When people think about bad habits, it’s often smoking and similar unhealthy behavior that comes to mind. But sometimes, something way less detrimental, yet far from praise-worthy, too, can get on people’s nerves.
Members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community recently discussed bad habits that way too many people have. Their examples ranged from annoyances, such as lacking basic elevator etiquette, to more peculiar things, like nasal spray addiction, showing just how diverse bad habits can be. If you’re curious to learn more, scroll down to find more examples on the list below.
Bored Panda has reached out to the OP and he was kind enough to answer a few of our questions. You will find his thoughts in the text below.

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Just absentmindedly being in the way. Like just standing in a place without awareness of their surroundings. I work in a grocery store and it’s enough to make me go mad. I understand you’re weighing your options but sir/maam, you are taking up the entire aisle doing it pls pick a side.
I hste when pedestrians do that on streets and bike lanes. Why could the bike lane be red? Why a signal color? Maybe the color gives a hint for the purpose of the mistaken pavement?
yes, people who block the whole sidewalk! Like, if you must be on the phone, stand aside not in the middle of sidewalk. Even worse when a group of people are talking and they block whole street for everyone, so the rest of should get killed because we need to go down on the road to get around them?
Load More Replies...What gets me is how, when they finally notice you, they look totally shocked to see you there. Imagine there being other people than ME in this store!! Wild!!
Mine is doorways. I can walk around you on a path; even if it means briefly stepping into a road. Stopping in a door where there’s no around option… that’s so frustrating.
Load More Replies...I've always disliked this, especially when a group of people walks ahead of you in public, completely unaware of those trying to pass by. Either let others pass while you're standing or walking, or better yet, avoid blocking the way altogether.
This one drives me crazy. It's the carts that get me. I don't have a car so I use a hand basket. I don't take up much space and I don't have a cart to take up space. Pull your cart off to the side please.
GAH! Yes. The ones who abandon their cart in the middle of the aisle while they stand gormless in front of the shelves trying to decide if they want the family size box of cornflakes, brand or no name, or maybe Rice Krispies. I don’t mind you’re trying to make a decision but that’s no excuse for blocking the entire aisle.
Load More Replies...I hate when people HOLD THE CLEAR FREEZER DOORS OPEN and stare into the icecream choices FOREVER. Then they fog the entire aisle up and I in turn also have to open the door to look because I can no longer see through the glass. The doors are clear for a reason, people!!
Or you're at the deli and there's lots of space with somebody has to come and send right next to you.
People who stop right after stepping out the doors of a crowded subway train to orientate. Every fkn day...
Playing loud music or videos on their phone without earbuds in a community space like a library.
Probably because they couldn't careless if others gives them the side-eye. I've also noticed it's mostly those people that walk like they're wannabe gangsters. That specific type of walking that I can't exactly describe, because I don't know how to.
Load More Replies...Participate in the conversation and they'll change real quick.
Load More Replies...I would say playing loud music anywhere is freaking ridiculous. I get while your driving...whatever it might be loud for a second-people will get over it. But blasting music in your apartment or being obnoxious toward your neighbors, sitting in your car in the driveway and blasting it for an hour, blasting your phone at the beach so everyone has to hear your stupid as$ed music...is really ridiculous. Do you really need to be told how rude that is? Do you really need to be told -like a little baby-that playing music loud at 2:30am is really not acceptable? I don't care if it's 230 in the morning or 230 in the afternoon, you shouldn't be inflicting that on others. Stop being such a douchb@g. And these are always the people who get the most angry when someone does it to them.
I'm a metal head and I'm very aware that it's not everyone's cup of tea, so out of respect for the people at stop lights, parking lots, neighborhoods, I make sure to turn my music down. The biggest offenders are people who listen to rap. They have no regard for anyone around them, and that just pisses me off. No excuse for being rude 🤨
Load More Replies...This happens in my office, and I can't tell you how many have gotten offended when I asked them to step outside. "It's entertaining my child!!!!" Well, ma'am, you can entertain them in the parking lot.
Oh, come on, that isn't their fault. Their one brain cell hasn't clocked there are earbuds/phones/headphones!
Or on a hiking trail! I want nature and quiet, not someone screeching the high notes or thumping bass.
Grown adults littering like 60’s 5th graders. Extra points for doing it out of a moving car with people behind you.
Yeah I wish I had the power to make those people turn right around and collect their own damn trash.
I was successful at that once. At a stoplight, person in front of me threw trash out their window. I gestured “shame on you” and they got out of the car and picked it up, apologizing to me!!
Load More Replies...Some a*****e threw a cigarette butt out of his car window once and it flew back onto my truck's hood up by the wipers. I had leaves stuck there and I had to pull over and put out the fire the butt started on my truck. I didn't have a license number, but I did have the description of the car, so that's what I ended up giving the Highway Patrol. I hope they caught him. He's damn lucky I didn't catch him.
I once was walking into McDonald's from the parking lot and observed two young men sitting and eating in their car. Before I passed their car, the driver actually threw all the wrappers, cups and uneaten food out of his window onto the ground like it was the normal thing to do. I was 72 at the time and these dudes looked like junior college football players but I walk up to the driver and simply said, "What's up with that? The trash can is 4 feet away from you. Come on man." The young man got out, scooped up the trash, dropped it in the appropriate bin and nodded to me in a respectful manner. And all this time his friend was pointing and laughing out loud at the driver for being called out by an old man. This actually made my day and gave the driver a moment of clarity I hope.
A dear friend is visiting London and keeps posting pics of the wonders that city has to offer and it is clean!! Meanwhile, here in the USA we are filthy.
Ive been there, one time some idiot driver threw plastic bag with some bootke rubbish on the road right in the front of me (im riding a scooter) i picked up the thrash and and follow that car, when they open their windows i threw back the thrash inside their car
The OP shared that the reason he decided to pose this particular question was watching a video about car repairs—that’s when he learned that almost 75% of people don’t maintain their car.
“There may be no proof of that number but still, it blew my mind how many people neglected their vehicles; I learned the hard way to take care of my car,” he told Bored Panda. “It made me think about other bad habits that are surprisingly common.”
Getting offended when someone makes a mistake. You're not going to die if some random stranger on the net doesn't know the difference between their, there, and they're.
Also getting offended by someone's personal preferences. So what if some people prefer iPhone over android, DC over Marvel, or cream in their coffee. There's nothing wrong with that. It's not like they listen to Justin Beiber.
Grammar. The difference between knowing your sh*t and knowing you're sh*t.
Commas save lives. Let's eat grandma!!! Let's eat, grandma!!!
Load More Replies...Or (I'm prepared for the downvotes) liking a well done steak! If I enjoy it just as much as you enjoy your rare one why are you so offended by it!? Lol
im not offended by it but i probably will share my opinion lol
Load More Replies...As someone who gets paid to correct people’s grammar, y’all need to just get a job as a tutor or something. Then you can have a healthy outlet for your desire to correct people’s grammar instead of annoying everyone on the internet.
Whilst I agree with the comment, please remember poor use of grammar, punctuation, homophones, poor spelling, etc, can make it significantly harder for some people to understand what is being said. I'm dyslexic, and they're/their/there mistakes cause me to stumble when I'm reading, as does to/too/two. Mistakes can also make it harder for people who don't have English as their first (or second) language, and for people who use technology to have text read to them. .... What am I trying to say? Try your best to make your text understandable by as many people as possible, but don't worry about it too much. (And I am seriously hoping I haven't made any mistakes in spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc.)
I teach dyslexic students. Often it is they who are getting their/they're/there etc wrong in the first place. As someone with the issue you will be aware that using proper grammar requires both decoding and encoding skills which are two of the biggest challenges for students with reading and writing issues. Additionally, the technical rules that make up grammar and syntax can be especially difficult for dyslexic students to commit to memory. One in ten people are dyslexic, many are profound and would not be able to produce a paragraph as well written as yours. I appreciate your point but if you struggle with reading it, there are many who will struggle with writing it and will make these mistakes. We need to accept that. We need to accept that ability varies massively and manage the best we can ourselves.
Load More Replies...The iPhone thing is so true! I had a Motorola and was perfectly happy with it. Then after 3 years the screen cracked. I was just going to buy another android or samsung phone because I don't need anything fancy and I don't want to spend a lot of money on something I don't really need. Yet, my siblings kept pressuring me into getting an iPhone.
I personally take the approach to be offended if the other person actually intended to offend me. Otherwise I usually chalk it up to incompetence, ignorance or arrogance and work with that. Sometimes it’s a simple misunderstanding of the situation my me or them. Not worth getting upset over.
and what if this person likes justin bieber not me just asking for a friend
Not using their turn signal.
Almost killed by a guy yesterday because he wasn't signaling and wasn't looking where he was going. I'm running two headlights, two tail lights, and spoke lights on my bike and he still missed me by inches. And he wasn't signaling so I thought he was going straight through.
I never use turn signals. None of your business where I am going. Just kidding. I always use mine. Hate it when someone turns theirs on after they have already started their turn. Like, OK, I kind of knew you were turning there when I saw you turning.
Nobody in my wife's tiny home town. Everyone knows where everyone else is going. Most fun is driving around to see whose pickup is in whose driveway.
Load More Replies...I always use my blinker when turning or in city traffic, but I admit- unless there is someone directly near me I rarely use my blinkers on the highway. If I'm trying to let someone know I'm getting into their lane I do. But I often don't use them to switch lanes if I don't perceive any danger or if I feel like they're far enough away for it not to effect them.
Forgetting at that one moment is one thing, actually not giving a s--- is a problem for everyone. Turn signal usage has probably saved many a life and may have prevented a bit of road rage, again saving many a life.
My husband does this. He is basically perfect to me except for a couple of things and this is one of them. It kinda drives me nuts but then I have to remember he is from New Orleans and basically no one there uses them. So if that's how you were taught to drive I guess it's not habit!
After a fender-bender, the woman says it was "my fault" AFTER SHE ADMITS to not using her turn signal. So before we drive off, I OPEN HER CAR DOOR & BREAK OFF THE TURN SIGNAL LEVER AS I SCREAM - "THERE, I FIXED IT FOR YOU"!!!!!!!
Car-related habits are not only why the OP started the thread, but also what he considers to be the worst of them all. “I think the worst habit that a lot of people have is bad driving. Not only is it frustrating but it is dangerous; yet it's so common. People don't seem to understand how deadly a car crash can be,” he pointed out in a recent interview.
As for the bad human tendencies that surprised him the most, the redditor said he was taken aback by people’s hygiene-related behavior. “I think the most shocking response was when someone stated that not washing hands was a bad habit and someone else agreeing and stating that they worked in a doctor's office and most of the doctors didn't wash their hands. Ick.”
Kids are talking to their parents, trying to tell them something they think is exciting or interesting Parents *staring at phone* ~mumble some kind of half assed response I know we’re all on our phones but if your little kid wants your attention you need to put your phone away and give them your time.
Then you must be a kind and loving mother and your child(ren) is/are very lucky to have you.
Load More Replies...This is the today version of the classic "dad reading newspaper at breakfast table".
Yup. If y’all really think parents didn’t do another version of this before, then you’re just obsessed with hating smartphones. Which is weird given that you’re on one right now!
Load More Replies...The one that gets me is when you see mum/dad walking down the street with their child in a buggy/pram and they're on their phone instead of just enjoying the time walking with their little one. Get off your bloody phone and just enjoy this time - you won't get it back and before you know it, they'll be grown up and living their own lives. Same when you see people just walking down the street with their head in their phone. Gaaahh! So annoying.
Am I the only one who doesn't get how people can walk while staring at a phone? I tried it once, years ago, when I was running late, I somehow ended up straying off the path, tripping over a rock on the side of a grassy knoll and twisted my ankle, was in agony for weeks. Now if I'm walking and need to send a txt I stop and type and only walk again once it's been sent.
Load More Replies...Especially considering the fact that many parents are complaining about their kids being on phones all day.
Make sure you set up a fund for your kids psychology needs. Emotional neglect etc is bad..
Not trying to defend this so please don’t get me wrong. I agree too many kids out there are being digitally neglected. However, it could be a situation where the parents had something of utmost importance come through or they’ve spent the last three hours giving undivided attention to the kids and just wants a few moments inside their own heads. At least, this is what I try to tell myself when I feel my heart breaking for the kids.
Yep. Saw a guy waiting at a bus stop with his kid, (7-8yrs?) staring at his phone the whole time. Poor kid just stood there, he didn't even try to talk to dad. He knew it wasn't worth it. Then Dad will wonder why kid never visits once he leaves home. Why bother to have kids if you can't be bothered to actually interact with them?
Poor appreciation and respect for other people's time. If you agree to meet someone or agree to attend an event you should be making every effort to be on time. Also stop double booking.
Be on time, not early nor late. Especially when going home to someone. If in a public place being early is fine. 👍
im sorry what? if i am going home to someone i can arrive early if i want, i am going HOME. like why would it matter if i am home early, what are you hidding?... also no, you can arrive early to an event, but you enter the place at the time requested.
Load More Replies...Oh my God!!! Yes!!! I was raised that if you’re on time, you’re late. If you’re 15 minutes early, you’re on time. I don’t expect the rest of the world to be so a**l about time, but I do expect people to respect my time. And if you’re habitually late, you don’t respect others. Whatever tricks you need to do to get out the door on time, use them. If you hit a delay on the way and have a safe place to do so, send a text. If you share your location using the maps on your phone, your phone will do this for you without you having to worry about being safe and sending a message. We have entirely too many tools at our disposal these days for any excuses.
As a salon stylist, I hate this. There's a group of clients who do this all the time so I started charging thier cards on no shows. Full price.
Stopping with their shopping carts in the middle of the grocery aisle and walking over to the other side while they browse the shelves. Move your f*****g cart out of the way so the rest of us can pass through.
I started ramming them a while back. Gives me some sort of dirty little satisfaction :D
So you're the reason why the carts won't roll straight
Load More Replies...Same. Have fun looking for your cart in a packed grocery store. Bc other people will continue moving it
Load More Replies...It amazes me the amount of women who walk away from their cart and leave their purse wide open and unattended
I have never been in such an all-fire hurry while grocery shopping to let this bother me. Same with people standing in the aisle. I know that this bugs other people, but at 64 I've stopped letting these things bug me. Any delay usually lasts less than 30 seconds.
Wtv. I'm 54 and who knows how long any of us have. I refuse to waste my precious time on rude dipshiits that can't stay out of the way. As the song says move b!tvh get out the way!
Load More Replies...I guess we should just all wait until all the important people are finished shopping before we start.
I usually hit theirs with mine and make a huge racket. That snaps them back into reality.
Talking in the cinema.
Calling each other, sitting in different seats and rows...
Load More Replies...I've written about it before in another article here on BP, but for those who haven't read it yet: In theaters in the Netherlands, before the film starts, a message appears on the screen saying that you can text a number when someone keeps talking or is using his phone all the time. Staff then comes to ask the person to stop, and if not, remove them from the theater.
I can’t go to the cinema any more because people are so feral, it’s just a depressing experience.
This is the reason people have stopped going to the theater. I can't stand other people's bad behavior. And then they whine about how Covid hurt them so bad. No...people just realized it was less money and less stressful to just stay home and be happy. Why pay hat kind of money when I can sit at home comfortably and not deal with any of that.
I really appreciated seeing "A Quiet Place" in the theater. (If you don't know, it's about blind monsters that hunt people by sound.) Everyone in the theater shut the hell up through the whole movie!
with what movies cost and how crappy the majority of them are, who cares.
That’s the point though. With what movies cost now, I want to watch the movie I paid a fortune to see. Not listen to what Kevin did last night
Load More Replies...At least talking too loud. But also doing ANYTHING that spoils the experience for others.
Although, there was a time my daughter and I were in the cinema and a voice suddenly said, 'the puppies are coming!' I suspect there was a silent cheer!
Still continuing to drive while on a cell phone despite the dangers and fines associated with it.
Should be get caught one time and lose your license. In the US, people would just drive without a license, so they should take the car right then and there as well.
Load More Replies...What ticks me off is when you KNOW the car has BlueTooth, CarPlay, Or Android Auto (?) and they still use their phones to talk. JOIN THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU TWATS!!! Also, speakerphone/face time in public. UGH
My phone's bluetooth doesn't work, so I just don't answer/touch my phone while driving. It's okay not to jump to answer every time your phone rings.
Load More Replies...I'm even more shocked (and angry) about how many people text or make tiktoks while driving.
I was a stickler for this. Than in one angry boyfriend rant I "couldn't wait to get home for" I rear-ended a parked car. Totaled mine. Lost my license. So yea, don't do it. Also. Holding cell 14 hours 6 girls 1 bathroom
Idiots ! Don't they know about hands - free ? Illegal in Oz and cameras soon to be installed on overhead gantries to catch those miscreants.
Waiting to talk instead of listening.
...then, they get p!ssy when you do the same to them.
Load More Replies...I’m quite the opposite. I’m always listening, and then when they’re done talking I don’t know what to say because I don’t really know how to respond sometimes.
Oh yes for the below ! Also people who either continually talk over you whilst you're speaking, or those to whom you're speaking getting distracted by something else and completely ignoring what you're saying. That's the height of ignorance and bad manners.
It is so terribly annoying when someone does that to me. When I do it the reason is perfectly acceptable of course (to me).
YES!!! People want to respond, so are waiting to do so, rather than listening to what you are saying.
Being checked out during social interactions. Phone in hand, not really listening, not present.
So is trying to talk to someone when they are giving you these visual cues because they want no part in your conversation.
Load More Replies...Ugh. I don’t want to be there, I really don’t want to talk to people. Let me sit in the corner and read. Ffs.
Or they don't want to be in said social situation and are trying to hint perhaps?
My mind wanders when someone is talking too much. I really am interested but .. oh look, a butterfly..
That is the sign of addiction. The technologists who invented the smart phone were purposely seeking to make the most addictive product everyone would buy.
I don't go on my phone in social situations but I have a lot of trouble concentrating iif you're talking for a long time so I do occasionally miss things which I can guarantee annoys me just as much as you because I am interested in what you're saying
See my previous comment. I will just walk away from these people and see how long it takes them to realise I'm not there ! A mate and I went for lunch and he received a call. Spoke to the person non stop during lunch til the end. I thanked him for his company !
not washing your hands after going to the bathroom (look it up it’s acc scary how little ppl wash their hands after going to the bathroom)
Do little people wash their hands differently to big people? And why is it so scary?
Well they can't reach the taps in a lot of cases!
Load More Replies...I think most people do it when out but a lot of people don't at home, which is crazy and gross. Especially guys.... sorry but you're touching your penis every time you go to the bathroom. At least women have a toilet paper barrier...hopefully, lol! Everyone should be washing, home or not.
Do you have data on how much bacteria resides on a penis? Not slamming, here, just curious.
Load More Replies...Oh, nice word! Euphonious not seldom, just for clarity!
Load More Replies...You can always tell who is a chemist - they wash their hands BEFORE going to the bathroom...
Yup. Worked in a wetroom with sulfuric, hydrochloric, acetic acids; strong bases and oxidizers. Never touch skin before hand washing. Especially THAT skin!
Load More Replies...I use hand sanitizer when bathrooms don't provide paper towels. Those air dryers are gross.
True that! All it does is blow germs all over the bathroom!
Load More Replies...I noticed that my former colleague washed hands before using bathroom, because "you don't want bacteria to get on your junk, do you? People here are weird for washing hand after, not before." Then he told me that this is the normal way, at least in Spain (he was Spanish) and in Italy. I made sure to never let him touch me or my things again.
The bowl of mints at the restaurant cash register has the most fecal bacteria of anyplace in the restaurant.
Basic elevator etiquette. When an elevator door opens the people inside get out before those waiting to get in enter. Super simple. Amazing how many adults are unaware of this simple social norm.
Same for buses and trains, if you wont give me the space to get off, you are not getting on.
I am not a very big guy, but large enough to body-check these idiots. The surprise...
Load More Replies...Elevator hack: if you 'graciously' hold the door for others to get off first, you will ensure the lift waits for you no matter how long they take to exit.
That happened to me. I got out and muttered "idiots" as I left. Hopefully, the couple heard and realized they should be more careful.
I like to hold the door for those getting out, with my body completely out of the way, off to the side, while my hand covers the door.
This is really bad in retirement homes. I've seen people swallowed and not able to get off because all the other residents are busy piling in.
One thing I've noticed is that this is the norm in the uk, but other countries don't seem to understand/teach this. I've been to many countries where there was no queuing system in shops etc. and it was a nightmare. Growing up in the uk you're taught a lot of social ettiquite at a young age, how to queue properly, walk to the right hand side in hallways/staircases, wait your turn, let others off first, whether it's a lift, bus, train, subway etc. Offer your seat to the elderly/disabled/pregnant person, hold the door open for the person behind you etc. These little things make life a little easier for everyone Involved and keep everything running smoothly. Even tiny kids understand how to do this so going to countries where this isn't the norm is always really strange..
Tailgating. Count out a 2-5 second following distance at highway speeds, folks. That ain’t it and you’re making traffic *much worse.*
Tailgating isn't a 'bad habit', it's highly dangerous. Top Tip: The pic doesn't show 'tailgaiting', it shows a traffic jam. In slow-moving traffic, it's perfectly fine to reduce the distance between yourself and the car in front. That said at speed/on the freeway it can be deadly.
Even at slow speeds or stopped at a light you should be able to see the rear tires of the car in front of you touching the pavement. That way, if you're rear-ended, you won't be pushed into the car in front of you.
Load More Replies...Oh God YES. Also: When you're following other cars with enough braking distance and someone else decides that your braking distance is free real estate and slips right in, leaving hardly any gap between their bumper and the front of your car. Same when someone overtakes you on the highway but instead of merging back into the lane with a safe braking distance, they literally just swerve into the lane right smack in front of your car. Dude. I don't want to have to brake just to make a safe distance because of you. Learn how highways and road safety work. Just because you can techically operate a car, doesn't mean you can actually DRIVE.
That highly annoys me too, not to mention how incredibly dangerous it is!
Load More Replies...I wish people would stop this "counting 2-5 seconds". its pointless. You cant count seconds with a point of reference when driving without being distracted(not to mention people cant count seconds most of the time). Just put one car length for every 10mph(16kmh) you are driving. So much easier and it was in the drivers handbook at one point(if not still there).
Keep distance at stoplights too. If you can't see the tires of the vehicle in front of you touching the pavement, then you are too close and will be pushed into that vehicle if you are rear-ended. Then you will also be liable for any damages/injuries to the vehicle at the front of the pile-up.
We have a lot of narrow rural roads here where the speed is 35 mph. I do 35 because we have people walking, hiking, biking, and jogging on these roads. There's cats, dogs, deer, chickens, and I've even seen a goat trotting along the road once. People are always crossing the road to get to their garages or mailboxes and any delivery vans or service trucks have to park halfway out into the road. You tailgate me and I'll wait until there's a straight stretch and that's where I'll stop. You can sit behind me or pass. I also like to pull over at the top of the hill when I know the sheriff is waiting in his car at the bottom to catch speeders. I wish I had a percentage of the tickets they write.
In the UK, it's common knowledge to leave at least a 2 second gap between your car and the one in front so that an Audi driver can swerve into it! ;-)
I watched a motorcyclist go down because of this. He thankfully was okay, but watching it happen will be forever engraved in my mind.
Are they really tailgating or just trying to go the speed limit. 9 out of 10 times I ain't intentionally tailgating I am just trying to go the speed limit. Next time someone is on your butt make sure your doing the correct speed limit. If you are an they are still on ya IGNORE them its their problem not yours an besides you should be paying attention to what's going on in front of you an not behind you. But people don't they go slower an become the problem.
No manners and bitter behavior when they are a customer/client.
...or patient in a hospital. WTF?! You need my help? Then don't treat me like sh*t or else I treat you like the last patient on my list who gets help.
The two times I spent in the hospital overnight I had plain nasty unfriendly beasts for nurses. Maybe if they start out treating patients like that, it is no wonder some patients are nasty in return.
Load More Replies...This is not only a bad habit but an extremely stupid thing to do.
Load More Replies...This is the reason my mom doesn’t want to donate her organs to a hospital
Responding with defensiveness rather than curiousity to the unknown.
Perhaps on this list, they should add one for when people say "this should be higher" (=everyone should share my opinion, or I should get multiple votes)
Load More Replies...Context, folks. People often react differently than normal because they are abuse survivors. Those habits are damned hard to break. Maybe they’re experiencing clinical depression, anxiety, or even PTSD. Maybe they’re simply not accustomed to being spoken to the same way you talk with your family or friends. For example, some people speak and joke with their families or friends kind of roughly, and if you’re not used to it you could think they’re being insulting or abusive, when that’s not their intention at all—-though we should all be aware that our normal casual manner of speaking with people close to us may not translate well outside those exclusive groups. Maybe they’re just an a*****e looking for a fight or a chance to play victim. You don’t know. All you can do is be aware is something you said, or just the way you said it —-tone of voice, volume, facial expressions, the words you chose to use, etc—-didn’t go over well with the other person. Try to clarify your intentions if you can, or at least try to remember next time to read the room better, and be more aware of how you’re coming across to others. Think of it as speaking another language within your same normal language. You speak your normal language amongst family and friends, and your “acquired” language to other people.
Or maybe they've been told something actually aggressive or offensive and react accordingly. The post is so vague that it could go any way
Load More Replies...This is meaningless. Responding with defensiveness is a perfectly rational and defensible reaction if the distressing comment is made in a way to be distressing. And curiosity to what unknown? It takes a very rare person who can accept a critical remark with the calm curiosity with which you regard the blossoming of a flower. I don't see how this belongs on this list anyway. Sounds to me like the person who placed this got their knuckles rapped by somebody who wasn't ready to engage in friendly badinage with their s**t.
Only in some cases. Do not be curious about that spider, he may be venomous.
If you’re regularly encountering this, you’re presenting the information in an obnoxious manner.
But please show compassion for people who suffer from anxiety. It's not always a conscious choice to react like this.
Interrupting.
"Knock knock" "Who's there?" "Interrupting cow" Interr.." "Mooooooooooooooo" 😅
I confess I'm sometimes very tempted to interrupt certain people and ask "Can you just fast-forward to the interesting part?" But that foolishly assumes that there will be an interesting part, so I don't.
I'm definitely guilty of this one. It's not intentional. My brain just fills in the rest of your sentence and I start responding. It's so rude and I'm trying to make an effort to stop but sometimes if I'm deep into a convo I don't even notice I'm doing it.
My grandmother. She ask abourt something and when I answer, she won't let finish my sentence. It's driving me crazy
Unless it's a knock knock joke. Knock knock. Who's there? Interrupting cow. Interrupting co - MOO!!!
What about when you think the person has stopped talking, but is just taking a reallllllllllyyyy looooong pausssssssse? Friend's hubby got very upset and shouted "I was talking". He would've got nowhere in our family. I was ignored, being the youngest. Everyone else was LOUDEST WINS. We had lots of French people staying whose families were the same. I trained myself to listen and wait, but obviously not to wait long enough for this guy.
But your point is irrelevant while mine needs to be heard RIGHT NOW
Chewing with their mouths open. I hate eating out in public because the sound of people smacking their food is all I can hear.
The sound of someone eating something crunchy makes me insane. Even with their mouth closed. It's definitely a me problem because they aren't doing anything wrong.
That is SO disgusting. I can not stand the sound of people chewing their food with their mouths open. Just revolting.
This is one of the only things that I dislike about dogs. Why do you eat and drink so loud you stupidly cute puppy?
I hate it. I'm trying to enjoy lunch and get asked questions. I'm to friendly looking I need to dress goth..
They don't flush the toilet
I work in what would be a considered a higher end job, with super professional people who wear business suits and have offices, etc. And without fail some lazy b!tches don't flush in the ladies room almost every day. It's absolutely ridiculous. You are a grown adult and we have to tell you to flush your turd??? So ridiculous.
In public absolutely. But at home I subscribe to a flush after two pees rule.
Also not closing the lid when you flush. Flushing sends those particles flying everywhere!
Or, even worse: When guys use the toilet instead of the urinal, and don't lift the seat and pee on it. I have f*****g IBS, I never know when I have to use a public toilet. And if I go into one and there are droplets on the seat, there's no amount of toilet paper that will convince me to sit on it. Plus I'm super afraid of infections so even if there's a sanitizer disperser in the toilet, I don't wanna clean some other dude's pee off of the seat. It's gross, and whoever does this should be made to come back and thoroughly clean the toilet themselves.
I carry antibacterial wipes just for this reason.
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I think I figured out my kids have trouble remembering to flush because their school has auto flush & faucets. I noticed my daughter holding her hand under the faucets at home blindly once and realized it's just an automatic reaction sometimes. Like touching the screen of an old PC
I don't think that one's A "habit". Growing up, we had a well. Water conservation was a must.
Stopping. In. Doorways.
Like b***h! Do you want to get ran over? I will run over you.
Just kidding. I will silently get annoyed and let it secretly ruin my day.
In the same category, people who stop when they reach the top of the stairs, escalator, moving walk way, or exit a bus, train, or elevator. You might not know where you are going, but move to the side. There are people behind you that need to move into the space you are currently occupying. Move.
Exactly, I always move to the side when I'm walking on the sidewalks, if I either have to catch my breath, someone texted me, or something else. I can't tell you how many times I've encountered people who stood in the way when I exited a train a few times before. I get that there's a probability of a lot of people exiting the train, but it's when someone chooses to stand in front of other people's way, when almost everyone else is trying to get off.
Load More Replies...Don't let it ruin your day. Clear your throat. Say "'scuse me." You can be polite but firm. Make them move out of your way.
And if you're polite about it, they might even apologize.
Load More Replies...Or at the bottom of escalators. I've seen a group of people get to the bottom then freeze and start looking around figuring out where they're going next. We're on an escalator! Where do you think people behind you are going to go when you've got the only way off blocked?????
It's stopping at the middle that's impresssive.
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Not a huge deal for me if say: *you're really old, *you're disabled in ways that make you slower than a snail, *you're suffering from rigor mortis...if none of the aforementioned apply to you - Move It or Lose It!
People who block a store's entrance by standing there deciding where in the store they will go first.
Materialism: buying stuff just for the sake of buying it, not because you need it.
I think a lot of people have this huge empty hole in their soul that they constantly try to fill with more and more stuff.
I feel the same, but if I see something extra pink and fluffy, I will need it
(My life is awesome, but I am guilty of pink fluff purchasing)
Load More Replies...I think people are allowed to buy things that they LIKE? Or is that asking too much.
I get annoyed with the tabloid concept of "this year's MUST-HAVE" - no, I don't have to have it, and nor does anyone else unless they're shallow and pretentious, and trying to impress others.
The cure for this is poverty. Have never done this in my life. Can't afford it.
I have pretty severe ADHD and impulsivity is a big problem for me. I went through a phase where I was buying stuff I didnt need on a daily, sometimes several times a day, basis. I feel horrible about it now, months later.
I saw a quote decades ago that I think sums this up nicely: "Too many people buy things they don't want, with money they don't have, to impress people they don't like."
This is what I think about Black Friday sales. We already had annual sales in Australia on Boxing Day (though many places stretched it to the two weeks after that) but now we are following the US and have Black Friday/Cyber Monday as well. It's fine if you are getting a good deal on something you need or have been planning to get for a while, but if you are buying stuff just because it's on sale, when you don't really need it, it seems so stupid.
Smoking. It’s been known long enough that it [harms] you and can harm people around you too. Too many people still start the habit.
Well it's not exactly an easy thing to fix. There are many socio-economic factors, plus many people try cigarettes but not everyone gets addicted the same way. I, for example, became much much much more dependent than an average smoker and it was a looooooooong and hard struggle to finally kick the habit. And the urge to smoke a cigarette comes back periodically - Less and less frequently, and it's less and less intensive, but I expect that random urges for a cigarette will oxcasionally pop up for the rest of my life.
The socio-economic comment is totally true. Which seems counter productive seeing as how expensive cigs are now. I grew up pretty lower middle class, but I grew up in a really bad area. Like...the cops might not come if you call them kind of area. And a lot of my friends got into smoking because it curbed their hunger. They could find cheap cigs- or even cigarette butts on the street that still had some puffs in them- easier than they could get/steal food. Sometimes their parents wouldn't even come home from their drug benders for stretches at a time so... it's how they made due. I'm really lucky I never started smoking.
Load More Replies...A couple of points from a smoker - 1-, yes it is incredible difficult to quit. It IS a terrible habit, but it is also relatively inexpensive (compared to illicit drugs), AND it is still legal. 2 - I have been smoking for over 50 yrs. When I started, I could smoke at school, in my office, at the hospital, at the bank, while shopping for groceries, on a plane, etc, etc, etc - Now, I not only have to go outside, if it is even allowed on campus, I have to walk at least 50 feet away from a entryway. Do not think there have has been no consequences to me for this change in the social norm. 3 - People have a visceral reaction to smokers (and vapers) because they see smoke, can smell , etc. when we are outside in our "designated smoking area". But they are woefully ignorant (and silent) about the literal ton of carbon monoxide, carcinogens, particulate matter, etc spewing from the thousands of passing cars and trucks, simply because they do NOT see or smell it.
Oh, l'm well aware of poor air quality and its effects on my health. I just don't want to add whoever's smoke to the equation. And, on a different note, it stinks, and l tend to keep away from unpleasant smells like most people. Funnily enough, I've had smokers being offended because *l* move several feet away from them as they think l'm treating them as pariahs. Get over it, pal. Your cigarette smoke disgusts me.
Load More Replies...I myself don't care if you want to smoke your lungs out. I DO care that you do it where I can't avoid breathing your smoke. Rude, selfish, dangerous, etc.
"The bottom line is, smoking is cool and you know it." - Chandler Bing (Friends)
The numbers who smoke now are so much reduced from when I was a kid. We've definitely won the war on this one. But we have to remember why people start. Nicotine simultaneously relaxes you and stimulates you. It's extremely unfortunate that smoking is so bad for your health..
I'm a smoker and I hate it but it's incredibly difficult to stop especially since literally everyone around me smokes. I grew up in the 80s and 90s and literally every adult in my life smoked, it was just what happened, I was around 6 when I smoked for the first time and started smoking for real at around 12. Growing up in a poor area where everyone smoked, it was so normalised that it was expected and treated as a normal stage of growing older. All the way through school, college, and basically every job I had until fairly recently a huge number of people smoked. Now a lot of smokers have switched to vaping which is just as bad for you and I've seen kids as young as 10 walking around constantly puffing on a vape. I'd love to stop smoking but it's my only vice, I don't smoke a lot (around 4-5 a day) and don't think I deserve to be judged for having the occasional cigarette.
We do lots of stuff that harms us. I eat junk food and don't exercise enough. That's probably just as bad for me as smoking. Although there's no second hand fatness that people need to worry about. :)
The poor person sitting next to me on the plane is impacted by second hand fatness, as I try to squeeze my generously proportioned a*s into a less than generously proportioned airline seat.
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Oversharing on social media. Privacy has become so rare and it is not helped by the fact that most products/services also require your personal info
I was just on Nextdoor, and a neighbor had asked everyone to share pictures of their inside Christmas decorations. A whole post of pictures of people's decorated living rooms, complete with expensive bric-a-brac, each with their street and neighborhood listed, if not their actual street address. Wow, people are naive!
That is exactly why I don't post much of myself online on Facebook, etc.
Right???!!!???? I mean, my 14 yo daughter is pregnant with her second kid, courtesy of a “family” friend. I keep telling her to give those children up for adoption but then she told me she just wants to keep having babies and be a welfare queen? I mean, WITAF? I raised her better than this.
That is what my entire profile is based on, the only thing I tell people on here is that is am a dud
Peeing in pools, or in bodies of water while surrounded by other people.
From the apocrypha of W. C. Fields: 'I never drink water. Fish f**k in it!'
Is it true that some American swimming pools use a urine-sensitive substance that changes color when one pees in the swimming water?
No. It's just something adults say to try to get kids not to pee in pools
Load More Replies...I was at one of our regional lakes swimming and really having a nice peaceful time until I turned around and found a huge turd floating about a foot away. I was done swimming.
"The solution to pollution is dilution," someone once said. The ocean is much bigger than any pool.. And yes, may other animals pee in the ocean.
That classical chlorine smell in pools is actually the smell of chlorine reacting to urine
Hum, open a bottle of clorine bleach, smells the same as the pool water?
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Social media/phone addiction. How many of us do anything without our phones now? When’s the last time you left your house without it? The last time you forgot your phone or lost it, how anxious did you feel? Every time I try to slow down on my usage, I do good at first and then I have a day where I could be doing anything else and I still go to my phone and waste the day away. I’ll absentmindedly pull it out while I’m watching tv too. Or playing video games. Here I am at work on it again.
My phone broke earlier this week and I had to go about half a day without it. Yes, it was a huge inconvenience as far as contacting people was concerned, but there was something really blissful about my walk, because I wasn't stopping to take pictures to show anyone anything, and no one was interrupting my thoughts so I had to be 100% just in my moment. It's nice to take a break, but with society now, still gotta have it around.
Last time I forgot my phone at home, there was a huge fire. (Near the neighborhood. My parents and dog was fine)
Load More Replies...I don't even take my phone with me when I go out. I didn't grow up with one so never got addicted to one. I use mine mainly for two factor verification and he occasional phone calls.
Friends get mad at me for not immediately responding to texts. Sorry, but it's probably not that important
Load More Replies...I only use my phone for calls and texting. And as a camera. I don't do apps or browse the web on it unless I'm desperately bored because I forgot to bring a book.
i fail to see the problem. you have a small computer in your pocket or bag that can entertain you, let you talk to people around the world, get you directions easily, and transition between work and home more seamlessly. i have always carried a phone, because i live in a rural area and have only ever had incredibly used cars; being able to call AAA from my car in january is preferable to trying to walk to the nearest building with a phone. yes, a lot of people have problems, but phones are incredibly useful.
The number of people who don't brush their teeth twice a day is deeply upsetting.
I'm one of these people. Not because I don't think I need to, it's just that dental hygiene as a whole is something I've always really had to struggle against my depression to get done. It's a bit better since getting an electric toothbrush and some prescription toothpaste.
Understandable. I don't think I'm depressed, I just don't care anymore. Then again, maybe that's what depression is. I know I need to brush more, I just don't care.
Load More Replies...How do you know the number of people who don't brush their teeth twice a day? How would one even find that information? And why does it upset you? Do you actually care about their teeth? You sound kind of like a control freak just looking for something to bother you.
I’m gonna be the grumpy curmudgeon that I am: if there’s one thing I learned from the shopping cart thing, it’s that people on Reddit, and on Reddit aggregator sites like this, enjoy finding out that they are achieving some metric of Living Life Well, and after they find that out, they keep saying “it’s soooo bad when people don’t do X” so that they have an opportunity to bring it up. It’s religion for atheists.
Load More Replies...If you brush your teeth before bed, and don't eat in the night, why must you brush again as soon as you wake up? Swish some mouthwash to get rid of morning breath and go on about your day. You want to brush twice, do it after lunch and before bed.
I'm guilty of this, but I do floss at night. Sometimes its just hard to get the energy to stay up and do things (autoimmune disease ova here!)
It’s hard for me when it comes to brushing my teeth and it’s due to a few things. I find mint to be physically painful to use. And almost every toothpaste you find is mint or the other option is “Unicorn Sparkle” toothpaste that takes like pink bubblegum. And it took me close to four years but I finally found a toothpaste brand I could use (HiSmile is the loml). Which this may seem like a minor issue but it was really hard for me. And after I had the toothpaste issue sorted than I just had to get into the habit of regularly brushing my teeth. It’s been getting better and I usually brush my teeth for two minutes at night before bed (usually an hour after I eat so I don’t forget or delay it) but I’ve never really been in the habit of brushing my teeth. It’s hard for me.
Thanks for the tip. I too hate mint and unicorn sparkle ( i tried strawberry - ugh ).
Load More Replies...Unless they want to kiss me, l couldn't care less. Their teeth, their rules.
I have a hypersensitive gag reflex. Toothpaste is awful but I struggle through it in the mornings.
Lying.
Probably the biggest shock I got from the real world once I started adulting is how much people lie and try to manipulate. It’s disheartening
I don't believe OP has never said they liked a gift when they didn't, told a friend they look great just to make them feel better, said they like a dish someone has cooked when it's actually not great, made an excuse to get out of a social/family function they didn't want to go to, etc. 'Lying' is not a binary thing. It's not OK to try and manipulate people, but everyone 'lies'. The only question is 'to what extent?'
Well put. There are a lot of sanctimonious posts on this thread.
Load More Replies...Listen, as long as it's not toxic, and you're not hurting anyone, it's a useful life skill. Say you're overworked. You stop for a break, grab a cup of coffee, spend 15 minutes on here. And then upload the spreadsheets and email your boss that you're finished with the thing. What's the harm?
That depends on what you lie about. Last december I told my class (Kindergarten class) that I was going to visit a friend on the North Pole. I intended for them to think it was Santa, but I never said so. It was certainly a lie, but to make them speculate about it. I don't see, as I hurt anyone telling such a lie.
Load More Replies...my ex's mother - manipulating and controlling her, and her siblings, for over 60 years!!
Lying about wanting things in a relationship, with no benefit to be had from the lie. Then lying about the lying. I left
Insulting another person’s intelligence the second they feel insecure about their own. So basically, projection.
Drinking little to no water daily. Then they think that grumble in their stomach is hunger pangs, so they eat more salty food. And sometimes take ibuprofen for their dehydration-induced headaches. Can’t imagine that’s amazing for the kidneys.
Old people often do this because going to the toilet is a hard work with mobility problems. Always have to tell them the consequences of dehydration.
I work in a restaurant and this has happened to me a few times when it's busy. Especially in the summer I've had to be reminded and to remind others to drink water.
Load More Replies...I think they meant drinking little to no *liquid* daily.
Load More Replies...My sister is 38 and doesn't drink water because she 'doesn't like the taste!' She's ill a lot and doesn't seem to understand that guzzling a dozen cans of coca cola every day isn't good for her health and isn't helping her dehydration or her weight issues. She often complains about her struggle to lose weight but if I suggest switching from coca cola to water she acts like I'm being horrible to her. I suggested the same thing to a cousin a few years ago and she actually listened, this was the only change she made and she lost half her body weight in less than a year! Some people are just willfully ignorant.
oh no. :( water can taste bad, or have no taste, which is worse, to me, so i do understand her issue, but yikes. you could suggest (or just buy and give to her) the little pods of flavoring to put in water! they even make them with energy stuff in them that works pretty well.
Load More Replies...It's true. The body will send signals that are misinterpreted as hunger. It's important to remember that by the time you feel thirsty you are already dehydrated. You can also tell if you're chronically dehydrated by your skin as it's the first place the body will draw water from. If you have very dry skin drink more water and watch how it dramatically improves!
Load More Replies...Why would something like this affect anyone's sensitivity list? I hope this is for yourself.
I keep telling my son to drink more water, but he just doesn't want to listen, so frustrating.
I drink a ton of water now as a adult. So thirsty. I got fridge Britta and room temp Britta. I don't remember drinking much water as a kid..wasn't as "popular" a couple decades ago.
Whenever I get a headache I chug a half liter of water and take a little bit of ibuprofen
You say a little bit, and probably know this anyway, but ibuprofen should be taken after food, to protect the stomach.
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I would say never changing your oil or car fluids. I was surprised when a mechanic told me that 90 percent of people never maintain their car.
You at least change out the little pine tree air freshener on the handlebars, don't you?!
Load More Replies...Mechanic- You're going to need a new transmission. Me- What's a transmission? Mechanic- he, cough, You're going to need 2 transmissions
I really hope this is something that is done during my regular car services, because I am completely clueless about things like that. None of my family does anything mechanical themselves (except my brother, who can change a tyre, now) so I was never taught and had no interest in learning it on my own.
Find me a good mechanic that isn't going to rip me off. Go ahead I'll wait.
My local indie. He even lets me use the ramp to do stuff myself sometimes. He charges for everything he does, but nothing he doesn't. He's been servicing one of my cars for nearly 20 years (techincally his son does the servicing now).
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biting nails
It's not like I do it for fun. I can't stop it no matter how hard I try, it's a coping thing.
i chew my nails down to the quick all the time, i don't see the problem. sometimes i get a bit of discomfort from the nail beds but compared to the other pains i get it's nothing.
Drinking soda. People legit wonder why they're overweight and the easiest thing they could do to start is just drink water instead of soda
I lost 9kg in 2 months. All I did was swap flavoured soda with plain soda water and sparkling mineral water with a bit of fresh fruit or mint in there to infuse with flavour instead.
i rarely drink soda (maybe 1-2 times in two weeks. depends on if there’s a party or something similar )
i stopped being able to tolerate soda when it started making me feel ill. now i drink tea and water.
"Water is just for washing yourself." is a common saying here. People are so used to flavoured drinks that they can't accept a glass of pure water as a proper drink because it has no flavour like vanilla or whatever.
You know what the flavor of the soda is going to be. Water, especially tap, can be a c**p shoot. Plus soda has caffeine.
Used to be me. In the summer time at work I would water down soda instead of just drinking water. My urine was dark and smelled. Luckily I have now heavily limited how much soda I have and on the rare occasion I have it at home I make sure to drink my big jug of water before I can have a soda. Not a miracle cure for my weight but I feel noticeable better
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Phone addiction is pretty bad amongst Millennials and Gen Z for sure, but my God talking with a mouthful of food seems to be kinda bad across the board and it is disgusting! I've caught so many people from means that seem as if they'd know better doing this at lunches and such. Gross me out.
I bite my nails and cuticles until they bleed. So that’s up there
Bad habit based on some event in your earlier life. You need to find a ask yourself why you do it.. Then do the "Why Daddy" thing and keep asking until you drill to the truth. I used to do this and my answer is a big part of how I beat this.
Not necessarily. Can just be a nervous habit. I used to a lot, and I realized I was trying to "fix" them. It took a bit of effort, but I let them grow and, and now I never bite them.
Load More Replies...Nasal spray addiction
Yep. For several years now. I spent a month in the hospital for an unrelated issue and never once needed my nose spray until I got back home which tells me its likely an allergy to something in the house.
Uhm. What's that? Some form of nicotine dispersal? Or some kind of addictive prescription medicine?
It just means that you've build a tolerance to its anticongestion effects. As a result you need to use it constantly at larger doses to get any effect, and consequently, when you stop using it you'll be awfully congested.
Load More Replies...i immediately thought of my basic saline nasal spray and got SUPER confused. but also addiction is a thing that happens to lots of people, they shouldn't be judged or hated on for it.
An aerosol spray to open up the nasal passages when you have a cold/the flu.
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Load More Replies...saying they’re going to do things or want to do things and never do them. if you want to do something do it
Ever heard of anxiety and assuming the other person just hates you and you're a burden
Load More Replies...Sometimes you can't do those things--physical disability, lack of money, work commitments, family commitments and any number of things could be standing in the way.
That's quite self righteous and lacking an awful lot of context. There's a gazillion reasons why people don't do something they planned or want. Brushing it all off as lack of willpower is ignorant at best.
Ever heard of cost of living? I would love to travel and explore just like everyone else. Unfortunately, the human race is a bunch of c***s, and instead of exploring this world, I get to work in it so that some dude who would never stoop to my level can do all the things I want to do. F**k the human race and f**k the way we live
I hate with all the passion people who throw firecrackers! It's like a most stupid trend in my stupid country that whole freaking December and January, stupid a******s are throwing firecrackers of really big size and noise level all over the areas where people live, not parties, just areas where people live right under our windows! They do that day and night, and stupid parents even buy them for children (until someone loses a finger or worse) to "play". After each stupid explosion to make things worse, scared barking of all dogs in area then screaming of frightened small children. And no one reacts to stop that madness! Most stupid, most annoying, most polluting, most horrible and stressful thing ever invented!
Not moving over for emergency vehicles is high on my personal list!
The ones that are personal choices that don't effect others are ok with me. If you want to bite your nails, have at it.
EXACTLY. They might be bad habits, but as long as they don't affect me, go ahead. The same way, l'll try to be the most considerate possible to you in a public space but don't you dare to lecture me on binge watching series or eating too much pizza or picking ingrown hairs (totally made up examples, of course)
Load More Replies...I'd add engine idling: if you're not moving, switch it off - leaving it running doesn't exempt you from parking regulations. Also scraping someone else's car while parking and not bothering to say sorry. Both make me seethe.
this! there's someone who lives across the road from me, and every day at about 5am they sit in their car for 30-40 minutes, shining their headlights into my house. i don't know, due to the distance, if their car is running that whole time or just has the switch on, but it's rude either way!
Load More Replies...How about the copious and intrusive ads on BP that cause the page to reload 29 times.
How about people who sit on gym equipment for hours playing on their phone? If you want to play on your phone, go home.
"30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have" - Should it not be "shocking *number" or *numbers? Unless you mince those poor people for a roast dish, but then that amount of pulpeople no has habits
I hate with all the passion people who throw firecrackers! It's like a most stupid trend in my stupid country that whole freaking December and January, stupid a******s are throwing firecrackers of really big size and noise level all over the areas where people live, not parties, just areas where people live right under our windows! They do that day and night, and stupid parents even buy them for children (until someone loses a finger or worse) to "play". After each stupid explosion to make things worse, scared barking of all dogs in area then screaming of frightened small children. And no one reacts to stop that madness! Most stupid, most annoying, most polluting, most horrible and stressful thing ever invented!
Not moving over for emergency vehicles is high on my personal list!
The ones that are personal choices that don't effect others are ok with me. If you want to bite your nails, have at it.
EXACTLY. They might be bad habits, but as long as they don't affect me, go ahead. The same way, l'll try to be the most considerate possible to you in a public space but don't you dare to lecture me on binge watching series or eating too much pizza or picking ingrown hairs (totally made up examples, of course)
Load More Replies...I'd add engine idling: if you're not moving, switch it off - leaving it running doesn't exempt you from parking regulations. Also scraping someone else's car while parking and not bothering to say sorry. Both make me seethe.
this! there's someone who lives across the road from me, and every day at about 5am they sit in their car for 30-40 minutes, shining their headlights into my house. i don't know, due to the distance, if their car is running that whole time or just has the switch on, but it's rude either way!
Load More Replies...How about the copious and intrusive ads on BP that cause the page to reload 29 times.
How about people who sit on gym equipment for hours playing on their phone? If you want to play on your phone, go home.
"30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have" - Should it not be "shocking *number" or *numbers? Unless you mince those poor people for a roast dish, but then that amount of pulpeople no has habits
