Little things you can't ignore

I say that one occasionally.

I know someone who gets upset, very upset about 'You're fine.'

As in 'Pardon me.' 'No, you're fine.'

 

Restaurant fu: "Did you want me to take those plates for you?"

"No, I want this right fucking now."

 

I've lived alone for the past 18 years or so, which clearly means every little thing everyone else does is something I can't ignore.

 

The commercial jingle for Empire Today, a home improvement and furnishing company. At the end of the phone number jingle you always hear a thump.

 

In the print edition: Everyday and every day. Drives me fucking nuts when people use them incorrectly.

 

Particularly when it comes from a reputable journalist/publication.

 

Paper cuts. Amazing how painful and distracting they are. I feel like an idiot whenever I get one.

 

Fuck you
Fuck you
Fuck you!

I've always had a nostalgic love for these spots and now you've gone and ruined them for me (as soon as I read your words, I realized I knew exactly what you meant).

Fuck you

 

Reporters who do this:

A friend who saw her last week said she seemed to be improving.

“She seemed to be improving,” Pete Podunk said.

 

If a team down 10 hits a 3-pointer, you hear and read all the time that they're "within" seven -- or whatever the case. The use of within drives me nuts, since it sure seems to me that said team is clearly not "within" said number.

Maybe there's some language quirk I'm missing that makes the usage OK and I'm an idiot, but it will never not bother me.

 

That is awful.
I actually knew a line editor who would insert further redundancy.

A Friend who saw her last week said she seemed to be improving.

“She seemed to be improving,” Pete Podunk said about her seeming improvement.