# Little things that bug you **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 21, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187 "2015-04-21T14:10:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/41 "2015-04-21T23:15:12Z")
Stop putting the goddamned year stickers all over your license plates so I can’t even read the plate. The new one is supposed to go over the old one. And don’t tell me it’s so the police know you paid last year. I am the police and I don’t care that your plate was valid last year, I only need to know that it’s valid now. And don’t tell me it’s to help prevent thieves from stealing the sticker. If your sticker get’s stolen take your registration title to the DMV and just get another one. Now here’s you citation for obstructing your license plate, get the hell out of here. And have a nice day! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/42 "2015-04-21T23:18:11Z")
People saying the name of a restaurant to represent food from that restaurant kinda bugs me. You ate food from Taco Bell. You didn’t eat Taco Bell. You didn’t eat an entire restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/43 "2015-04-21T23:18:47Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I don’t like cutesy spelling either. “Katie’s Kuntry Kitchen” especially when the letters look like branches - that makes me stabby! Krusty: “KKK!? Whoa, that ain’t good!” ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/44 "2015-04-21T23:26:34Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > People saying the name of a restaurant to represent food from that restaurant kinda bugs me. You ate food from Taco Bell. You didn’t eat Taco Bell. You didn’t eat an entire restaurant. [Oh, yeah?](https://www.cardcow.com/images/set504/card00061_fr.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/45 "2015-04-21T23:28:52Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > People saying the name of a restaurant to represent food from that restaurant kinda bugs me. You ate food from Taco Bell. You didn’t eat Taco Bell. You didn’t eat an entire restaurant. That’s just regular, everyday [metonymy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metonymy). The White House didn’t announce a decision on this or that, either. It was a probably the people working there. And I probably didn’t buy a new set of wheels. Most likely, I actually bought the whole car. I mean, you’re allowed to be bugged by it. But it’s a perfectly normal way to use language. ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/46 "2015-04-21T23:40:03Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > **Emphasis added.** > > Highlighted portion is debatable. **When someone is worthy of a sharp smack across the face, it’s not subject to deliberation; it’s instantaneously apparent. So “smack-worthy” is a viable formulation.** > > Similarly, when something is worthy of a cringe, it’s cringe-worthy. Such as your highlighted assertion. So you’ve no choice in slapping even if it’s imprudent? (You must have an impressive rap sheet) ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/47 "2015-04-21T23:47:25Z")
**Little things that bug me?** That there is an entire website devoted to those critters. > **[Origins of names (Entomological Etymology)](https://bugguide.net/node/view/13648)** > > An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information. And that they are planning on a 2015 gathering… > **[Proposal for Gathering 2015 location](https://bugguide.net/node/view/1050955)** > > An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/48 "2015-04-22T00:49:12Z")
I don’t like the use of multiple punctuation marks. Why is Grape Kool-Aid so tasty??? I went to the park today!!! Hate, HATE, _HATE_. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/49 "2015-04-22T01:45:16Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > I’ve always spelled _judgement_ with the _e_ too. I don’t remember ever seeing “judgment,” frankly. I don’t think that’s as common as the OP thinks. MS Word will correct you if you spell it _judgement_ (as I’ve been doing for the past 30-odd years). :mad::mad: And when did we ditch the double letters before adding an ending to a word? I’m looking at you, **travel**! You used to be \*\*\*travelling \*\*\*but somewhere along the line, someone changed it to be _traveling_, which just looks stupid! And don’t get me started on the slow death of the compound modifier. It should be “judgement-free” and I may have to take a Sharpie in to the local Planet Fitness. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/50 "2015-04-22T02:37:39Z")
\*Disclaimer: I have on WE TV because I find the Law & Order marathons soothing background noise. \* There’s an ad on WE TV for some “reality” show that involves…hairdressers and bitchiness, I think. And one of the women who’s on the show is being showed to be feisty and declares, “It’s a doggie dog world out there.” No, honey. It’s a _dog-eat-dog_ world out there. Sets my teeth on edge. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/51 "2015-04-22T02:58:37Z")
Kids given names that evoke a less than desirable location. Camden, Trenton and Brooklyn come to mind. Or worse Kamden, Trynton and Brooklynne. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/52 "2015-04-22T03:01:39Z")
> [@Teach-me-not](#): > > Like **Anaamika** , I’ve always spelt it as _judgement_. I find the _dgm_ letter combo in the American spelling, well, buggy. > > (Not really.) Agreed. The American spelling, taken too literally, in unpronounceable. I had occasion, once upon a time, to read a book by a guy of the surname Ridgway. I assume it must be pronounced Ridj-way, but it doesn’t look like it. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/53 "2015-04-22T03:22:45Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > And when did we ditch the double letters before adding an ending to a word? I’m looking at you, **travel**! You used to be \*\*\*travelling \*\*\*but somewhere along the line, someone changed it to be _traveling_, which just looks stupid! This seems common with words that end with “l” like that. Similarly: Cancel, canceled, canceling. My Firefox built-in spell-checker only likes the one-l form, and not the two-ll form. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/54 "2015-04-22T05:02:55Z")
Stop singing so loud to the radio when others are around! You don’t sound as good as you feel while singing. If I wanted to hear you sing I would have asked you to sing and wouldn’t have turned the radio on. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/55 "2015-04-22T05:14:30Z")
People changing the tone (and often volume) of their voice when speaking to me. What once was a normal, fairly well-spoken person suddenly turns into a deaf kindergarten teacher whose hearing aides need replacing. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/56 "2015-04-22T05:32:45Z")
Slowpokes in buffet lines. Smokers who leave their bar seats to smoke outside for long periods of time, wasting bar seats that could be used for someone else. Not being able to make a purchase anywhere anymore without producing a shoppers card or being asked to make a donation. The one neighbor who, no matter what time of day, has someone coming or going from their house, next to the other neighbor who sits on their front porch smoking all day, watching and knowing whenever you come and go out of your house. When someone other than my waiter/waitress delivers food to my table. Putting in 2 hours worth of country music at the bar jukebox. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/57 "2015-04-22T05:33:48Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Roadside memorials are frankly, gross. Sure, let’s honor and commemorate the place your loved one was brutally and gruesomely killed. And if that wasn’t enough, let’s leave it there, year after year, looking worse and worse, rusting away, making a mess. > > Yeah I’m a curmudgeon. :mad: Even worse if the spot of commemoration is on someone’s property. EDIT saw someone brought this up sorry ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/58 "2015-04-22T05:36:25Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > I’ll echo this one. I don’t know why these things bother me so much, but they do. There’s one near our office, where a 19 year old kid crashed his car one night while driving intoxicated, flipped his car, and burned himself up, about 4 years ago. > > The family and friends have erected a 5 foot cross, a stone marker and a bench, all on the shoulder of the a 5 lane road, right in front of someone’s house. I’m pretty sure that all of this is on the right of way, thereby being city property. > > I don’t get it. I know everybody grieves differently, but seriously, just because your loved one died in that spot, doesn’t grant you the right to erect a memorial there, especially one so large. Just as tasteless IMHO is when schools plant a wrecked car in front of the school on Prom Week. Surely there’s more tasteful ways to get home the message of the ills of drunk driving to teens. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/59 "2015-04-22T05:40:10Z")
Pulling off an exit because the sign along the highway said there was a gas station, only to find its 4 miles from the exit. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/60 "2015-04-22T05:41:22Z")
Road construction crews that dig a big hole in the middle of some city street, put up barricades around it, and then…leave it for 4 months with no work whatsoever being done on it or anywhere near it. WTMF is that about? :mad:😕:mad: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187.md?page=4)