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Things That Annoy Me
Things That Annoy Me
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Things that annoy me could be a website in itself. Listed on this page are the things that annoy
me the most.
People who put their feet up on the seat in front of them in movie theaters.
Family members who do not talk to you for years, but when they need or want something, act
like nothing happened.
People that say they don't like a certain food before they try it, and refuse to eat it .
People who love to point out how wrong everyone else is while they are a walking train wreck .
People at Wal*Mart Supercenter who enter thru the exit and exit thru the enter.
People who will write something borderline mean, but then follow it up with a smiley face :)
People who turn their stereos up full blast in their apartment building and have no consideration
of others.
When I'm having a coversation with someone, & I'm in the middle of telling a story and some
rude idiot comes walking up and starts a conversation with the person I'm talking to...as if I'm
not even there!
People who don't vote and then complain about the results.
People who make small talk with a cashier when there’s a long line behind them.
When the person who takes the last of something puts the empty package back.
People who always have to be right and have the last word.
People who write "Keep in touch!" in your yearbook but never talk to you again.
People that interrupt you when your telling a story and then they continue to tell you their story
and then ask you in an uninterested tone to continue on with your story when they are finished
talking.
When the host/hostess at a restaurant totally underestimates how long a wait there will be.
People who cook for you, and use the same spoon multiple times to taste what they are cooking
while cooking it, like for pasta sauce or soup.
People who smoke right outside the door of a nonsmoking establishment, getting smoke all over
everybody who enters/leaves.
People who try to talk to you when you are going to the bathroom.
Drivers who make u-turns where they are not allowed to.
When you're invited to a party (or any event) with people you have never met, and the host
doesn't introduce you to anyone.
People who think that they are the only one with correct background for understanding an issue.
Bathroom stalls with a mirror so you can see your whole self while seated.
Getting behind someone that will not drive up to the speed limit.
People who blow their nose at the dinner table or in the kitchen when you're eating or cooking.
When coffee spills out of the top drinking hole of lids on to-go coffee cups.
Tables at restuarants that are next to or in the direct line of view of the restrooms. I don't want to
look at and think about people going to the bathroom while I eat.
People who honk in front of a house instead of getting out of the car and ringing the doorbell.
Dirty restaurant bathrooms. It makes me wonder how clean the kitchen is.
Junk mail.
When someone tries to talk to you when you have headphones on.
Fake laughter.
Companies that outsource their customer service to India, but then those support reps don't have
full access to all the needed info, so eventually they transfer you back to a manager in the US to
deal with it.
People who don't use their turn signal, tailgate, and cut you off .
When people ask me for advice and do the opposite of what I tell them.
Loud motorcycles.
People who borrow stuff and never give it back.
People who blow their horn at you the nano-second the light changes to green.
When people call me but are talking to someone else when I answer and I have to wait till they
stop talking.
People who leave their pets in their hot cars in the summer.
I hate when restaurant staff starts clearing dishes away when not everyone has finished eating --
leaving the one person at a table of four to feel bad they haven't finished yet.
TV shows and commercials ads with ringing doorbells or phones, which make you into thinking
the sound is coming from your house.
People who can't seem to understand that " red eyes" are possible to remove in photos.
Backwash.
People who are over age 21 who say the word "dude".
People who spit on the ground and don't look first to see if anybody is around.
People who use their caller ID like an answering service. Example: "Hello?" "Yeah, someone
call me from this number?" "Umm, who are you?" "Who is this?" "You called this number. Did
you get a message?" "I haven't checked my messages. This number just came up". Etc..
People who no matter what relate to something you have done and try to "one up" you.
When someone is writing on a chalkboard and then they erase it to write something new, but
they don't erase all of it, so you still see half of a letter here and there.
Conspiracy theories.
Being asked my telephone number/account number AFTER I already entered in using the
keypad on my phone. I thought I was supposed enter that info to "better assist me".
The noise people make when they rub their fingers on balloons.
When your spouse/roommate uses the butter to put on their toast, and leaves crumbs in the
container.
Trying to get assistance over the telephone, only to be directed to "press this number", umpteen
times.
Speed bumps.
When you are changing the TV channel and it goes black of a second before the channel comes
up.
People who leave farts in elevators that I subsequently enter. Then the next person thinks it's me.
People who read a story, and purposely skip pages so that it ends quicker.
Not knowing if you've taken two pictures with a camera or there are just two left.
When you adjust the volume of the TV and the volume display blocks the subtitles during an
important dialogue.
Litterbugs.
Conversational High-Fives: High-fiving at any time other than when one is actively playing a
sport.
Men who ogle or whistle at women who walk down the street.
When you are asleep at a hotel and the alarm clock goes off in the middle of the night because
the person who was there before you set it and never turned it off.
When you have to walk out of the shower naked because you forgot to bring a towel with you.
Needless meetings.
People who don't look at you when they are talking, or you are talking to them.
When you sit down at a restaurant and the waiter/waitress spends time cleaning other tables,
when there are lots of empty tables, instead of taking your order.
Gray snow that won't melt; piled up on the side of the road.
Bad breath.
People who complain out loud while waiting in a long line at the store.
People who say "Bra" or "bro" when it's not their brother.
When people put (sp?) after words when the spell check button is right there in front of them.
People who can't seem to see any faults in their kids or their mothers.
Piling up clothes in the corner of the room instead of putting them in the hamper.
Mispronunciation of words.
People who are stingy with money when they clearly have a lot of it.
When a utility sends you a letter about a rate increase that opens with: "In order to serve you
better."
People who spit when they talk.
When men you don't know very well at all assume it is okay to call you "hun" or "babe."
When people bite their nails in the dead of silence and you hear them eating it.
People who interrupt you to correct your grammar/speech, paying no attention to the point your
are trying to make.
Using a napkin for eating messy food & leaving it on the table throughout the meal.
When people refuse to be the decision maker about something simple (which restaurant to eat at,
what movie to see, etc.).
In an obviously crowded restaurant, people who linger long after receiving their check.
When you pull a string hanging from your shirt and it doesn't break, but only becomes longer.
When you will be talking to someone, and their replies seem to be limited to "ya", "cool", and
"ok".
When somebody turns off the lights when you are still in the room.
Finding the end of the program hasn't taped after sitting riveted for almost two hours.
People who say "It's always in the last place you look".
Telemarketers.
Waiters/waitress who put their fingers on the top of the glass (where you drink from) when they
deliver it to you.
People who are clearly unhappy and yet pretend like everything is just fine.
Failing to take a backpack into account when turning or backing into people.
Yelling "drop it" the moment a conversation veers into an unwanted direction.
Lawn ornaments.
Movie talkers.
When people say "you and I" when it should be "you and me".
When the string on the hood of your sweatshirt goes inside the hood.
People trying to enter an elevator when people IN the elevator haven't left yet.
When you have to go to the bathroom really bad after getting out of the shower and you don't dry
off all the way, making the toilet seat all slippery.
Clicking pens.
An unmade bed.
Spammers.
Wasting food, like when a person takes a full plateful of food and then eat two bites.
When you're wearing a hat, after a while it feels like it's not there. When you take it off, it feels
like it's still there.
People who don't want to learn anything new because they know it all.
When you bend over to pick something up and miss the object multiple times, and the final
attempt is a violent grab as if to say it was the object's fault.
Feeling a little juvenile when the waitress sees your drawings on the table at the Macaroni Grille
and you're over the age of eight.
When you get out of the pool and your bathing suit sticks to you and exposes your crotch.
Singing along with the music when you don't actually know the words.
Guys who wear wifebeaters (and nothing else for a shirt) in public.
The sound of too much spit in someone's mouth when they talk.
People say "carmel" instead of "caramel". Is it really that hard to pronounce that extra letter?
In mini golf when you miss the hole three times in a row less than a foot away.
When someone starts to watch a show or movie in the middle of it and expect you to tell them
what's happening.
People who think the seat next to them is a place to plunk down their gym bag/back pack on a
crowded bus.
Double dippers.
When people don't pick up their feet to walk and you hear the scuff... scuff... scuff.
People who brag about how trashed they got the night before.
Unsolicited advice.
When people use the word "literally" inappropriately. I.e. "I literally almost jumped out of my
skin."
People who stick their USED gum just about anywhere (under a table or chair, on the ground,
etc.)
Motel pillows.
Making me talk to your boyfriend/girlfriend who i have never actually met when i call you on
the phone, saying something like, "oh here - talk to [---]".
Speed Bumps.
People who tell you "Oh! You have to try this! It's the best thing ever!" And when you do try it
and it sucks.
People that make tons and tons of noise while working out.
Women who are obviously bottle blondes who still blame their stupidity on being blonde, as in:
�Oh, no! I�m having a blonde moment!�
People/kids who tap their pencil during a test.
Anyone � male or female- who says �We�re pregnant�. Are they sharing a uterus?
When you have an itch on the bottom of your foot and you can't scratch it because you have
shoes on.
When someone leaves their phone number at the end of a long message and they say it so fast
you can't understand it and have to listen multiple times to figure it out.
People When they clean the tables nearby with a bleach solution. While I am glad they are
sanitary, the smell of bleach can really quelch my appetite. having obviously PRIVATE
conversations on their cell phone in public places.
When people put the spoons/forks in the wrong section of the utensil separator.
When your eating something and a person will just steal a little bit of it.
Retail clerks that ignore the live customer to help somebody that interrupts by phone.
At a restuarant, when they clean the tables nearby with a bleach solution, smelling up my area.
People who point at their wrist while asking for the time.
When those little hinges on the CD case break, and now you can't open and close it.
I know they have to do this, but I hate having servers recite the specials to me. Because I have
never ordered a special, and hate having to feign interest in them.
When someone blows their nose in your presence and then proceeds to look at what just filled
their tissue/handkerchief.
When people don't rinse their dishes before they put them in the sink.
People who don't accelerate fast enough at a stop light, especially if you're in the left lane.
People who stop right infront of you when your walking through town.
When you are trying to wax something, and you pull hard but nothing comes off and yet you still
feel the pain.
When you're trying to walk in the mall and there's a kiosk and they hound you to try their cell
phone service or whatever.
People that realize that a lane of traffic is backed up so they go into the next lane over because it
is moving quicker and they go up to the front and expect someone to just let them back over in
that lane.
People who don't say "thank you" or even acknowledge you when you hold the door for them.
When people continue to stare after they ask you a question, as if they need you to expand more
on your answer.
When you first meet someone and can't remember the person's name by the end of the
conversation.
Taking forever to leave a parking space while others are clearly waiting for it.
People sitting at a red light and continuing to sit there when the light turns green because they're
on their cell phone.
Grocery clerks that want to bundle the receipt with my change. Hand me the money separately so
I can put it in my pocket, and then hand me the receipt or place it in the bag.
People who buy animals, only to get rid of them a week later because it was harder to take care
of them than they thought.
People who use the phrase "110%" (or even more % sometimes).
People who leave food that can spoil (milk, butter, etc.) out too long, instead of putting it back in
the fridge when they are done.
Double negatives.
Dining with a picky eater (they can never order off the menu without customizing every aspect
of the meal).
Tapping.
Men on trains who insist on sitting with their legs spread wide like they got something there.
Dirty keyboards.
People who ride their bikes in the road when a sidewalk is right there.
When somebody tosses something toward a garbage can, like they think they're a basketball star,
then leave it on the ground after they miss!
When you open the DVD case and it is empty or a different movie is in it.
People who walk their dogs and let them poop indiscriminately (like on someone's lawn), and
does not pick it up.
You know when you ask someone a simple, straightforward question and they spend ten solid
minutes rambling on about everything in the world EXCEPT the answer to your simple,
straightforward question? I hate that.
When you order a salad at a restaurant and they bring it to you at the same time as your dinner.
People who don't know the difference between its/it�s and they�re /their/there.
People who leave the door open when they go to the bathroom.
People who talk, whistle or sing to themselves at work.
Greeting cards that throw sparkles, sequins or confetti on the hapless recipient.
Having to use more than one remote control (one for TV, dvd player, cable box, TIVO, etc.)
Paying alot of money for a meal and getting a baby sitter only to have someone elses kids
screaming.
Using the toilet paper down to the last few squares without getting a new roll.
Restaurants that have a no smoking section which is only several feet away from the smoking
section.
People who don't move to the back of the bus when there is plenty of room to do so.
Getting stuck at red lights, while nobody is going the other direction.
People who don�t put two spaces after a period when they type.
Restaurants that give you rolls, but never enough butter to go with them.
When people that say that they read something at a certain site but don't add the link.
People who chat online (instant messaging) while I'm on the phone with them.
Couples that own a dog together and call themselves mommy and daddy.
When drivers bring their car to the wrong side of the gas pump.
When you genuinely ask someone what's wrong (when there obviously is something wrong) and
they respond half-heartedly, "hmmm? oh nothing..."
People who leave their children in their cars while they run into the store.
Mumbling, then annoyedly saying "Forget it!" when people don't hear you.
People who don't cash checks you give them in a timely manner.
When the garbage man turns my can upside down after dumping MOST of the garbage in it into
the garbage truck. I go to collect the can and when I turn it right side up, the remaining garbage
spills out on the sidewalk.
Having to dress up for work just to have it downpour when you step outside.
Dull pencils.
People who can't decide on one radio/tv station, and constantly flip back and forth.
The habit of tossing dirty silverware into garbage disposal part of the sink.
When you're with a group of people and you think nobody saw that you just tripped, and you
think you're in the clear. But the one person who did see it points it out to everybody else.
Gossip.
When someone is giving a speech in class and they won't stop looking at you as they speak.
A dirty stove top. When finished cooking, all food particles should be cleaned off the stove.
Wobbly tables.
When it's raining and you turn your car off before you turn the wipers off, and they stop in the
middle of the windshield, so you turn the car back on, the wipers off, and then the car off.
When you are hanging out with someone and they make plans to do something else right in front
of you.
People who can't wait to file a lawsuit in order to get rich quick.
Wet, dirty, stinky, slimy dishrags left in a heap in the bottom of the sink.
Going to a restaurant within the last hour before closing and everyone is cleaning,sweeping and
slamming stuff around to get out of their quickly and at buffet the food is gone or old and dried
up.
When the cashier gives you the change with the coins on top of the bills and for a moment you
look like a fool jamming a large wad of cash into your pocket.
People who use self checkout lanes but don�t know how to use them and slow us all down.
I hate it when people take healthy food and fry it up in butter and eat it because it's "good for
them".
People who read out loud what they're typing in an email or letter.
Couples who sit on the same side of the booth when there is no one on the other side.
People who sit next to you on public transportation even when there are other seats available.
Noisy eaters.
Women who wear jewelry that clinks and clacks and makes noise when they're at their desk or
keyboard. When people take 20 napkins, use one, then throw them all away.
Going through the drive thru, then having to go back when they screw your order up.
People walking around in ridiculous 'fashionable' shoes that are clearly hurting their feet.
People who don't listen when you are talking to them. How many times have you said a few
sentences to someone only to have them suddenly say "what did you just say? I wasn't paying
attention."
If you are able to drink everything but one little drop of milk or juice, whatever...DON'T put it
back in the fridge! Just finish it.
People who respond to my emails but don't include the text of the previous email in their email.
Men who refer to their wife as � the wife�- a wife is not an object.
The creepers at red lights. You know, those people that start inching forward in their
cars�slowly�until the light turns green.
Relying on someone else to take a picture because I want to be in it, and it ends up coming out
off-centered and out-of-focus.
Cutesy intentional misspellings: � lite� � kwik� � �R � for are.
When you find a really cute piece of clothing on the rack and they have like twenty in size XS,
two in size 3X, and not a single one in your size.
Car passengers that throw their doors wide open without first checking to make sure it is safe to
do so.
Lazy people.
People who talk about their favorite sports team and say "WE" like they are a part of the team.
Adware, spyware, popups, viruses and other things that download themselves and install
automatically.
When people say the word huge incorrectly by dropping the 'H' and pronouncing it Uge.
People who make you take off your shoes when you go into their house.
People at a store/supermarket who wait in a long checkout line, and then when they finally need
to pay they take forever to find their checkbook/cash/credit card.
When you apply too much deodorant and you have to make a running-in-place type of motion.
How opening any cheap electronic item these days requires cutting up your finger with cheap
impossible to open plastic molding covering.
When you're eating candy and someone asks if they can have a red one.
Airline speak (like: "The lavatories ARE equipped with smoke detectors, so DO refrain...")
When you bite into a jelly bean and it's a different flavor than what you thought it was.
Uncomfortable chairs.
Chasing after a ping pong ball.
When something I've been into for a long time becomes popular.
People who act like they're in their own living room at an event (concert, ballgame, play, movies
or a restaurant).
Saying "Let there be light" every time any light switch is flipped on.
People who leave shopping carts in the parking lot instead of taking them back to the corral.
Unexpected company.
When someone with a full cart of groceries gets into the 10 items or less line.
Cats and dogs that are inconsiderate of their human's sleeping habits, and decide to romp, play,
and destroy stuff at 4 AM.
Ignorant people.
When people trip over your their foot in the hallway and start running to pretend like they meant
to do it.
When you ask for LOTS of ketchup and they give you only two or three packets.
Going out to dinner with a big group, eating $10 worth of food and having to split the whole bill
and ending up paying much more than you ate.
When the waiter/waitress asks whether you want dessert, but smiles in a way that means she is
clearly judging you.