Sunday Sixpack - 05/02/10

[Refugee 7]

1. Some person posts a question on a website’s message board asking a simple question that could easily be answered with a Google/Yahoo/Bing search: does it bother you? Do you post to tell them to look it up, or would you just provide the answer?

2. You have a co-worker in the office where you work, that clips his/her nails almost daily. Would this annoy you enough to make you complain to your supervisor or manager?

3. A customer in front of you in line at a grocery store is slowing things down because they won’t stop talking on their cell phone. Would this bother you? Would you speak up and say something?

4. You're at a fast food restaurant, you go to sit at a table and see that the person(s) before you has left a small mess on the table top. Would it bother you enough that you’d clean it up, or just leave it for someone else?

5. One of the people you work with or go to school with, has a cell phone that keeps ringing every few minutes while they have stepped away. The ringtone is really annoying. If you knew they wouldn’t be back for an hour or more, would you turn their cell phone off?

6. Someone you consider a friend returns a, “Hello, how are you?” with a simple, “Fine” and no effort to ask how you are. Would this bother you?

[agirl 0]

1. Some person posts a question on a website’s message board asking a simple question that could easily be answered with a Google/Yahoo/Bing search: does it bother you? Do you post to tell them to look it up, or would you just provide the answer? - I would just answer it.

2. You have a co-worker in the office where you work, that clips his/her nails almost daily. Would this annoy you enough to make you complain to your supervisor or manager? - No, but I would probably say something to the person.

3. A customer in front of you in line at a grocery store is slowing things down because they won’t stop talking on their cell phone. Would this bother you? Would you speak up and say something?- Yes! It has happened to me. It is so rude and I have said something.

4. You're at a fast food restaurant, you go to sit at a table and see that the person(s) before you has left a small mess on the table top. Would it bother you enough that you’d clean it up, or just leave it for someone else?- I'd wipe it off with a napkin.

5. One of the people you work with or go to school with, has a cell phone that keeps ringing every few minutes while they have stepped away. The ringtone is really annoying. If you knew they wouldn’t be back for an hour or more, would you turn their cell phone off? - either that or throw it out the window, lol.

6. Someone you consider a friend returns a, “Hello, how are you?” with a simple, “Fine” and no effort to ask how you are. Would this bother you? - Maybe if they did it more than once.

[Patty Petty 9]

1. Some person posts a question on a website’s message board asking a simple question that could easily be answered with a Google/Yahoo/Bing search: does it bother you? Do you post to tell them to look it up, or would you just provide the answer? I would just answer the question.

2. You have a co-worker in the office where you work, that clips his/her nails almost daily. Would this annoy you enough to make you complain to your supervisor or manager? Ugh! That's disgusting. But, there was a guy who actually did this in our break room. I couldn't believe my eyes. I said to him, "Are you kidding me? That's disgusting!" And I got up and left. I don't know if he ever did it again, but if I had seen him do it again, then yeah, I would have gone to a manager/human resources.

3. A customer in front of you in line at a grocery store is slowing things down because they won’t stop talking on their cell phone. Would this bother you? Would you speak up and say something? Yes, I would say something. It's beyond rude.

4. You're at a fast food restaurant, you go to sit at a table and see that the person(s) before you has left a small mess on the table top. Would it bother you enough that you’d clean it up, or just leave it for someone else? I would leave it and look for another table.

5. One of the people you work with or go to school with, has a cell phone that keeps ringing every few minutes while they have stepped away. The ringtone is really annoying. If you knew they wouldn’t be back for an hour or more, would you turn their cell phone off? If I knew how, yes, I would probably turn it off.

6. Someone you consider a friend returns a, “Hello, how are you?” with a simple, “Fine” and no effort to ask how you are. Would this bother you? Oh, I have big issues with this...period. I have learned over the years, to never ask, "How are you?" Between people not asking how you are to people ignoring it altogether or people who start going on about how BAD they are, lol, has taught me this valuable lesson.

[Echosoftom 3]

1. Some person posts a question on a website’s message board asking a simple question that could easily be answered with a Google/Yahoo/Bing search: does it bother you? Do you post to tell them to look it up, or would you just provide the answer? - I'd just provide the answer. I think that's something we've all been guilty of doing at one point or another. Now what annoys me is when people post these nonsense warnings and alerts without checking it out. Snopes.com people!

2. You have a co-worker in the office where you work, that clips his/her nails almost daily. Would this annoy you enough to make you complain to your supervisor or manager? - YES! it would I have a co-worker who sits in our NICU and paints her nails. She does it all the time. First of all, HELLO, we have sick babies in here and those fumes are awful. Let alone not healthy. This is not a beauty salon. Twice I've had to tell her to take it out to the desk or the break room.

3. A customer in front of you in line at a grocery store is slowing things down because they won’t stop talking on their cell phone. Would this bother you? Would you speak up and say something?

YES IT WOULD!! This drives me nuts! I have said loudly, why are people so rude? Get off the cell phone and conduct your damn business. I think they got the message. It's one of my big pet peeves right now.

4. You're at a fast food restaurant, you go to sit at a table and see that the person(s) before you has left a small mess on the table top. Would it bother you enough that you’d clean it up, or just leave it for someone else? - It depends on how crowded the place is and how big of a mess. If it's just a little mess, I pick it up and go on. I don't like it when people don't clean up after themselves, but it doesn't bother me too much. You have to choose your battles, lol.

5. One of the people you work with or go to school with, has a cell phone that keeps ringing every few minutes while they have stepped away. The ringtone is really annoying. If you knew they wouldn’t be back for an hour or more, would you turn their cell phone off? - I'd probably stick it in a drawer or another room. Ring tones are becoming more and more annoying to me. Even my own, sometimes. But at least I know that. I don't sit there and critisize other's ring tones when I have the most annoying ones of all, lol.

6. Someone you consider a friend returns a, “Hello, how are you?” with a simple, “Fine” and no effort to ask how you are. Would this bother you? - No, not really. We're friends, we don't have to go through all those formalities.

[WildflowerNJ 136]

Sunday Sixpack - 05/02/10

1. Some person posts a question on a website’s message board asking a simple question that could easily be answered with a Google/Yahoo/Bing search: does it bother you? Do you post to tell them to look it up, or would you just provide the answer?

I wish I had time to read everything..

2. You have a co-worker in the office where you work, that clips his/her nails almost daily. Would this annoy you enough to make you complain to your supervisor or manager?

Yuck, I think I would have a talk with her myself..

3. A customer in front of you in line at a grocery store is slowing things down because they won’t stop talking on their cell phone. Would this bother you? Would you speak up and say something?

If it is really a slow line I would move to the next....life is too short too worry about these things, lol..

4. You're at a fast food restaurant, you go to sit at a table and see that the person(s) before you has left a small mess on the table top. Would it bother you enough that you’d clean it up, or just leave it for someone else?

Clean it..

5. One of the people you work with or go to school with, has a cell phone that keeps ringing every few minutes while they have stepped away. The ringtone is really annoying. If you knew they wouldn’t be back for an hour or more, would you turn their cell phone off?

No..

6. Someone you consider a friend returns a, “Hello, how are you?” with a simple, “Fine” and no effort to ask how you are. Would this bother you?

If they are a very close friend, you can look them in the eyes to know if it is something else....you would know something is wrong by just how they said "Fine"...I would try and help..

[Magnolia 171]

1. Some person posts a question on a website’s message board asking a simple question that could easily be answered with a Google/Yahoo/Bing search: does it bother you? Do you post to tell them to look it up, or would you just provide the answer?

Just answer it.

2. You have a co-worker in the office where you work, that clips his/her nails almost daily. Would this annoy you enough to make you complain to your supervisor or manager?

Oh, this would be beyond gross. I'd just have to tell someone!!!

3. A customer in front of you in line at a grocery store is slowing things down because they won’t stop talking on their cell phone. Would this bother you? Would you speak up and say something?

I'd probably try to be polite at first and say something like "looks like it's your turn!". Otherwise go to another line.

4. You're at a fast food restaurant, you go to sit at a table and see that the person(s) before you has left a small mess on the table top. Would it bother you enough that you’d clean it up, or just leave it for someone else?

I'd look for a clean table.

5. One of the people you work with or go to school with, has a cell phone that keeps ringing every few minutes while they have stepped away. The ringtone is really annoying. If you knew they wouldn’t be back for an hour or more, would you turn their cell phone off?

I think that idea of sticking it in a drawer is a good one.

6. Someone you consider a friend returns a, “Hello, how are you?” with a simple, “Fine” and no effort to ask how you are. Would this bother you?

Nah.

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[Refugee 7]

1. Some person posts a question on a website’s message board asking a simple question that could easily be answered with a Google/Yahoo/Bing search: does it bother you? Do you post to tell them to look it up, or would you just provide the answer? - It depends. If a poster does it ALL the time, then yes, there is a good possibility I will respond to their laziness and/or lack of common sense, with a smart alec post. Otherwise, I just post the answer if I know it, who knows, I might learn something new in the research process.

2. You have a co-worker in the office where you work, that clips his/her nails almost daily. Would this annoy you enough to make you complain to your supervisor or manager? - Yes! We did have one young lady who did this. Thank goodness she no longer works for us. Disgusting!

3. A customer in front of you in line at a grocery store is slowing things down because they won’t stop talking on their cell phone. Would this bother you? Would you speak up and say something? - This bothers me to NO end! Yes, I will speak up. When I am relieving the cashiers at our store and running the register, if a customer in line does that, I refuse to ring up their food and drink till they get off the phone. When they ask why, I tell them, I didn't want to be rude and interrupt their important conversation. It's rude and unacceptable and since I work on a military installation, nobody dare complain. There are unwritten rules of where and when you can use your cell phones on base. Standing in line holding everyone else up is one of them.

4. You're at a fast food restaurant, you go to sit at a table and see that the person(s) before you has left a small mess on the table top. Would it bother you enough that you’d clean it up, or just leave it for someone else? - Depends on how big the mess is. If it's not too bad, I just wipe it myself, at least that way I know it's clean!

5. One of the people you work with or go to school with, has a cell phone that keeps ringing every few minutes while they have stepped away. The ringtone is really annoying. If you knew they wouldn’t be back for an hour or more, would you turn their cell phone off? - Yes, I would.

6. Someone you consider a friend returns a, “Hello, how are you?” with a simple, “Fine” and no effort to ask how you are. Would this bother you? - To be honest, it depends on what kind of mood I am in. Most times, I would say, no. But, if I'm in one of my weepy moods, then yes, it would bug me, and knowing me, I would say something about it.

[Pawie 6]

1. Some person posts a question on a website’s message board asking a simple question that could easily be answered with a Google/Yahoo/Bing search: does it bother you? Do you post to tell them to look it up, or would you just provide the answer?

I currenly live with two persons who don't have a clue about computers, so this happens daily.

I just give them the answer... (after googling it myself) Ha ha ha

2. You have a co-worker in the office where you work, that clips his/her nails almost daily. Would this annoy you enough to make you complain to your supervisor or manager?

No. Life is too short for such pettiness. I have more serious matters to get annoyed at.

3. A customer in front of you in line at a grocery store is slowing things down because they won’t stop talking on their cell phone. Would this bother you? Would you speak up and say something?

I would probably say something sarcastic if I was in a hurry.

4. You're at a fast food restaurant, you go to sit at a table and see that the person(s) before you has left a small mess on the table top. Would it bother you enough that you’d clean it up, or just leave it for someone else?

Depends on how large the mess is. Crumbs I'd just wipe off, but if it is a lot I'd ask the waiter to clean it up.

5. One of the people you work with or go to school with, has a cell phone that keeps ringing every few minutes while they have stepped away. The ringtone is really annoying. If you knew they wouldn’t be back for an hour or more, would you turn their cell phone off?

I will verbally kill them. The silence button is there for a reason.

6. Someone you consider a friend returns a, “Hello, how are you?” with a simple, “Fine” and no effort to ask how you are. Would this bother you?

Most likely not. I'd assume they are thinking of something important and their short reply isn't meant to be degrading.

[Pawie 6]

2. You have a co-worker in the office where you work, that clips his/her nails almost daily. Would this annoy you enough to make you complain to your supervisor or manager? - YES! it would I have a co-worker who sits in our NICU and paints her nails. She does it all the time. First of all, HELLO, we have sick babies in here and those fumes are awful. Let alone not healthy. This is not a beauty salon. Twice I've had to tell her to take it out to the desk or the break room.

Nailpolish shouldn't be allowed in a hospital at all. Is it really??

[LizzieB 0]

1. Some person posts a question on a website’s message board asking a simple question that could easily be answered with a Google/Yahoo/Bing search: does it bother you? Do you post to tell them to look it up, or would you just provide the answer?

I'd answer, unless it happened a lot from one person, then I'd say something.

2. You have a co-worker in the office where you work, that clips his/her nails almost daily. Would this annoy you enough to make you complain to your supervisor or manager?

I would say something to the person directly.

3. A customer in front of you in line at a grocery store is slowing things down because they won’t stop talking on their cell phone. Would this bother you? Would you speak up and say something?

I would probably say something if it went on too long, but in a polite manner.

4. You're at a fast food restaurant, you go to sit at a table and see that the person(s) before you has left a small mess on the table top. Would it bother you enough that you’d clean it up, or just leave it for someone else?

Oh, I have big OCD issues with people's leftover food/mess/trash. I'd leave it and sit somewhere else.

5. One of the people you work with or go to school with, has a cell phone that keeps ringing every few minutes while they have stepped away. The ringtone is really annoying. If you knew they wouldn’t be back for an hour or more, would you turn their cell phone off?

I'd turn it off.

6. Someone you consider a friend returns a, “Hello, how are you?” with a simple, “Fine” and no effort to ask how you are. Would this bother you?

I would assume they were busy or try to find out if something was wrong. I don't take these things personally.

[Trishia4 28]

1. Some person posts a question on a website’s message board asking a simple question that could easily be answered with a Google/Yahoo/Bing search: does it bother you? Do you post to tell them to look it up, or would you just provide the answer? If it is a short answer, I'd probably provide the answer.

2. You have a co-worker in the office where you work, that clips his/her nails almost daily. Would this annoy you enough to make you complain to your supervisor or manager? I would not complain to the manager.

3. A customer in front of you in line at a grocery store is slowing things down because they won’t stop talking on their cell phone. Would this bother you? Would you speak up and say something? No, I would be out of there shortly anyway.

4. You're at a fast food restaurant, you go to sit at a table and see that the person(s) before you has left a small mess on the table top. Would it bother you enough that you’d clean it up, or just leave it for someone else? I would move to another table, if none available, I'd clean it up.

5. One of the people you work with or go to school with, has a cell phone that keeps ringing every few minutes while they have stepped away. The ringtone is really annoying. If you knew they wouldn’t be back for an hour or more, would you turn their cell phone off? No

6. Someone you consider a friend returns a, “Hello, how are you?” with a simple, “Fine” and no effort to ask how you are. Would this bother you? No

[Patty Petty 9]

6. Someone you consider a friend returns a, “Hello, how are you?” with a simple, “Fine” and no effort to ask how you are. Would this bother you? Oh, I have big issues with this...period. I have learned over the years, to never ask, "How are you?" Between people not asking how you are to people ignoring it altogether or people who start going on about how BAD they are, lol, has taught me this valuable lesson.

Wow, I sounded real bitchy there. I misread the question. I was talking about strangers. Naturally, if a friend didn't reply, it wouldn't bother me.

[Starfish 0]

1. Some person posts a question on a website’s message board asking a simple question that could easily be answered with a Google/Yahoo/Bing search: does it bother you? Do you post to tell them to look it up, or would you just provide the answer? I do find that stuff a little annoying, but I'd probably give the answer.

2. You have a co-worker in the office where you work, that clips his/her nails almost daily. Would this annoy you enough to make you complain to your supervisor or manager? Are we talking fingernails or toenails? Ha! I'm a massage therapist, we're constantly fussing with our nails so we don't scratch anyone, so this doesn't really apply (and for the record, I clip my nails in private.)

3. A customer in front of you in line at a grocery store is slowing things down because they won’t stop talking on their cell phone. Would this bother you? Would you speak up and say something? I suppose that depends on how much they're slowing things down. It's rude, but it's not a big enough deal to get me worked up.

4. You're at a fast food restaurant, you go to sit at a table and see that the person(s) before you has left a small mess on the table top. Would it bother you enough that you’d clean it up, or just leave it for someone else? I'm a mom, I'd clean it up.

5. One of the people you work with or go to school with, has a cell phone that keeps ringing every few minutes while they have stepped away. The ringtone is really annoying. If you knew they wouldn’t be back for an hour or more, would you turn their cell phone off? nope! I'd just tease them about it when they returned.

6. Someone you consider a friend returns a, “Hello, how are you?” with a simple, “Fine” and no effort to ask how you are. Would this bother you? Nah, life's too short to be bothered by things like that!

[kira 0]

1. Some person posts a question on a website’s message board asking a simple question that could easily be answered with a Google/Yahoo/Bing search: does it bother you? Do you post to tell them to look it up, or would you just provide the answer? I would likely ignore the question and not respond. I have a coworker who would rather ask than look it up. Repitition of lazy habits annoys me.

2. Nail ciipping - not on radar of annoying things.

3. A customer in front of you in line at a grocery store is slowing things down because they won’t stop talking on their cell phone. Would this bother you? Would you speak up and say something? Living at the center of one's universe is annoying. If I were in a frumpy mood, I would mention to another line stander. It's highly unlikely this person will ever catch up with knowing how rude he is. Would require insight.

4. You're at a fast food restaurant, you go to sit at a table and see that the person(s) before you has left a small mess on the table top. Would it bother you enough that you’d clean it up, or just leave it for someone else? Look for another table.

5. One of the people you work with or go to school with, has a cell phone that keeps ringing every few minutes while they have stepped away. The ringtone is really annoying. If you knew they wouldn’t be back for an hour or more, would you turn their cell phone off? Put it in a drawer

6. Someone you consider a friend returns a, “Hello, how are you?” with a simple, “Fine” and no effort to ask how you are. Would this bother you?Not once but repeated would render them into a category of less than friend.