These things get under my skin:
saying vin numbers and pin numbers when the n in vin and pin already stands for numbers.
the word irregardless-no such word. regardless is the proper word.
people in front of me driving too slowly. people behind me going too fast.
every time you need your bright lights the most, a car comes the other way and you have to dim them.
people who say the word jealous when they should be using the word envious.
spitting. not necessary or sanitary. dont wanna see it, dont wanna step in it.
stirrup pants being worn with regular shoes. they are only meant for boots.
i just hate it when the dog farts and tries to blame it on me.
people who are in this country for years but refuse to try to learn english.
canadian coins. everyone should be made to show the contents of their pockets at the border. anyone caught trying to use canadian coins here should be put in time-out for two hours.
why hasnt anybody prosecuted nambla and the kkk or sued them ?
Jehovas witnesses
the kiddies selling things to get money for the schools.
bullies.
the way the law allows kids to drop out of school.
when they interrupt a show for “late-breaking news” or a speech, and then dont resume the interrupted program at the place it was cut off.
politicians whining about low funds and threatening cutbacks, yet these same politicians and other government employees and properties continuing to be well-funded, such as marble fixtures in judges chambers, expensive artwork on walls, piped-in music, lavishly manicured lawns, better benefits than the regular worker would ever dream of, etc.
labradoodles, sporks, skorts. enough already with the cutesy-pie combo names. gag.
senseless and unfair seatbelt laws. car drivers must wear them, but they are not provided on most school buses. and motorcycles, where the rider is far more at risk in an accident, certainly dont have seatbelts. yet car drivers must? huh?
motorcyclists not wearing helmets.
the way some people whine about the “deadly dangers” of secondhand smoke, but think nothing of drinking and driving or doing other risky activities like skiing, mountain climbing, etc, which sometimes puts rescue personnel at risk trying to save them when they mess up. not to mention the unfair drain on the taxpayer when numerous taxpayer-funded rescue personnel must rush to their aid and expend our resources to help somebody who put themselves in danger on purpose.
its irksome that so much extra security is used at the jails, police stations, and police departments for celebrities, yet the taxpayer has to foot the bill for it.
tipping, which is nothing more than a voluntary tax, and a form of welfare for undereducated workers and their greedy, skinflint employers.
four-year-old kindergarten. for crying out loud.
there are no groundhog day parades. i want one.
people who say the following, “it goes without saying” " needless to say", “not to mention”, and “hey, i’m just saying”. duh.
annie dillard
personalized license plates nobody can decipher.
the way nobody explains why pollution caused the hole in the ozone layer.
what the heck is it? how can it be that it wasnt made by the meteorites and space junk and dust that have always constantly fallen to earth? how is it possible that the hole wasnt made instead by the rockets that blasted off from earth over the decades and left our atmosphere?, or by the aforementioned falling space debris?
people that dont hate britney spears.
gift exchanges and secret santas.
the way everybody lies to their kids with the myths of santa, the easter bunny, and the tooth fairy, and how youre made out to be an ogre if you dont play along and lie to your kids too.
madonna kissing anybody. blecch.
no matter where i’ve lived, and i have had many addresses, i am always getting my mail late in the afternoon, at the end of the carriers route.
remakes of movies, songs, etc.
the humorless.
its always my turn to change the toilet paper roll.
checking out at the store, thinking you have just enough cash, then finding out after you have already spent five minutes counting it out to the cashier that youre forty cents short, then you have to write a check.
i always get the register that needs new tape, or get the trainee cashier, or get caught behind the coupon queen.
being blinded by oncoming suv’s, minivans, and pickup trucks that have their "lowbeams on but are right at my eye level. same deal goes when their lights bounce off the rearview mirror.
the way that above vehicles block important sightlines and thus endanger safety, or necessitate that i wait til they move so i can see that it is clear for me to go.
people who say they are going to do something, then dont do it. plus half the time they dont even apologize for it, and the other half the time they give some lame excuse.
Things that annoy me? Well… Naw, not even worth saying.
:wally
MANY things annoy me but only a few actually cause me to growl.
Usually it’s seaguls, when I dodge them and they match my every move (to fly above me)
I have a (probably irrational) fear of being shat on.
I have been going Grrr frequently over the last two days because my boss decided to work from home. There have been urgent files needing to be proofed for advertising that I wanted to email him but get this:
“Oh I got the internet at home disconnected mate because it is pointless having it”
Riiiiiiiiight, so you are going to work from home but I am unable to email important stuff to you because you think the internet is pointless. So I’m spending a fricking fortune in couriers getting hardcopies sent to you.
Bloody technophobes.
On the brightside without him in the office I can turn the aircon off and am no longer freezing to death
Man, that’s a lot of rage for two posts. The sad thing is, I agree with most of those things. Except seagulls. I just throw some bread out and they don’t relieve themselves on me anyway.
Ok, then, Ilsa, I’ll say it…capitalization, punctuation and, oh heck, as long as we’re at it, formatting.
Heh…My boss (the owner of the small business with two employees) has been out of the country for A MONTH now…we are in the process of finding a new location and openening another store, and he’s gone for a month. That makes me go GrrRrRrR.
My use of caps in the above Grrrrr also make me go Grrr…The lack of caps in the OP does the same thing.
And I hate seagulls as well.
And my car is dirty and I’m too lazy to wash it.
And I’m done. Thank you.
For me:
Customers who lose their ability to alphabetize and/or read upon entering the store I work in, leading to them being unable to put something back from where they got it
The aforementioned too slow/fast drivers
Dogs that won’t…quit…barking!
Me, for being stupid more times than even a smart person can count 
It’s when I am walking home. They are like a flippin german bombing raid! Flying all over the place. It is a combination of morning and coast. If I threw bread out I’d virtually guarantee a head full of white poo.
seagulls = flying rats
Penis enlargement spam. Yes, I know, everyone gets it, and like disease and poverty, it’s a world scourge that will never be completely eradicated despite the best efforts of humankind, but still…
“Are you satisfied with the smallness of your love muscle?”
Why yes, yes I am, seeing as how I’m female and all. A great big huge honking clitoris might be rather a putoff to my boyfriend than an asset to me, you see. Wouldn’t want to put his own dick to shame, now, would I? Nope, none of your product will be needed by me. Thank you.
Grrr.
honk honk
i hate traffic jams caused by car accidents…on the other side of the street. why am i suffering along with the people on the other side of the road? especially on highways, where there is a rather large division between the two directions.
bird feeders. not the kind you hang from your tree, but the people that feed birds in public parks and along the sidewalks in a shopping area. don’t they understand the dynamics of a birds intestinal tracts and how it is directly linked with their impulse to evacuate on unsuspecting people? allow me to explain:
- you feed A bird a piece of your bagel.
- this attracts other birds to you…hey free food right?
- you feed them some more.
- you realize that you have atrracted too many birds to you, so you shoo them away, and stop feeding the ones that come back.
- these birds now have food in their bellies, and have to make room for it.
they fly up into a tree above some innocents car, or even a park bench. - they procede to deliver their undigested packages.
you see the FLOW of events?
duckthunder, many of your “grrrs” are justified, but some deserve explanation*:
QUOTE: “checking out at the store, thinking you have just enough cash, then finding out after you have already spent five minutes counting it out to the cashier that youre forty cents short, then you have to write a check.”
- this person is the ALSO someone that makes many other go “grrr”. If you think it might be possible that you won’t have enough cash, write a check anyway, and save everyone the time.
QUOTE: “and motorcycles, where the rider is far more at risk in an accident, certainly dont have seatbelts”
- something tells me that a seatbelt on a motorcycle would be more dangerous than the absence of one. In a serious accident, would you want to be strapped to a machine while it spins and twirls through the air, potentially landing on you? Me neither. Motorcycle helmets and protective clothing are designed to protect you while your body slides across the asphalt, to some degree. Better to go this way.
*I know you’re just ranting, and that’s okay.
Receiving the same joke movie clip (of some woman falling into the basement via the trap door) six times in 20 minutes, because none of the recipients bothered to look at the previous forwards and see that my name was on there every other time, too. I appreciate you thinking I will get a laugh out of the clip, which I did, but it’s one of those things that gets more annoying the more you get it.
I agree with most of your points, but i’m a bit confused by this one (specifically in reference to skiing – but to warn you, i’m a skier, so i’m biased).
Secondhand smoke is
a) unpleasant smelling (to me anyway)
b) might cause health problems in others (IANA doctor, so no specifics)
and in particular, it’s putting someone else at risk, not just the person smoking. I can see why someone could be annoyed with this (though my suggestion to them would be to not go to whatever place they’re inhaling the smoke at, rather than try and ban smoking in privately owned bars – silly NY laws :rolleyes: ).
Skiing is putting yourself at risk – you can choose whether to do it or not, and you’re well within your right to do so. You’re not putting any “innocents” at risk (if you don’t count the other skiers, who also chose to put themselves at risk by skiing in the first place).
The rescue personnel at most ski areas are paid to save people, it’s their job – if they weren’t willing to be “put at risk” they wouldn’t work there. IIRC the ski patrol isn’t paid by taxpayer money either.
Of course, paramedics may not fall into this category, but again they get paid to take the risk – i would imagine they get paid approximately the same whether people get hurt or not, so what does it matter?
In any event, i dont think that a skier whining about secondhand smoke is inherently hypocritical. In one case you’re being imposed upon, in the other you’re not.
OTOH anyone who drinks and drives immediately loses their license to bitch about secondhand smoke, so i’m in complete agreement with you there. But please, be nice to us skiers. 
I agree with most of your points, but i’m a bit confused by this one (specifically in reference to skiing – but to warn you, i’m a skier, so i’m biased).
Secondhand smoke is
a) unpleasant smelling (to me anyway)
b) might cause health problems in others (IANA doctor, so no specifics)
and in particular, it’s putting someone else at risk, not just the person smoking. I can see why someone could be annoyed with this (though my suggestion to them would be to not go to whatever place they’re inhaling the smoke at, rather than try and ban smoking in privately owned bars – silly NY laws :rolleyes: ).
Skiing though is putting yourself at risk – you can choose whether to do it or not, and you’re well within your right to do so. You’re not putting any “innocents” at risk (if you don’t count the other skiers, who also chose to put themselves at risk by skiing in the first place).
The rescue personnel at most ski areas are paid to save people, it’s their job – if they weren’t willing to be “put at risk” they wouldn’t work there. IIRC the ski patrol isn’t paid by taxpayer money either, i think they’re employed by the ski area.
Paramedics may not be employed by the ski area, but again they get paid to take the risk – i would imagine they get paid approximately the same whether people get hurt or not, so what does it matter?
I don’t see how a skier whining about secondhand smoke would be inherently hypocritical.
Of course, anyone who drinks and drives immediately loses their license to bitch about secondhand smoke, so i’m in complete agreement with you there. But please, be nice to us skiers.
Double posts really make me go grrrrr. . .especially when I don’t realize I’m reading the same thing twice until halfway through when I suddenly think “Hey, that sounds kinda familiar. . .”
I am typically pretty passive, but there are three specific instances where I am so angry that I cannot control my reactions:
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Anyone who acts condescending towards me. It doesn’t happen too often, but when it does I instantly put the person in their place and do my utmost to make that person feel miserable. It’s the only time where I have felt no remorse from exhibiting negative behavior.
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When someone watches me eat or comments on my food while I am eating. I don’t eat lunch in the office breakroom anymore because of people who can’t keep their business away from my food, and my wife and kids know better than to sit and stare.
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When I sit down with my meal after taking it out of the microwave, take a bite, and it is still cold in the center. I’ve been known to throw the plate of food back into the kitchen from the living room.
Other things that piss me off, but I usually suffer in silence:
-evangelical bumper stickers. Sorry, but having to read “No Jesus, No Peace/Know Jesus Know Peace” or “Real Men Love Jesus” just reminds me that bigotry isn’t confined to race
-misplacing things
-people who shit in my bathroom but don’t light a match afterwards
-waking up to go to work
-having to constantly follow up with people on emails I sent or messages I left on voice mail at work.
-fixing other people’s mistakes at work in order to get my own job done (I tell them to do it, but it usually involves emails and voice mails that won’t be answered anyway)
-people saying “good morning” to me before I’ve had caffeine
Tailgaters used to bug me, but I flip the rearview mirror so I can’t see who is behind me. This has made my commutes significantly more pleasurable.
yeah, sorry about that, i hate them too. I managed to do something truly creative with the Back and refresh buttons on my browser. 
I wish the hamsters would have told me that it posted, instead of “sorry the boards are experiencing trouble, try refreshing” :rolleyes:
This site…
http://radicalapathy.com/features/cat_101_things_we_hate.html
Has a great number of lists like the OP. Mine is currently at the top of the pile.