# 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:** 74
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1461 "2025-03-20T14:10:20Z")
I see the same here with a lot of Trader Joes packaging recently, in about the last year or so. Firstly, the initial tear-off notch doesn’t tear evenly, often damaging or stressing the ziplock portion. Now learning not to trust the tear-off I grab scissors. The ziplock bond to the bag itself is often still weaker than the force needed to open the seal, so it just tears itself off the edge of the bag. Competely useless and a waste of packaging because, as you note, it forces me to grab a proper ziplock bag to store the contents in. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1462 "2025-03-20T14:21:57Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I had an otherwise marvellous cat who worked out the best way to get breakfast when he was hungry and I was sleeping, was to insert a claw into my nostril. > > It woke me up, sure, but this not my opinion of how best to get the cat breakfast. Remove cat from bed (and, if behavior repeats, from room, closing door inbetween). Go determinedly back to sleep, or at least pretend to; ignoring, or at least pretending to ignore, cat scratching at door. Get up, or at least get to the room with the food bowl, slightly later than you would have done otherwise. Repeat as needed. Behavior will stop; though if you’ve been giving in to it, instead of using the above technique on the first occurence, it may take a while. (I have lived with a whole lot of cats, and several dogs. I get up at erratically different times. They’ve all learned to live with this.) > [@GargoyleWB](#): > > it forces me to grab a proper ziplock bag to store the contents in. A twistie bag will do fine if you close it right (twist the neck of the bag and then put the twistie around the twisted area); and is more likely to keep working, as well as easier to get the extra air out of before closing. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1463 "2025-03-20T14:48:45Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Repeat as needed. Behavior will stop; I’m familiar with animal training. Mostly dogs. But this motherfucker was training ME! And he was good at it. Still my favourite cat. An arsehole, but I loved that cat. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1464 "2025-03-20T16:03:08Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > this motherfucker was training ME! They will do that! ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1465 "2025-03-20T16:19:04Z")
I often take a particular bridge to work. At the far end of the bridge is my exit. Drive across bridge, get off. So far so good. Also at the far end of the bridge is an “Inspection Station / No Thru Traffic”. This is a 4th lane (divided from the main 3 lanes) off to the right, about 1/4 mile before the exit. This lane separates, goes a little bit, then joins back up right where my exit ramp is. I’ve never seen a truck being inspected here. The lane is hella convenient when there’s a backup, rather than sit in 3 lanes of stop and go traffic, one can hit the inspection lane, cruise at a non zero speed, and immediately exit. No harm no foul, you don’t get in anyone’s way, you don’t prevent people from exiting or entering, you actually get your car off the busy road 1/4 mile earlier than otherwise. It’s a popular option during backups. What infuriates me? When people still use that lane despite there being no traffic at all. It is technically a move that is explicitly prohibited, you don’t need to use the lane, everyone is driving full speed, just stay on the main road and exit like a normal person. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1466 "2025-03-20T19:52:47Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > We have two dogs. Border Collie mixes. They have a doggie door for the day but we generally keep them in at night. Those dogs are so smart that why not just put a combo lock on the doggie door? 😀 😇 > [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Repeat as needed. Behavior will stop; though if you’ve been giving in to it, instead of using the above technique on the first occurence, it may take a while. Our cats dont try anything like that for food, except the little orange girl who meows and stands on her hind feets briefly if you go into the kitchen before her breakfast time. She is so damn cute, I usually give her a couple kitty treats, but my wife opens the cans. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1467 "2025-03-20T20:11:32Z")
We have two guest cats who belong to my stepdaughter who is staying with us between apartments. The cats go in and out the kitchen door that opens onto the back deck. There is also a living room window that looks out onto the deck. So the cats have learned that when they want in, they scratch at the screen on the living room window. The other night I was out on the deck grilling, and one of the cats walked right past me and started clawing at the window screen. I turned around and said “Look, you stupid cat, I’m right here!” But hey, he definitely got his “let me in” message across. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1468 "2025-03-21T03:15:02Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > I had an otherwise marvellous cat who worked out the best way to get breakfast when he was hungry and I was sleeping, was to insert a claw into my nostril. > > It woke me up, sure, but this not my opinion of how best to get the cat breakfast. Meanwhile, the other night my cat woke me up simply by purring too loud. I don’t think his intent was to wake me up, but once I was he was like “Oh, you’re up. This would be a good time to pet me.” ---
**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:** [March 21, 2025, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1469 "2025-03-21T13:55:12Z")
I absolutely refuse to feed the cats if they’ve done anything especially annoying. Working out some mutual communication is fine and constructive. But i don’t want to encourage cats sticking their claws into me. The old lady has gotten much better about not using her claws, fwiw. And if she taps me gently, when I’m not eating, i do respond. She needs to be able to get my attention, after all. ---
**Author:** ![sb1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@sb1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sb1953)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1470 "2025-03-21T14:13:09Z")
YES! I love using old wire coat hangers for other uses! They are the best! ---
**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:** [March 21, 2025, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1471 "2025-03-21T14:26:34Z")
Erm… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XOILKHmZBwc/hqdefault.jpg "No Wire Hangers") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOILKHmZBwc) ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1472 "2025-03-21T14:58:02Z")
I had a guy come over the other day to look at some trees for trimming. He said “I’ll put together a quote and send you a link tomorrow, you can sign off right on your phone.” He also said “Tomorrow you’ll get a message from my insurance company with my insurance details. They’ll send it directly to you.” That was Tuesday. This is Friday. So I texted him a gentle reminder this morning and he immediately replied that he’s on it. But this is how contractors work. They all are fairly slack with regards to when they do what they say they are going to do. When the dust settles, the contract will be sent, the insurance will be provided, and the work will get done. But it really frosts my cookies when people say “I’ll do this tomorrow” and it doesn’t happen. Part of me says silently “I’m judging you, and you failed the most basic test: your did not do what you said you would do.” ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1473 "2025-03-21T17:38:49Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > “I’m judging you, and you failed the most basic test: your did not do what you said you would do.” Bingo. I HAD been taking my car to a dealership for it’s required service (the car tells you what to do) so I scheduled an appointment, they took the car. After cooling my heals for 2 hours, they called me to say it needed rear brakes, I said to do it (the tires where off, do it right then dammit). Two more hours pass and they call to say they need it all day, and they are closed tomorrow. It should NOT take a dealer 8 fucking hours to put on rear breaks. I’m 100 miles from home and sort of need my car. I was at the point that well maybe I’ll rent a car for the weekend. I needed my insurance card out of the car though. So they drive the car around to me (shouldn’t they be working on it? I don’t need the entire car, just the insurance card) I ask what they had gotten accomplished in the 4 hours they had it? (remember this was a scheduled appointment). They had rotated the tires. Not a single other thing. I took my car and left. Never again will I return. This is the second time they have screwed me over like that. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1474 "2025-03-21T20:36:18Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I absolutely refuse to feed the cats if they’ve done anything especially annoying. Working out some mutual communication is fine and constructive. But i don’t want to encourage cats sticking their claws into me. Yep. Acting really cute can get a reward, not being a bad cat. > [@enipla](#): > > It should NOT take a dealer 8 fucking hours to put on rear breaks 1-2 hours per axle. But they want to sell you a new car. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1475 "2025-03-21T21:24:34Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > 1-2 hours per axle. > > But they want to sell you a new car. If it takes 1-2 hours per wheel for qualified mechanics with lifts, air and all the tools right there at hand indoors to change brakes on a very common vehicle, I’m not going to by that brand again. Not a good selling point. I think the place was just very poorly managed, perhaps understaffed. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1476 "2025-03-21T21:32:26Z")
Dr Deth posted 1-2 hours per axle, not per wheel. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2025, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1477 "2025-03-21T21:38:11Z")
Rear brakes. I consider that one axle. But it’s a nit pick for sure. They had the car in the air, wheels where off, they called me and said it needed rear brakes. Do it I say. They where half way there anyway. They already had it for 4 hours, and wanted it for the entire day. They where either totally incompetent or forgot about it. Sort of the same thing I suppose. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2025, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1478 "2025-03-22T00:20:06Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > They had the car in the air, wheels where off, they called me and said it needed rear brakes. Do it I say. They where half way there anyway. Well, maybe. Since the wheels were apparently on the car when you got there, and the new rear brakes weren’t, maybe they just called you and told you that. Of course, the flaw in that theory is that if they were going to pull that one, they could also just have told you that the new brakes had been installed; but maybe they were afraid you’d figure that out. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1479 "2025-03-22T00:38:22Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > The deli at my supermarket puts my cheese and lunchmeat orders in ziplock bags, and then slaps the label generated by the scale OVER the ziplock, so it cannot be opened. The label is stronger that the bag plastic, which tears if you try to remove the label. Oh boy, we griped about this here a year or so ago. No matter how delicately you try to remove enough of the label to slide the zipper, the bag tears. The point seems to be to prevent you from opening the bag before it’s paid for, but even if you _could_ open it to snack on it in the store, the price is still the same. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2025, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1480 "2025-03-22T12:13:30Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > I think the place was just very poorly managed, perhaps understaffed. Yeah. It’s been ten days since my diesel truck went in for service. I did say, “no rush” but hell. A service takes around 2 hours at most. Fortunately I have little need to drive, I walk. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=73) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=75)