It's often the little things that tip us over the edge. Back pain remedy ending up on the bottom shelf. Bananas being both overripe and underripe... Whether the universe has conspired against someone or they simply have to deal with other people's stupidity, it only takes so much to ruin a perfectly fine day.
Disappointed and angry, people turn to the Internet. Here, they're posting photos of the things that drive them crazy, hoping that someone will share their pain. And who are we to let them down? Bored Panda has put together a list of pics to prove just how annoying everyday situations can get, so continue scrolling and upvote your (least) favorite entries.
And if you're into sadomasochism, check out our earlier list of mildly infuriating pictures as well.
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Every Time
Microsoft word often causes me to push slowly away from the desk and leave the office for a few minutes until my fury subsides
Unbelievable
The Worst Part About Job Applications
Why? Why Do I Need An Account Just To Look At Pinterest?
Always wondered. Maybe because setting up an account gives them permission to collect and share your data?
When A Plug Covers The Outlet Next To It
He Asked Me What The Hell I Was Taking A Picture Of. I Told Him I Was Taking A Pic Of The D-Bag That Needs To Occupy 2 Handicap Spots To Eat Some Fries
Well, he's obviously disabled... in the driving skills, social awareness, and good citizen departments.
People Who Make This In Historical Places
People Who Leave A Train Like This
$275 Required Spanish Textbook Is Loose Leaf Paper Wrapped In Cellophane
This!
I Work In A Kitchen. You Have No Idea How Many People Say 'You Look Like The Guy From Ratatouille'. Every Damn Minute
People Who Whore Out Unsuspecting Relatives For Virtual Numbers
Having To Clean Up Someone Else’s Piss So The Person Behind Me Doesn’t Think I Did It
Doctor Appointment At 8:20, Currently 10:00, Still No Sign Of Even A Nurse
And if you leave at 12.00 without even having seen anyone you get a bill for "not showing up" On the other hand if you go out to investigate what's happening a nurse starts yelling at you to stay in that room because you're interfering with the routine and that's why it's no wonder they are running behind.
And if you happened to show up at 8:21 you'll be marked as late, and get bill for "not showing up".
Load More Replies...I once had an eye specialist (the only one for my particular issue in the entire state) who scheduled all appointments for the entire day at 9AM, but they didn't tell you that when you make the appointment. You show up at 9AM to a tiny, overcrowded waiting room and wait the entire day as patients slowly disappear one-by-one. I found out about two hours in while chatting with a group of elderly individuals that this is how this doctor does things and they don't mind because they're all retired and get to hang out for the day. I didn't get seen until 2PM. I was livid.
I've got friends in just about every state, and if I personally don't, I've got a network of friends with the same neuro condition that screws with your eyes, so we all have opthomalogists or neuro-opths, which of course is more difficult to find. I can see if anyone has one close, but into another state if you'd like. I'm personally waiting to see an opthomalogist because the office I go to made me see an optometrist first.
Load More Replies...My Dad handles this by saying to the doctor, " My time is as valuable as yours. On my next appointment t If you are later than 5 minutes I will leave and then find another physician. " He hasn't had to get a new doctor yet.
I know how this can be frustrating, but I work in a doctors' office and the providers always run behind--not because they're fooling around or are neglectful, in fact, the opposite! They squeeze in people who complain of being sick, never rush their appointments, and go over appointment times when the situation requires it. I know it sucks to wait and gets annoying, but I promise that not all doctors make you wait to make money off of you. In fact, sometimes it's due to an emergency. Once, I had a very elderly patient who stopped breathing and we had to call emergency services to rush him to the hospital. I went into the next patient's examine room and apologized for the delay and explained that we had an emergency, and she just said, "well what about me? how much longer do I have to wait? My jaw hurts." SIGH. So I just wanted to say I know it's not great to make patients wait, but thank you to those patients who are on time and who are understand why we cant always be on time ):
l care for my brother who has an intellectual disability..he gets really irritated when he has had to wait for sometime AFTER the due appointment..l try to tell him patience please, but he doesn't do 'patience very well when it's eating into his routine time of doing something else he prefers..now l do understand why a/our Dr could be running late..hell, they have to squeeze in somewhere their lunch (more often eaten at their desk) a loo break or 3 and so forth, but alas many people forget their doctors are human beings as well..me, if he's running behind schedule then I'm fine..l usually bring some crocheting with me to keep me occupied waiting, but alas, people with disabilities don't always have that concept of patience and waiting..
Load More Replies...first appointment of the day and they're still late... I mean... I can understand the end of the day, but surely the 1st one should be on time?
I was actually FORGOTTEN when I brought my son in for a sick appointment. 4:30 open appointment and after an hour waiting....waiting....I opened the door to a DARK office!!! Thankfully a single Dr. remained in her office down the hall and around the corner and responed to my HELLOOOOOO is anyone here!! Of course she blamed the nurse for not flipping the "flag" outside the exam room notifying there was a patient. Note:....flag was flipped.
Waiting for 2 hours for an much needed appointment and then having the doctor spend less than 5 minutes with me.
I can top that. Waited 3 hours for a very important appointment, only to have him spend about 30 seconds with me.
Load More Replies...My record was 6 hours! It was an amazing specialist who was very good talking to his patients and listening (hence why I stayed). We would bring books & food knowing it would be an all day adventure. Sometimes we would go out to lunch!
ER visits are 8 hours on a good shift, and 12 hours normally. Pack a lunch!!!
Got them beat.. I showed up for a 9am appointment and had not seen anyone by noon. I was waiting for the results of a test my son had. When I attempted to leave, the doctor finally emerged from his office and got belligerent with me. When I called his business partner to complain, he said there was nothing he could do since the Jackass was a senior partner. The A**hole even went so far as to send me a letter saying that I could not return to his offices because I was "being difficult." The justice came when I wrote a scathing review on Yelp, the ADA and the BBB. Others soon followed suit and they were out of business in less than a year...
My doctor has never been more than 1/2 hour late and if she is late she apologizes profusely. She also is accessible through email and cell phone. She's pretty amazing.
Back when I got my current GP, c1997, we would get a new Dr every time we moved from east end of town to west end of town. P transport ducked then and now. However c2000, brain drain due to Dr pay caps caused extremely low Dr/patient ratios, still felt to this day. My 1st born didn't have a Dr from age 6 to 16, cause no one would take her. My Dr used to be super late when I first started, but after a few years, something must have chgd, cause it's not more than 1/2 hour now. Also my daughters Dr doesn't make app in advance. You have to call them when they open at 9, and hope you get through in time to get one of the spots.
Load More Replies...This is about the point where my mother would start going through drawers and stealing medical supplies.
Yup. My record is 2 hours, 55 minutes in a freezing room. Had already put on the paper gown, too. Felt sure that the doctor or a nurse would come in as soon as I got dressed, then leave so I could get back in the gown, and I'd have to start all over again.
my record is 3 hours and change in a room with no AC. I live in phoenix AZ room got to around 85+.
Load More Replies...If the doctor was late even for a minute in a Russian hospital, our very sick and angry babushkas would have eaten him alive :D
I have been tempted to calculate my hourly pay times the useless time I have to wait and send a bill to the doctor's office just for fun.
I have threatened to do just that! changed doctors instead of dealing with perpetual over-scheduling & general lack of concern for the value of MY time!
Load More Replies...I would be long gone... I waited almost 1.5 hours recently and told the receptionist I was leaving and would call later to reschedule. She totally got it! So disrespectful of people and their time... like we have nothing else to do, right?
In the US, the patient's satisfaction with the doctor often makes a huge difference in how they get paid. A letter of complaint for being treated like garbage can affect their compensation, especially if they're run by a corporate health system.
Once I was at the Doctor with my Mum. After waiting 2 hours, a nurse opened the door to the room, looked at us, rolled her eyes and then just turned around and shut the door. My Mum was so pissed, she just walked out the room and screamed at everybody in her way. It was one of her best freakouts I ever saw! 😂😂
after waiting for more than an hour at my neurologist appt and then having a patient with an appt scheduled AFTER mine get called before me, I told the receptionist that I was cancelling my appt and would be changing doctors. This wasn't the first time something like this had happened. I went on to firmly tell her that my time was every bit as valuable as the doctor's and I was giving serious thought to sending HIM a bill for wasting my time! (While I was firm, I was not rude--I know it was not her fault. It's apalling & unethical that patients are scheduled as little as 10-15 minutes apart--what level of care is that?!)
Nah. B******t. If the American healthcare system is gonna run on a for profit model you’ve got the right to leave that room and act like the entitled customer that you are.
I make it ABSOLUTELY clear If I make an appointment they have 1 hour to see me or I'll walk out. Done it many times till they get the message. I'm scheduling my time as well, its rude to be late and they'd be pissed off if I was late and messed up their schedule. Don't take that c**p they give you about "We had an emergency come in".
I wouldn't wait for an hour and a half. Twenty minutes later and I'm in the hallway demanding at least a reason for being made to wait that long. If I've made an appointment it's usually several weeks to a month in advance and they need to have a damn good reason for being late. Of course, my doctor's office usually makes it a habit to let their patients know when the doctor is running late so it's normally not an issue
Spent 2 hours waiting for a CAT scan Friday told to come back Monday because the machine was down. Waited 2 plus hours today for same scan. Told machine went down again. Sent across town to another facility. Unfortunately, this is the group my insurance likes. :(
Open the door and leave it open. I never sit behind the closed door. Doesn't have to be open more than a foot or so.
My first pregnancy I went to a gyno with 5 drs and they made you see them all in rotation for the pregnancy (didn't know who would be on call for delivery). One Dr was ALWAYS at least an hour late. Once I was sitting there on the exam table, NAKED (in the paper gown) for almost 2 hours. They were all early appointments too. After 3 times I refused to see that Dr, and I switched offices after the birth.
It's frustrating, but doctors can't control the questions that patients ask which is usually what holds them up and makes them late to see the other patients. BUT that's not to say there aren't s****y offices out there. Had a GP appointment. I was the only one there and it still took them over 30mins to see me, then another 30 for the nurse to get back in to the room to do another test that took all of 5 minutes.
I don't stay more than 25minutes waiting for any Doctor. If there was an emergency okay I get the wait. But because you're running behind or you consider seeing people who came in late then cancel some appointments. I'd rather reschedule than waste my time. My time is worth money to me.
I would never wait that long. I'd be raising hell and complaining like there was no tomorrow. I've adopted the attitude that these people are offering a service that I pay for and they owe me the courtesy of being on time.
I asked them to take $75 off my bill once. When asked why they should do that I told the office admin that it was for having to wait almost 2 hours after my scheduled appointment. I asked them, "Do you not realize my time also comes at a price?".
And if you're a few minutes late You can't see the Dr. they make you reschedule!
I've did walk out after 15 min late after my appointment. As long as the public continues to put up with this nonsense, it will continue .
My Dad used to call ahead and ask if they were running on time. His clinic would actually tell him :-) If they were behind, they might tell him to come in 30 minutes later than the appt time. I don't think they would have accepted that if everyone did it, but my Dad had a way about him....
This is in my top five. I know sometimes it takes longer to see the people in front of me. I get that. Emergencies happen and at least I’m not the sickest person in the office. But my time matters, too. Would it kill them to let me know the doc will be later than expected and offer me the chance to reschedule without getting dinged for a missed appointment?
I would have started looking for someone at 9:00. I had a dental appt. at a dentist I had not seen before. They stuck me in a room and I waited and waited for someone, even a nurse to acknowledge I was still waiting. In the meantime, I could see through the door several personnel were standing around laughing loudly. I finally got up and asked them when someone was going see me. They had the nerve to tell me that there had been an emergency and they were behind. They could have told me that 45 minutes earlier. I never went back.
My cardiologist did that to me every time. I found a new cardiologist.
I showed up at the doctor's last week and didn't even get taken back for an hour and a half. And most of the time she was there, all she talked about was her cats!
I had a family doc years ago who booked people for 10-minute appointments, and in exchange there was NO waiting. If you needed more time than 10 minutes, you booked it in advance. If it was something awful, he would send you to a better place to get taken care of (this was a large university medical center). It was great, I could be in and out in 15 minutes total, and for routine care 10 minutes is plenty. I miss that doc, but I moved away.
Or when you need a stamp from doctor for school papers and they charge you 5€
Surely you can find a new doctor. If they did not respect you enough to at least touch base with info as to why you are being left to cool your heels, how long it will be, and if a long time still, offer you another appointment, you would not want their medical care. Probably don’t care about that either buddy!!
Or if you're 5 minutes late, YOU have to be rescheduled for a new appointment in 4 weeks!
I hear you, as a clinical lab technologist, and now a new nurse!!! No one gets it.
More like greedy hospital administers who dont want to pay to have a full staff. (nurses, doctorz, radiology, lab, etc)
Assuming there wasn't some extraordinary circumstance, in this case, you have to "vote with your feet" and find a new doctor.
My son's a lawyer. When this happens he sends a bill to the Dr. for his time. Because he's a lawyer they usually pay it.
I have been forgotten before in a room. After 2 hours of waiting I finally opened the door and asked. They told me they didn't realize someone was in there.
Very common in urgent care. I will go out there and ask after a while. It's ridiculous how they make people wait especially if they have appointments.
I'd bother someone about it. I've heard sometimes people get forgotten.
at the cleveland clinic if no one talks to you in 20 min, they get in trouble later on (my mom used to work there)
yeah, instead of those stupid boring magazines they always have in doctors' offices
Load More Replies...Why would you get this far and be kept waiting?? I would have thrown a wobbly after the first 30 minutes. This is just rude and ignorant.
Thats also probably because they are talking to their fellow doctors!
Load More Replies...In Santo Domingo, everybody does this. But if you arrive late, you'll lose your turn.
Just leave, even though you took a whole day off work for this.
I work in a doctors office. Not saying all are like this but our nurses work really hard. They have a LOT of behind the scenes stuff going on. I work in both an OB/GYN and Gastroenterology office. Both doctors are on call constantly and the OB doctor has to leave a lot to deliver babies. I know waiting is aggravating but be considerate to the employees because a lot of it is stuff they cannot help. Not with all doctor offices but most.
Employ more staff and stop making ridiculous profits.
Load More Replies...Depending on the location, your nurse has probably not peed or eaten because he/she is ridiculously overworked and underpaid, your doctor is probably the only one for 6 to 20 people all at once and is required to go over every chart with a fine tooth comb to make sure no mistakes are made that can severely harm the patient, your x-ray tech (ME!) is dragging feet tired from working the 6th 12 hour shift in a row and is expected to radiate people safely, etc. And all of us are greeted to patients that hate us. Seriously. Nothing but rudeness and venom and looking down on all of us as if YOU always know better than the ridiculous amount of school we had to attend to obtain our positions. I sometimes think working healthcare is worse than fast food. People are meaner.
Laptop At The Movies
F*****g hell, how much does it take for a grown person to try and not ruin other people's day or night ?
Found This Note In My Hotel Bed Last Night
Went To See Isle Of Dogs Tonight. This Woman Brought Her ~2-Year-Old Son To This PG-13 Movie. When He Started To Cry, Instead Of Taking Him Out, She Put Peppa Pig On Her Phone On High Volume For Him To Watch, Which He Did For The Remaining Hour Of The Movie
The Hospital "Helping"
She Was Snapchating While Driving (40 Mph Road(64.4 Kph)). She Also Had A Little Brother In The Passenger Seat While Doing This. Hate How Often I See People Doing Stuff Like This (Photo Taken By A Passenger Of My Car)
Yeah don't do this. This is exactly what that girl who crashed and killed her sister was doing.
The Way My Wife Opens Things
Jerks That Cut In Line
This Tape Is Dead To Me
The Fact That We’re Expected To Read These Before Ticking “Yes, I’ve Read And Accept The Terms And Conditions”
When The Fabric Gets Stuck Inside Your Zipper
Well, as a child I have had more delicate "stuff" caught in my pant's zipper.
How Did You Get Hired?
Why Can't They Design Their Cables Better?
Oh, I Have Too Many E-Mails In My Inbox? Why Don't You Send Me An E-Mail About It Everyday
I Counted 29 Items. I Had One
When You Tear Exactly Where It Says To, But The Bag Remains Sealed
"I Guess I'll Just Buy Another Thing To Knock Down The Candy B...."
This Pistachio Eating A**hole
Walmart Should Stop Selling Fish
When Water Adheres Down The Side Of The Glass
When This S**t Happens
When this happens I used to check the zipper is tight enough because from the pulling it can be lose. If it happens I used tighten it if it helps or change the zipper if I could.
As An Usher, People Who Do This
When You Buy The Old Neighborhood Drug House
After Trying For 7 Years, I Finally Placed In My Age Group - Coming In First! I Asked A Bystander To Capture My Triumph
My Receipt For Buying One Bottle Of Vegetable Oil At CVS (100 Lb Dog For Scale)
Every Single Time
These Tiny Cuts That Randomly Show Up And Itch Like Hell
This reminded me all the paper cuts I used to have when I worked in a library! Small cuts-Big pain! I cringed a bit even when I thought of those days, soap burns, dirt burns, gravy burns, ouch ouch ouch all day long.
My View Of Metallica From The Handicapped Section At Commonwealth Stadium In Edmonton. 7 Hour Drive For This
These Long Stairs That Require You To Have Either One Awkwardly Long Stride Or Two Awkwardly Short Strides For Each Step
When Washing Your Car And A Guy Parks Behind You, Instantly Gets Out And Impatiently Crosses His Arms
Then Why The Hell Are They Printing It In Full Colour?
I Don't Get It How This Happens Everytime
At My Local CVS, Pushing This Button Announces Over The PA System To The Entire Store "A Customer Requires Assistance In The Family Planning Department." The Shelves Are Only About 5 Feet High, So Almost Everyone In The Store Can Look Over While You Awkwardly Wait For An Employee To Open The Case
If everyone was pushing the button while passing by, they would remove it just to stop being bother.
This Lady Watching A Beach Wedding
I Hate UPS Just A Little Bit More Every Day
This Lift'n’Peel Bulls**t
Gosh this gets me every time. I go straight for the knife now to open it.
“Thanks Man, I’ll Give Your Headphones Back In A Few Days!”
It's Friday and that means its almost weekend so obviously, I'm in a very good mood. Just after 1 page, my very good mood has changed to annoyed. I'm gonna stop reading this because it will simply make very angry. There is just a lot of selfish, rude, inconsiderate and stupid people on earth.
I'm just laughing at the absurdity of some of these
Load More Replies...Lol, so annoyed I couldn’t make it to page 2. Have a great day Pandas.
What I got from this is that people tend to suffer without speaking for themselves or doing something about it. Use your mouth, your hand, your horn... don't just b***h about it.
My father used to say : "You have no right to complain if you do nothing about what annoys you."
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It's annoying when I comment on a picture on Bored Panda and it jumps me back to the first page of a 23-page post and you have to forward page by page because there is no option to jump to page 5 or 6 or 20 etc
I think people don’t have enough to worry about. Geeze get annoyed over things that matter in life
They forgot the woman (let's call her Sharon) that stands in line with 1 or 2 items while her 4 FRACKING KIDS come strolling up, each with an arm load of items to cut in front of you to check out with mom right before she get's to the register......
They should gather up all the litter bugs of the world & make them go live in a place only occupied by litterbugs. Maybe once they've spent a few months literally wading through trash every day & fighting off dog-sized rats, they might start to think about the consequences of their actions.
I have wanted a place to air my grievances for a long time most of these would be on my list. I have come to a conclusion about myself... I just don't like people
A lot of the things here are the fault of "weather", "the sun", etc and why complain on BP about them?
We should add to this list: Mumble Rap, the entirety of the sub-genre known as Mumble Rap.
Having your mothers remains dashed all over your clothes is a first world problem. Huh. Alright then.
Load More Replies...It's Friday and that means its almost weekend so obviously, I'm in a very good mood. Just after 1 page, my very good mood has changed to annoyed. I'm gonna stop reading this because it will simply make very angry. There is just a lot of selfish, rude, inconsiderate and stupid people on earth.
I'm just laughing at the absurdity of some of these
Load More Replies...Lol, so annoyed I couldn’t make it to page 2. Have a great day Pandas.
What I got from this is that people tend to suffer without speaking for themselves or doing something about it. Use your mouth, your hand, your horn... don't just b***h about it.
My father used to say : "You have no right to complain if you do nothing about what annoys you."
Load More Replies...When the 18th edition is $12, but the professor INSISTS you need the $190 19th edition. 20180818_0...dab4d4.jpg
It's annoying when I comment on a picture on Bored Panda and it jumps me back to the first page of a 23-page post and you have to forward page by page because there is no option to jump to page 5 or 6 or 20 etc
I think people don’t have enough to worry about. Geeze get annoyed over things that matter in life
They forgot the woman (let's call her Sharon) that stands in line with 1 or 2 items while her 4 FRACKING KIDS come strolling up, each with an arm load of items to cut in front of you to check out with mom right before she get's to the register......
They should gather up all the litter bugs of the world & make them go live in a place only occupied by litterbugs. Maybe once they've spent a few months literally wading through trash every day & fighting off dog-sized rats, they might start to think about the consequences of their actions.
I have wanted a place to air my grievances for a long time most of these would be on my list. I have come to a conclusion about myself... I just don't like people
A lot of the things here are the fault of "weather", "the sun", etc and why complain on BP about them?
We should add to this list: Mumble Rap, the entirety of the sub-genre known as Mumble Rap.
Having your mothers remains dashed all over your clothes is a first world problem. Huh. Alright then.
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