If you meet someone and they happen to like the same musicians as you do, the two of you will probably have a nice conversation. But if they turn out to despise the ones you also can't stand, you've probably found a new friend. Nothing brings people together tighter than shared antipathy.
Just a few days ago, Redditor u/turrxxr decided to find out what helps us to relate to one another and asked the following question: "What is a thing that is universally hated by all people?" And everyone immediately started sending in their answers. From traffic to wet socks, here are those that have got the most upvotes!

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Trying to click x on an ad but actually clicking on the ad and it redirects you to the play store
It's the fake x that really annoys me, the real x only shows when you hover over the exact location.
What's the thinking, now I've been tricked into being here, I'll just go ahead and buy the app??
Load More Replies...All the bloody time. I reckon the crosses are getting smaller and smaller for that purpose.
I hate those ads with teeny Xs that are nigh impossible to click more than any Red Sox fan ever hated the Yankees!
Load More Replies...I recently encountered one worse than this - a 30 second ad that then redirects you to the play store - you click back and it is followed by another 5 second ad - all to unlock a tiny bit of help in a game. Makes me try to avoid using hints at all costs!
What about the fast forward through the add, only to get one more fast forward then the x. Or you fast forward, then nothing before the x, you're still waiting! The ads have gotten so obnoxious!
Load More Replies...The miniature, shaky X that is there for the sole purpose that you try to click on it and it redirects you to an ad.
Or the ones where clicking the X is set to not work, or there’s no X, or the X is tiny and waaaay up in the corner meaning your fingertip can barely reach it without touching the blank screen—-which then takes you to the advertiser’s store!
Corrupt Politicians getting away with crime
Universally hated by all people? I think Trump supporters would argue otherwise.
Load More Replies...Yeah, pardoning cronies and bullying the justice department.
Load More Replies...I don't understand how they get away with the corruption, if a normal person tried it, they will be punished or imprisoned. Politician does it, naughty boy don't do it again.
Because if you steal a bread you are a horrible thief but if you steal millions it’s all fine.
Load More Replies...Hey Donald Trump fans, Joe Biden released his tax returns to the public. Try to keep things in perspective.
Several decades ago I was my Congressman’s receptionist in his WDC office, so I was generally the first person to arrive at work in the morning, but every few months I’d arrive to find Pete in early and going through the mail—there were usually three or four huge bundles in front of the door at the start of the day—and the first time this happened I asked why he was doing the mail he told me he wanted to see what we were keeping from him. They’re not all bad.
Load More Replies...This should be number one! Rich people doing the same should be an extremely close second.
The life story before the recipe on recipe websites.
I shouldn't have to jump unless I'm on a trampoline. Just skip the story altogether and give the recipe
Load More Replies...This is also why we don't bother reading the text between Bored Panda items.
Yeah. It's just a wall of bullshit. Much like what's underneath the Burj Khalifa.
Load More Replies...40 minutes workout video that could be 5 if the person would not speak more then workout. . Or a meditation, yoga class where the teacher speaks so much that you can concentrate.
You know, I loved it when recipe websites only had recipes on them. The f*****g journal entry is meaningless to me. I’m hungry, and just want to cook some goddamn food, you know?
In Germany there are websites where people can register and upload their own recipes. They are quite popular and don't bother you with stories, the recipes are really varied and the more popular ones are very good. Does the US not have something similar? I barely know anyone here who bothers with cooking blogs when they can just search the dish on the user-based sites and pick a higher-rated recipe that appeals to them.
Load More Replies...Someone is spending time making that website and paying for the hosting but not charging you anything. I heard that making the page longer gets them a higher spot on Google and maybe more ad revenue, but even if it didn’t, we’re mooching so we can’t really complain about it not being 100% convenient.
YES! I really appreciate this comment. Of course the whole life story thing is annoying, but we’re getting -their- work for free. Scrolling down takes less time than looking up the right page in a cookbook.
Load More Replies...Especially when they don't have a "jump to recipe" button at the top of the page
When you wake up in the middle of the night and you want to go back to sleep but you have to pee
I often find myself wondering, "Do I have to pee badly enough to get up or can I wait until morning?".
And there goes 1 hour of sleep I'm never getting back
Load More Replies...I would much rather that than not getting to sleep due to RLS. It's like bloody torture.
Not saying you take any or do any of the following, but RLS can be worsened by anti-depressants, anti-histamines, anti-nausea drugs, beta blockers, caffeine, alcohol and processed foods and sweetened drinks. Oh, and being too hot (not an easy one to solve in some instances). I'm far from good (I do like a drink!) but I have found reducing/stopping some of the above has helped. I think mostly not being on the anti-depressants to be honest!! Horrid though, isn't it?!!
Load More Replies...As you get older, you will wake up in the middle of the night specifically to go and pee!
And then you start thinking about things you need to do, or things you did that turned out wrong.
Or anything that has been annoying/ stressful... yep, happens to me all the time
Load More Replies...Worst case is when you wake up too early to get up but too late to really fall asleep again. My wake up is for 7 but I just wake up at 6.30, knowing that I take 1 hour to fall asleep.
Same here! I get up at 5, but wake at 4-4:30 for the bathroom. Can't go back to sleep or I miss the alarm. Oy
Load More Replies...The worst is when you don't wake up in the middle of the night, but you sleep and dream you're peeing... Because, usually, you don't pee only in your dream, but also in your bed...
You know what they say: if you see a toilet in your sleep DON'T USE IT
Load More Replies...Lol I do this three or four times a night, blimmin meds are the cause but it's a relatively small price to pay. Living on broken sleep is such an ass though!
It can work for you if put a rubber lining under the sheets and then stock up like mad on having piles of sheets available—not at all practical if you go to a laundromat.
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being sleepy, getting into bed, then being awake
I can be sat there, doing something at the end of the day and literally falling asleep, cannot keep my eyes open. Get in bed and I can't heckin close my damn eyes!!! Why is it like this!!??? T_T
Until my phone slips out of my hand and falls on the floor and wakes me up again.
Load More Replies...Me last night. Went to bed about 10pm, woke up about 1.45am, finally fell asleep at about 5.30is for me to wake up just before my alarm which is set for 6.30am
This is word for word, exactly me last night....Whyyyyy!?
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Mosquitoes
He, who does not bite, buzzes in your ear while she, who does bite, gets you somewhere else on your body. Tag team.
Load More Replies...I had a friend in college that thought I complained too much about mosquitos. One time I went hiking with him to a place that had clouds of mosquitos. We were bitten many times, but then I discovered that he was not allergic to mosquito bites: He had no swelling or itching, no effects at all. No wonder he didn't care or wear repellant. I sometimes wonder if he eventually got west nile virus or something.
yep. world's most notorious killers. should be higher on the list.
I wouldn't have a problem with mosquitos taking some of my blood- I have plenty, and they take like 1ml max- but the injecting of allergy juice that makes the bite all itchy and red and raised? That I cannot tolerate. Also when they bite my fingers, like seriously could you possibly pick a worse place to bite.
Seriously! Like, they want blood? That's cool. I've got blood. I've got a ton of blood. Bring your mosquito buddies and have dinner, no problem, but why do they have to make me itchy and buzz in my ear?!
Load More Replies...The most annoying thing about them is the effect they have on my husband. The first hint of a whine and he's leaping around swatting and cussing
My dad explained to me that mosquitoes are a big part of the diet of many fish so I grudgingly said, ok, they can stay.
Cancer
A dear friend of mine just passed from the very thing. F**k you cancer, RIP Rhoni 😞
My brother died a week ago from cancer. My mother died 5 years ago from cancer. I was battling cancer for two years and have been free for two more years. Cancer has taken a lot out of me
This is awful for you and your family. My sincere condolences.
Load More Replies...Cancer made me a widower at 26 and my daughter motherless at age 3, F**k cancer!
That moment when something's stuck in between your teeth and your tongue can locate it just fine, but your fingers or a toothpick can't...
Or when you finally can, and the tip of a wooden toothpick breaks off and gets stuck between your teeth instead.
Also when you get a popcorn kernel in between you gums & your teeth. That’s total agony
When you eat meat on a dinner out and you get anxious to get home just to take the stupid thing out, since you can't think about nothing more and you have nothing to help you out.
Floss is the only solution to this. My teeth are very close together, and I end up with this same problem—plus have to use thin, flat floss. It it works.
Biting your cheek while eating ruins even the best meal.
and roof of your mouth on that first HOT bite of pizza!!
Load More Replies...Yeah, you accidentally bite your cheek, it swells a little bit and cos it swelled you keep biting it
And turns into a cancer sore (or two) by bed time. Literally every time I bite my cheek or tongue, it turns into a canker sore, and I can never stop biting it making it hurt worse and last longer. Obnoxious.
anyone else feel the bite mark with thier tongue and instantly know exactly what is looks like?
I bit my tongue yesterday and it still hurts, ruining today's meals
Those ads that autoplay on the side of webpages, especially when they automatically have sound
Adblock. Alas, "We have noticed that you are using adblocker" is becoming more frequent.
And suddenly, after the last update, my iPhone still has sound on those ads, even when I have muted all sounds! You cannot mute them, which means x-ing out of the website entirely.
I don’t mind ads that are directed at me … I’m not a fan of the companies collecting all my personal data of course, but the upside is that i see ads about new products that are actually interesting to me.
Load More Replies...I do not need ANY ads in my life! Ads are a botheration and if you do not know where are what to get . . you are wasting oxygen!
The sound of screaming children.
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Load More Replies...I live right behind a place where parents stable their children after school. I'm used to playscreaming and general play noise. One afternoon I was sitting in my garden and there was screeching. Literally screeching at high volume. Left it for about 15 minutes but it was still going on and I was getting antsy with it. Just "SCREECH!!" "SCREECH!!" "SCREECH!!" "SCREECH!!" "SCREECH!!" and no other playing sounds at all. I went over to see what the fnark was going on and there were three 11 or 12 year olds sitting on a log doing a competition as to who could screech the loudest. Their minder was standing 50 metres away smoking a f*g and on her phone. I gave the youngsters a stern talking to and they stopped, but since then the playscreaming gives me the heebiejeebies because I always anticipate another 15 or 20 minutes of dedicated screeching coming.
I actually hate parents that don't seem to care! I don't have kids but i know that sometimes there is nothing they can do to make them stop! But when i see that their kids are annoying other people while they enjoy their meal for example i want to get up and slap them
Load More Replies...I hate that too but remember, even though silence is golden, duct tape is silver
Kids shouting and having fun while playing is ok. It is the screeching that gets to me.
Yeah, I remember being in a restaurant a few months back that had a fairly large amount of noisy kids sitting next to my table, but they were clearly having fun, so I didn't really get that upset about it.
Load More Replies...Goes right to the fluid in your spine. Can also wake you up from a dead sleep, even if you’re sick and took a good dose of NyQuil.
yeah i hate when the child alarm is going off and the parent is incapable of finding the acknowledge button. i usually remind them to also check thier oil once in a while
The two ads on YouTube that are long enough to be annoying, but aren’t long enough to be skipped.
Two words: Adblock Plus. Download it today, it's free and no more Youtube Ads EVER!!
That's fine if you're on a computer, but what about if you're using a phone, a gaming console, or other device?
Load More Replies...'The two ads', remember when there was only one? (Or, if you're as old as me, none).
AND they cut randomly into the middle of any video over a couple minutes long—-like in the middle of a sentence. If they cut in at a logical time, it wouldn’t be so bad, but they are horrendously cut in.
I feel like they def need to change that ad policy for first aid videos. Just saying.
uBlock Origin blocks these ads, and doesn't allow companies to buy exceptions like Adblock Plus. Also, the Brave browser does a lot to block trackers and ads.
When your pocket or belt loop snags on the door handle.
Or a hot dish full of casseroled beef! Went everywhere but so lucky, not on me.
Load More Replies...I think this may be a skinny person problem. My belt hooks are are clinging to tightly to me to hooking on anything.
It depends on the doorhandle. I'm not a skinny person - never was - and even I had that happen. Although it's more often the sleeve or - pain - my forearm
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Being told “We need to talk later”
Why did you give me the notification? Now I’m gonna be riddled with anxiety until we talk. You could’ve just said nothing.
Just say "Talk now or forever hold your tongue", simple
Load More Replies...Oh my God that is so annoying! My boyfriend does that all the time!! He texts me "i need to tell you something" or "we need to talk" and then dissappears for like an hour letting me think that he is leaving abroad, he is dumping me, or he is dying or something! And when i ask what did you want to talk about he says oh yeah i think we shouldn't go out tonight🙄🙄🙄
always turn this kind of bs around. "we need to talk later" "i'm glad you said it first!"
Consider the context before worrying. Are you in public? Are you going to be late for work or a flight if you take the time now? Do you actually need to talk where the subject of the talk took place? Were they smiling when they said it? Have you done something they would need to talk to you about? Too much context needed before you can draw—-jump to—-any legitimate conclusions.
My last boss used to do this all the time. One of the many reasons I'm glad I left.
It's better to just say "I want us to sit down and make a chore chart/ talk about your annual preformance review, discuss our relationship goals. Please can we set asside some time for that." At least that gives the person a chance to gather their thoughts, and they're not worrying indiscriminately about what it *might* be.
Yesssss. My head thinks about all scenarios. From dinosaurs to end of the world. Never good thoughts.
When you have that little bit of skin hanging off your finger that you end up ripping it off to your elbow
I get these so often I bought myself a cuticle trimmer. Well worth the money.
Water running down your sleeve when washing dishes, then standing on the water with socks on
Almost this, but as a pastor, when water from a baptism runs down the sleeve of the (don't know the word, the robe a pastor wears in Denmark.) Then you've a wet sleeve for the rest of the mass and you just can't do anything about it. 🙈
Then you move away from the sink looking like you've pee'd yourself. :(
Load More Replies...This is a requirement for a surgeon. That's why they perform the wrong operation on the wrong people.
Never wear shirts with sleeves always have a top for washing dishes
Stickers that peel off easily 80% of the way, but leave behind 20% that are bonded to the surface of the object for life.
Rub a little bit of vegetable oil or butter on the remaining part and it will slowly soften the glue. Eventually the glue will be soft enough to rub off. There are stronger products available, but they can eat through paint. If you have no oil available, can't wait, and you have oily skin handy, even that oil will work.
Had the same problem on a non-stick baking tray. Somebody notify Alanis Morisette.
Goo Gone is amazing. I use it on books. Doesn't damage the cover or pages, but will take even the most stubborn stickers off safely.
Load More Replies...Washable item - try a wet dryer sheet. (My fav online hint. I use them most with dishes. Burnt or hard-to-clean pan? Fill with hot water, swish a dryer sheet in there, let it sit a min and use the sheet to scrub it.) Non-washable - the blow dryer.
COVID-19
I've got about 7.5 billion other people who'd agree with you there.
Unfortunately no, it's more about 5.5B and the other 2B are asshats that think it's fake or only the flu and are screwing everyone else over.
Load More Replies...Not everybody hates Covid-19. There are many, many people who love it and do everything they can to help it persist and spread. Then, when they're on their deathbed, they ask the nurse for the vaccine, but, sorry, it's too late now, you stupid plague louse.
But mostly for the shoddy and foolhardy way it was handled. There had been a pandemic team in place, but orangeanus disbanded them after taking office. Murphy’s Law says THAT’S the time we’ll end up in a global pandemic—-and we could’ve avoided the terrible effect it has had on the country had the team been in place.
The Obama administration left behind a complete guide on how to respond to a pandemic. They never even looked at it much less actually read it.
Load More Replies...I understand it, but I don't agree. Learning from history we are very lucky where we got and how covid caught us. And it's also even not as bad as it could be while people still deny means of protection for themselves, loved ones and everyone around. I do think this is just warning and a lot worse will come.
With how fast it's mutating and how it's becoming more contagious, more deadly, and attacking a wider and younger range of people, I'd say you're spot on.
Load More Replies...This should be higher. We have to wear masks which everyone hates, but somehow wearing one is made into a political argument and then anti-vaxxers who you realize are people you thought were smart, but they rely on minimal research to believe something.
Ironically the ones yelling about freedoms and bodily autonomy are the same ones pushing for more abortion restrictions.
Load More Replies...This is why I f*****g hate China they made the virus and then started the f*****g "ZERO" policy go suck my d**k China and live with the virus.
If I'm the terriost I will go f*****g mass shooting in the China to protest the virus.
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Going through Alzheimer's/dementia. Has to be one of the most sad ways to go
Terrible and also hell to see. My mum just had a dementia-panic attack and fell on the street. Is in hospital with lots of complications. SH!T ...............................................Edit: .You sweethearts, thanks for all the well wishes.
I'm sure I speak for everyone on here when I say, give her a big hug from us all. Take good care of yourself and your mum
Load More Replies...I am scarred it will happen to me in time... My great grandpa had it, my grandma seems to forget a lot and gets worse with time but she hates doctors so no diagnosis yet. I sometimes forget words, I know I know them but cannot access them. Even describing the thing is hard... I saw rapid progress of this forgeting on a close but not relative person. It's scary to loose your mind and see it on yourself. Sometimes more sometimes less, but almost always have some limited understanding that you are loosing yourself 😞
See a doctor immediately. Early onset can sometimes get deterred with medication... I've read.
Load More Replies...Yes- I watched my grandpa turn into a completely different person from Alzheimers. It is a cruel disease.
What gets me is the feeling of utter doom and powerlessness.
Load More Replies...It’s a horrible disease that robs you of brain function, from higher memory to lower automatic functions. As far as I know, it doesn’t run in my family, but you never know if it might have skipped a couple generations. The older I get, whenever I forget something—-and we all have moments when we forget something that are NOT signs of Alzheimer’s—-I do worry. But then I tell myself that forgetting something I haven’t thought about for a long time isn’t a sign. Same with forgetting the word for something (though it does come to me shortly after I realize I forgot it). For instance, if I can’t remember that the name for the thing we go in and out of is door, it might be kind of a basic word to forget, but it’ll come to me eventually. The time to worry is when I not only can’t remember the word, but don’t even remember what a door is.
I know we were lucky. My grandmother when she passed suddenly was at stage of dementia as mischievous teenage girl. Sipping secretly from beer here and there, being very happy with spicy rumors and stuff. I know she wasn't herself but with all stuff she had to do as mother and grandmother I never saw her so... Happy and free from all obvious daily life problems. I know it's mostly a lot worse and I know it's very bad when person is not that person anymore. And I wish for anyone to not to have to go through that. But for me this was a bit of bright moment seeing her so spontaneously happy so late it life. We don't know how to be happy anymore...
Yes, I would rather have a happy dementia than a sad one (if I get to choose).
Load More Replies...My mother got it -- early onset -- she was only 50. Insidious disease.
God, only 50, poor woman. You must have been very young. hugs your way Connie.
Load More Replies...I lost my dad to dementia 7 years ago, I had to put him in a nursing home, as he was a danger to himself, I came home and found the bar heater on with towels over it drying. He never would have done something like this before dementia, and that was just one of many incidents, including the fact that he didn't know who I was (his only child) but kept calling my daughter who was 12, me. Luckily she was smart, and played along, he could get very angry and confused. It was so hard watching him slip away and not be able to do anything about it.
I'm glad he got the care he needed. Sad isn't is, when they don't recognise you anymore. aaaaw bless you.
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Getting asked to get up for something the moment you sat down.
Or finally settling in and getting comfortable, then remember that one last thing you needed to do before sitting down. Same goes for going to sleep and finally getting comfortable.
Every. Single. Time. My annoying little brother is always like: Can you get me a spoon? Can you get me a cup? How about you shut the frick up and get it yourself!
My mom, telling me to go to the garage to feed the cat when I'm at the top floor of the house and sitting down.
Tooth pain
Or earache, everything head related that you just can't tune out.
or when that ear/toothache spreads and becomes both an ear and toothache and you can't figure out which part is actually causing the pain
Load More Replies...i am wearing braces so i can relate to that every time the dentist tightens them up
Ha ha, I had all four wisdom teeth extracted at once. One was so impacted the dentist had to break up the surface of my jaw to get it out. Worst part: while I was anesthetized at the small-town office with plenty of time to spare, someone--my alcoholic Mom--had to go get the painkillers in the city a few miles away. The stupid drunk finally got back over an hour after the anesthesia wore off; never explained why. I figure she either got pulled over by a cop or just stopped to gossip and "lost track of the time."
I'd rather go into labor and give birth again than have tooth pain.. The only pain reliever that works for me when I do have a toothache is Tylenol. Even a percocet or vicodin don't help fs
AGREED! At least i knew that the labor pains would stop after a few hours.
Load More Replies...I once had a piece of food that got lodged up into my gums. I had to schedule an emergency dental visit to get it out, but I can’t tell you how much throbbing pain that little crumb caused
Haha the pain of having braces. My mouth hurts. Constantly.
I had so many earaches as a child—outfall from a horrific case of the measles when I was eight. My mother’s cure was a small amount of campho-phonique poured into a spoon and warmed by a lighter under the spoon for 5-10 seconds, then sopped up with a small piece of cotton ball and put in my ear, and the rest of the cotton ball over that to seal in the warmth. It was very effective. When I had a weird flare-up after I had moved 3000 miles away, I called her in tears asking what should I do since I didn’t have any campho-phonique and she told me cooking oil would do, and she was right. I’d recommend this highly should you still suffer from them!
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People that drive slowly in the fast lane and then don't switch lanes when able to
Or, even worse, when people tailgate you in the middle lane as they are too dumb to realize that the carpool lane is open for everyone and that particular time and they can just go around.
Or when there is only one line, you drive speed limit and they tailgate you… I‘m not going to risk a ticket just because someone decides the speed limit doesn’t apply to them.
Load More Replies...Depending on the car, what you see on your dashboard could not be the exact number. But really, if you can go back to your lane, please do. If everyone would drive the exact same speed, the necessary dynamic would just stall and you'd be stuck in one lane forever... People shouldn't tailgate, and people should move over when possible.
Load More Replies...I did a speed awareness course in the summer and one of the stories the instructor told us was of a woman who reported someone driving in the middle lane of a motorway. She had the dashcam footage for proof. They charged the offending driver but also charged the woman as well as she was also driving in the middle lane. Hogging the middle lane is a traffic offence in the UK now
I get so worked up. My SO thinks it's a good thing I don't drive a tank or I'd be shoving them off the road hahaha.
I want to drive a tank! But for now, I want a big rubber front bumper so I can 'gently' nudge people out of my way. Hehe
Load More Replies...On the rare occasion that I use the passing lane to pass a slower driver, when I get past, I wait until I am a safe distance in front of the car that I passed before I get back over. But the dumba**es behind me who don't care about life and limb and are going way faster than the speed limit don't wait for me to get a safe distance and start passing me on the right, leaving me trapped in the left lane. So, they think I'm too dumb to move back over, but they are the idiots who wouldn't let me (and who switched lanes too close to the car in the lane over).
I do that, too (keeping the distance after having passed) and it's more often that the driver behind me keeps getting closer. I've not yet been touched, but come on! Worst thoughts - *I*'m going to be the first responder for those dumbasses and will have to move their wrecked body out of their mangled car. So inconsiderate! (and dangerous for everyone, not to mention)
Load More Replies...Or the people who have a long line of cars behind them on a two lane road (one on each side) and don't pull off to the side.
When you rip a paper towel off and that little corner doesn’t come with and stays on the next paper towel.
I think we can all agree that we hate that.
Or when the loo roll ply separates, so the perforations don’t align.
You need to unwind the top layer once and it will line up again
Load More Replies...Or the perforation machine isn’t cutting deeply enough to allow the paper to separate at all.
well, yeah--but even so--if this is the worse thing that happened today i can still sleep easy
The almost-sneeze.
Although the funny noises and facial expressions one makes before giving up are rather entertaining.
Closing your eyes and very rapid breathing sometimes makes the sneeze come
Load More Replies...Getting old has many wonderful things about it, but this is one of the biggest downsides as far as I’m concerned.
Load More Replies...Job Interviews. The whole job hunting process in general.
So painful.........plus, the really elaborate applications/interviews for low paying jobs.
I find it funny that every low paying fast food job I ever had required a drug test. But the jobs I've had where I worked around money or confidential information of hundreds of thousands of people only required a basic background check.
Load More Replies...What do you have to offer? Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Why should we hire you? Make me all want to scream.
All questions are so stupid really!!! I'm offering my services obviously! I don't know where i see myself in 5 years! I was seeing myself traveling during 2020 but here we are!! And you should hire me because you need staff! Isn't this the purpose of the ad you put?🙄
Load More Replies...That's if the computer generated selection allows you to even have an interview
Yes!! Those horrible "personality" quizzes. I saw one result that said i " Had a tendancy to goof off". I might goof off, but I'm not a thief or a murderer or sex offender.
Load More Replies...I am a woman that works in IT, I always have the worst interview questions, me and a male friend did an interview for same job, after the interview we reviewed the questions, I had all the tricky questions and the only one who was asked for definitions, even got asked if I was a Karen !
We need to get paid for looking for a job, while looking for the job! Exhausting!
Waiting for the call back after the interview. In my case right now, waiting on 2 calls. Just call me!
Having a hair in your mouth and it being impossible to locate
That's bad. My worst however is when you get one of those popcorn kernal coverings that get stuck somewhere in your throat and you can't cough it out or find it with your fingers and whatever else is available. It's actually pretty brutal getting it out. Some people get it so bad, they actually vomit.
Not too bad unless it is in there WITH food. Peanut butter on bread, plus a hair that's still attached to your head. Aargh.
Its the worst when I try to eat I always do that when I eat lunch
A Wet toilet seat.
Or sitting on a toilet when the seat was left up and for a fraction of a second you think you’re falling to your doom.
Even if it's only where he shook water off his hands before drying them, still gakkkk
low speed internet
Or worse: slow internet that keeps randomly dropping out. This is one of the things I hate most about living in Australia.
Our internet is terrible, one of the worst in the developed world.
Load More Replies...You don't know what low speed internet is, you think "low speed" is 10mbps. Try dial-up at 28.8kbps and then tell me internet now it's slow
In the USA, there’s an embarrassing lack of broadband internet service and there are only a couple actual providers. Verizon was given a huge amount of money by the federal government for fiber optic rollouts and Verizon used it on their cellular business and abandoned fiber, claiming they did all that was contracted.
I'm old enough I can remember having dialup in my 20s. My first ISP was around 12.2. A few years later I finally managed to upgrade to a computer that would do 56K, and I still rarely got faster than 33.6. Turned out that the apartment complex I was living in at the time had been built in the mid '90s, when 33.6 was the best you could get, so the lines literally couldn't go any faster. I'm just as glad those days are behind me now.
As the speed drops over the course of the years, the price rises. Dropped from occasional 4 but mostly 2 to 1.5 then 0.8. Price rose from £19 to £30 over years. Just changed and for £22 I get about 24 and don't have to leave the computer on overnight to download a one hour show. Watched my first Poirot without buffering.
When you’re showering and the shower curtain moves and sticks to your body.
I saw a tip on bored panda but it's only for showers with metal at the bottom: you can use a magnet or two to fasten the curtain to the shower base when you are in, so no soggy cold freezing squid attack
Some come with magnets in them already
Load More Replies...Yes!! Splurging on a heavy vinyl curtain will solve this. Took me 8 adult years to figure out the thin ones cost $5 for a reason. The money you save is compensation for the pain and suffering
I have a solution for this annoying situation: You know those tablecloth hangers? I put them on the bottom of the curtain en no more stickyness!
The difference in temperature creating air currents that blow the shower curtain into you.
Going upstairs and forgetting why you went up there then suddenly remembering as soon as you've sat back down in the living room
My grandmother says "if you don't have a good head, you need good legs".
Load More Replies...There is a theory behind that they say you forget what you were doing when entering another world because your brain is trying to process where its at
When you have a tiny apartment that is not a problem! There is no upstairs unless you are going to your neighbour
but sometimes I still need to re-open the fridge door to remember, and grab some chocolate to treat myself because well... now I remember * a random useless thing * 😄
Load More Replies...Or singing "Happy Birthday to You" to someone and forgetting their name! (office party).
Ha this happens to me almost every time and i get tired after WALKING UP THE STAIRS. Yayy
I just forget the entire episode like it never happened. I must have dozed off for a minute & dreamed it.
this is actually a proven psychological thing! your brain 'resets' at doorways and pass-throughs, to prepare for whatever is coming. that's why you can go back and 'get your thought' lol
Looking at your cell phone in bed and then dropping it on your face.
Me too. And I get really embarrassed that I just did that. Even though no one saw me do that but my dog!
then getting mad and throwing it to only realize you can't find it now
Two words; SLING GRIP. Thank me later. Also ideal for bigger phones and smaller hands, because you don't have to grip your phone.
I got a triangular cushion that holds the phone at a choice of 3 different angles and can sit on my stomach
When your device is connected to the wifi but when you open a website and it says that you have no internet connection.
Or it takes two forevers to load, but then it just kind of freezes. BUT, when you X out and click on it again, it loads up perfectly in record time.
Why do they keep adding all these new "features" like voice activation, or visual clarity beyond what the average human eye can see, but you can't regularly just turn on your TV and immediately be able to watch something? Same with all tech really. They need to improve it to consistently do the primary thing it is supposed to do before adding the frills. Granted, in the dark ages, you had to fiddle with your antenna to get one of your 3 channels to come in, but I also remember in between, when cable came along, it was kind of seamless. The price we pay for getting to watch anything, any time.
even better: "wrong password, try again, wrong again, change your pw, sorry, you cant use a previous pw".....OMG it's the same one!!
Turning without using your signal lights
Or they slow down, like they're going to turn, but don't, then, in the middle of the turn, they turn on the blinker. And just because someone may actually use the turn signal, does not give them the right to lane change, etc. It's only an indication of what they want/plan to do, it does not give the right away! Yield first and check for clearance! Sorry, this really peeves me!
Load More Replies...Or forgetting to turn them off after you turned or if you decided not to turn!
You should drive in Malta - it would give you a whole new view on these things.. traffic rules and laws, are just recommendations... If even that...
When you think the hot drink has cooled enough to drink, but then you find out you were wrong, so wrong.
my tounge hurts thinking about this...
Load More Replies...I have taken to leaving a space in my mug, so once my tea is properly brewed, I can add some cold water, so I don't have to wait 20 minutes before drinking it
Cold spots in food after heating it up for four minutes.
Solution: reduce heating power of microwave by 30%, double the time. Microwaves heat only about 2cm inside food, rest is a heat transfer inside, and that takes time. Most people set those on max power on all situations and think that this will solve problem. It won't.
mine is the dilemma i feel about walking all the way back to the microwave or just dealing with what i've created.
Microwave for a minute. Take out and stir, and then Microwave for another minute
Yes! One section of the food is hot enough to burn your mouth while the rest is ice cold. We’ve all warmed up filled pastries in the microwave. The crust is warm but not hot, so we bite into it, only to have the filling burn the top ten layers off our tongues—-because the microwave has turned it into molten lava!
Yes, almost all of these are. Because third world problems are more than just annoying.
Load More Replies...and cold spots on a (previously wet) facecloth even after running it under hot water for a minute
So if you're microwaving something, try to get everything pushed to the sides enough that there's a hole in the middle. It'll cook the food more evenly. Also stir/flip the food at certain intervals
When you turn your neck a weird way and it starts hurting
If you feel a sneeze coming on, do everything in your power to make sure your head is not turned. That hurts like Hades.
Yep, I was unable to turn my head for a few days last week, after sleeping "wrong" according to my whiny neck. Needed neck rub, heat pack and antiflamme gel. I took my twenties for granted!
I can do something similar with my right leg that causes intense cramp. It's not really a party trick, because it hurts like f ucking h ell.
My ex and I were being goofy and I went to poke his ribs. He twisted super quickly and pulled something. He was out of commission for a bit. I was afraid I'd have to send him to the glue factory for all his whining.
Thanks for the laugh, although I’m sure my neighbor didn’t appreciate it!
Load More Replies...When it starts hurting for no reason!!! Or because you turned 30 and everything must hurt
Whaaa! At 30 you're still climbing the mountain of your life! At 30 I felt young, cleaver and healthy! What should I say? Wait for your 50...
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Mini stones that get inside your shoes
How a grain of sand can feel like a boulder....or a Lego piece.
They feel like boulders. Then you shake it out, only to find a little incy-wincy stone.
And when you try to get it out, it turns out it's underneath the thing at the bottom.
And you're too lazy to take off your shoe, so you flick it to the front and its good for a while, but then it comes back and you just repeat the process until hours later you finally give in and take your shoe off to shake it out.
People around are always wondering how I do it, I always have debris in my shoe almost immediately after stepping out6
Wearing wet socks.
I legitimately hate my entire existence if I get caught in the rain and get my shoes and socks wet.
Stepping in a puddle, thinking your shoes are waterproof just to realise there are holes in the sole.
Here's a horror story with a happy ending on this regard from me. It was back in 2017, summer, my first year of employment. Finally I could afford better quality shoes, so I had bought myself some nice meshy sportswear for the summer. Fast forward not too many days later, that evening, as I was going home from work in my new sports shoes, it was heavy raining (we're talking Korean summer monsoon rain, when the whole city becomes a free waterpark), and, doing my best not to step into puddles, I... I basically stepped into a whole swimming pool (metaphorical one, not a real one). I was upset, mentally prepared, already planing to give them to a cleaning centre, expecting them to stink like hell the day after, but... BUT! To my surprise, not only they were completely dry the next morning, they even had no smell at all, and I mean AT ALL! Yep! Totally stayed with that brand until now and still going. It's a French brand, btw.
Load More Replies...My mom used to say, "If your feet get wet on a rainy day, you might as well jump in every puddle you find, because you're not going to get any wetter!"
I can't deal with wet feet. As soon as I'm out the shower I dry my feet first. Wet socks and shoes make me visible and irrationally angry!
The times I have been drenched in a sudden downpour and could get no wetter are the times I have played in the puddles like a little kid. Stopped me thinking about the cold and damp
When we travel I always pack "too many" socks and shoes. Until it's hot and humid while walking all day or rainy and snowy, walking around all day! Then my husband is so happy!
When the water slowly seeps into your sock and your legs are wet from stepping in
Pray you never get nerve damage in your feet. Feels like I'm always walking in soggy socks.
Has anyone ever told you that you look a little bit like Salman Rushdie?
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When someone asks you to do something you are already doing.
Mmm no, because i can tell them with the most condescending grin: I'm already doing it, thank you very much. What i hate is when someone asks you to do something and you were just ABOUT to do it, so now it looks like you're doing it because you've been told so.
My mum has the uncanny and really annoying habit of asking us for the birthday present that we're already secretly planning on getting her. No matter how many times we asker her not to ask for specific presents...still happens. Maybe she just doesn't trust us :D
No way. I'd claim it taking a lot effort and several weeks to finish, then I can browse Bored Panda while I'm supposed to work on it.
When someone sees you AND asks you to do something else WHEN you are actualky doing something ... just why?
When you teach someone to do something you have been doing for `5 years, then that same person tells you how to do your job.
Or they can clearly see what you're doing, yet they ask, "what are you doing?" - I was one washing some dishes, husband came in, stood by me, saw me washing. He then asked, very seriously, what was I doing. I just looked at him. He asked again. I called him a name and told him to go away before I said worse stuff. Lol
Like, I was happily do it already, but now I'm pissed and want to stop out of spite
Ticks. Blood sucking little bastards, the food chain doesn't need you
a tick gave me a Lyme disease infection IN MY BRAIN. My health has been beyond f****d up since.
Oh honey, I’m so sorry! What an absolute nightmare...
Load More Replies...Opossums can eat 5,000 ticks a season I've read! Hate ticks, love possums!
Load More Replies...One of the few animals that shouldn't exist in this planet. Does nothing good what so ever!
Apparently they do one thing good by feeding the opossums. Ticks are terrible where I live and I hate them so much!
Load More Replies...at least you have a fighting chance against a tick, you feel it BEFORE it bites you. not so with mosquitos!!
Traffic
Took me an hour to get to work, partly down to the fact it is pissing down but also everyone is up trying to buy petrol they don't need
I want the US to invest in more public transportation, especially in rural areas. I hate having to spend an hour driving to work, just because I can’t afford to live closer to town. I would so much rather be able to sit back and let someone ELSE do the driving!
The idiots who hear the possibility of shortages, and panic buy petrol, causing queues, traffic jams, and petrol shortages.
I did hear that a booze and ciggie shortage is on the cards in England too. Teehee, you heard it first here on BP.
Load More Replies...My life was so much easier when everyone worked from home, the traffic(lack thereof) was amazing - can the non-essentials please stay home...we've established that most people are capable of working at home.
Waiting in the line of traffic to turn, You get the green arrow and it lets 3 cars through. you are number 4.
Flies in the house. Makes everyone slap-happy.
We have a cat who LOVES to track, chase, and catch flies that get in the house. She really excels at it too. Only thing is, once she catches them, she, um, eats them.
Mine like to chase them and try to demolish my house in the process but just leave them (and their wreckage) where it lands.
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Accidentally breathing water through your nose
Or drinking something and somehow taking a breath at the same time, so what you’re drinking goes down the wrong pipe. It’s what I imagine drowning is like—-and, remembering that, don’t ever let anyone try to tell you that drowning is a peaceful way to die. That s**t f*****g HURTS!!!!
Try laughing soda out of your nose. Burns more than you could imagine
I feel you! Once I choked and the sparkling water mixed with apple vinegar found its way out through my nose again. 0/10 - would not recommend!!
Load More Replies...People coming into your room and then leaving the door open
Even more so when you are sitting on the toilet crimping one out
Load More Replies...My family would knock, because I threw things (juggling bean bags) at those that didn't. Used to stick a wedge shaped door stop under the door so my brothers couldn't surprise me. They would only leave the door open when they wanted to annoy me.
Stubbing your toe/banging your shin
Or what I call one of those 'Comedy or Error' moments. Like you drop something and when you bend over to pick it up and something falls out of your pocket and starts to roll away. You finally track that down and bang your head on the way back up knocking something over... It's as if God is pointing a finger at you and saying, "Hold my beer and watch this."
And then you become a Rube Goldberg contraption...
Load More Replies...Yep, I've had to put bumpers around the feet of my metal-frame bed to avoid fracturing my toe (AGAIN) and around the corners of my stand-alone cabinet so I don't rip a gash in my arm (AGAIN). Apparently when you reach a certain age your bones turn into breadsticks and your skin turns into tissue paper.
I always have a habit that if I stub my toe once, I will at least stub it 2-3 more times that day.
Catching a finger on the edge of a door, making me jerk my shoulder in a way it's not happy to move
Cockroaches
And they don't even die! You can spray a whole bottle and they just hibernate and have the ability to resurrect!!! So you have to step on them and hear this disgusting scratch..... ewww
When I was 10 I had the best cockroach collection - my teacher was well impressed when I took some of it into school to show her.
Sinus infections
Yes, right! I have a chronic sinusitis since I was a kid and I know what it means...
Me too. Can you smell anything ? I can't.
Load More Replies...My God i cannot even imagine how that feels! I get runny nose for two weeks and I keep whining all the time
Load More Replies...Those are their own special kind of hell. Friend finally got one. Stopped rolling their eyes at me complaining about the pain.
Had to stop talking whenever my friend took a drink mid conversation. I made so much cola come out of her nose that she had constant sinus infections. Merely saying "Pardon" in reply was enough. Listened carefully on phone calls too. She once asked why I hadn't replied, I said "You were drinking and I didn't want to cause more nasal irrigation"
All the time! What's worse: sinusitis and sleep apnea. I wake up with a headache so bad I wish I hadn't gone to sleep.
Diarrhea.
I'm very sorry. My mom has the same issue. God bless you.
Load More Replies...When your running to the dunny and your feeling something runny. diarrhoea, diarrhoea.
If you're sliding into first and you feel a little burst, diarrhea, diarrhea :)
Load More Replies...She looks more like she's having period cramps to me. (I'm also a woman)
Well the uterus and intestines are quite close so both pains are often in the same area
Load More Replies...I get diarrhea and cramps when I'm on (or close to my period). And it's hard to distinguish the two. And it hurts SO MUCH that I can't even walk.
Load More Replies...when you're halfway up a ladder and you hear something splatter......
Or the opposite: violent constipation that lasts for a very long time.
Dried prunes are best, but dried apricots can also get things going again.
Load More Replies...Worse than that is what I refer to as endless wiping. No matter how much you try, there's a little brown on the paper.
Due to some serious gyno issues I was born with, once I hit puberty, every month I'd not only get menstrual cramps, but also abdominal cramps and diarrhea. Just before I turned 32, I finally found a female gyno willing to give me a total hysterectomy (uterus, both ovaries, cervix). I still have chronic diarrhea, but at least I no longer have to deal with my period.
I get to play the constipation/diarrhea game. Take pain killers and try to guess the right amount of laxative to negate the side effects
Getting hit on the ankle with a shopping cart
Or hitting your elbow crazy/funny bone. I was mopping a floor in this resaurant kitchen and was in a hurry because I was going out that night. On one of my back strokes, my elbow struck some kind of metal mixing machine. The weird part was when I grabbed my elbow I let out a long whimper: AAAAHHHH!!!! and when I looked at the machine, it had big all caps letters that read: AAHHH. Abreviations for the company's name. LOL!
I’m sorry to laugh at your pain, but it couldn’t be helped...
Load More Replies...I once had to get stitches in between two of my toes because of a shopping cart
How about shopping carts that have a horizontal bar between the back wheels so you hit your shins just pushing? Fücken Früit World!
and feeling like you have to apologise for your "Temporarily Insane" reaction
Monday mornings
Said me this morning to my friend walking into school (it’s a Monday)
Strangely enough, Monday was always my best day at work. It weirdly seemed shorter. Every day after Monday got slower than the previous.
When working with nasty people, I would be deliberately and maliciously cheerful on Monday mornings
The spot you get on your face that turns up just in time for your big night out, and its one of those that doesn't get a head on, it just sits there looking red and angry.
"we've been trying to reach you regarding your cars extended warranty."
It's absolutely amazing how many people have been terribly concerned about me renewing a car/house warranty that I've never had in the first place.
😅😅😅that's ridiculous! I also get calls for my birth country about new discounts on the electricity that I'm already using as they told me!!! I'm not using any electricity in this country anymore nor i live in the country!!! Stop calling me
Load More Replies...Was riding in my elevator when the emergency call speaker started ringing. I thought oh no I accidentally pushed the button. After a few rings there's a click and when I say hello, it's returned with "we've been trying to reach you regarding your cars extended warranty." Like really in my elevator?
I got one good, I waited for the guy to give me his speech went on for a while about 15 minutes then I sprang my trap, how does this cover my horse and buggy
I've recently received a call from a new therapist my son was going to start seeing. First thing she says when I answered the phone was "I am not going to ask about your car warranty". Apparently the poor lady gets hung up on a lot.
I've gotten a text message from a car dealership asking permission to contact me about repairing a manufacturer's defect. Twice.
Hair in food
Depends. If at a restaurant or already in groceries, pretty gross. If at home in a meal you prepared, and you know it's yours, oh, well.
Load More Replies...The sound of an alarm clock, even during the day hearing it gives me the same "5 more minutes" vibes
I hate it more when my partner repeatedly hits snooze and is able to sleep between alarms, whereas I’m wide awake from the first alarm and didn’t need to get up.
I'm like your partner and people like you are my heroes and I'm jealous.
Load More Replies...Sometimes you hear your own alarm tone on a movie or tv show (well I do lol 😅 I use an old clock radio coz it works so reliably well). The characters are faffing around not turning it off and inside I'm in agony, hearing the dreadful noise of my morning torture-by-getting-up regime!
Low battery on your phone
When you don't realize your unplugged device is low and the last thing you see is "Low battery: 5% remaining."
All spam calls and traffic tickets
There has been a warrant for my arrest because my tax file number was used fraudulently. They kindly told me this in an automated voice message. They even did it with an Australian accent to make it sound genuine.
Load More Replies...I own up and take responsibility for every speeding ticket I ever received. They were my own doing.
Traffic tickets? Stop driving like an idiot! Spam calls? CHANNEL YOUR INNER IDIOT!
When you reply to your mom from upstairs and she proceeds to shout your name again and again
Mom wants you to come downstairs, so she could tell you to bring her something from upstairs.
She needs to have a conversation with you. It's about stuff she needs to do as part of caring for the house and family, not for her own personal fun. Don't be so lazy and go down stairs.
When your fingernail gets bent back. Nothing makes me grit my teeth harder.
(clutches thumb and winces tearfully just thinking about it)
Load More Replies...When you ask what ? And the person only repeats the last 2 words. So you really thing that I heard the all sentence except the last 2 words ?
My brother does this and it takes most of my energy some days not to wring his stupid head from his shoulders >.<
Load More Replies...Buying scissors or a knife but you need scissors or a knife to cut the packaging.
When my roommate keeps shoving trash in the already full bag three feet above the f*cking can and pushing it to the bottom and forcing me to go elbow deep in nasty, wet garbage just to retrieve the bag so I can tie it up and take it outside only to trip on a pile of garbage on my way out the back door. Or somehow even worse, they actually take the bag out of the can, tie it up and leave it right in the middle of the kitchen floor. I hate my life..
Having to look posh and wear nylons. While trying to wriggle in those bloody things your finger nail rips the darn thing.
When you have to take a shower but you are procrastinating it for one hour or more and suddenly someone else goes take a shower and you're like "i was just about to go!" You can't be mad at them, you could have gone earlier but you didn't cause you're lazy but in your mind you feel like you've been denied a basic right or something.
Printers that won't print out your black and white document because the magenta cartridge is empty.
When your fingernail gets bent back. Nothing makes me grit my teeth harder.
(clutches thumb and winces tearfully just thinking about it)
Load More Replies...When you ask what ? And the person only repeats the last 2 words. So you really thing that I heard the all sentence except the last 2 words ?
My brother does this and it takes most of my energy some days not to wring his stupid head from his shoulders >.<
Load More Replies...Buying scissors or a knife but you need scissors or a knife to cut the packaging.
When my roommate keeps shoving trash in the already full bag three feet above the f*cking can and pushing it to the bottom and forcing me to go elbow deep in nasty, wet garbage just to retrieve the bag so I can tie it up and take it outside only to trip on a pile of garbage on my way out the back door. Or somehow even worse, they actually take the bag out of the can, tie it up and leave it right in the middle of the kitchen floor. I hate my life..
Having to look posh and wear nylons. While trying to wriggle in those bloody things your finger nail rips the darn thing.
When you have to take a shower but you are procrastinating it for one hour or more and suddenly someone else goes take a shower and you're like "i was just about to go!" You can't be mad at them, you could have gone earlier but you didn't cause you're lazy but in your mind you feel like you've been denied a basic right or something.
Printers that won't print out your black and white document because the magenta cartridge is empty.
