After posting a couple of illustrations on "How to be annoying" to our social networks, people around the world started sending in their own ideas for us to illustrate.
So we decided to make a official guide, just in case you might want to annoy someone. Here are our top 40.
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Random numbers does not work. You start counting but start at a different number. Works everytime.
I don't know why this didn't score higher? This is a huge pet-peeve of mine!
Reading a text 10+ times. At the end, texting back "K" (but you still didn't get what s/he texted) :))
I hate this, but for some reason, I always use tons of commas in my sentences instead of just a full stop.
I'm a proud member of the grammar police. Everyone pisses me off. And trying to send a perfectly typed text is annoying and time consuming. I hate texting, why can't people just call each other instead? Was that annoying enough for y'all?? And yes, y'all is now a word. Look it up.
why is this a problem i completly understand this stuff aslo spelling is important
Sometimes a comma changes the meaning of the whole sentence, and even in the very opposite way....
Load More Replies...I always type 'Okay'. And I hate it when someone answers me with a 'K'. Can they not type in just three more little letters?
if that was supposed to be an answer to a question I had asked I would be really annoyed
Sometimes I just randomly stop walking so the people behind me bump into me.
Load More Replies...O.M.GOSH!!!!!! I Did that to my sister in the park she was soooo ticked of
What I always do is walk really fast until I am in front of everyone and once I am, I slow down a lot so that everyone bumps into me. It annoys people so much!!!
What I always do is walk really fast until I am in front of everyone, and then walk as slow as I can.
or have a phone conversation, use the spice grinder or anything with a loud electric motor
Sorry, you can vacuum at my house anytime you want to...because I don't want to.
Hate! It is like someone scratching a chalkboard with their fingernails!
Even when my daughter was a newborn, (she's now 21, married and in the nursing program at her college) I wouldn't let anyone use that annoying baby talk around her. I don't even talk to my pets like that.
When I was growing up there were way to many people using the words 'like' and 'totally'. I'm guilty of using the word 'anyways', to often, especially if the sentence before it was a run-on sentence. However, there was and still is one particular word that I still think think is pretty cool. And that is the word 'Wicked'. Tells my age a bit, huh? ; )
There is a t.v show called the loud house the second oldest sister uses the word"like" alot
Nothing more irritating than the feeling that is eating next to you was actually brought up in a sty
In my family we're always having to teach kids and teenagers to 'stop smacking'. So annoying.
the height of inconsideration to speak loudly when it is not neccessary and to subject other people to your environmental noise pollution
My mom always yells over her phone while it's on speaker on full volume ( ; ; )
I hate when people do this in the hall of my apartment building! Specially annoying when I am sleeping.
in the grocery store. Or a restaurant. Or the doctor's office. And people complain about lack of privacy... Once a lady was yelling so loudly that I thought she was mad at someone in the office (2 rooms away) but no, she was simply standing outside the school yelling on the phone while waiting on her child (for 15 minutes.) What has happened to the concept of private conversations?
You notice that people always talk louder on a cell phone, far louder than they would on a landline. (Do those still exist?) Guess they don't trust the phone to pick up their voice.
My boss is doing that all the time, not even taking about work... annoying!!!
one of the reasons I prefer to drive - however I have no trouble in requesting the person to remove their bag.
I always ask them to remove their bag too on a crowded train or bus with few vacant seats. But once I was on a half empty bus sitting on a front seat with my bag on the seat by me and a drunk got on and sat on my bag. I shouted at him in a loud voice especially as there were two adjacent seats further back and he could have asked me to removed the bag first. He shouted back at me that I shouldn't have had my bag on the seat in the first place. I got out of my seat and complained to the driver who refused to do anything so made a complaint the following day to an inspector at the depot.
Load More Replies...I did that on the school bus and that 5th grader got soooooooooo mad at me she wanted to scream she looked like a tomato
I do this, but, if I see someone walk on public transport and needs a seat, I will put my bag on my lap
This is why I have always taken a car. So glad that I got away from the big city 26 years ago. Here it takes you 20 minutes to get anywhere. And I don't mind it one bit.
I'm always getting mad at people I have to bus high school kids need there own routes
It only sounds awesome when you're the one doing it...
Load More Replies...Irritating!! I would be very tempted to grab the pen out of someone's hand!
Yes that is annoying, so is the constant ticking of a regular (non-digital) clock. Especially when all you want is complete silence.
past time for that person to see a psychologist for cognitive therapy
Carol Sarvis they should make one of these illustrations about you...
Load More Replies...Oh my these are just hilarious, but in my experience, the other person just yells at me, that's not fun!
It's only okay if it is YOUR bed and you will be the only one sleeping in it. Because then you're the only person who has to deal with it. :P
When working in an office and away from their desk it always annoys me when somebody without asking permission takes the pen off my desk to make a note and walk away with it. I don't care how up they are in the organisation I tell them not to walk away with my pen. They should carry their own pen with them or at least ask permission first to borrow somebody's pen.
Or, borrow someone's pen and never return it. Yep, it happens a lot to me
Or when someone would ask to borrow an actual pencil and return it without the eraser. My daughter used to do that to me, till I put hot sauce on them. That stopped that problem. lol
Hmmm, can't say much cause I slurp my coffee a wee bit. Anyone else doing it is annoying! (-:
*nods enthusiastically* Almost everyone is in sales these days. Ugh
Load More Replies...I cherish people who can match my ability for verbal integrity. Too many tuned out people these days have a manipulative, almost deceptive style of communication. Worst remark I made (after someone offered the old adage about attracting more flies with honey rather than vinegar) was "who'd want a bunch of flies???"
oops...missed a proof read part. I also meant that if they're texting someone outside the house then there should be a phone call going on, if it's that damn important! Still a major pet peeve. Cell phones are killing the actual conversations that used to happen between friends and family. Sometimes I just want to take their phones away. It's sad really. And I really miss it. : (
I hate it when people do that. Especially when I'm out with a group of friends, I talk to them about something really serious and then they are all on their phones checking their Facebook and inboxing other people. Really? You're out! Enjoy being out!
After Thanksgiving dinner, at Grandmother's house, every young person at the table pulled out their phone as soon as they cleared their plates...and again at Christmas dinner.
I hate that. When you have the opportunity to speak to an actual human being you should pay attention to that person. Not stare at your phone the whole time. What can be so damn important that you should ignore the other person in the room? Or having a text thing going on with someone within the house, or the same damn room? Seriously? If it's that damn important then there should be a phone call going on. And just playing on it is unacceptable when there is someone else in the room to actually talk to. This is definitely one of my BIGGEST pet peeves. Can you tell??
hai, I only use Saeki (my tablet) for music, or to play dark corridors when I'm alone
Load More Replies...So annoying! Especially when you get two or three different or the same ones at each time. I never respond to them.
Do it especially regardless of how many times those f-ing chain letters have been debunked as pointless c**p. The more, the better.
I have been throwing those away since people were writing REAL letters. I love being able to push the delete button on that kind of c**p.
yeah ikr its rly annoying when ppl text rly fast with lots of abbreviations and no caps at all and no punctuation and bad grammer like this.
Load More Replies...Sometimes I accidentally click caps lock, then I have to DELETE & RETYPE EVERYTHING in lowercase...grrr
oR aNSWER wITH tHE cAPS lOCK kEY pRESSED, sO tHAT aLL wORDS aRE bACKWARD iN cASE.
lmfao....is it whispering?? I kind of like to start off each sentence with an uppercase letter, then move on with lower case letters. ...lmao
I'm okay with people touching my hair (unless it's some potentially perverted unknown weirdo), but messing my hair is a different thing. I used to wear intentionally messed up hairstyles as a teenage though. ☻
Don't touch me either. My daughter took after me in that way...she'll even tell me and her Nana not to touch her hair. I imagine the only person allowed to touch her hair is her husband, and I bet she tells him not to, except at bedtime. And Wynk2u that is exactly how she puts it "Seriously, don't touch me". lol
i HATE my hair being toched by some rando. or any one DO NOT TTCH MY HAIR
Or humming to songs (especially the instrumental parts). It drives me nuts!
Or humming to the song (especially the instrumental parts). It drives me crazy!
very annoying what if they picked their nose or put their fingers in their mouth
I don't like to be patted (pat, I don't know I'm sick and confused) or stroked. Infuriates me.
I spelt one of my cousins name the wrong way for years. I know it now, but I always felt bad about it, especially since she never pointed it out. People are always wanting to misspell my name or add extra letters, thinking it's short for a different name. VERY annoying.
I get asked how to spell my last name so often, that I just spell it now out of default
Hey, it is usually an honest mistake...people can't even pronounce my first name, which is a phonetically spelled 4 letters.
For some time after I met her, I thought my cousin's girlfriend was "Aubrey" - I even made a gift with that spelling, and they never corrected me. Eventually, I saw the correct spelling on a Christmas Card. Next time I see them, I'll joke with them about it. Mark-Aubrey.gif
Well I forgive people i barely know because, how are they supposed to know? But if they are a really close friend then I'll be annoyed
I'll email someone, or they have my name on a list, but I usually get my name back spelled with a "Y". Do they think I'M spelling it wrong, so they make it "correct" when replying? So annoying! (Melodie)
I hate when ppl write your name with no capital first letter....It's like a quiet insult
Airports do not stop you from bring your own food. They stop you from bringing water or liquids on a plane. Plus you can buy food in terminals and take it on a plane. The main restriction is flying internationally and taking certain foods (that are biosecurity risks) off a plane.
Load More Replies...This would p**s me off, especially if it actually stank in a really bad way.
Or the office. People do this at my work and then throw the stuff in the trash so the whole place smells nasty all day.
I brought sushi into school once. smelt of rice, salmon, pro=awns and seweed all day. and no-one noticed
Load More Replies...In my experience, this is a US phenomenon. But I'm always amazed in the US by the sheer number of people who bring meals on the plane at all. Like because people can bring food on planes, we've been conditioned to think we should or we need to. I'm like "Jesus, it's just a couple of hours. Surely, you can eat before the flight and just eat a snack or two on the plane" - kind of like going to the toilet. I mean, it's not a long-haul international flight or anything.
Would have made more sense if they put bus instead of plane that is one of mine
Same here. Interesting. Different experiences - different perceptions.
Load More Replies...I loathe this. Especially, when you're out somewhere (for example: a pub or a concert hall) and all the stalls are taken and you have to wait 15 minutes before you can even use the facilities and your bladder is about to pop. Hurry up!
This is MY HOUSE!! Get out of there!! But, I live alone and if I do something like that my psychiatrist might worry more than normal. LOL
This used to p**s me off all the time. Even when I was a kid, my little brother would leave it off and I would end up in trouble for it. Then I just got used to putting it up after him. He's 41 now and I'm 46. I hope for his sake that he doesn't still do this. I kind of doubt it, his wife would probably kick his a*s. lmao
When they take them off to ask you what you want, say, "What do you want with me?" They'll then put their headphones back on. Keep pretending to talk to them and then they'll take them off again. Say, "What is it this time?" Repeat this over and over again until they realise you're messing with them.
Sometimes you have to when the person you are talking to doesn't listen properly. I get annoyed when people working behind customer service counters and reception desks are spending ages on a phone to a customer repeating themselves because presumably the customer is asking the same questions again.
Yeah, I tend to memorize weird things like random stories my friends told me, so when they repeat it, it bugs me
I do this but on accident because i have horribale memory and i'll forget i told someone so i have to think about all the people i told already
Repeat the same thing quietly but loud enough that you're heard. For reasons unknown I used to mutter easyJet under my breath all the time.
It's not funny when you are the one that tripped and people are laughing AT you.
Yeah, but sometimes you can't help it! And anyway you're trying to be annoying. Surely you can't stifle a giggle when someone trips over.
Load More Replies...If they do it really weirdly and it looks like theu sustained minimal damage then I'll laugh my a*s off - especially when it's my friends
tap on your knees...they are more out of sight & not so noisy.
Load More Replies...Do it in a subtle manner so the others don't know you're trying to be annoying.
It has to be done, otherwise they will go around for the rest of their lives saying things wrong. I would rather someone told me than not.
I correct people all the time. Otherwise they'll keep doing it and it will get more annoying. There are a few members of my family who really hate it when I do it. However, my daughter (who is in college), will sometimes call me to ask the meaning of this or that and how to properly spell it. And I love it every time she does it, it makes me feel needed and smart. When I was young I ran out of things to read, so I read an entire set of encyclopedias. When I read all of those I read the dictionary. I love to read and I was really bored...lol. Years later I read a newer set of encyclopedias. I just love learning new things. And I am really proud of my daughter, she is also a bookworm and loves to learn.
Want to do that, but as a foreigner I kinda have no right to cortect native speakers of their most frequent mistakes....
My friends correct my spelling or grammar i will spend the next 2 minutes yelling at them using horrible grammar and spelling like i'll spell "like" as something like "licky" and its so funny
My damn partner does this. He just has to walk around. Makes me anxious.
I hate this or when people don't leave the room to talk on the phone, like all other rooms in the house are unoccupied, but no...
I do that whenever I'm talking for a while! It's a habit! I don't circle OTHERS, though - I circle furniture.
My spouse emails people at the dinner table, so now I put empty cereal boxes so that I can't see him, like my brothers and I did when we were young. lol
Me and my sister used to do that so we didn't have to see each other. It was kinda dumb so we stopped.
Load More Replies...Never experienced that before, but I'd assume wearing slippers that are too big for you would naturally make a shuffling sound!
My spouse does this and it drives me crazy. I want to tie his slippers onto his feet, as they're too big and he always wears them in the house .
Just be contrary. Say the opposite of what someone else says. I do this naturally sometimes.
Just humming doesn't work on everyone. You can hum out of tune - that's super annoying, or you can hum in tune, but some really annoying, outdated or catchy tune (for instance, Shotgun, George Ezra or Never Gonna Give You Up, Rick Astley. Make sure you hum the climax part of the tune. If you do do one of these, be prepared for it to get lodged in your head for the next three or four hours.
This is my co-worker and yes it is so disturbing to listen to someone humming all day long
My step dad is the worst for that random notes it's not even a song so annoying
This only applies to USA, where asking "how are you" just small talk. Outside USA, it's seen as a bit funny..
I like this answer because the most common answer in my country is: "meh, so so" (even if you've just won the lottery!).
Bocchan also says that. but I say maa maa as it means so-so.
Load More Replies...Sometimes, I'll answer, "Can't complain." Then after a pause, I'll add, "Who'd listen?"
That's just so dumb. It doesn't even make sense. Some other dumb answers: dunno, can't disagree with you there, I guess, I s'pose so, uh huh, I think so, whatever, eh?!, what are you talking about?, or even answer in another language altogether. (One that's not very common like Hebrew or Farsi, not French or Spanish because they're likely to know what you're talking about).
Omg hahahah that's hilarious! And frustrating, for you.
Load More Replies...My manager keeps scratching his back on the door frame when he comes to talk to me! I told him I will buy him a scratch stick!
I use exclamation marks. But I don't use them all the time. Just when I am trying to make a point or draw attention to what I posted.
use them EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Exclamation marks are good, so are hashtags, question marks at random intervals, emojis really get on my nerves, commas and full stops in the middle of a sentence. If you really want to get on somebody's nerves, don't put a space between each word!
I love getting text with just “hey" nothing else you really need to give me more, like a reason you texted. I.e. “hey are you busy tonight?" Now we have a base to our conversation step brother back when texting was $0.25 a text would spend that quarter on just hey..... it's the worst
Yep, and when you answer with "hi there, how are you" and they never respond. That's annoying.
Load More Replies...I hate , despise, cannot stand the sound of someone eating sunflower seeds and spitting the shells into a cup, or just spitting them period. Also people who dont use napkins, EVER! my ex would conveniently sit on my side of the bed and eat Doritos and wipe his orange fingers on the sheets and/or duvet, depending on what time of day or night it was. Even if I gave him one he wouldn't use it!
Oh, my, that's gross. My boyfriend uses wet tissue or just washes his hands after such snack.... So do I, but I rarely east such kind of snack.
Load More Replies...that was so true you should add shouting while someone is asleep
I love getting text with just “hey" nothing else you really need to give me more, like a reason you texted. I.e. “hey are you busy tonight?" Now we have a base to our conversation step brother back when texting was $0.25 a text would spend that quarter on just hey..... it's the worst
Yep, and when you answer with "hi there, how are you" and they never respond. That's annoying.
Load More Replies...I hate , despise, cannot stand the sound of someone eating sunflower seeds and spitting the shells into a cup, or just spitting them period. Also people who dont use napkins, EVER! my ex would conveniently sit on my side of the bed and eat Doritos and wipe his orange fingers on the sheets and/or duvet, depending on what time of day or night it was. Even if I gave him one he wouldn't use it!
Oh, my, that's gross. My boyfriend uses wet tissue or just washes his hands after such snack.... So do I, but I rarely east such kind of snack.
Load More Replies...that was so true you should add shouting while someone is asleep
