The Most Annoying Question Ever

Maybe it's just me, but one of the most annoying questions a person can ask me is "who all is going to be there?" There are many variations to this question, but all of them are aimed at the same underlying objective of getting a guest list for the evening.

There are many reasons this pisses me off, and I'm sure I've aggravated others by asking it myself at some point. Let me run down a few:
- In some indirect way it implies that the person being asked the question isn't by themselves worthy of the company of the asker. It's an obscure, maybe subconscious way of dissin a homie.
- These questions are usually asked during the day, at a time when people are trying to get their work done, not give a list of "attendings", "not attendings", and "maybe attendings".
- It's such a cop-out to wait until you find out what everyone else is doing to make plans. If everyone were always like that, groups of people would just sit around in a circle and ultimately do nothing with their free time.

There are 3 people when it comes to making plans. 1) The Idea people. The ones that figure out the plan options for making it a good night. 2) The "I'm in for whatever" people. These guys just want to know where people will be, but they're going to be agreeable with whatever's going on. 3) The Usually Unsatisfied Crowd. This group not only will complain about a plan but then compound the issue by bringing no other viable alternatives to the table. Since they are so rarely satisfied, ya just gotta bang out plans with no regard for their unrealistic expectations.

Some people fit strongly into one group, but for the most part, we've all been a part of all 3 groups throughtout our teens and twenties. And sure, as is always the case, there are exceptions to the rule. Not everyone is looking for the "coolest" thing to do that night or the hippest crowd to hang with. Some people, on rare occasion, just ask the question because it sounds like a natural follow-up question in a convo about the nights agenda. I guess, on even rarer occasions, a person needs a number so they know how much salsa to buy so the crowd isn't eating straight tortilla chips for too long. But come on, do we really need to ask this question as much as we do? People need to learn to commit to something and then if some people don't like it, they can come up with their own scheme and sell it to others. A little give-and-take action. Let's make the world a less obnoxious place, shall we?