Most people would likely agree that the feeling of great annoyance—often over relatively minor things—is quite universal; people don’t need to speak the same language or be from the same area to know just how aggravating a sock sliding halfway off in a shoe can be.
Similar annoying occurrences are often depicted on the ‘Mildly Infuriating’ subreddit, which currently boasts over 7.4 million members from all over the place. For many of them, the sub is a source of comfort that they’re not alone in being annoyed by the daily inconveniences in life, and if you’re curious to see what said inconveniences entail, scroll down to find some examples on the list below; but do it at your own risk, as they might leave you mildly infuriated, too.
Below you will also find Bored Panda’s interviews with Emeritus Professor of Psychology Joseph Hellige and Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at The University of Delaware, Philip Gable, who were kind enough to answer a few of our questions about why we find certain things mildly infuriating.
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That's Probably The Most Infuriating Thing About The Tape
Or having just clipped your fingernails extremely short :)
Load More Replies...Again, a possible step missed: Remember to tuck the end under after each use. Yes, it wastes a bit of tape, but saves a bit of time trying to even up split ends. My time is much more important than 3-4" of contrary tape.
This is why you fold the end over into an easy-pull-tab every time you use it. It's a pain to have to cut that little bit off the next time, but far less infuriating.
Not being able to find the end right off pisses me off; I know it's there,but where.
The Aluminum Foil Is Stuck Like This
I'm a retired freelance Chef and have done this deliberately several times over the years when leaving places that have either tried to cheat me out of fees or have treated me badly whilst working for them; I used to get my nice sharp paring knife, roll out two or three rolls (?) of aluminium foil, then put 6 or 7 deep cuts right the way across the whole piece, rewrap the unblemished foil back on to the damaged stuff, repeat with as many rolls of foil / plastic wrap as you can find ; my record was 10. I heard from one or two people in one place that I stayed in contact with, that the manager had a bloody fit when he found out and did suspect it was me but had no proof, plus I was well away by then, oh, and he was a d******d. Happy days.
You are pure evil. I like it. This made me laugh. Thank you.
Load More Replies...That looks like #UserError - did you execute Step 1? It's very important in avoiding this: Step 1 - Engage the small punch-in at each end of the box - to keep the roll from moving during each pull. Step 2 - Pull from the middle of the roll, keeping the foil straight until the desired length is visible. Step 3 - Pull selected piece of foil straight down on the cutting teeth in one smooth motion. Step 4 - Enjoy that feeling of #Success!
I have had a roll that is exactly like this in my pantry for one year, one year !!! I guess I hope at some point the elves will figure out how to fix this mess!!!
Yeah they're just making it worse by not removing the excess and getting back to a "full" sheet starting point. I've had that happen, tore off the narrow strip left at the top and it worked fine after that.
Load More Replies...You can unroll the damaged area. Just need to find the very area or tip of the damaged area and unwind the the damaged area.
When You Tear Exactly Where It Says To, But The Bag Remains Sealed
I always use scissors for easy-open packages. It's quicker and guaranteed to work. I also ignore the re-sealable feature, too. It takes too much time fumbling around to get it to work properly, I jut fold it over the old-fashioned way and use a clothespin to keep it closed.
Or...you tear where indicated on a zip lock package and both halves of the zip lock stick to one side
THEN your head explodes and you don't have a usable zip lock bag for your smushed brains! ugh
Load More Replies...and when you cant rip it open from the spot that it says TO OPEN IT!!!
Sometimes it doesn’t take much for us to become annoyed, or say, mildly infuriated; something as simple as uneven or unmatching items or gaps in places they shouldn’t be can make us noticeably irritated. The answer to why that happens seemingly lies in the way our brain is wired.
“In said examples, networks in the anterior cingulate cortex and connected regions activate when our expectations are violated, when we see or experience something different from what we expect,” Emeritus Professor of Psychology Joseph Hellige explained. “As simple as a gap when we didn’t expect one and as complicated as an insult when we expected praise. Registering a deviation from expectation is largely automatic.”
The Pocket Size In Female vs. Male Levi’s Jeans. I‘Ve Just Bought The "Male" Model Which Fits Me Perfectly. Why Do Jeans Manufacturers Think That Women Don’t Deserve Large Pockets?
Apparently pockets "spoil the line" of the clothing, which is more important on women because as you know we're purely ornamental.
It's so they'll have no choice but to buy a handbag. It's always about money.
Load More Replies...I only purchase men's pants/jeans and men's cargo shorts these days. XD
In a previous post where I asked where to find women's jeans with real pockets, I was told a few brands that offer them. I went to look and either they are very particular cargo-type cuts or some rare high-waisted jeans (another subject) which do not suit all body types (same with men's pants) because they were designed for tall women. So, no, women's pants with real pockets are really not easy to find.
American Eagle has a good variety of styles & full size pockets! Great size selection, too. I’m tall but they have petite and other lengths.
Load More Replies...The theory is that manufacturers of women’s clothing have been sort of in cahoots with the handbag/purse people, and keep the tiny clothes pocket thing going to sell more purses. Might be some truth to that, at least it would explain the massive resistance against making women’s pockets bigger.
what about making small pockets for men and sell them handbags too
Load More Replies...My dad doesn’t get it and he keeps complaining about how I either hold everything in my hand or carry purses or just bring nothing
I have a lovely pair of women's Levi jeans and can say with great glee that my hands go in the pockets so far some of my arm goes too. And my phone fits with room to spare. And do I put my hands way down deep when out in public? You BET I do. And yes, it is ladylike because I am a lady and I do it.
This is beyond outrageous at this point in time. Dear industry, do you understand what a pocket actually is?
I'm irritated by that seam across the men's pocket at the height where the women's pocket ends. Fellow (hobby) seamsresses, do you have an explication for this ---on the inside? Looks to me as if there was more fabric but closed by that seam??
I think it's a small pocket inside the larger one. Lots of jeans have double pockets.
Load More Replies...This Makes Me Unreasonably Mad Every Time I Walk By
Some kids are born with bigger heads. Poor Three is just trying to live their life.
Dr. Philip Gable seconded the idea that said mildly infuriating things get on our nerves because we detect that something is not right or not what we expected. “It’s like when you make an error, but instead of you making the mistake, you detect the mistake in the world around you,” he explained.
“Potentially, the person could perceive that there is a disconnect between what we think is involved, and how we expect things to be. The anterior cingulate cortex is involved in error detection and could be sending the ‘something is wrong’ signal. After that, it is likely how we think about the situation that causes us to hold on to it as negative or bad.”
New Sports Bra Comes With Over 20 Tags Sewn In. It Takes Surgical Precision To Remove Them Without Damaging The Bra
Why did this get get downvoted? It's the most logical solution, so here's a vote from a random stranger.
Load More Replies...It looks like it will be very itchy, no matter what the resolution.
Free novel included with the purchase of the sports bra? Wtaf?!
BTW - SOMETIMES, not always but sometimes, these kinds of tags in underwear or bras are sewn in on a separate seam than the actual clothing seam, which allows you to use a seam ripper or scissors on the seam threads holding the tags in, in order to easily remove them without damaging the garment or its "retaining wall" seams.
We used to draw on the edges of our notebooks - then, we flip through it really fast to look like a moving cartoon. That was fun.
Load More Replies...Oh, Come On. Mildly Infuriating Indeed
After decades of pulling on these, I found a sharp clipper that is actually designed not for fingernails but for skin like this. Doesn't mean I always use it...
Load More Replies...Ouch, I feel this picture and can also feel the hand sanitizer that would make it burn like the dickens.
Nothing Worse Than Rock-Hard Butter, Thin White Bread, And A Whole Lot Of Hunger
That’s what I do during winter as I keep mine in a butter dish. Though I’m still having to do it currently, as Spring hasn’t kicked in yet.
Load More Replies...Buy salted butter. It can stay out at room temp and not turn sour. My Grams taught me this. She lived before electricity, refrigeration. She was a beautiful badass!!!!
Prof. Hellige continued to explain that whether we find certain things or occurrences annoying or pleasurable depends on numerous different brain networks. “For example, the insular cortex is activated when we experience something physically unpleasant, like biting into rancid meat, or psychologically unpleasant, like overhearing someone criticize us.”
According to the expert, the seemingly minor annoyances vary from person to person based on context and life experience. “One person’s annoyance can even be another’s pleasure. The dissonance in Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring might grate on my nerves but be beautiful to a more trained mind.”
This Happens To Me Every Time
Wellll, the perforation on the side might be an indication for a better solution 😉 (Nevertheless, I can empathise!)
When I find something like this, I always wonder what the heck they think might happen to the box that it needs this much glue. 🤦🏻♀️
I have come to accept the fact the strongest part of any packaging is the perforated "tear here". Especially maddening when you're supposed to only tear off a certain part of the packaging to heat the contents.
For The 1000th Time, I Made The Mistake Of Touching My Ice Cream Sandwich
dude this happens the minute you pull it out of the package.
Load More Replies...Honestly, scraping that last little bit of chocolate cake off your fingers using your teeth is one of the best things ever.
Yes! That is the best part of eating an ice cream sandwich.
Load More Replies...I stab ‘em with a fork and eat it like a popsicle. Can’t stand the feeling on my fingers.
This is why we don't like ice cream sandwiches. That cheap chocolate gets in our claw sheathes.
Is it safe for our feline overlords to consume chocolate?
Load More Replies...I like this actually. Hold it in the same spot the whole time and then lick that off your fingers when you're done.
Wore These "Waterproof" Hiking Boots For 30 Minutes In The Rain. Now I Have To Walk Home
Now you can make a shadow puppet of an alligator. There's always an upside in the mix if you look hard enough.
So they can walk home in the rain with those shoes, followed by an actual alligator who liked the shadow they saw.
Load More Replies...Or cheap and nasty. I'd love to know what the brand is, and if they're a "name" brand whether they're genuine or not. I reckon they're a cheap, Chinese knockoff.
Load More Replies...Take them back to the place you bought them and ask for a refund or exchange. Don't forget the receipt.
This failure doesn'T have anything to do with the rain, though. It looks like the waterproofing so far is still working (at least on the supposedly-leather part)
These are not new. Happened to me, tok, with 10 year old hiking shoes. Hadn't used them for a year or two, they disintegrated within 30 min.
Happened to me, halfway down a Scottish mountain. Luckily Mr Auntriarch used to be a boy scout and had a piece of string about his person to tie the sole back on, it got me back down.
Load More Replies...Relace the boots by first tying the sole to the boot. At least it will get you back home.
Dr. Hellige explained that the level of how strongly a person feels about certain annoyances relates to relative levels of activation among brain areas, including those in the limbic system and prefrontal cortex.
“The level of irritation also tends to increase when a person already feels stressed or is overly tired. Parents know this well; the never-ending questions from our three-year-old are a pleasure when we’re well-rested and unhurried, but after two nights of little sleep with a work project overdue, the same behavior becomes irritating.”
All Of My Bananas Unpeeled Themselves As I Slept Last Night. I’ve Never Seen This Happen Before
Get some strawberries and you got the ingredients for a nice (but big) smoothie. Haha. Or just cut the bananas in half, put a stick in them and dip them in chocolate and then put them in your freezer -then tomorrow you have nice ice lollies. 😊
They must have been ripe when they hung them there, so no surprise. This reminds me also of the warning not to place them with apples, as it causes the bananas to ripen faster. I found out the hard way. :-(
It's to keep the bananas away from the other fruit so it doesn't ripen too quickly but this one has a fruit bowl at the bottom so the ethenes would reach the other fruit easily rendered the entire point of the banana hanger moot.
Load More Replies...It Finally Happened. I Was Prompted To Tip At The Airport Self-Checkout Station
Living in fear the robots kill us unless we pay when the machines take over? 🤖
Load More Replies...Yes. I'd like to leave a negative tip to punish the store for this ridiculous request.
A tip at a self-checkout station should mean a reduction in the price. Since I'm the cashier in this situation.
My Wife Is Grocery Shopping For Thanksgiving, And There's Only One Cashier Open
The sign says mPerks. It's actually a Meijer store.
Load More Replies...When this happens at my local grocery store (Australia), I stand in line & phone the store to tell the manager to open some more checkouts. Yes, I'm a 'Karen', but only part-time and only in cases like this. I'm really nice the rest of the time ... promise.
But you are using the Power of Karen for good, so I think we can give you a pass here.
Load More Replies...why hire people when you can pressurize your hired staff to death. Come on, work harder, slave !
It would be more loveable at my store IF they had more than one aisle of self checks open. They have a line of about 20 self check outs, and rarely more than one open.
Load More Replies...In Dortmund, Germany, there is only one chain, where I always have to wait longer than 3 minutes in line: Kaufland (like Walmart). In all the other stores here, lines are much shorter. From fast to slow: ALDI, REWE, NETTO, PENNY, LIDL, KAUFLAND
I just yesterday saw the commercial for Kaufland in Croatia that if you stand in line for longer than 5 minutes, and not all registers are open, they give you 2€ on the gift card.
Load More Replies...While I understand the sentiment, that won't help with getting them to open more lanes. It might even delay it, because now they need staff to put away all the goods that might need cooling or freezing!
Load More Replies...According to Dr. Gable, another factor that is likely to influence the extent to which a person finds something to be (mildly) infuriating is how much a certain situation violates their expectation that something is wrong. “It could be how significant the person sees the problem that enhances the irritation; oftentimes, not having control over the situation can cause it to be more irritating,” he pointed out.
My Alarm Clock Likes To Randomly Change Its Brightness To Match The Surface Of The Sun. This Thing Is Unreasonably Bright (Not Edited, This Thing Lights Up The Entire Room)
Mine doesn't do that, but I still cover it with a flannel as I can't sleep with any light in the room. (I must be a vampire, lol)
I can't sleep with light or sound. I have had to force myself way too many times to go to sleep when vacationing with others who needs lights and/or sound.
Load More Replies...I can't sleep with light either. Accidently, purchased a cheep one with red lights. Does not disturb my sleep. Googled it, seems red or oranĝesh lights are recommended for night lights because of not interfering with sleep
It’s Getting Out Of Hand. Asked To Tip For An Online Purchase, When I Put $0, It Redirected Me To This
I would have done that at the first attempt to get a tip. This would make me ignore the company for the next 4 generations
Load More Replies...Unsolved mysteries of the universe: Americans and tips, Americans and guns, Americans and health care and Americans and Trump.
At least we don't war against birds (and lose)!. So, neener neener neener!
Load More Replies...The moment I would seriously try to tip $ -5.00 and just see what happens
This Typo Caused Me To Fail The Entire Assignment
Wouldnt it more accurately be aweet home slsbsms?
Load More Replies...Absolutely. Because everyone who did the test got marked down so it's extra bad.
Load More Replies...One question was enough to fail the assignment? Had to be more than a few wrong answers on the rest of the test then.
What if it was a 1 or 2 question test?????????????????????????????????????????????????
Load More Replies...ALABSMA. I just yelled that word out loud, I couldn't help it XD
I just tried. I felt like I was handicapped. This is horrible
Load More Replies...Since no one is immune to annoyances and infuriating things, arguably the only thing we can do is try to manage our emotions. “Perspective talking about the situation would help; for example, ‘it's not that big of a deal’, or ‘it's really not something I should worry about’,” Dr. Gable suggested.
“Try to look at it more objectively: ‘in the long run, correcting that problem wouldn't really matter and might make things worse’. The annoyance may come from the person making a subjective judgment - if they can reduce their judgements, it will likely affect them less.”
ATM At Grand Central Ate My Debit Card
If this is a genuine machine malfunction, then that is really s****y. However, they can trap stolen cards in this way, and the error message is likely designed to not alert the thief that the bank knows the card is stolen. It is possible somebody made a mistake and it trapped a genuine card.
Don’t just get a replacement card, cancel card and get a whole new number just in case
And how do I do that from another country and now need to get home somehow?!
In order to use cash, one has to get money from the ATM, first.
Load More Replies...Printer Pulled This Nonsense Right Before Alerting Me It Was Low On Ink
Companies trying to make their printers use ink quickly to make OP buy more and then blame it on software fault?
I’d 100% believe that. Printer companies are especially guilty of this and planned obsolescence. It’s kinda the only way they can stay afloat, cuz once you have a printer, you don’t need to buy a new printer, unless they make you. I’ve heard of a company that was exposed for purposefully making old printers shut down after updates to force people to buy new ones. I’ve also heard of printer companies adding a few extra unneeded colors in when printing stuff like black and white so you run out of ink faster, and making it so the printer only works when run with brand ink.
Load More Replies...There’s No Way Anyone Believes This Is An Efficient Way To Display Drinks. Had To Open 5 Doors Until I Found What I Wanted
Use camera qr code to see content ? They do know there are clear windows available right??
The screens are part of an inventory system and haven't been properly configured. YOU shouldn't have to do anything, its up to the store management to do it.
Load More Replies...Friend of mine bought a fridge that has a large screen running apps on the door and a camera inside. he was very proud of all this and he showed me that if you go to the home screen, press an icon, choose a setting and press ok, the screen would show you what's inside the fridge. i fail to see how that's more efficient than opening the bleeding door... over-technologification kills me
But does it stop teenage boys holding the door open while they inventory the contents?
Load More Replies...I agree these are an absolutely stupid waste of energy and money, but these particular doors haven't been set up by the store, those instructions are for whatever store employee is supposed to finish their job. Once that is complete, then a stupid picture of the potential contents of each unit would be visible. Not the real contents, because who wants to see anything that helpful?
This is misleading, and an error. The installation has not been completed, there's a Set-Up still to do which will presumably change the display on each door to reflect the actual contents.
Well, I believe the store is supposed to scan QR to set up the “door screens” that should be displaying an image of what’s there ?
Leave them all open for the next customers convenience, it is a convenience store no?
Dr. Hellige added that first and foremost, it’s important to try and be well-rested and maintain low levels of stress. “Easy to say, hard to do,” he admitted.
“Try to keep things in perspective,” the professor of psychology continued. “Very few things are actually matters of life and death, but we have inherited some brain regions that aren’t so good at telling the difference. Fortunately, other regions, like our prefrontal cortex, work to slow us down, be reflective, and moderate the effects of some of those other regions. Take a deep breath, and let your prefrontal cortex do its work.”
Why Does This Always Happen?
That reminds me of many years ago when the blower type hand dryers were first becoming popular (and they weren't very effective). I saw one that had written directions for use instead of pictures. 1. Push Button. 2. Hold hands under air stream. Someone had taken a marker and added: 3. Rub hands on shirt.
Wet hands. You need to dry your hands before touching a paper towel. /s
You could spend a while waving different ways, too, to get the towel to come out. But that's when you realize there's a dial on the side for dispensing.
Not on every one of these devices, sadly :-(
Load More Replies...Start at the middle, lay your hands on it, then work outwards. DO NOT PULL WHEN YOUR HANDS ARE STILL FULLY WET
Too complicated. (I say as I wipe my hands on the person beside me)
Load More Replies...They're The Same Number
ikr?? bro could not have been more passive aggressive
Load More Replies...No, they are option 1, option 2, option 3 and option 4. The correct answer is option 1. Just because option 4 has the same label doesn't make it right. Obviously it's down the the idiot that set the question and filled in two possible answers with the same value.
Robert, this is so indicative of an Agency exam. They told us to never accept the right answer without confirmation. Sometimes confirmations are as ambiguous as two numbers matching. Then you have to wonder which of the numbers... Matches. What do you do? Choose the closest or the farthest.
Load More Replies...I'm guessing it's a sign error, possibly dropped by the output code, so internally it sees -30.
I think whoever programmed it must have accidentally made the 5 negative?
Explaining Silent "K" To A 2-Year-Old Is Needlessly Annoying
Adult babies that know how to laugh about spelling. It's a page from 'P is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever'. It's really funny, because all pages are mildly infuriating like this.
Load More Replies...This is not infuriating, it's funny. It's from the 'Worst Alphabet Book Ever: P is for Pterodactyl'.
Does it also have G for Gnome, H for Hour, P for Pterodactyl and W for Wrapper?
Serious question here: is the K here like the one in knight? Afaik the K in knight used to be pronounced. But in time the k-sound vanished. (I think the knight-fact is really awesome because in the parts in Jutland, Denmark, that are closest to England, they say "knejt" as a word for boy. And it would make sense for the knife as well, as in Danish a knife is called "kniv").
The reason it’s important to try and manage our reaction to infuriating things—no matter how big or small—is because they often entail stress, which can accumulate and result in detrimental effects to our well-being.
“Every day is full of small annoyances. If we can't control our negative reactions to those small annoyances, then it will completely lower our well-being. Letting go of the things we cannot change would be helpful at maintaining one's well-being,” Dr. Gable suggested.
So Close
Maybe if the appliance doesn't stand on tippy toes.
The outlets should be higher actually. How low are people expected to bend down to use them?
You need an extension lead. I wouldn't cope without them in my house, lol.
Haha! Just had that happen yesterday, wanted to put a fan in bathroom to dry out because of humidity, plug was by light switch, had to bring in a stool to put it on.
I almost asked you "How high are your light switches/How short are you?"
Load More Replies...Oh there was a clever solution to this in the redneck engineering post lol
I've Been Stuck Here Waiting For The Train To Move For The Last 40 Minutes
Ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding ding....... aaaaarrrrggggg
Had that happen in downtown Portland, OR recently. They ran a 100+ car train across one of the busiest intersections in all of industrial Portland at noon. I bet there were a lot of people late back to work from lunch that day...
A friend of mine was late to work, thanks to a train going back and forth at the crossing, trying to switch tracks. She told the supervisor when she was finally able to get it that she HATES it when a newbie engineer doesn't know how to parallel park one of those silly things.
This is the worst! I remember one time - after a 12 hour shift that turned into a 14-hour shift - I finally got out of work, only to find myself a quarter mile away from the hospital and the train guards dropping down. So there I sat - helplessly wedged between other cars and unable to find another way around it - as it slowed to a stop about a half hour in and then preceeded to start backing up!!! I was nearing the point of losing my mind when it finally cleared the tracks an hour later!
Don't try to find a way around. It is probably sidelined to allow another train to pass. I lost a friend who tried that and met another train.
Once spent nearly 40 min, during rush hour, while a train kept going forwards and backwards over and over. Have no clue what they were trying to achieve. Drove me nuts. At least at time was still allowed to use cell phone in car while on road, since was not moving could pass time non productively.
This Is Why I Hate Paper Straws
I carry my own reusable ones. always have one in a nice bamboo box with me in my bag. never looked back, never use a paper one.
I recently bought stainless steel ones, for this very reason. I’m ok with getting rid of plastic straws. I’m not ok with the BS consumer guilt, when it is the oil industry fabricating recycling myths, instead of fixing the problem.
Load More Replies...I hate the paper straws because they just don't hold their shape. And I bought a bubble tea (first time in ages) the other day. Sealed plastic lid you have to stab the straw through. Yeah you can't stab a paper straw through the lid, and you can't peel the lid off. I ended up having to stab it with my car keys to puncture it and get a new straw cos the first one was smashed.
Load More Replies...I struggle to understand the whole plastic straw thing - if you're using a disposable cup with a plastic top shouldn't you be looking at avoiding those as well?
If you zoom in, it looks like that cup is styrofoam, too.
Load More Replies...Yeah, right? So the straws are saving the planet...what about those PLASTIC LIDS???
“Beyond an optimal level of alertness, adding stress takes a toll on our judgment as well as things like blood pressure and heart health more generally,” Dr. Hellige pointed out. “There is no way to avoid all annoyances; nor would we survive long if we weren’t responsive to genuine threats. But, there are well-documented negative consequences of chronic stress. And, whether we realize it or not, constant annoyances over insignificant things add up.”
Luckily, the pictures of mildly infuriating things are arguably not as stressful or annoying as having to deal with such things in real life. So if you feel like they don’t affect you or you know that you can manage your emotions, continue to our previous collections of mildly infuriating things here and here and see what other things might make fellow netizens somewhat infuriated.
Taste The Feeling (Frustration)
I feel like you could wedge the piece that broke in there and get it maybe?
bang the area with the blunt end of a knife, just dont get cut
Load More Replies...That's when you need the old church key, remember? It punches a hole in the can.
The main reason I don't buy it in cans, I usually slice my finger open when this happens.
I’m 28
Since when is 20 anything classified as youth! But if it’s cheaper, I’ll round down. Round down if there is 6 months or more till your bday 28 year olds.
Load More Replies...28 year olds do not exist, it’s a hoax and the government is behind it trying to control the sheeple making them believe 28 year olds exist. /s
The Way These Canvases Were Hung Up In The Bathroom Of My Local Sushi Restaurant
Took me a while to figure out that the left one needs to go right. Their sushi must be great then, I guess?
They are also made to have spaces between the canvasses for more appeal. I also noticed they nailed them through the canvasses instead of using hangars or at least not nailing all the way making the nails hangars.
Load More Replies...that’s why I’m not allowed to go to the next door restaurant anymore, they did the same thing, I resisted till dessert, I cracked, I got up, I put the canvases back in the good position, the waiter screamed, my date never called me back, but I have peace of mind:D
Someone failed putting together a three piece puzzle of one of the best known works of art in the world...
The Giant Hole(S) In My Loaf Of Bread. We Pay $8 For This Specialty Allergy-Free Bread, And Half Of It Is Unusable For Sandwiches. I Had To Laugh
I tried "eggy in a blanket" after watching V For Vendetta. It's AMAZING.
Load More Replies...Unexpert baker; change bakery. Too much water in the dought and/or dought needed mor kneading.
Or worse, they found a baked rodent and sold the bread anyway
Load More Replies...It’s gluten free I bet, I can tell by the texture and the error. NO ONE CAN EVER GET GLUTEN FREE BREAD RIGHT.
We flund ONE place thar does and it was a restaurant DX we asked for the brand but when we looked it up we couldn't find it
Load More Replies...So do meat and cheese instead of peanut butter or tuna salad. I know what you can do with the tuna salad, btw.
Was gonna say it looks molded too but turns out there’s just a random blue square on my screen (like text is highlighted, but it isn’t) lol
The Way The Plastic Film Doesn’t Come Off Of The Fridge Handles. Been Like This For 3 Years
Tweezers, my friend. You can tweeze off enough of it that it won't be as visible and as infuriating XD
I've done that, but there are still visible places that it just won't work. 😖
Load More Replies...It's the same in new mobile homes or caravans, because they put film on the floor and then build onto the floor. It cannot be dismantled.
at least it's clear..Mine are light blue on an avocado light green fridge
Wouldn't it be crazy if any of several kitchen implements, like in the same room one might put a refrigerator, could potentially assist in this situation?
Should have called the company that installed it wrong? They did this to my refrigerator twice and I had to threaten to return it the second time.
I Got A Free Printer From Somebody Moving, Turns Out The Ink In It Can't Be Used Without A Subscription
I refer to my earlier comment about the future sucking, and also I hope HP goes bankrupt.
Perhaps. In the not so distant future. Left the company a half a decade ago. Never looked back. Company's a mess and morale is low now. Doesn't matter if your department is performing well if the others doesn't, nobody gets anything after all the hard work. Don't get me started on management. Sheesh...
Load More Replies...HP locked half of my printer/scanner's functions behind a subscription based app, an app that did not exist when I bought the printer. I tossed the stupid thing, bought a canon instead and have had 0 problems since.
I just had the same thing happen! My scanner messed up so I had to reinstall the driver, which then took away my scanning function without buying another driver. No thanks! HP sucks!!
Load More Replies...Pretty soon we'll need a subscription to breathe. 🙄
Load More Replies...I will never buy another HP printer. They stopped making ink for mine and it rejected a "compatible" cartridge by spewing the contents all over the inside of the printer and onto my desk. This is doubling annoying as they made solid reliable kit, but the have the morals of a former American president.
I swore off HP products 7-8 years ago after unbelievably non-existent tech support for a defective printer. I now have an Epson with refillable ink wells; the cost of ink is 90% lower than the wretched cartridges.
Load More Replies...I hate my hp and my canon. Stupid cartridges. I however love my epson eco tank. But more to get started, but much cheaper in the long run!
We have an Epson eco tank as well, the ink lasts so for so long! Had to buy HP cartridges for old printer quite often & they are expensive
Load More Replies...I hope the EU will protect us from scam like this. Another reason not to live in the US.
HP used to make great printers, but they succumbed to the dark side and now are an absolutely evil company. I will never own another HP product.
Just my feeling. I loved my old HP printer, but it didn't work after 12 years so I stupidly bought another from HP hoping to be as happy with it as I had been with the old one. I was hoping in vain and that is the last HP printer I will pay for.
Load More Replies...And this is because it has a subscription cartridge in it. Go buy some at Walmart and replace and problem mostly solved. Though you’ll still have to decline to reenroll every damn time you use it
All The Icing On My Donut Stuck To The Bag
Rip bag open. Commence licking. Food is too expensive to be wasted.🤣🤣🤣
Stash them in the fridge until you're ready to eat them. Easier to remove them from the bag when cold, and then you can leave them on the plate until they warm up.
I am always ready to eat donuts, this plan fails for me
Load More Replies...If I have a cup of cheese, a yogurt, an ice cream, etc. I unashamedly use my finger to get every single bit out.
I've had a student teacher in my class when I was younger and she gave me her donut and that happened
When Converse Shoes Do This. I Hate When The Tongue Doesn't Stay Centered
Maybe not, I have a pair of Caterpillar boots that do the same thing. Only shoes I've ever had that do it. It's something in the design.
Load More Replies...If your shoe has a loop on the tongue just thread the shoelaces through. This does the trick. IMG_4053-6...e31226.jpg
I came here to say that, many people don't know what the loop is meant for
Load More Replies...There is a loop on the tongue. Put each end of shoelace thru the loop and continue lacing. The tongue stays in place perfectly when you use the loop
That reminds me: I bought a fairly expensive pair of knee-high "bother boots" back in my goth days. Imported from the UK because nobody sold the type I wanted in Australia. Took me months to save up. Wore them a few times and the tongue tore off. I can just sort of place it where it's meant to be and the laces hold it in place but grrr.
As a life long wearer of Chuck's I can testify this is a design feature and not a bug (no idea why it would be but it is)
They need a tab in the centre to thread your laces through. I'd have thought it would be automatic in an expensive brand.
Every converse shoe I've ever bought has had a loop sewn tight into tongue to put laces through
Load More Replies...You Are Given 0 Time To Interpret This Sign And All Of Its Arrows
It's on a quest to recover the ruby tires that were stolen from its sister when a garage landed on her.
Load More Replies...Trying driving in mid- and up-state NY, you have to interpret signs with 3 times as many choices, with like 4 different routes 17.
Found that out going to upstate Vermont for the eclipse...how many 17's are in NY!!! LOL
Load More Replies...My interpretation of this sign would be that trucks attempting to take Ohio 37 west should veer left (probably avoiding a difficult intersection), vehicles wanting US 36 or US 23 & US 42 South should also veer left, while vehicles wanting Ohio 37 or US 23 & US 42 North should veer right. Checking the satellite view of this interchange, it is bizarre mostly because it happens in an old downtown right next to a river.
Ours in the UK. The roundabouts make it easier for us, I think. UK-Motorwa...e59c35.jpg
If you miss your exit, you can at least go around again.... and again... and again!
Load More Replies...Waited Two Months For A Doctor's Appointment, Left An Hour Early
I called and said I'd be 30 minutes late. They said, "Sucks to be you, if you want to reschedule the next availability is February".
This is just how going anywhere in Bangalore feels. You have to make plans weeks in advance because of the traffic. We spend minimum 2 hours in commuting everyday
Any major city in India is terrible. I would be too terrified to drive there. Wish there was a metro!
Load More Replies...I've learned the hard way to use google maps for any highway trips and never ignore any suggestions for detour. It once suggested I take an detour exit... from the look of the long line of traffic on the off ramp, I assumed it ultimately wouldn't be any faster to go off route... wow, was I wrong! The second I was too far past the exit to change my mind, the arrival time updated to add an additional 90 minutes! At least I wasn't headed to an appointment, but I still definitely wanted to kick myself for that next hour and a half!
From what I can tell, this is a person traveling from Tampa to St. Petersburg, Florida. Not a great way around this. There's a couple of other bridges across Old Tampa Bay, but they're hell to get to.
Looks caused by accident. Tbf it may have been cleared by the time you got there and there might not have been a delay. Or traffic could’ve moved faster than anticipated and allowed you to make up some time. I probably would’ve risked it honestly
Or could’ve seen if there was an alternative way there. Even if it added a little time to the original drive, if it allowed you to be there before 15 mins after appt time they likely would’ve seen you. Sure there’s probably some back and side streets to get around that
Load More Replies...sounds about right. covid made so many people leave the medical profession, so basically every doctor's office is understaffed and the doctors are booking appointments out months in advance.
When You Take A Pregnancy Test And Get No Result
My husband and I are dying to find out. So, I took a test, and I did not get "pregnant" or "not pregnant". I literally got NO results. A defective test - it's really frustrating. Trying a different brand test tomorrow morning.
She was not pregnant. It was a relief as they have 2 kids and she had an IUD.
If the windows don’t start changing color after soaking up the urine, you didn’t get enough on it usually, which is probably the case here
Good luck! Though, that stick looks dry. You sure you didn’t miss!? Lol
You know that for getting a baby testing if you are pregnant is not enough? that there are some actions to perform first?
Did you take the other test? Are you pregnant? Don't leave us in suspense!
Wrong End Of The Fork Fell Into The Bowl. Not The End Of The World, But Certainly Mildly Infuriating
Oh, gods, I don't know why I hate it SO MUCH when the holdy-part of my spoon or fork falls into the food, but I HATE IT! I know I can just wipe it off, but for some reason it is just so oooough XD
The worst is when you have a big bowl and the whole fork/spoon falls into your food
It's not soup XD It looks like a Cup o' Noodles type of instant ramen, which is just noodles in liquid that you're not expected to drink XD I always ate instant ramen with a fork as a kid.
Load More Replies...The Sizes For My Uniform At Work
It took me a second to realize not the whole world uses letters as clothing sizes 😅
This Roll Of Toilet Paper That Gets Thinner And Thinner As You Unwind It
I started to rapidly unspool it to see how far it went on like that because I figured it couldn’t be far. Still searching for the end of it.
well, you should be clean by the end of the roll, so quit whining. Don't be a socialist complaining about capitalism said jesus. xD
I just got one like this for the first time last month, dang it pi$$es me off
Brand New Shoes With Their Own Shoelaces
Maybe they are gladiator sneakers, you need to lace them all the way up your legs.
They’d have to cut the plastic ends off and then if they ever need re-laced it would be a PITA
Load More Replies...Put the aglets together at the top or bottom. Use the looped end as one side and the Alger side as the other end. Then you have much shorter laces. You have to tie the looped part but who cares? At least they're not SOO long!
Double knots: prevent the laces from untying and they get rid of excess lace
Yes, I agree. Just this is some excess lace, you might triple knots or whatever.
Load More Replies...First Time Wearing These Weatherproof Steel-Toe Boots. Two Hours Into My Shift, The Leather Has Already Completely Cracked
Take them back to the place you bought them and ask for a refund or exchange. Don't forget the receipt
safety is important, buy made in england Doc Martens, with real thick leather
Doc Martens sold out and dipped heavily in quality for a much higher price tag.
Load More Replies...The Security Tag In This Book Didn’t Come Off Cleanly
Security tag in the middle of the book, on the text itself?! What kind of madness is this?
It makes sense from the shop's POV. Harder to find and remove than if it was on the inside cover, makes it more difficult for crims. Pity it also sucks for regular customers.
Load More Replies...Just give it back to the shop and tell them you'll buy it at Amazon instead.
We always used to put them in where the spine is. If it’s paperback, placed it in the back and covered it with paper.
Spent 3 Hours On This Puzzle For This. I Swear I've Triple-Checked, All The Other Pieces Are In The Right Spot
It looks to me that the piece to the right of the second missing piece actually goes in the other missing piece's spot. Then the piece above the missing piece will fit into that spot and the other piece goes next to it.
Tiffany, if you lived in the middle ages you would be burnt as a witch lol. (meant as a compliment)
Load More Replies...Honestly, the one to the right of the right hole looks like it would fit perfectly in the left hole
Did you see that on reddit, or did you figure that out by yourself?
Load More Replies...I've done puzzles that had pieces perfectly fit in the wrong place. Trying and frustration usually eventually makes it work.
kinda unrelated but it looks like the puzzle and pieces are floating
Our Food Processor Is Battery-Powered, But The Battery Only Lasts For 2 Minutes, And I Can't Use It While It's Charging
Why would one want such a device to be Battery-Powered ??? Are you planning to take it out on a picnic?
Making margaritas on the back patio. Make that, *one* margarita on the back patio :P
Load More Replies...We purchased a new Volvo and the screen came on and said "update available " so I just clicked on it, little did I know it said on the screen that "this update will take approximately 1.5 hours during which time you will not have access to your vehicle and will remain locked". WTF!
Same with Tesla. I'll never buy a car with internet access.
Load More Replies...that seems odd for a KitchenAid product. I would return that if you're in the window of return.
You can change the 18650 battery cells yourself; obviously defective.
YES - everything is like this...just give me a cord or removable batteries, having to recharge all these low-power, built-in batteries is killing me!!!
The "Medium" Sized T-Shirt I Got My Husband For Christmas With An Actual Medium Shirt On Top. There Are Slight Size Differences, And Then There Is This
I've had the same thing happen when buying shirts from Big W here in Oz. Same brand and style of t-shirt, just different colours and bought at the same time. I had to buy one medium, one large and one small to get all of the to be "medium". So both the small and the large were sized wrong. Quality control is non-existent on cheap products.
The barcode from the grey t-shirt starts with a 1, indicating it is made in the USA. The barcode mind you, not the product. The other t-shirt is obviously from the EU.
I have found this to especially be a problem with clothing made in Asia. I am usually a medium, but clothes made there, I am a XL.
Different countries have different sizes. Always need to be aware of this. I buy my clothes from China because they have clothes for actual slender people there. I remember when I could wear a size 2 skirt; these days, a size 0 falls to my ankles. ALWAYS check things against each other; don’t just reach for your usual size.
Depends upon where it's made. It's funny...well not...It's like if they're made in some countries, they think we're all built small like they tend to be... In other countries, they've heard that we tend to be built larger, so they overcompensate.
From same brand, I have L and XL and XXL. The L top and the XL tops fit, but the XXL dress is way, WAY, too small...
Wanted To Use My Nintendo eShop Card, But Peeled Off The Code With The Sticker
Ohhhhh my fiancé almost did this to one of my kids’ cards. He said “it looks like a sticker, maybe it peels” I said “ABSOLUTELY DO NOT”. Guess what. It was a scratch off lol I learned from a similar thread not to peel the silver scratch off looking stickers thankfully.
This one IS a peel though. You have to try and peel it off, like it says.
Load More Replies...i had this once, where a scratch remove thing also removed the code. luckily there's more info that helped getting it sorted.
Well it happened to me with Amazon and they are not being helpful at all, saying they can’t refund or reissue.
Load More Replies...OP might be able to carefully peel the layers apart with their nails (...which need a cleaning, lol) or they might be able to use tweezers to peel them apart!
I did this with an Amazon gift card. I called Amazon and read the billion numbers on the card.
This happened to our soft can-opener on a phone card.
After Finishing My DIY LED Cloud Lights, Part Of The Strip Just Happens To Change To A Different Color
The only way to fix this is by taking all of the polyester fiber down and restringing a new set of lights that aren’t faulty.
Dangle a model flying saucer at the different coloured part, so it's just visible through the fiber.
Never experienced one, but heard of green flashes with an incoming tornado, so that is true?
Load More Replies...That Was Only Wine Opener As Well
So once upon a time, my friend was moving and wanted to celebrate. Alas, no wine opener! We instructed her on how to use a screw and pliers to open it. Guess she punched through the cork because about ten minutes later we get these messages: "I think I did something wrong. I say that mostly because there is wine on my ceiling. And dog." We were HOWLING it was hilarious.
This happened to me at a new year's eve party I was hosting. I only had one corkscrew. I was furious.
Google "drunken Frenchman opens wine bottle without corkscrew" - the trick is to slam the (padded) bottle against a wall; it depends on the difference between the volume of the space at the bottom of the wine bottle and the how narrow the neck is - since liquids are not compressible, the cork is forced out
Large chef knife. Hold at base of bottle neck at a slight upward angle. THWACK!!!! It works. I promise. Just swing the knife fast and hard…..maybe outside the first time.
When Our Plates Chip, It’s Always In The Same Way And Size
Methinks you're storing them in a way that causes the chipping, or storing something near them causing the chipping XD
Of all the ones on here that people claim "user error" THIS one is a true example of user error.
Load More Replies...#1 it's your dishwasher. #2 it's not the same place, you just lined them all up.
Same at first. But now I'm fully not a fan. They're too flat which means all your rolly foods will rolly right off and, they're too textured for simple cleaning. I'm also not one for the uneven lines of a rustic style that also tries too hard to be elegant.
Load More Replies...No Soup For Me, I Guess
The two different can openers I bought this year in a german shop (REWE) were both crappy and one of it stopped working after the first can. What's wrong with the world today ? I'm old. I remember better times and products.
Check out the "Super Kim" can opener - if you need a new one then I can not recommend it highly enough. (Just don't buy one from union-busting, planet-destroying Amazon)
Comes Off Every Time I Use It. Every. Single. Time
I'm giving you an upvote for this, but I'm mad about it.
Load More Replies...Bought Three Thermometers To Check The Temperature In My House. All Of Them Showed Different Numbers
Same for all kind of scales. Pretty normal for a consumer product. You want scientific precision ? You'd have to pay hundreds of dollars more.
Calculate the average temperature (probably around 70.9°F)
This Is What Wearing Cheap “Blue Swede Shoes” In The Rain Gets You
WindySwede, I blame you for these faulty blue "swede" shoes! XD (joke)
Somewhat off-topic, but when I was a child I always thought it was Blues With Shoes. XD
I had a fabulous Abercrombie navy cord jacket. Thick, padded and really comfortable. Went out in the rain, but when I got home, EVERYTHING underneath was dyed blue, wrist skin included.
My Shark Shuts Off Every Time I Put It In This Room. Only In This Room
This room only has one door stop and it hits it every single time it's placed to clean in there while other rooms have several of the same stoppers and it has yet to happen anywhere else.
The Shark just kinda bounces around randomly so... What the heck?
Why does it even have this poorly placed switch when hitting any of the buttons on top will make it stop immediately?
Now this is the most random place to write this question. But this comment just got me to do it. What would you do if a friend told you he's thinking about suicide regularly? That he can't see his situation changing. But that I shouldn't worry, that he's not going to do it.
Load More Replies...Ghosts don't like robot vacuums. Set a dust buster in there and tell your ghost to do it themselves, or leave your robot alone.
This must be its bedroom for sure. Sharky wants to spend some time alone. (Edit: grammar)
Why Would You Put The Sticker Inside Of The Bowl?
That's why it's "mildly infuriating" and not, "Apocalyptically infuriating"
Load More Replies...One of our local thrift shops marked the price with permanent marker. On the front of everything. Pictures, Knick knacks, clothes. To be fair, I think the person that did that is gone. The last few times I went there the price was not on the front of everything.
Depending on material, hot water and (dish) soap, vegetable oil, disinfection liquid (the alcohol within) or cleaning sovent will do the job.
Ikea do s**t like this. Ikea need to invent barcodes that peel off. The plastic tub ones are the worst.
I Had Been Wearing My AirPods For The Exact Same Amount Of Time. Granted, They Are Around A Year Old, But Still, Why?
Sometimes the contact inside the charger is just dirty and the connection is disrupted. Clean it with a Q-Tip, maybe it helps.
Am I the only one who thinks airpods are one of the dumbest inventions ever?
No, you're not. I agree they're stupid. They get lost so easily. Give me 10$ earbuds anyday.
Load More Replies...It's more fun to be two cats and their soft can-opener.
Load More Replies...it’s because you use one more than the other so the batter life is poopoo now
Apple obsoletism? Do they have a decent guarantee, btw? I've never had a thing for Apple products, so don't know.
If they are at the same volume (they are because you can’t individually control volume on AirPods) then ot wouldn’t matter
Load More Replies...Why Do Baguettes Always Have The Top On The Show? Makes The End Go Hard And Dry
No, it does not make the end go hard and dry. The paper bag does nothing at all to keep it fresh - it's just to keep it clean. French bread, in France, is always packaged like this.
As a germphobe I can no longer buy bread like this after watching an older gentleman sneeze into his hand and then proceed to squeeze the end of all the loaves. I assume he was trying to find the freshest one but it's ruined fresh baked bread for me. You never know what's happened to it before you got there. Which is a shame because I looooooove fresh bread.
I hate this because too many people are bread pokers. Don't leave my bread in the open to get mauled by flies and handsy patrons.
You're using it in the wrong way. This is how it works: you just have to tear the point and eat it in your way home.
So you can walk down the street with it poking out the top of the grocery bag and everyone knows you got fresh groceries like a movie.
Exactly! And then it gets stale before you can eat it all. :)
Load More Replies...I worked in a bakery-cafe for many years, and we left the bags open on the ends to prevent condensation buildup, which would cause that deliciously crisp crust to go soft and chewy. We didn't usually hang the ends out like that, but it's possible that the bakery in question just doesn't have a custom bag for every loaf size.
How else do you signal to the world that you went shopping if a naked French bread isn't sticking out of your bag?
Exactly! Every American show has a baguette poking out of a shopping bag every time someone has been grocery shopping.
Load More Replies...There’s No Hole To Relieve The Suction/Pressure In My Water Bottle, So I've To Stop Drinking Every Two Seconds. And Every Time I Stop Drinking It Makes Noise
I don't think so... It's creating a vacuum because there is no way for air to get in while drinking out of it.
Load More Replies...This is why I don't use water bottles with a straw in them. Easier and cleaner without.
Couldn't you drill a hole where that round spot is? Would be covered when bottle is closed, wouldn't?
that hole is the thing that "should" stop the thing from creating a vacuum. prolly clogged or blocked.
Load More Replies...It Took 14 “Orange Juice” Oranges To Get This Amount
You picked the oldest oranges. All have brown spots, which means they have dried out a bunch already.
I may be wrong, but I thought "juice orange" is just about the size, not actually a different kind of oranges.
they have less "walls" inside and you get more juice with less mush being kept in the empty halfs
Load More Replies...Mildly infuriating things...like BP changing the title of a thread multiple times AFTER posting it, reducing the number of posts on a thread and hiding comments, using a completely wrong stock photo (all the time), censoring the most random words for no apparent reason, Amazon shopping threads, and lame celebrity threads.
I really HATE it when they change the title so half the comments look stupid, and even more so when they remove half the posts so you can't find the one you were looking at when you come back to the article
Load More Replies...Half of these infuriating me, because the people should have returned the product out of principle and to help take the bad thing off the market, but they act like they're just of luck. IF YOU DON'T RETURN BAD PROJECTS, THEY WILL KEEP SELLING BAD PRODUCTS! It's very simple, people.
Probiotics The decision to include the Probiotic Supplement with lactobacillus in my routine was the solution to my problem.
Mildly infuriating things...like BP changing the title of a thread multiple times AFTER posting it, reducing the number of posts on a thread and hiding comments, using a completely wrong stock photo (all the time), censoring the most random words for no apparent reason, Amazon shopping threads, and lame celebrity threads.
I really HATE it when they change the title so half the comments look stupid, and even more so when they remove half the posts so you can't find the one you were looking at when you come back to the article
Load More Replies...Half of these infuriating me, because the people should have returned the product out of principle and to help take the bad thing off the market, but they act like they're just of luck. IF YOU DON'T RETURN BAD PROJECTS, THEY WILL KEEP SELLING BAD PRODUCTS! It's very simple, people.
Probiotics The decision to include the Probiotic Supplement with lactobacillus in my routine was the solution to my problem.
