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Manager types who say "it would be really good if you could..." or "I'd appreaciate it if you could..." instead of coming straight out and saying what they want
Looks like you can't win if you're a manager - something which probably comes as no surprise to most managers. Either you annoy Keith or you annoy Richard. 
Still, with a bit more effort it might be possible to annoy both of them simultaneously!
Which reminds me of an old Marty Feldman sketch, where with mock seriousness he points out that watching television with your windows wide open in summer can annoy your neighbours. Then with a manic grin he goes on to say... "Other ways you can annoy them include..." 
Quote: So politeness isn't a good thing...
well that explains a lot
I'm all for politeness, when it's genuine. 
What I was trying to say is I dislike (that's another one of my pet peeves, people who say hate, when all they mean is mildly dislike) synthetic politeness, when people ask me to do something and imply that it will make them ecstatic if I do it. Just ask me to do something, politely but to the point
I have been a manager in the past so I've seen it from the other side as well
Perhaps I'm just a grumpy so and so who regrets the drift towards the mid Atlantic
Quote: Drivers who brake and then signal, usually at the last moment before making the turn.
How is that an 'expression' ? 
It's an expression of contempt for other road users
Oh! Finally, here is the perfect place to complain about this!!
Those stupid, stupid stores that always have the aisles that say "20 items or less" nooo! It is "20 items or FEWER!!" Every grocery store I have gone in except for one ALWAYS says "less" SOOO annoying! Then you have to stand there in line looking at it! 8(
The one and only grocery store that uses the correct grammar is more expensive, so I always have to go to the stupid grocery stores!
So there! That has bothered me many times in my lifetime, and no one else seems to understand!
Just tonight I was picking up milk and had to wait in line with a "20 items or LESS. " sign. It was not pleasant company. Lol!
Quote: "20 items or less" nooo! It is "20 items or FEWER!!"
Ah. Now you've tapped into another seam of grump! Since when did we become able to buy a "scissor", or a "trouser"? They only ever used to come in pairs, back during my formative years. What happened? I suppose technology and fashions move on and leaves us grumpies behind - that's the only explanation I can come up with...aside from a sharp drop in basic literacy.
Quote: when did we become able to buy a "scissor", or a "trouser"?
I suspect that those products are made abroad, and the people who design the labels do not grasp the intricacies/niceties of the English language, which can be hard for 'furriners' to understand.
At least it keeps them in their place.
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