advantage of someone else (not to be confused with taking advantage of a situation)
Hypocrisy
People who ask questions that have already been answered

The Travel Agent is an asshole.

Fact: I don’t like people.
Fact: I don’t like helping people.
Fact: I do enjoy being part of a group and working to complete a project.
Fact: All I really want is to go back to school.

The vending machine gave me a regular Pepsi when I asked for a Diet. (as a side note, I prefer Pepsi to Coke now) I would be very angry or disappointed except I really much prefer real soda to diet soda.