# 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:** 82
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1621 "2025-05-01T03:02:02Z")
I just got Subway tonight for dinner, hadn’t had it in a long while but I was walking past it and suddenly felt like getting some. Now I remember why I stopped. I hate when they place the meats and cheese _on top of_ the fold in the bread, instead of on _one side_ of the bread fold. Which means when they close it, all of the meat and cheese has folded into a C shape with the inner part being nothing but meat and cheese, and the other outer part only lettuce and toppings. Why _why_ do they do this? There is literally no way to take a bite and get everything at once. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1622 "2025-05-01T04:36:13Z")
> [@doreen](#): > > But upon looking around, I see there are two slightly different phrases that seem to get mixed up . > > “Substitute X _for_ Y” means the X will replace Y. > > “Substitute X _with_ Y”, means Y will replace X. I picked up the way my grown son orders TBell. He relies on “no” and “add”. As in: This Item - no onion - no beans - add sour cream. And it comes up on the board: This Item $$ no onion no beans add sour cream $. The adds usually cost you. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1623 "2025-05-01T12:50:53Z")
At least they’re slicing the bread in half now instead of cutting that stupid wedge out of the top. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1624 "2025-05-01T14:12:54Z")
I think of this every time I get a Subway. How did they fit everything in there? They must have a used a fraction of the fillings that they use now. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1625 "2025-05-01T15:14:49Z")
It’s cut the same way it’s always been cut. 🤨 I’m not sure what you mean by wedge. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1626 "2025-05-01T15:19:57Z")
He meant exactly what he said. Instead of slicing the bread in half like any normal sandwich shop, Subway used to cut a wedge out of the top of the loaf and pile the toppings in the trench created, then put the little piece of bread back on top. It made the sandwich really hard to eat. I stopped going there because of it. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1627 "2025-05-01T15:23:07Z")
Ok. I guess they must have changed that many years ago. I have never seen that. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1628 "2025-05-01T15:31:15Z")
It wasn’t that long ago - maybe 10 years ago. Although it may have changed earlier in some places because I remember that a large part of the reason they changed was because that wedge was really unpopular with customers. In fact, I went to Blimpies instead of Subway specifically because of that cut. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1629 "2025-05-01T15:31:58Z")
It was apparently called “the v cut.” As with all things, there is a YouTube [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiZewIdadVw) about it. Complete with a bunch of comments from people who loved it that way, and hate that it’s been changed. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2025, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1630 "2025-05-01T18:15:56Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > I hate it when stores nag me to review every random item I buy from them. I used to review and rate most of the stuff I bought on Amazon, hoping to help the next person, but it became more trouble than it was worth. There was no motivation whatsoever for writing reviews. No “thank you for your dedication”, nor “you have achieved the rank of trusted reviewer” or anything. After a while I realized it was mostly a waste of time and stopped. If there is something I really like (or don’t like) I’ll still leave a review, but “reviewing” is not a side hobby anymore. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1631 "2025-05-01T19:27:12Z")
Well, the MBTA is apparently living up to their motto “stop complaining, we can always make things worse.” They recently repaved that lot. The single entrance/exit goes directly onto a main road in the town, and you have to make a left or right, you can’t go straight. Previously, there was one lane to enter the lot, and two lanes to exit, one to turn left, one to turn right. Which made perfect sense, the time people enter the lot is spread out, while exits come in bursts of dozens of people leaving at the same time **because a train arrived**. But after repaving, the painted new markings with two entrance lanes, and only a single exit lane that everyone has to share. Which sucks for the people turning right, because instead of making a right on red from the right turn lane as they normally did, they’re stuck behind people turning left. And it sucks for people turning left, because the light stays green for a very short period of time, so they’re now sharing that time with people turning right. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1632 "2025-05-01T20:39:01Z")
> [@GESancMan](#): > > I stopped going there because of it. I stopped going to Subway as their sandwiches had no flavor. > [@minor7flat5](#): > > I used to review and rate most of the stuff I bought on Amazon, hoping to help the next person, but it became more trouble than it was worth. > There was no motivation whatsoever for writing reviews. No “thank you for your dedication”, nor “you have achieved the rank of trusted reviewer” or anything. They used to rank reviewers, in fact they still call me a “Top reviewer”. However, if you wrote enough reviews that they liked, they might have invited you to be a Vine reviewer, which gets all sorts of free stuff to review. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2025, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1633 "2025-05-04T11:33:35Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I stopped going to Subway as their sandwiches had no flavor. I get the Hotshot Italiano with pepperjack cheese and Chipotle mayo. Plenty flavorful. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2025, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1634 "2025-05-04T12:17:25Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I get the Hotshot Italiano with pepperjack cheese and Chipotle mayo. Plenty flavorful. Yeah, my ‘go to’ is a BMT with oil and vinagar. All the toppings. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1635 "2025-05-07T17:29:59Z")
This one is really narrow. It only applies to me when I’m on this message board. I get annoyed when I’m reading a long-running thread and I want to see what posts I’ve made in it so I enter “nemo” as a search term. And then I find that mnemosyne has posted in the thread. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1636 "2025-05-07T18:13:47Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I get annoyed when I’m reading a long-running thread and I want to see what posts I’ve made in it so I enter “nemo” as a search term. > > And then I find that mnemosyne has posted in the thread. There’s an easy solution: type “@Little_Nemo” (without the quotes) in the search field, that’s a unique identifier for your username. Or even easier “@me”, which does the same for every poster searching for themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1637 "2025-05-07T18:18:26Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > OP here, and I’m back with a new one. > I hate when organizations/people nag me for reviews! I just had some minor work done on my car, and my “service advisor” started to pester me to leave 5-star reviews (since anything else’s is considered a failure.) > > Irritating as hell. The last time I had some work done around the house, I was asked for a five star review, not just later, but _now_, because it was a measure of job performance for the poor guy. So he literally stood there while I went and got my phone and wrote, “Andy did a great job!” on Google reviews. I don’t blame Andy. And he DID do a great job. But come on. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1638 "2025-05-07T23:33:18Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > My extra caution is probably annoying the drivers behind me. Yes. It is. I got stuck today, behind someone waiting until there were no cars in sight before they’d drive across a not-very-busy street. ---
**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:** [May 8, 2025, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1639 "2025-05-08T03:52:14Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I get annoyed when I’m reading a long-running thread and I want to see what posts I’ve made in it so I enter “nemo” as a search term. > [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > There’s an easy solution: type “@Little_Nemo” (without the quotes) in the search field, that’s a unique identifier for your username Even easier: go to the last post in the thread. After the end of the last post is a link to the number of “users”. Click on it and see your avatar. It will show you how many posts you’ve made in the thread, and if you click on it, it will display all your posts. The “users” link is also at the end of the first post in the thread. > [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Or even easier “@me”, which does the same for every poster searching for themselves. Wow, I never knew this! Thx! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1640 "2025-05-08T04:10:47Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > Even easier: go to the last post in the thread. After the end of the last post is a link to the number of “users”. Click on it and see your avatar. It will show you how many posts you’ve made in the thread, and if you click on it, it will display all your posts. The “users” link is also at the end of the first post in the thread. It appears this function only names the twenty-four people who have submitted the most posts in the thread. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=81) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=83)