# Stupid things that bug you, or something. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 17, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314 "2011-07-17T03:00:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314/101 "2011-07-21T17:29:35Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Buildings where the “push” and “pull” door handles are identical. Grrrr… Along the same line, the double door where one side is locked but nobody bothers to put up a warning, they just let you think there’s a door for entering, and one for exiting LIKE THE SIGN SAYS. I swear I think the cashiers at Family Dollar do this just to amuse themselves. ---
**Author:** ![XRaeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/f14d63/32.png) [@XRaeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XRaeth)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314/102 "2011-07-21T19:51:27Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > But the hole is the ball’s **home**. Why wouldn’t it want to go into **its home**? Epic quote is epic Something I hate the most is when I’m start saying something and somebody cuts me off. I don’t know if I’m just not aggressive enough in conversation (sounds silly) but it seems to happen to me a lot. I’ll get about a word and a half out and they for some reason decide that what they have to say is so much more important and cut me off. By the time I actually get a chance to say it it’s no longer relevant to the conversation and threes no point :>. My mother is terrible for this although I suspect it’s because she’s starting to lose her hearing and can’t hear me properly. Still annoying though. Also I use an asterisk to make a correction if I missell something \*misspell ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314/103 "2011-07-21T23:52:54Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > Ok. I’ll bite. > > Just watched a couple of Mythbusters episodes on AppleTV this evening. > > You know what really bugs me? > > Almost all TV shows insist on repeating so many things throughout their 41 minutes of actual show content. They say the same thing five different ways, from five different angles. And when the commercial breaks are over (even though my copy is commercial free, the “splices” are still there), they always give a 30 second recap of whatever had been going on for the rest of the show. Clearly this is to grab a channel surfer’s attention, but it bugs me. I haven’t noticed this, but maybe it’s a reality TV thing. Are there dramas or sitcoms that do this too? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314/104 "2011-07-22T00:34:33Z")
> [@XRaeth](#): > > Epic quote is epic > > Something I hate the most is when I’m start saying something and somebody cuts me off. I don’t know if I’m just not aggressive enough in conversation (sounds silly) but it seems to happen to me a lot. I’ll get about a word and a half out and they for some reason decide that what they have to say is so much more important and cut me off. By the time I actually get a chance to say it it’s no longer relevant to the conversation and threes no point :>. My mother is terrible for this although I suspect it’s because she’s starting to lose her hearing and can’t hear me properly. Still annoying though. > > Also I use an asterisk to make a correction if I missell something > > \*misspell Or when you begin to say something to someone and they interrupt you to either agree or disagree, before you’ve even made your point, based on what they anticipate your point to be. Um, hold on, you haven’t even heard what I have to say yet…settle down spaz. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314/105 "2011-07-22T02:52:41Z")
I have a new one that’s starting to bug me. It’s probably cultural, but it still drives me nuts. When going to a restaurant, the waiter won’t take our drink order and then go away, unless we shoo him off. And then he won’t go away when we order and app, until we shoo him off. And then he doesn’t come back to see that our drinks are empty and offer us more. If it were only one or two restaurants – including western-owned restaurants – I’d attribute it to bad service. But it seems to be universal. ---
**Author:** ![YaraMateo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/58f4c7/32.png) [@YaraMateo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YaraMateo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314/106 "2011-07-22T05:33:36Z")
I have a few coworkers who do this and really bugs me. They wear glasses. I’ll show them something. They take their glasses off to look at it. It makes think they’re faking and don’t really need glasses or something. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314/107 "2011-07-22T06:06:34Z")
> [@YaraMateo](#): > > I have a few coworkers who do this and really bugs me. They wear glasses. I’ll show them something. They take their glasses off to look at it. It makes think they’re faking and don’t really need glasses or something. Because the glasses they’re wearing are likely only reading glasses, and you can’t clearly see things, like people’s faces, or a cute puppy pic, with reading glasses on. I don’t know how or why they work that way, they just do. I wear reading glasses most of the work day. I usually take them off when I get up from my desk, but sometimes I just push them down on the tip of my nose to get up and go get coffee, get a copy, or what have you. And I always take them off when one of my coworkers is talking to me, otherwise I look as if I’m giving them this “cranky” look over the top of my glasses, not to mention their faces are a bit fuzzy. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2011, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314/108 "2011-07-22T06:21:44Z")
> [@YaraMateo](#): > > I have a few coworkers who do this and really bugs me. They wear glasses. I’ll show them something. They take their glasses off to look at it. It makes think they’re faking and don’t really need glasses or something. I wear contact lenses, and only recently have started to wear over-the-counter reading glasses at a very low strength (1.0) to work on the computer or see things close up. I will often need to adjust the distance from my hand to eye (if I’m holding something) if I don’t have the reading glasses on. It’s likely that your co-workers actually DO need the glasses that they are wearing on a daily basis, but might need to adjust based on distance and size of object. I’d assume that, rather than start with a suspicion that everyone you work with is a liar. ---
**Author:** ![Nunavut\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314/109 "2011-07-25T16:34:02Z")
I hate when you’re paying with Visa or a debit card and they wait to give you the receipt and your card back together. Great. Now I have my wallet in one hand and my card & receipt in the other. I have to jiggle everything around to separate the card from the receipt so I can put the card back in its home. If you’d have just given me back my card when you were done with it I could’ve put it away first while we’re waiting for the machine to print the receipt. THEN once the receipt prints, give it to me. ARRRG! ---
**Author:** ![Chipacabra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@Chipacabra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chipacabra)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314/110 "2011-07-25T18:25:40Z")
I watch a lot of food shows, and it drives me crazy when the purported experts can’t pronounce the food they’re talking about. I’m sick of hearing about “habañero” peppers and “turbo” fish. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314/111 "2011-07-25T21:55:05Z")
My #1 pet peeve is standing in line at the concession stand when going to the movies. Inevitably, I get stuck behind people who order multiple items and want to pay for the snacks in pennies (slight exaggeration). I always have to wait at least 5 minutes to get my soda. I think from now on I’ll just load up on smuggling snacks in my large purse. ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2011, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314/112 "2011-07-25T23:41:54Z")
Another one - people that congregate in the worst possible places; in front of doors, intersections of aisles, pinch points, etc. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314/113 "2011-07-26T00:44:34Z")
> [@CrazyCatLady](#): > > See, and it drives me straight up the goddamn wall when they _do_ bag the gallon jug of milk. The damn thing weighs 10# and the handles on a plastic grocery bag become approximately 0.002" inches wide when you put that kind of weight on them. Whereas the jug itself has a nice wide sturdy handle specifically designed for comfortably carrying that sort of weight. I can carry two gallon jugs in each hand more easily than one jug in a plastic bag that’s slowly sawing my fingers off. I bring reusable bags to shop for groceries and often show up to the cashier with a basket or bag filled with groceries. Inevitably I will be greeted with the bagger I loathe because he simply cannot believe that I can handle all of my groceries packed in one or two bags; I have to tell him _every single time every week_ that I can handle it and to not underfill the bags. Yes, I know there are old people here, but when you see me walk up with a manageable amount of groceries, don’t start tossing my stuff into plastic bags because I am female. I avoid him most of the time, but somehow he comes running every fucking week to bag my groceries. I would have complained to the manager by now, but 1) I’m often not interested in staying behind to do so and 2) I feel bad for him because he seems a little slow. He still annoys the shit out of me. > [@Flutterby](#): > > Maybe they’re a fan of [The Bloggess?](http://http://thebloggess.com/2011/06/and-thats-why-you-should-learn-to-pick-your-battles/) yeah too much stuff makes me wonder too. Some of the managers have crazy amounts of stuff in their office. I have very little, I have no space for stuff even if I wanted! Apparently I’ve been approved for the 15th year anniversary gift of Giant Metal Chickens. Thanks for the link. > [@Chipacabra](#): > > I watch a lot of food shows, and it drives me crazy when the purported experts can’t pronounce the food they’re talking about. I’m sick of hearing about “habañero” peppers and “turbo” fish. 😕 I really hate when people refer to “chiPOLEtee” peppers instead of chipotle peppers. > [@medstar](#): > > My #1 pet peeve is standing in line at the concession stand when going to the movies. Inevitably, I get stuck behind people who order multiple items and want to pay for the snacks in pennies (slight exaggeration). I always have to wait at least 5 minutes to get my soda. I think from now on I’ll just load up on smuggling snacks in my large purse. Don’t do what the clueless lady attending HP7.5 this weekend did: she bought a fountain drink from a less expensive vendor, then smuggled it into the theater in her purse. Upon trying to get seated in the dark, she managed to whack her purse against the seat and get soda _all over the inside of her purse_. ---
**Author:** ![brittekland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@brittekland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brittekland)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314/114 "2011-07-26T01:25:50Z")
Ripped cereal box tabs; every darn blessed cereal boxes I have taps are taped up so they stay closed. Cooking show hosts constantly licking their finger to taste then wipe on the same damned spit soaked kitchen towel they wear on their waist that they wipe everything with then lovingly fondle ingredients with the same hand. All I see is spitty food and feel bad for the production crew having to eat them. Emeril used to be real bad. There seems to be way less of this going on nowadays. You ought to be able to open public restroom doors without touching them. What’s the point of wash your hands if you can’t get out of the restroom without grabbing the door handle? If I have to I use my pinky. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314/115 "2011-07-26T01:52:16Z")
I plug in the iron and somehow the cord always gets all twisted as if I had picked up the iron and turned it around and around and around, twisting the cord. Why does it do that? (the old fashioned long telephone cord on the wall phone did the same thing). I had to wrap the butt end of the cord, against the iron, with black electrical tape, the cord was so jacked up. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314/116 "2011-07-26T02:02:04Z")
I hate going to the register and being asked if I want to sign up for some club card so I rack up points or save X% every time I shop there. “No motherfucker, I just want to fucking buy this shit and get the fuck out of here!” Extra points when I decline and they ask me if I’m sure. “You really want me to pull a gun out on your ass, don’t you?” ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314/117 "2011-07-26T02:06:59Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I haven’t noticed this, but maybe it’s a reality TV thing. Are there dramas or sitcoms that do this too? I think it’s pretty much a reality TV thing. They tell you in seven different ways what they are about to do, then they tell you what is “coming up next” and then they retell half of the story as soon as the commercial break has passed. Between all of the “coming up next…” and “earlier we saw…” bookends around commercial breaks and the retelling of the same story five times from five different angles, I figure that an average one-hour reality TV show has about 20 minutes of original content. That is out of 41 or so minutes after commercials are cut out. I understand that the bookends around commercials are both a defensive maneuver against channel surfers (Look what you’re going to miss if you leave us!), and an offensive maneuver to capture surfers from other places (Let us bring you up to speed so you will stay). Somehow that makes it more annoying. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314/118 "2011-07-26T02:15:38Z")
> [@brittekland](#): > > What’s the point of wash your hands if you can’t get out of the restroom without grabbing the door handle? If I have to I use my pinky. I’ve never understood this hangup, to be honest. So grabbing the restroom door handle squicks you out, even though most hands touching it have just been washed, albeit sometimes half-assedly. Okay. But are you squicked out when you exit the restroom and start touching all the myriad surfaces that have come in contact with even dirtier hands? I’m talking about handrails, elevator buttons, door knobs, and ATM keys. Why should there be special accomodations for restroom doors but not any other public surface? At least in public restrooms only half the population is going to come in contact with those surfaces. But everyone and their booger-eating cousin touches the handle to the grocery cart or handhold on the train. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314/119 "2011-07-26T02:25:48Z")
> [@chowching](#): > > i get really annoyed when my earphones get tangled up. I get really tangled up when my earphones get annoyed, too. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2011, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314/120 "2011-07-26T03:41:42Z")
> [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](#): > > Another one - people that congregate in the worst possible places; in front of doors, intersections of aisles, pinch points, etc. The exit point of an escalator. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-things-that-bug-you-or-something/589314.md?page=7)