# I feel the need again - Return of tiny things that irritate you all out of proportion **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 17, 2012, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940 "2012-09-17T04:03:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940/221 "2012-10-02T17:10:59Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > People who scream via enlarged and bolded text, especially if it makes no sense. > [@Ambivalid](#): > > _ **Dropping shit!!** _ Makes no sense?! Seriously? I am saying, by enlarging and bolding my words, that I get extremely irritated (perhaps overly so) when I drop something I am holding. I didn’t realize I needed to spell it out like this. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940/222 "2012-10-02T18:07:03Z")
> [@Ferret\_Herder](#): > > I love the term “Vaguebooking” to describe behavior like this. Just perfect. And yes, apparently it’s considered bad form to to anything other than sympathize or get all concerned and press for more details. I completely ignore posts like this. Me too - my biggest pet peeve (next to littering) is Vaguebooking. I have some serial offenders in my “friends” list - thank goodness they’re not close friends in real life! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940/223 "2012-10-02T18:26:54Z")
> [@grude](#): > > He will put his car in park in middle of a street and leave it idling with passengers inside while he runs into a business, leaving dozens of people piled up behind his car honking their horns and screaming abuse. He does this on busy narrow two lane roads(each lane going opposite ways) where just passing him by in the opposite lane is impossible due to constant traffic. Hanging is too good for him. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940/224 "2012-10-02T19:10:47Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > In addition to bludgeoning people who drive 10 k under the limit, how about a swift kick to the nuts for people who tailgate me when I’m already driving 10 k over? Especially when you’re already in the slow lane. I must admit that I do fuck with these people: I slowly slow down until they move over to pass me, then immediately accelerate back to the speed I was going. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940/225 "2012-10-02T19:20:10Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > …In addition to bludgeoning people who drive 10 k under the limit, how about a swift kick to the nuts for people who tailgate me when I’m already driving 10 k over? Hmmm… you want to bludgeon people for tiny irritants. Remind me not to piss you off. My major irritant are people driving slow, until you try to pass them. And then they speed up again. And then if you get back behind them, they slow down again. I know it’s not me, I’ve been on cruise control the whole time. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940/226 "2012-10-02T19:32:40Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > My major irritant are people driving slow, until you try to pass them. And then they speed up again. And then if you get back behind them, they slow down again. > > I know it’s not me, I’ve been on cruise control the whole time. That can be bad, but what’s even worse are those that pull up to pass you and then speed-match you as soon as they have almost passed you, thus ensuring that when you run into the next batch of cars moving slower than you are, you’ll need to slow down or speed up in order to pass the batch in the left lane. Of course, you can’t do this acceleration/deceleration slowly because then they’ll speed match you so that they’re still blocking you in. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940/227 "2012-10-02T19:36:52Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > That can be bad, but what’s even worse are those that pull up to pass you and then speed-match you as soon as they have almost passed you, thus ensuring that when you run into the next batch of cars moving slower than you are, you’ll need to slow down or speed up in order to pass the batch in the left lane. Of course, you can’t do this acceleration/deceleration slowly because then they’ll speed match you so that they’re still blocking you in. I’ve been driving a lot of years, and I can’t recall if this ever happened to me. However, lots of people have passed me, pulled in front of me, then slowed down to slower than me – also slower than I was going when they passed me. ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940/228 "2012-10-02T20:22:18Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > **Hmmm… you want to bludgeon people for tiny irritants. Remind me not to piss you off.** > . Did you _not_ read the thread title? LOL 😛 One just happened to me that I tend to experience all too often. So I am at the store, I get several bags full of groceries and other sundries, check out, get home, unload everything, either throw the bags in the recycling or the reused bags container, and something is missing! I know exactly what it is I think I could have sworn I paid for it, but it isn’t in any of the bags I just emptied and I can’t find the receipt, which is probably in the bag I can’t find with the stuff I can’t find or I threw it away in the recycling or trash ☹ I can’t go back to the store because I am sure the things have been put back by now and I can’t prove anything because I can’t find my freaking receipt. There is $30.00 worth of stuff I don’t have that I paid for :mad: ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940/229 "2012-10-02T20:23:51Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > That can be bad, but what’s even worse are those that pull up to pass you and then speed-match you as soon as they have almost passed you, thus ensuring that when you run into the next batch of cars moving slower than you are, you’ll need to slow down or speed up in order to pass the batch in the left lane. Of course, you can’t do this acceleration/deceleration slowly because then they’ll speed match you so that they’re still blocking you in. When that happens to my husband words come out of his mouth I didn’t know he was capable of saying and he turns an odd shade of red. It scares me a little :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940/230 "2012-10-02T20:42:04Z")
People who won’t leave messages. I’ve been getting random calls. Since it’s during work I send it straight to voice mail and assumed, when I saw no voice mail, that it was a wrong number. Nope, turns out it was probably one of my online friends. Really dude? If you had left a message, I would have called you back. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940/231 "2012-10-02T20:43:33Z")
> [@April\_R](#): > > Did you _not_ read the thread title? LOL 😛 > > One just happened to me that I tend to experience all too often. So I am at the store, I get several bags full of groceries and other sundries, check out, get home, unload everything, either throw the bags in the recycling or the reused bags container, and something is missing! I know exactly what it is I think I could have sworn I paid for it, but it isn’t in any of the bags I just emptied and I can’t find the receipt, which is probably in the bag I can’t find with the stuff I can’t find or I threw it away in the recycling or trash ☹ I can’t go back to the store because I am sure the things have been put back by now and I can’t prove anything because I can’t find my freaking receipt. There is $30.00 worth of stuff I don’t have that I paid for :mad: I started checking my receipt at the store because of this, I’ve caught double ring ups so many times. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940/232 "2012-10-03T03:04:42Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Hmmm… you want to bludgeon people for tiny irritants. Remind me not to piss you off.\ Don’t forget kicking them in the nuts, too. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tellyworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@tellyworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tellyworth)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940/233 "2012-10-03T03:49:09Z")
Online discussions about pronunciation or accents where nobody knows IPA so they try to spell things out. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940/234 "2012-10-03T06:31:40Z")
> [@Silver\_Tyger](#): > > People who won’t leave messages. I’ve been getting random calls. Since it’s during work I send it straight to voice mail and assumed, when I saw no voice mail, that it was a wrong number. Nope, turns out it was probably one of my online friends. Really dude? If you had left a message, I would have called you back. Totally agree. Just a small message: “This is x regarding y” and I’ll ring back. I hate having to call a number and basically say “Hello Unknown Person, you rang my number, why?”, even though I do it sometimes as I do a lot of free-lance work and have to chase it. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940/235 "2012-10-04T15:44:31Z")
When someone writes “breath” when they mean it as the verb “breathe.” I see it _all the time_ and it annoys the hell out of me. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940/236 "2012-10-04T15:52:18Z")
When someone write “breath” when they mean it as “breadth”. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940/237 "2012-10-04T17:24:10Z")
When someone says, “Heighth.” And I think not pissing me off is a very good policy, and you should all follow it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940/238 "2012-10-06T21:21:12Z")
People who refer to the Kennedys as America’s royal family. America doesn’t have royalty. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940/239 "2012-10-06T21:31:34Z")
_Prison Wives_ WTF? You meet a guy in prison, you know ahead of time he is in there for life, but you marry him anyway and then bitch because the justice system is so unfair and he shouldn’t be in there. To paraphrase the turtle to the scorpion ‘you knew what he was when you met him’. To the women who do it and they say he is so kind, he is so attentive, he listens to me. What the hell else does he have to do? He’s in prison. Jezus Christ I had a girl tell me one day how much nicer her bf was since he went to jail. He wrote her letters everyday, called her, told her her loves her, he misses her, blah blah blah. Before he went to jail he was cheating on her, using drugs, never had time for her. Now he’s so different and he wants her to wait for him to get out and they will live happily ever after. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940/240 "2012-10-07T01:45:27Z")
Stop inching forward at a stop light/sign when you can’t go left. I am trying to turn right and I can’t see around your monster vehicle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-the-need-again-return-of-tiny-things-that-irritate-you-all-out-of-proportion/634940.md?page=13)