# Things that infuriate you well beyond their actual importance **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 4, 2024, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712 "2024-09-04T02:18:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 109
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2161 "2025-09-22T06:36:29Z")
The reason I like to get in the boarding line early (but only when my queue is called) is that my holiday STARTS when I cross the threshold into the plane. It’s at least 10 minutes more holiday! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2025, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2162 "2025-09-22T10:48:17Z")
> [@commasense](#): > > the people who got there early and placed bags on the seats around them just sit there obliviously, doing nothing to free up seats for the newcomers My late mother was once put in her place doing that, by a formidable matriarch, who simply took the bag off and sat down, and when my mother said she was saving the seat for someone, replied in the broadest Yorkshire accent: “It’s bums saves seats, not bags”. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2163 "2025-09-27T18:53:49Z")
> [@Strenger](#): > > Right front pocket? Wallet, pair of dice. Dice? ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2164 "2025-09-27T19:00:29Z")
People about my page on social media who rail about how young people have no manners, respect, responsibility, work ethic, punctuality, etc., etc., etc. They embarrass me. My own grandmothers, both of whom were born in the 1800s and one in a territory not a state, weren’t half that cantankerous when I still had them in my life. ---
**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2165 "2025-09-27T19:16:49Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > and one in a territory not a state, I was born in a territory too, and I’m not very cantankerous. (Hawaii, 1956) ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2166 "2025-09-27T19:54:59Z")
> [@Strenger](#): > > And here’s a pair of pants with the same pocket: ?? All I see is a pair of ordinary front pockets, one of which has a thumb in it. Same with the shorts in the other picture, ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2167 "2025-09-27T23:08:37Z")
I _hate_ when you’re signing on to a site with two-factor authorization, and your cursor is not positioned where you’d type in the code once you got it. How lazy are the programmers working on their websites??? ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2025, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2168 "2025-09-27T23:44:34Z")
> [@](#): > > I _hate_ when you’re signing on to a site with two-factor authorization, and your cursor is not positioned where you’d type in the code once you got it. How lazy are the programmers working on their websites??? The way some mobile apps are set up they should call this two-_device_ authorization, because while you switch over to messages to get your code, the app auto-refreshes to the login screen. You literally need two devices so you can keep the authorization dialog active on your phone. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2169 "2025-09-28T00:30:51Z")
Oh, man, that’s even _worse._ ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2170 "2025-09-28T15:24:38Z")
My company “improved" our “VPN experience” recently with claims of faster connections that I don’t think exist. Part of the “improvement” is the way we connect to it: we used to just push to get a prompt on our phones, which then needed our face to get into the app, at which point we’d get a button to confirm we requested the prompt to finish the connection. Now, we do all that _and_ get a 4-digit number we have to type back into our computers as well. I’m thinking if some unauthorized third party has managed to gain access to my password protected work phone _and_ into the face ID protected app after having already logged into my protected computer to even get the option of connecting to the VPN…that 4-digit code isn’t what’s going to stop them from commiting whatever nefarious deeds they have planned. I hate this company. I like the work but the corporate powers that be are just awful. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2025, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2171 "2025-09-28T19:44:42Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Oh, man, that’s even _worse._ Yeah, it’s one of the reasons I always keep at least my last phone around, after buying a new one. It still works for internet access when I’m home, and I think there’s a way I can read my SMS messages from the old phone, but I haven’t fully looked into that yet. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2172 "2025-09-29T18:51:25Z")
School-district software. I could write a dozen posts on different craptastic elements of our kid’s elementary district website. The latest irk… The calendar of my kid’s class schedule on screen is a soothing and calming light-purple background fill for the days, with white text, medium-grey borders, on a light beige background. This symphony of pale pastels fades to near invisibility and total illegibility when printed. I have to screenshot and drastically value/hue adjust the page in photoshop to get it to print. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2173 "2025-10-02T17:22:24Z")
I think I’ve already shared this. Maybe. > [@GargoyleWB](#): > > The calendar of my kid’s class schedule on screen is a soothing and calming light-purple background fill for the days, with white text, medium-grey borders, on a light beige background. This symphony of pale pastels fades to near invisibility and total illegibility when printed. I have to screenshot and drastically value/hue adjust the page in photoshop to get it to print. I’m a GIS professional. We make maps. Color contrast is critical. With some being more bold than others. Both my parents where artists. I see my self as an artist as well. Maps are art. @GargoyleWB I get that they want ‘soothing’ colors. But make it readable and printable. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2174 "2025-10-02T17:58:49Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I get that they want ‘soothing’ colors. But make it readable and printa And have pity on those of us with poor eyesight. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2175 "2025-10-02T19:45:54Z")
Also remember that not all printers/printer ink are created equal. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2176 "2025-10-02T20:09:26Z")
Somebody tell me if this is actually important or not - it enraged me, anyway. My mom’s backwoods public utility department sent out a mass email to customers, notifying them of a change. They didn’t bother to use BCC or mask the addresses, just dumped hundreds of them in the “To” field for all to see. My blood boiled instantly, and I hit Reply All to reinforce my pointed complaint of a serious breach of privacy. I received a very tepid apology, but probably nobody else cares at all. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2177 "2025-10-02T20:31:47Z")
> [@Briny\_Deep](#): > > Somebody tell me if this is actually important or not - it enraged me, anyway I think you have every right to be upset about this. It would certainly piss me off if hundreds (thousands?) of people saw my email address. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2178 "2025-10-03T00:05:02Z")
> [@Briny\_Deep](#): > > Somebody tell me if this is actually important or not - it enraged me, anyway. I wouldnt be “enraged’ but seriously annoyed. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2179 "2025-10-03T11:47:20Z")
Would there be any way of matching email addresses with actual people? ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/2180 "2025-10-03T12:04:23Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Would there be any way of matching email addresses with actual people Well, a lot of people (like me) use their names as their email address. Mine is firstname.lastname@mailproviderdotcom. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=108) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=110)