We all have those things that people do or say that just seem to get under our skin. They’re small, insignificant things that shouldn’t matter, but for some reason, they still manage to infuriate us. An internet survey recently asked, “What’s something you find annoying that shouldn’t be?” Here are the 17 best responses:
Getting Mail for Previous Owners of My House
“Especially if it looks important! I’m done trying to do favors for whoever used to live here.”
“I received a letter from the taxation office every few months from a previous occupation, always’ return to sender, not at this address’. A few months ago, I wrote something I had been receiving and returning Kathleen’s mail for five years. I will throw any further mail of hers in the bin. And haven’t gotten one since.”
People in The Kitchen when I’m Cooking
“The second I go into the kitchen to cook a meal, it’s suddenly the house’s most popular and needed room.”
“They’re always in the way. Always!”
People Who Speak Very Confidently About Things that They Have No Clue About
“That makes total sense as being annoying.”
“This drives me wild, especially from a professional point of view.”
Hearing Strangers Breathe
“Misophonia is a condition in which individuals experience intense anger and disgust when confronted with sounds made by other human beings. In particular, sounds like chewing, lip smacking, or breathing may cause intense anger and physical arousal.”
“It must be tough having to walk around annoyed at heavy breathing.”
People Liking Things that They Bullied Me for Liking Before Them
“Whenever this happens to me, I just tell myself that I was “ahead of my time.””
“D&D is mainstream now, and I was teased relentlessly back in the day for playing it. These little kids got it easy!”
People Going at A Normal Pace when I’m in A Hurry
“Like following an NPC walking through a town, but your character only has a jog animation.”
“I just naturally walk faster than most people, and it annoys me when people are walking two or three abreast, and I have to practically walk on the curb to get past. Or someone is walking slightly slower than you, so you either need to slow down or walk comically fast to get past them.”
Someone Trying to Chat on Public Transport
“One time, I was on the bus listening to an audiobook. The woman who sat next to me was a chatty Cathy who was having a 10-minute conversation with another passenger, making it hard to hear my book. Finally, she nudges me and says, “You know? You know?” And that’s when it dawned on me that she had been talking to me for the last 10 minutes. She had no idea I was not part of the conversation.”
“Moving from the PNW to the Midwest was the biggest change for me. From having literally no one talk to you anywhere unless you knew them prior to having everyone want to talk to me. I’ll be in the grocery store with earbuds, a hoodie, and sunglasses on, and people still tap my shoulder to ask if the produce is good. I had one guy start talking to me about his gf leaving him and if I have any idea why she would. It’s hard to be mad at it because they’re trying to be nice. But I wasn’t expecting it at first.”
Cling Film
“I can never use it. Always tears the wrong way and sticks on itself rather than what I try to cover.”
“I had a system to use it properly, and 50% of the time, it works all the time. Unfortunately, I forget that system almost every time and let my wife handle it before the curse words fly.”
Over Explaining or Repetition
“Saying the same thing in fifteen different ways isn’t making conversation, Greg.”
“I almost feel insulted when they go on and on about a topic I understood. My partner does that, and we even have a codeword when he’s over-explaining. It helps.”
Num Lock Being Turned Off on A Computer
“I ran into this on the computers at my college. All our passwords must have numbers; why is num locked off by default?!”
“I don’t like watching the led for num lock slowly die.”
Excessive Wind
“Any amount of wind does it for me. I have thin hair that tangles easily.”
“I’m from the very flat Midwest. The insane wind here is my biggest gripe!”
People Who Talk on Speakerphone in Public
“I refuse to go anywhere with my mother-in-law outside of my home because of this. And if she calls me and says, “Oh, I’m just at the store,” I’ll hang up on her because I know she’s on speaker, and I want to save the people around her. How someone can lack the self-awareness to know you shouldn’t do it is a mystery I’ll never solve.”
“Especially because nobody seems to know how to speak normally on the phone or over Zoom. They always bark.”
Someone Who Is Constantly Coughing
“I know they can’t help it if sick, but it really gets to me.”
“Same! And I hate myself for it. But I get on my own nerves when I am the person who is coughing.”
People Who Try to Talk to Me when I’ve Just Woken Up
“Like give me some time of silent honesty to readjust to how bad this universe can be before I put the never-ending hope armor back on and try to wear the good-natured mask once more.”
“Then you give them sass, and they act like you’re being overly dramatic. Just give me space.”
Ambiguous Responses
“Especially ambiguous directions or instructions. Why is it so hard to provide clear and straightforward indications that can be understood? It’s just lazy.”
“As a woman, I get told that I am blunt and rude when I don’t do that.”
Clothes Shopping in Person
“The whole process of getting to the city to the store. Finding what you want. Finding the changing room. Waiting in line for it. Take the same item of clothing in multiple sizes to avoid standing in line again. The worst part is that every time the changing rooms are hot. Or some of them don’t have chairs or a hanger.”
“The most annoying thing about clothes shopping is finding a couple things you like and then being told there’s a limit on clothes you can take to the changing rooms, so you have to put one thing back just so you can try the other clothes on. I never understood this.”
The iPhone Text Clicking Sound
“I don’t know what it is, but it drives me insane. I have to constantly be in silent mode.”
“You can turn that off in the settings. I’ve had it off for years. It stays off outside of silent mode. Just go to Settings->Sound and Haptics and select keyboard feedback.”
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