# Habits you have that are annoying to others **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 13, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habits-you-have-that-are-annoying-to-others/467723 "2008-10-13T15:48:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a4c791/32.png) [@Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frustrated_Wonderer)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habits-you-have-that-are-annoying-to-others/467723/1 "2008-10-13T15:48:43Z")
We all have habits. Wether it be waking up at a certain time, brushing your teeth in a certain way, sleeping in a certain position, smoking cigarettes, etc. Sometimes we have habits that are really annoying to other people, but we can´t help but continue doing them. I’ll start: Everytime I get in a car, if I’m not driving, I´ll put on my headphones and listen to music for hours straight. Everytime people try to talk to me, they’ll have to talk loud in order for me to remove my headphones, to then liten to what they have to say. Sometimes, I will go on “auto-pilot” and say “yes” or “interesting” to everything they ask me. This usually manages to piss off everybody I know, my friends, my family (especially my dad). I will evenually get yelled at, and I will then be forced to turn off my ipod. One day, it will be tossed out a window. I know it. So, what annoying habit(s) do you have? ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habits-you-have-that-are-annoying-to-others/467723/2 "2008-10-13T17:47:22Z")
Every time I drink liquid, after swallowing I make a small ‘ahh’ sound, like I’m being refreshed. It used to drive my room-mate bonkers. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habits-you-have-that-are-annoying-to-others/467723/3 "2008-10-13T20:00:57Z")
I am always right. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habits-you-have-that-are-annoying-to-others/467723/4 "2008-10-13T20:34:57Z")
I pop my knuckles, which drives my husband nuts–or at least it did until he started popping his. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habits-you-have-that-are-annoying-to-others/467723/5 "2008-10-13T20:45:25Z")
I didn’t realize it, but evidently I scrape my teeth on my fork. Now I am incredibly self-conscious about it. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habits-you-have-that-are-annoying-to-others/467723/6 "2008-10-13T20:59:17Z")
Chewing ice. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habits-you-have-that-are-annoying-to-others/467723/7 "2008-10-13T21:03:38Z")
> [@UncleRojelio](#): > > Chewing ice. Oh, god, stop that. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habits-you-have-that-are-annoying-to-others/467723/8 "2008-10-13T21:45:11Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > Every time I drink liquid, after swallowing I make a small ‘ahh’ sound, like I’m being refreshed. It used to drive my room-mate bonkers. > [@TroubleAgain](#): > > I pop my knuckles, which drives my husband nuts–or at least it did until he started popping his. :smack: > [@UncleRojelio](#): > > Chewing ice. I will have to kill you all. Especially you **Auto**. My dad did that and it was all I could do not to toss him out a window. As for me, well, I pop my neck and my knuckles. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habits-you-have-that-are-annoying-to-others/467723/9 "2008-10-13T21:55:10Z")
I look for exceptions to any statement that doesn’t mention them. It annoys people because they perceive it as argument, when often, it’s no more than simple exploration of scope - but I can’t help doing it. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habits-you-have-that-are-annoying-to-others/467723/10 "2008-10-13T22:01:06Z")
I tend to repeat myself, especially when I’m nervous. I’m aware of it, and I try to stop, but I do tend to repeat myself. ---
**Author:** ![Lugubrious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a698b9/32.png) [@Lugubrious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lugubrious)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habits-you-have-that-are-annoying-to-others/467723/11 "2008-10-13T22:43:00Z")
I twirl my hair. Twisting it in to a little loop and playing with its silkiness calms me, somehow. Don’t ask. I’ll inevitably switch a song halfway through. I don’t know why. I think I just get bored of it before its done playing, or I think of something else that I’d rather be listening to. There’s only so many hours in my life that I can be listening to things, and I’d rather not waste them. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BrknButterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/439d5e/32.png) [@BrknButterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrknButterfly)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2008, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habits-you-have-that-are-annoying-to-others/467723/12 "2008-10-13T22:58:21Z")
Touching or “picking” at my face. I don’t even notice it, but when I get anxious or nervous about something someone will snap at me to stop. And I am not sure if it is so much annoying to others, but when I am standing in a group of people and we are all talking… I will start rocking back and forth. It has become this thing that when I do it, my boss and other co-workers will rock and back forth with me… it’s only then I realize I’m doing it. ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habits-you-have-that-are-annoying-to-others/467723/13 "2008-10-14T01:07:35Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Oh, god, stop that. I would if I could. It’s like a crack addiction. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habits-you-have-that-are-annoying-to-others/467723/14 "2008-10-14T01:18:04Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > I will have to kill you all. Especially you **Auto**. It’s usually not loud enough to be audible. Don’t hurt me :eek: ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habits-you-have-that-are-annoying-to-others/467723/15 "2008-10-14T01:27:24Z")
I bite the inside of my cheeks. I never realize that I’m doing it, and it doesn’t make any noise, but I apparently make a weird face when I’m doing it. It drives my husband (and my dentist) crazy. ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habits-you-have-that-are-annoying-to-others/467723/16 "2008-10-14T01:50:27Z")
Cracking my neck. It makes everyone else in the room cringe, especially when I get the _really_ loud cracks. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habits-you-have-that-are-annoying-to-others/467723/17 "2008-10-14T02:06:44Z")
There’s a library patron who somehow with his mouthparts makes this duck quacking noise when he’s concentrating on something. Or when he’s not concentraing on something. Or just whenever. It’s the weirdest most obnoxious thing ever, especially because you want to sit there and experiment with your cheeks and tongue and moving air around and stuff to see if you can make the noise, but he’s sitting _right there_ and that wouldn’t be polite, would it? ---
**Author:** ![chromaticity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@chromaticity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chromaticity)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habits-you-have-that-are-annoying-to-others/467723/18 "2008-10-14T14:49:46Z")
> [@lizardling](#): > > Cracking my neck. It makes everyone else in the room cringe, especially when I get the _really_ loud cracks. Me too! I also crack my foot, twirl my hair and add wierd f sounds [fafer instead of paper] all the time. no wonder no one likes me i guess.. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habits-you-have-that-are-annoying-to-others/467723/19 "2008-10-14T15:20:38Z")
I talk too much. I find long silences uncomfortable and feel obligated to fill them with babble. How annoying this is was pointed out (not with words, but with annoyed expressions) by a taciturn friend of mine. IMO, I’ve gotten better in the last couple years. I consciously remind myself that just because no one is talking, it doesn’t mean we should be. ---
**Author:** ![Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a4c791/32.png) [@Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frustrated_Wonderer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habits-you-have-that-are-annoying-to-others/467723/20 "2008-10-14T15:31:07Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > I talk too much. I find long silences uncomfortable and feel obligated to fill them with babble. > > How annoying this is was pointed out (not with words, but with annoyed expressions) by a taciturn friend of mine. > > IMO, I’ve gotten better in the last couple years. I consciously remind myself that just because no one is talking, it doesn’t mean we should be. I sympathize with this. I too, used to feel uncomfortable about silences. That is, until I saw _Pulp Fiction_. I love (and understand) the line when Uma Thurman says: (I´m paraphrasing) “Why is it that we humans feel the need to bable about crap when there is nothing to be said, why can´t we all just share the silence? That´s when you know when you´ve found someone special, when you can just both be quite and feel comfortable with each others company” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/habits-you-have-that-are-annoying-to-others/467723.md?page=2)