1. Bad grammar and misspelled words (I'm talking pretty basic stuff)
2. Cliches like "It's a catch-22!" It's even worse when they say something like that and it makes no sense in the context in which it's placed.
3. Prepositions at the end of sentences. This isn't technically bad grammar, and I'm definitely not innocent. It still bothers me, though.
4. People who smell like armpit
5. Arrogant people
6. People who ask me my nationality when they mean race (I understand people are pretty squirmish about this, but if you know me even a little you know I don't get offended easily, so go ahead and ask!
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7. People who ask me if I am going to North Korean when I tell them I'm going to Korea. Yep, I'm going to the North. I thought it would be fun to get shot. (One guy even asked me if Korea was still separate.
These questions were acceptable when North Korea wasn't in the news every other day.)
8. People who let others talk down to them. (I'll defend my friends until the end, but I like it when they stand up for themselves as well. I don't mind getting in the middle to defend, but I appreciate it when it's not necessary. Plus, sometimes I get in trouble for defending a friend. I can't just sit back and watch, though.)
9. People who talk down to others, and people who have no respect for others.
10. Tattlers--especially at work. Deal with your own trivial issues like an adult unless it's a big issue (sexual assault, stealing/breaking expensive equipment, etc), and don't do it to become the boss' favourite.
11. People who show off their Gucci bag or designer clothes to people they don't even know in this way that tries to say, "Look how much better I am than you now." It's a bag. Yes, it's a pretty bag, but get over it.
12. Drama, especially office drama
13. Emotional relationships. Eww. They make me squirm. I know I'm a girl, but I don't want to tell you what I'm thinking, where the relationship is going or how I feel about this or that. Let's just hang out, have a good time and see where it goes naturally. Oh, and I hate it when guys I'm on a date with don't pay. My thinking on this is: you asked me out, so why wouldn't you pay?
14. People who try to talk like they're experts on subjects when they know nothing.
15. People who are not in my job field who try to tell me how to do my job. An example of this is how I was interviewing someone once for a story, and the person said, "This isn't a story. Why are you bothering to do this?" Grr.
16. Liars
Okay, that list ended up a lot longer than I had planned. Whoops!