# Stupid little things that make you stabby!! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 25, 2016, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123 "2016-03-25T11:28:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123/81 "2016-04-01T01:57:09Z")
> [@Anny\_Middon](#): > > People who zoom around me in traffic, then slam on the brake because they’re making a turn. I had this happen to me years ago. I had a car riding my ass as I drove into town. I was already driving 5 over the limit and didn’t want to get a ticket. The car behind me crosses a double yellow line and blows by me only to turn left a block away. Then I see another car doing the same thing. “Where’s a police officer when you need one” flashed in my mind. It turns out the second car WAS a police car. I drove by slowly with my window down laughing. I’d wager money the driver was drunk. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123/82 "2016-04-01T03:48:07Z")
It’s funny for me reading these driving gripes, I’m sure behaviour like that would have annoyed me too when I was living in the UK. But right now I’m in china, where the standard of driving is atrocious. _Nobody_ checks if a road they are turning into is clear, you can go through a red light as long as there’s no cross traffic yet, if someone misses their turn on the freeway: no probs just reverse back etc etc If fucked-up driving made me irate, I’d be irate 24/7. I’m not saying that makes it OK of course; just that as a matter of sanity-protection I have to file driving stupidity in a different part of my brain, far away from my consciousness. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123/83 "2016-04-01T14:41:13Z")
Ellipsis written as ". . . " rather than “…” Talking about tiny… ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123/84 "2016-04-01T18:12:15Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > I had this happen to me years ago. I had a car riding my ass as I drove into town. I was already driving 5 over the limit and didn’t want to get a ticket. The car behind me crosses a double yellow line and blows by me only to turn left a block away. Then I see another car doing the same thing. “Where’s a police officer when you need one” flashed in my mind. It turns out the second car WAS a police car. I drove by slowly with my window down laughing. I’d wager money the driver was drunk. Ah, brings to mind one of my peeves: folks who drive decommissioned Crown Vic police cars. For God knows what reason, these are sold (at auction, I would guess?) with equipment like the hyper-bumpers and spotlights still on them. I saw one where the township police department logo was just lightly whitewashed over. I always do the “there’s a cop, drive perfectly” thing when I see them. Not that it’s necessarily a bad thing to check my driving, but some nutjob could buy one of these cars, throw a siren light on the dash, put together a uniform, and pull people over and murder them very easily. ---
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123/85 "2016-04-01T20:25:41Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Ellipsis written as ". . . " rather than “…” > > Talking about tiny… Better than … or …! ---
**Author:** ![Sangahyando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123/86 "2016-04-01T21:58:17Z")
> [@handsomeharry](#): > > In line at a store. Almost all people stand 1-2 feet behind the customers in front of them. > > The ones who shall feel my blade are the fucks who stand 6 or more feet behind the person in front of them. Die, motherfuckers! Die! Agggggggghhhhh!!! > > Since I don’t yet have my weapons, I just walk up behind them, and breath very heavily upon their necks. If they turn around, I put on an innocuous face, and look off into the distance, as if I’m not doing it on purpose. Most of these assholes would rather have some big goof breathing upon their necks than move up the extra 4 feet. Queue (US “line”) laggards in general, in front of me: they drive me mad, too. Just close it up, for the sake of all that’s holy !! ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123/87 "2016-04-01T22:22:22Z")
> [@Sangahyando](#): > > Queue (US “line”) laggards in general, in front of me: they drive me mad, too. Just close it up, for the sake of all that’s holy !! How funny. I can’t stand it when people crowd me in lines at the grocery store. I don’t get stabby, but I’ve been known to get a little passive-aggressive elbow-ey. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123/88 "2016-04-02T01:33:55Z")
Today I unleashed verbal fury (through my closed up car window) at the lady who crossed the street diagonally. For the love of all that is holy, walk the path that is the shortest distance, especially if you go slow. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123/89 "2016-04-02T03:50:54Z")
People who say ‘I’ when it should be ‘me’. Telemarketers. People who call me before 10am or after 9pm. Especially when they call me back 15 minutes later from a different number. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123/90 "2016-04-02T04:41:01Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > People who say ‘I’ when it should be ‘me’. . . . I mourn the decease of “whom.” Sigh… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2016, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123/91 "2016-04-02T19:57:28Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Mine is cashiers talking on their phone as they are serving you. > > The other day I was at 7-11. I bought two cups of coffee and three packs a cigs for a friend. Dude was talking on the phone as he was ringing me up. I don’t know what cigarettes cost these days but $8.65 for thee packs of cigs and two cups of coffee didn’t seem right. I didn’t notice the price until right after I swiped my credit card. I tried to tell the dude: “This doesn’t look right” to which he responded: “Thank you, have a good day” > > And with that, I turned around and left the store. I work as a store cashier, and even having our hand held devices at the register is forbidden. I once had a guy who was supposed to be bagging for me during a very busy time go to the corner and start texting. He got fired. What about customers who can’t stop talking and/or texting for the two minutes it takes me to ring you up. I’ve had to say “next customer” three times to get their attention, and repeat myself to get payment! If you cannot stop on the device for two minutes, you have a real problem. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123/92 "2016-04-03T03:03:41Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > What about customers who can’t stop talking and/or texting for the two minutes it takes me to ring you up. I’ve had to say “next customer” three times to get their attention, and repeat myself to get payment! > > If you cannot stop on the device for two minutes, you have a real problem. I have been known to give verbal commentary to the other people waiting in line. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123/93 "2016-04-03T10:56:57Z")
For some time now, local news personalities have changed from reporters to scolds. Each time some plucky cub reporter lectures me to “allow more time” or “watch my speed” or to “please stay off the roads” I get more irate. One of the local dipshits has now produced a sliding scale alongside his weather report to tell me whether I need shirtsleeves, light jacket, heavy coat, gloves, etc. PerkyMcweatherTits has managed a graphic guage-like display to warn me of impending dangers to my hairdo as well (from wind I suppose). To the idiot reporters: The day old pullin needs life advice from 20-something journalism majors will indeed have newsworthy cold… in hell. So just stick to reporting the news. I can figure out how to handle it. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123/94 "2016-04-03T11:41:16Z")
> [@pullin](#): > > … > \*\*PerkyMcweatherTits \*\*has managed a graphic guage-like display to warn me of impending dangers to my hairdo as well (from wind I suppose). > … Bolding mine. Bravo!! That was perfect. And 'twas a darn good rant overall as well. I think TV is recognizing that most people see most of their TV at a glance in public places with the sound turned off. e.g. in bars, restaurants, waiting rooms, etc. I know 99% of my TV watching takes place while reading a magazine or reading / writing here. The folks who actually \*watch \*TV are either indigent stay-at-homes or the elderly. Neither of whom buy what the advertisers are selling. So as a result the only way they can actually transmit info is by catchy graphics that can be absorbed in a glance. Which means, as \*USA Today \* pioneered, graphics with almost no actual information content. A picture of a simple conclusion with no support. This also suits the ever declining attention span of the viewership at large. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123/95 "2016-04-03T17:41:44Z")
MICE! ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123/96 "2016-04-03T18:56:44Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > I never understood that one either. I think it has something to do with stopped traffic but I don’t know. It’s completely insane to a vehicle between lanes. Lane splitting makes a lot of sense from the motorcyclist’s point of view. As a longtime rider, I can attest to the fact that cars _do not see_ motorcycles a lot of the time. Smart bikers ride as if they can’t assume any of the drivers on the road actually notice them. So in a stop-and-go freeway situation (or worse, at stoplights), it’s quite possible for a car to come driving up to the stopped traffic and stop behind the car in front of them–completely oblivious to the fact that there’s a bike between them and the car. Sadly, I believe one of our very own Dopers lost someone in an accident like this a year or two ago. So no, splitting isn’t stupid. It’s smart, and it’s safer. What’s stupid is the bikers who insist on doing it at unsafe speeds (you’re supposed to stay within, IIRC, 15 mph of prevailing traffic speed, and it’s not at all smart to do it when traffic is moving at a reasonable rate) or erratically. The trick to smart lane splitting is to pay attention to what’s going on around you. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123/97 "2016-04-03T19:04:01Z")
**Baker** ’s father was killed that way. That is by being crushed from behind because he wasn’t splitting lanes where he’d have been safe. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2016, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123/98 "2016-04-03T20:50:17Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > **Baker** ’s father was killed that way. That is by being crushed from behind because he wasn’t splitting lanes where he’d have been safe. There was also something about the driver who hit him trying to change a CD. Something else that make me unreasonably stabby is when people misuse the following words: Penultimate Grandiloquent Tortuous Enormity Discomfit Bemuse Enervate Casualty Meretricious Noisome Nonplussed Ironic . I don’t know why those words seem especially subject to getting either mistaken for other words, or just used wrong, but they are some of the most sorely abused words in English. I would have added “literally” to the list, but I’ve given up on it. My brother and I argue, because he hasn’t you. He even has a T-shirt with the correct definition on it. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123/99 "2016-04-04T04:34:41Z")
> [@Epimetheus](#): > > They’re like 7+ dollars a pack here. The Fred Meyers I pump my gas at, has Brand name cigs for 8 dollars or more a pack. Not on topic but following this comment, currently pay $25 for a packet of 25. basically every time I light up a cigarette I’m setting fire to $1. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123/100 "2016-04-04T05:09:46Z")
> [@Jennshark](#): > > Ah, brings to mind one of my peeves: folks who drive decommissioned Crown Vic police cars. For God knows what reason, these are sold (at auction, I would guess?) with equipment like the hyper-bumpers and spotlights still on them. I saw one where the township police department logo was just lightly whitewashed over. > > I always do the “there’s a cop, drive perfectly” thing when I see them. Not that it’s necessarily a bad thing to check my driving, but some nutjob could buy one of these cars, throw a siren light on the dash, put together a uniform, and pull people over and murder them very easily. I don’t know if it’s still around, but several years back I used to see one of these around Downtown Portland, with the anarchy symbol painted on the doors. I thought that was a hoot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-little-things-that-make-you-stabby/750123.md?page=6)