There are sooo many things that can get on people’s nerves, whether they’re common annoyances or something oddly peculiar. In both cases, there ought to be at least one other person out there suffering from a similar gray hair-inducing situation.
If you’re dealing with something frustrating or simply having one of those days when everything and everyone around annoys you, you’re not alone. We have gathered some images of people encountering all sorts of situations that can only be described as tests of one’s patience; so scroll down to find them and—hopefully—find comfort in the fact that they too shall pass.
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Plastic Packaging. Every Single Time
When This Happens
When Pencil Erasers Are Just For Decoration
I mean they do get rid of mistakes. You just have to keep "erasing" until you have a hole in your paper and Ta Da mistake is gone!
Found something that sent shivers down your spine just by looking at it yet? If not, continue scrolling and you just might; this list covers all sorts of aggravating things, showing just how easily annoyed some of us are.
For some people, all it takes is someone’s peculiar way of talking, or—my own personal nightmare—chewing so loud you can hear them at the other end of the room. But those around me might not understand what it is about the loud munching that drives me crazy, as it doesn’t bother them one bit. The reason why that is might be linked to something psychologists call ‘inattentional blindness’.
When Your Sock Falls Into Your Shoe
How My Girlfriend Gets To Sleep vs. How I Get To Sleep With The New Foster Dog
Insider pointed out that sometimes individuals get irritated because they notice something annoying; that one word the radio host keeps saying over and over, and over again, for example. It’s the instances when people don’t pay attention to such things as a word repeated one too many times that are called ‘inattentional blindness’.
Even though typically, when someone points out something annoying, it results in two people irritated by the same thing rather than both of them exhibiting inattentional blindness, such a seemingly aggravating state can actually be beneficial. Getting annoyed snaps us out of the stupor, consequently making us react to a situation, which can be dangerous. In a way, one unpleasant situation can help us avoid another unpleasant one.
Does Anyone Else Find A Wet Sleeve Infuriating? It Constantly Reminds You Of Its Presence
Yep, especially when it happens when you try to wash something that is placed above you shoulder level and the water runs from the brush and down your arm and soaks the entire sleave.
When The Material Gets Stuck In The Zipper
Insider suggested that there are some universally annoying stimuli after all, such as the oh-so-lovely sound of nails meeting the chalkboard. However, even when the source of irritation is one and the same, the underlying reasons for such a negative feeling can differ greatly. According to the founder of the ‘A Place Of Hope’ center, author Dr. Gregory Jantz, reasons for an individual’s irritability can be categorized into three groups: physical, psychological, and other.
Ring Pull Broke. Then The Can Opener Broke
After Eating Two Of These Blueberry Waffles, I Went To Heat Up Two More And Saw That The Package Was For Plain Waffles. I Ate Mold
When Foil Does This
According to Dr. Jantz, physical reasons for feeling irritable typically relate to aches in our body, illnesses, hunger, sleep deprivation, and hormones. Psychological ones include stress and lack of healthy boundaries or emotional regulation skills. Into the ‘others’ category, the expert puts plausible links to anxiety, depression, borderline personality disorder, or sensory processing issues.
This
I've had this happen. To fix it, I pull the drawstring out entirely and tie a paperclip to one end. Then I gradually work the paperclip end through by bunching and squeezing until it comes out the other side.
What's The Point Of Making An Appointment To See A Doctor But Still Waiting 1 Hour Later
I'm sure this will be an unpopular opinion, but this susally means there was an emergency. Unfortunately, medical stuff cannot always be scheduled. Then again, getting rid of Mabel and her myriad of trivial complaints takes a lot of time too.
I Reached For This Fry Like Three Times. It's Printed On The Paper. Thanks, Whataburger
The mix of emotions that irritating situations often entail might seem tiresome to handle or simply not worth it. But former professor of counseling at St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley, author, and expert in habit change, Meg Selig, suggests that one shouldn’t discount the sense of being annoyed at something, as it might indicate a certain problem.
In a piece for Psychology Today, she pointed out that getting easily irritated might illustrate the need to set a certain limit or protect your personal resources, such as time; it can also be linked to resentment, anger, or perfectionism, which should be acknowledged or resolved.
Left-Handed People Know The Pain
When I was younger, I'd pretend that I was turning into a robot whenever this happened.
When This Stuff Happens
Guess How Old My Son Is
“We all get annoyed by different things, so it's important to recognize that a person is not necessarily inflicting psychological warfare on you through thoughtless actions,” Selig explained. “When your neighbor has been using his beloved leaf-blower for 45 minutes, it's irritating but not something to take personally.”
Some people don’t even need a leaf-blower to get on others’ nerves; and it can’t be hard to explain why. Well, researchers tried analyzing what it is about certain people that makes others want to leave the room the moment they enter. That’s how they coined the term ‘affective presence’, which measures how a person influences those around them—be it positively or in a way that drives individuals crazy.
The Amount Of Bread We Throw Away Sometimes At A Supermarket
It looks like one of those pictures the police will post after they raided some druglord
Wake Up At 7 AM, Head To Class In The Freezing Rain, Just To See “Class Is Canceled” Written On The Whiteboard And The Door Locked. No Email Or Anything First
This Loaf Of Bread From Walmart Doesn't Have Any Bread In It
Negative ‘affective presence’ can be part of why some humans annoy us; or it might simply be their lack of manners and other traits. A survey commissioned by Sky Mobile revealed that such impolite people are some of the most annoying things in modern society; in Britain, at least.
A study of roughly 2,000 adults found that the top five things Brits find the most annoying are people not listening to you, people pushing into a queue, people who don't say please or thank you, people who think that rules don't apply to them, and—no longer relating to people, yet still plenty annoying—splashing your favorite top or jeans with something. (Just going to add that people eating loudly or sloppily followed closely as number six.)
Was Going On A Family Cruise Trip. Flight Got Delayed From 4:30 To 6:50. Flight Got Delayed From 6:50 To 9. Flight Got Delayed From 9 To 11:30. Flight Got Canceled
Now we missed the cruise and waited at the airport for 7 hours for nothing.
Why I ALWAYS fly out at least the day before. The extra expense of a hotel for 1 night is so worth it to avoid the stress, hassle and worry of flying out day of. Not having to get up super early, panic if the flight is delayed or miss the cruise if it's cancelled. Plus holiday starts a bit sooner!
My Bank's Support Bot (Mandatory Before Being In Contact With A Real Human)
Poison Ivy Between My Fingers. I'm Considering Amputation At This Point
Wow! We in the UK only have to deal with nettles (which are bad enough). Thankfully, Mother Nature always makes sure Dock Leaves are nearby.
Annoyances of a modern day citizen undeniably differ from those of people of the past; and some of them are oddly specific. For example, the least annoying things on the list of the 40 gray hair-inducing matters are waiting too long for an online transaction to come out of your bank account, listening to kids arguing (alright, this might have been equally annoying ages ago), the fight to get your bag from baggage reclaim after a flight, being outbid on eBay, and “having to park on the wrong side of a petrol pump and reach the hose all the way around your car, rather than waiting for one on your side to become free”.
I Tried To Take A Banana Off The Bunch And Opened Up The 3 Others
I always take my bananas apart before they get overripe. Stops this from happening.
God Hit Up For A Tip On The Self-Checkout Kiosk. Who Am I Tipping, Myself?
Am I The Only One Who Gets So Annoyed When This Happens? Two Eggs From The Same Box, Boiled In The Same Water And This Is The Result
The older egg is the one that comes out good. Fresh eggs make bad boiled eggs.
Some modern-day annoyances ought to be related to technology, and, well… they are. Statista revealed that when it comes to apps, for instance, it’s adverts that drive nearly 70% of users crazy; taking too long to load, having too many push notifications, or requesting login information in order to use the app also don’t play to its advantage.
Bought New Dinner Plates, Guess You Need To Always Read The Back First
My Key Broke
Why Does My Shoe’s Tongue Keep Doing This?
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Microsoft Won't Accept My First Name
My Roof Has Been Shot With An Arrow
Was Suspicious Of My “5 Lb” Plate Set
I Received This As A Grade For A Quiz
You probably left 0.01mm extra space between your last word and the full stop!
About Half Of This 50-Gallon Trash Can Is Full Of Perfectly Good Cartons Of Milk. Expiration Date Is In 2 Weeks. Schools Waste A Lot Of Food
Maybe they forgot to put it in the refrigerator.
Load More Replies...my school donates them to people in need and is also partnered with earth mama compost. My entire school district donates to earth mama compost. Since august 7 we have donated 4,000 pounds ( about 1814.369 kg) of food that would've gone to a landfill. In one year we are predicting to donate over 40,000 ( about 18143.695 kg) pounds of food
sometimes at my school the milk is literally frozen in the carton
Load More Replies...I was often hungry and thirsty as a primary school pupil. Parents didn't give me any pack lunch or money. I returned to that school as a teacher and now, the already privileged pupils get milk, yoghurt, fruit and veg in plastic for free. It's only to promote healthy lifestyle, not feed the hungry. This hurts me so much, but what can you do?
I just saw a letter put out by schools in my state, that if a student does not have money for a lunch they’ve put on a tray, the lunch person is supposed to dump all of their food into the trash, and put the packaged food back. Not just a waste, but a great way to demonstrate to a poor kid how little that child is worth - we’d rather throw your food in the garbage than feed you what we’ve just wasted.
Load More Replies...how much better would it be to offer a food bank type set up where kids that struggle with food at home can go by and pick up some items to take home.
Where I went to school, you *had* to take a serving of everything - no ifs, ands, or buts - the sole exception being a nut allergy. So if you were lactose intolerant, or seriously celiac impaired, you still had to take the milk carton and toast/butter (or whatever). Children don't choose foods they'd have to throw away anymore than adults would, so this continuation is entirely insane.
There may be a valid reason for disposing of them, though. If the fridge they were stored in lost power or stopped working, and the milk warmed up, schools would have to throw it away.
Could be lots of reasons. Most likely the school has a contract to take a specific number of cartons per week/day because it works out cheaper than changing it up all the time. They would be reluctant to give it away to the children because of the usual nonsense about liability. Plus, who trusts kids with a load of free milk cartons? I can just see and smell the mess they can make when they decide to have a "hilarious" fight with them.
Load More Replies...Define "perfectly good". Was there a recall and they were told to dump? Maybe the fridge quit working at some point and there is concern it spoiled? There isn't enough details here to confirm this as "waste"
This is why the World is going to hell. Because things like this is legal in some countries.
My school just keeps giving them to us. They’re practically sludge cause they’ve gone so bad, but it’s okay because it’s “avoiding food waste.” We just warn the new kids to be careful of the milk, cause it’s made people get sick sometimes
My school MAKES you get milk, juice, or fruit and it sucks because hardly anybody actually wants it. It gets wasted anyway, why not donate it to those who need it??
10% of Northern European descended people are lactose intolerant. 50% of Hispanics, 75% of African Americans, 90% of East Asians, 100% of Native Americans. But hey, let's make everyone take a carton of milk.
When school milk says it expires in 2 weeks, it really expired 2 weeks ago.
My school has free dinner and free lunch for students who can't afford to buy lunch
Yet the gop here in 'merica fight and refuse to approve free lunches for underprivileged children that they keep screaming they want to protect.
My school doesn't. When students leave juice boxes or milks unopened, they're collected and saved for later use because there's nothing wrong with them.
If people would know how the diary industry works, considerably less would be wasted. A surprising number of people do not know that female ows only deliver milk after having had a calf. These babys are removed immediately after the birth and put all alone in a tiny stable, without any contact to other cows. The "reason": They don't know how to drink and have to be fed substitute milk. The male ones are useless, they are killed immediately. Few dairy farmers in Germany and the Netherlands tried a different approach and are very successful, they leave the babys with their mothers. Healthier cows, easier to manage herd due to normal social interaction, and sound finances
Shouldn't be throwing out full cartons, least they could do is keep them to use in the staffroom or take home.
That is truly shameful especially when so many students go hungry and thirsty.
I don't know where you live, but where I am, schools don't have kitchens.
Load More Replies...Or if it's a public school, why not let kids pick some up after school and take it home? Where I live, there are a lot of poor kids, where school lunch may be the only real meal they get. They even started a free lunch food truck during summer vacation so these kids can have a meal then. Waste just infuriates me so much!
Load More Replies...Our schools couldn't afford to do that, although it prob does happen in supermarkets.
Umm...so that's still 2 weeks they could've used those milks. Looks like a total waste. >: (
This Is 4 Plates, The Rest Is “Preferences” And A Few Allergies. Wow
As many people on Reddit said at the time, this is likely BS and they were either playing or testing out a now POS system to check it sent allergies through and or how it looked to see that it was clear. Half the stuff contradicts each other, "no salt, prefers sea seal" "allergy to eggs, pasture raised eggs only" etc
This Glove I Put On At Work Before Going Into Surgery Had Dozens Of Pin-Prick Holes In The Fingers. The Entire Box Was Like This
Found Out I’m Allergic To Mosquitos. As If They Weren’t Infuriating Enough
We have a weird one here. I'm allergic to Sydney mosquitos and not Melbourne mosquitos. My wife is allergic to Melbourne mosquitos and not Sydney mosquitos. We both grew up in Sydney and moved to Melbourne.
The Way These Laundry Baskets Break
10-Minute Walk And I End Up Covered In About 40 Ticks
One Of The Drawers At My Doctor's Office That Always Annoys Me
So I Just Bought This Chair And None Of The Reviews Mentioned This
My Dishwasher In My New Apartment Only Opens This Far Before Hitting The Oven
Spent An Hour Perfectly Roasting This Potato For Dinner, Only To Cut It Open And Find This
My Zara Basic T-Shirt After One Wash
Couldn’t See Right Out Of My Contact And My Eye Was Irritated All Day. Came Home And It Turns Out There Was A Tiny Hole In The Middle Of It
I Was Just Trying To Get Some Ice Cream
with...a...fork? on a side note: it looks like it thawed once which is why it might be compact
My "Genuine Leather" Calvin Klein Belt. Got Home, Tore Off The Tag Which Peeled Back The Plastic Coating Revealing The Rubber Core
Sticker On My Laptop, It's Not An Actual Fold. I Always Try To Unfold It Every Single Time Only To Be Irritated
Just Getting Ready To Cook Valentine’s Day Dinner And Opened The Block Of Cheese I Bought Today
Mold on (real) cheese is not bad 99.99% of the time. Just scrap it off or eat it, won’t harm you.
Wanted To Make A PB&J
The Stuff That Gets Left Behind When You Peel A Sticker
Paper Lid On The Spice Container Is Annoying
This Bread Costs $7.99 For A Half-Loaf
Sigh. There's Always A Missing Piece
OP is owned by at least one cat. I have a jigsaw app on my phone. The pieces stay put.
My Tap Water Suddenly Turned Brown In The Middle Of A Shower. How Do I Even Finish Showering At This Point?
Spending A Week At A 4-Star Hotel For Work. Found A Bed Bug On My Pillow On The Second Night
First Day Back From Maternity Leave
The View Of The Stage At My Concert
The Difference In Length For Baby Boy Shorts vs. Baby Girl Shorts. Both Size 1
Every Train Has Been Canceled Or Delayed Over The Past Two Weeks, Now All Trains And Buses Are Canceled, Leaving Me With No Way Home
Those Pieces Of Eggshell
Every Single Pair Of Jeans I Own Gets This Hole In The Crotch After Not Even 9 Months Of Use
Do you own a chair with a nail sticking up or similar that it gets caught on?
My Candy Did Not Fall
Kick it in the side, the higher the better! (But only after cursing audibly but under your breath... wouldn't wanna look like trying to get a free bee.)
I Dropped My Debit Card, And It Went Straight Into The Tiny Opening Of The Parking Brake
My Samsung Un55h6350 Purchased In 2019 Is No Longer Compatible With Apps Like Hulu (The Only Thing It Is Used For)
I Ordered A Terracotta Pot From IKEA. "Just Toss It All In A Big Box And Hope The Best"
After An Annoying And Frustrating Day I Thought I Heard A Car Crash Outside, Nope Can Exploded
I Wanted To Grab Some Tape To Wrap A Present And The Bottom Just Fell Out. Looks Interesting Tho
My Little Brother’s Middle School Schedule. He’s Having Such A Hard Time Remembering When Periods Start And End. Why Are The Times This Specific?
Lunch at 10.30?? Won't the students get hungry later in between classes!
My Parents Are Staying In A Hotel That Promised To Serve Them Breakfast During Their Stay. This Is The Breakfast They Were Given
Stuck In An Elevator Right Now
Disney+ With A 36% Price Increase
This Command Strip
After Months Of Saving Money For A New Guitar, All That Money Will Have To Be Spent On A New Pair Of Glasses Instead
I Love Our New House... Except For This
Power Went Out 20 Minutes Into Oppenheimer. Waited About An Hour For It To Be Restored
And movie restarted, only for the movie to restart again automatically at the next show time and being kicked out of the theater. Didn’t get to see the last 30 minutes or so.
When The Lid Falls Off The Salt Grinder Onto Your Breakfast
3rd Straw Down And Still Not Finished With My Smoothie
My Workplace Installed These Toilet Paper Dispensers That Crumple Up The Paper And Only Dispense One Square At A Time
When Shoes Do This
One perk of being a wheelchair user and not being able to stand or walk, is all my shoes and trainers still look brand new, even years later. Downside is I don't have an many excuses to buy new shoes!
My Seat Belt Created A Worn-Looking Sash Across My New Jumper The First Time I Wore It Today
Don't worry, it will probably look like that all over after the first wash
Things In My House That Annoy Me
When The Shower Curtain Does This, It Makes Me Unreasonably Angry. How Do You Stop This
I sew some fishing weights to the bottom of the curtain - seems to work well
Our Dark Towels Always Eventually Get These “Bleach Spots”. Despite The Fact That We Don’t Use Bleach In Our Laundry At All And None Of Our Clothes Get These Spots
It Was Supposed To Be Cream-Filled
Ordered From Instacart For The First Time And This Is How The Chicken Came
I Have A 360° Swirl In My Beard That Makes It Almost Impossible To Get A Perfect Shave
My Parents Live In A Rural Area, This Is The Only Grocery Store For About 20 Miles. They Charge About Double And Most People Spend It Because They Have No Other Choice
My Daughter Got This For Her Birthday. Very Mildly Infuriating Indeed
Two Pieces Of Toast, Made In The Same Toaster For The Same Amount Of Time
The issue is that when you toast the second piece of bread, the toaster is already warm at the beginning, and won't need a warm up period as it was the case for the first slice. Hence the second piece will recieve more heat during the same period, and the result will be as shown above. Another factor could be the age of the bread, as the tend to dry out over time. Dryer bread means that less water has to evaporate, and turning water into steam requires A LOT of energy, and hence there will be less of it to burn the surface.
Guess Who Woke Up Well-Rested Today
After You Cross The Road In Some American Cities, You Get This... No Sidewalk On The Other Side. Why
Bought A 12-Pack Of Dove Soap, They All Came Out Like This
Starburst 27.50 Oz Bag Ratio
At Work, I Wondered Why I Felt A Draft Down There. My Favorite Jeans Have Given Up The Ghost
Just Broke The Sugar Dish That's Been In My Family For 4 Generations
Worst Garlic Bread Ever
Found This In My Take-Out From My Favorite Chinese Restaurant
When You’re Enjoying A Bite To Eat And End Up Frantically Googling About Cordyceps
My Husband And I Have Been Looking At This For 10 Minutes. Where's Zebra
Netflix’s New Anti-Password Sharing Rules Have Taken Effect
The Way Home Depot Cuts Wood
The infuriating part is that this is wood for finish work and they only sell it in linear feet, so you have to have them cut it.
This Minor Setback Amuses And Infuriates Me
What you do is you take your car key, lay it flat on the edge of the can so the tip if the key is resting on the center of the tab, while your thumb holds the key tight on the lip of the can you give up and throw it away.
What The Hell Is This? Every Single One
Just Spent $70 On A Nice Bottle Of Wine And This Happened
So This Just Happened. Sigh
It Was Already The End Of A Long And Annoying 10-Hour Drive, Yet Life Wasn’t Quite Irritating Enough
When The Butter Doesn’t Spread
P Is For
My W Key Is Permanently Stuck Down And It’s Super Annoying
As I Was Driving In Heavy Traffic In Unfamiliar Territory, Microsoft Sync Performed An Update, Shutting Down My GPS
Thankfully it only took a few minutes but, damn, it was annoying. Lost my destination and had to pull over to re-enter (the system won’t allow data to be entered while driving). 2012 Lincoln MKX.
Yep and that is especially annoying when it is windows that updates itself without your consent. It normally gives a pop-up asking for permission, but if you do not press no within a certain timelimit, e.g. due to being away from the computer, it will just close everything you have open and restart itself. That was some important work you did not save? too bad, its gone now and you have to start over. I wonder how many millions that little "feature" (read bug) has cost on a global scale when unic info was just lost.
When Your Fork Falls Into The Sauce
The Bacon In Our HelloFresh Box This Week
What Is In My Pop Tart
Bought 1 Kilogram Of Chicken Nuggets. Took One Bite, They All Look Like This
I Didn’t Check The Oven Before Preheating Last Night
This A “Medium” Burger At 110 Grill
I Need 15
Salmon Stuck To My New $200 Non-Stick Pan
This Banana Is So Straight, It Will Not Fit Into My Banana Box
Taxes Are So Infuriating. I Work Two Jobs And Had A Refund Of $2k Last Year. Still Have The Same Jobs And Nothing's Changed, But Now This Year The Refund Is $33
Great Value Sliced Cheese Changed The Formula And No Longer Melts For Me. This Was After 2 Minutes In The Microwave
Every Time I Update My Computer It Changes My Browser From Google To Something Random, It’s Rarely The Same Thing Twice
It always takes me 5 hours to switch back. By far the most irritating thing in my life right now, every time it happens it’s like hitting my shin on the corner.
No way it takes 5 hours for one setting. Also, it's more likely you've accidentally hit an up or down arrow when searching which changes the engine that's going to be used. Or someone else has. Solution, in the same place you put it back, you can delete the installed search engines until your fave is the only option.
Can't Imagine How Irritating This Must Me
The Drop-Off Line Is In Front Of My School. The First Hour Starts In Three Minutes
The Amount Of Bananas In This Pack Of Shrimps And Bananas
I Don't Know What's More Infuriating, My Whole Room Burning Down And Losing Everything I Have Or This:
This Screen At My School
Anything with "New-improved recipe" on it...you know the only thing it means is "NEW way to IMPROVE our bank account by using cheaper ingredients in the RECIPE to make it taste worse "
19 or 20 years ago at (US) Thanksgiving, my wife put out the usual plate of cheese, crackers and pepperoni about an hour before we'd have dinner. My toddler son discovered he LOVED pepperoni, and ate A LOT. At dinner, after I'd only had a few bites, he said he wasn't feeling well, so I put him on my lap, where he proceeded to throw up A LOT of pepperoni juice all over my dinner. I didn't eat anything that night after that.
Anything with "New-improved recipe" on it...you know the only thing it means is "NEW way to IMPROVE our bank account by using cheaper ingredients in the RECIPE to make it taste worse "
19 or 20 years ago at (US) Thanksgiving, my wife put out the usual plate of cheese, crackers and pepperoni about an hour before we'd have dinner. My toddler son discovered he LOVED pepperoni, and ate A LOT. At dinner, after I'd only had a few bites, he said he wasn't feeling well, so I put him on my lap, where he proceeded to throw up A LOT of pepperoni juice all over my dinner. I didn't eat anything that night after that.