# Little things that you are irrationally picky about **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 19, 2015, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309 "2015-01-19T20:27:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/41 "2015-01-20T16:19:17Z")
Restaurants, bars, stores, etc. that play bad music. I was recently at a restaurant where the BEST song they played was by the Goo Goo Dolls! And fuck all the places that play Christmas music. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/42 "2015-01-20T16:44:08Z")
To name a few, the oven mitts must be hung on the holder correctly. Otherwise they’re spread out like a thick **M**. The chairs around the table should all be pushed in at the same distance. Why is this too much to ask? I may have OCD. ---
**Author:** ![hyperspaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hyperspaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hyperspaz)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/43 "2015-01-20T16:48:31Z")
I don’t know if it’s irrational, but I hate that McDonald’s puts ketchup, mustard, pickles, and everything else they can think of as the default on their burgers. I want the burger plain! I’ll decide what I want on it and put it on myself! And that is why I go to Burger King. ---
**Author:** ![T.Hi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/258eb7/32.png) [@T.Hi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T.Hi)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/44 "2015-01-20T17:12:45Z")
> [@GoodOmens](#): > > Do potato chips count? No BBQ, no cheddar, no sour cream and chives, no vinegar, no nothing. Potato, oil, salt. MAYBE black pepper if I’m feeling crazy. If you need anything you’re covering up bad potato chips. > > Same thing with French fries. I’m this exact same way with ALL snacks; my Pringles, Fritos, Cheetos, etc. MUST be PLAIN, with the exception of popcorn, which has to be extra-buttery or, better yet, “movie-style”, but even popcorn can’t come in any other flavors for me. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/45 "2015-01-20T17:13:07Z")
My dad will drive until the gas tank is practically dry and the engine is running on fumes. He’ll fill up only when the refill light goes on. Why? Because he enjoys seeing how many miles he can get out of a tank, like it’s some sort of personal accomplishment. As a result of the anxiety that caused me as a child on family road trips, I can’t stand it when there is less than half a tank of gas in the car. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/46 "2015-01-20T17:14:16Z")
> [@hyperspaz](#): > > I don’t know if it’s irrational, but I hate that McDonald’s puts ketchup, mustard, pickles, and everything else they can think of as the default on their burgers. I want the burger plain! I’ll decide what I want on it and put it on myself! > > And that is why I go to Burger King. You can ask for your burger any way you want it at McDonald’s too though. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/47 "2015-01-20T17:47:22Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Thick doughy pizzas. I grew up with the really thin cracker type pizzas, a wad of dough is just nasty. I want a nice thin crisp crust with the right amount of sauce and a good quality mozzarella or blend with the right amount of stretch and a few other toppings [maybe pepperoni and veggies like sliced red onion and artichoke heart quarters.] If I want a casserole, I will eat a casserole. Thin cracker type pizzas. They crack and crumb all over and cut the inside of my mouth. If I wanted a cracker with toppings on it, I will eat a cracker with toppings on it. 🙂 Also, people being unable to just say words like “me” or “now”. “Myself” and “at this point in time” are unnecessary. ---
**Author:** ![hyperspaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hyperspaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hyperspaz)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/48 "2015-01-20T17:51:14Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > You can ask for your burger any way you want it at McDonald’s too though. 😕 You’re right! So I guess it really is irrational! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/49 "2015-01-20T18:16:47Z")
What gets me are people who turn on their turn signals as soon as they see where they’re turning, which might be half a mile away with several other driveways and roads before then. It’s like they’re thinking “I need to turn up there, so I better turn on my turn signal so I don’t forget.” Never mind that people might pull out in front of them if they see the turn signal on, assuming they’ll turn at that point, but no, they keep on going on their merry way. It’s almost more dangerous than not using turn signals at all. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/50 "2015-01-20T18:24:25Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Any Free Beer offered to me _must_ be chilled! On the flip side of the coin, I do _not_ take soft drinks with ice. I’d rather drink it at room temperature than have it watered down. Now, in a good cocktail, you _have_ to have ice, because the temperature changes the flavor. But in soft drinks, it really adds nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/51 "2015-01-20T18:57:52Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > What gets me are people who turn on their turn signals as soon as they see where they’re turning, which might be half a mile away with several other driveways and roads before then. I remember following vehicles on highways for miles and miles that had turn signals blinking. The advent of turn-signal old-fart alarms has largely eliminated this. But alas, it still can occur over a half-mile or so, when the only recourse is with a bazooka. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/52 "2015-01-20T19:18:55Z")
> [@fisha](#): > > Horses will, however, greet each other upon their return, they’ll call out if one’s leaving, they’ll have quiet conversations out in the pasture or in the stalls, sometimes they’ll call out to a horse far away, try to see if they know him or not.They’ll call out to their owner, or other humans, but usually that’s just a gambit for food. They’ll scream when they’re pissed, and whicker in surprise or fondness. > > Are they having ling drawn out conversations? No. But they definitely talk, they’re social animals. Some are way noisier than others. > > I’m going to have to respectfully disagree. > > And I’m not one who thinks that they’re anything but animals, not some wonderful spirit brought forth in four legged form. They’re horses. Large domesticated animals to be utilized, occasionally eaten. > > But they definitely talk. Apparently, I was unclear. I meant “talking” in the human sense. Certainly they communicate. ---
**Author:** ![vontsira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/53 "2015-01-20T19:41:36Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > Oh, and a pet grammar peeve as well; for some reason, local dialect sticks an utterly unnecessary ‘to’ at the end of questions like ‘where’s that?’. ‘Where’s he to?’ ‘Where’s that hammer to?’ > > If someone asks ‘Where’s the next bus to?’ you have no idea what they just asked. You’d really hate the silly old song from the west of England: “Where be that blackybird to? Us knows where 'e be – 'E be up that wurzel-tree, Us be after 'e.” ---
**Author:** ![Whatever4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@Whatever4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whatever4)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/54 "2015-01-20T21:02:23Z")
> [@Lorene89095](#): > > The breed/type of horses in movies/tv. Sometimes they’re ridiculous (Frisian used as a rodeo horse) > Saddles&other tack that are the wrong date… Or the mare that is quite obviously a gelding.:smack: ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/55 "2015-01-20T21:45:49Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > I remember following vehicles on highways for miles and miles that had turn signals blinking. The advent of turn-signal old-fart alarms has largely eliminated this. But alas, it still can occur over a half-mile or so, when the only recourse is with a bazooka. I used to drive a truck that didn’t have auto-cancelling turns signals nor the relay ticking noise. And the steering wheel obscured the flashing dash light. I once drove a flat, straight expanse of prairie highway with my turn signal flashing for about 40 miles. All I could think was that people following me on the highway must have thought, “Now there goes one dumb sumbitch…” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/56 "2015-01-20T23:23:24Z")
Heinz Ketchup. Only Heinz! ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/57 "2015-01-20T23:35:01Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > My dad will drive until the gas tank is practically dry and the engine is running on fumes. He’ll fill up only when the refill light goes on. Why? Because he enjoys seeing how many miles he can get out of a tank, like it’s some sort of personal accomplishment. > > As a result of the anxiety that caused me as a child on family road trips, I can’t stand it when there is less than half a tank of gas in the car. I don’t run on the refill light on purpose, but I am irrational about it when I do. I have to continually force myself to stay at 60 mph or lower for better gas mileage once the refill light goes on, because my brain keeps telling me that I need to refill _quickly_ timewise, so I am always wanting to go faster in order to make it to the gas station quicker, even though it would be counterproductive. ---
**Author:** ![Lorene89095](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lorene89095](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorene89095)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/58 "2015-01-20T23:41:27Z")
> [@Helena330](#): > > You’re probably another one that can’t stand all the nickering and whickering in films and TV, like the horses are “talking”. Makes me crazy. > > (Horses don’t do that. They’re usually pretty quiet unless it’s time to eat or they’re upset about something.) The sound men put a whinny in a horses mouth every time some heavy handed moron hauls in the reins so the poor things mouth gapes open:mad: ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/59 "2015-01-21T00:25:27Z")
Numbers and units. I get nutsy when reading my coworkers’ emails and reports. 35VDC? Wrong! There _must_ be a space between the numerical value and the unit symbol. 35 Newtons of force? Wrong! First of all, it should be 35 newtons, not 35 Newtons. (Yes, the plural is acceptable.) Secondly, why even spell it out? What’s wrong with 35 N? What’s so damn hard about inserting a single space and using the correct symbol for the unit?? And then there are people who give a formula, define each variable, but neglect to provide units for each variable. Grrrrr… :mad: There is a special place in hell for them. ---
**Author:** ![vomit\_comet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/73ab20/32.png) [@vomit\_comet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vomit_comet)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2015, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309/60 "2015-01-21T00:43:28Z")
> [@freckafree](#): > > Any representation of a snowflake that has eight points. People, it’s not that hard to fold a paper in thirds instead of fourths. You may think your sparkly eight-sided doodad looks like a snowflake, but if it has eight points, it’s not snowflake. That made me laugh… How about 7 pointed snowflakes that a co-worker somehow managed to make a couple of years ago, they were the poofy 3 dimensional ones. Autocomplete spellcheckers. People that constantly make spelling errors. I can always tell who printed up an invoice in the office by how many spelling mistakes are on it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-you-are-irrationally-picky-about/710309.md?page=4)