Questions you hate being asked

[Descalon]

Them: Where are you from?
Me: I'm from the Netherlands.
Them: Where's that?
Me: (Implied facepalm) I'm Dutch, does that help?
Them: Oh, you're from Holland!
Me : (Implied facepalm again) Sure, whatever.
Them: Do you smoke weed?
or
Them: Say something in Dutch!

I have this exchange pretty much on a weekly basis. I am so very, very sick of it.

I'm with this guy!

Seriously, tell someone you're Dutch and they just assume you're wearing clogs and getting stoned.

 

[Dogstile]

I hate being asked why i'm single.

"awh you're such a nice guy, how can you be single". - asked by both male and female friends

Because I don't function well in relationships, ugh, i've already explained this twice tonight >.>

 

[LadyMint]

"Why don't you smile more?" As if to really say, "You always look so unhappy." Truth of the matter is I'm very happy most of the time, but since I don't keep a mirror in front of me everywhere I go I can't tell if it comes out through my face or not. Nor do I care, really. If it distresses people that I don't wear a stupid grin all day long, then they probably shouldn't look at me.


"How's it going?" - Well, this question and its many variations aren't a cardinal sin, but it grates on my nerves when someone who I see every day asks me repeatedly. At that point it becomes a hollow greeting which I feel obliged to answer with different information, but nothing particularly different happens from one day to the next in my life.

Another variation of that is the, "How's work," question that I get asked. By co-workers, of all people! I can understand getting that question from my relatives that live miles away from me, but my co-workers know how work is going. They work at the same place!

 

[nsqared]

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Oh. Mai. Gawd. YESS!!
OT: I hate being asked what my favorite thing is, and especially a certain thing vs another thing. I'm not sure how many arguments I've resolved that deal with "Mac vs PC", "Halo vs Call of Duty", "PC vs Consoles", etc... I always have to argue that "they both have advantages", or "why the hell are you comparing these things"...
Oy.

 

[Hylke Langhout]

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I'm with this guy!

Seriously, tell someone you're Dutch and they just assume you're wearing clogs and getting stoned.

What really gets to me is that nobody seems to know that Holland is a province, and not in fact, an alternate name for the country The Netherlands.

 

[Realitycrash]

I have yet to find such a simple answer, feel free to add one.

Well, it's not like you have to give them the world's most detailed and specific answer.

"Philosophy is a discipline dedicated to looking at and discussing the world's most fundamental problems and questions."

That's fairly simple and self-explanitory, it's not like you have to teach them the ideas of Confucious.

"Uh, what do you mean 'fundamental problems'? What does fundamental mean? Like fundamentalist? Is it about religion? Are you a fundamentalist?"

Que me cringing and banging head against wall. (And yes, I have gotten this reply more than once).
And even for those that do understand what I am aiming at, they will ask "like what?", and I have to give a few examples, to which they usually reply "Uh, sounds like a waste of time. The world is as it is."
I'd rather keep my illusions up about how people are nice and educated.

 

[Phasmal]

"Why dont you drink?"

I haaaate this question. Just cause I'm 21 I should be off my face all the time, apparently. I sort of just give generic lame answers unless they are really pissing me off when I have to say "I dont drink because my parents are alcoholics, happy now?".

That tends to kill people's buzz, so I usually avoid saying it.

EDIT: Also "Why don't you listen/why do you make so much noise when you do things?"

Blaaaaaagh, because I have below-average hearing. Still, this is partially on me, I tend not to tell people cause it makes them TALK-TO-YOU-LIKE-THIS.

 

[Descalon]

What really gets to me is that nobody seems to know that Holland is a province, and not in fact, an alternate name for the country The Netherlands.

Hell, don't get me started xD.

I hate it all the more when a Dutchman says he's from Holland when he's not. That's just reinforcing the ignorance, stupid!

 

[Scarim Coral]

These days it "How the job hunt going?" or "Have you got a job yet"?

The reason I hate this question is due to what they afterward. I say no and they go on about the ways I can hunt a job or job relation thing (no shit I already did those!)
I know they mean well but it's bloody annoying!

 

[Realitycrash]

I hate being asked hobbies as well; I especially get weird looks when I'm nicely dressed (and by dressed I mean literally in a dress) and at a party or something and reply with "well I like playing video games". People seem to find it hard to believe that a socially-capable person can enjoy playing something more complex than Bejeweled.

I study philosophy, but since it's rather hard to explain exactly what it is (and even harder for the majority of the population to even grasp the basics the first time they learn about it), I try to avoid answering. It gets tedious. And even when people (usually girls, for some reason) know about it, they answer "So you think alot, huh?".

I tend to stare off somewhere and answer a dry "Uhu.."

I'll hopefully be studying palaeobiology this year; when I tell most people this they end up halfway through a spiel about Rome before I inform them that palaeontology is more about really ancient animals than less ancient civilisations. Eventually I just go the "like Sam Neill in Jurassic Park" route to explain what I mean.

Edit: Even worse is when guys ask, for when I answer, they tend to reply "So what will you do when you're done?", to which I reply "Be happy, I hope".
"Well, yeah, but what will you WORK with.." and I tend to lose and it inform them that having a high-paying job isn't what life revolves around.

I went to the Australian Musuem the other day and somehow managed to get into a conversation with some desk lady - a DESK LADY - who then asked me "So you like being poor?" when I told her what I want to be.
My reply was somewhat similar to yours except I nearly threw a taxidermied echidna at her for emphasis.

If you ever got the time, energy and malicious intent, ask these people (those who seem to think that an education is only for landing you a 'good job') what the meaning of life is. They will be stumped. Suggest that it might be finding happiness, and they will usually agree. Ask them what makes THEM happy, and they will list a number of things. Ask if other peoples list might be different, and they will agree. Ask them if a 'good job' is a necessary mean to reach the ends of the things they have listed. In most cases they will have said general things like love/economical security/creative fullfillment/etc, and will be forced to agree that a 'good job' is not necessary (and might in fact sometimes be a determinent, due to stress-levels and time-constraints), but at times they might say that "Yes, it is necssary". Ask then if it would be necessary to meet the ends of every list out there it is. They would be forced to answer in the negative. Inform them that your list doesn't require it, and then tell them to go suck an exhaustpipe until they die from asphyxiation.

 

[Realitycrash]

I have yet to find such a simple answer, feel free to add one.

Well, it's not like you have to give them the world's most detailed and specific answer.

"Philosophy is a discipline dedicated to looking at and discussing the world's most fundamental problems and questions."

That's fairly simple and self-explanitory, it's not like you have to teach them the ideas of Confucious.

Except that all too often people will hear "Philosophy is a discipline dedi- [DERP]"

Personal "favourite" would be split between "so, what are your hobbies?", and "what are you thinking? You're so quiet".

Answers are, respectively: "torturing people in my basement", and "I was just about to figure out the meaning of life, but then you interrupted". Idiots.

"I'm sorry, discipline? What, you're in the army?". Derp, indeed.

Hobbies are usually rather boring as well, but possible because my answer will be a general and boring one. "I play video-games and read books".

 

[fnlrpa]

"So why don't you have a boyfriend?"

Well, if I knew the answer to that maybe I would have one!

This except gender reversed. I like having personal freedom and not having to worry about another persons feelings

 

[Trooper924]

What colour is this/the sky/grass/whatever? EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. someone finds out I'm colour blind. Eugh it makes me want to punch people.

I get that alot too. I get the impression that most people think that being color-blind means I see the world in black and white.

 

[Aurora Firestorm]

Questions I hate mostly revolve around my religion. "Do you think the world is 6000 years old?" No. "Do you think evolution is a lie made up by atheists?" No. "Do you hate gay people?" No. "Do you think Dungeons and Dragons is a Satanic plot to convert kids?" No.

Seriously, this is like asking, "You're white. Are you racist?" or something like that. It's crass and insulting, and it shows how shallow your knowledge is.

 

[aether-x3]

What did you do to your hair? Okay, That may sound stupid, but when i wake up i have major bed hair, and everytime I do my mum asks that one question. I feel asleep. THAT'S WHAT I DID.

Any form of Are you okay?, Are you in a bad mood?, are you not well? Only because people ask me those at stupid times.

 

[Vykrel]

"When are you going to get your driver's license?" probably when i REALLY have to... im not interested in driving, and im not in a rush at all. people wont stop asking me about it.

also, from when i was in school in classes with nobody i knew: "Why are you so quiet?" because i dont fucking KNOW any of you, nor do i particularly LIKE any of you. get me together with friends and ill talk all day, but if im in a room without a single friend, dont expect me to start chatting up random strangers.

 

[Freaky Lou]

"Ooo, you speak x language!? Say something in x language!" Does anyone know what to say in any language when asked that?

What I always say is "Nunca se que decir cuando la gente quieren que digo algo en espanol."

EDIT: Google Translate BUTCHERS this phrase, so I'll save everyone who's curious time and translate it properly: I never know what to say when people want me to say something in spanish."

 

[4RM3D]

Any question that is too generic, especially if it is related to 'small talk'.

Prime examples:
How are you?
How have you been?
What's up?
Has anything interesting happened while I was gone?

 

[Flames66]

I just want to compliment her period.

I have always found that women don't like being complimented on their period.

OT: "What are you dressed as?"

I am dressed as me.

 

[Xerosch]

Basically, I hate being asked how my gay life works because it mostly only differs from other daily routines in that I'm attracted to men. However, the worst one is "A colleague/cousin/friend of mine is gay, too. Do you know him?".

An there's the obligatory "Are you pissed off? You look pissed off. Are you sure you're not pissed off?"