Abyss

In no particular order:
Typos. Struggling to type in the winter when you’re fingers can’t seem to function properly. Cell phone text abbreviation. Slow internet and disconnections (common in South Afica). Telkom. LAG and high latency (especially in FPS games). Crashes and power failure (like when you’ve just got passed that difficult part and forgot to save, or spent 2 hours on work). Stupid clients. Arrogant clients (you know, those “smart-ass Mr. know-it-all” telling you how to do your job). Admin. Telesales.


Stupid questions. Even better, stupid answers like Q: “What are you reading?” A: “A book…”. *no fracking shit*
Someone boring you about something which makes no sense whatsoever and them not taking the hint to frack off. *annoying!*
Hitting your toe against the foot of a chair or couch. Spilling your coffee (on your keyboard or PC). Accidently slamming your finger in the door. Taking a hit to the shin or groin. Hitting your head on something pointy emerging from under the table. Tying your shoe and the shoelace snaps. Stepping or sitting on your expensive glasses. Spilling on your shirt or trousers. Picking up your briefcase and it flips open and the wind just takes it. Working in your PC case and the screw drops in between all the tightly fit components. Picking up the phone and you go “Hello… hello… hello!... HHEELLLLOO!!!” or phoning someone and they can’t seem to hear you. Signal loss.

Unbearable siblings/parents. Getting someone a thoughtful present and getting a tie, sweater, socks or deodorant in return. Do the effort in making an awesome dinner and then slip or trip over the fracking cat/dog/gerbil (your pet) spilling it all for their enjoyment. Cunning, they are. Stripping your zipper. Forgetting gum or mostly in my case, pay slips in your pocket when doing laundry.

Pwning in a game with epic skill and tactics and getting killed by a luck shot to the face with them responding with “skill” or “gtfo n00b”. *WTFE*
Being unexpectedly flanked or outsmarted in an RTS game. Losing a race when in 1st position the whole race. Grenades. Remote controlled explosives. Trip mines. SNIPERS!


Feedback from co-workers or clients that doesn’t help you at all, or no feedback at all. Paper jamming in the copier. Domestic workers or office space cleaners moving everything and messing up the whole desk after they “cleaned” it. *no restecpa*
Human traffic in busy malls. Forgot your wallet at home or in the car when at the till to pay. Getting pulled over by cops when you’re really late or in a hurry this time. Subpoenas. Realizing you’ve been robbed. Walking barefoot on the beach and have your foot cleaved open by a broken bottle far from any help.

Running out of gas or, the simple breakdown. People ignoring the use of indicators! BMW, Merc, GTi performance vehicle motorists wanting to race… and you being in a Tazz, Beetle or Cadet (you get my point). The ever-so-present beggars on every fracking street corner, unable to take the answer “no” and move on. Window washing beggars always starting to wash your windshield without your consent, and with dirty/filthy water. Potholes. Roadworks (South Africa). Fracking idiots making a run for it across the highway, the HIGHWAY! *hears the slap from facepalm*


Deception, betrayal, like when someone cheated on you. Bad practical jokes. Exiting the car and planting your foot ankle deep in (whatever). Taxis (South Africa). Being stuck in traffic behind a truck/construction vehicle/old people/jack-asses. Flat tire. Someone slamming into the rear of your car.

The neighbor’s dog barking at its own shadow the whole day. Ordering something to be shipped from overseas and receiving the wrong item(s) or it’s faulty. Steam. Electricity/phone bills that have been calculated wrong. Taking a shower and realize the geyser is broken or someone flushes a toilet. Broken fridge. Taking a dump and only noticing afterwards that there isn’t any toilet paper. Other people with body odor in a queue. Key breaking off in the lock.

PS: None of the above compares to the pain of a kidney stone.

---

I’m sure you relate to many, but if you have any more you’d like to share, please comment and add them.