Things That Annoy You

[Ghoti]

It's aggressively unique, and I'm not comfortable with it.

Theres no place called Agressively unique in Finland!

Just kidding. I'm not going to force you if you do not wish to say it. I was just curious. Particularly since picking a name from finnish hamlets could get anything from "crazy-awesome but impossible to pronounce by foreigners" to just "impossible to pronounce by foreigners."

It's actually pretty simple, but I can count on one hand the number of people who have pronounced it correctly on the first try on one hand. :/

[Shane for Wax]

No one I know has ever mispronounced "Shane".

My birth name on the other hand I have been called multiple different things including a completely different name from mine when they were trying to pronounce it.

I'm not really willing to announce my birth name, tho. >.>

[Ghoti]

Yeah, the only thing people ask about Will is "One L or two?"

[Feral Dog]

My fifth grade class had three Sarahs, a Shaniece, a Sharon, a Shawn and a Sean, and two Shannons (I was one of those names...).

My poor teacher.

[SimSim]

Casement windows that won't stop ratteling. They are driving me bonkers.

[Ironchew]

It's aggressively unique, and I'm not comfortable with it.

Surely it can't be more unique than the examples in the Utah Baby Namer:

"Could only be LDS: Cumorah Hill, Palmyra, Liahonna, Ensign, Nauvoo, Kirtland, Templa, Templer, Tempella, Tempalia, Ziona, Deseret (and Desereta), Tabernacle, Woodruff, Pratt, Tithing, Quorum, Helamans Warrior, Iron Rod, Morona, Manti, Stripling, Nephi Courage, Celestial Glory, Celestian, Brighaminie, Zion, Xione (pronounced "zion"), Kneel, Brighamena, Djeryd Teancum..."

[Zygarde]

I have to get oral surgery this Wednesday...this will suck...a lot.

[Random Gal]

It's aggressively unique, and I'm not comfortable with it.

Surely it can't be more unique than the examples in the Utah Baby Namer:

"Could only be LDS: Cumorah Hill, Palmyra, Liahonna, Ensign, Nauvoo, Kirtland, Templa, Templer, Tempella, Tempalia, Ziona, Deseret (and Desereta), Tabernacle, Woodruff, Pratt, Tithing, Quorum, Helamans Warrior, Iron Rod, Morona, Manti, Stripling, Nephi Courage, Celestial Glory, Celestian, Brighaminie, Zion, Xione (pronounced "zion"), Kneel, Brighamena, Djeryd Teancum..."

They named a baby Iron Rod? Wow, that's totally not going to get made fun of.

[Ghoti]

It's aggressively unique, and I'm not comfortable with it.

Surely it can't be more unique than the examples in the Utah Baby Namer:

"Could only be LDS: Cumorah Hill, Palmyra, Liahonna, Ensign, Nauvoo, Kirtland, Templa, Templer, Tempella, Tempalia, Ziona, Deseret (and Desereta), Tabernacle, Woodruff, Pratt, Tithing, Quorum, Helamans Warrior, Iron Rod, Morona, Manti, Stripling, Nephi Courage, Celestial Glory, Celestian, Brighaminie, Zion, Xione (pronounced "zion"), Kneel, Brighamena, Djeryd Teancum..."

They named a baby Iron Rod? Wow, that's totally not going to get made fun of.

*snerk*

[chitoryu12]

Not as bad as Tabernacle.

Went to the GTA V midnight release. They won't accept an expired license, so I showed them the rest of my IDs. Two photo IDs (school and Universal employee) and my selective service card.

They rejected all of them. I had to have my mother go in and do everything in my stead if I wanted the game at all.

[Witchyjoshy]

Okay wow that's bullshit.

Even an expired ID contains accurate information.  It's not like your birth date will suddenly change after an ID expires.

[gyeonghwa]

I have a unique spelling name because my dad had a hard time trying to Anglicize a Khmer name into English using French phonetics.

[chitoryu12]

Okay wow that's bullshit.

Even an expired ID contains accurate information.  It's not like your birth date will suddenly change after an ID expires.

I know, right? And even if your license is revoked, you can still drink and buy M-rated games or prove your identity. Expiration should only matter if you're using it to drive.

What's more offensive is that I presented three other forms of ID with the same name and birth date, one of which was my selective service card. But nope, they refused 100%. Normally you'd assume that if someone shows up with four different forms of ID that all match, they're probably who they say they are.

[Feral Dog]

Unless I'm right next to the source, popcorn and pee smell the same to me.

[Art Vandelay]

You must eat a hell of a lot of butter.