# Why does "this" bug you? Poll-ish **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 7, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996 "2010-01-07T04:02:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996/81 "2010-01-12T04:13:29Z")
> [@Pyper](#): > > As a side note, I find it amusing how many people are annoyed by skinny jeans. Just recently, these types of threads were filled with the rage of a thousand suns directed toward hip-hugger jeans on women and baggy pants on men. Now that that those fashions are slowly being replaced, people feel the need to rail against skinny jeans. I think no leg covering on the young will ever be approved by the older generation. I’m 31, and I would not call myself the Older Generation. I hated skinny / tapered jeans the first time around and I hate them now. The boot-cut low-rise muffintop-causing jeans of a few years ago are wrong too. I also hate pants that have to be held up by the wearer. Loose / relaxed fit jeans are just right and always will be. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996/82 "2010-01-12T04:27:51Z")
> [@Satchmo](#): > > It bugs me seeing ladies with ponytails and baseball type caps and they put the ponytail through the opening in the back. I guess it’s related to the death of baseball caps that came in sizes. I miss the old caps, I guess. Other than that, it’s pretty irrational, but it bugs me. Note to self: do not use your baseball cap as a scrunchie when around **Satchmo** … in my case what I do is pull the hair directly through the cap’s hole, no other ties. Once the cap goes off, either the hair comes down or the scrunchie out of my pocket. It’s a lot more comfortable than having a ponytail below a cap. **Neverender** would hate eating with me, as I often get confused about which piece of cutlery goes where and the fork usually gets moved over several times during the course of a meal. Sorry, I hate those moments too! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2010, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996/83 "2010-01-12T06:23:50Z")
> [@Neverender](#): > > What’s wrong with it? Nothing really, that’s why it’s one of those little irrational irritations. So…you just hate those of us who are left-handed? 😉 ---
**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:** [January 12, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996/84 "2010-01-12T18:49:43Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > re: backing into a parking space. > I think the reason it bugs me, is that when I used to umpire alot more than I do now, \ People who misspell “a lot” - it just drives us nuts. 😃 My husband seems to be irritated by servers who use, “Perfect” a lot. “I’ll have the chicken.” “Perfect!” “I’ll have the penne.” “Perfect!” “How is everything?” “Good.” “Perfect!” ---
**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:** [January 12, 2010, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996/85 "2010-01-12T19:31:05Z")
A thing that does me no harm but pisses me right off anyway: Young men who do not deviate from their unofficial uniform of cargo shorts and flip-flops even though it’s seventeen degrees outside. Put some damn pants on and stand right there while I call your mother! ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996/86 "2010-01-14T15:48:35Z")
> [@SecondJudith](#): > > I love scarf loops on men, but there’s no way it’s new and trendy! Men and women were doing it when I was at university five years ago. Agree. I think it was a good six years ago when I first saw the loop thing as pictured on the last woman in the photo. > [@](#): > > I’ve heard people say that styles take a year or two to move from Europe/UK to North America, but I’d never believed them – have Americans seriously not seen that style until this year? It is no brand new trend. And I was living in Denver the first time I saw it, not New York or LA. While it does look a bit silly if the scarf is too short, I do think it keeps me warmer, and it came in handy during the big freeze we just had here. lol **Dung Beetle** I’ll be out there bundled up in Uggs and down jacket, scraping my car’s windshield, and the high school kids saunter by in t-shirts and flip flops. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996/87 "2010-01-14T16:54:33Z")
In case it helps; there is a logic to this. (One that I thought was obvious to everybody.) Parking in a straight-in lot will ineveitably require some backing. I can choose between two scenarios. The first involves backing in between three completely static and observable objects. (Parked cars on either side and behind.) The second involves backing into an unknown number of moving and possibly human or other living obstacles. How can anyone justify choosing the latter scenario? I’ve actually felt quite guilty for not backing in since now I have a hatch back, and backing in makes loading my purchases into the vehicle inconvenient. My peeves? People who buy really good coffee and then pour milk and sugar into it. There’s one guy at work who buys coffee imported from Sweden, then puts about 3 tblsp of fake powdered creamer into it! What, exactly, is the point? And labeled garments in general. Especially those handbags where the designers logo is used as a repeating pattern. WTF? Are they paying you to advertise for them? ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996/88 "2010-01-14T17:18:33Z")
I hear it all the time and it’s not a big thing but I’ve heard President Obama do it and just heard Secretary Clinton do it. It bugs me when people pronounce the word “to” as “te” rather than “tu.” I don’t know why. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996/89 "2010-01-14T18:08:54Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > Ooh, this is something that bugs the crap out of me. (Not complaining about you in particular, Shakes) > > 1. **SANDWICH**. I cannot stand people who think it’s clever or something to make themselves sound retarded. > 2. She is attractively lean and looks perfectly healthy. The fact that many Americans are apparently content to become disgustingly fat does not mean that someone who’s skinny is suffering from an eating disorder, or any disorder. So stop with the “oh god, she’s not a disgusting pig like I am; someone force-feed her a Twinkie!” nonsense. When people quit passing judgment on fat people (as in “disgustingly fat”) then those of us who are overweight will quit talking about feeding scrawny girls sammiches. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![rivulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rivulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rivulus)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996/90 "2010-01-14T19:06:56Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I’m going to go with people (well, ok, women) who tie their sweatshirts/jackets around their waist. Wait. Is this supposed to be a fashion statement? Because I only do that for completely practical reasons: it’s too hot for the sweatshirt/jacket, and I don’t have a spare hand to carry it around. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996/91 "2010-01-14T19:27:40Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > In case it helps; there is a logic to this. (One that I thought was obvious to everybody.) Parking in a straight-in lot will ineveitably require some backing. I can choose between two scenarios. The first involves backing in between three completely static and observable objects. (Parked cars on either side and behind.) The second involves backing into an unknown number of moving and possibly human or other living obstacles. How can anyone justify choosing the latter scenario? > > I’ve actually felt quite guilty for not backing in since now I have a hatch back, and backing in makes loading my purchases into the vehicle inconvenient. > My peeves? People who buy really good coffee and then pour milk and sugar into it. There’s one guy at work who buys coffee imported from Sweden, then puts about 3 tblsp of fake powdered creamer into it! What, exactly, is the point? > > And labeled garments in general. Especially those handbags where the designers logo is used as a repeating pattern. WTF? Are they paying you to advertise for them? Ooo, pick me, I can justify the latter scenario! Why would you back into a space just wide enough for your car when you could back into an area wide enough to allow two directions of traffic? As far as people go, well, your vehicle is lighted, noisy, and they don’t want to be flattened and you have mirrors for the oblivious. Other vehicles are motivated at least 1/2 the time to stop and let you out so they themselves can park. Besides, most parking lots these days have angled spaces and a proper direction of travel. If you’re backing into spaces, you’re probably working against the design of the lot. Also, let’s say we’re in a straight space lot and I’m following you. You have to drive past a space and then back in. What if I didn’t see the space? I might ride right up on your ass and bone us both, I might inadvertently steal your space. Best case scenario, you’ve wasted my time by driving slightly past a space and then backing in when you could have just gone in frontwards. The loading of groceries is the real deal-breaker though, that’s just a lot of unnecessary work. I’ve always been perplexed by the ‘backing in’ crowd, this thread has been illuminating. Y’all have made a good case for backing in but I just can’t get on board. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996/92 "2010-01-14T23:10:52Z")
The taco-bell drive thru attendants in my town first words are “Hi, How are you?” It bugs me. I want them to tell me that they are ready to take my order. Meaningless polite conservation with them through a drive thru speaker and microphone is not what I am here to do. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996/93 "2010-01-15T00:11:00Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > The taco-bell drive thru attendants in my town first words are “Hi, How are you?” It bugs me. I want them to tell me that they are ready to take my order. Meaningless polite conservation with them through a drive thru speaker and microphone is not what I am here to do. Do you live in Anchorage? OOooooh, this drives me CRAZY! I have half a mind to start running down how I REALLY “am”. “Well, I have a headache, and I’m in a really big hurry I have to meet a subcontractor on base, and it’s really way too cold right now and I’m sick of the weather, OH and I’m broke too, in fact this is my last $5 until payday, furthermore I am really tired, I got a bad night’s sleep last night”. One of these days I’m going to do it, I really am! What I do is ignore it and simply order. But there is one location that asks again (sometimes more than once) when you get to the window. That’s the location that is going to get it. (if I decide I’m never going there again, cuz you know, I don’t want strange things in my food). 😃 STOP IT! I know that management makes them do it, but it is idiotic. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996/94 "2010-01-15T02:21:42Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > My husband seems to be irritated by servers who use, “Perfect” a lot. > “I’ll have the chicken.” > “Perfect!” > “I’ll have the penne.” > “Perfect!” > “How is everything?” > “Good.” > “Perfect!” I get irritated by servers like this, or who say “Good choice!” or otherwise make comments about my order, rather than just taking it down. A couple of times, when I’ve been in a bad mood, I just stop dead, look at them, and ask “are you going to critique our whole order? And maybe after that our table manners? You aren’t my mother!”. They generally stop then. But the funny thing is that they are so brainwashed about this that a couple people later at the table they start doing it again! ---
**Author:** ![Neverender](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/848f3c/32.png) [@Neverender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neverender)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996/95 "2010-01-16T00:34:26Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > So…you just hate those of us who are left-handed? 😉 Yes. Freakish creatures, the lot of you 😛 But really, you’re using both hands, I don’t see how one ‘tool’ takes more skill than the other so it shouldn’t matter whether you’re left or right handed. ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2010, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996/96 "2010-01-16T17:33:26Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > My husband and I have a point of contention - pulling through parking spaces. He simply won’t pull through a parking space - if there is no car in front of him, no barriers or anything, he’ll still back out of the space. It came to a head this fall while on vacation; after parking at a Wal\*Mart or something, he could have pulled forward and started driving, but instead he was waiting for car after car after car behind him to reverse out of the space. I pretty much lost my temper and demanded he just pull forward and go, already! He’s probably technically right, that you’re supposed to back out, but my logic is that since you’ll be found at fault if you have an accident while backing out, and all the large vehicles in parking lots make it impossible to see, I like the advantage of being able to look forward while leaving a parking spot and have a fighting chance of not getting hit. You are absolutely right. Being in a parking space nose out is much safer on exit than having to back out into traffic. Pulling through is the safest way to achieve that, since there’s no backing into the space either. Even if I have to park further away from my destination, I always look for this arrangement as my first option. ---
**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996/97 "2010-01-18T00:21:10Z")
> [@t-bonham@scc.net](#): > > I get irritated by servers like this, or who say “Good choice!” or otherwise make comments about my order, rather than just taking it down. A couple of times, when I’ve been in a bad mood, I just stop dead, look at them, and ask “are you going to critique our whole order? And maybe after that our table manners? You aren’t my mother!”. They generally stop then. > > But the funny thing is that they are so brainwashed about this that a couple people later at the table they start doing it again! And I have never understood why people are so rude to servers about their own personal pet peeves. It’s a difficult job the vast majority of people would never want (unless they couldn’t find much else). I suppose that’s my pet peeve. Being rude to service people when they are trying to be friendly and positive. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2010, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996/98 "2010-01-18T00:37:03Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > My peeves? People who buy really good coffee and then pour milk and sugar into it. There’s one guy at work who buys coffee imported from Sweden, then puts about 3 tblsp of fake powdered creamer into it! What, exactly, is the point? > > And labeled garments in general. Especially those handbags where the designers logo is used as a repeating pattern. WTF? Are they paying you to advertise for them? You reminded me of another one. People who use certain top shelf liquors in a mixed drink. My personal example is when I set out Gentleman Jack and Jack Daniels for guests. Gentleman Jack is AWESOME straight up, and that’s how it should be enjoyed (to me anyway). To mix it is a waste of expensive bourbon. ---
**Author:** ![Rack-a-Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rack-a-Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rack-a-Bones)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996/99 "2010-01-30T03:57:19Z")
> [@Tahssa](#): > > Seeing **WOOKINPANUB’s** name irks me because I just recently found out what it means. I just recently saw a two hour biography on Eddie Murphy and they showed his Buckwheat sketch, “Buckwheat sings the classics” or some such and he sings “Wookin pa nub in all da wrong paces” or something similar and now everytime I see her name Eddie Murpghy singing that song gets stuck in my head and it makes me giggle. I always read it as Wookie in a Pub and that makes me smile > [@Lobsang](#): > > What bugs me is people who wear scarves. > [@Pyper](#): > > I hate people (only women apparently) who wear their scarves indoors. It is a SCARF, okay, not a fashion accessory! It is an OUTDOOR garment. There is no way you need to be wearing a low-cut sweater that bares most of the skin on your upper chest, and then a SCARF. > > … It has apparently become somewhat of a style to keep your scarf on with a tshirt or blouse. I see it all the time here but it seems to be the hipsters who are doing it. Keeping with fashion, I will get into a seething rage when I see a woman wearing a dress over pants. Or a skirt over pants. Gah. When someone gets on the elevator and presses the floor below mine. I mean it’s not their fault, they’re just going to work, but it bugs me like crazy. ---
**Author:** ![Gestalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2010, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996/100 "2010-01-30T08:48:30Z")
> [@Recliner](#): > > I find scarves in general mildly annoying. They strike me as affectations. Yes, I know I can’t back this up 😃 Oh Praise the Lord, I feel the EXACT SAME WAY. Lately at the ripe old age of 25 I’ve turned into a curmudgeon and basically anything anyone does ever that is not done exactly how I would do it annoys me, but unnecessary scarf-wearing annoys the holy fudge out of me. I think it’s cause I grew up in an Indian/Pakistani culture where women generally overdressed and which I grew to resent, for that and other reasons, quite a bit. These women in general were all bitterly cold when it was below 85F and so had to add a huge scarf to their coat, boot, dangly earring, skinny jean, tight sweater, eyeliner, and heavy makeup ensemble. So I associated gratuitous scarf wearing with a group of people I generally disliked. I could go deeper into this but I won’t. Anyways, then everyone started wearing scarves as fashion statements, even without jackets, even when it wasn’t necessary to stay warm (I live in GA for heaven’s sake. It rarely goes below 40 here), and I got stabby. Sooo affected. I really hate it. I long for the functional “mufflers” of my Newfoundland childhood in the '80s. These scarves were plain grey and scratchy and bulky and my dad wore them. Good times. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-this-bug-you-poll-ish/523996.md?page=6)