People telling me what I do for a living
I'm a librarian. Nothing wrong with that, but what really winds me up is everyone I tell, and I mean badger-bothering EVERYONE, responds by putting their fingers to their lips and going "sssshhhhh". Please stop! Especially if that is not the end of my sentence, don't sodding interrupt me to say "sssshhh".

Even people I've known for years think that all I do all day is tell people to be quiet. For the record I don't, but if I bloody did why do you think I want to hear it from you? When you meet an accountant do you respond with "3+3 is 6", or if you meet someone who works in a call centre do you immediately imitate the sound of a phone ringing??!

... Actually that's not such a bad idea...
(MsZuzu, Fri 2 May 2008, 12:16, Reply)