There’s a silent universal nod for what things people commonly find irritating. Like, when someone’s loudly gobbling a mouthful, or picking their teeth with bare hands (worse, braces!), or when a person in front of you is biting their nails like they were some salty caramel popcorn. Apologies for ruining whatever it is that you were eating.
But people are so much more complex than that. You see, among the universally annoying and “no, we won’t be friends after that” list stands a bunch of very subtle little things that for many mortal ones, like you and me, don’t even raise an eyebrow, but for others, provoke a full-on breakdown.
So let’s dive deep into the sea of stuff people find annoying, although often totally irrational.
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When the TV show you're watching goes to an ad and the volume goes from reasonable to incredibly loud without having changed the volume.
Having to watch movies with your thumb on the volume buttons on the remote - have to turn it up to hear talking, then its immediately too loud for action sequences and wakes up the kids. Movie night ends before it even starts.
Same applies to TV shows when the commercials are louder than the show you're watching.
People who step closer to you when you step away from them. You were violating my personal space, and I’m trying to fix that. Come on.
That's why elbows exist. I allways pop it to back when I stand in line somewhere. It helps 😄
Drivers who overtake you on the road, and then slow down once they're in front of you.
People that pee on the seat and don't wipe their f**king piss off the seat
unrecognized item in bagging area
I'd be more entertained if it was 'You f#cked up, start again. Idiot'
misuse of their, there and they're
the people who do this really need to work on there spelling and grammar😒
When People don't say please and thank you. Probably one of my biggest pet peeves. Just shows how little they think about others.
Chewing with your mouth open
People who don't signal when they're switching lanes. Are you really that lazy?
Stopped at a light and told the person that their indicators are not working. When they said they were I said "well f753ing use them.
People who walk side by side slow as s**t down the aisle in the store. They’re juuuust far enough apart that you can’t squeeze by them, and at least around my parts, when you say excuse me they just ignore you.
People who spit on the ground for no apparent reason. There’s a guy at work who consistently does this and every time I see a spit stain on the ground I automatically know where it comes from.
I've never understood the need to spit. Sure if you've got a cold and you do it discreetly, but just walking around in normal life, I've just never thought 'oh no, I've got too much saliva, best gob it onto the ground right now'
Open floor plan offices. I need some peace and quiet when I work. Plus Dave slurping his coffee.
We are moving away from this at my job. Studies show that open floor plans like this demoralize employees and employees are more likely to leave their jobs if there is an open floor plan.
Already?? Ha ha! My company was a late-adopter of the open office, so there were already quite a few studies out when they started remodeling. Glad I was able to retire shortly after they finished in my wing.
Load More Replies...Oh god, the open plan office concept needs to die a horrible and painful death! Seriously, especially post-Covid. They were super-spreader environments for simple colds and flu because they never have proper opening windows, just recycled air (only slightly more healthy than the average plane, and that's only because of volume). Oh, yes, volume! The idea that you can have multiple departments sharing the same space because there are no walls is insane. Who thought it would be a good idea to put the Sales Team only a few desks down from Finance?! HR can't have any confidential conversations, or look up confidential information on their screens because anyone wandering by can see it, so they book out every single meeting room for most of the working week just so they can do their actual jobs. And open plan means you can fit more desks in, so the inbound call centre staff are jammed in tighter than economy class - our fire evacuation times are dreadful.
Let's just say, WFH at a kitchen table with the sound of the neighbours kids playing out after school has actually been an improvement.
Load More Replies...The execs, who have offices with doors, try to tell people that it "fosters collaboration". No. It just means everyone wears headphones all day.
it fosters collaboration, alright. But, it's the pitchfork and torches kind that bosses usually really hate.
Load More Replies...And everyone gets every freaking cold or flu that even only one coworker has.
And then people bring their coffee cups to talk to the guy seating next to me and the espresso smells "bitter" . Oooh.
We recently moved into a new office building and management opted for an open floor plan. Everyone hates it. We can all hear each other talking, and considering I'm in Legal, that's not helpful with conversations that are supposed to be confidential.
Yes yes yes. There is one person in our office who is very loud, cannot talk with an indoor voice. I am hard of hearing with hearing aids. You know it's bad when I have to take out my hearing aids so I don't have to listen to her. I feel sorry for all the others in the office who has to listen to her babbling.
Yes it's hell! When you NEED (hello deadlines, am I the only one to have those??) to concentrate on your work there's always someone showing a stupid video on their phone with the volume on max or coworkers just next to you discussing (shouting) about their own work in all their very interesting details...At this point my headphones (to supress noise) might be a part of me.
My husband watching his phone during a show and asking me what happened constantly. If you want to know, put your damn phone down!
MY hubby wants to converse when I'm watching something. I usually play deaf and he goes away.
This just happened to me. When people respond to your email and spell your name wrong, despite the fact that both my email and the contact associated with my email both have my name spelled correctly, not to mention I signed my name at the end of the email.
I responded by thanking him and misspelling his name.
Had my new soon to supervisor email me to ask me what’s my email address again?
When people always try to one up you In a conversation.
Not as bad as people who try to two up you. Once I met superman and I three upped him he was very sad. I am humble. Only smart people will get this. I think that's enough now before y'all throw tomatoes at me ^-^
Really subtle buzzing from lights in classrooms and gymnasiums. I swear to god that s**t is so annoying I’d rather learn in the dark.
When your pant pocket/earbud wire gets caught on the doorknob and pulls u back
Whenever I touch something that feels greasy or oily. Like a utensil, doorknob, or even a tube of tooth paste. Makes me cringe. Wash your nasty ass hands.
When people take their phone calls right next to you. My coworker is doing it right now on our lunch break as i write this.
Extra sh*tty points if they use the speaker phone option forcing you to be part of their conversation.
If they use the speaker, I assume it’s because they want me to join in. And I do.
Forgetting that 1 thing from going shopping
Oh always. You come home with a ton of stuff you didn’t really need though.
Pessimism at work. None of us wanna be here. Shut up and do your work so we can go home.
It really depends how you define pessimism. If it's the good old sarcastic jokes, they help you cope with this situation you don't want to be in. Also, when there's a problem, it needs to be addressed. I dislike constant meaningless complaints too, but the "just shut up and work" is a bit of an unhealthy and kinda dangerous attitude. Meanwhile, forced optimism is annoying too. It feels insensitive.
when you're listening to music and people keep trying to talk to you. If I have both my ear pieces in, I don't want to f**king talk to you.
I was once on a long-haul flight and had briefly chatted to the girl a few seats away as it turned out we were going to the same place. Every time I turned around it seemed she was talking at me, but I had my headphones on, so had missed it all.
When you're trying to tell something to someone or a group of people and something interrupts you, then you forget what you meant to say
And then they say, "if it was important, you'll remember it". Like b!tch! What I have to say is just as important as what you interrupted to say! Unless it was an emergency in which case let's go deal
When people say "I seen..." instead of "I saw..."
Hearing someone chew.
It's one thing when people use improper grammar while speaking or informal communication like texting- I don't mind it, it's usually cultural - but I can't abide it in formal or professional writing/correspondence. There was an article a while back in the US about a group of college students trying to get their professor fired on the grounds that he was racist for correcting and knocking off points for improper grammar in their papers. It still gets me to this day, because you know what the real kicker was? THEY WERE JOURNALISM MAJORS.
When people eat and they bite down on the fork as they drag it out of their mouths sends shivers down my spine. It’s hard to hear but once you notice a person has the habit of doing this, sharing meals become excruciating
When someone’s headlights are like high beams...
I'd dearly like to outlaw LED and HID headlights. I drive a low car and it's like having the sun staring you in the face - either in front or reflected in all three mirrors from behind. They are supposed to be self levelling, but this never seems to work and they just blind the sh*t out other road users.
Being able to hear someone’s TV muffled through the wall. It drives me MENTAL.
IMO this is a problem with housebuilder. My 1950s council house is almost completely soundproof. That or the neighbours children are freakishly calm indoors compared to outdoors.
The last specific thing I remember getting real pissed about was ghost flights.
At the beginning of the pandemic, flights were running without passengers because if they just stayed on the ground they would lose government subsidies. So they flew around without any passengers wasting insane amounts of jet fuel for government benefits.
F**king insanity...
You have to ask yourself who is the insane party here, the government or the airline? If you could get $15 million by spending $ 500 000 on kerosine you would burn that kerosine too.
Improper grammar. Mainly from the kids who sat through English class complaining that they “speak the language so there is no need to study it”.
This was also before social media so it wasn’t noticed as much. But once Facebook hit... the horror.
During May, I had 3 guys hit on me hard through the online games. They know nothing about my personality, didn't bother to ask, but just kept wanting pictures and personal information and trying to insert themselves into whatever I'm doing.
One of them would not stop pushing his sexuality onto me until I blocked him. The other two treat me like a little fragile girl in need of rescuing. Dudes, I'm fine! Stop! It's such a waste of time and I'm practising being less polite and passive about it.
I hate this too. I play a poker game on my VR and omg, dudes will come out of nowhere and try to talk to you. If you wanna talk like a normal human, cool. But please don't flirt and be stupid, I'm not there for a cyber date. I'm there to take your money lol (fake money not played for real money)
People who go 10 under the speed limit in the fast lane. Seriously move over
When I’m stretched out to my max capacity to reach an item and it’s still JUST out of reach
When an old lady comes on the bus, nobody offers their seat. I will give up my seat when she comes near me but I'm not going to yell across the bus to get her attention.
Young people (16 year olds) who stand near the entrance of the bus to the point where I have to force my way through to get off the bus. Somehow their idiot faces tell me they still don't think they are in the way.
I gave up my seat for someone with crutches once when I had a broken arm. Scores of healthy-looking people, surely one of them must have been in a better condition than me. I nabbed it back when the person with crutches got off at another stop and someone new getting on glared at me. FFS - I'm INJURED and was on the flipping bus first.
Sound of lips smacking while eating. I hate it. Even if they're quiet, I still just want to explode.
When someone mumbles. I'll ask them three or four times what they said and they still mumble. I get so mad
This is one of the things that can make people more irritable as they grow old. They lose hearing gradually, so more and more people "mumble" (while they just talk normally) but because the change is slow and gradual, they don't think it's a hearing loss.
When people try to win arguments by being louder and dumber. It really makes me want to punch the person. Like if you don't have a valid claim, shut up
Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. Mark Twain.
Hearing someone’s music through their earbuds.
Like first of all, I don’t want to hear your music. But because it’s through your earbuds, all I can hear is the beat of the s****y rap song that sounds exactly the same as the previous one.
Traffic lights that are green on streets with no cars or pedestrians crossing while the other two streets are filling up with cars waiting on a pointless red light.
Professors/teachers who keeps the cursor on videos they show.
On my media player the cursor becomes a pointing finger. Some times when my wife leaves it on the screen, I'll start to subtly 'Picking noses' of the actors with it.
People who tailgate in traffic going less than 5mph. Give me breathing room! (Also, triggers my anxiety to no end)
Also people who don’t respect personal space – you know, the ones that talk too close to your face, every once inch you take backwards—they take two steps forwards…
When i'm trying to have a conversation at a restaraunt and I'm interrupted every 5 minutes by "hows everything tasting?".
Its made worse by the fact that i dont want the waiter/waitress to know im annoyed because their just doing their job and id be an asshole. But i mean...once you serve me my food you dont have to check in anymore.
When you've had your fingers, hands, arms, or body in a certain position for a long time and are really comfy, but then you have to go and move and can never get exactly in the same position.
Slow walkers, especially when I can't get around them. I just don't understand how people can walk so slow.
Why don't you just say politely "excuse me, please" and then they will move over to let you pass. They might have an injury or be in pain.
The asshats who pull up to a gas pump at a station, open the windows and crank their sh*tty music so you can hear every rivet and loose bolt buzzing...and sit there. They're not even getting gas, they just want to make the world an objectively worse place.
That's the problem with other people's insistence that we need to listen to their music; we all love the smell of our own farts.
When people ask you if you’ve seen/heard something and when you tell them “no” they act all shocked then repeat the question even louder. You then repeat “no” while fighting the rising annoyance building up inside. After the second “no” they proceed to exclaim how they can’t believe it and either insult you for it or start telling you how great it is. By that point you’re already tuned out but trying not to be a d*ck about it and have no desire to see/hear said thing.
people telephoning me.
That rattling noise on my dash, or in the glove box or in the door or in the center console, god damn it where’s it coming from?
Edit: I just start smacking and hitting things and rattling other things, I move from one part of the car to another and just pray I accidentally fix the god damn rattle. I’ve pulled over before because i was going to drive off the edge of the freeway if I didn’t find that rattle and get it stopped
When another person sits in front of the pc and i have to navigate them through everything.
"Scroll up. Further. Further. Nooo, just a little bit down again...."
Uuuuaaaaargghh!!
People dragging their feet when they walk and/or slow walkers
The word "technically." It's become the new "literally" coming to mean colloquially the opposite of its original definition. Or oftentimes it's just used super redundantly. "Hey what's this sauce?" "Technically, it's a pesto sauce." "Why, is there something different about it?" "No it's just basil, oil, garlic, cheese, and salt." THEN IT'S A F**KING PESTO, JUST SAY THAT
Guests picking things up in your house and putting them down in other places.
Remedy: You pick up things from your guests and put them outside on the porch.
When my earbuds get caught on something and are forcefully and abruptly ripped out of my ears, I see red.
Earbuds in general. Can't stand them; over-the-ear headphones or nothing.
When you are washing your hands wearing something with sleeves and water gets on the sleeve.
Someone commenting on my food.
My boss comments on every single snack: it's sugary, highly caloric, fatty, etc. To which I answer, well I didn't prepare it with you in mind.
Credit card chip readers that say: ...wait... ...wait... ...wait... ...wait... BEEP! BEEP! REMOVE NOW! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
Whilst I am very grateful to you for offering to make a round of tea for the office, please can I ask you don't grab the rims of each mug with your filthy fingers. Strangely enough, the handles are not there for purely decorative purposes.
Dropping my guitar pick and spending ages looking for it, because as soon as it hits the ground, it transcends the space time continuum and winds up somewhere ridiculous.
That and dropping it into the insides of an acoustic. Cue, turn upside down, rattle, shake, rattle, bounces off the strings, rattle, shake, shake rattle, where has it now gone, rattle, shake (falls out of guitar and then 'transcends the space time continuum and winds up somewhere ridiculous) :O)
When you feel your phone vibrate in your pocket, you take it out, and low and behold, no notification.
Does anyone ever grab their phone for no reason, then it dings with a message or call? It happens to me a fair bit, but doesnt mean theres a correlation 🤷♀️
when i am walking slighty faster than someone in front of me, and then have to decide, if it takes ages to wak past them or if i walk faster than i would to get in front of them. hate this
I walk slower due to health issues. I stay far right and step out of the way when I can. I also tell people so they can go around if they choose
When people call me "kiddo". Its fine when people close to me say it, but when strangers who barely know you start goin "[condescending snort] Wait till you do [thing that they went through that i didnt get to yet], kiddo"
I am 47 years old, but because I am the youngest of my siblings, I am constantly called kiddo or "the baby."
A coworker clic his pen all the times. And it's out of rythms. Instead of "tic...tic...tic...tic " that is already annoying by itself, you hear "tic...tictic.........tic......tic....tic..tic...tic.........tic.........tictictictic"
Overhearing the word "detox".
If it's too cold in the office.
This one assh*le insists on keeping his office at 65 and we're on a shared duct so it blasts me with cold air all day. Then my fingertips go numb and white because I have Raynaud's, and I have to blow hot air into my cupped hands like we're in the f**king Great White North.
Local TV news stations teasing about the news to come when the same viral story is easily searchable on the internet
Why watch tv news if you've read it on the internet? People surely watch tv news because they haven't or don't want to read it online.
When people break the little pocket clip thing off of pens and pencils.... it drives nuts for some reason.
People that pronounce Reese’s Pieces as “ree-sees pee-sees”.
People with no spatial awareness. Especially when they are walking in a straight line and always seem to move to the same side you are trying to pass them on.
It might not be their fault. I have no spatial awareness, anything that is not actively being picked up by my senses does not exist in my mind. I know there is a wall behind me right now, the same wall that is always behind me when I'm working but unless I turn around to look at it I can't visualize it. So if you're walking behind me, not saying anything or making any considerable noise and you don't smell awful, you don't exist to me. If you want to pass me, you're going to have to either tap me on the shoulder/arm or say something.
When people do this ( Because they are trying to add to what they are saying but then they never close it again and they keep right on with what they were saying in the first place.
or when people say "First of all" and then don't follow it up with a second point.
When I'm in a mood, I will do "A" and "Second" or "First" and "B" just because it entertains me.
Walk speeds. I'm a fast paced walker, big strides, so when I get stuck behind someone I usually just zip around them or slow down my own pace depending on the situation. Near doors and stairways this gets soooo bothersome for me. People like to snail around and dilly dally, while I'm trying to rush to my next class. I still feel bad for rudely rushing past this girl going through some doors at my college, but she literally stopped in front of the doors and idled for like 5 seconds.
5 seconds can be a very long time when you're in a hurry and someone is just standing in your way contemplating the meaning of life and if olive oil is one of the essential oils in car maintenance.
The automated recorded greetings that fast food drive throughs have where it asks me if I want a breakfast burger and then the actual employee comes on in a different voice.
Sniffles don't bother me.
But this lady at work DOUBLE sniffles. Every time it's two rapid sniffs, and it's so f**king annoying I thought I'd lose it in the cafeteria.
Sometimes YouTube gets stuck with the pause button over whatever I’m watching until I press the screen again.
Iv gone to press the screen to get rid of it a millisecond after the pause button goes so many f**king times.
The act of clicking brings the button back up and then I have to click it another god damn time to close it again.
The whole time this is happening I am fuming and not paying attention to what I’m watching, so I have to rewind 10 seconds and start the cycle again.
It brings on Alex Jones levels of anger for me.
The fan on my work laptop...it goes from being silent all day to then sounding like a jet taking off for hours on end. The worst part is the CPU isn't even at 50% most of the time when the fan is doing this.
I have opened up BIOS and looked at the settings and it all looks fine, the only thing I can think of is Malware or some sh*t but since it's not my personal PC I don't care and am just waiting for it to eventually die on me so I can get a new one!
It's not malware, but a faulty cooling system. My laptop,which I know is 100% malware and virus free, does the same and I know I should replace the cooling fan. But since I'm not working in IT anymore I just don't bother. I have some spare laptops on the shelf, so if this one dies I'll grab another one.
When my headphone cord gets caught on something and my earbuds get pulled out of my ears. I get unreasonably upset every time.
People using curse words as filler words/adjectives/instead of “um”.
People speeding up to pass me, but then slowing waaaaaaay down once they’re in front of me.
Colour contacts. You look like a demon.
Written verbal cues that signal condescension. It's such a passive aggressive bullsh*t thing to do. The difference between:
I don't think the tax law will have a positive effect on the economy
versus
Uh, I don't think the tax law will have a positive effect on the economy...
When people don't italicize their t when presenting their t statistic values in a seminar presentation. Like, sure you got your stats right, but c'mon.
People pushing my wheelchair without asking. Sometimes they're being helpful, sometimes they just want you out of their way, but even if I'm struggling with a slope or a curb, a "here, let me give you a hand" or "may i help you?" would be nice.
Blind people often have a similar problem. I was guiding two men through London and in the tube station someone grabbed one of them and dragged him through the ticket barrier while I got my ticket out of my bag (we'd been staying the night in London after a meeting so had a lot of stuff with us). This person didn't ask. All people have to do is ask if someone needs assistance, it really isn't that difficult. Sorry you have that experience all too often.
Load More Replies...One thing that bugs me and hurts, when you're trying to pull your covers up and you end up punching yourself in the face.
People who get off a train and immediately stop right in front of the door to orient themselves on the platform (so that those behind them can‘t get off the train).
I hate it when people stand blocking the doors when they're trying to get on. I've lost track of the amount of times I've loudly said 'you can get on quicker if you actually let us get off'
Load More Replies...People who think mental health disorders are ‘trendy’ and ‘quirky’. No, they really are not.
I have a cousin who does that plus think the LGBT+ community is a trend and I did that when I was younger. I hate myself for it like kill me now
Load More Replies...People killing spiders for no other reason that they don't like them. I don't mean people who have a real arachnophobia, I mean people who just don't like them and squish'em dead therefore. What the ...? They just want to live. To them, their life is no more and no less important than ours to us ... if I see them first, they're evacuated, if the cat finds them, they're snacked, but she's a cat ... that's something else. People, grown up people who just don't like spiders don't have any valid reason to kill them. People with a true arachnophobia may seek help, as a disorder of that kind isn't fun in any way, I think it would be best for them, too ... and, usually, they freak out and evade the spider's surrounding - to kill them, you gotta be close. Catching them with a glass and paper works flawless, reduces the risk of accidental amputations, and is not asked too much from an adult.
all bugs really... I almost always try to rescue and put living creatures outside if they're indoors and I don't want them there...
Load More Replies...People blasting their Spotify playlist on the beach. I came to enjoy the waves and relax on the beach, not listen to your shitty music that all sounds the same that you can listen to literally any other time.
Smoking/Vaping in a crowded space, like a train platform. Also when anyone puts their hand on your back (or anywhere really) to get by you. I addition to you, you know, NOT HAVING PERMISSION TO TOUCH ME, I have a condition where my senses fire at 500% at all times and if someone touches my back unexpectedly - especially the small of it - my entire torso locks up and I can't unclench for several minutes. It's worse with my neck, I will fall down because my legs decide to give out.
For me it's people who stop dead as soon as they cross the street and get onto pavement, completely oblivious to everyone tripping up and stumbling behind them in the road trying to get round them.
I have this friend that I let sleep over a lot, I buy snacks that we eat during the night, guess what she does to clean off the chip dust... WIPES IT ON MY BED. And she is always messing with random s**t, she wastes my makeup and paint by RUBBING IT ON MY WINDOW AND CALLING IT ART.
she stained my bed and bedding aswell from mixing together paint and makeup and wiping the fking sh!t on my fking bed. It like finger paint for her and she uses my bed as a napkin to clean off her hands, I’ve talked to her about this before, didn’t stop so I stopped letting her come over. Sorta feel bad but it’s easier to sleep☺️
Load More Replies...People who stop dead, right in front of you, because their phone is ringing - or, my personal hate, talking/texting/video on a phone while paying absolutely no attention to surroundings..
A few misnominations get me mad. In german, it is "Schraubenzieher" (Screw puller) instead of "Schraubendreher" (Screw turner), both meaning screw driver. Turning them, most times, results in success, while pulling results in ... pulling. Also, "Welle" and "Achse" are used interchangably, while they both mean a certain part of machinery, a Welle (Shaft) transmits torque, during operation, it usually is turning, while an Achse (Axis) just keeps some rotating parts at their location and so on ... also - people handing you stuff and releasing it too early. Why? I don't get it. I'd get it for sure, but once I wanna grab it, it already fell down ... and, of course, people who get upset for the simple conclusion that we humans are animals and there, therefore, isn't "humans and animals", but just animals, including humans.
Hollywood actors who tell me how the world should work knowing they don't give a fck about most of the things
I love how some of these are well-thought out paragraphs of types of people, the way people act, grammar, and the others are just one or two words, its hilarious I'll just be reading one and it'll say: "Oh I hate people who chew with their mouths open its annoying and rude souef" and the next is just- "W e t s o c k"
When I'm reading a book and people seem to think it's okay to just start a conversation with me, as if I was just sitting there waiting for them to start blathering on. Now I have to hold my place, wait for them to stop wittering, then find where I was and try to get back into it.
People that say 'Literally' which is probably 90-95% of people. I don't get it. Am I missing something?
Living on a first floor apartment and the neighbors toddler grandkid visits..running constantly back and forth through the night. People that don't park within the lines. People that park in the loading area for handicapped (that striped area is not an extra parking space. it's to help people with wheelchairs that need to let down a ramp to get into their vehicle.) And lastly, people that crack their knuckles while sitting next to you. That is like scraping fingernails on a chalkboard for me (shudder.)
1-when people don't pull up to the front pump at the gas station, when it's empty and operational. You have to wait or go around them. If you're in the back and the guy in front finishes before you, ok. There are signs even, at least here in the US, and it's common courtesy. 2- entering or leaving
I have to do that in certain situations. I own a jeep wrangler and the gas tank is sideways, which makes it super easy to over fill and you end up spilling gas all over. So I have learned which pump at a given gas station is least likely to over fill my tank. At the station I use most often it happens to be a back one. Luckily I'm usually heading through early in the morning so there aren't many people there, but I've certainly gotten mean mugged for it. I just kinda shrug it off, it is better than gas on the ground.
Load More Replies...When my son leaves the shower pull tan up after a shower and I proceed to turn the water on for my shower thinking I can test the temperature 1st and now my hair is soaked with cold water.
When parents micromanage every little thing their child does (given that the child is old enough to make descions on their own) Like, yes I am aware that I've been sitting on my phone for a whole 5 minutes to choose a song to do these chores no need to tell me and get mad at me for it
When you tell someone what needs to be done and they say "I know". If you know, why haven't you done it. Don't act like you know what I'm about to say or what needs to be done so you don't seem ignorant. And if you do know, do it before I tell you.
I get nervous tics, and they appear when I get stressed. In science class we were doing an experiment where there was fire involved, and it was about the vacuum inside of a can, right? So I’m flinching and blinking and I DON’T WANT PEOPLE TO COMMENT ON IT. They ask. I say I’m fine. WE’VE BEEN OVER THIS, I’M OKAY, now focus on the fire so I can get out of this situation faster.
One of my neighbours has three kids that should be able to speak by now (Around 4-7'ish?) However, when they're in their garden, the only sound is that of the bastard off-spring of a Banshee and Mandrake that got acquainted.
The philistines who pause movies to answer phone calls when watching as a group. Establish that its not an emergency, and call them back later. If you choose to take the call, don't come back 30 min later and ask to rewind the movie.
My neighbors dragging chairs over the hard kitchen tiles, while sitting on them, whole day, every day! It's a sound that's driving me crazy, like nails on chalk board but 100x louder! I dream of a day when I burst into their apartment and throw all the damn chairs out of window.
Gosh people who say 'aSHume' instead of assume. I had a lecturer who did that, used to annoy me so much
When people have dry mouth and you can hear a smacking gross sound when they talk. It's the same as people who don't chew with their mouth closed or dogs licking themselves. Something just creeps up my neck and makes me want to murder.
Many medications cause this. People do not deliberately set out to make their mouths dry.
Load More Replies...People pushing my wheelchair without asking. Sometimes they're being helpful, sometimes they just want you out of their way, but even if I'm struggling with a slope or a curb, a "here, let me give you a hand" or "may i help you?" would be nice.
Blind people often have a similar problem. I was guiding two men through London and in the tube station someone grabbed one of them and dragged him through the ticket barrier while I got my ticket out of my bag (we'd been staying the night in London after a meeting so had a lot of stuff with us). This person didn't ask. All people have to do is ask if someone needs assistance, it really isn't that difficult. Sorry you have that experience all too often.
Load More Replies...One thing that bugs me and hurts, when you're trying to pull your covers up and you end up punching yourself in the face.
People who get off a train and immediately stop right in front of the door to orient themselves on the platform (so that those behind them can‘t get off the train).
I hate it when people stand blocking the doors when they're trying to get on. I've lost track of the amount of times I've loudly said 'you can get on quicker if you actually let us get off'
Load More Replies...People who think mental health disorders are ‘trendy’ and ‘quirky’. No, they really are not.
I have a cousin who does that plus think the LGBT+ community is a trend and I did that when I was younger. I hate myself for it like kill me now
Load More Replies...People killing spiders for no other reason that they don't like them. I don't mean people who have a real arachnophobia, I mean people who just don't like them and squish'em dead therefore. What the ...? They just want to live. To them, their life is no more and no less important than ours to us ... if I see them first, they're evacuated, if the cat finds them, they're snacked, but she's a cat ... that's something else. People, grown up people who just don't like spiders don't have any valid reason to kill them. People with a true arachnophobia may seek help, as a disorder of that kind isn't fun in any way, I think it would be best for them, too ... and, usually, they freak out and evade the spider's surrounding - to kill them, you gotta be close. Catching them with a glass and paper works flawless, reduces the risk of accidental amputations, and is not asked too much from an adult.
all bugs really... I almost always try to rescue and put living creatures outside if they're indoors and I don't want them there...
Load More Replies...People blasting their Spotify playlist on the beach. I came to enjoy the waves and relax on the beach, not listen to your shitty music that all sounds the same that you can listen to literally any other time.
Smoking/Vaping in a crowded space, like a train platform. Also when anyone puts their hand on your back (or anywhere really) to get by you. I addition to you, you know, NOT HAVING PERMISSION TO TOUCH ME, I have a condition where my senses fire at 500% at all times and if someone touches my back unexpectedly - especially the small of it - my entire torso locks up and I can't unclench for several minutes. It's worse with my neck, I will fall down because my legs decide to give out.
For me it's people who stop dead as soon as they cross the street and get onto pavement, completely oblivious to everyone tripping up and stumbling behind them in the road trying to get round them.
I have this friend that I let sleep over a lot, I buy snacks that we eat during the night, guess what she does to clean off the chip dust... WIPES IT ON MY BED. And she is always messing with random s**t, she wastes my makeup and paint by RUBBING IT ON MY WINDOW AND CALLING IT ART.
she stained my bed and bedding aswell from mixing together paint and makeup and wiping the fking sh!t on my fking bed. It like finger paint for her and she uses my bed as a napkin to clean off her hands, I’ve talked to her about this before, didn’t stop so I stopped letting her come over. Sorta feel bad but it’s easier to sleep☺️
Load More Replies...People who stop dead, right in front of you, because their phone is ringing - or, my personal hate, talking/texting/video on a phone while paying absolutely no attention to surroundings..
A few misnominations get me mad. In german, it is "Schraubenzieher" (Screw puller) instead of "Schraubendreher" (Screw turner), both meaning screw driver. Turning them, most times, results in success, while pulling results in ... pulling. Also, "Welle" and "Achse" are used interchangably, while they both mean a certain part of machinery, a Welle (Shaft) transmits torque, during operation, it usually is turning, while an Achse (Axis) just keeps some rotating parts at their location and so on ... also - people handing you stuff and releasing it too early. Why? I don't get it. I'd get it for sure, but once I wanna grab it, it already fell down ... and, of course, people who get upset for the simple conclusion that we humans are animals and there, therefore, isn't "humans and animals", but just animals, including humans.
Hollywood actors who tell me how the world should work knowing they don't give a fck about most of the things
I love how some of these are well-thought out paragraphs of types of people, the way people act, grammar, and the others are just one or two words, its hilarious I'll just be reading one and it'll say: "Oh I hate people who chew with their mouths open its annoying and rude souef" and the next is just- "W e t s o c k"
When I'm reading a book and people seem to think it's okay to just start a conversation with me, as if I was just sitting there waiting for them to start blathering on. Now I have to hold my place, wait for them to stop wittering, then find where I was and try to get back into it.
People that say 'Literally' which is probably 90-95% of people. I don't get it. Am I missing something?
Living on a first floor apartment and the neighbors toddler grandkid visits..running constantly back and forth through the night. People that don't park within the lines. People that park in the loading area for handicapped (that striped area is not an extra parking space. it's to help people with wheelchairs that need to let down a ramp to get into their vehicle.) And lastly, people that crack their knuckles while sitting next to you. That is like scraping fingernails on a chalkboard for me (shudder.)
1-when people don't pull up to the front pump at the gas station, when it's empty and operational. You have to wait or go around them. If you're in the back and the guy in front finishes before you, ok. There are signs even, at least here in the US, and it's common courtesy. 2- entering or leaving
I have to do that in certain situations. I own a jeep wrangler and the gas tank is sideways, which makes it super easy to over fill and you end up spilling gas all over. So I have learned which pump at a given gas station is least likely to over fill my tank. At the station I use most often it happens to be a back one. Luckily I'm usually heading through early in the morning so there aren't many people there, but I've certainly gotten mean mugged for it. I just kinda shrug it off, it is better than gas on the ground.
Load More Replies...When my son leaves the shower pull tan up after a shower and I proceed to turn the water on for my shower thinking I can test the temperature 1st and now my hair is soaked with cold water.
When parents micromanage every little thing their child does (given that the child is old enough to make descions on their own) Like, yes I am aware that I've been sitting on my phone for a whole 5 minutes to choose a song to do these chores no need to tell me and get mad at me for it
When you tell someone what needs to be done and they say "I know". If you know, why haven't you done it. Don't act like you know what I'm about to say or what needs to be done so you don't seem ignorant. And if you do know, do it before I tell you.
I get nervous tics, and they appear when I get stressed. In science class we were doing an experiment where there was fire involved, and it was about the vacuum inside of a can, right? So I’m flinching and blinking and I DON’T WANT PEOPLE TO COMMENT ON IT. They ask. I say I’m fine. WE’VE BEEN OVER THIS, I’M OKAY, now focus on the fire so I can get out of this situation faster.
One of my neighbours has three kids that should be able to speak by now (Around 4-7'ish?) However, when they're in their garden, the only sound is that of the bastard off-spring of a Banshee and Mandrake that got acquainted.
The philistines who pause movies to answer phone calls when watching as a group. Establish that its not an emergency, and call them back later. If you choose to take the call, don't come back 30 min later and ask to rewind the movie.
My neighbors dragging chairs over the hard kitchen tiles, while sitting on them, whole day, every day! It's a sound that's driving me crazy, like nails on chalk board but 100x louder! I dream of a day when I burst into their apartment and throw all the damn chairs out of window.
Gosh people who say 'aSHume' instead of assume. I had a lecturer who did that, used to annoy me so much
When people have dry mouth and you can hear a smacking gross sound when they talk. It's the same as people who don't chew with their mouth closed or dogs licking themselves. Something just creeps up my neck and makes me want to murder.
Many medications cause this. People do not deliberately set out to make their mouths dry.
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