# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2015, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/101 "2015-04-23T20:58:53Z")
People that step out of the elevator then stop and have a conversation. Move the f#(k over! Everyone else has places to be! ---
**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 23, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/102 "2015-04-23T21:50:26Z")
> [@Fossil](#): > > People who say “I could care less”. I want to take them by the shoulders and tell them its couldn’t See Post #62. ---
**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 23, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/103 "2015-04-23T21:53:19Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > People who mispronounce mischievous. There’s no freaking I after the V, people!!! And conversely, “litigious” _does_ have a spurious “i” in it. How did that ever come about? Why isn’t the word simply “litigous” ? ---
**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:** [April 23, 2015, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/104 "2015-04-23T22:08:28Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > See Post #62. What about, “I _could_ care less.”? ---
**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/105 "2015-04-24T00:01:54Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > 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. acknowledgment ---
**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 24, 2015, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/106 "2015-04-24T05:08:39Z")
> [@Turpentine](#): > > I still don’t get it. If they’re outside smoking, then somebody else could take those seats, right? Are they saving their seats somehow? They leave their unfinished drinks and jackets at the bar seat while smoking. ---
**Author:** ![X.L.Lent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a5b964/32.png) [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/107 "2015-04-24T07:53:45Z")
I sometimes find it a bit annoying when someone says to me “Can I ask you a question?” I’m always tempted to point out that they just did. ---
**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 24, 2015, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/108 "2015-04-24T08:08:32Z")
> [@X.L.Lent](#): > > I sometimes find it a bit annoying when someone says to me “Can I ask you a question?” I’m always tempted to point out that they just did. “Can I ask you a question?” “You just did.” “Oh, right. Can I ask you another question?” “You just did.” “…I think we may be here a while.” ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/109 "2015-04-24T09:40:26Z")
I would assume the judgement-free zone at the gym refers to the employees – that they will not give you attitude if you are not up to the physical standard of those 20-something gym bunnies. That sort of attitude toward their customers is rather notorious in gyms, and is something that really turns off customers. They are trying to say that their employees won’t treat you like that. ---
**Author:** ![mo50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mo50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo50)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/110 "2015-04-24T14:26:46Z")
This doesn’t happen often but drives me nuts for some reason when it does: If there’s someone on TV/radio talking about some baby product, they refer to the baby as “baby” , not “The baby” For example : 'The harness loops around so its not uncomfortable for baby" or the like. Just seems too cutesy or something, I dont know. But, I admit I’m biased, not really a baby/kid loving person. ---
**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:** [April 24, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/111 "2015-04-24T14:40:01Z")
> [@mo50](#): > > But, I admit I’m biased, not really a baby/kid loving person. So am I. I think they are appealing to the parent, who has a unique, beautiful, witty, supremely intelligent child. This product isn’t for the baby, it is for your Perfect Baby. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@Ellis\_Aponte\_Jr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellis_Aponte_Jr)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/112 "2015-04-25T03:34:49Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > Kids given names that evoke a less than desirable location. Camden, Trenton and Brooklyn come to mind. Or worse Kamden, Trynton and Brooklynne. Hey! Did you know that Brooklyn is the second most expensive place to live in the entire USA, behind only Manhattan? And that Manhattan is a terrible name for a child? ---
**Author:** ![Fossil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/47e85d/32.png) [@Fossil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fossil)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/113 "2015-04-25T10:06:26Z")
Senegoid - I can’t believe I did that, it was a typo. I definitely know the difference ---
**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/114 "2015-04-25T17:21:28Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I am bugged by people who insist on using text abbreviations everywhere - even on hand-written signs. Stuff like “How r u” or “car 4 sale” - definitely scream-inducing. > > I don’t like cutesy spelling either. “Katie’s Kuntry Kitchen” especially when the letters look like branches - that makes me stabby! > > “In memory of…” stickers on car windows. It is really a fitting tribute to your loved one to have peeling vinyl letters on the back window? I saw a car the other day that had THREE of them. And don’t get me started on roadside memorials. > > _\_ > > When I become Queen of the World, I’ll issue an edict!! When you become Queen of the World, I want to be your Prime Minister. Together we will ban all of these and MORE! ---
**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:** [April 25, 2015, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/115 "2015-04-25T17:36:44Z")
U 2 R over xcited. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/116 "2015-04-25T22:15:27Z")
> [@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: I never assumed that the people so memorialized were murdered, necessarily. Aren’t they sometimes the victims of ordinary traffic accidents? ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/117 "2015-04-25T22:24:03Z")
> [@Teach-me-not](#): > > **Linguistic hypercorrections.** > > Like when someone complains about the term _football_ to mean the American variety: “It should be called a handball, ha ha!”. In a related vein, it bugs me when English writers or–ahem–translators?–feel they must use the word “soccer” if they are writing for or speaking to Americans. Don’t worry, you can say football, and unless you are specifically talking about North America we will understand you mean what we call “soccer”. (In the interest of fairness, I realize that in some cases it could be American editors who do this as well.) ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/118 "2015-04-25T22:28:32Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > And conversely, “litigious” _does_ have a spurious “i” in it. How did that ever come about? Why isn’t the word simply “litigous” ? Because then it would look as if we were supposed to pronounce it with a hard ‘g’. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/119 "2015-04-25T22:33:39Z")
> [@GrumpyBunny](#): > > \*Disclaimer: I have on WE TV because I find the Law & Order marathons soothing background noise. \* Speaking of WE TV, I used to see their commercials on other cable stations, back before I cut the cord. This was when they were using “We Are Family” as their theme music, but they would only sing the “We”: As follows: > [@](#): > > We — ---- > We — ---- > (etc.) Not hearing the other words was like stepping on a last step that isn’t that isn’t there. It drove me nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2015, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187/120 "2015-04-25T22:41:28Z")
> [@russian\_heel](#): > > Putting in 2 hours worth of country music at the bar jukebox. [Could be worse.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYIwPu50Fic) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-you/718187.md?page=7)