# Things that rub you the wrong way, and you know it's stupid. Things where it annoys you that they annoy you **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 20, 2024, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558 "2024-04-20T20:26:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558/61 "2024-04-24T17:39:20Z")
Judge Judy bites people’s heads off for that. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558/62 "2024-04-24T18:00:32Z")
Okay, there are _two_ things that annoy me… ---
**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:** [April 24, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558/63 "2024-04-24T20:49:11Z")
I hate when my husband tells me what to do or even asks me to do something. It triggers my inner aggrieved teenager. Today I parked my car while he was waiting outside for our son’s school bus. I have to park at the edge of my driveway near the lawn so he can get his car out. I’m terrible at parking my car. The first thing he said to me was, “You should move your car. You’re parked on the grass.” Totally reasonable. Inside I’m like dammit, don’t order me around! I’ll park on the fucking grass if I want to! I blame my mother. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558/64 "2024-04-24T22:05:43Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I hate when my husband tells me what to do or even asks me to do something. It triggers my inner aggrieved teenager. Never tell me what to do. That’s just rude. Ask and you will get what you want. I would have a very poor soldier. “Sir, ask nice sir.” ---
**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:** [April 24, 2024, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558/65 "2024-04-24T22:40:26Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Never tell me what to do. That’s just rude. Ask and you will get what you want. Did you just tell me what to do? ---
**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:** [April 24, 2024, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558/66 "2024-04-24T22:56:52Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > I’m stunned to learn ‘put the bin on the curb’ means in/on the road and not up on the lawn or near the sidewalk. Ours are always on the sidewalk, (no grass berm between sidewalk and road in the city core!), In my neighborhood the sidewalks are narrow enough that you’d pretty much be blocking the entire sidewalk if you put them there (and no grass between the sidewalk and street here either). Meanwhile the streets are quite wide and there’s more than enough room for traffic with everyone’s bins in the street. > [@elbows](#): > > How would snow clearance work? It’s California. That’s not a thing here. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558/67 "2024-04-25T03:00:51Z")
The “Water People” (General Improvement District) Hate them, but really should get over it. > [@WildaBeast](#): > > It’s California. That’s not a thing here. Never been to Truckee, I see. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2024, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558/68 "2024-04-25T06:28:27Z")
Must be on the flat, like me. One of our conference rooms has enlarged historical photos on the walls. There are a few showing the last time there was a dusting of snow downtown. They show horses. The sidewalks then were wooden and the streets were dirt. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558/69 "2024-04-25T07:06:58Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > > [@enipla](#): > > > > Never tell me what to do. That’s just rude. Ask and you will get what you want. > > Did you just tell me what to do? Yeah, **enipla,** I think they got you there on that one. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558/70 "2024-04-25T09:06:55Z")
Pictures of people or fictional characters with their hair hanging in front of their eye(s) or face. It gives me the irrational urge to reach inside the picture and swat it aside. It just…nags at me for no good reason. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2024, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558/71 "2024-04-25T13:32:52Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Ask and you will get what you want. That’s even worse. Sometimes I am about to do something thoughtful and then he asks me to do it before I can show how magnanimous I am. Then I don’t want to do it anymore! I’m only getting half credit! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558/72 "2024-04-25T13:44:33Z")
My accountant suggested I begin getting $$$ from Social Security. I went online and in an hour I was all set. Then my accountant suggested I have 10% withholding taken out. Turns out I had to print out Form W-4V, fill it out, then mail it in. Fine. [![](https://i.imgur.com/5Rzluqp.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/5Rzluqp.jpg) I print out Form W-4V, it is one sheet. But then a second sheet prints out explaining the **Paperwork Reduction Act.** Irony much? ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558/73 "2024-04-25T13:48:30Z")
I have this thing about gum chewing, especially people who keep chewing and chewing and chewing the same tired piece of gum like some rodent on amphetamines. It makes me queasy because I picture people chewing their own spit laden cud and the thought disgusts me. Also, heed this warning: Whatever you do, don’t take it out to drink or swallow something else and then put it back in your mouth. 🤢 ---
**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:** [April 25, 2024, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558/74 "2024-04-25T13:53:44Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I hate when my husband tells me what to do or even asks me to do something. It triggers my inner aggrieved teenager. I’m with you. When my husband tells me to do something or that I should do something, I always snap back, “you’re not my dad”. 😆 I also tell him it wouldn’t irritate me so much if he changed the tone of his voice. That makes all the difference in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558/75 "2024-04-25T13:58:15Z")
Way to stand up for yourselves! 💯 ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558/76 "2024-04-25T15:06:09Z")
We all have different ‘To Do Lists’ in our lives. And some things are more important to one spouse or the other. But I often simply can’t do #4 on the list before #3 on the list. It’s not a problem in our household at all. I’m sorry if my previous posts made it sound that way. 26 years married. Never an argument. Perhaps a very occasional disappointment is it. That is because we both look at whatever has arisen and because of other factors, well, it can’t be done, yet. Things can be moved around on the list of course. And there is the occasional ‘Scud’ in everyone’s life. A missile fired at one or both of us, and you have know idea where it’s gonna go. It may change plans, it may not. It could be a non-issue. We both know our strengths and weaknesses. And handle tasks that way. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558/77 "2024-04-25T15:43:45Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > I also tell him it wouldn’t irritate me so much if he changed the tone of his voice. If my wife told me that, I would be tempted to repeat my statement in Elmer Fudd’s voice. But I hope I would restrain myself. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558/78 "2024-04-25T16:48:09Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > We all have different ‘To Do Lists’ in our lives. And some things are more important to one spouse or the other. But I often simply can’t do #4 on the list before #3 on the list. I understand that. I get along quite well with my husband but there are always things that are going to be mildly irritating, and I figure that’s just a part of married life. He’s just kind of, well back in my childhood we called it _anal retentive,_ I guess a polite word would be _exacting_, so he tends to micro-manage. We have a running joke from years back where he admonished me, in all seriousness, “Don’t forget to take the sticker off your apple.” I countered years later with evidence that you can actually eat the sticker. The fact that I have accidentally eaten the sticker before is irrelevant, I say. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558/79 "2024-04-25T17:27:31Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Pictures of people or fictional characters with their hair hanging in front of their eye(s) or face. It gives me the irrational urge to reach inside the picture and swat it aside. It just…nags at me for no good reason. Do not ever watch a movie featuring Veronica Lake!! My latest one: When you go to a restaurant, and they bring a drink, with a straw already in it. But the paper is still on the part sticking out of the drink. EWWW. The paper is so the straw is clean. But to set it up that way, someone had to grab that, and pull the paper off below, with their hands. Likely TOUCHING THE STRAW as they do so. I know, I know, my risks of food-borne illness are not terribly high from a (hopefully clean) hand accidentally touching the straw briefly, versus from all the other components of the meal. But WHO THE HELL ever thought that was a good idea. I’m always tempted to tell them to take that drink back and bring me one without a straw stuck in it, but you know damn well they’ll just go back, remove the straw, and bring you back the same beverage. And related: whenever my husband and I would get drinks somewhere, with bendy straws available, he’d helpfully set mine up for me, by fully extending the bendy part. It kinda annoyed me. I finally let him know that this was an annoyance, and he quit doing it. This one truly IS stupid. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558/80 "2024-04-25T18:16:59Z")
Hahaha everyone. The little things can kinda irritate. Years ago, when I was about to sneeze, my wife would say gesundheit before I sneeze. And my sneeze would get sort of stuck. Yeah weird, I know. I asked her to stop doing that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-that-rub-you-the-wrong-way-and-you-know-its-stupid-things-where-it-annoys-you-that-they-annoy-you/1000558.md?page=5)