# 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:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![amaguri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/61 "2016-03-18T18:25:49Z")
> [@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. Man, they set our copiers to 2-sided default and I gotta think they waste more paper from people who are like, “OOPS! didn’t mean to print that 2-sided!” and have to re-print everything than they save… ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/62 "2016-03-18T18:38:27Z")
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**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/63 "2016-03-18T18:44:54Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > THIS!!! Especially “it’s” as a possessive. No pronoun possessives get an apostrophe. My, your, his, her, its, our, their . . . no apostrophes. Other’s Another’s One’s ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/64 "2016-03-18T18:49:23Z")
> [@WildBlueYonder](#): > > yeah, women’s clothes come in petite, junior, old fat ladies and I thought there was another size. > > Apparently us women are basically all the same height. > > Mens are classified with waist and length, a shit load easier to buy > > 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! > > My complaint of the past 5 years +/- is that directions on packages of ANYTHING are getting smaller! Aren’t most Americans these days baby boomers? Aren’t we the majority now? > > We must not have a say anymore but we should :smack::eek: That’s because women’s sizes are NOT reflective of actual size, presumably because women do not want men to know their actual sizes. How many women would want ANYONE, let alone MEN, knowing they had a 38" waist? Especially when 14 sounds so much slimmer! ---
**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/65 "2016-03-18T21:06:28Z")
> [@brujaja](#): > > My answer to this will always be, “Improper use of the apostrophe.” > Oh, and first-knuckle-deep pockets in **womens’** pants. Is irony also one of your pet peeves? ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2016, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057/66 "2016-03-18T21:31:01Z")
> [@Scribble](#): > > Is irony also one of your pet peeves? Damn. I also hate incorrectly used apostrophes, I’m usually vocal about it, and I’ve always written it as _womens’_ or _mens’_. Looked it up just now to make sure you’re right. Ignorance vanquished again by these here message boards, better late than never. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-the-little-things-that-bug-us-most/749057.md?page=3)