People in your life annoying you?
By cmecu6
@cmecu6 (420)
United States
April 26, 2011 2:23pm CST
It is so annoying to me when a person does or don't do something they're suppose or not suppose to do and you remind. Almost 100% of the time, the person you're reminding will reply with an "I Know..." Well, If you "know" why do you keep on doing or not doing it?
The first couple of times I usually let it slide, but if the same person over and over again, I get really irritated....I have a few of these people in my life, I love them, but I hate their "I know". It's getting old. Either do it or don't do it, but stop saying "I know.."
Does anyone too have this kind of people in your life and are you annoyed?
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13 responses
@sashakiddo (1102)
• United States
26 Apr 11
My boyfriend is like this because he needs to get a job but everytime I suggest that he applies at one place he says "yeah I'll do it later," and never does it. But then I think of all the times I am supposed to do my homework but don't do it till the last minute. So when we get annoyed that someone's not doing their work or something, let's think about the reason.
Maybe they don't think it's necessary to do it? In this case, maybe you can talk it out and see if you can change the way they think about it.
Maybe they really don't want to do it, or they're afraid of doing it. If they have a fear of success or fear of failure, this can keep them from doing the things they need to do. Or, if they have different goals in life, maybe they are working on those.
@cmecu6 (420)
• United States
26 Apr 11
I have talked to this one person in my life about this annoying habbit of hers.. It's not life changing situations at all. Here is an example:
She was learning to drive. I took her out for a few runs. Comes to a stop sign, she didn't make a complete stop. I tell her, they will fail you if you don't come to a complete stop. Make sure you that before you proceed, you stopped completely. Guess her response. yep "I know". I let it slide because we're just practicing, but then again 2 stops signs later, she does the same thing... this is just one of those many,many I know moments. There are more moments I simply don't know how to put it in writing...
@sashakiddo (1102)
• United States
26 Apr 11
I see, driving is a difficult lesson to learn when a person doesn't really recognize the dangers involved.. I was just like that girl, until I got a few driving tickets.. not just one, and I had to go to traffic school for it. Traffic school was the one place where I truly learned to value the importance of good driving. The teacher there knew what she was doing because she was a trained speaker, and she really got through to all the inconsiderate drivers of the class. Sometimes a person has to go through that form of discipline, and in my case, the punishment of paying so much for tickets.
It's just that sometimes we feel we can get away with things. the rules don't apply to us at certain times, so we say "i know" until one day the rules do apply and we suffer for it. I think the best way for them to do what they're supposed to do, is to learn by trial and error. If a person doesn't get the chance to make the mistake, they won't learn as much. Mistakes are a great teacher.
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
28 Apr 11
Hi. cmecu6. I have been around many people like this. My mother-in-law is this way, big time! She will do something that she should not do, and then she will turn it around and act like she does not know what she has done. She will be saying that she know that she shouldn't have done such and such, but something told her to do it anyway. Please, whatever!
@xanjvill (88)
• Philippines
27 Apr 11
I get annoyed at people who can't think for themselves especially when they have to refer every simplest details to me. Even if it is their own project or idea they always come to me and ask the stupidest questions. I mean, come on, it's your own idea, should you not know what to do with it? It's your own project, should you not be the one doing the thinking?
@cmecu6 (420)
• United States
28 Apr 11
Oh don't I know what you are talking about! In my family we have nights that we take turns to cook. No one ever lend a hand when its my turn, but when it her turn... She is always in the kitchen, umm what do I need to add next? ... you're the one cooking, figure it out! Never once, does she not ask...
@isloooboy (1733)
• United Arab Emirates
27 Apr 11
One of my Chief Program whom we call Chief Drummer is very very annoying personality in my department. We all colleagues are perturbation and allergic from him and try to avoid him but he is such a stubborn person.
He try to find any little incident to shout on us and we all try to never give him a little one. Although its like an daily competition is going on but we all are looking for peace of mind. We gave written complaint against him to big boss but still he is managing how we don't know.
Now we all are ready to take an final step against him let see when but we will.....:D
@altirbonganay (287)
• Philippines
27 Apr 11
I know someone who overreacts most of the time. You know, I just hate seeing and hearing that person complain about this and that. That he/she is tired of this and that. Come on! That person just annoys me soooo much!
@miracle1986 (4)
• United States
27 Apr 11
I know a lot of people like this. They are really annoying because if you tell someone that you're going to do something don't put it off constantly.
@tyronie4cash (925)
• Philippines
27 Apr 11
Lol! I have this friend who tells so much that he doesn't even do. Like he was saying "I'm gonna put up a business, a Music studio". then years after, there is none. He keep babbling about something that I KNOW he can't even do. "I will buy my own guitar", "I'm planning to put up a gig/concert", "I am gonna buy my own car", "I have something for you, just wait and I know you'll like it". SOOOO MUUCHHHH lies. Even if you wait 5years you will not see it, I know that, and now he is still like that not knowing that WE (me and friends) know him, and We know that none of this will ever come true, and that makes us annoyed, We just don't have the guts to tell him what we really know for We know that if ever we tell him, he might get offended. I'm just thinking, why lie? for what? does it makes him famous? No, it will not, instead it makes him look more and more LIAR. Geez..
On the other hand, I have a someone I know who's like that too.. "I KNOW" hahaha!! I think it's just because they wanted to tell you or like.. make you feel that THEY KNOW what they're doing, like saying to you "I'm not dumb" hahaha! Just let it slip, ignore it. :)
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
26 Apr 11
Everyone does this to me. lol, kidding usually the teenagers because they do not like to be told what to do, so they are quick to respond to me, with the I know.
It is quite irritating because if you ask them again they did not hear a single word. In my opinion it is a way for them to get us to stop speaking. So what I do is that I will require full eye contact as we speak and I won't stop until I get a full response besides I know. Doesn't always work but sometimes it does.
@cmecu6 (420)
• United States
26 Apr 11
yeah, when it comes out of teenager's "I know", i take it the same as you. The ones I'm referring to are no longer teenagers, but are people close to me.These are adults who I think likes to think they know all there is to know, but when it comes down to it they know squat, so to save them from embarrassment, they come back with an "I know" to somehow magically derail the conversation or something...
As to the particular person i mentioned; When I questioned her as to why she kept saying I know, when she doesn't, she always say " well, I'm just saying" to me that is just like " I know ".. Trying to have an intelligent conversation with this person is just crazy sometimes.. i laugh it off, but sometimes I think she doesn't really know what she is saying at all...oh well, got to love her anyway...She mean no harm in it, it just bugs the heck out of me...
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
27 Apr 11
People like that are really annoying. They know that it's not supposed to be done because it's against the rule but they still do it , inspite of reminders.
When that happens, i give up. I let it be, and just think, time will come when they will stop because something bad happened. When that time comes, i would just say, "Didn't i keep on telling you about it?"
@misc11 (384)
• United States
27 Apr 11
I think I am the person you are talking about :). This is because my mother and sister like to give me endless lists of chores. After they give me their list, they like to call 100 times a day to see if I have done it or not, and I am a procrastinator, so usually have not. I sit there on the phone and say I know, ok bye, I'll do it in a minute and then hang up. I don't mind doing the tasks they want me to, but if they are going to give me the tasks to do, I am going to do it on my own and at my own convenience, not theirs. If they don't like it and want it done sooner, they can do it themselves. I always get around to doing it and before the deadlines and always do the tasks well, just never when they want it done. I think we play opposite roles, haha!!
@cmecu6 (420)
• United States
27 Apr 11
At least you "know" you're a procrastinator. My particular person, I don't think knows, when she say "I know".... for her it's like she can't swim, you tell her don't jump in the water, she'll say "I know", then jump in anyway??? or as she would also say, "I'm just saying"
sometimes I get why she said it, but most of the time, I am clueless to her cluelessness.. lol..
@tink91879 (742)
• United States
27 Apr 11
My husband and kids do this a lot. I think I wld be better off talking to a wall. The wall dosent speak but gives me the same outcome. I think sometimes we just need a break, but really the ppl wldnt get annoying if they wld just do the task asked of them. Of course when you repeat in asking your now nagging. So its really a no win situation.
@oninomar (505)
• Philippines
27 Apr 11
myself.
sometimes I realized that i'm one of the annoying person in this world. This is a result of an over self- confident. You believe that you know everything, you think that you can't have mistakes in all things you work. But then I'm trying my best to change it.
@kalithedestroyer (71)
• United States
27 Apr 11
what else are they supposed to say? maybe they don't like being nagged about something over and over again. Is it possible you are being overbearing and micromanaging people's lives? I'm no saying you are, but it's a possibility. the only one i have to tell to do something more than once is my four year old, and i could never get annoyed with a little guy.
@cmecu6 (420)
• United States
27 Apr 11
I could be, I am her elder sibling and is in the position to possible be overbearing, but I "know" lol...I don't tell her something over and over again nor do I ask her to do things. I ask only once. if it doesn't get done, I do it myself..
Example:
It could be a group of friends chatting away at something and we would be talking about something and while some of us would say, "oh really, I didn't know that or something like that, she will be the first to usually say, "I know"..We would ask her when or how she knew, she will come back with a "oh, I don't really know, I'm just saying" This is what I am annoyed by.