This seriously ought to be illegal. It’s a great way for someone to get really hurt. The stairs keep moving, you know!
I hate it when people go to Chipotle and then put in 8-9 separate orders. And of course all of them are different and all have to have different toppings. This causes the rest of us, who just want our one lousy burrito, to stand there for 10 minutes behind them while they fuss over the amount of sour cream and demand for it all to be mixed and the poor line workers look like they want to cry. If you want to put in an order that big, order online or call ahead!
Folks (especially of certain ethnic group) stopping in the middle of isle or at the entrance of check out lane chatting/waiting/pointing etc in a huddle and nonchalantly refusing to move. It’s a cultural behavior, I suppose?
Oh, and untangling a bunch of wire clothes hangers.
What about the f’n lames who make right turns from the middle of the lane. No, first they slow down to a snails pace(causing a ten car pile up behind them) and then they slowly make the right turn from the middle of the lane or damn near in the intersection. Oh did I forget to mention, the fuck did’nt signal. Im homicidal just thinking about it. Am I over reacting?
There are some assumptions involved in my part and yours. And I classify boogers on grocery shopping cart differently than freshness of ass wipe smear on the restroom door handle.
Oh BTW lemme remind you “This is a thread about stupid things that bug you. They have to be really stupid. And they have to bug you”.
Yeah, I wish I had a portable bio-hazard suit for public facilities. Im a non-paranoid germ a phobe. If there are papertowels available, use the fuck out of them. When opening doors, try to reach the top of the door and pull. Avoid handles. Learn the art of using elbows and feet to navigate through public restrooms, elevators and door handles. They should have haz-mat teams with those portable showers posted near the exits. “Showers…Showers here…Get your showers here!”
I watch a lot of videos online; from video to video, the audio levels are never consistent, even when it’s a series of videos uploaded by the same person to the same host. So I’ll start the first video, and the sound is so low I can’t even hear it. I turn the volume up and re-start the video so I can hear the part I missed. The video ends and I load the next one (or it loads automatically, which is an annoyance about half the time). Only, this video had its sound mixed at EAR-SPLITTING LEVELS and I scramble for the mute button. Wait for the ringing to stop. Re-adjust the volume and restart the video. And then the video after that will be too quiet again. Rinse and repeat.
I believe this is the very definition of a first-world problem.
I have a very similar issue with microwave clocks. Often, people will get impatient with what’s in the microwave and open the door before the time they set to cook their food is over. So, the microwave clock will read 0:02 or something instead of the time. I always hit the cancel button so the clock goes back on, because it drives me nuts, but I know that it’s pretty irrational and yet, if I don’t do it, that 0:02 will be staring me in the face when I return for more slacking off.
What drives me up the wall about this is when they tell you it’s “free,” but then I have to spend the next half hour filling out various forms and a guarantee to name my first born “Best Buy” just to get reward points at store I visit once a month, at best. My time isn’t that worthless, or at least, I like to think it isn’t.
Ha ha, I thought I was the only one with coat hanger problems. Wire coat hangers, plastic coat hangers, any kind of coat hanger. They damn things will just not obey, and separate.
What’s even worse are the aluminum laundry hangers (for drying socks and underwear). Oh God, don’t get me started on those.
Certainly stupid, but it bugs me: when you drive through an area with road work going on, or over a freshly-repaired pothole, and little bits of gravel fly up and ping around in the wheel wells. Fingernails on a chalkboard don’t bother me, but that sound of little rocks hitting right under my feet drives me crazy.
Why does it matter which part of the lane they’re in? Or do you mean that they don’t turn from the shoulder (which, when not marked as a right-turn lane, is illegal to drive upon in many jurisdictions)?
True, true. Calling into question someone’s gripe in this thread is probably the very definition of “stupid things that bug you”. My bad. Just sayin, though!
Double when it’s a convenience store. No, I don’t want to be a frequent shopper at CVS. The fact that I’m buying anything here in the first place is an indication of poor planning on my part.
When I go to Wegmans and the train isn’t working. It’s only happened once but it seriously brought me down. The little kid with his mom in the line in front of me was kvetching to the cashier about how sad the non-running train made him and I was standing behind him going “Yeah! What’s up with the train? I wanted to see the train! Waugh!”
It’s not habanero? How is it pronounced then? And what’s a turbo fish supposed to be?
I started a thread about this awhile back, but the “trendy” (for lack of a better word) way that scarves are worn bugs me for no good reason. I think other dopers said it was called the euro-loop, or something like that.
It’s completely unreasonable and truly stupid, but for some bizarre reason, that look just bugs me.
Or they’re like me and they need bifocals but haven’t got them yet. I take my glasses off to see close up things - I do need them, though. They go on first thing in the morning and off last thing at night.
Heh - I like the idea of “turbo fish.”
I always hit the cancel button at work to get the last couple of seconds off the microwave when other people leave it. It bugs me.
It bugs me even more when they leave nails and screws around and I get a flat.
I hate people wearing scarves in summer. Scarves protect your neck from cold air in winter - wearing a long, thick scarf all knotted up with your sleeveless top makes me want to rip it off your neck. These are probably the same people who wear their scarves loose and their necks exposed in winter, when you need to keep your neck warm. I also hate them.
Here in CA. one must as far to the right as possible prior to making the right turn. Have you ever had a car slow or stop right in the middle of the lane and then make the right turn? I thought it was common knowledge that one should veer the right allowing traffic to rear to pass whem making a right turn. Is that just a Califorina thing?
When the local TV station shows a commercial for their news program during the program: Preaching to the faithful.
When companies with monopolies spend money on commercials. You wan’t to improve your public image? Take that money you are spending on commercials and use it to lower your rates.
People who edge their car forward 3" every 5-10 seconds while waiting for the light to turn green.
That gave me a good chuckle. That’s exactly my sentiment. It must be uncommon, though. CVS and Walgreens are everywhere, and I never see them close, and I don’t really know how to tell them apart unless they’re on opposite corners (as they so often are).
I’m still having trouble imaging what you’re talking about. In Michigan there are only a few scenarios:
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[li]You’re in a city, and if you veer right you hit the curb and damage your rims.[/li][li]There’s a right turn lane. You don’t veer into it; you get into it.[/li][li]There’s a right turn lane, and the through lane is also painted (with signage) indicating that you can also turn right from that lane. You can’t veer; you’d be in the right-only lane, and defeat the purpose of having two lanes from which you can make a right.[/li][li]There’s a shoulder. But driving on the shoulder is illegal, because it’s a shoulder and not a right turn lane or deceleration lane.[/li][li]In all cases you’re supposed to use a turn signal or hand signal so that people behind you know you’re turning.[/li][/ul]
But maybe I’m missing a situation in my list?
