# 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:** 46
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/901 "2024-12-12T16:20:34Z")
Thank you. My Wife and I play 2-3 games of chess a night to keep those gears churning and hopefully blow off some dust. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/902 "2024-12-12T16:41:18Z")
I get infuriated when people ask for my phone number, email address, whatever, and then keep interrupting me throughout to say, “uh huh”, or repeat. “Okay, it’s D U N G space B…” “D U N…” “Right. G, space, B E E…” “Space, B…” “No, let me start over.” Just fucking listen for a minute! ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/903 "2024-12-12T17:51:12Z")
I just ran into a similar one today. I called my bank with a question about my credit card. The automated system said “Please type in the last 4 digits of your credit card number.” So I start typing 1234: “1…2…” Just before I typed the “2” the system interjects “If you need more time, press…” Then apparently the “2” interrupted the message, and it stopped speaking in the middle of the sentence. Now I don’t know what to do. Did it hear the “1”? Did it hear the “2”? Should I start over from the beginning? The “if you need more time” message was timed just right so that there was a short pause before it, allowing the user to start typing, but not long enough that they could have finished typing in 4 digits. ---
**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:** [December 12, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/904 "2024-12-12T21:37:39Z")
> [@colinfred](#): > > Ratchet is only mainstream as a means to describe a device that moves a nut I’ve commonly heard “ratchet” (in addition to its use for the tool) used in the phrase “ratchet [something] up”; meaning to push it a notch further, and then another notch further, and then . . . ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/905 "2024-12-12T21:53:02Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > When I went to survey the work after they finished the lattice, I was horrified: on the long side of the deck they had used two lattice sections, but because the ground had a very slight grade, they made one of the picture-framed-lattices an inch shorter than the other. The one on the left stops an inch below the one on the right. You were _horrified_ by that? 🤪 > [@markn\_1](#): > > I called my bank with a question about my credit card. The automated system said “Please type in the last 4 digits of your credit card number.” So I start typing 1234: “1…2…” Just before I typed the “2” the system interjects “If you need more time, press…” Yeah, apparently they have programmed it to be very impatient. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2024, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/906 "2024-12-14T21:26:30Z")
People who are sick with the flu or similar taking some symptom blocker OTC drug, then going out and spreading the disease. Commercials that spread the idea this is perfectly fine. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2024, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/907 "2024-12-15T05:08:04Z")
A few years ago we had our kitchen redone. The quality of the work was excellent. No complaints as to how it looked. One of the things we did was add “waterfall” edges to the counters (the Quartz tops are continued down the sides to the ground). One of the counters was big enough that it intersected with a wooden window frame, so they had to notch the frame to allow the waterfall to fit. Except - when we redid the kitchen again a few years later, we installed new windows, and removed the window frame, and I found out to my extreme infuriation that they hadn’t notched the crappy wooden window frame, but instead cut a section of the expensive quartz countertop. I was almost apoplectic when I saw it, and of course it was far too late to complain. I mean - all the installer had to do was _ **ask** _. I had a scrap of the countertop, and I painstakingly cut a piece to fill in the gap, and then used white epoxy to fasten it in place. I’m the only one who would ever notice it - it matches almost perfectly. _Almost_. ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/908 "2024-12-15T08:20:57Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > When I boldly walk ISWYDT ---
**Author:** ![Orville\_mogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/aeb1de/32.png) [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2024, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/909 "2024-12-15T08:26:30Z")
Around here we increasingly have those large sturdy reusable plastic sacs for our grocery shopping. They are great and we use them for our recyclables at home. But they always come with two sets of synthetic cloth handles: one set of short handles for grasping the sac by hand, and a set of longer handles for hanging over your shoulder. Every time I try to put something into the sac it gets tangled in the long handles. Drives me irrationally crazy. I grab a machete and chop them off with extreme prejudice. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/910 "2024-12-16T02:44:07Z")
Another one! I don’t like when people put their pets in silly costumes and I really don’t like it if someone does it to one of my pets. Our dog sitter will put antlers on our dog at Xmas and send us a pic, for example and I really have to bite my tongue. Dogs are perfect beings and should be treated with the utmost respect. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/911 "2024-12-16T12:46:46Z")
> [@Orville\_mogul](#): > > ISWYDT IDKWTM ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/912 "2024-12-16T13:42:05Z")
IITYWIMWYBMAD? discourse ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/913 "2024-12-16T14:01:09Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > as if they’re defending Fort Junkfood. Okay, this phrase is now officially a part of this household’s memes. My first-world infuriation: espresso joints that will only serve you your shot in a paper cup. Those two little ounces of espresso get cold really fast when not served in a warmed china cup, especially when you’re stirring in the sugar for awhile. I recently went to a Peet’s which served my espresso in a proper little china cup, just like they used to before the pandemic changed serving habits. It stayed nice and hot and sure tasted wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/914 "2024-12-16T14:34:30Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > Those two little ounces of espresso get cold really fast when not served in a warmed china cup I have stainless steel espresso cups that I preheat with several pours of boiling water. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/915 "2024-12-16T14:42:28Z")
> [@teelabrown](#): > > My first-world infuriation: espresso joints that will only serve you your shot in a paper cup. Those two little ounces of espresso get cold really fast when not served in a warmed china cup, especially when you’re stirring in the sugar for awhile. I Make believe that you’re a hardened cowboy in a saloon with a shot of whiskey, and just suck it right down. 🤠 ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/916 "2024-12-16T15:20:05Z")
The movie _Conclave_. (I know this isn’t Cafe Society, but I beg dispensation.) After watching (renting) the movie on the strength of recommendations, my wife and I looked at each other and said, “We want our money back.” How could someone make an entire movie with such attention to detail simply to support a bad punchline? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/917 "2024-12-16T15:54:12Z")
🤷 I thought it was one of the best films of the year. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/918 "2024-12-16T19:09:33Z")
I get so freakin’ annoyed when I have a great, great thing to post on the SDMB and then can’t remember what it is when I get back to the site. Just today, I had a thing to post in this very thread and it was cool and awesome but just now I totally blanked when I came in to show it to you guys. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/919 "2024-12-16T21:19:24Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Another one! I don’t like when people put their pets in silly costumes and I really don’t like it if someone does it to one of my pets. Our dog sitter will put antlers on our dog at Xmas and send us a pic, for example and I really have to bite my tongue. Our pet sitted used to joke that the cats were wearing party hats and carrying on like crazy while we were gone. But I concur to an extent- collars are fine, even fancy one, and bandanas look cool on some dogs. Silly costume- no. > [@Orville\_mogul](#): > > ISWYDT Speaking of things that infuriate me. 🤪 > [@ZonexandScout](#): > > How could someone make an entire movie with such attention to detail simply to support a bad punchline? I read wiki on that film- oh geez, really? But the critics seem to like it. ---
**Author:** ![Sooner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sooner/32/7875_2.png) [@Sooner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sooner)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2024, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/920 "2024-12-17T01:34:05Z")
The State of North Carolina active promoting their lottery; as almost an alternative to retirement saving. In my way thing of thinking, this is exactly the opposite of the purpose of government. 🤬🤬 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=47)