What's your pet peeve in RL?

[Aksannyi]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

Yeah that's really annoying.

Some of those videos I don't really care to see so I don't know why FB thought autoplay would be a great feature.

[Aksannyi]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

Speaking of Facebook, Facebook mobile is the fucking worst app ever I swear to god.

[Ketaru]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

Anyone know that individual who feels that they've always got the bigger picture? That their suffering has given them a clarity that others do not possess? That forgives you for your naivety and knows that, one day, you will be mature enough to see things the way s/he sees them?

I do, and I immediately thought of him when I saw this picture.

[Yellow Mage]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

I still hold that that particular xkcd is Randall Munroe's masterwork.

[Aksannyi]

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I am sick to death of Facebook showing me that my friends commented on a page that I have blocked. BLOCK means that I don’t ever want to see something from them. NEVER EVER. I don’t know why “Jane Doe commented on Fuckwiggle’s Page” even shows up in my feed considering I HAVE FUCKWIGGLES BLOCKED.

Obviously fake names, but seriously omfg Facebooks’ privacy and block options are total failures. Stop forcing me to see shit I don’t want to see.

[Malacite]

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3 cheers for FUCKWIGGLES! :D

[cidbahamut]

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^ Would also solve the problem of people spelling your name incorrectly.

[Aksannyi]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

I somehow don't think that when I become a teacher parents are going to be okay with their kids' teacher's name being Ms. Fuckwiggles.

I never had the Julie problem until I started at this job, and that's because one fucking idiot read it wrong and set up all my accounts improperly, and by the time it was fixed the damage had been done.

Yes, I realize I am the only Julia out of a company of thousands of employees (really, I checked) but that doesn't excuse a lack of attention to detail.

[Fliegar]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

Jeez, at least you get called your actual name at work. I go by many nicknames! Hoss, Ozzie, Tortuga, Nate, and so forth.

[Aksannyi]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

But I don't get called my actual name at work. I get called a name that is similar to my name but that is not my name.

I would rather have some silly nickname than the complete and total failure to care enough about my person to address me correctly (especially when, as I've said time and time again, my name is right there in the fucking e-mail, like four times.)

And while it may not seem significant to most, I really, really, really dislike the name Julie, and I don't want to be called that.

[Feba]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

The problem is Julia, so change that to Fuckwiggles. If your students know your first name, you're a failure of a teacher anyway.

[Malacite]

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but.. but having fuckwiggles on a plaque on your desk!

[Feba]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

Ms. Name

"Ms. Name, what's your first name?"

"Ms."

"Do you have a middle name?"

"No."


Students should never know the teacher's first name.

[Aksannyi]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

I don't argue that. Unless they're nuns, then they're called Sister Ann, or Sister Susan. Then it becomes, "Do I even know her last name?" lol. Ahh, Catholic schools.

Do you guys realize what a pain in the ass a legal name change is though? Half the reason I'm still using my married after divorcing in 2009 is because going back to my maiden name is a huge hassle and without marriage/divorce reasons, also costs money. And I could have changed my name via my divorce, but didn't because the divorce was handled in Texas while I lived in Florida. And I didn't care that much to go through the hassle. And it is kind of nice having the same last name as my kids, I guess.

Of course all of this is moot because I know y'all are giving me a hard time. Plus if I changed my name, what are the chances of anyone at work getting it right? Practically zero, we've proven that.

[Feba]

Re: What's your pet peeve in RL?

Considering I did change my name legally? And I use an alternative name in Taiwan/Japan? Yes. I know. Hell, I probably have at least six or seven different names I go by, depending on context. I still have to fill out forms with three separate names fairly often, English name in one slot, Chinese/Japanese name in another, Previous name in another.

It's worth noting though that in the US, you can generally just go with a common law name change, as in, an assumed name. Most states don't give much of a damn about what you call yourself, as long as you're not attempting to defraud anyone. You can check local law, but unless you need to have a birth certificate modified in order to feel like it's your name, you could just show up at work tomorrow and tell everyone you're changing your name to Elizabeth. They're not going to ask to see the papers anyway. The actual name change itself isn't really a hassle, honestly, you go to a court, judge signs it, done. It's changing over all of your cards and accounts that can be obnoxious, but it's not really that bad.