# What completely normal situations get your goat? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874 "2013-11-27T02:09:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874/261 "2013-12-13T23:22:40Z")
Supermarket cashiers commenting or asking questions about things I’m purchasing. If I’m buying a jar of gefilte fish, and you ask me "Is this stuff any good? . . . my only answer is “If you’ve never had it before, you probably won’t like it.” Or if I’m buying 100 cans of cat food, it’s because it’s on sale, not because I have 100 cats. And speaking of cat food: Why is it that one cashier scans one can, then tells the computer I’ve bought 100 of the same item . . . but another cashier in the same store insists she has to scan every single can? ---
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874/262 "2013-12-14T01:04:56Z")
> [@Lowdown](#): > > Sometimes I wonder at what age it was exactly (eggsactly?) that I became a jackass. Jackass, meaning I’m an idiot who eats foods that gag me on purpose. I wasn’t directing that at anyone but myself. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874/263 "2013-12-14T02:12:36Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > My parents raised me to be a picky eater, and I gag and can’t swallow a lot of foods that I don’t like. Sorry if I annoyed anyone. They raised you to be a picky eater on purpose? That seems…counter-intuitive. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874/264 "2013-12-14T08:33:14Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > I don’t know why it bothers me so much but I’ve noticed this since moving from Downtown to The Suburbs. When I’m walking my dog people walking their dogs generally pull their dog away and don’t stop to chat. When I had my beagle downtown people would stop to let the dogs sniff noses & butts and we’d chat for a minute. I made many friends that way, including my best friend. Now that I have my Coon Hound and live in a subdivision I’ve noticed that other dog-walkers aren’t as friendly. Maybe it’s because we’re usually running together and people don’t want to disturb our pace, which I totally understand, but it happens all the time when we’re just out strolling. She’s a small, friendly Coon Hound, not a scary dog at all. I just assume that people in subdivisions are more stuck-up than people downtown. If you’re running, why would you want someone to bother you? But yeah, I pull my dog away because she’s not entirely comfortable with other dogs and I don’t want to start a fight. There’s room to move, so I do. There’s probably less room to move over in the city, so people don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874/265 "2013-12-14T12:33:21Z")
> [@randompattern](#): > > People who are oblivious to their surroundings. Grocery store especially. Stopping and just kinda browsing when there is a log-jam of people trying to get past you or that need something that you are standing directly in front of. well they were there first. it happens. They are standing there looking at all these brand names which are 5 times the price of the supermarket brand ? What the hell people., who pays 5 times more for laundry detergent, just because the more expensive brand might remove a stain you might, hypothetically, once a year, have on your clothes , but the cheap one won’t ??? When you have a stain , use stain remover. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874/266 "2013-12-14T12:58:17Z")
Anti vaxxers make me insane with rage. Now that it’s cold, and people are getting sick, there’s a lot of talk about flu vaccines. I don’t have the time nor expertise nor cites at my fingertips to refute their inane anecdotes and woo spoutings. So I’m pissed 'cause their stupid, I’m pissed 'cause I can’t adequately refute them, and I’m pissed 'cause arguing is an exercise in futility anyways. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2013, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874/267 "2013-12-14T21:37:32Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > I find it comical that you don’t get how insane this sounds. > > If that had been me, there is no way in hell I’d pull over for some crazy person who is honking and yelling at me to get to the side of the road as we travel at high rates of speed down the highway. Sometimes this media is hard and communication problems happen. Yes, you are right, it was a totally insane response to something that I see all the fucking time. I have been riding street bikes since I was 17 and I know that the reason I’m still alive and walking is because I am very aware I will lose in any sort of collision. This was during rush hour on a highway with a 45 mph speed limit and many traffic lights. That’s the most dangerous time for a biker to be riding, and going all batshit insane over getting hit by a lit butt was just stupid. That’s why I posted it in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874/268 "2013-12-15T06:46:53Z")
> [@GrizzRich](#): > > I could duplicate so many of these! > > -My first name is Richard, and I dispise being called “Richie”. If someone refers to me in that manner, I’ll politely tell them to please refrain and to call me “Rich”. Sometimes, though, that person will think it’s so-ho-ho funny to keep calling me “Richie”… makes me want to dig out their spleen with a rusty spoon. > [@gigi](#): > > Hi, I’m Gwendolen. > > Hi, Gwen, nice to meet you! > > ☹ I don’t remember saying “Gwen” and I definitely did not ever ever say “Gwennie”. Me, too. I go by my surname at work (which is one syllable, thus incapable of being shortened) because, as I tell people who ask, most people can’t pronounce my first name. You wouldn’t think “Michael” would be all that hard to say, but it evidently is. I get especially stabby about it because I am named after my grandfather, who changed his name to “Michael” because he liked it better than “Paul”. So don’t shorten it, please. > [@panache45](#): > > And speaking of cat food: Why is it that one cashier scans one can, then tells the computer I’ve bought 100 of the same item . . . but another cashier in the same store insists she has to scan every single can? Well, the cashier who scans all the cans is actually doing it the way she’s been trained. Suppose you’ve bought 90 cans of a cheap food, but 10 cans of a more expensive food whose can looks similar? That’s not uncommon, nor is switching UPC tags. So cashiers are usually trained to scan all items and look at the register screen to confirm that the description matches the merchandise. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874/269 "2013-12-16T20:40:41Z")
Seeing “everyday” when “every day” should be used. I see that mistake every day. It’s an everyday annoyance. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Jragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874/270 "2013-12-16T23:33:12Z")
I get so mentally pissy at Facebook derails. I see it all the time where a friend will post some news article, or a funny story about their work day, or whatever, and then someone will post and go “OMG i havent seen u in forever gurl we need to talk! how are u!?” It’s like, dude, okay, you want to get back in touch with your friend, that’s great. But you can post on their [del]wall[/del] [del]timeline[/del] wall! Or message them! Why are you derailing this topic? Maybe it’s just because I’m so used to the concept of threads. It just feels weird, and almost kind of rude to post on someone’s status without actually addressing the topic at hand on their status update. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874/271 "2013-12-16T23:35:48Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Seeing “everyday” when “every day” should be used. I see that mistake every day. It’s an everyday annoyance. :mad: Hearing “anymore” as something that is instead of isn’t. For example, I don’t mind hearing “I never listen to music anymore.” But something like “movies are so violent anymore” makes my ears hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Marion\_Wormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d07c76/32.png) [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874/272 "2013-12-16T23:53:35Z")
Sorry if this is indelicate. I hate low-flow toilets. Our work ones are so low-flow it takes 5 to 6 flush to get everything out. And sometimes when you think it’s done, stuff pops back up again. What should be a four minute trip turns into 10. It’s so bad the cleaning staff complained to management. I sympathize with them, but really, I shouldn’t have to stand in the can for ten minutes flushing over and over and waiting for things to settle to make sure it ‘took’ this time. The advent of low-flow toilets is one of the big scams of the green movement. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874/273 "2013-12-17T00:05:12Z")
> [@Marion\_Wormer](#): > > Sorry if this is indelicate. > > I hate low-flow toilets. Our work ones are so low-flow it takes 5 to 6 flush to get everything out. And sometimes when you think it’s done, stuff pops back up again. What should be a four minute trip turns into 10. > > It’s so bad the cleaning staff complained to management. I sympathize with them, but really, I shouldn’t have to stand in the can for ten minutes flushing over and over and waiting for things to settle to make sure it ‘took’ this time. > > The advent of low-flow toilets is one of the big scams of the green movement. Our low-flow toilet is the best one in the house. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874/274 "2013-12-17T00:53:18Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Our low-flow toilet is the best one in the house. Agreed. The problem is not low-flow toilets, it’s CHEAP low-flow toilets. We have Toto toilets, which meet all the eco requirements, and they flush like madmen. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874/275 "2013-12-17T14:49:07Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Seeing “everyday” when “every day” should be used. I see that mistake every day. It’s an everyday annoyance. :mad: Me too. It hurts my brain. Perfectly natural occurance in the winter - no matter how much I brush the snow off my Jeep, when I open the door snow still flies in onto the seat. I don’t know why I get so pissed off about that. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874/276 "2013-12-17T18:23:00Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > Hearing “anymore” as something that is instead of isn’t. For example, I don’t mind hearing “I never listen to music anymore.” But something like “movies are so violent anymore” makes my ears hurt. That one breaks my brain - it’s just so very, very wrong. It’s like the people who say this are using a different version of English than everyone else. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874/277 "2013-12-17T18:27:45Z")
A friend of mine can’t just use the word when; it’s always “whenever.” “I got that whenever I went to the store” for example. Otherwise he’s completely normal. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874/278 "2013-12-17T18:32:44Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > A friend of mine can’t just use the word when; it’s always “whenever.” > > “I got that whenever I went to the store” for example. Otherwise he’s completely normal. Oh yeah, that’s the one that goes along with the incorrect usage of “anymore.” It also breaks my brain. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874/279 "2013-12-17T20:19:00Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Our low-flow toilet is the best one in the house. Many times the issue is that the exit plumbing isn’t designed for a low-flow toilet, but the fixture gets installed anyway. The result is, well, stuff that lingers. Any relatively new construction ought to work fine with a low-flow commode, but older buildings can have issues. ---
**Author:** ![r\_u\_serious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b5e925/32.png) [@r\_u\_serious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/r_u_serious)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874/280 "2013-12-17T22:14:27Z")
Finding something you misplaced only to have your DH or someone else say “it’s always in the last place you looked.” Of course I found it in the last place I looked - I didn’t keep looking once I found it! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-completely-normal-situations-get-your-goat/674874.md?page=15)