# 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:** 95
**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:** [July 10, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1881 "2025-07-10T20:32:31Z")
It’s worse when it isn’t actually water. Like the other night, when I got up to pee in the middle of the night and stepped in something wet on the way back to bed. What, there shouldn’t be water on the bedroom floor! I turned on the light to investigate, and realized it was in fact cat puke (I must have stepped on the edge, where the liquids had soaked into the carped, but missed the mushy part). It was cold, so it must have been there a while. So then I had to clean that up at 2 in the morning… ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1882 "2025-07-10T20:37:25Z")
Disagree, that’s pretty important. I don’t get infuriated ever at my dogs. But they have left surprises for me. 2am, guess it’s time to get up anyway… ---
**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:** [July 10, 2025, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1883 "2025-07-10T20:46:07Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Water on the floor where it shouldn’t be, like the kitchen. My husband is that way and unfortunately he lives with me, a person who can best be described as a failed water-bender. Ever since I was a small child I have had a penchant for getting water all over everything, especially the floor. It doesn’t bother me so I don’t notice it. I’m not bothered at all by wet socks. Yes, I do clean it up when I notice it. He also hates rain and I couldn’t care less about getting rained on, unless it’s cold. Yet I really have a hard time showering, for some reason. It’s a struggle every morning. ---
**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:** [July 10, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1884 "2025-07-10T22:27:34Z")
Yeah, gotta get over that do unto others thingie sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1885 "2025-07-10T22:59:57Z")
Heh. I can’t go barefoot. Socks only in the house? OK… For a little while. But the shoes Must go on. Unless I’m lazing on the couch and getting ready for bed. I realize this is because I don’t go barefoot. I don’t have any callouses on my feet. At all. The tiniest piece of gravel sets me to hopping. I realize this is sort of a Catch 22. I have more callouses on my head from banging it against my keyboard. Now that I work from home, It would be easy to blow the shower off, but I still do it. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1886 "2025-07-11T02:56:29Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > What, there shouldn’t be water on the bedroom floor! I turned on the light to investigate, and realized it was in fact cat puke (I must have stepped on the edge, where the liquids had soaked into the carped, but missed the mushy part). It was cold, so it must have been there a while. You know you are a dedicated cat owner when you step on something squishy and think “I hope that was only a hairball”. Dont worry, our cats are really good with the littler box, but sometimes there are “klingons”. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1887 "2025-07-11T03:57:49Z")
> [@Mops](#): > > I very much hate being interrupted, so I prefer not doing it to others. But the difference is that you would actually be doing your damn job. When a person’s job is to take tickets, and they aren’t paying attention, then they aren’t doing their job. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1888 "2025-07-11T04:36:30Z")
Does he also try the soup and then complain “This _gazpacho_ tastes awful!” And then you have to remind “It is NOT _gazpacho_, it is _salmorejo_!!” Because I have had similar experiences with relatives. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2025, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1889 "2025-07-11T10:28:49Z")
No, he has spared me that indignity. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1890 "2025-07-11T19:52:25Z")
> [@dorvann](#): > > Does he also try the soup and then complain “This _gazpacho_ tastes awful!” > > And then you have to remind “It is NOT _gazpacho_, it is _salmorejo_!!” That would be the time to get pedantic. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1891 "2025-07-12T11:45:35Z")
> [@dorvann](#): > > Does he also try the soup and then complain “This _gazpacho_ tastes awful!” “And such small servings!” ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2025, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1892 "2025-07-12T12:11:47Z")
Well, he needed the eggs. ---
**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:** [July 13, 2025, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1893 "2025-07-13T19:18:18Z")
Maybe not infuriated, but I get rolling-my-eyes irritated when someone says “lather, rinse, repeat” to mean “repeat”. I guess they consider it a clever _bon mot_, but it ceased to be funny about 40 years ago. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2025, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1894 "2025-07-14T14:11:54Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > You don’t like wading? Or taking a shower? If you are seriously asking me that - yes I do enjoy a shower and wading. I’m talking about walking around the house and stepping in water that’s been spilled on the floor, or melted snow. ---
**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:** [July 14, 2025, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1895 "2025-07-14T14:13:21Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Water on the floor where it shouldn’t be, like the kitchen. Correct! ---
**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:** [July 14, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1896 "2025-07-14T14:17:12Z")
This was brought up in the “things that your family do to annoy you” thread. It applies to my customers. I hate it when a person takes ten minutes to convey (or answer) a simple question. “So what can I do for you?” “Well, I just moved here …(ten minutes about how and why they came down to Florida, what they like and don’t like about the place, all the different ideas they’ve had over the years, how much they love dogs, etc…). So how close can my shed be to the back property line?” “So you need to know the rear setback on your property?” “Yeah.” “Five feet. Anything else I can do for you?” “No, that’s all. Thanks for the help!” ---
**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:** [July 14, 2025, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1897 "2025-07-14T15:29:41Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > > [@thorny\_locust](#): > > > > You don’t like wading? Or taking a shower? > > If you are seriously asking me that - yes I do enjoy a shower and wading. I’m talking about walking around the house and stepping in water that’s been spilled on the floor, or melted snow. My parent’s dog has this annoying (but funny) habit of trying to dig in her water bowl, so she’ll splash around in the bowl getting water alll over the kitchen floor. It’s _so_ fun to step in that wearing socks. 😬 ---
**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:** [July 14, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1898 "2025-07-14T15:52:05Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > My parent’s dog And this is a thing that infuriates me well beyond its actual importance: people who write **parent’s** when they apparently mean **parents’**. If it’s just one parent, why not specify which parent? ---
**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:** [July 14, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1899 "2025-07-14T16:10:08Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > If it’s just one parent, why not specify which parent? Parent is non-binary? Both parents are same gender, so specifying won’t identify which partner is which? Only one parent is still living, or only one is in contact? Person who isn’t specifying tries, in general, not to identify genders when they’re not relevant, and doesn’t think they’re relevant in this case? (Admittedly, it’s unclear in some cases, including in the example, whether it’s an error for parents’.) ---
**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:** [July 14, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712/1900 "2025-07-14T16:18:31Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > (Admittedly, it’s unclear in some cases, including in the example, whether it’s an error for parents’.) That’s part of why it’s infuriating: it _could_ be deliberate, and the person writing it really does mean just one parent, but most of the time I suspect that it doesn’t mean that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=94) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-infuriate-you-well-beyond-their-actual-importance/1006712.md?page=96)