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When people think about bad habits, it’s often smoking and similar unhealthy behavior that comes to mind. But sometimes, something way less detrimental, yet far from praise-worthy, too, can get on people’s nerves.

Members of the ‘Ask Reddit’ community recently discussed bad habits that way too many people have. Their examples ranged from annoyances, such as lacking basic elevator etiquette, to more peculiar things, like nasal spray addiction, showing just how diverse bad habits can be. If you’re curious to learn more, scroll down to find more examples on the list below.

Bored Panda has reached out to the OP and he was kind enough to answer a few of our questions. You will find his thoughts in the text below.

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#1

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Just absentmindedly being in the way. Like just standing in a place without awareness of their surroundings. I work in a grocery store and it’s enough to make me go mad. I understand you’re weighing your options but sir/maam, you are taking up the entire aisle doing it pls pick a side.

noneuropathyproblems , Viki Mohamad / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Playing loud music or videos on their phone without earbuds in a community space like a library.

Snoo_93627 , Keira Burton / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Grown adults littering like 60’s 5th graders. Extra points for doing it out of a moving car with people behind you.

EntertainerNo4509 , Ron Lach / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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The OP shared that the reason he decided to pose this particular question was watching a video about car repairs—that’s when he learned that almost 75% of people don’t maintain their car. 

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“There may be no proof of that number but still, it blew my mind how many people neglected their vehicles; I learned the hard way to take care of my car,” he told Bored Panda. “It made me think about other bad habits that are surprisingly common.”
#4

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Getting offended when someone makes a mistake. You're not going to die if some random stranger on the net doesn't know the difference between their, there, and they're.

Also getting offended by someone's personal preferences. So what if some people prefer iPhone over android, DC over Marvel, or cream in their coffee. There's nothing wrong with that. It's not like they listen to Justin Beiber.

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30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Not using their turn signal.

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Car-related habits are not only why the OP started the thread, but also what he considers to be the worst of them all. “I think the worst habit that a lot of people have is bad driving. Not only is it frustrating but it is dangerous; yet it's so common. People don't seem to understand how deadly a car crash can be,” he pointed out in a recent interview.

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As for the bad human tendencies that surprised him the most, the redditor said he was taken aback by people’s hygiene-related behavior. “I think the most shocking response was when someone stated that not washing hands was a bad habit and someone else agreeing and stating that they worked in a doctor's office and most of the doctors didn't wash their hands. Ick.”
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30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Kids are talking to their parents, trying to tell them something they think is exciting or interesting Parents *staring at phone* ~mumble some kind of half assed response I know we’re all on our phones but if your little kid wants your attention you need to put your phone away and give them your time.

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#7

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Poor appreciation and respect for other people's time. If you agree to meet someone or agree to attend an event you should be making every effort to be on time. Also stop double booking.

xLilloki , JÉSHOOTS / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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#8

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Stopping with their shopping carts in the middle of the grocery aisle and walking over to the other side while they browse the shelves. Move your f*****g cart out of the way so the rest of us can pass through.

Quicherbichen1 , Jack Sparrow / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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#9

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Talking in the cinema.

andyprendy , Tima Miroshnichenko / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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#10

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Still continuing to drive while on a cell phone despite the dangers and fines associated with it.

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#11

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Waiting to talk instead of listening.

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#12

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Being checked out during social interactions. Phone in hand, not really listening, not present.

ultravioletneon , Pressmaster / envato (not the actual photo) Report

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#13

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have not washing your hands after going to the bathroom (look it up it’s acc scary how little ppl wash their hands after going to the bathroom)

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#14

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Basic elevator etiquette. When an elevator door opens the people inside get out before those waiting to get in enter. Super simple. Amazing how many adults are unaware of this simple social norm.

RiceandLeeks , Tiger Lily / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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#15

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Tailgating. Count out a 2-5 second following distance at highway speeds, folks. That ain’t it and you’re making traffic *much worse.*

Secure-Truth9282 , Oleksandr P / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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#16

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have No manners and bitter behavior when they are a customer/client.

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#17

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Responding with defensiveness rather than curiousity to the unknown.

darcymackenzie , Mikhail Nilov / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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#18

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Interrupting.

phillupontakos , Tirachard Kumtanom / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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#19

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Chewing with their mouths open. I hate eating out in public because the sound of people smacking their food is all I can hear. 

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#20

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have They don't flush the toilet

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At home we have a rule, if it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Please no. Urine smells

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I work in what would be a considered a higher end job, with super professional people who wear business suits and have offices, etc. And without fail some lazy b!tches don't flush in the ladies room almost every day. It's absolutely ridiculous. You are a grown adult and we have to tell you to flush your turd??? So ridiculous.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In public absolutely. But at home I subscribe to a flush after two pees rule.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also not closing the lid when you flush. Flushing sends those particles flying everywhere!

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11 months ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or, even worse: When guys use the toilet instead of the urinal, and don't lift the seat and pee on it. I have f*****g IBS, I never know when I have to use a public toilet. And if I go into one and there are droplets on the seat, there's no amount of toilet paper that will convince me to sit on it. Plus I'm super afraid of infections so even if there's a sanitizer disperser in the toilet, I don't wanna clean some other dude's pee off of the seat. It's gross, and whoever does this should be made to come back and thoroughly clean the toilet themselves.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also, put the seat down when you flush to contain the germs. Whenever I have people over who leave the seat up I have to reclean my entire bathroom.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think I figured out my kids have trouble remembering to flush because their school has auto flush & faucets. I noticed my daughter holding her hand under the faucets at home blindly once and realized it's just an automatic reaction sometimes. Like touching the screen of an old PC

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't think that one's A "habit". Growing up, we had a well. Water conservation was a must.

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My stepsons did that when they were teenagers. I guess they thought it was cool, or something?

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11 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When a family member says: "I gotta take a 💩," I ALWAYS SAY: "You're in luck, I LEFT YOU ONE"!!🤣😝

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#21

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Stopping. In. Doorways.

Like b***h! Do you want to get ran over? I will run over you.

Just kidding. I will silently get annoyed and let it secretly ruin my day.

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#22

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Materialism: buying stuff just for the sake of buying it, not because you need it.
I think a lot of people have this huge empty hole in their soul that they constantly try to fill with more and more stuff.

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#23

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Smoking. It’s been known long enough that it [harms] you and can harm people around you too. Too many people still start the habit.

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#24

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Oversharing on social media. Privacy has become so rare and it is not helped by the fact that most products/services also require your personal info

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#25

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Peeing in pools, or in bodies of water while surrounded by other people.

HC-Sama-7511 , Megan Bucknall / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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#26

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Social media/phone addiction. How many of us do anything without our phones now? When’s the last time you left your house without it? The last time you forgot your phone or lost it, how anxious did you feel? Every time I try to slow down on my usage, I do good at first and then I have a day where I could be doing anything else and I still go to my phone and waste the day away. I’ll absentmindedly pull it out while I’m watching tv too. Or playing video games. Here I am at work on it again.

dckydooooo , ROBIN WORRALL / unsplash (not the actual photo) Report

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#27

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have The number of people who don't brush their teeth twice a day is deeply upsetting.

fullybookedtx , Andrea Piacquadio / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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#28

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Lying.

Probably the biggest shock I got from the real world once I started adulting is how much people lie and try to manipulate. It’s disheartening

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#29

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Insulting another person’s intelligence the second they feel insecure about their own. So basically, projection.

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#30

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Drinking little to no water daily. Then they think that grumble in their stomach is hunger pangs, so they eat more salty food. And sometimes take ibuprofen for their dehydration-induced headaches. Can’t imagine that’s amazing for the kidneys.

NoVicesJustLife , Lisa Fotios / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

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#31

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have I would say never changing your oil or car fluids. I was surprised when a mechanic told me that 90 percent of people never maintain their car.

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#32

30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have biting nails

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#33

Drinking soda. People legit wonder why they're overweight and the easiest thing they could do to start is just drink water instead of soda

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30 Bad Habits That A Shocking Amount Of People Have Phone addiction is pretty bad amongst Millennials and Gen Z for sure, but my God talking with a mouthful of food seems to be kinda bad across the board and it is disgusting! I've caught so many people from means that seem as if they'd know better doing this at lunches and such. Gross me out.

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#35

I bite my nails and cuticles until they bleed. So that’s up there

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#36

Nasal spray addiction

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#37

saying they’re going to do things or want to do things and never do them. if you want to do something do it

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