# Little things that bother you, and are also INSANE. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2009, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544 "2009-11-06T08:41:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/21 "2009-11-06T16:07:48Z")
Clients send me emails and end the emails with the phrase “please advise.” This drives me insane. Makes me not want to answer them, ever. I hate it, like they are calling me a bad name or telling me my work sucks. I’ve asked a few other people if they find this phrase offensive, and they tell me I’m nuts. I still hate it. A lot. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/22 "2009-11-06T16:18:36Z")
In text responses, I hate seeing the “k” instead of “ok”. I’m all about saving time abbreviating things, especially in texts. But for some reason, “k” bothers me. ok? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/23 "2009-11-06T16:26:57Z")
Why is there Q? Lazy bastard letter can’t go anywhere without U to help it out. Q could easily be replaced with CW or KW. I think we keep Q around just so as not to piss off the Next Generation Trekkies. ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/24 "2009-11-06T16:28:58Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Clients send me emails and end the emails with the phrase “please advise.” This drives me insane. Makes me not want to answer them, ever. I hate it, like they are calling me a bad name or telling me my work sucks. > > I’ve asked a few other people if they find this phrase offensive, and they tell me I’m nuts. I still hate it. A lot. Yeah, I get that, too, and it bothers me a little. It seems a bit condenscending, although I’m not sure why. I think they think that if they don’t put “please advise,” I’ll think, “Oh, sweet, a nice e-mail from [whoever], just letting me know how things are going,” kind of like receiving a post card. But with the “please advise,” I’ll think, “Ooooh, they want me to _respond_. Glad they cleared \*that \*up.” ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/25 "2009-11-06T16:29:16Z")
I, too, hate the way the letter R sounds on my tongue, especially toward the back. I don’t like the way it feels, either. I detest the word radish. It’s one of the most awful words in the English language, second only to the word milk, which I can’t stand to write, say or hear. Radish emphasizes the R and de-emphasizes the best part (which doesn’t have the R). I also get really pissed if I have too many choices of flour brands. Why the hell must there be so many brands of flour? Honestly - what’s the point? Unless some of it is laced with crack, why do you have to charge extra or less based on whether it’s branded? And even if it’s not branded, it’s _still_ branded, only with a generic brand. It’s flour, for God’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/26 "2009-11-06T16:31:55Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Why is there Q? So that Twickster can kick our asses at Scrabble.™ :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/27 "2009-11-06T16:36:26Z")
Misuse of “fewer” and “less”. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/28 "2009-11-06T16:38:36Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > The numeral six looks sad, while seven looks aggressive and arrogant. Nine looks smug. I always thought 5 was dignified and considered it one of my favorite numbers. Then, 2005 came it was a very, very bad year for me and I have been furious at 5 ever since. I want nothing to do with 5 but I still haven’t found a good substitute for it. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/29 "2009-11-06T16:39:00Z")
Comic Sans font in email. That says to me, “Your email is about as important to me as the funny papers.” ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyMac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@JohnnyMac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnyMac)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/30 "2009-11-06T16:45:27Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Comic Sans font in email. > That says to me, “Your email is about as important to me as the funny papers.” This. Absolutely. Comic Sans is someone trying to sound casual. But they’re not casual, they’re just an idiot. …I’m being a real wanker in this thread. But don’t little things just grate? :rolleyes: (at myself) ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/31 "2009-11-06T16:45:40Z")
All other fonts are bad! If Times New Roman was good enough for Jesus … ! ! ---
**Author:** ![Zulema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/db5fbb/32.png) [@Zulema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulema)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/32 "2009-11-06T16:47:10Z")
The phrase “At least he came by it honestly” My husband will use this phrase occasionally and I told him if I ever hear him say it again I will leave him. I mean it. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/33 "2009-11-06T16:47:20Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Why is there Q? Lazy bastard letter can’t go anywhere without U to help it out. Q could easily be replaced with CW or KW. I think we keep Q around just so as not to piss off the Next Generation Trekkies. I think it was originally spelt ‘CW’ in Old English. Then the French conquered England, and our spelling was launched on its road to incomprehensibility. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/34 "2009-11-06T16:51:31Z")
The idea that everyone has a favorite in every category also annoys me. It was very freeing a few years ago when I gave myself permission not to have a favorite color. That this was actually a significant psychological event indicates something is seriously wrong with the world, IMHO. The word “across” really ought to have two adjacent "c"s in it. Don’t ask me why, but I know this in my bones. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/35 "2009-11-06T16:56:48Z")
My favorite number is 5. So it stands to reason that the letter of my first name should be the 5th letter in the alphabet. But no, it’s not. That’s not right. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/36 "2009-11-06T16:57:19Z")
I hate that little boys get to own the color blue. everybody knows that 4 out of 5 Americans will tell you their favorite color is blue. So why is ti that the boys get to hog up all the pretty blue clothing? I’ll tell you why, becasue the #^%@&\* Victorians liked boys better than girls, that’s why! ! It’s a conspiracy against girls! ! ! ! :takes deep breath and backs slowly away from keyboard: I’m told that my first rant about this occurred when I was only four - with “Victorian” replaced by “some ancient people.” ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/37 "2009-11-06T17:17:10Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > I still want to know why it’s called a “doubleyou” and not a “doublevee”. And I don’t care if, at some point in its development, it actually looked like two U’s and not two V’s – if that’s the case, then when the look of the letter changed, the name should’ve changed too. > > In fact – screw you, doubleyou. I’ve been call those storage compartments in car dashboards “dash boxes” because the more common name is so fricking stupid (No one actually carries gloves in them. No, you don’t. Just…stop insisting that you do. Quit lying already, you liar!) So from now on, it’s “queue are ess, tea you vee, doublevee ex, why and zee”. So there. I was recently surprised to find actual gloves in my glovebox when I was looking for something in there. I must have put them in there a while back after one of the two or three days we have when it’s cold enough to wear gloves. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/38 "2009-11-06T17:20:59Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > I was recently surprised to find actual gloves in my glovebox when I was looking for something in there. Now didn’t I _just_ ask you to stop with the blatant lies? ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/39 "2009-11-06T17:23:16Z")
Ever since I was a small child, 4 has been noble and 7 has been sinister. But only when written with numerals instead of spelled out. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2009, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544/40 "2009-11-06T17:29:39Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Now didn’t I _just_ ask you to stop with the blatant lies? Hey is probably not lying. I put gloves in mine on purpose just for legitimacy and so the box wouldn’t feel bad about itself. I don’t really wear gloves though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bother-you-and-are-also-insane/516544.md?page=3)