Picking up the phone and the first thing they say is “Hello, this is Jennifer and I’m calling on a recorded line…” First of all, I don’t care what your name is. Really, I don’t. Secondly, I make it a policy never to do business with anyone who calls me in that manner. I realize that you have to let me know you’re recording the call but that sure isn’t the first thing I want to hear. First tell me who you represent and what you’re trying to sell me. Maybe then you can let me know it’s recorderd and maybe never you can tell me your first name.
In some states it’s legally required that they tell you, and they need to do that before they record you, which means, before you speak. I’m really okay with them stating that at the start of the call.
I also want to know why they are calling up front.
Yeah, my wife got into a minor fender bender once with a driver like that. It was near a school, and the guy slowed down and pulled over to the right. She figured he was pulling over to drop a kid off, so she started to go around him and, nope - he’s making a left turn! No signal!
What I find even more infuriating is when I answer the phone and it is a prerecorded message saying “Hi! I am Jennifer from So and So Associates. Please return our call to discuss …”
Like if you need to talk to ME that bad --have someone live available to talk. I am NOT wasting MY time playing phone tag to chase you down to talk.
I get just as annoyed with right turners who swing left to make their turn. Like they’re manuevering a battleship or something. They sometimes even cross over into my lane – even worse!
Also, if someone calls and says, “Hi, this is Curtis from Acme Supplies, can you hear me?” Do. Not. Say. Yes. Hang up, if you weren’t going to already. The “Can you hear me?” is very likely just so they can record you saying “Yes,” and then edit that into the convo, so they can “prove” that you said yes and agreed to whatever they’re trying to do.
“My robot will call your robot “
Which has zero legal impact, since a “meeting of minds” never occurred, hence no contract. Could possibly be a pain to fight, but the law would be on your side all the way.
In our house, “Can you hear me?” is always answered with “WHAT?” Sometimes it’s a joke.
A glass, or bowl of soup that is filled right to the brim.
A salad that is so huge, and spilling off the plate, eating it is a challenge.
Speaking of salads, cut up the lettuce please, someone, Bueller anyone. I would like pieces that, you know, I can put in my mouth.
I thought this had been shown to be a canard.
When watching YouTube videos, the host will flub a line. Instead of fixing it during the editing process, they keep the flub, laugh, then show a couple more takes of the same flub, then FINALLY get back to the program.
Breaks the flow of the information, and is just cringe inducing.
*I’m looking at you, “Toy Galaxy/ Secret Galaxy” and “Future Proof”
Well, if not a duck, at least an urban legend. 
Maybe. But I’d just rather not engage at all with people who are skilled at conning people.
Definition 1a
Foghorn Leghorn “That’s a Joke son!”
That’s not a canard.
This is a canard:
I have minimal patience for things in YouTube videos that can be fixed by trivial editing.
In 2010 it was acceptable to have any quality of video on YouTube, but today that’s just laziness.
For some reason I am fascinated by coin collectors and dealers, though I have no desire to collect coins. If this is your hobby or business, then USE MANUAL FOCUS as you are showing your coins. It is so annoying to see the focus hunting as they describe some detail and say “let’s get it to focus” for the hundredth time. If you only need to do a few closeup shots, then do a few takes until you get the focus right then EDIT OUT the blurry footage. Don’t be lazy.
There are no excuses for audio that is too quiet to hear. Don’t you preview your videos before you upload them?
Shaky cam? Inexcusable, especially if you fumble the camera as you keep repeating “Let me see if I can hold the camera as I do this”. Get a tripod. Use a chest-mounted Go-Pro. Use a head-mounted Go-Pro. There are many great options that leave your hands free and provide smooth video.
Those activities are all super annoying.
And I’m saying this as a fellow YouTube creator–I post many videos on film photography as well as Christian music videos of my wife and I, and I preview every single one from end-to-end, looking for editing problems, checking the sound levels, making sure the focus was tight, and so on. It’s not hard to do.
I have no patience with YouTubes where it can be replaced by a few paragraphs in a blog.
I do like way more those YouTube videos where a grumpy old man is sitting there and reviewing a product on the desk rather than those highly polished and edit videos of a production company. Those are the ones that always seem light on content and heavy on visual parafinalia.