# Very Minor Things That REALLY Annoy You? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 28, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328 "2009-01-28T01:36:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328/141 "2009-05-11T06:51:39Z")
> [@](#): > > I call her Maureen on this board; Considering you drive her around, may I suggest you start calling her “Miss Daisy” as a codename for message boards? Also, shame on you for your necromancy! Shame! ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328/142 "2009-05-11T10:22:00Z")
People who reach a natural chokepoint in a public place like a shop doorway or a narrow aisle and then stop for no apparent reason until someone asks them to move. People who cant bring themselves to say that they’ve made an incorrect statement and so say “Same difference”. People who feel that they have to shout loudly when they sneeze. (Note to the guilty; a shout comes from the throat a sneeze comes from much further up in the nasal passages) ---
**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:** [May 11, 2009, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328/143 "2009-05-11T12:07:11Z")
> [@Lust4Life](#): > > People who feel that they have to shout loudly when they sneeze. > (Note to the guilty; a shout comes from the throat a sneeze comes from much further up in the nasal passages) I am in favor of the death penalty for such people. Let us begin with my ex-husband. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328/144 "2009-05-11T12:28:11Z")
> [@Ca3799](#): > > Every day at about 4:30, DH, who is in charge of dinner, has a dinner emergency..lack of ideas, lack of ingredients, staring in to the fridge etc.. Is that me? that is me! sometimes…lessee have we had pasta or chicken yet this week? Anyone in the mood for tuna casserole? 😉 My Mom’s snarks are a not so very minor thing which really annoy me, when I call her (even, especially on Mothers Day)she invariably snarks at me my life my family. So I call BS and she acts hurt and confused, then stealthily recovers and repeats herself. Then snarks again, like a broken record, I have heard these things my whole life. Yeah it deserves a rant all its own, but this will suffice. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328/145 "2009-05-11T13:27:57Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > My little irritation: lights. Seems like every time I come home, every light in the house is on. My wife (look, “my wife”!) apparently doesn’t realize that it’s legal for her to push the switch back down when she leaves the room. Something really bugs me about every room in the house being brightly lit when we’re only in one small part of it. +1 … Not only do I task light, but I really dont need a light on atnight when i am on the computer, I have a 26" monitor and a g15 backlighted keyboard … I can light up a room by myself! Heating up an entire oven when all you are doing is reheating a tiny ramekin of leftover casserole. God made microwaves for a reason! Swet Jebus, I know my roommate THINKS that putting the eggs in cold water, turning on the burner and waiting until ALL the fucking water has boiled off makes hard boiled eggs easier to peel, but christ on a pogo stick, NO. First, other than creating a burned egg stench in the entire house, it is the AGE of the egg that makes it easier to peel or not. Older eggs have had more air permeate the shell, and the moisture in the albumen has evaporated off a smidge, making the membranes pull away from the shell when cooked … not burning the fuck out of eggs, and the ‘egg pan’ [i keep a special hard boiled egg pan that is not nonstick so she doesnt fuck up a nonstick cook pan.] ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328/146 "2009-05-11T14:16:20Z")
Do people really need to make noises of agony or ecstasy so their plumbing will work correctly when they use a public restroom? Grunting, moaning, and sighing from strangers just kind of squick me out. The worst is when they talk out loud: “Oh, Jesus, oh, Christ . . .” Man, if it’s so bad you need to pray, maybe you ought to see a doctor. ---
**Author:** ![Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a4c791/32.png) [@Frustrated\_Wonderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frustrated_Wonderer)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328/147 "2009-05-11T14:49:46Z")
Repeatedly getting the same advice from the same people, over and over again. I’m not going to do it. Fuck you. I do what I want , not what you want me to do, you should be used to it by now . :mad: ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328/148 "2009-05-11T15:37:12Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Chatty people who explain some process or situation to you and punctuate it with “Understand what I’m saying?” (or some variation). No teacher I ever had used such an expression–from first grade through college. “Understand” is far too long of a word in that phrase. It’s always “know”. And it’s all one word. Know’m’sa’in? ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328/149 "2009-05-11T16:42:12Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > My front yard is all trees and one of my neighbors throws her dog poop into the trees each evening. I doubt she knows I know. I guess I don’t really mind, there is no way I’m going to step in it and no doubt there are all kinds of critters pooping out there. > > It still seems kind of ballsy. I haven’t finished reading the thread to see if anyone else said anything about this, but… I think it would be funny to pick up some of that stuff in a shovel or something and then wait near the trees for the next time she does this and then whip it right back at her. Bet she’d never do it again! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328/150 "2009-05-11T17:11:14Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > Sorry to break in on Judge Judy, but SuperDuperDoppler has just pinpointed an area where conditions may exist for tornadic activity. A similar thing happend recently in my neighborhood. The local FOX affiliate was tracking a severe storm going the opposite direction from us in a major city 65 miles away, that had it’s own FOX affiliate TV station, and was breaking into my evening programming in regular intervals to let us know all about it. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328/151 "2009-05-11T17:57:44Z")
> [@Winnie](#): > > A friend of mine has a very loud laugh that sounds like this: > Me: “Some guy let out a huge fart on the bus yesterday.” > Her: “SQUAAAAACCCKK!” I rarely laugh out loud reading a post, but this one hit my funny bone for some reason. 😃 (for the record, it sounded like “hernckch hernckch hernckch…”) ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328/152 "2009-05-11T18:18:57Z")
> [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](#): > > People who seem to operate on the premise that they, personally, never mishear or misspeak or misunderstand and that in any situation involving a miscommunication, their memory of it is the default correct memory unless you can PROVE otherwise. > > You can’t ever tell these people that you’re sure you heard them say ‘black’ when they meant to say ‘blue’, because they remember saying ‘blue’ and you can’t get them to concede that everybody misspeaks/mishears sometimes and its at least equally as likely that your memory of the situation is correct as theirs is. To end the discussion, you have to admit that your memory is fallible, but they don’t. > > It’s a very small thing, but I hate being instantly assigned blame over such a small thing just to maintain someone’s ego when it could just as easily have been shrugged off with 'I guess one of us must have made a mistake". > > I know several people like this. Grrr. Wow! You know my wife? She just did this on Friday (again). She was saying something and mentioned “Jim” (a friend) when. from the context on the conversation, she was obviously talking about “Kim”, another friend. Then she made the same mistake AGAIN. Since the first one was so jarring, I was darn sure paying attention when it happened again. I made the mistake of pointing it out, and of course she immediately jumped all over me for “mishearing” her. The trouble is, there’s no good way to handle these outside of ignoring the mistake. But many times, the misspoken word is key to the conversation and unlike Friday’s example, I can’t fill in the correct word and may get in trouble for her mistake, since, as in Bucker’s experience, obviously ALL mistakes are mine. Things like this make me reach for the “Lawyers” section of the phone book… ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328/153 "2009-05-11T18:32:37Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Don’t block the aisle at the grocery store. This means you, family of four who have to shop together. And you, kindly old couple shopping together. And you others holding a conversation in the middle of the aisle. Remember that there are others trying to shop there too. Just leave enough room to get through. It isn’t that hard. I have a pet peeve that is similar to this - it’s when people stop their carts in the aisle, and then someone coming the other way stops their cart NEXT TO THE OTHER CART and completely blocks the aisle instead of stopping ten feet away. The amazing thing is that the people who do this **NEVER EVER EVER** have the slightest idea that they just blocked the whole aisle. They are **ALWAYS** surprised when you say “Excuse Me”. One day someone’s going to do this to me near the cutlery section, and I’ll wind up in jail. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328/154 "2009-05-11T18:39:44Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > I must admit, I’m like this quite often. I’m trying to get better, though. > > In my defense, my wife’s MS causes her to misspeak pretty often. But not 100% as I once thought! > [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Wow! You know my wife? > > She just did this on Friday (again). She was saying something and mentioned “Jim” (a friend) when. from the context on the conversation, she was obviously talking about “Kim”, another friend. Then she made the same mistake AGAIN. Since the first one was so jarring, I was darn sure paying attention when it happened again. I made the mistake of pointing it out, and of course she immediately jumped all over me for “mishearing” her. > > The trouble is, there’s no good way to handle these outside of ignoring the mistake. But many times, the misspoken word is key to the conversation and unlike Friday’s example, I can’t fill in the correct word and may get in trouble for her mistake, since, as in Bucker’s experience, obviously ALL mistakes are mine. > > Things like this make me reach for the “Lawyers” section of the phone book… Wow! I answered the same post twice, with different answers! That really annoyed me… ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328/155 "2009-05-11T19:25:36Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Wow! I answered the same post twice, with different answers! That really annoyed me… I literally laughed out loud because you posted all about your wife doing that… and then you called the poster “bucker” instead of “buckler”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328/156 "2009-05-11T20:18:35Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > I literally laughed out loud because you posted all about your wife doing that… and then you called the poster “bucker” instead of “buckler”. 😃 Ha! At least he’s not Mother Bucker! ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328/157 "2009-05-11T20:24:27Z")
Windows and/or door open, furnace running drives me nuts. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328/158 "2009-05-11T20:50:53Z")
Jeez, and here I thought I had a legit complaint about goddamn asshole dog owners letting their dogs poop all over my yard! At least no one is flinging it in though. My current pet peeve is the kids playing in my driveway…um, I am not the parent and I am not going to watch them. I’m inside, doing my own thing, and plus I don’t really even like kids that much, and these kids are rude. When I was a kid (now I feel old) we were supposed to greet people politely, with a smile. Not everyone is a child molestor, for chrissakes, and neither I nor my SO fit any profiles of one. Besides, you’re in MY driveway - GTFO! And stay off my lawn, too! ---
**Author:** ![taxi78cab](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47c2d/32.png) [@taxi78cab](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/taxi78cab)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328/159 "2009-05-11T21:13:28Z")
The bathroom at work has 5 stalls, 4 regular and 1 handicap. I usually use the 4th from the door (the furthest one from the door that isn’t the handicap stall). I’m irrationally annoyed when someone then comes in and picks stall 3. If they picked either stall 1 or 2, there would be a space between them and me. Why do they feel the need to pee rightnexttome?? ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328/160 "2009-05-11T21:23:38Z")
It annoys me when someone closes the door to the bathroom when there’s nobody in there. I think bathroom activities should be as private as possible and, if it can be avoided, shouldn’t have to be announced or interrupted. Open door=vacant, closed door=occupied makes it easy and means people rarely have to knock in order to figure it out. It doesn’t really annoy me at other people’s houses because I know everyone does things their own way, but at mine, it does. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-minor-things-that-really-annoy-you/483328.md?page=9)