# The worst things in the world **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 6, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849 "2010-09-06T22:46:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849/41 "2010-09-08T01:20:37Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > (N+1)[SUP]2[/SUP] Math _i_. imaginary numbers. Fuck that. 6.022137 x 10[SUP]23[/sup]. The _fucking_ old lady in front of me at the post office who needs sixteen different types of stamp and wants to pay for them in fucking pennies and pocket lint. Also I think genocide belongs somewhere on this list. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849/42 "2010-09-08T01:24:28Z")
> [@Satchmo](#): > > > [@Terra1041](#): > > > > 1. People who stop, talk, loiter, or do anything stationary _in the middle of doorways_. > > > > 2. Pairs of doors for which 1 door is always locked. > > 1338a. Especially if it’s not marked. 1. People who Pit people\* who stand in line to use the one door to the Mall that everyone else is using, when there’s 7 other _perfectly good_ doors right next to them (when in actuality, half the time there _is_ only 1 open door when people are queueing up to use it, the rest being locked) \*…are the stupidest people… ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849/43 "2010-09-08T01:33:39Z")
1000006(7a). People who ignore my large, RED, \*\*NO SALES PEOPLE \*\*sign and pound on my door at supper time. Then when I point it out to them they tell me “_oh, I’m not selling anything_” as they give me a brochure for vinyl siding. **I LIVE IN A BRICK HOUSE, MAGOO!** :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849/44 "2010-09-08T01:38:38Z")
> [@pkbites](#): > > 1000006(7a). People who ignore my large, RED, \*\*NO SALES PEOPLE \*\*sign and pound on my door at supper time. Then when I point it out to them they tell me “_oh, I’m not selling anything_” as they give me a brochure for vinyl siding. **I LIVE IN A BRICK HOUSE, MAGOO!** :mad: 1000006(7b). Vinyl siding. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849/45 "2010-09-08T02:31:13Z")
(N+1)[SUP]2[/SUP] Algebra. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849/46 "2010-09-08T02:46:57Z")
N²+2N+1: jackasses with music cranked up so loud my car windows rattle. Why do they always have such crappy music? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849/47 "2010-09-08T03:22:18Z")
Blood Sucking Parasites: Mosquitos, Bed Bugs, Gnats, Chiggers, Leeches, Biting Flies. FUCK EVERY LAST ONE OF YOUR PARASITIC ASSES. Die and leave us happier for your passing. ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849/48 "2010-09-08T03:32:07Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > 1. When somebody rides an escalator all the way to the top or bottom and steps off and just _stops_. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE UNIVERSE. GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY. > > 2. When comedians turn self-righteous. STFU and tell some jokes, jokebitch. > > 3. Speaking of iPods: earbuds. Listen, people, you’re sticking those _in your ear_. Didn’t you pay attention to Mr. Rogers? You’re not supposed to shove stuff in there! Fucking gross. > > 4. For that matter, professors who assign shit to groups. I made it to college. I don’t need lessons on how to make friends. > > 5. When some jackass gets on the subway and decides the best place to stand is right in front of the fucking door. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE UNIVERSE. WE’RE LIVING IN A SOCIETY, HERE. > > 6. The guy in front of me paying for $13.56 in groceries with spare change. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE…ah fuck it. 1. Profanity. ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849/49 "2010-09-08T03:45:22Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Chicken-shit oozing through your toes when you took your chances going barefoot to the coop to collect the eggs on a wet day. Seattle slug oozing through your toes when you took your chances going barefoot and without glasses to grab the paper. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849/50 "2010-09-08T04:15:55Z")
> [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](#): > > > [@friedo](#): > > > > 1. When somebody rides an escalator all the way to the top or bottom and steps off and just _stops_. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE UNIVERSE. GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY. > > > > 2. When comedians turn self-righteous. STFU and tell some jokes, jokebitch. > > > > 3. Speaking of iPods: earbuds. Listen, people, you’re sticking those _in your ear_. Didn’t you pay attention to Mr. Rogers? You’re not supposed to shove stuff in there! Fucking gross. > > > > 4. For that matter, professors who assign shit to groups. I made it to college. I don’t need lessons on how to make friends. > > > > 5. When some jackass gets on the subway and decides the best place to stand is right in front of the fucking door. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE UNIVERSE. WE’RE LIVING IN A SOCIETY, HERE. > > > > 6. The guy in front of me paying for $13.56 in groceries with spare change. THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE…ah fuck it. > > 1. Profanity. I hate that shit too. Fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849/51 "2010-09-08T11:56:07Z")
> [@Terra1041](#): > > 1. People who stop, talk, loiter, or do anything stationary _in the middle of doorways_. Maybe they think they are the social elite. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849/52 "2010-09-08T13:27:42Z")
> [@Satchmo](#): > > > [@Terra1041](#): > > > > 1. People who stop, talk, loiter, or do anything stationary _in the middle of doorways_. > > > > 2. Pairs of doors for which 1 door is always locked. > > 1338a. Especially if it’s not marked. 1338b. Or when which door happens to be open changes every day. Bonus points when each of the two doors opens in a different direction (the cafeteria at work is like that, if the left one is open you have to push but if it’s the right that’s open you have to pull). 42 or so. Dudes who share their music with the world. I don’t care whether it’s Metallica, Beethoven, Mojinos Escozíos or Daddy Yankee: if I can hear it inside my house with the windows closed, it’s way too loud. > [@Nancarrow](#): > > > [@Autolycus](#): > > > > And irrational to boot. Now I want pie. > > > > i) People who don’t bring pie. > > i[sup]i[/sup]) People who don’t keep it real. > > But I also know what’s one of the best things in the world: quoting someone else and having nested quotes automatically turn out right. When did that happen? e. A couple of months and it’s absolutely great! ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849/53 "2010-09-08T13:32:32Z")
> [@Tinkertoy](#): > > Seattle slug oozing through your toes when you took your chances going barefoot and without glasses to grab the paper. e) Slug on your pillow giving you big wet slug kisses as you sleep e^2) Flat slug _under_ your pillow, discovered on changing the sheets e^3) Fried slug in the electric plug blowing all your fuses e^4) The look on the electrician’s face as he gently removes said slug. ---
**Author:** ![Normal\_Phase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Normal\_Phase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Normal_Phase)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849/54 "2010-09-08T14:46:26Z")
> [@Tinkertoy](#): > > > [@kambuckta](#): > > > > Chicken-shit oozing through your toes when you took your chances going barefoot to the coop to collect the eggs on a wet day. > > Seattle slug oozing through your toes when you took your chances going barefoot and without glasses to grab the paper. Garter snake getting between your flip flop and your foot when you’re eight years old and running down the hill to the pond at your grandparents’ house, then coming up with the flip-flop when you pick up your foot. That happened to my sister, not me, but she’s never gotten over it. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849/55 "2010-09-08T17:06:50Z")
I’m picturing that garter snake dance as my usual spider dance, raised to the power of about three. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849/56 "2010-09-08T17:51:41Z")
> [@Tinkertoy](#): > > > [@kambuckta](#): > > > > Chicken-shit oozing through your toes when you took your chances going barefoot to the coop to collect the eggs on a wet day. > > Seattle slug oozing through your toes when you took your chances going barefoot and without glasses to grab the paper. IIRC _Seattle Slug_ was the name of a really slow race horse, right? ---
**Author:** ![scule](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@scule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scule)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849/57 "2010-09-08T19:23:03Z")
I’ll never understand why people on escalators don’t stand on the right so people who don’t want to stand there like a lazy idiot can pass them on the left. People who drive like the road is their special place. Zooming to the end of an on ramp and forcing their way onto the highway, or realizing they need to turn right but they’re in the left lane and they’ve got 20 feet to get over and make the turn. People who get in the left lane on the highway and drive slower than me (and don’t move out of the way). Those same jackasses speeding up after I have passed them and riding my tail, then when I move out of the way (right away) they slow down to their previous speed so I have to pass them again. It’s not a fucking competition buddy. People who decide to just make a second line because they don’t feel like waiting in the first line, even though it makes the most sense. Fucking Twitter. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849/58 "2010-09-08T19:38:08Z")
People driving slower than me, who speed up when I try to pass them. There should be a special circle in hell just for them. And people who don’t use cruise control. They want the freedom to vary their cruising speed depending on mood and the number of shiny objects around them. ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849/59 "2010-09-08T19:59:33Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > 1. For that matter, professors who assign shit to groups. I made it to college. I don’t need lessons on how to make friends. Just reading that made my eye twitch. That is exactly my sentiment. I know how to get along with people. I need to be taught chemistry and biology and all kinds of other stuff, but I get along with people because I have to. I’m decent at it. I do not need to be taught how to move within our society. If I get a job wherein my employer tries to give me a group “project” I’ll do it while I look for another job where I get to be the only person responsible for my “grade” in the workplace. I’m an adult. I can do my own crap. Making me be responsible for four other people’s performance (all of whom I have 20 years on) is an asshole thing to do because chances are, I’m the one going to get screwed. Also: **Originally posted by NinjaChick** > [@](#): > > 6.022137 x 1023 Mol!! 😃 See, I do pay attention in chem class. I don’t need the kids to get in my way while I’m learning important stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849/60 "2010-09-08T20:38:42Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > …7. For that matter, professors who assign shit to groups. I made it to college. I don’t need lessons on how to make friends… You folks who are bitching about this drew the wrong lesson from it. It’s not about socializing or even teamwork. It’s about learning that many of your peers and colleagues are stupid or lazy or both, and can’t be depended on, and how you will have to do their work so you don’t get boned, and then they will still get credit for the work you ended up doing. It’s a really important thing to know. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worst-things-in-the-world/552849.md?page=4)