What "Little Things" Really Irritate You?

[CheshireVal]

-- A slow moving group of people meandering at a snail's pace taking up the ENTIRE aisle of a store or mall or even sidewalk. And usually they won't move over to let you by.

-- When I'm in a booth at a restaurant, parents who think it's cute when their kids turn around and hang over my booth the whole entire meal. If I wanted to eat with a baby, I'd have one of my own by now!

-- People who hold up long gas station lines by doing really complicated Lottery transactions.

-- I have to second the one someone said on Page 1: when someone bugs me first thing in the morning before I've unlocked my office and put my stuff down. Grrrrrrrrr.

-- People who hold up drive up banking lines by doing really complicated transactions.

-- Salespeople who are having a long conversation with another shopper rather than ringing up my purchase.

I don't think I'm a very patient person.

 

[lulugirl]

Thought of another one...
Every single time MIL calls (frequently) and leaves a message she will never address me, always "Hi J, it's mom....blah blah blah..." I find it rude.

 

[goodeats]

When I empty the trash, but then leave the full trash bag in the kitchen until I take it out after dinner. I can't stand it when DH comes and puts trash in the now perfectly empty trash bag, instead of putting in the trash bag that's going to go out. I know it's not that big of deal, but it drives me batty!

At work I can't stand it when people email me Excel schedules, but don't have them formatted to print properly. It's just so unprofessional.

 

[MrsNick]

People who don't say thank you after I have held the door open for them. It's particularly irritating when people don't say thank you after my 6yr old has held the door for them.

I hate this, too. Usually when people do this, I say "Your Welcome!" to them in my very best outdoor voice.

 

[PneumaticTransit]

-Bad driving habits: 15 mph below the speed limit in a no passing zone, no blinkers, blowing thru stop lights, etc...

-Talking while going to the bathroom: You can pause your conversation for 30 seconds, it won't kill you. I swear.

-Mother-In-Law: In the grand scheme of things she is just one person, but.... well... we won't go into that.

-Bad grammar for the sake of sounding cool: "wUz up WiT d@t d00d? hEz a tot@l fREe/<!" (You are either spell checks best friend or worst enemy, I haven't decided yet)

-Short e-mails: When you write someone a long long email and ask them many questions and they respond with. 'Yea, I bought a new car today. It's raining. The dog smells bad. XOXO' Argh!

-Spinner hubcaps: I just think they're really stupid. They're usually on a Kia that the 19 year old boy's mom had to co-sign for and the bad speaker system is blasting some god awful music which you can never really tell what it is because it's that loud.

-80's hair in 2005: Let it go ladies. If you daily routine involves a curling iron, back combing, and hairspray you need to reevaluate.

-Dyed hair with dark roots: If you want a different haircolor, commit to it or change it back. Bleach blond hair with brown roots is not a good look for anyone.

 

[luvwinnie]

People who will email you something and then FAX IT TOO!!

 

[MoniqueU]

I am legally blind and have lost about 80 percent or more of my sight. I freaquently bump into people ON ACCIDENT. I can't tell you how many times I have said I am sorry to which I get no acknowledgement. At least say fine or something. No bumps into someone I purpose have a bit of class and accept an apology.

I also can't stand when people say I seen instead of I saw. Or ain't or axed instead of asked.

 

[JoBird]

To add on to the no reply to "Thank You's"... does it bug the living daylights out of you when you say thank you to someone for ?whatever? they have done and you get an "UM-HUM" back? It's like they are afraid of wasting precious air on a response to you. A lot of people are doing that now, and it drives me bonkers!

 

[KelNottAt]

For me, it's people who leave their carts blocking the aisle in the grocery store. Can't they just push it to the side. If it's then blocking some item a person wants to see then it can be scooted up.

LOL! This is one of my pet peeves, too. I call those people "aisle blockers." DH knows I had an AB incident when I come home from the Giant in a bad mood.

Buuut...My A-#1 pet peeve is when people think a 40-week pregnancy equals 10 months. It drives me crazy! What? Does that mean these people also think 48 weeks equals a year???

For those of you who don't get this, I'll explain: On average, 40 weeks = a full term pregnancy. But, the first week doesn't count b/c that's actually the woman's last period. Think of the "actual" pregnancy as 39 weeks. 39 weeks = 9 months. Almost exactly. Go to any calendar an count it out....52 weeks in a year, 13 weeks in a quarter, 39 weeks in 9 months. 40 weeks is NOT 10 months for pregnancy.

Thank you for asking. I feel much better now.

 

[Mister Incredible]

People who drive slow in the passing lane.

Smokers who throw their butts out the window or even worst empty their ash trays on the side of the road.

Nextel phones..sorry I don't want to hear your entire conversation!

Groups that try to cut in line because one person was waiting..sorry, not in front of me!

People who sit behind home plate and do nothing but talk on their phones and wave every two seconds.

Slow 4-somes in golf that won't let you play through!

 

[jennyl772003]

I HATE those stupid automated phone systems that make you speak your answers.

I was going through one the other day and was on hold. I asked my co-worker a question, the phone picked up and said "I am sorry, I didn't understand that", then I had to go through the whole menu thing again!

 

[AllyandJack]

I HATE those stupid automated phone systems that make you speak your answers.

I was going through one the other day and was on hold. I asked my co-worker a question, the phone picked up and said "I am sorry, I didn't understand that", then I had to go through the whole menu thing again!

Song (operated by Delta ) has this. I got so frustrated, I screamed into the phone "I WANT TO TALK TO A LIVE PERSON!!!" They put me through to a live person. Apparently, that's an option.

 

[ChrisnSteph]

When people pull up and stop at the very first pump they get to at a gas station, even when there is noone using the pump ahead of them, forcing you to have to drive around them to get to the next pump. That really bugs me.

When people say "Costcos" instead of just "Costco". Same thing for Kmart.

When waiter/waitresses ask me 20 times during dinner if I need anything, or if I'm enjoying the meal.

At drive thrus, when you finish ordering and you say "that'll be all", or "that'll do it", and they ask "would you like any _____ with that?", or "will that be all?".

When people at coffee shops have to get all complicated with their coffee orders. Example: "I'll have a venti, no-whip, half decaf, extra shot, long, dry, non-fat, extra-hot caramel machiatto latte, with a twist of lemon". By the time they're done, I want to pour the coffee down their pants. With a twist of lemon.

I have lots more, but this is what I can think of right now!

 

[Snoopymom]

It makes me insane that it takes three guys in my office to load the printer....

When any of them notice it's out of paper, they'll announce it to the other two who act as if they've been called on a special mission to repair the space shuttle!!!

It takes one to find the paper, the other to find a box cutter, the third to feed it through, all three to stand there for 10 minutes to make adjustments and hit reprint until they all agree that it's lined up, AND all three "heros" have to check it every five minutes throughout the day to make sure that it is still lined up.

and they know that I can do it in about 30 seconds by myself without any help from NASA, and this does not embarrass them in the least! I wish I could laugh, but it literally makes me want to call them names, LOL.

 

[Lyn5]

Nextel phones..sorry I don't want to hear your entire conversation!

That is my #1 irritation. #2 is when DH says he can't find something. I tell him where to look. He still can't find it. I go to the area I said it would be and where we kept the same type of thing for years. I find it right where it was supposed to be.

 

[JoBird]

That is my #1 irritation. #2 is when DH says he can't find something. I tell him where to look. He still can't find it. I go to the area I said it would be and where we kept the same type of thing for years. I find it right where it was supposed to be.

Don't you know it's because we, as women , have a navigational device in our uterus?

 

[Tigger&Belle]

As Roseanne Barr used to say, "The uterus is not a tracking device".

 

[LindsayDunn228]

When people at coffee shops have to get all complicated with their coffee orders. Example: "I'll have a venti, no-whip, half decaf, extra shot, long, dry, non-fat, extra-hot caramel machiatto latte, with a twist of lemon". By the time they're done, I want to pour the coffee down their pants. With a twist of lemon.

I agree! Well put!

 

[swankybeth]

I hate when I can hear people chewing. It makes me crazy, and the guy who sits next to me at work is constantly eating and I can hear him crunching carrots, etc and I just want to scream!

 

[Rex Rules]

Oh, good lord, I could literally go on for days and days.

When someone puts the tp on going under instead of over.

When people leave the carts out in the middle of the freaking parking lot. I HATE this and have been known to say very loudly, would it kill you to put the cart in the cart corral?? (Yes, it was me who said nearly the same thing to someone in the self check line who didn't wait until I was finished bagging before sending his stuff down the belt!)

People who pull out in front of you and then drive 25 mph. Even worse when there is no one behind me for miles.

When my FiL says WalmarK instead of Walmart. He also says Velcor instead of velcro. Sad, sad man.

People who can't get off the phone long enough to conduct their business - in the check out line, especially.

The way my sister and some other people just let their kids run wild in public. If my child did that she would be grounded for a week! Teach your kids how to act in public - I did, you can too!!

People who walk through the door you are holding for your child, spouse, etc and don't say thank you - do I look like a doorman? (or doorperson??)

My cat for attempting to eat any kind of flower that is brought into the house. I swear, he is going to eat something that is going to kill him. I can't have any kind of flower in the house because of this - and I LOVE flowers!!

When white bread kids try to talk "ghetto" - even worse when it is white bread adults. Jeez, you are not from the ghetto - you are from the suburbs, STOP saying things like bling, gangsta, fiddy, homey, etc!