# 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:** 53
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1041 "2024-12-29T14:35:25Z")
> [@Strenger](#): > > Why in the fucking hell would you stop four feet before the stop bar? (And, in many cases, a crosswalk.) > > Hard of knowing, much? > > There’s no reason it bothers me, except that I don’t like to be reminded more than usual of what dumbskis are out on the road. It’s also, ugly, disorderly, and looks like shit. > > Dumbest goddamned thing I’ve ever seen. > > If they don’t know where their front bumper is, their privilege to drive should be revoked until they earn that privilege by passing a practical test. It is a problem when they don’t pull up far enough to trigger the light. And it’s always at a really long light, so we have to sit there for a few more minutes until the light changes again. I also hate people who are in a straight-through lane, and I need to get into the right turn lane, but the driver in front of me has to inch up veeeeeeeerrrrrry veeeeeeerrrrryyyy slooooooooowly so I can’t change lanes and make a right on red. Or there are several people who’ve left enormous gaps, and if they would just pull up a little, I could change lanes. Rawr. ---
**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 29, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1042 "2024-12-29T16:56:17Z")
I just ordered a custom paint-by-number set (using a photo I submitted) as a gift for a friend. While paying for the item, the site assured me I would receive an e-mail with verification of the order, order number, and tracking info. OK…sounds fine. Instead, I get an e-mail with a link to install the Shop app from Shopify in order to get any verification or tracking. The e-mail does not have any information (item, price paid, date, method of shipment, etc.) about the order at all…only the name of the seller. There’s not even any contact info to reach out to the seller. Nope. I’m not going to install an app like that and register an account just to get confirmation of an order I placed. In fact, I guess this IS something that has “actual importance.” Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Strenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Strenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strenger)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1043 "2024-12-30T04:49:06Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > It is a problem when they don’t pull up far enough to trigger the light. And it’s always at a really long light, so we have to sit there for a few more minutes until the light changes again. Have you ever tried passing them to fit in the spot between the “stop bar” and their car? No, nor have I…but it’s a satisfying thought. On reflection it seems to be a ghetto/blighted neighborhood thing. No idea why, no idea of the ethnicities of the drivers, but I see this aberrant behavior on my commute to work much more than elsewhere. Could also be a suburb thing. Seen it there too. Or maybe timid animals wearing skin suits are helming the wheel, rather than licensed adults. I wouldn’t know. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1044 "2024-12-30T05:20:19Z")
> [@Strenger](#): > > There’s no reason it bothers me, except that I don’t like to be reminded more than usual of what dumbskis are out on the road. It’s also, ugly, disorderly, and looks like shit. It also might not trigger the light. > [@MagicEyes](#): > > It is a problem when they don’t pull up far enough to trigger the light. Yep. Also, when stopped, please do not leave two car lengths in front on you. Half a car length is okay. ---
**Author:** ![Strenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Strenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strenger)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1045 "2024-12-30T05:34:31Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > It also might not trigger the light. That’s true, but IME, it’s easy enough to tell when the lights are equipped with photo/laser/robot beams vs. the old standby Magneto Cerebo buried just under the macadam. But, yes, it can certainly be an “actually important” thing for older systems. And explains why one sometimes still sees cyclists laying their bike down against the asphalt near the magnet (?), as we used to do in the day. Mostly, though, it’s just idiotic. Anyone who doesn’t know where their car begins and ends needs to be excised from the road, and reëducated. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1046 "2024-12-30T05:36:06Z")
> [@Strenger](#): > > Mostly, though, it’s just idiotic. No, it is _always_ sidiotic. Just sometimes also delaying for them and everyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Strenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Strenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strenger)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1047 "2024-12-30T05:36:58Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > No, it is _always_ sidiotic. Gabby Johnson is right! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1048 "2024-12-30T05:38:50Z")
> [@Strenger](#): > > Gabby Johnson is right! “I wash born here, an I wash raished here, and dad gum it, I am gonna die here, an no sidewindin’ bushwackin’, hornswagglin’ cracker croaker is gonna rouin me bishen cutter.” ??? ---
**Author:** ![Strenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Strenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strenger)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1049 "2024-12-30T05:43:01Z")
Once again, Gabby Johnson is right. Now who could argue with that? I **also** don’t much care for people who don’t pull their receipts from the machine at grocery stores’ printers at the self-check kiosks. Bunch of lazy dumbskis. No, I don’t ever need my receipt…it just irritates me. I know the self-checkout people make fun of them regularly, so I feel vindicated and righteous, proud and good. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1050 "2024-12-30T06:08:43Z")
> [@Strenger](#): > > Once again, Gabby Johnson is right. Can you explain what you have been saying here- twice? what do you mean? ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1051 "2024-12-30T06:38:13Z")
I assume it was a chance to quote _Blazing Saddles_. Or that and a reference to being idiotic. ---
**Author:** ![Strenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Strenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strenger)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1052 "2024-12-30T06:52:11Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > I assume it was a chance to quote _Blazing Saddles_. Or that and a reference to being idiotic. Could be both. ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1053 "2024-12-30T07:14:52Z")
Might could be. Hard to tell with Gabby Johnson. ---
**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 30, 2024, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1054 "2024-12-30T07:19:32Z")
Strenger Johnson is right about Gabby Johnson being right. ---
**Author:** ![Strenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Strenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strenger)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1055 "2024-12-30T07:29:30Z")
_markn\_1_ has said one of those truths which need repeating again and again…that Strenger Johnson was right about Gabby Johnson being right! May we have a moment to let Gabby Johnson speak in authentic frontier gibberish, in a speech which he wrote in his very own hand. ( **Also** I don’t care for those flimsy paper sacks they sometimes foist on you at convenience stores…very unsat.) ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1056 "2024-12-30T07:38:49Z")
> [@Strenger](#): > > I **also** don’t much care for people who don’t pull their receipts from the machine at grocery stores’ printers at the self-check kiosks. I don’t mind them, because they leave me an occasional bonus, which is welcome on days when I don’t need a lot. At my local supermarket, if you buy over $50 worth of stuff, you get a discount coupon for the store’s gas bar. The more dollars you spend, the bigger the discount. A few times, I’ve pulled the previous customer’s receipt to find, to my delight, that it’s got a nice discount coupon attached. This is especially welcoming when I only needed a few things; nowhere near $50 worth. It doesn’t always happen, but it’s nice when it does. ---
**Author:** ![Nyvaak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Nyvaak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nyvaak)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1057 "2024-12-30T09:07:14Z")
Around here every supermarket pharmacy has a sign somewhere near the counter saying, “FREE FLU SHOT,” in large letters. Much smaller are the letters saying, “with most insurance.” In other words, it is exactly like any other vaccination or medication of any sort from that pharmacy. If you have good insurance, the insurance will pay. Otherwise it comes out of your pocket. _There is nothing free about it ! !_ Makes me want to take their “FREE” signs, smash them to bits, run over the bits with a steamroller and exit, with said steamroller, _through_ the pharmacy. ---
**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 30, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1058 "2024-12-30T18:10:09Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > when stopped, please do not leave two car lengths in front on you. Half a car length is okay. If you’re stopped on a steep rise, however, please do leave some space. It’s just possible that the person ahead of you is driving a stick shift; while a skilled driver may manage to start up on a hill without rolling back even fractionally, it’s still a good idea not to be right on their bumper. > [@Strenger](#): > > **Also** I don’t care for those flimsy paper sacks they sometimes foist on you at convenience stores…very unsat. Carry your own nice sturdy canvas. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1059 "2024-12-30T18:46:42Z")
> [@Nyvaak](#): > > In other words, it is exactly like any other vaccination or medication of any sort from that pharmacy. If you have good insurance, the insurance will pay. Otherwise it comes out of your pocket. _There is nothing free about it ! !_ > > Makes me want to take their “FREE” signs, smash them to bits, run over the bits with a steamroller and exit, with said steamroller, _through_ the pharmacy. In their defense, most people have no idea what insurance does and doesn’t cover. “Insurance will pay 100%, with no co-payment or deductible on your part” is useful information. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1060 "2024-12-30T20:52:29Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > If you’re stopped on a steep rise, however, please do leave some space. It’s just possible that the person ahead of you is driving a stick shift; Yes, true. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=52) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=54)