Is there a personality type that doesn't mesh well with yours?

[Shell Beau]

I can't be around spastic, obnoxious, loud people for very long!What about you?

[napi21]

1. YES! Procrastinators and lazy people!

Damn drive me CRAZY!!!

[Shell Beau]

2. I am not lazy, but I tend to

wait until the last minute to do everything. I work better when I know it has to be done right then!

[napi21]

8. That's OK. As long as I don't have to work or live with you. n/t

[MindPilot]

16. Deadlines are so you know when to start!!

[Shell Beau]

19. Exactly!

[Tallison]

41. Don't get along well with SJ-types on the MBTI, way too rigid. n/t

[kick-ass-bob]

47. same here.

I can't stand an SJ here at work - and this is exactly the reason why.
(I'm an NP for those 2 traits)

[MissB]

74. Damn.

*crosses napi21 off the list*

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

77. yep. i procrastinate...

we would not get along :)

[Missy M]

3. I'm with you, obnoxious, loud, non-stop talkers drive me up a wall!

[MindPilot]

4. I don't tolerate pretentious people very well

designer labels, complex coffee orders, BMWs, frequently found in sales and marketing positions.

[Shell Beau]

7. I do like designer labels, but the rest

doesn't describe me at all. I can't really afford top designer labels, but I still like my certain brands that are semi-expensive.

[fudge stripe cookays]

11. Yep,

can't stand them either. I work with one who is the snootiest (unmentionable word here) I've ever NOT met. (We've never actually introduced ourselves because I'm beneath her. She just looks at me like I'm shit under her shoe).

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[Kathy in Cambridge]

22. I'm in sales and like all those things. Don't be so quick to stereotype.

I'm hardly pretentious, and I know many folks in sales and marketing who are very salt of the earth.

[MindPilot]

31. If you're not pretentious then you are not in that group.

Someone I'm sure will come up with a few stereotypes about techies and engineers too.

[Patiod]

53. and advertising agencies

I have to deal with them all next week

:puke:

[fudge stripe cookays]

5. Guess we'll never be buds, Shell beau

:-(

I can't be around really reserved, quiet, uncommunicative people.

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spastic, obnoxious, and loud person

[Shell Beau]

10. I am not quiet and uncommunicative.

I just don't like people who are ALWAYS bouncing off of the walls.

[fudge stripe cookays]

15. Sorry,

But that's me.

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[Shell Beau]

23. Well I still like you! I can take it every now and then.

I have a BF who is like that. Fortunately we live in different towns and I only see her every so often. I love her to death (she was my matron of honor)but a little bit of her goes a long way for me.

[fudge stripe cookays]

57. OK. Cool.

We tend to be like that. Fun, but exhausting! (the whole perky factor exploded exponentially...)

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[LiberalVoice]

I work with this guy....

He is the only anti-* person I have ever met that I cannot stand. He is a womanizing prick who thinks he is gods gift to all the ladies on this planet. We have to travel for work and everytime we do he cheats on his girlfriend with at least 2-3 women and then has the nerve to call her "the C word" because he thinks she is cheating on him. Which she isn't.

[Shell Beau]

14. I don't think anyone could like that guy!

[distantearlywarning]

6. People who have to have the spotlight all the time

I really dislike people like that. The kind that don't care if it's positive or negative attention, just as long as they get some - they will act like asses, step on other people, talk too loudly, etc...

[supernova]

9. Very extroverted people

My biggest personality clashes are with people who are very extroverted, who MUST be around others ALL THE TIME. I'm a natural loner, and the more attention these people need, the more I want to get away from them.
I can't give them enough attention.

[boilerbabe]

30. I envy those people that can be around others so much

I used to be so social, but these past few years I have been pretty much work work work. Oh well...I am one of those very talkative sociable loners. Too much dichotomy for sure!! I finally went out to "emerge in society", it was too funny anyways. i had to get a hotel room to decompress after it all....
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[Spider Jerusalem]

79. Christ, yes.

Extreme extroverts makie me miserable. Being around extroverted people for any real length of time is terribly draining. I usually end up needing a lot of time alone to recharge.

[supernova]

80. Ha! You know the feeling!

:hug:

I feel bad because one of these people is my sister in law. And to that her emotional problems and I usually want to run screaming from the room. AHHHGG!

I'm glad I finally found a job where I can decide how much contact I want with people on any given day. That part of my life makes sense at least.

[Spider Jerusalem]

87. Yeah.

It's nice to be able to regulate the amount of interaction you have with other people. Really sucks that introverts and loners usually end up getting the short end of the stick in our outrageously extroverted society...no wonder we have higher rates of depression and suicide. Heh.

[Frances]

12. Passive aggressive people drive me nuts

I can hold my own any day with someone who comes out and says directly what they mean.

But people who are manipulative drive me up the wall.

[nytemare]

91. They drive me up a wall as well!

Especially the ones who speak really quietly or beat around the bush. I hate when you have to listen really hard for a long time to somebody who could have just come out in a clear voice and said it in no time.

[LSK]

13. arrogant people who think they always have to be funny and put you down

I have 2 co-workers like that and I keep my distance.

[Shell Beau]

18. People like that have issues with themselves.

It makes them feel better about themselves to put others down. Ugh!

[LSK]

20. Issues would be an understatement n/t

[MindPilot]

26. Yeah and they are *not* funny

Those constant chop-fights at work really burn my ass. I can keep up with the best of 'em, but it just gets old.

[gollygee]

17. Toppers and social climbers

Toppers - people who top everything anyone says. If you spent a week in France, they spent a month and a half in Italy. If you have a cold, they have pnemonia.

[Shell Beau]

24. Yeah that is bothersome

[Kathleen04]

52. Toppers, ugh!!

It's worse if they preface it with "oh that's nothing, I..." :crazy:

[arwalden]

21. Holier-Than-Thou's

[Kathy in Cambridge]

34. My least favorite too. Judgemental, passive-aggressive and close-minded

are some traits I can't stand too.

[arwalden]

46. Also... I'd Add: Stealth Bigots and Religious Hypocrites

[Ladyhawk]

98. Amen, brother. :D n/t

[ProfessorGAC]

25. Yes. Humans

The Professor

[fudge stripe cookays]

58. Even me????

But I'm your news source!

:cry:
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[Trigger Hippie]

27. I can't stand people

who joke around like they're being serious. I can't tell if I'm being made fun of and insulted or if they're just joking. :grr:

[LSK]

39. and then they say you should lighten up

Even thou they are dead serious when telling you the jokes, get you all riled up, and they are doing it on purpose it seems. But we should lighten up. No, maybe you should learn to be funny without insulting people. :grr: :grr:

[Trigger Hippie]

45. Yeah!

:yourock:

[AngryAmish]

85. I am the person you hate

Here is some insight - Even when joking there is a thread of truth.

Me - I can't stand blabbermouths. If anyone who has read "The Killer Inside Me" knows a good way to put the knife into them.

[Trigger Hippie]

90. But why not just tell the truth

instead of hiding it behind jokes? It just seems extra cruel that way. I guess it's your way of saying something true that you couldn't or wouldn't say otherwise unless it was veiled behind a joke? :shrug:

You would hurt my feelings. :cry: But that's OK.

:) :hi:

[nickinSTL]

28. where to start?

joking, but...

there's a guy in my office...annoys me no end.

Always has to be the center of attention, and if people aren't paying attention to him at the moment, he'll be loud just to get attention.

:mad:

He demands that people tell him what they're doing...not because he has any authority, or really cares, just to get attention.

:eyes:

[LaurenG]

29. Mean hateful ones do me in

If you've noticed, they don't have to say a word either.

[boilerbabe]

32. They are the ones that say %%%% just kidding...right? n/t

[Lavender Brown]

33. People who act like jerks for no particular reason

[Kathy in Cambridge]

35. People that are judgemental, uptight, passive-aggressive, and bigoted

I have met a few in my day. Passive-aggressive drives me nuts.

[Allenberg]

36. People who let a small amount of authority go to their head.

or, 95% of military officers that I met.

[Taverner]

37. republicans

[sam sarrha]

38. I have nothing to lose anymore... I tell them.. what i think and ask

queations that are actully just very Pointed statements... like they are really going to say Yes, I am a bigotted uncarring moron.. they just have to shut up.. it is easier and and more enjoyable that simply saying ...just shut the F*** up !!!

i am sick of the Strausians view of the under class.. who make them the Overloards through their slavery..

pisses me off when they start jerking off their attitudes in front of me...

[MindPilot]

40. People who take everything so seriously -- mostly a work thing

Nothing goes on at my work that involves life and death, but some people act like it. Worse case scenario somebody loses some money and it ain't even their money...chill.

[Burma Jones]

42. I'm with you. But we all just plain trust a Solemn Ass

I don't see much of this behavior - and I actually do work on life and death stuff. People take their jobs seriously, but don't make a big show out of taking their jobs seriously - if you know what I mean?

[MindPilot]

44. those people probably wish they were in a life & death environment

like the security guard who wants to be a real cop but couldn't pass the physical.

I suspect if they were actually in that situation they would crack under the pressure.

[tenshi816]

43. Snobs, to start with.

I also can't deal well with:

*aggressive, angry people
*whiners
*people who have only a fleeting relationship with the truth
*excessively needy people
*drama queens (who are sometimes a combination of all of the above) - I used to be good friends with a dancer with the Royal Ballet and I eventually ended the friendship after several years because I realised that everything was always about the turmoil going on in her life (and she always had a lot of turmoil going on). I started getting headaches every time I saw her, and finally figured out it was because she was constantly dumping all her problems on me and expecting me to somehow fix them for her. She was a walking train wreck.

[BlueIris]

92. I can only tolerate snobs in limited increments.

And I'll really only be able to tolerate a certain kind of snob--sometimes I find snobbery extremely useful: when I don't know if an outfit "works" for an unfamiliar work or other activity I'm planning to attend, or when I need to know whether some home decor item will please a snobby dinner guest. But true and vicious elitism? Can't stand it. Won't be socializing with those folks anytime soon.

[Ladyhawk]

97. Sounds like your gf had a histrionic personality disorder. n/t

[tenshi816]

100. Good call, Ladyhawk!

I didn't even know there was such a thing as histrionic personality disorder until now, and you nailed it perfectly (I googled it after you pointed it out to me). Have you known someone like this before or something?

Earlier today I had composed a much longer reply to your post but, when I was at about paragraph 4, my CPU caught fire! I'm not joking either, the room still smells like melted plastic and it tripped the circuit breakers in the house. I'm on a borrowed laptop now, but wanted to thank you for pointing me in the right direction to learn something new. I always enjoy your posts, BTW - there are similarities in our fundie families and I like reading what you have to say.

If you respond to this and I don't get back to you, it's because my CPU is in the computer hospital (and I hope it's not the kiss of death because I can't afford a new one right now!).

[Ladyhawk]

103. Yes, I have known someone else with histrionic personality disorder,

but I diagnosed her as well...hehe. :) A psychological test she took agreed with my diagnosis. I also believed she had narcissistic personality disorder. This often goes hand-in-hand with histrionic personality disorder or sociopathy, or both. I'm interested in psychology, so I know many of the disorders and their symptoms, even enough to even figure out what is wrong with me. :( I try hard to change and grow, but even knowing, changing oneself is very difficult. But hell, at least I introspect enough to know I have issues.

I'm sorry about your computer. I know what a pain they can be because I repair, upgrade and build them. I once burned up a 1 GHz Athlon. I took the fan off, forgot to unplug it and wandered off to take a break. Unfortunately, "Wake On Modem" was on in the BIOS, or must have been, because the computer turned on by itself with the heatsink and fan removed from the CPU. Crispy CPU...mmmm, mmmm, good. :D

Don't you just LOVE the smell of burnt CPU in the morning. It smells like...a huge replacement fee. :) Or something. I hope your computer fire didn't damage anything too severely. If you were able to use the computer post-fire, I doubt the CPU caught fire. Your computer wouldn't even POST with a burned-up CPU. It was probably a power supply fire. I've seen more of those. Power supplies are shoddy nowadays. I'm getting to the point where I always check the power supply FIRST when there's a problem. Stupid manufacturers.

Well, looky, I've blathered on and on...sorry about that. I hope your computer is OK. :)

[pdx_prog]

48. This is the best was personalities have been described to me

(sorry about the picture......the word on top is formal, the word on bottom is informal, the word on the left is dominant, and the word on the right is flow with)

Look how you are dressed, how you act, etc... from this you can determine if you are formal or informal (not hard to do). You also know if you have a dominant or flow with personality. By determining these two factors, it puts you into one of the four corners.

The Dominant/Formal people are called "The Controllers". You know these people because they are the ones that want to run everything....the ones that know it all and don't mind letting you know that they know it all. When sitting in traffic they usually curse and take their aggession out on the car seat or dash board.

The Flow With/Formal people are "The Analyzers". We analyzers are the ones that investigate 10 different television models before we decide to purchase one....we can't have sex without reading the instructions book...lol. When sitting in traffic we almost always obey all of traffic laws and we just can't understand why no one else does because traffic moves a lot better when everyone obeys the rules.

The Dominant/Informal people are "The Party Planners".....they are the first to organize a party but never show.....they come out of the gate fast, but slow to a halt in the 3rd quarter. When sitting in traffic these are usually the people honking their horns, driving down the shoulder and cutting in front of people.

The Flow with/Informal people are "The Passives". They are the first to give money to save the whales. When sitting in traffic they usually just sit happily and let people go in front of them.

When pairing people up it is best to choose someone vertically or horizontally paired with you. Never choose someone with a diagonal personality from you.

It is said that the really great people in the world (Ghandi, Kennedy, MOther Teresa) have the ablity to hover right in the middle....to be all of the personalities.

I have found that it is pretty easy to peg someone into one of these four corners. After you figure out someone's personality type it is easier to understand them and to communicate with them.

[Rabrrrrrr]

49. Assholes, self-focused, and the vapid

[MN ChimpH8R]

50. Arrogant, know-it-all people

with an inflated sense of entitlement and their own value to society. Basically, the Repuke personality type. :evilgrin:

[Kathleen04]

51. --People that nag me

I have one friend who has me painted in her mind as the laziest person ever or something. I get chided with little comments like "I'm sure you've got the time.." or some other way that I could be more efficient. x(

--Jealous people that won't let you enjoy what you can afford without guilt-tripping you about it/talk about other people and their possessions behind their back. And I'm not really talking over-the-top extravagence here either..

--Lying/Exaggeration to the pt of lying: I have a "friend" who exaggerates so much about situations, once she even forgot that I was THERE when it happened and proceeded to twist the story anyways.. :grr:

[WeRQ4U]

54. Self-Importance and Arrogant people suck.

[Patiod]

55. Anyone who talks about real estate constantly

I'm not talking about people who are in the midst of purchasing a home, which is traumatic, and of course they are going to talk about it.

I'm talking about people who think real estate and investments are good focuses for extended social conversations.

[mtnester]

56. Obnoxious loud YES, also spineless, weak and air headed

either will likely set me off.

[noonwitch]

59. Borderline personalitly disorder

Needy, clingy, never able to make up their own mind and never owning up to their own feelings and behavior. I especially get sick of borderlines who have compulsive and destructive relationships, over and over again.

My mother is a borderline, which is most of the reason they drive me so crazy. I'm schizotypal by choice.

[Tikki]

66. This type....right here...

...you'd think as they get older they would learn from some of life's past lessons...nooo..they just move on to the 'next big explosion waiting to happen' scene.

I have no PATIENCE, anymore, with this type of personality...they're boring as heck.

Tikki

[seemunkee]

60. My sister-in-law

[zanne]

61. People who don't laugh

People who are so calm and self-assured they rarely speak and never laugh out loud. I went to dinner with a couple the other night who seemed genuinely pleased to be with me and my husband, but barely spoke throughout the meal. The pressure of having to fill in the silence with any subject I could think of was exhausting and very uncomfortable. I ordered them some big drinks, but they just sipped them! I thought the night would never end!

[Phentex]

63. I must agree.

I was going to say the extremely quiet types get on my nerves. I'll take a blabber-mouth over that any day!

[JimmyJazz]

62. I can't stand to be around people who take themselves too seriously

and those who can't talk about anything but work.

[newportdadde]

64. Anyone that is overly fake with sugary niceness(hypocrites).

You know the ones who stab you in the back in a second but are all prim and proper nice nice face to face. The best are the religious ones with all the crosses etc in their office yet act as about as far as you can get from the teachings of Jesus.

Runner-up would be the used car salesmen types.

And extroverted people, even those that are down to earth tend to make me as an introvert uncomfortable as they go on and on trying to get me talking. I just take awhile to warm up in a conversation just give me some time.

[SarahB]

65. Negative whiners.

:eyes:

[SarahB]

82. I also forgot: Condescending, pretentious twits.

Almost as annoying as people who whine and whine (without doing anything about it or never have an ounce of gratitude) is people who continuously have a sort of stick up their ass in terms of how they relate to people. :banghead:

[enigmatic]

67. A few

Loud and abrasive people make me turn around and run the other way. And pretentious hypocrites; ugh...

[progmom]

68. people with no spontaneity

people with closed minds.
people who are not kind.
people who don't think i am funny. :P

[Misunderestimator]

69. Yeah... assholes.

That pretty much covers it. :)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

70. Except me........right?........

[Misunderestimator]

71. Yeah, except you!

:loveya:

[Wetzelbill]

101. :)

Nothing just a smile.

[BarbaRosa]

72. People you can't talk with.

The kind of person who when you try to have a conversation with, are always at the ready to jump in and ramble on about how they would do/have done it better, worse, faster, slower, etc.

I have a drinking buddy I've known for many years that I'm having a hard time being around now. Anytime I start to say something, with in a few words or so off he goes, rambling about something or other. It's at the point where I don't start conversations anymore, I've heard it all before.

sorry bout the rant

[TK421]

73. Obnoxious, loud, and arrogant people should stay away from me

I have to say that the ones I REALLY can't stand are the leader types, you know, the people who think it's their destiny to take charge in any situation. That really bugs me...it just seems like it's self-important.

[hippiechick]

75. I cannot tolerate the

"look at me look at me look at me love me love me love me
reinforce my self image
tell me how cool i am
pleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease
and when i'm done with you i'll step on you like a gnat"

types of people.

they know who they are.

[CitrusLib]

76. Narrow-minded bigots who see the world in black and white.

My way or the wrong way. They disgust me.

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[In_The_Wind]

81. complainers & whiners

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

83. People who are very fastidious

Women who pay very meticulous attention to detail and who are excessively sensitive, especially in matters of taste or propriety give me a problem. Also, women who are a bit too orderly and who want to exercise proprietary dominion over every part of the house, even in my own personal papers and affairs just go too far. I can learn to adapt to people I care about, extroverted people (I'm an introvert), talkative people (I seldom talk unless it's important), social people (I don't like parties), self-absorbed people (I can admire that to an extent), highly opinionated people (I can get along and I don't need to win every discussion). But people who get upset over trivial details and who are sensitive to every small thing around them, and who have to control every small thing around them cross the line for me. Maybe I'm turning into Oscar Madison.

[Dan-W]

84. I don't mesh with wiseguys. Male or female. Capiche? 86.

[caty]

86. The know it all,

has to have the last word, will pick an argument just for the sake of arguing type.:banghead:

[Nikia]

88. hypermasculine men

Who hate men who do anything feminine and hate women in general. I don't get along with them for obvious reasons.

[rateyes]

89. People who dish it out..

but can't take it. And, if I ever find one of those, damn do I dish it out!!! Which makes me a personality type they don't like or want to be around, which suits me just fine.

[Dastard Stepchild]

93. I'm not a good friend to party people....

I have a lot of energy, but I don't like to expend it in bars or at parties. I'm social, to a point, but I am just too lowkey to make a good friend to people that like a really social life.
I'll help you move, I'll go shopping with you, I'll garden with you in your backyard, I'll help you write a paper, I'll paint your walls, I'll clean your office. All of these things I am happy to do. But barhopping or parties... not so much. Though I do have a weakness for going out to eat. :)

[Pharlo]

94. People who don't like animals.

I do not trust people who don't like animals.

[Ladyhawk]

96. I feel the same way.

I can understand not liking a certain type of animal, but the blanket, "I don't like animals" makes me leery. I also don't like folks who can't understand attachment to pets.

[Ladyhawk]

95. Definitely! And this type also tend to not be all that bright, I'm afraid

I know a lady like this and I can't stand to be around her for very long. :( :( :( :(

[SOteric]

99. Poopyheads.

[Wetzelbill]

102. People with little sense of humor.....

Where I'm from we tease each other alot. It's a way of showing that you like someone. I like to give people a little hell sometimes, jokingly and so on. 99.9 percent of people will get it. But once in a great while it rubs somebody wrong and they can never figure it out. I also crack jokes all the time and so forth. Some people have trouble with that. Rarely, but it happens.

[enigmatic]

104. Humorless people drive me crazy

I've met more than a few..

[NMMNG]

105. Megalomaniacal control freaks

Loquacious, overly inquisitive (nosey) people