The vain
The insensitive
The self-interested

Yeah, insensitivity is not a good trait and those who are unable to empathise.

I guess the two things could be related.

none. because life’s too short to give the time of day to those who might.

the new guy at work :

i couldn’t categorise his personality type as such, but by 09.15 i’m usually ready to replicate the ball point pen scene from casino

Actually.. I was going to refrain from comment because I don’t like bitching in general, but it does really annoy me when people recommend things too forcefully. Like ‘oh you MUST read this book/visit this place/do this thing’. That’s just the wrong approach. You should tell me how much you liked something and why, and I’ll decide if I want to go there. I may even ask some questions and have a nice chat about it.

Yeti, more like

philly, when is your wedding?

emsz – wasn’t you that requested Bring Me The Horizon on Kerrang the other night by any chance was it?

I was thinking I don’t know of any emsz’, but then I presume it’s short for Emma and I don’t know any of them either.

/Random

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Actually.. I was going to refrain from comment because I don’t like bitching in general, but it does really annoy me when people recommend things too forcefully. Like ‘oh you MUST read this book/visit this place/do this thing’. That’s just the wrong approach. You should tell me how much you liked something and why, and I’ll decide if I want to go there. I may even ask some questions and have a nice chat about it.

Agreed about being told where to visit (or go on holiday).

I hate it with a passion and will deliberately not go where people have told me to go.

Psychologists

Just people who write massive papers and come up with fancy names for stuff we knew already. Then their explanations for why this isn’t the case… Don’t get me started.

‘Born again’ Christians are another group! I don’t care how good ‘God’ makes you feel. I don’t give a toss.

And as already mentioned, those people who have subscribed to ‘self help’ courses.

miserably moaning Emos, like really poo goths but without the good music, culture, or tongue in cheek humour.

sorry artist, not me. Emsz is a joke really, not Emma, Amelia 😳

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sorry artist, not me. Emsz is a joke really, not Emma, Amelia

Amelia is a cool name – we named our daughter it anyway. She gets Millie for short

I hate it with a passion and will deliberately not go where people have told me to go.

Not sure I’d go that far – well except for not wanting to go to our family friends’ flat in Anstruther which my mum keeps banging on about. If I decide I want to holiday in Fife I’ll consider it, otherwise I’ll go where I want and find suitable accommodation there.

I do however refuse to read books that people try and make me read. They tend to get quite offended and push it even further to the point of obsession too.

Artist, yeah I have a love/hate thing with it. It was a bit shit at school sometimes getting teased, but now people just say how nice it is.

most friends call me “Em” (shortened millie as well 🙄 ) emsz or emszy is what gf uses when she’s being needy. LOL.

the person in the room you dislike the most is the one thats most like you.

edit spelling

*makes note to call emszy, emszy from now on.

Needy, overly emotional and want want want people that get all aggressive the minute you ask them the tiniest favour. Like my mother in law. Aaaarrrrrgggghhhhhh.

And breathe.

I was told that I was told by one of those crystal toting eejits that by looking in my eyes she could tell I had high cholesterol which was impressive because I had had very little sleep, spanked myself Ina bike race and was 6 bottles down of rather tasty beer. All I could tell was I wanted fried food. Strangely I had had my cholesterol tested the week before and it was fine. She is total fruit loop though but for some reason my mate is seeing her again after another RTW trip to meet her in England and bring her back. Actually, he told me why but we will gloss over that.

People who are talkers and not listeners. I know one of those..

‘So how was your weekend’

(Me) fine thank you… you?

Then flows an hour by hour description……….

people who dominate a conversation with practicalities and smalltalk.. especially when there’s jokes to share and stories to be told..

I don’t like to tell anyone to sit down and shut up but these people are talking loud and saying nothing and life’s too short for that..

People who are talkers and not listeners.

I’m guessing you’re a talker yourself then? I prefer the company of talkers, saves me the bother of talking… with the caveat that they must not be telling me how dispicable the world has become and that through their soulsearchingcrystalwavingjossstickburning their somehow different from the rest of us.

No I’m a listener. I’m also the type who doesn’t ask you your job, how much you earn or about your house and equity. Whenever someone uses those metrics to ‘get to know me’ I pop them into the shallow **** box.

I will ask you about your car though and if its quirky I’ll want to know all the details

Whenever someone uses those metrics to ‘get to know me’ I pop them into the shallow **** works in sales or recruitment box.

Adults who like harry potter and dr who, its shit and is for kids FFS!

the poor.

Anyone who has taken coke. **** me I don’t miss London for them 😆

I’m also the type who doesn’t ask you your job, how much you earn or about your house and equity

first ones fair enough, tho job doesn’t tell you much about a person, the others tho? MYOB please. Dunno, in other cultures/societies/environments people might be open about money, I was brought up not to ask. Is that an english thing?

Anyone who has taken coke.

This. Crikey, I’ve had some boring conversations in pubs with some colossal tossers who’ve partaken in the Colombian marching powder.

The worst was when a girl from my local gym started to chat me up, I had to be quite rude to get rid of her. Shame, she was quite pretty too.

And needy people. They drive me nuts…

sat 8th sept emszywemzy 😀 being yeti’s +1 means you both get to perv on da laydeez 8)

I was brought up not to ask. Is that an english thing?

Not sure but for me to get to know to know someone my technique is to get them talking, their passions, their attitudes and values that come from this.

Hearing they have a stone built house thats worth £350,000 and work as a Finance Officer tells me nothing about the person.

I start the conversation as I’m looking for something interesting about them to explore- i.e. I want to find out about them to make the conversation worthwhile. It may turn out that we have something in common or…equally better sometimes- we have a differing opinion that we could discuss.

That for me is social interaction. Many many many times though I’ve had the almost ‘read from a rote’ staccato questions crudely put to me.

This is truly priceless. Do keep going

Natural blondes though. They are the exception. I’ve no idea what they are saying just what I am thinking 8)

Middle-aged women martyrs/gatekeepers.

You can find them in any company or public sector function.

*back of hand on forehead*
“Oh this organisation would just collapse if it werent for me. No, I just must go in to work a process the PK245 forms, despite carrying every debillitating contagion known to man. If I dont, the company will have ceased trading by 4pm”

and then gatekeeping: You can propose the slickest, easiesit, lowest cost, new processes to an organisation, but if Judy, 58, Office Manager for Purchasing and Contracts Division doesnt give it the nod, then you can kiss it goodbye. If you dare try and implement it she will derail/sabotage/call the comrades to the picket until she has her own way…

They also dont like you riding on Bridleways.

Judy, 58

Last copulated at the age of 22.

Tried hard with this one, but… Nope. I usually leave the room before I get to that stage.

Middle-aged women martyrs/gatekeepers.

You can find them in any company or public sector function.

*back of hand on forehead*
“Oh this organisation would just collapse if it werent for me. No, I just must go in to work a process the PK245 forms, despite carrying every debillitating contagion known to man. If I dont, the company will have ceased trading by 4pm”

and then gatekeeping: You can propose the slickest, easiesit, lowest cost, new processes to an organisation, but if Judy, 58, Office Manager for Purchasing and Contracts Division doesnt give it the nod, then you can kiss it goodbye. If you dare try and implement it she will derail/sabotage/call the comrades to the picket until she has her own way…

They also dont like you riding on Bridleways.

I’m glad you’ve articulated this so well. My wife and I just call these people “Sue” as its usually their name. I find that they are also commonly found as the person that watches you using the self checkouts at the supermarket, then they have the special authority to fix the machine when it thinks you’re stealing a grape.

I also thoroughly dislike anyone who takes part in “anecdotal top-trumps”, I blame the facebook generation. Nobody seems to undertake any activity for any reason other than to tell people about it anymore. And everyone has done something similar but slightly harder/longer/faster.

Self discovery types, as above. Especially when all they really discovered was the ability to smash daddy’s credit card, whilst travelling the globe to “find themselves”.

So much this.
Was sat next to someone on Hoi An harbour wall on recent travels (which I paid for myself after saving for about 8 years thankyouverymuch!) who actually said:
“You know, when I was at uni, I used to love getting up before sunrise, you know, because, like, it just felt so totally awesome to sit there on the roof with an espresso and a Marlboro Light and observe the transition between darkness and light…”
Most of my beer was sprayed out of my nostrils.