What behavior drives you crazy?

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any behavior that can make me look at the person head-to-toe and back again drives me crazy...

I hate it when people feel the need to "sample" items in the grocery store like juice, water, potato chips, etc. Then they put it back as if nothing happened.

I also hate it when restaurant employees handle food without wearing gloves.

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typicalbrit - I've always liked to believe that but apparently it's a myth

Alexa - Apparently when you smell a fart, it is actually tiny poo particles that you are breathing in

Good to know

What behavior drives you crazy? and i saw fartin message . .. confusin confusin

anyway wats the topic ?

Salax - see my comment regarding bank robbers

seeing someone smoking under a no-smoking sign

All of us waiting at the signal to take a left turn when suddenly some Big one comes in parallels to us...in front and then ignoring everyone waiting on queue, zooming off to the left when the Signal turns green,giving us the impression that we are all Morons to follow the traffic rules?

Watching these poor laborers getting even poorer treatment in the hospitals where they are even frowned upon because they smell bad? Come on people, not everybody can afford a deodorant! I watched a guy crying with pain after his finger was cut off in an accident and they didn't even give him a brufen tablet? These guys are the real heroes of this Country, or are they really?

mallrat...yeah maybe farting is one of those i-don't-know-if-they-exist-cultures and still is acceptable for some... lol... dare to imagine you are talking to someone and he hust keeps on farting right there and then and you don't even know what to say coz u were thinking "is it part of his culture?" hihihih! IMAO!

1.) when you are talking to someone who just screwed up and youre explaining to them politely(humanely) the right way to do it they will suddenly come back at you saying "I KNOW! I KNOW!". definitely pisses me off!. not only they got away with being screwed they learned from you at the same pissed you off.

2.) just because you are polite to them, they will think they are superior to you and starts treating you like SH*T. i could've strangled these people with a big smile on my face.

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"You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back."

that's death waiting to happens

i just, as salax put it, drive rather than be driven

Sad thing is, some idiots think it is 'cool' to drive like a bank robber.

Yeah, really cool...morons

Your driver is an arse then

Dickheads like that cause accidents. Try that in the UK or anywhere where the driving is decent and he'd get dragged out of his car and slapped

bursting into roud-abouts forcing the insiders to brake to avoid killing us!

should see my driver's driving! waiting in line? no way!

at the nejma intersection, where we should go left, he takes the forward line, bypassing all the cars that r waiting on the left road, and when the light turns green he jumps from his line and squeeze himself in the left row! horns, wheels squeezings, nothing matters to him. on the opposite! he yiels back! should someone gets in his way, allah ma khala2o!

2 times i saw smokers fined 1000 and 2000 riyals and still the same people do it again! amazing what an addiction is smoking.

also i forgot to mention, smoking in the malls, where it clearly states it's against the law to smoke... but as usual no one gives a S**t to do anything about it !!!!

.line changing without signal

a golden rule in driving is to be visible and previsible which mean others must know ur here to avoid u: flashing, horn

and others must know ur intention (previsibility) so they drive accordingly (signal, wave ur hand if signal lights out of order, stay in one line, same speed...)

since it's late thursday and no one seems on ql, i wanted to summmerize all i've read so far with many of my additions:

- TALK:

.loudly, on the phone or not

.high music volume in car or TV ( neighbour).

.ring tones

.bad words/insults

.Gossip/back talking of someone in his absence.

.lying.

.talking employee on the phone/with colleague

-ORAL:

.coughing perpetually. i must add without using a kleenex or at least covering with hand, and saying excuse me!

.spitting spit or gum

.finger licking

.burping

.smoking either in the face of someone, inside,throwing the cigarette and stepping on it, or any smoking at all for me!

.open mouth eating/talking

-THROWING:

.objects from cars

.money on counter instead of delivering it by hand.

.badly packed garbage/ not hitting the public trash!

.gum/cigarettes

.others like cigar packs/chocolate on the floor

-HYGIENE

.taking food stuck between teeth (even with toothpick) and than eating it again!

.improper peeing/scatting missing the target or drowning the floor with rinse water

.playing with feet

.public toilet catastrophic smell!

.poking noses, playing with it and than...throwing it!

.stinky smell

-DRIVING

.just driving!

.parking lot fights or parking in someone else's spot

.queue jumping in cars or in waiting lanes.

.flashing land cruisers!

. middle road stops for conversations

.passenger picking/dropping taxis

.talking on the cell while driving with one hand

.driving with foot out of a window!

.speeding

-OTHERS

.snobism/show off/maid or others unhuman treatment/abuse

.undisciplined kidds

.drooling looks at someone or gazing

.squeezing food items before choosing

feel free to correct any ommission, and add.

again super brainwashing thread. thx!

What drives me Crazy is that the People who dont have manners to drive properly on Road... I dont know why these people get Driving Licence.. HUH

What drives me crazy here is when your driving, people can't seem to make up their mind as to which lane they want to drive in.... so hey why not drive in the middle!!! also they way people treat one another, no respect and certainly no manners !!!!

As already mentioned, when people take their maids out to restaurants, and have them sit ALONE at the table next to them while the family eat away, and she has nothing.

Also when people leave their phones ringing for ages before they answer, and it's always the people with the loudest ringtones.

Also, people who wander round the malls, with their kids running freely behind them, and they don't even look to check on them. I got on escalator at CC few weeks back, and this baby who was walking got on the escalator and I look for her mum, who just wandered in to a shop, this baby then started climbing the steps, and i had to grab her before she would tumble down and hurt herself! It wasnt till we got to the top that the mother realised, and i had to wave at her, and she barely gave an expression, and sent one of her other kids to come get the baby! Is it so hard to take care of your own baby ??

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.farting is also part of that i-dont-know-it-exist-culture, lol.....

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now firing gas!

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i hate it and feel soo bad when everyday i c bad attitude of som people towards their maids and labours and the sence of helplessness which i feel that i cant do anything for them.two days before i saw one arabic family on the parking of city center and her maid is putting that stuff in the car.the guy was keep shouting at her young maid and kicking him many time at her back.i was little far and thought to stop him but then he went inside.i wish sombody teach them som lesson

There is no excuse for shit driving from western expats.

wacky_baby said MagicDragon...how can spitting, burping, flashing, stinking, stupidity...be a part of a culture???? these kind of behaviors only shows that a person has no manners and is highly insensitive of other people around him."

No, what MD said is true. Some of the behaviours Westerners consider rude are the norm or the acceptable thing to do eg. slurping and burping at the dinner table - China - shows your hosts that you are deeply appreciative of the feast he has given you, etc.etc.

So really, the key is respect other people and be flexible / adaptable. Doesn't mean you have to turn out like them, you can keep your own culture and your own sense of what you think is right / good manners but leave others to live the way they choose to.

I just dislike people who think that their way is the only right way, whether it be religious people or not. This is called pride and there is such a thing as spiritual pride as well.

There is a difference between being self confident and being arrogant. It happens even to nice people. Problem is the lack of self-awareness, basically egocentricity.

Ooops! Lunch break over! Ta!

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Guys opening car doors at traffic signals to spit on road. I don't understand why can't they use tissue paper & keep a trash bag for disposal inside their cars.

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MagicDragon...how can spitting, burping, flashing, stinking, stupidity...be a part of a culture???? these kind of behaviors only shows that a person has no manners and is highly insensitive of other people around him.

oh yea..I've had this case where a guy was talking to some guy on the road, both in cars...and blocking the road..windows down..chatting away...

entire line waiting behind be cause these guys have blocked the road...I waited..waited..honked..honked harder...honked till my ears pained!!

These arrogant guys just stayed there and didn't budge..maybe its my feeling but I think they stayed there for a few mins extra cause I honked!!

...among other things...lol

Source:

- A study Conducted by FriedUnicorn - Vol I (September,1999)

when kids starts to play around supermarket,and screams a lot, then parents and nanny's dont seem to care.. makes me wanna squeeze their necks

Nothing drives me crazy. In this "multi cultural" environment everything is possible. What I may not like maybe the "holy cow" in the other culture. I have to respect spitting, burping, flashing, stinking, stupidity .....(could all be a vital part of a different culture I don't know about).

On the other hand, equally irritating is the twat who's supposed to know that which is within his domain but looks blankly at you when you ask a relevant question

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Bthomas said Everyone assumes you know everything about anything!!"

- Yeah, I hate communication by osmosis!!! Because they never take responsibility for their own actions. They are the ones who didn't communicate properly in the first place and then expect others to read their minds.

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I really hate to see people poking their finger into nose in public and ears covered with wax, too disgusting.

Tess_916 "Taxi drivers who stop for passengers in the middle of a busy road."

Aaahhh yes! Yesterday evening, on Grand Hamad St. / Bank St. 6.40pm ... just when the lights turned green, traffic didn't move and it later became evident that this stewpide taxi on the rightest lane (fast lane) stopped to pick up a passenger. The passenger also an egocentric moron. Now... if it was the slow lane, not too bad but the fast lane.

Anybody with a shotgun?

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No, no drama, no, no, no, no drama

PiscinePatel...everybody eats ...sandwiches...burgers...frenchfries

with their hands...

...using left hand if you are on the PC

For me...yes I use a Burger Holder....no no not a person...just a stand with clips to let the burger hang from......ok ok....you fell for that...lol

...and I agree. Sometimes we don't understand certain behaviours and get irritated.

Source:

- A study Conducted by FriedUnicorn - Vol I (September,1999)

oh I hate it when a coworker thinks they are your boss, telling you what to do, when to do it, how to do it, when to take a break, etc. but in reality they have the same position as you.

I also cannot stand passive aggressiveness in the work place( or any place really), if there is a problem talk about it instead of saying everything is fine and then being nasty.

tra la la

Everyone assumes you know everything about anything!!

When discussing a project, the other party keeps yapping as though I was born knowing core details of his domain. There should be a concept of 'making the other person understand' by guiding him thru the project/process...

And yea..wish ppl would learn to say a yes or a no than beat around the bush!!

oh I hate it when people throw their gum out on a walkway or in the road and you step in it. It is impossible to get the gum off and it is really disgusting

tra la la

Precisely! Very well said. Respect and tolerance needed for a multicultural society.

PiscinePatel said There are certain conditions ...

There are certain conditions which people suffer from, one eg is colitis, where gas forms in the stomach and intestine. This causes the individual pain, until he passes the gas either through his mouth, as in burp, or fart. The individual is not being rude.

In some parts of the world, people eat with their fingers. They eat after washing their hands thoroughly- definitely more reliable than hotel cutlery. Now, since it is their culture, they are not being rude.

We just have to learn to be more tolerant and patient, especially since we live in a multicultural society as this. Just writing off habits as gross wouldn't do."

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Yes JassKat, and you can often see that someone has stood in the phlegm.

Dirty bastards

persons with limited thoughts

when people spit those nasty huge balls of phlegm in public, like inside the mall or out on a crowded sidewalk. The noise alone makes me want to throw up

tra la la

People who 'squeeze' every loaf of bread before choosing.

People who let their kids run riot in supermarkets or anywhere else. They are your kids, sort them out

you know when that happened to me i swear i told my sister if it happened to me again i will by a carton of eggs and smash them all on that persons car . AND I MEAN IT heheheh .

1) People eating with their mouth open and making noise... just cannot stand them...

2) Que jumpers... it seems they are the only ones who are busy and that all others are idiots waiting patiently for their turn...

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Burping in Public, just next to u...is reall y disgusting

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"Western expatriates who drive like idiots"

Couldn't agree more.. They seem to become demigods believing they can do no wrong..

Qataria that happened to me one time and believe me i was so pissed off! i was giving that other driver the horn and he didn't care and just pretended i wasn't there for 10 minutes waiting for the parked car to move out. i swear he could have died instantly if only looks could kill lol

Western Expats who drive like idiots

Cashiers who 'throw' your purchases once they have scanned them.

People who have maids without actually needing one, just so they can brag to their mates that they have one.

Same for nannies

When your just about to park in a parking space and someone comes from the blues and parks so fast and when you talk to them , they just walk off and pretend your not their .

i wont mention any nationalities, its a very sensitive issue to tackle and evryone in QL knows it "GENERALIZING"... Anyway, i hope that was the last i will see such thing as that...yeh,yeh, a long introduction indeed...but really here it is...

there is a family near gold souq, the son crying maybe around 6 - 8 years old, he is crying out loud, do you know what the father did???HE SLAP HIS SON so hard he stop crying automatic!!! in front of evryone GUDNESS!!!!!!!

HATE IT ,HATE THE MAN, POOR POOR LITTLE BOY :(

it really drives not only me crazy that moment but evryone who saw it.. til now it is on my mind :(

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coughing is not controllable due to tickling at throat,

sometimes is due to food in take.

However , smoking in restaurant is terrible.

People who go to restaurants with their "maids" and then dont even have the decency to order food for them.

sometimes i just want to order food for them when i see one...i just don't want to cause a fuzz... but haram really

- certain nationalities that think its "normal" to burp and when you look at them they look back as if to say what you looking at

- People who even though they see you are on the phone still try to talk to you in sign language

- Drivers who thinks its the norm to drive to the front and push them selves in the line even though you have been waiting in the traffic for close to 1/2 hour

- Staff in hotels/salons/restaurants who dont think anything about talking about you in their own language

People who treat labourers poorly.

People who go to restaurants with their "maids" and then dont even have the decency to order food for them.

People who have monologue conversations (because I have ADD that REALLY pisses me off and Im not one to hide my expressions, sadly).

People who are ignorant by choice.

People who dont Pee properly in the Toilets and dont aim correctly...:(

some guys who give you that drooling look... eeewww!

Stinky People

Throwing money at cashiers.

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what drives me crazy is when people keeps on suspecting you when they can always approach you and ask directly...

and the way they look at you...oh my...they really get on my nerves...

Queue jumpers who once confronted act like they are doing you a favor by letting you take your turn by saying "Well go ahead then".

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And people fighting for parking lots at malls on weekends.

AP

Its utterly disgusting

I don't appreciate people talking on mobile phones or hearing the mobile ringtones either while I am teaching or if I am in a hall attending a talk- most disrespectful to the speaker- I can understand going outside the hall to answer a pager.

AP

There are certain conditions which people suffer from, one eg is colitis, where gas forms in the stomach and intestine. This causes the individual pain, until he passes the gas either through his mouth, as in burp, or fart. The individual is not being rude.

In some parts of the world, people eat with their fingers. They eat after washing their hands thoroughly- definitely more reliable than hotel cutlery. Now, since it is their culture, they are not being rude.

We just have to learn to be more tolerant and patient, especially since we live in a multicultural society as this. Just writing off habits as gross wouldn't do.

Agree with phoebe's comments. This has become quite natural over here, which needs to be recitified in the recruiting process.

Other than this I hate in some goverenment offices, when there are long ques, officials dont give a shit about people waiting, they just keep on chatting / hanging on the phone....etc. But some places have really improved, it'a pleasure walking into those offices.

When people just stop their car in the middle of the road just to say "hello" to the other person in the other car...

"Hello, your not driving a camel, and your not in a desert"

"Amor con amor se paga"

.phoebe, i feel you....

(well this dont affect me at all, i have my own office)

.I know someone close to me who have the same situation.

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.Everytime i talk to her in the phone, i can hear that loud chat background, as if they're just lounging in their own living room.....

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evry 2nd case stamped "URGENT" at office...

The "I KNOW EVERYTHING" attitude...

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no, bad habit, never do that in the presence of other people

People who gather at malls' entrances to smoke. At least inside the mall the smoke will be diffused!

i have a feeling that you burp in public places :P

It drives me crazy when im doing my work seriously and my officemates (other nationalities)are kept talking and talking very loudly using their own language without even thinking that there is one employee who is working. they dont respect people around them.. grrrr..

You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving!!!

yeah qataria,,,,very very bad manners that is(burping in public)

The thing that really disgust me is people burping in resturants . It really makes me feel like throwing up

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Really loud ring tones.

People who leave their mobile on their desk and walk off (especially with a loud ringtone!)

Queue jumpers

Bad grammar!

I second the mentioned....peace! (ROFL)

"Amor con amor se paga"

people who walk into the lift (elevator) without allowing you to exit first..

Just can't stand them...

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- A study Conducted by FriedUnicorn - Vol I (September,1999)

same as you had mentioned...plus the animal behavior on the streets