# Trivial Things that annoy you **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 14, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627 "2018-01-14T20:53:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/81 "2018-01-16T18:45:18Z")
Do first world problems count? The way my car’s backup camera is perfectly positioned to receive road splatters, turning my dash screen into a big gray field of nothing. ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/82 "2018-01-16T18:46:37Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > People at the grocery store who don’t use the express lane or self checkout when they only have one or two items. There are two express lanes open, and four self checkouts, but they have to use the only “full service” lane (which I need to be in because I have a full cart) because I don’t know, they’re lazy or stupid I guess. Speaking only for myself, I will go to the line that I feel will minimize my time to check out. This usually will be the express or self checkout, but not always, especially if I have several of the same item (the checker can do “x @ $.¢¢”). If you get in line behind me after I do this, you chose to be there. :rolleyes: > [@Shoeless](#): > > Also, why does Target have 20 cash registers along the front of the store but they never have more than two or three open? Optimism versus reality. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/83 "2018-01-16T18:57:16Z")
> [@galen\_ubal](#): > > The cat demanding my attention as soon as I start playing Guild Wars. > [@Nava](#): > > Kitty wants to play its charr! **galen ubal** ’s cat has [better gear and more online friends](http://cheezburger.com/4814088704). ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/84 "2018-01-16T19:09:09Z")
Speaking of checkouts, when I use the self check and the programmer wasn’t bright enough to have the program recognize that NO ONE EVER will bag a 20 pound bag of pet food or cat litter. Or a box of furniture. Et cetera … ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/85 "2018-01-16T19:13:42Z")
People who say “carmel” instead of caramel. I usually respond with “Do you mean caramel? Carmel is a mountain in Israel.” :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/86 "2018-01-16T19:21:18Z")
> [@amaguri](#): > > preach it. i simply don’t like the taste or mouthfeel of regular coke. Using the word “mouthfeel.” 🙂 (Actually, not the people who use it–just that term in general. Ugh.) People who incessantly crinkle their candy wrappers in movie theaters! I just want to turn around, pull the darn thing out of their hands, and unwrap it for them! (No, I don’t ever do this. I just sit and stew until they finally finish.) People who walk along staring at their phone or texting, paying no attention to where they’re going or any other people near them. Sometimes I just stop and let them run into me. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/87 "2018-01-16T19:35:07Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > The word “vacay” and every other trendy short form of words. What evs, bro. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/88 "2018-01-16T19:58:24Z")
People who cede their right of way in traffic. It annoys people behind you and is dangerous. Women at the gym who casually walk side by side chatting…on the indoor running track. It’s only two lanes wide and has clearly posted signs telling not to block runners. I give one or two kind “excuse me” laps before I simply squeeze between them, leaving ample amounts of sweat on them as I pass. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/89 "2018-01-16T20:04:12Z")
Trading for a right fielder who hit over 50 home runs when we _already_ have a right fielder who hit over 50 home runs. Going to a department store and being unable to find a freaking cashier stand that’s open. Put them by the doors so we can find them, morons. Finding a show of interest that’s halfway done and checking for future showtimes, only to discover there are no future showtimes. Newspaper delivery people that refuse to use the tube next to my mailbox, and instead just tossing it into my driveway just as 4 inches of snow are falling. Then forgetting to look for it before running the snowblower and spending a half hour trying to pull stuck newspaper from my impeller. Just getting out of the shower and discovering you have to take a dump. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/90 "2018-01-16T20:14:06Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > More grocery store stuff… > > People who bring the entire damn family with them to go grocery shopping. Husband, wife, three or four kids, driving the giant aisle-blocking kid cart, kids standing around getting in everyone else’s way, clueless parents oblivious to their kids’ behavior. Maybe just one of you should go to the store and the other one stay home with the kids. > > Grocery store displays that take up half the aisle, making it impossible for carts going in opposite directions to pass each other. The aisles are barely wide enough as it is, you need to fill them with more obstructions? (Yes I know it’s a marketing thing. It still chaps my fanny.) > > Stocking the store on weekend mornings when the store is chock full of customers. You’re open 24 hours, why can’t you stock overnight when the store is empty? > > Baggers who cram 50 pounds of groceries into two of my reusable bags, leaving the other four empty. I have six bags! Use them all! > > Is it obvious that grocery shopping is a major stressor for me? 😛 Add to this, the family with the one screaming baby. I know babies cry, for chrissakes, do you not know when its nap time or time to eat. Go home feed the kid, change him and put him down for a nap. The grocery shopping can wait. Stupid!! ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/91 "2018-01-16T20:49:55Z")
When I stumble and somebody nearby says “be careful.” HOW THE FUCK DOES THAT HELP? YOU THINK I WANT TO KEEP STUMBLING? “Oh, how about that, I was intending to stumble all the way to my destination. Thank you for pointing out my self-destructive behavior.” ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/92 "2018-01-16T20:56:08Z")
People who say “We won the game” or “We played lousy last Sunday” when they aren’t actually on the team. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/93 "2018-01-16T21:19:46Z")
When someone sends you a friend request on Facebook, you accept it, then they never Like, Comment or interact with you in any way. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/94 "2018-01-16T21:21:51Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > People who think that when there’s a green arrow for a left turn, you can’t turn left when it goes dark (if the main light is green and your way is clear). Most of the U.S. population doesn’t understand their own traffic signals. The older I get the more I find myself driving like an old man. I’d rather wait an extra five minutes than cross in front of someone who’s even remotely near the intersection. ---
**Author:** ![I.Dunno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9f8e36/32.png) [@I.Dunno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.Dunno)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/95 "2018-01-16T21:38:47Z")
What’s up with putting two o’s in the word “lose”? I’m gonna start putting _three_ o’s in the word “loose”. “Intact” is one word. Something is not “in tact”. If someone is “biased”, they are NOT “bias”. Yeah, these are all grammar related. AND, I feel better. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/96 "2018-01-16T21:41:58Z")
When a person in line behind you doesn’t think that you know how a line works and gives you instructions. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/97 "2018-01-16T22:38:37Z")
Sherbert. mmm ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/98 "2018-01-16T22:55:03Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > > [@Filbert](#): > > > > Slightly slow drivers and gum chewing fools, > > Grocery shoppers who flout all the rules > > […etc]Nice! ::::claps::: Wow, I missed that earlier. ::::claps:::: ---
**Author:** ![phreesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/99 "2018-01-16T23:13:22Z")
People stating an opinion as a fact. I’m ashamed to admit that I’ve yelled at children for doing this. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/100 "2018-01-16T23:40:50Z")
I avoid many of the grocery store annoyances (which I mostly share) by going to the self check aisles. I’m faster than the cashiers (proven that one over and over) and I can also pack my bags as I prefer with the cold foods together and the cans properly distributed. What I cannot fathom is that the self check stations ask if you’re bringing your own bags, then when you say “yes” and put your reusable canvas bags down the fucking things freak out and call the attendant. Why the fuck would I bring anything OTHER than a big canvas bag to the grocery store? If I wanted flimsy ass plastic or easily ripped paper ones I’d use theirs. Why can’t they just program the things to understand actual shopping bag weights? Every fucking time they make me stand there so the drone can clear the alert. Thanks, I LOVE wasting time! Drivers who don’t know where in a curve to apply the brakes and when not to–people assume I pass these people because I want to speed like mad but it’s just because I don’t want to have to pay that much attention to the random brake dabbers. Also, stop dabbing the brakes every time something non-alarming happens 500 feet away–you’re not helping, you don’t need to stop and that dab doesn’t change your speed in the slightest and it’s just annoying. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627.md?page=6)