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People Are Complaining About Everyday Inconveniences In The Funniest Way And Here Are 77 Of Them
Good design improves your life. Meanwhile, bad design makes your life much, much worse. Not only that, but it can actively ruin your day. Don’t believe us? No worries, we’re bringing the proof.
People vented about the minor everyday inconveniences that turn out to be major problems and actively make their day a lot worse. We’ve collected the most egregious examples that hurt to read, and you can find them below. Read on for their experiences that are all frustratingly relatable and make you wish that more designers knew what they were doing.
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#1
I would like a roll of tape that has a hard to find end but when I do find and pull it, it shreds into 8 separate parts and I waste at least 6” of tape pulling the shreds and cutting it even again.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 13 hours ago
I used to be a chronic nailbiter for decades. Literally never had any nails at all as I'd bite/rip them down past the nailbed. Now imagine trying to find/peel up the edge of masking/packing tape when you have no nails at all and only your dumb blunt skin fingertips XD
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#2
Could I please have some plain flour with a teaspoon's worth of flour caught up in the folds at the top, so that when you open it, it's like your personal miniature ticker-tape parade that you have to clean up.
#3
I need some maxi pads that won't stick to my underwear but stick to my pubes so well I give myself an accidental Brazilian pulling it off.
Thanks to negativity bias, a small inconvenience, an unkind word, or a small hassle can derail your entire day. Something unpleasant but cosmically unimportant, like spilling coffee on your favorite shirt because of a poorly designed takeaway cup, stepping into a puddle, or getting some (hopefully constructive, not destructive) feedback from your boss, can make you ruminate. You start thinking that the day is already ruined, even if you can still turn it around with a bit of effort.
Focusing on the negatives more than the positives is hardwired into us because this is what helped our ancestors survive. The bad news is that this makes us particularly sensitive to situations where things don’t go our way. So, poorly designed products, packaging, and services can impact our day quite a bit, even if we objectively realize that the actual inconvenience is minuscule.
#4
I just need something with this tab to piss me off.
#5
Hand soap pump that won’t pop up but just instead turns in circles so you have to unscrew and use it as a popsicle stick style dispenser please. Thank you!
#6
I want a picture frame. BUT ONLY if the price tag is smack in the middle, and leaves an impossible to remove, gooey residue on the glass when you peel it off.
Ideally, we’d all be able to increase our resilience and change our mindset so that tiny everyday inconveniences do not, well, inconvenience us. There’s only so much time and energy that we have each day, and it shouldn’t be squandered on things that genuinely don’t matter. That’s easier said than done, though.
Reid Daitzman, Ph.D., emphasizes that “everyone, everywhere, every day experiences minor emotional turmoil.” Psychological irritants and setbacks can cause mental health issues if they happen over a long period of time and are intense enough.
“Any minor irritant can push someone over the edge,” he writes in a post on Psychology Today. Petty annoyances can be the things that finally lead to a breakdown if you’re under chronic stress.
#7
Omg, thank you for offering! I’ll take one of these napkin dispensers, please!
#8
I have a sprained wrist, can you grab me some Tylenol with the child safety cap that needs 2 hands to open.
#9
Really need something that requires the most obscure button battery. Please be sure the battery is not included.
According to Daitzman, you have to reevaluate your current situation and priorities if you’re overreacting to minor frustrations with rage.
He suggests doing the following things when dealing with irritating and annoying experiences:
- Put things in perspective
- Accept what you can't control
- Realize all people make mistakes or overreact
- Jot down your primary triggers
- Shift mental focus to more positives
- If possible, address the situation. If not, move on
- Grin and bear it. Have a laugh
- Be patient
- Avoid people you know who might mess with your head
- Understand moods
If everyday inconveniences continue to cause chaos in your life, it might be time to reach out for help. Get in touch with a therapist or sign up for an anger management course. Recognizing that you need help requires some humility, but you should not see this as a personal failure. It is an opportunity to improve your life.
#10
Can you get me a 500 pack of multi-factor authentications and 250 one time security codes?
#11
A bunch of green bananas please. The ones that go right to brown and spotted and skip yellow.
We want to hear from you, Pandas!
Which of these daily nuisances and bad design decisions did you vibe with the most? Which ones are likely to annoy you the most, and why?
What everyday inconveniences did we miss that can genuinely ruin your day? Yours truly can’t stand it when cinema seat numbers are mislabeled and misplaced—it’s a tiny issue, but it leads to awkward encounters with other movie lovers.
If it’s convenient for you, let us know what you think in the comments!
#13
I’ll take one of those Nature Valley granola bars that splinters into a thousand sharp crumbs when you bite into it. I want to find crumbs in my bra tonight.
#14
Please grab a bag of cat litter that has a tiny hole in the corner so you leave a trail allllll the way through the store.
Kelly Scott 1 hour ago
Or toss a $15 bag of birdseed into the back of your car, only to see the bag split open and birdseed fly everywhere.
#15
I could use a small rock for my shoe. Not big enough for me to actually take my shoe off, but just small enough that I shake my foot around to get it to move to a spot that doesn’t hurt.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 10 hours ago
Oof! I don't know how OP could do it - if I feel even a smol pebble/bit of gravel in my shoe, I'm going to remove my shoe and shake it out, no matter where I am or what I'm doing!
#16
I’ll take shredded cheese in a resealable package, but a bad resealable package where, when you rip it open, you rip off the resealable ziploc, too.
#17
can you actually make a return for me? i bought a pair of scissors but i need scissors to get them out of the package.
Multa Nocte (she/her 8647) 10 hours ago
Last time I bought a pair of those I made them cut them open at the store where I purchased them.
#18
can you get me a caprisun that instantly explodes when you try to put the straw in.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 13 hours ago
What is this person talking about? Everybody knows that Capri-Sun pouches aren't pierce-able by their straws XD
#19
I’ll take a large, very hot coffee with a lid that doesn’t quite fit. I’m wearing a white shirt and late for work, so it’s important that I have this item asap.
#20
A phone charger with a short in it that'll look like it's charging but actually flicker off whenever an ant farts nearby. Please.
Rali Meyer 11 hours ago
or cable too short so that you cannot use the phone while it's charging
#21
Some non-acetone nail polish remover and a toaster that flings the toast directly on the kitchen floor so you have to hover your hands above it to catch the toast, or a toaster that barely ejects the toast at all. Nothing in between, please.
Rose the Cook 12 hours ago
How about a toaster we bought recently that toasts a small square in the middle of the bread and leaves the edges around untoasted.
#22
Can you pick me up a box of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese that absolutely will not “open here”?
#23
Could you get me a yoghurt but when I try to pull the lid off the tab breaks off? Please.
Rali Meyer 11 hours ago
and leaves that narrow "triangle" opening across with no access to the content
#24
Can I get a loaf of bread but please make sure it’s squished because I need all my sandwiches to be rhombus shaped.
Rose the Cook 12 hours ago
Once worked in a nursing home where one resident would not eat bread or toast unless it was perfectly square. She kept a box of geometry instruments to measure before eating.
#25
One mosquito please. For the kitc…you know what, I want to treat myself. For the car!
Ghostchaplain16 6 minutes ago
(Insert OP's name) was hospitalized yesterday after crashing into a street lamp. Witnesses say the driver was acting crazy, slamming at imaginary things on the window, dash and even the passenger door shortly before the crash.
#26
Can you get me a sweater that gets stuck on every doorknob?
#27
No, thanks. I’ll send my male Instacart driver that brings me radishes instead of beets and 96 eggs from Costco.
Lady Gypsy Rain 3 hours ago
Or just about any order delivered by a man. We can choose women drivers for uber. When can we expect to be able to choose women shoppers?
#29
One umbrella turned inside out by the wind on a rainy day, please.
#31
I long for a squeeze bottle of mustard that ejaculates mustard water if you forget to shake it like a banshee first. Please and thanks.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 10 hours ago
I don't know why, but I have a visceral loathing for ketchup "water" and mustard "water" XD Though I will always remember and treasure the time when I was a kid and my dad decided to be clever with shaking the ketchup bottle, and instead he held it by the base and did a full "centrifugal" revolution/circle with his arm. Alas, the lid of the ketchup bottle was slightly loose, so on the upswing of his revolution, ketchup splattered the kitchen ceiling in a lovely artistic pattern.
#32
Can I have a bag of clementine oranges that look juicy but when you peel them they’re all just dry husks of orange pulp and a roll of paper towels with so much glue on the end that you shred like 3 layers just to get one? I think they’re down the aisle that is blocked by a herd of slow walkers. Be sure to get in line behind the old lady paying with a check!
Rali Meyer 11 hours ago
or, the old lady scratching through her purse endlessly: "I have the exact change", only to realize she's 5 cents short
#33
Can you get me a gallon of milk that falls over and leaks in the car on the way home and the only way to get rid of the smell is to sell the car.
Rali Meyer 11 hours ago
or burn it! Spilled milk must be the worst. In addition to that hidden sardine
#34
Yah, can you grab me a puddle of cat vomit that you step in when you wake up at 3am to go pee? It’s my favorite.
#35
I’ll take a pack of the gum that loses flavor within 5 seconds, thanks!
#36
Pls get me one of these phone chargers where if you bend it the wrong way once it’ll break.
#37
I would like one of those “antibacterial wipes To Go” packages that, once opened, is immediately 12 sheets of dry cardboard.
#38
I’ll take some rock hard avocados that never ripen and I end up throwing them out two weeks later.
#39
A dozen eggs where one is barely cracked and has leaked and now dried making it impossible to get the next 3 eggs out.
#41
Can you get me a bag of salt & vinegar chips but make sure the vinegar taste is dang near non-existent.
#43
Can you pick up two square Tupperware lids and three round Tupperware bowls?
LakotaWolf (she/her) 13 hours ago
My mother (and probably everyone else's mother) has a kitchen drawer that is entirely devoted to Tupperware lids. That's all that's in the drawer. Tupperware lids. I guarantee you that 80% of the corresponding Tupperware containers are long since lost to the æther, but the lids remain. Alone. Forever.
#44
Can you get me a damp sock please? Just one, the other can be dry.
#45
I'll take fountain Dr. Pepper that you have to wait in line for 8 minutes to purchase, then after you step out and take the first sip you realize it's actually root beer.
#46
Can I have a bottle soda that doesn't easily open, gets stuck in the only hissing position. Until it finally shreads the skin on your hand, then explodes all over the place?
Rali Meyer 11 hours ago
sugar free, diet coke, warm, now without any sparkle on a hot beach day
#48
Can you get me a box of donuts that collapses and all the donuts fall out when you hand it to me? Thanks!!
#49
Can you grab me a steamer bag of veggies that will leak all over the inside of my microwave? Thanks!
#50
Actually, can I come in with you? I need to use the restroom and I wanna come out with slightly damp shoes with suspect liquid.
#51
I got a 10 pack of hotdogs but only have 8 buns. Can you return the 2 extra hotdogs?
Multa Nocte (she/her 8647) 10 hours ago
Unfortunately BP picked a photo where the hot dog and bun ratio are 1 to 1.
#52
An iced coffee with just enough overflow that when I try to put the straw in it spills all over the lid please. With oatmilk.
Kelly Scott 1 hour ago
A coke from McDonalds now that dribbles all over you when you tilt it to drink out of the straw.
#54
Could I have a pair of damp hands and a jar to unscrew pls?
#55
Whatever you get me, just make sure it’s in a grocery bag that rips open while carrying it in my driveway.
Multa Nocte (she/her 8647) 10 hours ago
That's why we take our own bags with us when we are grocery shopping in France. You know what to expect and it's your own fault if you didn't bring along the good bags.
#58
Hey can you get me the big package of bacon? You know, the one that you use half and then have to put the other leaking half back in the fridge because it doesn’t close.
Rali Meyer 11 hours ago
this is when "our" Tupperware comes into play. One has a container ("bakkie") the other has the lid
#59
I’ll take a lukewarm coffee and a suspiciously damp sandwich.
#60
I’ll take the bottles of detergent with the stupid spouts on them that won’t poor out all the remaining detergent and do absolutely nothing to prevent leaks/spills.
#61
I want lightbulbs, wrapped in paper-thin cardboard and open at both ends. Make sure the cashier puts them at the BOTTOM of the bag, under the ten-pound dumbells you're buying for someone else.
Kelly Scott 1 hour ago
How about those super breakable tostadas that you baby all through the store, leave till last when checking out, only to see the cashier grab them like she's Conan the Barbarian (and for all I know, she might be), then throws them in the bag and for good measure, tosses in your bag of apples on top of them? I actually pulled them out and looked at all the broken pieces, then told the cashier she had a choice: wait till I went to get another package or she could send someone to get it for me and it better contain unbroken tostadas. She held up the line, let me go get them, and was a lot gentler when ringing them up and putting them in my bag the second time.
#62
If you could drive my car so that it has about five miles of gas left when I’m running late for work in the morning, that would be awesome.
Rali Meyer 11 hours ago
which never shows in the evening. The needle drops over night, when the car's lights are turned off. Like a sunflower which resets over night
#63
A bag of those delicious caramels each locked inside impenetrable plastic wrapping.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 10 hours ago
Reminds me of when I was a kid in elementary school - I was the class clown and in order to provide maximum weirdness for my classmates, I would eat Starburst candies... with the wrappers still on them. I would bite right through that waxed paper as if it were part of the candy itself. I was a strange child.
#65
Can you get me a pack of sharpies that don't have the lids? Oh and some empty dish soap that looks like there's enough to do a few dishes but it takes HOURS for it to drip to the top when you flip it over.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 10 hours ago
I like to draw, and as a lefty, I used to sometimes accidentally smudge my lineart when I would ink my pencil drawings. I started to use Sharpies to ink my drawings, because they dry instantly and they produce a lovely clean line. I remember the times when my boyfriend would borrow one of my "drawing Sharpies" for some reason or another, and he'd sometimes put it down after using it without capping it. I would glare burning deáth at him XD
#66
Can you accidentally get me a Coke Zero instead of a Coke? Thanks!
LakotaWolf (she/her) 13 hours ago
It's the opposite for me XD I got used to drinking diet sodas years ago and now "regular" sodas taste foul and gross in a way I cannot even describe.
#67
Just grab me a slushie, a lid that will never fit right, and the thinnest walled straw known to man.
#68
Can you get me a chocolate bar that has the pieces already broken but not in the right place?
Multa Nocte (she/her 8647) 10 hours ago
I'm not proud when it comes to chocolate, and anyway it's in the package for such a tiny amount of time that I couldn't even tell you if it was ever intact in the first place. ;-)
#69
Talenti Gelato that I desperately want to eat frozen but can’t open without hot water on the lid or a chainsaw.
#70
Can I get a big tub of protein powder that’s packed to the gills with the scoop at the very bottom?
Kelly Scott 1 hour ago
The Rice-a-Roni with the seasonings packet at the bottom. Same with boxed Kraft mac and cheese.
#71
Add a side of a check engine light, we got a proper party.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 10 hours ago
My van's Check Engine light has been on for a while :/ I wasn't able to take it in to the shop for the last few weeks because my sister was on a 12-day European cruise and I needed to be able to drive to our office (family business.) She got back home yesterday, but on Thursday I'm starting a week-long catsitting job for some friends of my aunt's, so I need my van XD Guess the ol' girl is going to have to hang on for another week before I can get her into the shop. My engine is probably going to be a burnt crisp by then! XD
#72
I’m doing some baking today. Would you grab me some parchment paper? I’d prefer the kind with the serrated strip that doesn’t really cut the paper straight so I end up using a scissors anyway.
#74
I'd like a bag of air with some chips in the bottom, thank you.
#75
Can I get a cold sandwich with 3 layers of plastic wrap on it thanks.
Kelly Scott 1 hour ago
And only a thin strip of meat on the edge because you know I really only wanted the bread, right?
#77
One razor that runs out of battery when half my leg is shaved please and thank you.
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