# It's the little things that bug us most **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2016, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057 "2016-03-15T12:53:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/41 "2016-03-17T19:22:53Z")
> [@WildBlueYonder](#): > > Another thing that bothers me about clothing is that the bigger the waist the bigger the legs get. I do not have fat legs rather a wide middle! And viceversa: the one with the Santa belly is my mother, I’ve got a fat ass and thickening thighs. Opposite ends of the problem, as it were. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/42 "2016-03-17T19:48:33Z")
Autocorrect. Nerd I saw mere? ---
**Author:** ![spamforbrains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@spamforbrains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spamforbrains)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/43 "2016-03-17T20:38:09Z")
Clam-shell packaging. Whoever invented that stuff was downright evil. ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/44 "2016-03-17T21:13:40Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > THIS!!! Especially “it’s” as a possessive. No pronoun possessives get an apostrophe. My, your, his, her, its, our, their . . . no apostrophes. Oh wow, another good solid rule for remembering this one. In fact, it’s the best one I’ve seen, and it had never occurred to me. I tell people: “_ **It’s** _ clear that every monster must have\*\*\* its \*\*\*own ice cream cone.” ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2016, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/45 "2016-03-17T22:03:17Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > Oh wow, another good solid rule for remembering this one. In fact, it’s the best one I’ve seen, and it had never occurred to me. > > I tell people: “_ **It’s** _ clear that every monster must have\*\*\* its \*\*\*own ice cream cone.” What has it got in it’s nasty little pocketses? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/46 "2016-03-18T01:18:45Z")
Today I discovered that, if I want a new video card, I have to make sure the power supply in my PC is powerful enough to handle a current generation GPU. This information is only available in one place - it’s written on the PSU itself. I can’t just check my Device Manager, or run a handy app, I in fact have to crawl on the floor, open up the PC, and shine a light into the dusty dark recesses to find out. In so many ways technology is amazingly advanced, and in so many other ways it’s trapped in the primordial soup. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/47 "2016-03-18T03:27:11Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Today I discovered that, if I want a new video card, I have to make sure the power supply in my PC is powerful enough to handle a current generation GPU. This information is only available in one place - it’s written on the PSU itself. I can’t just check my Device Manager, or run a handy app, I in fact have to crawl on the floor, open up the PC, and shine a light into the dusty dark recesses to find out. > > In so many ways technology is amazingly advanced, and in so many other ways it’s trapped in the primordial soup. I have found this to be the case with appliances. In the past year I have had to deal with a dryer, dishwasher, stove, and most recently a washer. I can’t easily Google them up because the model number is some long hairy mess of letters and numbers, but each one is its own special snowflake, so looking for a Maytag washing machine just doesn’t cut it. When I was looking up the stove I found a set of metal tags riveted behind the top back corner–rotating them upwards and in view showed all of the important information – props to LG for that one. You also bring to mind the shortsightedness of connector design: They were pretty bad in the past (PS-2 mouse anyone?) but you would have thought that in the mid 90s the USB people would have been smart enough to choose a connector that didn’t have a specific orientation, like the new Apple charger cable. Come on, folks, do we really need to get a pocket mirror and flashlight to plug in a USB cable? ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/48 "2016-03-18T03:30:50Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > Autocorrect. Nerd I saw mere? Just try it out if you are in a bilingual situation. It always is the case that when I need to type English, the suggestions and autocorrect are Portuguese. And vice versa. Extra bonus: when I send a text to my wife in Portuguese on my phone, the next time I use Siri on my Apple Watch to send a text to her, the spoken language is interpreted as Portuguese. That’s well and good as long as it doesn’t bleed over to non-wife contacts, but sometimes I find Siri trying to pound spoken English into Portuguese when I am texting a friend at work. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/49 "2016-03-18T04:17:51Z")
The fucking brown paper towels at work that seem specifically designed to not actually absorb fluids. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/50 "2016-03-18T04:20:07Z")
Thee shouldest not attempteth “Biblical” language unless thou understandeth how the subject-verb agreement workest. ---
**Author:** ![Always\_thinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Always\_thinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Always_thinking)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/51 "2016-03-18T04:54:39Z")
Little things: 1. Huge toilet paper dispensers where you have to reach your hand up to get the toilet paper that often rips because it is so thin. Becomes a rescue mission finding the opening on the roll. 2. I am no grammar expert but simple mistakes like ‘I was real tired’- instead of the correct- ‘really tired.’ Or ‘Joe, the guy that lived next door’ - instead of the correct ‘Joe, the guy who lived next door.’ 3. People who make jokes about my unusual last name and think they are coming up with these genuis phrases that I have never heard before. 4. Thanks for this thread- good to get the little shit annoying stuff out. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/52 "2016-03-18T13:52:59Z")
> [@spamforbrains](#): > > Clam-shell packaging. Whoever invented that stuff was downright evil. This used to be one of mine as well, until my new [Gerber Dime](http://www.basspro.com/Gerber-Dime-Pocket-Multi-Tool/product/1303131115/?hvarAID=shopping_googleproductextensions)multi-tool excised it from my list. It has a blade specifically designed for clamshell packaging (the blade shown at the 1:00 position in the linked picture). The first time I used it my blood pressure dropped 20 points - Ahhhhh, the bliss! That tool is worth twice the price for that feature alone. ---
**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/53 "2016-03-18T14:02:40Z")
> [@Always\_thinking](#): > > Little things: > > 1. Huge toilet paper dispensers where you have to reach your hand up to get the toilet paper that often rips because it is so thin. Becomes a rescue mission finding the opening on the roll. > > 2. I am no grammar expert but simple mistakes like ‘I was real tired’- instead of the correct- ‘really tired.’ Or ‘Joe, the guy that lived next door’ - instead of the correct ‘Joe, the guy who lived next door.’ > > 3. People who make jokes about my unusual last name and think they are coming up with these genuis phrases that I have never heard before. > > 4. Thanks for this thread- good to get the little shit annoying stuff out. I thought it was suppose to be “very” tired and not “really tired”?? ---
**Author:** ![JuliaSqueezer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/82dd89/32.png) [@JuliaSqueezer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JuliaSqueezer)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/54 "2016-03-18T15:08:46Z")
A small gripette: People who purchase coats and jackets with a center back seam vent or pleat, who don’t clip that little thread holding it together at the bottom. They walk around with this awkward cupped under the butt look or the thing pooching out at the thighs. Not a pretty sight from behind. Ideally, the seller of the garment would clip this thread but most don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Grrlbrarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrlbrarian/32/4048_2.png) [@Grrlbrarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrlbrarian)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/55 "2016-03-18T15:47:21Z")
Individuals who feel compelled to say to me, “Oh, you’re so short!” Stunning insight. :smack: And for your next trick? ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/56 "2016-03-18T16:32:45Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > I’ve bugged IT, but apparently it’s part of our new “going green” initiative – same reason all the printers are now set to 2-sided print default and the timers on office lights go out after 10 minutes. I feel ya. They move the printer that was next to my desk to another location on the floor so I have to walk further! It had definitely cut down on my printing. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/57 "2016-03-18T16:41:13Z")
> [@Always\_thinking](#): > > 1. People who make jokes about my unusual last name and think they are coming up with these genuis phrases that I have never heard before. > [@Grrlbrarian](#): > > Individuals who feel compelled to say to me, “Oh, you’re so short!” > > Stunning insight. :smack: And for your next trick? Indeed. Any joke one can make about someone’s name or obvious physical attributes is almost certain to be one they’ve heard many, many times before. So the rule is, if you’re thinking of making such a joke, _don’t._ Unless you have a deep-seated need to be annoying in a way that makes you look really stupid. ---
**Author:** ![funky\_little\_lee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e95f7d/32.png) [@funky\_little\_lee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funky_little_lee)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/58 "2016-03-18T16:48:06Z")
> [@spamforbrains](#): > > POCKETS YES! major peeve of mine. I want big, deep pockets on every single pair of pants I own. I’ve actually resorted to buying men’s jeans and pants for this purpose. Did you know men’s pants not only have plenty of pockets (I love the carpenter’s jeans) but they also come in multiple lengths? Who knew clothing manufacturers had actually noticed that people come in a variety of heights rather than three standard ones. I have long maintained that men’s clothes are designed for their actual bodies, while women’s are made for an ideal supermodel shape that doesn’t even exist in nature. I’m a machinist by trade. At home I wear normal street clothes, but at work I have pants with super-deep pockets (I can carry a bottle of water, a flashlight, and a keychain in just one pocket)–and boys’ size boxer shorts as my underwear. They are much cooler and drier than women’s panties, and allow much greater freedom of motion. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/59 "2016-03-18T16:56:47Z")
People who post on messageboards using obscure internet acronyms (or worse, acronyms they just made up on the spot) that send me scurrying to Urban Dictionary to figure out WTH they are talking about. That crap drives me BSC. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/60 "2016-03-18T17:17:29Z")
> [@Grrlbrarian](#): > > Individuals who feel compelled to say to me, “Oh, you’re so short!” > > Stunning insight. :smack: And for your next trick? There is a super-tall guy I see once in a while at work. You would be proud that I have bitten back “You’re so tall!” on more than one occasion. :o [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057.md?page=4)