People Share “Mildly Irritating” Everyday Struggles, Here Are The 74 Most Interesting Ones (New Pics)
Sometimes there are those little straws that just break the camels back. You chip your favorite cup or your favorite grocery store has decided to suddenly move an item you get all the time to some random, unknown corner. The truth is, it actually doesn’t nearly take as much as some folks think to create stress and discomfort.
We’ve gathered some prime and often hilarious examples of little irritations in life that aren’t that big a deal in the grand scheme of things, but can still cause headaches. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your own examples in the comments below.
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Every Damn Time! Why, Why Can't They Make A Packet That Just Opens
Stickers Like This Are Maybe A Bit More Than Mildly Infuriating
How Did We Go From Paper Cups And Plastic Straws To Plastic Cups And Paper Straws?
Life is never as simple as one might want it to be. Even though most of us have a decent grasp of physics, as far as our own bodies are concerned, the universe still finds ways to remind us that even the most tiny little things can end up causing a lot of pain. Take, for example, the simple papercut.
The word alone is normally enough for most folks to have a visceral reaction. Some might shudder, others cringe at the idea of running a finger along the edge of a sheet of paper. For those who have never had to go through this, congrats. Simply put, the edges of paper, while fragile, are quite sharp and, as it turns out, we tend to have to manipulate paper with our hands.
This Garbage "Leather" Coating That Eventually Flakes Off And Gets Everywhere
I love these headphones (Anker Soundcore Life Q20), they have great sound quality and noise cancelation for their price. But my GOD can manufacturers stop trying to make imitation leather with this garbage? Every time I use them, my hands and ears get covered in little black flakes.
I'm Sure Someone Said This Already, But Roll Em Around On The Counter, Shell Comes Off Easier That Way
I Hate When This Happens
One might ask, why do papercuts hurt that much? After all, there is nothing “mild” about one. Most would see it as the main tragedy of the day. In short, it’s a case where our own bodies work against us. Papercuts, mercifully, are often very shallow. The downside is that this means the finger’s pain receptors are exposed to the air without blood to help limit the pain.
My Copy Of The Scarlet Letter Becomes A Different Book After Page 176
So I bought this copy years ago and finally decided to read it, got to page 176, from there on out, it becomes Treasure Island.
When A Pencil "Eraser" Does This
I Just Peeled A Banana, Then Threw It Into Trash But Kept The Peel In My Hand
I just last night wiped my kitchen drain strainer, then tossed it into the trash, and had to do it all over again.
Not to mention, your fingers tend to have a lot of sensory receptors, after all, we can obtain a huge amount of information from just touch. In general, this is a good thing most days. However, when cut with a piece of paper, all those helpful little receptors are screaming at our brain that, actually, there is a major issue going on here.
I Just Hate When This Happens
I Hate These Stupid Plastic Tabs You Find On Clothing. All Of This From One Pack Of Socks
When The Keyboard Isn't Qwerty
I don't want it to to be alphabetical I wanted the weird typing configuration.
To add more insult to injury, most commercial paper is treated with chemicals such as bleach. One doesn’t have to be a medical expert to realize just how uncomfortable, say, bleach can be if it gets in a wound. At the very least, the humble papercut serves as a reminder that even the smallest things can find a way to inflict a lot of discomfort.
These Damn Things
I've yet to hear or see an explanation for how these are formed. And why the hell do hurt so damn much? Mildly infuriating for sure.
The Bacon I Saw Through The Plastic vs. The Rest Of The Pack
The first few pieces looked great. Then opened it up to find the rest of it is mostly fat. I like a fatty piece of bacon, but there is a limit and the misrepresentation is mildly infuriating.
I Hate You Home Depot. How Hard Is It To Get Labels That Don't Disintegrate When You Try And Peel Them?
Heat the sticker a bit with a hair dryer and it gets off like a dream. Works on every surface.
When Jeans Seams Make This Move Around Your Leg
Thanks, Alarm
I had a message that my alarm on my phone failed to fire. Didn't say why. Fortunately I had three alarms set with each 10 minutes later (was leaving on a 10,500 mile train trip that morning).
Less Than A Foot Of Leg Room And No Window? I Hate What Air Travel Has Become
I Can't Understand The Logic Of Putting The Power Button Right Next To The Delete And Backspace Keys
Every Time My Phone Updates It Downloads A Handful Of These Spammy Games
Title is pretty self explanatory. My phone does a security update and a halful of these games appear when it's done.
Paying Off My Student Loan Counted As "Closing An Account" And My Credit Score Went Down
How am I supposed to build credit if paying off loans hurts me? Also mildly infuriating is that I am now 1 point off of having "good" credit.
Every Single Time. Why Do We Still Use These?
I buy shredded cheese, and they all say "tear here". When I do, it invariably rips through the resealing strip. So now, monster that I am, I just grab my scissors and cut the packet open just above the reseal.
Everything Is Locked Up
Came for boxer briefs. I had to track someone down just to get these unlocked. I pointed at a 10 pack and said “the 10pack in medium” and they grabbed a 6 pack… of course i didnt check (which adds to my mild infuriation lol) just because i thought they saw and heard. They were both the same price so it only made sense. Didnt realize until i got home. Thought it was fine cause i had to get tums, to find the same thing… and find another associate. Finding someone took about 5mins. The funny thing is they just hand it over right after and let you take it to the front.
Every. God. Damn. Time. All Three Tabs, Torn Through
Beats Studio Pro Constantly Rips My Hair Out
These damn things rip my hair out EVERY time I use them. Switching back to earbuds.
Beats. So, OP paid some insane price (probably $500), for cheaply made garbage that's probably worth $10.
Honda Civic Decided It Doesn't Want To Show Me The Fuel Tank Level Today. One Of The Reason Why I Hate The Move To Digital
yeah, completely digital tachos are BS. " Oh, people shouldn´t use their phones while driving. Let us put a huge tablet in the center console of modern cars instead!" - " oh, what´s that? people get distracted by the tablet? Let´s make every single important function of the car digital!" I am just waiting for the time the first manufacturer rolls out the first car with no windows at all, instead using cameras to project the outside view in monitors inside.
When You Wake Up With Your Pillow Sticking Out Of Your Pillow Case
70% Of My Essay Is Being Detected As AI, Depite Not Using Any AI
this is due very soon, and i have no idea how im going to make my OWN writting look less ai written.
Opened A Fresh Jar Of Marmalade And It Seems To Have Gone Bad
Recently bought a jar of marmalade and I opened it for the first time today to spread on my English muffin, but it looks like it’s moldy. And while I was trying to google of it was maybe just sugar crystallization I burnt the English muffin.
I Feel This Only Happens To People Who Are 5'5" - 5'9"
Mildly Infuriating Cord Placement (Yes, It’s Installed Correctly)
Sweetie. No. It's. Not. Run the cord from the bottom up through the glass to the top.
I Feel Like This Happens To Me More Often Than It Should
I Have One Of Those Toothpick Shake Bottles And It Popped Open When I Was Trying To Get One
I'm just gonna point out that OP has both an asthma inhaler AND a pack of smokes on the table.
My Prize Winning Carrot From This Year’s Harvest
So This Just Happened…
Just heard a large rumble, rumble, crash upstairs. I can’t understand why this happened. There was only 1000 hangars + 1000 shoes.
Must have been the dust!
So This New “American” Restaurant Opened In Town And I Can’t Enjoy My Food Because Of This
Orbit - I Hate Your Packaging
Why is it so difficult to remove a piece of gum from their packaging? Why do they insist on using the world’s strongest glue to place every piece?
It Appears There Was A Spider Egg In My Computer, Any Advice?
One Tip Left From The Dishes And Then This Happened
Was just about to clean the last of the dishes for the day, but suddenly it slipped through a finger. The only lesson I learned is to not wash the dishes when feeling sleepy!
Spent The Last 3 Hours On This Puzzle For This To Happen
I swear I've triple-checked all the other pieces are in the right spot.
I Read It That Way Too LOL
Freshly Opened Can Of Jam Has A Big Patch Of Mold. It Even Made The Popping Sound When The Seal Broke
Guess I'll Wait Another 20 Years
Eclipse happening, not really much to enjoy though.
I Don't Follow Him. I Even Blocked Him. But After A Short Time He's Always Unblocked And I Get Notifications For His Brainded Tweets
It Happens Earlier Every Year. It's September, They Have Already Started Taking Down The Halloween Modules
Nothing NW. When I worked retail in 1991-92, we started getting holiday merch in mid-August. My refusal to display any of it before Thanksgiving was part of the, ah, mutual decision that I would leave their employ...
They Clearly Designed It For This To Happen
I’ve never once dropped my AirPods v3 without both of them flying out and going off a long way in different directions.
It’s so obvious to me that Apple have deliberately designed them to do this, in the justified hope that many of them will find their way into drains, under the wheels of passing cars etc., so you have to go and buy another exorbitant pair.
wow. I hate apple just as much as the next person, but that´s a ridiculous theory about them.
Window Seat With No Window???
I’ve never been on a flight where the window seat has no window! If my job wasn’t paying for this I’d be super salty about paying for a non-existent view. But as it is, I’m just mildly infuriated.
Dmc Thread Is The Same Number But Two Different Colors
DMC threads will change there dyes or something and will mark stating that with the smallest dot ever next to the number. This was thread color 602 originally but the new one I got is 602. Instead of 602 lmao. So mildly infuriating.
Vet Prescribed This Insanely Large Pill For My 25 Pound Dog
(One of my pills also shown for scale.) To make this even more infuriating, the vet also told me I'm overfeeding my dog and need to cut back on treats... Umm sir? How on earth is having to cut one of these monstrosities into 8(!) slices like a gd pie and then serve them inside individual treats going to cut down, like at all? Did I mention she needs to have one of these things TWICE DAILY??
Quizzes Are Hard. I Was Doing An Online Quiz And This Was One Of The Questions... Definitely Mildly Infuriating
Well if they did t give it as a choice, what do they expect you to choose???
My Phone Started Showing This Green Line. What's Annoying Me Most Is It's Slightly Off Centre
The Way This Computer Reverse These Letters Just To Represent Recycling. I Thought There Was An Issue With It. It’s So Annoying
Every Time
For The Ones Saying “Oh Why Is It So Hot This October” You Made This Happen
These New Caps Are Annoying
I Hate Laffy Taffy Packaging
My Clothes Washer Has Had One Minute Left For The Past 7 Minutes
The Remaining Pieces Got Similiar Shapes And Colors
BF Bought Me A Wordsearch Book That Has Only One Word In 200 Pages
My Anxiety Medication Disintegrated
No idea why, I've been taking this for years and this has never happened before.
The €0.30 Dishwashing Brush My Wife Bought, After 3 Up-And-Down Movements Through A Lukewarm Pan
Guess what I find mildly infuriating: the quality of a 0,30 cent brush, or the fact that she bought it.
My Oven Downloaded An Update And Now It's In Some Weird Loop And Can't Get The Weather. The Infuriating Part... It Needs To Finish Getting The Weather Before It Will Do Other Stuff... Like Cook Stuff! (But It Will Give Me A Recipe For Maple Bacon Monkey Bread)
Give me an "old fashioned" appliance over smart appliances any day of the week.
Went To A Beer Festival With Standardized Cups, Turns Out The 250ml Mark Was Only Around 227ml
Went to this beer festival with a lot of different local breweries back in December. And basically they were cheating everyone by 10%. I'm not even sure if it was on purpose or just happen because they bought the cheapest beer cups they could find with their label printed on it... But they were cheating nonetheless. Also I filled the cup slightly above the 250 mark just to be "fair". But still only 227ml at the mark.
Per the almighty Google... "1ml is equal to 1g. This only applies to pure water. Other liquids have different densities."
Faucet Has A Tiny Leak
This Company Has A Monopoly On Taco Shells In My Area, And I Hate It. Nothing Like Looking Forward To Taco Night All Day, Just To Open The Box To This Bs
who says that´s the companies fault? it could just as well have been caused by rough handling from the delivery company or the stock workers in the store.
I Hate These Things From My Sweet Gum Tree. Almost Sprained My Ankle On One. Do You Have A Local Name For These?
New Laptop And I'm Cursing This Function Button Every Time I Try To Copy Or Paste
Now That We Sold The House I Can Safely Post This
I noticed the posts shortly after we moved in a couple years ago and was bothered by them every day. But I didn't say anything to the wife cause she would have made me do more renos. A couple days before move out she noticed it too.
When My Calculator Does This
It's only two more button presses to get the decimal. But it annoys me every single time.
I love that there are people in the world who know how to use something like this
Especially On A Saturday Night
I Hate Seeing Used Car Seats At Thrift Stores When I Know Damn Well The Store Has No Idea What The History Of The Seat Is
We don't sell that at my Goodwill, because they are subject to recall and as you point out could have been in a crash.
I Am 37 And Every Time I Arrive Or Leave A Concert Siri Suggests I Check In With My Mom, Who Lives Across The Country
Wife Got This Bag For A Baby Shower. Some Animals Don’t Seem To Represent The Letter
A for “An Emu”? L for “L’hare”? Unless we’re crazy… it’s mildly infuriating that they dont all match! If we’re crazy… that’d be mildly infuriating too.