# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Daylate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9dc877/32.png) [@Daylate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daylate)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/141 "2018-01-17T18:32:07Z")
> [@](#): > > While we are talking brakes: if you stop at a red light, and you’re one of those drivers that then releases the brakes to roll forward 3”, then does it again every 5 seconds, tell me WHY. Why not just keep your foot on the brake? What are you thinking about when this happpens? How can I make you stop, and stay stopped? I confess that I may be one of the awful folks that do this. But I have a reason, of sorts. Probably the traffic has been stopped for a considerable length of time, and I am bored out of my skull. The radio station I’ve been listening to is in the middle of a solid 10 minutes of commercials, and my usual escape hatch from this, NPR radio, is in one of their interminable pledge drives (that they seem to have at least bi-weekly). The only thing left is to play with the brake pedal. I do notice that if I move up 3", the driver behind me also moves up 3". I have no idea how far back in the line-up this extends. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/142 "2018-01-17T18:33:48Z")
> [@I.Dunno](#): > > I should OF also mentioned “one in the same”. Drives me crazy. Uppercase or not… oh never mind. ---
**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 17, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/143 "2018-01-17T18:36:07Z")
> [@Daylate](#): > > I do notice that if I move up 3", the driver behind me also moves up 3". I have no idea how far back in the line-up this extends. I never really noticed this until I read that it bothered someone (in another thread). Now at stop lights, i do it on purpose, just to see if the guy behind me moves up. They nearly 100% of the time do. It’s a fun thing to do while listening to commercials on what I thought was “Commercial Free” satellite radio. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/144 "2018-01-17T18:55:38Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > An aside: I see your location is Moscow, ID. I went to the U of I there for two years back in the early 70s, and two of my kids were born there. I rented a farm house outside of town in the general area of Genesee. I would imagine that not too much has changed. Well, 45 years is a long time, but comparing Moscow/Pullman to the world at large I’d say you’re right. We’ve been here 13 years and to us it seems that expansion/growth/sprawl/improvements have been modest and well thought out. Probably because the location is still relatively isolated. The small town vibe remains delightful. ++++++++++++++++++ Getting back to the thread: People who blow their noses while seated at the dinner table. ---
**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 17, 2018, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/145 "2018-01-17T19:03:41Z")
> [@amaguri](#): > > I’ve steered a lot of my business to stores with self checkouts for this reason. On the one hand I can’t knock a cashier for wanting to make their shift less boring through a little pleasant conversation, but I just find it super uncomfortable (even worse if they comment on what you’re buying.) The town I am closest to (37 miles away) has no self check outs. If I go further afield there are some. I am sorta freaked out by them, I have never used them. Mr.Wrekker uses them and swears it’s the coolest thing ever. Not me. I am kinda allergic to electronics, I can see a big cluster-fuck happening, and a crowd of people chasing me out the store throwing produce at me. ---
**Author:** ![Scambleshanks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aca169/32.png) [@Scambleshanks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scambleshanks)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/146 "2018-01-17T19:12:11Z")
when imperial measures on containers are converted exactly to metric, such as when a can of shaving gel of 7 oz is converted to 198 g instead of 200 g. when “just deserts” is spelled with more 's’s. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/147 "2018-01-17T19:56:52Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Grocery cashiers who— after I painstakingly organize all the cans of cat food in separate stacks by flavor, to make it easier for them to ring them up in quantity— scan them all individually anyway. I go to great pains to group my items logically to go in bags, heaviest items in a group at the front, fragiles at the end, etc. Grocery cashiers who reach past all that to grab things randomly with no logic at all. Self-checkout is wonderful! ---
**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 17, 2018, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/148 "2018-01-17T20:15:09Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > I go to great pains to group my items logically to go in bags, heaviest items in a group at the front, fragiles at the end, etc. Grocery cashiers who reach past all that to grab things randomly with no logic at all. > > Self-checkout is wonderful! I always feel weird when we do our grocery order, because I’d really rather just pack up the stuff myself (we so often either get a bagger who makes glaciers jealous for his slowness, or else one who completely ignores any sense of logic when packing the bags). I start packing up myself only to have the guy come and offer to do it. Sometimes I let him, but often I just smile, say ‘no thanks, I’m fine,’ and continue doing it myself. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/149 "2018-01-17T20:41:52Z")
I frequent a gardening forum, and one of the most prolific and generally knowledgeable posters writes “Like” this; “Random” words in scare quotes, with the first “Letter” capitalised. There’s at “Least” one in “Every” sentence. Even his “User” name features one. It hurts my brain to read, but these incredibly annoying posts actually often contain useful information, and will get quoted and replied to by multiple other people in the thread. He could have the common decency to write stupid posts, so I could just ignore them, but no, he has to write informative stuff in a diabolical fashion. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/150 "2018-01-17T21:30:38Z")
> [@Filbert](#): > > I frequent a gardening forum, and one of the most prolific and generally knowledgeable posters writes “Like” this; “Random” words in scare quotes, with the first “Letter” capitalised. There’s at “Least” one in “Every” sentence. Even his “User” name features one. > > It hurts my brain to read, but these incredibly annoying posts actually often contain useful information, and will get quoted and replied to by multiple other people in the thread. > > He could have the common decency to write stupid posts, so I could just ignore them, but no, he has to write informative stuff in a diabolical fashion. One of the worst I’ve ever seen. Enjoy. Cringe. Sputter with outrage. SFW _[Dropbox - File Deleted - Simplify your life](https://www.dropbox.com/s/gxm3706pqwip6fn/Quote%20Marks.jpg?dl=0)_ ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/151 "2018-01-17T21:47:37Z")
As with the brake-tappers or the inch-up-at-a-red-light (are hyphens tolerated here?), I shake my head at drivers who turn on their turn signals as soon as they see where they’re going to turn, even if it’s three blocks away and there are many driveways and cross-streets before where they turn. They must get excited at the prospect of an upcoming turn. That is, until that day when someone turns in front of them because they signaled they were turning… ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/152 "2018-01-17T22:58:41Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > One of the worst I’ve ever seen. Enjoy. Cringe. Sputter with outrage. SFW > > _[Dropbox - File Deleted - Simplify your life](https://www.dropbox.com/s/gxm3706pqwip6fn/Quote%20Marks.jpg?dl=0)_ I actually perversely enjoyed that trainwreck. All that’s missing was We’re sorry for any inconvience. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/153 "2018-01-17T23:02:36Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > One of the worst I’ve ever seen. Enjoy. Cringe. Sputter with outrage. SFW > > _[Dropbox - File Deleted - Simplify your life](https://www.dropbox.com/s/gxm3706pqwip6fn/Quote%20Marks.jpg?dl=0)_ And they didn’t even use curly quotes! Ugh! ---
**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 17, 2018, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/154 "2018-01-17T23:16:18Z")
> [@Scambleshanks](#): > > when imperial measures on containers are converted exactly to metric, such as when a can of shaving gel of 7 oz is converted to 198 g instead of 200 g. > when “just deserts” is spelled with more 's’s. But… I like just Desserts. Especially if it has chocolate icing. Sometimes I eat just Desserts for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/155 "2018-01-17T23:26:10Z")
I’m annoyed by the trivial fact that people are loading their posts in this thread with errors that make my eye twitch. Yes, I realize that they’re (probably) all jokes. Doesn’t help. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/156 "2018-01-17T23:47:52Z")
> [@TRC4941](#): > > Thank you for reminding me! My husband has an obnoxious, loud sneeze too. UGH It almost gives me a heart attack when I hear it. You probably have a little stifled, repressed, _girly_ sneeze when you do it, _don’t you?_ (gasp…choo) We’re MEN…and we **SNEEZE LIKE MEN!** **Hwa-CHOOOO!!!** _So there!_😉 Anyway (no, I will never say or type anywho) I can’t stand to hear gum chewers on the phone. “…yeah, and so I (smack) told ‘em I’m goin’ out (smack-smack) and, like, _totally…_” :mad: ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/157 "2018-01-18T00:09:06Z")
You should never, ever type “anywho”. The correct spelling is “anyhoo”. (Okay, yes, [M-W.com](http://M-W.com) considers “anywho” to be a recognized variant, but it’s _wrong_, I tell you! _Wrong!_) ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/158 "2018-01-18T00:26:37Z")
> [@JohnGalt](#): > > As with the brake-tappers or the inch-up-at-a-red-light (are hyphens tolerated here?), I shake my head at drivers who turn on their turn signals as soon as they see where they’re going to turn, even if it’s three blocks away and there are many driveways and cross-streets before where they turn. They must get excited at the prospect of an upcoming turn. That is, until that day when someone turns in front of them because they signaled they were turning… Sigh. I should just get a tatoo, “Born to Raise Ire”. I annoy my own self with the early turn signal thing. But the point of brake tapping is not to slow the car, it’s to catch the attention of the fool playing with the iphone behind me. > [@begbert2](#): > > You should never, ever type “anywho”. The correct spelling is “anyhoo”. > > (Okay, yes, [M-W.com](http://M-W.com) considers “anywho” to be a recognized variant, but it’s _wrong_, I tell you! _Wrong!_) They were one of the first to define "twice a week’ as a variant meaning of “biweekly”, ruining a perfectly good word, so I would just ignore that. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/159 "2018-01-18T00:43:03Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > My annoyance? People that don’t know what comic they are linking to. 😉 Oops! I was reading XKCD just before I posted. ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627/160 "2018-01-18T00:57:27Z")
When people knock on my office door or ring my office line. Bugs the shit out of me. Leave me alone people. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trivial-things-that-annoy-you/806627.md?page=9)