What odd little occurences make you crazy?
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May 19th, 2018
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I’m thinking of this now, because I’m staring at one right now, where I am house sitting. Decorative clocks that do not function, nor tell time. My cousin also has one of these non-funtioning clocks, so I’m confronted with it every Christmas.
Normally, I don’t really think about what time it is, because there are usually regularly functioning clocks in most places, or I have my phone if I am outside, and need to keep track of the time.
I guess my non-funtioning clock hangup is kind of like “waiting for the other shoe to drop”, only it never does.
What kinds of ridiculous, small or silly, things drive you batty?
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Max crashing when I just want to move an object.
Max auto-saving during an action.
When I accidentally hit the hour or minutes ahead in my clock radio. Also business news reporting when the host randomly selects when significant digits are used or not to report on the stock market.
The SO and I are watching films that are top-rated (8 out of ten or higher). The movie names are written on a slip of paper and put in a hat. Once a film is watched, we pull a new slip from the hat.
Three in a row had to do with chain gangs. There was a string of Bogart films. A couple in a row were made by the same director. We are talking about a boatload of movies titles written on little slips of paper, folded up and tossed into a hat.
Why do we keep experiencing a string of coincidences?
Clicking on links that don’t work.
Phones that stop ringing just as I am about to answer.
Trying to unlock a door when weighed down with parcels.
Ha ha! I had a couple of those decorative, non-functioning clocks. About 2 weeks after my son moved out it hit me that….he’s set all those clocks to 4:20!!
I’m expecting to see something about Carstairs, and booze.
Is somebody missing?
@Dutchess_III, Omg! I’m looking at my neighbor’s clock right now, and it’s set at 4:20! I didn’t notice that fact until I read your response. Ha!
I guess that’s a little inside joke.
420=marijuana in US police code
Restaurants and hotels where art is hung by driving big screws through the front of the frames. Churches with massive screens where most have an alter. That tone in the jingle of commercial that makes me think my phone is ringing.
People who think they know all about you right when you first meet.
“Wheelchair, I know how that is. I had to use one for three months after my knee surgery.”
Oh, well yes, that is just like having a degenerative condition, and knowing this is as good as it will be for the rest of your life.
That REALLY burns my butt.
@Patty_Melt It is understandable how you feel. There are many others that feel the same way. What I’ve discovered is that there are people with a high level of a personality characteristic called Relator. They use it to make a connection with others. It is an attempt to bond.
Occasionally, it backfires, such as in the example you gave. The intent is good; the effect can result in the opposite.
The poor battery life of mobile phones.
When the clock radio is without power and on battery mode. That the time is not accurate.
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