# Things that Irritate Me... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 20, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-irritate-me/149813 "2003-01-20T16:17:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-irritate-me/149813/1 "2003-01-20T16:17:27Z")
Grown women who refer to their father as “daddy”. Grown MEN who refer to their father as “daddy”. Teflon that no longer has non-stick capabilities. Fagged out elastic. Bad pizza. How 'bout youze? ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-irritate-me/149813/2 "2003-01-20T16:30:41Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Kalhoun \* > \*\* > Grown MEN who refer to their father as “daddy”._\* Pretty common in the south. It’s gotta be better than calling him Jim Bob, which could well be his actual name. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-irritate-me/149813/3 "2003-01-20T16:34:53Z")
Yeah, SealClubber, I know it 's a Southern thing…it just rubs me the wrong way. I dunno… ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-irritate-me/149813/4 "2003-01-20T16:39:13Z")
Well, calling it southern doesn’t excuse it. I don’t like it either. BTW, I live in a state where the governor lived in a mobile home while the mansion was being renovated. True. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-irritate-me/149813/5 "2003-01-20T16:40:53Z")
People who post meaningless, self-referential replies in threads about things that annoy people. 😃 Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-irritate-me/149813/6 "2003-01-20T16:52:26Z")
Maybe Kalhoun should pick just one, repeatedly say “fuck”, and ask to mods to move it to the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-irritate-me/149813/7 "2003-01-20T18:13:37Z")
Now, I’m liking the thing about the Governor’s Mansion having wheels. That rubs me the right way! Another annoying thing: Sailor suits on anyone older than 6. This includes sailors. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-irritate-me/149813/8 "2003-01-20T18:20:05Z")
Here’s the link: [http://www.nwamorningnews.com/278731809327015.bsp](http://www.nwamorningnews.com/278731809327015.bsp) ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-irritate-me/149813/9 "2003-01-20T18:21:15Z")
I call my dad “daddy” sometimes. I’m 27. My boyfriend thinks it’s obnoxious as well – I never really thought about it until he pointed it out. I’m not a “Daddy’s girl” or anything, and it’s not a wheedling or whiny “but daaaaady!” kind of voice; I say it in the same tone of voice that I say “Dad” in. I dunno, I have no plans of changing that anytime soon. Good thing we’re not acquainted, huh? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-irritate-me/149813/10 "2003-01-20T18:23:08Z")
His mobile home is WAY bigger than my regular home. I still like the fact that he’s doing it. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-irritate-me/149813/11 "2003-01-20T18:25:22Z")
I wouldn’t dislike you, Gundy…I’d just be slightly annoyed. 😉 My sister-in-law does it too. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-irritate-me/149813/12 "2003-01-20T19:10:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kalhoun \* > \*\*His mobile home is WAY bigger than my regular home. I still like the fact that he’s doing it. \*\* His detractors call him “Widebody” and his wife “Jethrine.” ---
**Author:** ![Siemsi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b19c9b/32.png) [@Siemsi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siemsi)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-irritate-me/149813/13 "2003-01-20T19:23:59Z")
Men who play with the change in their pockets. That irritates the living daylight out of me. (Yes, you, right there. Us women hate it when you play pocket pool a/k/a jingle your pocket change). ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-irritate-me/149813/14 "2003-01-20T19:43:00Z")
When people compliment me about my hair or what I’m wearing. I know it’s strange and I’m not bothered when just anyone does this; it’s just that I don’t like when people in general are paying that much attention to me. Plus, it makes me feel like I must look ugly regularly. (I know. I need to grow up.) When people are nosy. Just because I’m working on a public computer does not give you a right to peek over my shoulder and ask me what I’m doing. And admitting you’re being nosy does not make it suddenly okay. When people ask me what I’m doing or where I’m going. Again, unnecessary nosiness. Plus, I don’t have to account for my actions. I don’t care what you are doing, so why do you care about what I’m doing? When people talk my head off when it’s obvious that I’m busy. Especially when I’ve made it known that I’m working. If I’m not looking at you or making sincere listening noises, please stop talking. When people ask if I have a boyfriend or try to hook me up with someone, as if my single-ness is so abhorrent that it needs to be remedied. The underlying (and wrong) assumption is that I even want a boyfriend. I especially hate when I haven’t seen someone in a long time and the first thing that comes out of their mouth is, “So are you seeing anyone yet?” No, I’m NOT SEEING ANYONE YET. I PROBABLY WILL NEVER SEE SOMEONE. DOES THIS PISS YOU OFF? SORRY, BUT I CAN’T HELP THAT I’M NOT IN THE MOOD FOR SEX OR BEHAVIORS-LEADING-TO-SEX IN THIS PERIOD OF MY LIFE. LEAVE ME ALONE, DAMMIT! I WILL THROW RABID CATS ON YOU IF YOU DON’T LEAVE ME ALONE! When people make such a big thing about what happened on the game last night and yet wouldn’t know a real current event if it stabbed them in the butt. When I’m working on MLK Day and I don’t even have to, but I don’t know what else to do and I feel sad if I’m not at least feigning productivity. When my cat keeps jumping on the drawing I’m making for my daddy. And yes, I really call him Daddy, even though I’m a grown-ass woman. I know it’s immature, but I’ve called him that my whole life. I can’t suddenly call him something else. “Dad” is so 7th Heaven. “Pop” makes me think of Lamont on Sanford & Son. “Papa” makes me think of Papa Smurf. “Dadio” smacks of the 50s. “Pa” makes me think of Cletus the Slack Jowl Yokel. And who calls their father “Father”? I like Daddy because my daddy looks like a Daddy. I don’t know if it’s southern thing either since both of my parents are from the Midwest, which makes me only nominally southern. [sub]I’m sorry for the rage in my post. I’m suffering from writer’s block and intense people-hate at this moment in my life. [/sub] ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-irritate-me/149813/15 "2003-01-20T19:54:36Z")
Here’s my random (though not complete) list: Ants crawling on my kitchen floor Banner ads, especially the really flashy, destracting ones Bees, wasps, hornets, yellow jackets, etc. Being stuck behind a smoky car that I can’t pass Biting my tongue or lip Car alarms Cartoons and other TV shows where cats are portrayed as the villain or are with the villain Commercials on all of my radio stations Country music Debit card users who hold up the line because their card won’t scan Drivers who space off at the green light Drives who won’t turn right on a red light Dropping something (especially keys, doubly especially when said droppage results in breakage and/or a spill) Emailing someone who just wrote to me and getting a bounce Getting flame email Getting food at a restaurant not made the way I ordered it Getting stuck behind a school bus Getting stuck behind a semi or other large truck Glurgy emails sent to me and a dozen other people, none of whom I even know Google hits which lead to a dead page, or the page doesn’t have the information I am seeking Hip-hop music Junk mail Just missing the yellow light and having to wait the full red light cycle Losing my keys Most car salesmen (I have met a few decent ones, but only a few) Not getting enough sleep Overly cautious drivers who won’t pull out into traffic when there is plenty of space to safely do so Paper cuts People who “borrow” money and NEVER pay it back People who dislike cats and are vocal about it People who don’t put the caps back on pens (especialy markers, which can dry out) People who insist that I should like football People who insist that I should like to drink beer People who leave several messages on my answering machine People who let cereal, potato chips, etc, go stale by not closing the bag/box People who think fat women are unattractive People who won’t leave a message on my machine but yet will persistently call until I get home People with bad breath/body odor or other hygiene deficiencies Pop-up ads, especially the really flashy, destracting ones Rap music Slow drivers Software that doesn’t do what it’s supposed to do Soggy cereal Spam (junk email, that is) Stubbing my toe Stupid/rude customers that I dealt with when I worked in retail Sunny days (I prefer rainy and cloudy days, dammit!) Telemarketers Valentine’s Day Viruses (computer and biological) Voice menu systems that don’t allow you to repeat options Web sites that take too long to load Web sites with music When every radio station is playing a song I don’t like When my car won’t run When the paper jams in my printer ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-irritate-me/149813/16 "2003-01-20T20:10:45Z")
Here’s another few: T-shirts that say totally stupid stuff, like the guy I worked for for exactly 4 hours, who greets the new employee wearing a t-shirt that says, “Dirty Old Men Need Love Too.” Christ, what a jerk. Spending the evening with someone whose taste in music doesn’t even remotely resemble mine. Kids that don’t say hi when they come over to my house. Evangelical TV Traffic jams with no apparent purpose. Where’s the crash? Shouldn’t there be bodies laying in the street? ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-irritate-me/149813/17 "2003-01-20T21:19:17Z")
**dwc1970** - wow. All of those annoy me. Especially > [@](#): > > People who won’t leave a message on my machine but yet will persistently call until I get home … and then say “You never pick up your phone!” … maybe if you left a message I would call you back! I also am annoyed by sticky honey jars and oily oil bottles, because as soon as you pick it up you become sticky/oily, followed shortly by everything else in your kitchen. And finally: YES, I KNOW HOW TO SPELL MY OWN FUCKING NAME. I know it’s unusual. I know you probably knew someone who spelled it differently. But I also know how to spell the fucking thing ! No there’s no N. Yes I’m certain. Why can’t you take my word for it? ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-irritate-me/149813/18 "2003-01-20T21:25:32Z")
Hasn’t call waiting been mentioned yet? Here’s how that works: **Well, I’m glad you called, seal\_clubber! Wait! Someone potentially more interesting is on the line! Can you hang on? \<\\>** ---
**Author:** ![Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df705f/32.png) [@Fairy\_Princess\_Kitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fairy_Princess_Kitty)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-irritate-me/149813/19 "2003-01-20T23:12:04Z")
_note: I have long hair, long as in mid-thigh long_ People who insist upon pointing out my long hair to me. Random Person on the Street: Wow! Your hair is long. Me: Yes… RPOTS: I’ve never seen hair that long, how did you do that? GAH!!! Do they think I hadn’t noticed that my hair is long? How do I do what? Make it grow? Make it long? Gee, I don’t cut it, that tends to work. Goodness it’s difficult to be polite to people. I know tey mean well and all but sheesh. Kitty ---
**Author:** ![bibliophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@bibliophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophile)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-irritate-me/149813/20 "2003-01-21T01:52:19Z")
I have another one related to the telephone. I drives me nuts when my phone rings, I answer it and instead of saying hello, the person on the other end of the line says “Who’s this?” You called me dumbass, I should be asking who you are. Didn’t their parents ever teach them telephone etiquette? Silly, yes, petty, probably, but it drives me up the damn wall!!! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-irritate-me/149813.md?page=2)