# 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:** 59
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1161 "2025-01-11T20:48:11Z")
Our city banned single-use plastic bags last year, so when I go shopping I usually take as many reusable bags with me as I think I will need. It drives me nuts when the cashier or bagger boy tries to jam everything into one or two bags (which end up weighing about fifty pounds each) and leaving me with several empty bags. Spread it around, dammit! (It’s kind of funny considering that when we still had plastic bags, they’d put a few items in each bag and you’d come home with ten bags when everything probably could have fit in three. ) ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1162 "2025-01-12T04:31:33Z")
This is unfair, I know, but I play games and don’t pay to go ad free. I get it, I’ll have to watch some ads. However, the worse are for games, I’m thinking Royal Match, and now they’ve come out with Royal Kingdom that are supposedly ad free to play. The ads I have to watch are longer than typical ads. I’ve never had a desire to play either, and the ads piss me off so much I never will. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1163 "2025-01-12T11:53:17Z")
Even when I tell them to fill the reusable bags up, my market puts two or three items in each reusable bag, then starts using plastic bags. They stare at me slack-jawed when I lose my shit and rebag everything into the reusable bags. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1164 "2025-01-12T12:40:24Z")
My issue is the opposite. There is always one item left over at the end and the bagger seems incapable of putting it in one of the six half-filled bags. ---
**Author:** ![Strenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Strenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strenger)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1165 "2025-01-12T13:30:17Z")
People who claim they don’t like the “taste” of water. Just give it the old college try. Indeed. Bunch of pantywaists claiming “Oh, I just don’t like the taste of plain water.” Fine. Then don’t drink it, idiot! Be glad you live in a developed country where that water is safe to drink. Go have your Hamburgler Milkshake with a side of fries. Just don’t talk to me about your precious little “endearing” quirks. Talk to the hand. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1166 "2025-01-12T13:38:07Z")
My Nextdoor is actually much like it is supposed to be. Lost cat, coyote sighting, recommendations for businesses, what is that bad smell/loud noise, heads up about petty crime in neighborhood, yard sale. If someone posts anything political other than very local, or CT, multiple voices tell them to shut up. Maybe we have an admin? ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1167 "2025-01-12T13:42:47Z")
The solution to baggers doing it wrong is to do it yourself. You’re just standing there, after all. I’ve been bringing my cloth bags and packing my own groceries since 1978. I still have one or two of those original, much patched and mended, bags. Baggers should go the way of gas station attendants who pump your gas, clean your windshield, and take your credit card. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2025, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1168 "2025-01-12T13:42:51Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > They stare at me slack-jawed when I lose my shit and rebag everything into the reusable bags. We don’t have supermarkets employing people to bag up for customers - probably too many of us know how to do it right, having been brung up proper by a mother like mine. I don’t want some spotty teenager putting all the squishables at the bottom. ---
**Author:** ![Strenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Strenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strenger)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1169 "2025-01-12T13:46:31Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > . If someone posts anything political other than very local, or CT, multiple voices tell them to shut up. Maybe we have an admin? You may well. IME ne-x-td-o-o-r dot com aggressively “incorporates” nearby neighborhoods, and IME, it’s a hassle to set the damn thing to just one’s own neighborhood. Sure, I have some compassion that some idiot half-mile away saw a “dark-skinned man” walking by and felt like sharing that. But I live in an HOA condo “community” and everyone knows not to come near my place, nor approach my carport. I think I scared off the JW’s and the LDS people years ago when I gladly started reciting from the Vulgate whatever they were droning on about. Bonus? More Halloween candy for me! Easiest solution for me is to put some Gorilla tape and post signs anywhere I see fit, and remove it when the problem is solved. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1170 "2025-01-12T13:56:28Z")
I often grab a bag and start bagging as soon as I’m done unloading my cart, but often there’s still a bagger boy at the end of the checkout trying to jam-pack everything into one bag. I guess I could just tell him I prefer to bag myself. I _have_ said more than once “I’ve got a lot of bags. Feel free to use them all” but they don’t always get the hint. What actually triggered my post was a trip to Target, where the old guy (seriously, he looked like he was well past 70) running the register had the bag sitting right on top of the scanner, so he was having trouble getting items to scan, and was trying to force so much stuff into one bag that I thought for sure the bag was going to rip. I was about _this close_ to saying “Look, you scan and I’ll bag and we’ll be done a lot faster.” ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1171 "2025-01-12T14:46:40Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > Baggers should go the way of gas station attendants who pump your gas, clean your windshield, and take your credit card. it seems that all baggers here (Chile) have died of Covid … more seriously: once we got those “only X persons can be in this supermarket at the same time”, the SMs were fast to drive all people out that didn’t leave money in their tills … (obv. disguised as humanitarian endeavor … _due to an abundance of caution and trying to minimize the risk of getting Covid, we will no longer have any baggers until further notice, bla bla bla_ … everybody stay healthy - as we don’t want legal problems - and spend lots of money here) I am ok with that … as I also have no cash on me to tip them (which ~~is~~ was of course expected) ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1172 "2025-01-12T14:55:58Z")
> [@Strenger](#): > > I think I scared off the JW’s do I get some @Master_Wang-Ka flashbacks? (it seems to be his legendary post is no longer online here) … pls allow me to post a link to a website of their’s for your reading pleasure … [https://www.angelfire.com/journal2/doctorbedlam/story1.html](https://www.angelfire.com/journal2/doctorbedlam/story1.html) ---
**Author:** ![Strenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Strenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strenger)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1173 "2025-01-12T15:00:10Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > (it seems to be his legendary posts are no longer online here) … That’s a shame! No, I can’t claim to be a ghost of some legend, nor even an ordinary crusty sock. I don’t think I “scared” the JWs off, exactly…more probably bored them to tears by rushing inside to grab another translation or a koine Gk dictionary or something. But I’ll take the comparison as a compliment, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1174 "2025-01-12T15:00:58Z")
yes, you are being held to the highest standards … ---
**Author:** ![Strenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Strenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strenger)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1175 "2025-01-12T15:03:22Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > yes, you are being held to the highest standards … Well then I’m screwed! I’ll go for RZA, though, or Chuck D., or Ice-T. Don’t think I’d pass for any them, though. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1176 "2025-01-12T15:03:24Z")
> [@Al128](#): > > (it seems to be his legendary post is no longer online here) … > [@They're back! - the door-to-door salesmen from hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyre-back-the-door-to-door-salesmen-from-hell/147402/18): > > TDN and Magog: I don’t mind someone coming to my door to SELL me something. This is a part of life, and getting crazy about it is stupid. Besides, some things I might LIKE to buy. Band candy. Girl Scout cookies. Lawnmowing services. Really great deals on products that are then physically handed to me, instead of me trusting some stranger to ship it to me in the mail once he has my money. Indygrrl and JayJay, I think, are representative of why these magazine people bug me. These magazine people … > [@You sneaky little Jehovah's Witness bastard!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-sneaky-little-jehovahs-witness-bastard/232042/31): > > Ahh. A Jehovah’s Witnesses thread. Years ago, I was much younger, and didn’t live here. I lived in a part of a certain town, far from here, that seemed infested with Jehovah’s Witnesses. At the time, I didn’t have a thing against any religious group, creed, belief system, or much of anyone else. I still don’t. \*Except Jehovah’s Witnesses. \* You see, these Jehovah’s Witnesses used to Witness the hell out of this one neighborhood. Once or twice a month, I could count on one or two of them k… ---
**Author:** ![Strenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Strenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strenger)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1177 "2025-01-12T15:06:40Z")
lol…that’s some cold x against the JWs! Wow. They’re the one’s who hand out that little magazine, like _Watchtower_, right? Shit! I mean, I might joke about them, but they never did me a Tom Cruise face/off with them. Seem harmless enough. **And also** people who use straws, because they don’t like drinking out of a glass like a human. Yep, gerbil or rabbit or rat ball is the only way I take my fluids. Seems reasonable. And when questioned, he or she has little partner, like the Flash who rushes around attempting to correct some wrongs that we mere humans couldn’t possibly understand. Probably uses wooden pencils, like a Denisovian or such. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1178 "2025-01-12T16:05:36Z")
One thing I actually miss about COVID is that I could bring my own bags to the store, but they wouldn’t touch them, so I _had_ to bag my own groceries. That was nice. ---
**Author:** ![Strenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Strenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strenger)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1179 "2025-01-12T17:29:52Z")
Fucking Youtube, is what! So I’m getting dressed butt-early in the morning (for me). I figure hey, let’s play some “Cissy Strut” by the Meters! Great. My tie is exactly tied at the correct length. And then what? What? Apparently some reject out of _Animal House_ is “performing” the same tune on his acoustic guitar. Yeah. Good ontology, there, AI. Be great when you work on humans instead of idiotic things like language, which you don’t do. ---
**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:** [January 12, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1180 "2025-01-12T18:30:06Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > I’ve been bringing my cloth bags and packing my own groceries since 1978. In approximately 1972, I wanted mine packed into my backpack; a squarish canvas thing as was pretty common for backpacks at the time. I was walking several blocks to the store and had discovered that it was much easier to carry the groceries in the backpack than in the grocery bags (all of which at the time were paper.) They would. not. do. it. The entire idea of packing groceries into anything other than a standard grocery bag was so far out of the universe of things the packers at that particular store had ever encountered that I could not get them to do it, even though the dimensions of that particular backpack were only slightly different than the dimensions of a grocery bag – just different enough that I couldn’t just pick up the grocery bag and put it in the backpack, because it wouldn’t fit. And they wouldn’t even let me just pack directly into the backpack itself; no, they had to put everything into the grocery bag. I’d have to stand there at the end of the counter, take everything back out of the grocery bag, and load it into the backpack. IIRC, i did that all year, or rather all two semesters that I lived in that house. Neither the store nor I ever gave in; or, if one of us did, I’ve forgotten. I expect the store has given in, one way or another, at some time since the 1970’s. > [@Strenger](#): > > IME ne-x-td-o-o-r dot com aggressively “incorporates” nearby neighborhoods, and IME, it’s a hassle to set the damn thing to just one’s own neighborhood. I did finally manage to set mine to stop listing things from other states entirely; but it’s now made up mostly of assorted public notices. Yes, New York State, I have seen the weather report, and that storm’s not expected to amount to much around here anyway. There’s very little else on it around here; I do check occasionally because once in a while there is a lost cat notice, or a for-free listing (generally of something that I don’t want either.) So far I haven’t found any of the lost cats – I haven’t found any cats since I joined. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=60)