30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group
When talking about things that drive us crazy, we often use the phrase "like a red rag to a bull", referring to the Spanish bullfights. In fact, of course, it is not the red rag itself that irritates the bull - after all, they do not distinguish colors at all, but its flickering and the noise of the crowded arena. But the phrase has taken root, and now it is most often referred to by people.
And indeed, there are things and situations that, unfortunately, are quite common in our lives, for which literally a moment is enough to turn an ordinary and very satisfied person into, let's say, the Hulk on minimum bid. And there are plenty of such things in the world around us.
There is a popular thread in the Askreddit community where the author of the original post asked the question: "What immediately makes you angry?" As of today, the thread has over 1.5K upvotes and nearly 3.2K comments. What can we say? We had no idea that things that seem so completely harmless at first glance can drive people into a frenzy!
If you're intrigued, it's time to start scrolling through this selection of the most popular, unexpected and really annoying comments that Bored Panda has made especially for you. So, please, feel free to read for your pleasure, mark the submissions you like most of all and be sure to scroll to the very end.
By the way, let's add one more thing that literally makes us mad - the absence or a small number of comments on posts. This is by no means a call to action, but we are so extremely happy when we see your comments - why not please us once more?
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People hurting animals
Anyone who hurts animals and children will have a special place set out for them in the bowels of Hell ... and if they don't ... i'll drag them there screaming myself!
F**k animal abusers f**k animal abusers f**k child abusers f**k child abusers, f**k anyone who does either of those
I honestly believe animals have spirits and are incredibly precious and deserve respect and dignity. It's so deeply infuriating when people are cruel to animals. May everything in their lives turn to ash and their tastebuds turn to chalk!
I'm with you on that Devon, you only have to look into their eyes to see the beauty inside x
Load More Replies...I would kill an animal abuser and pray to go to hell just to kill them again
"Annoying" is not a word I would ever apply to animal abuse. It's far too mild of a word.
The link says "what-makes-you-angry-askreddit" - that sounds appropriate
Load More Replies...Absolutely disgusting. My father used to hit our dogs (hard) when they misbehaved. My mom finilaized their divorce yesterday.
I'm sure he used to beat the hell out of her since he enjoyed hurting your dogs :-(
Load More Replies...there is nothing worse than this and i wish the absolute worst pain on every human who does something like this.
I think Ricky Gervais said it best about people who hurt or scare animals, best you look it up yourself.
People abusing children is number one on my list.
This should be at the top. Why have kids if you hate them enough to hurt them? Don't have kids if you can't handle stress or frustration.
I agree with that statement but not only parents abuse children
Load More Replies...Lived through this when I was pretty young, and it sticks. If it's going to permanantly traumatize your child, it's not "discipline."
Its sad to see so many others abused by your responses, but good to know I'm not the only one who had to survive childhood!
Load More Replies...My parents did this and needless to say, i have a lot of issues in terms of emotional well being at the wrong time
Libacrits do this everyday. Did you see the Libacrits in masks in Mississippi terrorizing toddlers in Scream masks? Because the toddlers would not behave. BAN ME!!! I DARE YOU.
I have three toddlers, It's not hard to be loving and kind towards them. Children are frustrating at times, but a place in your heart opens up you didn't know you had when you watch them be born and feel a deep sense of love and protection towards them. This same sense has been scientifically proven to happen in same sex couples who adopt too! So it goes to show how much more of a horrible person they are because our brains are wired to love and protect and nurture both children and animals. They are going against everything that is good within themselves and might as well be frigging Orcs.
People who let their kids run wild in Supermarkets.
Seriously? This bothers you more than hurting animals??
Load More Replies...As someone who works in production in a store, this is so dangerous to shoppers, staff and the kids. Don't let them sit and play in the aisles, run around, stand in the shopping carts, solely push the carts when they can barely see over the handle. Also, if we see a parent berating their child for being in the way of us, even if we get hurt, we look down on the parent, and not so much the kid. The store is not a daycare. The toy department is not a daycare. We are not there to mind your kids. We have a lot of work to do, quotas to meet with tight time limits, pulling and pushing crates or racks. Kids have gotten hurt from parents not watching them and letting them run amok. Stop using your kids to set the stage for a liability law suit, too. We know what you're doing.
We all have experienced those kids screaming and throwing fits because they didn't get the candy bar or toy that they WANTED. Well they get bigger (not grow up) And are the same kids with those really loud cars. *sigh
Their tantrums don't bother me as much as seeing them afterwards with that candy, or toy etc., in hand because their parent gave in to their tantrum. And also, people judging parents for their children throwing a tantrum should STOP if it means the child is learning it's not getting its way.
Load More Replies...Migrants from cultures where men won’t handle groceries and women can’t handle money and children are their old-age protection. The village square market was a great community mingling for this, but a modern supermarket is a very different process. If I had my druthers, I’d go to the village market.
Yeah the other day I was at the store and this group of kids WERE CLIMBING THE SHELVES
I've "accidentally" crashed into a few of these unsupervised hellions. One Mom tried b*thing me out & I just smiled and said sweetly, " well maybe if you actually paid attention to your little darlings racings carts down the aisle these things wouldn't happen". No regrets whatsoever.
People who are rude to fast food workers and store clerks. Like, they're doing you a service, why be rude? It ain't the cashiers fault the McRib ain't on the menu.
Seriously, do you really want to p**s off the people handling your food?
On the other hand, observing people how they treat service workers is the easiest way to unmask posers.
Its fascinating in a way, like watching wild animals throwing a hissy fit
Load More Replies...This was at Dollar General, but this woman was paying and one of the items she had was on a shelf marked 50% but it wasn't supposed to be, someone probably just put it back there instead of the correct one, anyway she says that it was supposed to be on sale and the cashier said he'll 'still honar the discount'. The woman was still bugging out saying how it was supposed to be 50% off the cashier saying yes I know that's why I'm giving you the discount, this goes on for a bit before she bugs out screaming at this guy. Calling him an idiot, swearing at him. The cops had to be called. He was still honoring the f****** discount! And even if he wasn't he didn't deserve to be treated as such. I've worked in customer service for many years and still don't know why people treat workers like this.
We need to get rid of the 'Customer is always right' mindset, and normalise refusing service to people who are abusive to service staff. The moment a customer starts bullying, shoutinng, or swearing, the cashier should be able to call a manager to deny them service and ask them to leave. If you have a complaint, or a problem, politely explain to a member of staff, and ask them to assist you, or call over a manager. Customer service staff are not your verbal punching bags.
I have worked retail in various forms since 1999 and it's like every year the customer's sense of entitlement has gotten worse. My favorite line from a customer is always "I'm the one who pays your paycheck" No, my employer pays my paycheck from money that they make from all customers, not just one person. And then there is the whole "if you make one customer upset, they're going to tell their friends, who will tell their friends and so on" Look, I've gone to places that have atrocious customer service but they're still going strong so that argument falls flat. No, the customer is right... to a point. Pricing issue? Let's see if we can correct it. Item not in stock? Let's see if we can order it or find an alternative. It's when customers start demanding things that I lose all respect.
Load More Replies...Customers are harrasing fast food workers atbthe drive thru. I've heard that customers are calling 911 because they can't the food they want
I got SCREAMED at by a full grown man when I was working at a grocery store in my teens because we didn't have any more 25lb FRESH turkeys ON Thanksgiving day when he showed up. He saw the ones on the wrack in cutting room and DEMANDED I give one to him even after I said they were the ones ordered weeks ago by customers picking them up today and my slightly older male coworker had to block him from physically going into the staff only area to help himself. Your wife being livid because you f*cked up and forgot to order a turkey is a YOU problem sir..An adult customer literally intervened at that point and I scurried away.
People who talk on their phone but expect you to serve them...had a lady do that today....pushed her purchase at me, kept talking ...I just talk really loud to those rude people, hopefully one day they will realise I'm a person, and they are bloody rude
The people in the back cooking your food or drawing your drink that you can't see but can hear you abusing their coworker.............. Why does this taste funny ?
Calling a gigantic corporation knowing full well I will speak to a robot for the first 5 minutes, on hold for the next 30, to explain my situation to 3 different people, of which none will help me.
Whenever I call a place that has an automated call system like that, I just say "close my account" or "cancel my service". In most cases that will get you routed to their customer retention department and you get a live person right away. Those are also the best agents to ask about getting a discount or promotion, because they typically have access to the best/largest discounts.
Oooh! What a great tactic! I'm going to try that.
Load More Replies...Do keep in mind that the HUMAN BEING on the other end may very much WANT to help, but are not able to due to access or policy restrictions, or even applicable laws. Not always the phone agent being unwilling, but their hands may well be tied on the matter and the only way to help IS to transfer you to someone with appropriate access/authority.
To be fair, from the other side: I really want to help, but I only have access to my piece of the cake, so to speak. And I'M very much annoyed by people complaining about me connecting them with the right department when they COULD have just pushed the right number when they were asked if they want to know about their CAR insurance or their PRIVATE liability insurance. Heck, I get people who admit they weren't listening and STILL complain that I'll have to put their call through to someone, because I can't even pull up their contract due to restrictions.
Try being the one who picks up your call…..I work in a retentions department and they expect you to not only keep the customer you’re also expected to sell them something. I’m not my corporation, I’m a bottom level peon and I don’t have a supervisor on hand, either. And if you tell me you understand I’m just doing my job, THEN BLOODY LET ME DO IT!!!!
I raise you! Calling the whole day only to hear that there are too many callers for even making it in to the queue, then after 5 hours of repetitive calls you finally make it to the hold line for 45 minutes - only to having connection troubles when it's finally your turn and the call breaks, so you have to get back in to the queue for an other 50 minutes. I'm looking at you, Banks of Nordea! (-`__´-)
We hate it to. We just went from having phone calls to directly to us personally Tia gigantic phone system. We get other workers calls and have to figure out who to transfer them To. A lot of customersp are p*saved by the time the calls get to us. We hate it.
Every 30 seconds they remind you that most issues can be handled by visiting their website.Well…NOT MY ISSUE, DARN IT!
I know, right? If the issue IS with the website, the "go away and take care of this yourself" nagging about using the website is just rude.
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Waking up before your alarm thinking you still have a couple of hours to sleep. Then you check your phone and realize you only have a few minutes.
Happened this morning! Oh good I've have time to sleep more...Alarm clock: "SURPRISE M**********R!"
Sometimes the opposite happens to me where I wake up at 4:00 AM, think it's time to get up when I actually have a couple of hours left, and overall bother everyone
Ah, those rare nights when this happens, feels like you have been given the gift of time. Time and sleep 😊
Load More Replies...If you woke up few minutes before alarm instead of hours you've slept without interruptions...
People
I think my lack of love for crowds of people has got worse as i've got older, when younger I went to many festivals and concerts it never bothered me. Now it's like where the hell did all these people come from .... go away!!!🥺
Same here. I think that after you gain full awareness of just how dumb/ inconsiderate/selfish the majority of people are, you have FAR less patience for any of it. 😕
Load More Replies...My favorite plans are the ones that get cancelled. This way, I can enjoy my own company alone.
I'm 40 and it's Day 10 of theme park mayhem in Florida. Currently in yet another 90 minute queue with hundreds of others making so much noise I can't hear myself think. So looking at BP to avoid committing a crime!!
why put yourself thru that? seriously....kids?? waste of money....
Load More Replies...Nailed it!!! I’m so happy in my own little compound. Just not a fan of people.
As Holden caufield says in one of his rants"people ruin everything".
People not using turn signals properly.
Indeed! Turn signals aren't just to alert other drivers of your intended actions but also help to prevent accidents. If you don't use your turn signals, you're not just a dumbass, you're a threat to the safety of others.
Yes!! Plus you just look unintelligent or like you don’t know how to properly drive when you don’t use them. I always assume the driver is one of those people who lacks self-awareness (and I drive a bit farther behind them as a result). Glad I’m not one of those people lol.
Load More Replies...Not any more. The worst now are Audis, followed by Mercedes and Teslas. At least round here anyway. I have a BMW with indicators and confirm that they do in fact work!
Load More Replies...Almost everywhere, using your turn signal is the law - not just a courtesy!
And super blinding, eye hurting, rage inducing LED headlights shining their lasers in your eyeballs. This makes one very angry. Very angry indeed.
If you’re riding around in a 2 ton, metal filled projectile, you should probably use one of 2 main tools given to communicate with other projectiles. Break lights and turn signals.
I cannot possibly tell if someone is going to go straight or turn without them signalling. Some even have the gall to get angry at other people for not being able to read their mind.
People who are never on time. When I say I’ll be there at 5pm I expect you to be ready and walking out the door when I pull up.
I love my SO. He is a wonderful man, but his tendency to dawdle, especially when we are about to leave to go somewhere, makes me want to rearrange his face.
Here's my sort of mantra for this kind of thing: Early is on time, on time is late, and late is never, which means you might as well not go. Idk, it helps me be on time better for me, might help a few people out.
I hate this as well. People who are constantly late are constantly rude. Everyone will be late once in awhile due to unforeseen circumstances, but to be late all the time is the sign of a narcissist. They only think of themselves, so other's people time is irrelevant. If someone is always late to meet you, it means they don't give a rat's butt about you.
I know people whom, would ALWAYS be 1 hour late to EVERYTHING. Finally stopped inviting them over. So annoying. And wouldn't check phone/ email but every 3 days.
As someone with multiple chronic health issues, I hate this mentality. I always give myself plenty of time to get ready, but I can't control when my IBS is going to have me on the toilet multiple times. I also can't control traffic, and I'm not leaving my house an hour before my workday starts just to make sure that I get to work on time when it should be a 40 minute drive. Work won't let me clock in early or pay me for that time, so they aren't getting it. Also, I'm sure all of you who are complaining are the type of people who deduct money from a server or deliver driver tip if food doesn't come out fast enough...
Everyone's time is precious. You can never get time back, so always be early
When people are constantly late, and know they are, I always want to ask why they don't give themselves more time to get there, but then others call me the rude one like I wasn't waiting.
People not picking up after their dogs.
Not sure if it makes me angry, but maybe close. Especially since when I'm walking my dog, I don't want people to think it's me who is the culprit.
What makes me even more disgusted with some of my dog-walking neighbors is the fact that 3 of them bag their pup's poo only to drop the bag on my property. Why bother bagging it if you're just going to leave it? Oh, that's right. You people are making life easier for me because I can just pick the bags up and put them in the trash. NO! BRING THE BAG OF POO HOME WITH YOU AND THROW IT OUT YOURSELF.
Watch to find out who it is. Leave it on their door mat.
Load More Replies...This morning an elderly couple said thank you to me as I was picking up after my dog at the park. I am one of a handful of people that actually do this at the park.
I put the poo I find in my yard on the sidewalk with a little sign that says "lost and found, please take your s*#$ home."
Everyone should clean up after themselves, we're taught that as toddlers. Because your dog can't do it themselves, you should do it. Attach waste bags to the leash, so you always have some handy.
It's always a sad picture when snow melts after winter, uncovering endless fields of c*ap snowdrops
Seriously. Who's just fine with having poop on their streets? I mean, unless you live in San Francisco or Grand Rapids Michigan
Slow walking people in the middle of the pavement lol
Tge slow and steady, not a big deal, you can usually pass with a polite excuse me. The infuriating slow walkers step sideways in front of you just as you are about to pass. It's like a super power, they know the worst way to step without ever looking.
That doesn't bother me so much. I just walk around them. I'm sure there have been times when people thought I was too slow as well.
The groups especially. They travel in groups, blocking every possible way to get past.
And people who take up a whole shopping aisle with their carts not giving a rat's behind if anyone is trying to pass through. AND if you say something you get either the stink-eye or the stern speaking at or both. Like Fk you, get out of the way!
Also-slow people in grocery stores blacking the whole aisle with their cart.
They act like every and any way is theirs. You're running at the train station? Why bother, just pull a giant suitcase in front of me, and stop there, staring with empty stupid eyes ... well, I tripped over the suitcase, but got myself together enough to not stop running, and his panties were exhibited at the floor. Idiot. Slow walkers ... do as you please, but please let us do, too.
It's probably further down but ...... People standing in doorways or at the bottom of a escalator.. I will verbally let you know to GTFOutta my way
Sidewalks must be treated as car lanes: walk to the right or left, don't make sudden stops, be awwre of your surroundings, etc.
When people fake diseases and disorders for attention. No Sarah, you aren’t autistic and dreamsexual. It’s personality you lack, not chromosomes
Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't autistic people have all of their chromosomes? If they didn't it'd be a lot easier to screen for, right?
You're right. OP seems to know as much about autism as Sarah
Load More Replies...Still, I'd be very hestitant to call someones bluff on a possible disorder. I do not know their mind and what they consider their reality.
I can normally figure it out from the vibes. Some people are very "look at me, I'm so special!" Actual disorder or not, I call those people out. Anyone else? Pass.
Load More Replies...Well TIL the meaning of the word dreamsexual ... seriously wtf lol
You know it's internet trolls, right?
Load More Replies...I mean, isn't the need to pretend to have sone illness or condition an abnormal trait in itself therefore that person does in fact suffer from some kind of mental illness? I have fibromyalgia, I wouldn't wish it on anyone, it can be so very debilitating - so many people on support groups I question as they seem capable of enjoying a much better quality of life and take part in activities I can only wish I could without weeks of recovery time, but does that mean they're lying? Of course not, we can all have varying symptoms and tolerances. Pretending to have something "wrong" with you isn't cool, but like I said, I think it's a symptom of something greater at play. Except those folk who if they're having a down day once in a while is depressed, or liking clean/orderly houses is ocd - that's just stretching the truth and it seems being depressed or ocd is cool and popular "quirks" of personality - it's anything but.
Yeah, making up conditions for attention is Munchausen’s , so yeah, technically they DO have a mental disorder
Load More Replies...It's someone who is attracted to dream and only dream. He is a YouTuber who plays Minecraft basically
Load More Replies...Can we add people with fake service animals to this? Your emotional support alligator is not a service animal! It isn't trained, ans it will cause problems! Seriously though, I used to work in a fine dining restaurant, and people would come in all the time with fake service dogs wearing little vests. The dogs weren't trained, caused problems, or were good but the owners would let people pet them. All of these behaviors are harmful to working dogs, because they either get a bad rap, or people expect to be able to pet the dogs
And we need to make clear distinctions between an emotional support animal (which I fully support in legitimate situations) and service animals. While most service animals do give emotional comfort, they’re guiding and supporting people who wouldn’t have free movement regardless of their emotional needs. In the same vein, we need to recognise that not all service animals are guiding people who have obvious needs. Service animals can alert prior to events, such as seizures or narcolepsy, they can help with stability & movement, they can remind people to take medications. They’re not just for the blind. It’s unfortunate people with hidden disabilities often get treated as emotional support animal scammers. For now, it seems we just have to give benefit of doubt until an obviously fake animal causes problems in public.
Load More Replies...I googled it - Dreamsexual, also known as Sognaresexual and Yumesexual, is when someone only feels sexual attraction during dreams, but rarely or never feels sexual attraction when awake. It is on the asexual spectrum, and the aromantic counterpart is dreamromantic or sognareromantic.
Load More Replies...These diseases and disorders are considered a "trend" now and no-one will believe you even if you have it
When I'm Cut off in a Conversation.
When People Talk down to me.
And when people dont listen to me.
When people shout down the other person in a disagreement—-and are also dead wrong most of the time. Shouting someone down doesn’t mean you won the argument. It just means you loudly proclaimed that you are an a*****e.
Everyone has a right to be heard. Being patient and attentive are important traits, that everyone should work toward
I do this but not on purpose. I do it unintentionally because of my ADHD
Me too I catch myself and I aways apologize my dad use to have a big thing for that. If I did it I'd get in big trouble. So I aways apologize.
Load More Replies...Seems like many of the lateness bashing folks could fall into this category
Worse is when people find it amusing to 'ignore' what the other person says.
Someone assuming my opinion or intentions before asking me directly.
And especially when they misunderstand what I mean or said but refuse to let me explain and instead throw a screaming fit.
It's a bit of a gamble. I try not to assume because... well, if I don't know you well, why would I do that??? Then... when I ask, because I GENUINELY do not know and want to know what the person thinks/wants.... they get ANGRY and DEFENSIVE... like I'm trying to start a debate. Honestly, I'm asking you what you think because I care about what you think.
Another category the judgmental lateness bashers often fall into....
There's a grey area to this. I, for example, don't have to ask my husband if he wants to have another visitor on an already packed weekend. I also don't have to ask my children if they want cocoa for weekend brunch. I would, however, always change my assumption if I were to be corrected.
Someone assuming my opinion or intentions - and not asking me at all.
People who break the rules of the road at others expense (cutting people off, not using turn signal, using the shoulder to skip traffic, ect.) Even when it doesn't inconvenience me directly
People queuing across intersections, so that when the lights change the people going the other way can't go. The absolute entitlement does my head in, even when I'm not affected. One person's desire to not wait another cycle of lights means that many others have to wait instead. 🤬
The people that wait till thew last possible moment to merge before road construction you are the reason traffic is at a complete stop. Traffic can't flow while you are forcing you way ahead of everyone else.
How about when you break down, not like you wanted it to happen obviously then people giving you shxt as you are blocking the road as they pass you by. If i knew i was going to break down i wouldn't have fxxxxxxg left the house. ffs
Emergency flashers and possibly a raised hood would convey the "it's my car's fault" message and might well get someone pulling over to offer assistance.
Load More Replies...In my city it's always Kia Soul drivers...I don't know why but it's true. They drive like they're in rally cars. My friends in LA have the same issue with Prius drivers LOL
Like the car who zooms around me, because I'm doing the speed limit, and then we end up neck & neck at the next stop light. I always wave & smile. Pretty sure they can lip read "a$$hole".
People who can't spell etc. It's three letters, short for "et cetera."
road rage is one of my biggest pet peeves, but i don't let them know. I stay completely calm when someone gets mad at me when i did nothing wrong, because no reaction usually makes them a lot more mad and its quite satisfying
Sadly most of them know that the cops don't pursue that activity anymore just like those *****LOUD***** cars.
People who cut ahead of you on the road only to go slow.
If you're in such a hurry to risk my life and yours then push your foot down on the pedal a bit more.
One thing I could not wrap my head around when driving in Taiwan - in practice there is no 'fast lane'. All cars go at random speeds using all available lanes, jumping between them all the time. Overall it seems pretty chaotic and it slows down everyone as a result.
Load More Replies...or...people who pull out on a highway, when you are near, then don't get to speed
The number of times this happens to me when I am the last car coming and the road is clear behind me!
Load More Replies...In Sweden 1+2 roads are very common, basically a three lane road that switches which direction has two lanes. There's also a fence between 1 and 2. Some people will drive really fast in the two lane and the come down to a crawl in the one. Switching between driving 130 and 80 km/h on a 110 road. Drives me insane since I'll catch up to them and then it's impossible to overtake them, when it is possible they'll speed up and disappear only to catch up to them again at the one lane part and be slowed down again.
People do this to those they think are driving too fast and think they're some kind of highway hero for making the "speeder" slow down. I've seen it and seen the smirks of the offenders while they do it.
no two sentences have ever turned me against a group of people so fast... how do people think it's fine to just slow others down for no good reason? 🤯
Load More Replies...And they usually do it when there’s miles of empty road behind me! Wait two more seconds, Pokey, and you can drive as slowly as you want. I have somewhere to be, even if you have all day to go nowhere.
People who reverse out right in front of me and then stop to have a conversation, blocking the road
I love when someone cuts me off and then we end up at the red light together. I usually give them a wave or a thumbs up
Then they brake check...personally I think that should be a criminal offcence for life endangerment.
In Poland it is illegal to break check someone! If you happen to catch this on a camera the other driver will get a ticket.
Load More Replies...And this happens so often around where I live. They seem to slow down in NO PASSING zones and then speed up in the Passing Zones. Frustrating!
When someone defends Nazi's or people with similar mentality because "you need to respect everyone's opinion".
No, I don't. Not if their opinion involves murdering or oppressing people.
Fascists can f**k right off and so can the people who defend them.
Everyone bangs on about freedom of speech. Here's the thing the responder to that speech has the same right. What you say and do has natural consequences, you talk hate then complain when people talk back and hand you your a*s as though you are the unfairly judged and injured party? Come on, wake up to yourself, you are not the only one entitled to have a say or thought on the subject. Cop it sweet just like you dished it up.
It's strange to me how this gets interpreted as "I can say what ever, to whomever, and they have to let me." I've always thought it meant that one could express their thoughts & opinions without government restrictions. E.g., I can say I don't like a government policy, or one could speak about their religion and not be thrown in jail or executed. It doesn't mean you can say whatever without consequence, it just means the government can't prosecute you for saying it.
Load More Replies...Nazis can have an opinion, but their opinion came with horrible actions.
Philosophy/religion teacher of some fourty years ago 'your absolute freedom stops where it interferes with mine, on whatever level' Always stuck with me.
Yes. Human rights tesellate, like a honeycomb. An American judge once put it "your right to swing your fist stops at the next guy's nose".
Load More Replies...Yeah. They are asking you to respect the fact that they have no respect.
Tourism in Italy could get interesting. Beautiful country with a phenomenal history and culture yet the far-right Brotherhood coalition have made me wary of re-visiting.
I'd say that it's the result of the ongoing refugee crisis from 2014 - the political environment all over europe leaned towards the right over the last past years based on that. As german I can only speak for the situation here, but the support for immigrants from africa and the Middle East dropped a lot too within the people in comparison to earlier years. (No judgement, just an observation)
Load More Replies...When people use apostrophes where they don't belong. Nazis, not Nazi's...
Loud eaters are the worst.
I've found my person! I've never met anyone online or in person who has misophobia too! And yes I want to scream at the person that's eating
Load More Replies...Oh, GOD, I've had this all my life. I never knew there was a term for it. I can't STAND to listen to people chewing. It just disgust me--I even physically cringe.
I'm always self conscious about how loudly I'm eating, since I too hate loud eaters. I hate eating something crunchy in a quiet room. If it's chips or popcorn I'll try to partially dissolve it on my tongue first so it doesn't crunch as loudly when I start chewing 😆
I laughed at this because my partner is like this around me .. one crunch and he's ninja kicked x
Load More Replies...Ahhh, this one! Once on a bus tour, there was a group of young ladies sitting behind us, and one of them was seriously chewing her gum...like she was angry at it or something 😳. Me: turns around and asks "Are you hungry?" Gum Chomping Psycho: snottily replies "No, why?" Me: Because you're chewing that gum like you haven't eaten in weeks!🤬 I can't with noisy eaters. Hate this phrase, but it is one of my triggers. Literally makes me feel like I want to peel all my skin off and boil it. Can't tell you how many times I have "noped" out if a group dinner for this very reason.
Only eat close to radios, or get headphones. They may will get it at some point.
We decided to play a quiet game as a family and my mom decided it was the perfect time to have us eat pie. While trying to figure out what word I can come up with, with the many vowels I had accumulated, all I heard was pie mush slurching. I was about to toss the game off the table and call it a night.
People cursing at their children, child neglect.
And then when the child grows up-the parents wonder why their child disrespects and neglects them!
people doing most of the things on this list with their children watching, and then wonder why their kids don't follow their rules, without realizing it's because they taught them to disregard rules.
Load More Replies...I believe it should be legal for these parents to sit in a chair and have a long queue of people waiting to take turns slapping them hard in the face.
I'm a parent and I've never sworn at my daughter. My mom did to me, so I know how much that stings. Didn't want to do that to my own. Plus, whenever there was a frustrating situation that bad I took it out on the clean up, used it as an educational life-lesson for her and then make myself a hot drink and relax. Sure, I've sworn around her, but never towards her. I've shouted at her, as all parents do. Thing is, adults are the ones with the ability to self-regulate their emotional reactions better than a child. Nothing worse than watching a parent have a tantrum and whine while their children are doing the same.
Load More Replies...The language youngsters use is appalling. Our society seems to be falling apart - bad manners, bad language, disrespect of everyone. Sad.
My mother was like this (along with physical abuse). I took care of her until her dying day. My brother (who lived closer to her: Him: 20 minutes away, me: 3 hours away) did very little for her. He was The Golden Child right up until the end
There's scientific evidence that swearing helps relieve pain when you're hurt, and helps release stress when you're under pressure. It just shouldn't be aimed at other people.
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People that can't pay attention to movies and spend most of the time on their phones, especially if its a movie that I specifically wanted to show them. Then they ask questions that were already answered and don't get what it was about. Drives me absolutely insane
Same if we are home watching something on tv. If you're not going to pay attention, I am not going to catch you up.
Omg my mother, she is constantly asking so what's going on, who is that, like mom if you would shut up and watch the movie/show, it will explain, but if you keep talking then you will miss it
Don't watch movies you really like with people you didn't watch an other movie with before
Also watching movie with someone, who comment everything that happens on screen. I don't need narrator!
I know people who also do this with TV series. They'll say they want to watch it with you then spend 90% of the time staring at their phone. The worst for me though is when you want to carry on with a series but they insist they do too but won't make time to sit and watch it. Then when they finally relent and tell you to "carry on with it without them" they'll re-join you five episodes later and ask you what's happened in the episodes they missed. Like, you want me to recount to you five hours of a series just so you can catch up?? Yeah, that's not happening.
Change your answers to the questions, make them crazy so that when they talk other people who actually saw the movie they think this person is crazy.
My husband plays computer games, and I'm on Facebook, some times we lose track of the action. We take turns.
My husband is horrible about this at home. He'll bug me to watch something with him, then pause it to hold a conversation about anything but what we are watching (the meaning of life, what he did at work that day, the kids, the grandkids...anything but what we're watching and 9 time out of 10, he will accidentally knock the remote back to the beginning of the movie), play TikTok on his phone, show ME TikTok on his phone, fall asleep 30 minutes into the movie, wake up 10 minutes later, just to change the channel to something else in the middle of the movie...It's to the point where I refuse to watch (I'll be on my computer in the same room, though) or let him do his quirks and then watch on my own later. He has Bipolar, so I understand it's not his fault, but it can be EXHAUSTING to try to watch anything with him
some folks seem to have an utter lack of situational awareness, and as a result are constantly getting in the way of themselves and others
I've told this one a few times on BP, but this guy was such an a*s, that he fits in a lot if scenarios. Mid-pandemic, this man had a wall-eyed fit at the entrance to Costco, because they wouldn't let him in without a mask. No regard for anyone else, holding up the line even more (at that time they were still only letting in a few people at a time), and generally acting like a fool. But wait, there's more! After a solid 3 1/2 minutes of a grown-a*s adult having a temper tantrum, he then throws himself on the floor, refusing to move. Luckily, while he was having a fit, Costco was calling the cops. Dude could've just put on his mask, grabbed his allotment of TP, and shuffled off into the sunset. Nope, he went to jail.🙄
It's another sign of the "it's all about me" attitude. They don't even consider other people, so they aren't concerned or embarrassed about being in the way.
Different question - what happened to the picture-guy's shirt??
Maybe he had a race number pinned on previously? The holes look pretty regular so if it was a clothes moth it must have had OCD. :D
Load More Replies...I don't know exactly what this is implying. I know I tend to accidentally get in people's way even when I'm somewhere with tons of space or near a wall. It's like they just gravitate to where a person is and don't want to just go around or go another way.
2 old bags in the grocery store gabbing, blocking the ENTIRE aisle. You have 3 seconds to move or your carts are getting capsized.
Same answer as # 10 and 12. Besides their eyes are glued to their phone screen. *streaming the latest installment of "Worlds dumbest"
When I see someone consciously, maliciously abusing any being unable to defend itself.
Accidental abuse is more understandable *if* the severity of the abuse isn't high, and *if* it stops when the abuser is made aware of it.
Accidental abuse does not exist. Being kind,courteous, and thoughtful toward others are basic human traits- that everyone should practice
I disagree. I was raised with poor examples of a healthy relationship and due to that, some of my behaviors in a relationship was considered abusive, I had no idea, its just what I've been taught. I did stop those behaviors once I learned they were abusive.
Load More Replies...I think the only situation where accidental abuse would be a thing is if you are walking and accidentally kick a dog or something. How else do ya accidentally abuse someone / an animal??
When you don't know better. My friend accidentally abused her dog because her parents told her that the agressive barking was excitement. When an acquaintance, who was a dog trainer, explained to her how to recognize stress signals in her dog and jow to train it properly, she stopped. People tend to judge the behaviour of their pets by human standards and it's no proper education required to get a pet. So many people misinterpret the behaviour of their pets and add stress and abuse thinking they're doing them a favour out of a lack of education. If they stop after being educated, that's a good thing and proof that they did it accidentally out of false knowledge
Load More Replies...Examples for accidental abuse, to me, would be children rough housing and one not wanting to play anymore. Like, my twins like to sit on each others heads sometimes (they're not even 2 yet), I was worried at first, but they're usually both having fun. When one of them doesn't, the other mostly doesn't notice until I tell her to stop. If she'd continue, knowing the other doesn't want to, that's definitely not okay. While she has no idea, she is morally in the clear, isn't she?
wet socks
Even worse cold wet socks and gloves from when you spend too long playing in snow :)
And towels that don’t want to absorb water—-in fact, seem to repel it—-so you can’t dry yourself after washing your hands or bathing.
Can't stand anything being damp. I was a waitress for a few years and it always felt like your hands and clothes were in a perpetual state of dampness. It's been like 8 years and still get irritated when my hands or cloths are damp
Wet underwear. Ah, wait, you meant water. My deepest apologies, I shall proceed towards the exit.
When someone is the only person to hear my idea and then immediately repeats it and passes it off as their own. Makes me feel like Maury in Big Mouth: Rage, rage, f*****g RAGE!
I had this done to me so many times, that in the end I stopped being the incentive one
And that result is an even bigger loss to the people around you.
Load More Replies...present all good/new ideas via email.... with at least two other people cc'd in.
This happens to me all the time at work. The joys of being one of the few females and only one on my crew and having the crew shut my idea down until one of the guys say it then omg why did no one think of that sooner! Sometimes it’s a respectful guy who will say it was my idea and no one was listening to me. But most of the time they claim it as their own. It’s pretty ridiculous
I worked with a guy who did this to everyone, but no one ever said anything. Until he pulled it on me. I asked him very politely, "Gee, Paul didn't I just explain that idea to you at coffee an hour ago?". Of course he turned beet red, totally busting himself. It was just what the team needed to understand they didn't have to put up with his sh*t. Several people went to mgmt & backed me up. Paul was given a very stern talking to.
Being falsely accused.
What is the connection between the post and a cat learning Hebrew?
I think he was falsely accused of sleeping on the book, he was only resting his eyes
Load More Replies...Know what's worse? If someone around you gets scolded and the one scolding always tells you not to listen because you're better than the one getting scolded.
From just the photo, I thought the thing was going to be when cats sit on things I am reading or on laptops etc
I also have this and it stems from being falsely accused by authority figures growing up. One in particular makes me so upset. He never apologized even though his daughter admitted to the wrong. What a POS. I was so young!
People who drive slow in the right lane but speed up as soon as you try to pass them in the left lane.
People who hold up traffic (especially going under the speed limit in the left lane/driving the same as person in the right lane) Then speed up through the yellow light leaving you and everyone else hanging. NO. I hate you.
Here in Wisconsin, US, (and Michigan too) we often have "passing lanes", a two lane highway will go to two lanes in one direction for a mile or two so people can pass. These exist in mountain states as well, most often on steep, long uphills so you can pass trucks and slower traffic. People there know how to use them. In the Midwest, often people will just hang out in the left lane, so you have to weave through traffic to pass them. Or worse, someone going 60 in a 65mph zone will suddenly go 70mph in the passing lane and make it hard to pass them... before slowing back down to 60. WFT?!? It drives me crazy.
I just posted, but yes, I'm from Michigan and it is maddening! Especially 2 vehicles in both lanes- who is going to go slightly faster? Left to pass!!
Load More Replies...Or drive slow in the left lane. After you pass them in the right lane they decide to move over. *facepalm*
People who do not know what the skinny pedal on the right does and/or choose not to use it. If you accelerate from a stop and move with a purpose more than 5 cars can get through a stop light before it turns red again.
Do you know? In some parts of the world they drive on the other side of the road, so passing on the left will result in almost certain death.
Some people just don't want you in front of them. That's what I've always thought. Like they're the lords of the road and are the only ones allowed to set the pace.
Nope, because then you'd overtake on the right.
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Repeating something after I already said it.
Or having the same discussion over and over again yet never resolving anything.
Or my favorite. You say something and they immediately respond with "huh?" then you start to repeat yourself, but then they answer. They heard it clearly the first time, but just say "huh?" while they're processing the words. If you need a second, take a second! Don't make me repeat something you already heard!
I don't think that word means what they think it means.
Load More Replies...THIS!!!!! Omg I can't tell y'all how many times I've had to have the same damn conversation with my husband cause he won't freaking pay attention. It's irritating beyond belief. Whew...that felt good to get that out there in the open lol jk
EVERY TIME when I say a joke someone else will repeat it and the worst thing is that others only start laughing after they repeated it
There is something worse: I knew a person that when you spoke to him, repeated every last word of each sentence you said...
Being lied to/ignored.
Moral character is not a grey area. You either have integrity, or you don't.
Toxic people. Took me years to realize how badly a person affected me. My self-esteem was zero.
It also says that you think I’m not worth telling the truth to or that I’m to stupid to figure it out!!
When i’ve just finished cleaning and someone makes a huge mess
Yes! And I have 3 small kids so.... it happens a lot. And so I get to practice patience and to control my anger/annoyance quite a bit. *yay*/s
I can spend hours cleaning and it takes my little tornado nanoseconds to bring chaos out of order
Load More Replies...I get making a complete mess of something you just cleaned but how long after it's been cleaned is it okay to get it dirty?
My twins (not yet 2 years old) like to help me clean and tidy up, and clear out the dish washer, and load the washing machine... My mother says it won't last, but I'm still hopeful. It makes a huge difference to know you don't have to do it all alone. (and yes, my husband helps, but many things still happen to fall to me)
Arrogance.
I'm right, Your wrong, end of story. Unless I decide I'm mistaken and then your still wrong.
People with no self awareness
This so much. The lack of common sense and self awareness these days is truly scary.
Critical skills are sadly lacking in adults these days. Kids can be an exception, because the section of the brain responsible for critical thinking isn’t fully developed until you in your mid-twenties. HOWEVER, they’re supposed to be guided toward those skills by adults who are supposed to possess the skill already, and therefore know better. Simply said, there aren’t enough adults with critical thinking skills raising children to develop the skills themselves.
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People weaving in and out of traffic at high speeds for no reason.
There's a perfect reason! They are better than you and have a prestigious vehicle (or position in life according to them) which entitles them to be places faster than anyone else!! /s
Waits to see them wrapped around a power pole down the road yet always hoping that they don't take someone else out in the processes.
Those assholes think they're in the Fast and Furious movies; no, d******d, everyone else is just driving REALLY carefully because they don't want you to crash into them and kill someone.
Guy in a huge Ram was tailgating me and others hard the other day, swerving dangerously in traffic and trying to overtake anyone he could (in f****n Vancouver). I caught up with him at every single red light. I was doing the speed limit like everyone else and not endangering anyone and I still kept up with him 🤭 you’re driving an insanely heavy metal murder machine, f****n chill out
Load More Replies...How would you know there's no reason? What if they are headed to a hospital in hopes of being able to say goodbye to a loved one?
Even more reason for them to drive safely and not hurt anyone else. It sucks when you need to rush to the hospital for a loved one but it’s still not an excuse to put others’ lives at risks, they’re just innocent people using the road just like you.
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Technology not working as expected. And slow internet.
To be fair the fact that any of that technology exists is a frickin miracle. I bet most of you are like me and couldn't explain how it works or why it's not working like it should.
And even more strange we live right now and not in the yeay 1347! (Or any other year)
Load More Replies...I hate it when you call the tech line for help, they know you're having issues and you tell them your device is being slow and then the tech person gets all impatient when he tells you to shut it down and restart it. "Okay, what do you see on your screen?" It's still restarting. "Can you please hurry up. I have other people I could be helping."
People who are incompetent but don't know that they are incompetent, and they try to fix things that do not need fixing.
Incompetent and lazy, ok.
Competent and lazy, ok.
Competent and hardworking, ok.
Incompetent and hardworking, please get out!!
Yes it is. The point being made is that their laziness prevents them from f**k!ng things up with their incompetence.
Load More Replies...I fall in the competent and lazy category. I know how to do it, but I won't unless you make me.
Some say that in any hierarchy, each individual rises to his own level of incompetence, and then remains there.
It's called the Peter Principle. You get promoted until you're no longer good at your job, at which point promotions stop and you remain in a job you're incompetent at.
Load More Replies...Also, people who think they know everything when they are actually rather clueless.
People ignoring things I say and then getting mad at me later
This happened a lot with a former friend. He's no longer my friend.
Happened at a former workplace too, and was a large factor in why I decided to quit
I used to have a friend like that. He would constantly ask me for advice, usually when one of his many relationships ended and he'd become obsessed with trying to win the girl back. He would literally keep me on the phone for hours and I would tell him what I thought he should do (which most of the time was to move on and constantly obsessing over a girl who clearly doesn't want to be with him is unhealthy). But we'd have the same conversation over and over again (albeit worded differently by him each time). It used to wear me down but then I learned about 'ask-holes', people who constantly want help/advice but they never act upon it. They don't really want advice, they just want permission, they've already made their mind up about what they want to do and want you to give it your blessing for some reason. And that was him as I never told him what he wanted to hear rather what he needed to hear.
The grocery store. I’m a calm person and rarely get angry, but every time I go grocery shopping, someone does something totally stupid to make me mad. Like, blocking a whole aisle for no reason, walking in a group that pushes you to the side, how stores randomly change items’ locations so it forces people to look around and buy other things they normally wouldn’t, almost getting run over in the parking lot OR when you’re in the car and people take their sweet time walking by you for no reason… Ugh, I hate grocery stores. Worst places ever, and I have no idea why they’re the only place to irritate me this strongly
One of my favorite memes says: "I get road rage in line at the supermarket." I felt that so much.
The powers that be created idiots to keep us sane ones on our toes.
When a single shopping cart means a mom, a dad, grandma, an entire shopping cart, a grumpy teenager and 3 small kids are running around in the aisles - but multiply that by 200 because it’s just after school gets out, its impossible to navigate the aisles because there are so many extra people and children running around, someone is always crying in the distance a few aisles over, the checkout queue is 10 years long….I go shopping later at night now :) way less peopley
What gets me the most is the people who walk straight at you knowing that you are there but guess that they just don't care.
I never really got this one, but met many a people with the same attitude. You know why they changed everything. There's statistics about this c**p. read the signs and deal with it
A good tip is to eat before this venture! Edit: Because less grumpiness!
I've made shopping into sort of a game, keeping track of how many of the type of things you're listing occur and see if I can set a new record. somehow this makes it comical to me. Which makes it feel less like it's a personal attack.(which my logical brain knows it isn't, but my emotional brain makes it all about me)
I use instacart and have groceries delivered - grocery shopping rage is real!
The fact that I can't see my forehead
Couriers saying they tried to deliver and apparently no one was home even though you were home and you were within earshot of the door...so they never actually knocked or tried to deliver and then make it a nightmare to redeliver to get your damn parcel.
Government NOT listening to the people. They treat the voters with utter contempt but come election time they will kiss anyones a*s to get the vote then as soon as they are in power they only look out for themselves and their pals, making sure that the poorest in society pay more while the wealthy pay less and then expect the masses to be greatful for doing so.
Dogs that bark for hours each day, every day. We have one behind us, one next door, and one across the road
YES! The dog downstairs used to bark whenever someone approached the house because their windows go out onto the walk - but that stopped when it got used to living with 11 neighbouring flats. But there's a dog across from our house who's always barking for hours at a time, loud enough to disturb my children's bed time, and it's been months...
Load More Replies...People who ask me a question or for help, who have clearly made 0 effort to find the solution themselves. People who blast their music out of their cars so loud the whole street has to listen to it. People complaining about "needing to be PC" because they're no longer allowed to be casually sexist, racist, etc. People who have never served a day in their lives in the military, speaking as if they have any idea what military culture is like (and it's almost always because they oppose women in the military). Whataboutism. (It's a long-a*s list.)
Men who are bald as an egg or who shave their heads and grow a heavy, full untrimmed and unkempt beard. It doesn't make up for not having hair on your head, guys. It just looks barbaric. And also looks unsanitary.
What about when you're having a conversation and in the middle of it the other person just looks at their smartwatch bc they got a message and stop investing in the conversation? It's the same thing as looking at your phone. Only difference is that people now have their phones with them 24/7. I just walk away when this happens. Fu if you're messages are more important then our conversation. And if it is just excuse yourself!!! 🙄
Pizzagirl 91 whenever I accidentally swore at 1 of my kids it was usually "what the hell are you doing", "get the hell away from the street", "damn it stop hitting each other" or something like that. Never actually calling them names or anything just saying swear words in the sentences I was using to yell at them when they were seriously misbehaving or doing something that could've hurt themselves and scared the hell out of me.
I (f.53) live with 2 brothers and my son in a house. We split the costs more or less equally. One of my brothers (F) never learned how to manage money. He keeps “forgetting” to pay his share of the bills, which ultimately affects all of us. In addition, he reacts annoyed and feels hurt when you point it out to him. He doesn't open the reminders or ignores them until the bailiff comes. He's my brother and I love him... but a part of me wants to kick him out.
Couriers saying they tried to deliver and apparently no one was home even though you were home and you were within earshot of the door...so they never actually knocked or tried to deliver and then make it a nightmare to redeliver to get your damn parcel.
Government NOT listening to the people. They treat the voters with utter contempt but come election time they will kiss anyones a*s to get the vote then as soon as they are in power they only look out for themselves and their pals, making sure that the poorest in society pay more while the wealthy pay less and then expect the masses to be greatful for doing so.
Dogs that bark for hours each day, every day. We have one behind us, one next door, and one across the road
YES! The dog downstairs used to bark whenever someone approached the house because their windows go out onto the walk - but that stopped when it got used to living with 11 neighbouring flats. But there's a dog across from our house who's always barking for hours at a time, loud enough to disturb my children's bed time, and it's been months...
Load More Replies...People who ask me a question or for help, who have clearly made 0 effort to find the solution themselves. People who blast their music out of their cars so loud the whole street has to listen to it. People complaining about "needing to be PC" because they're no longer allowed to be casually sexist, racist, etc. People who have never served a day in their lives in the military, speaking as if they have any idea what military culture is like (and it's almost always because they oppose women in the military). Whataboutism. (It's a long-a*s list.)
Men who are bald as an egg or who shave their heads and grow a heavy, full untrimmed and unkempt beard. It doesn't make up for not having hair on your head, guys. It just looks barbaric. And also looks unsanitary.
What about when you're having a conversation and in the middle of it the other person just looks at their smartwatch bc they got a message and stop investing in the conversation? It's the same thing as looking at your phone. Only difference is that people now have their phones with them 24/7. I just walk away when this happens. Fu if you're messages are more important then our conversation. And if it is just excuse yourself!!! 🙄
Pizzagirl 91 whenever I accidentally swore at 1 of my kids it was usually "what the hell are you doing", "get the hell away from the street", "damn it stop hitting each other" or something like that. Never actually calling them names or anything just saying swear words in the sentences I was using to yell at them when they were seriously misbehaving or doing something that could've hurt themselves and scared the hell out of me.
I (f.53) live with 2 brothers and my son in a house. We split the costs more or less equally. One of my brothers (F) never learned how to manage money. He keeps “forgetting” to pay his share of the bills, which ultimately affects all of us. In addition, he reacts annoyed and feels hurt when you point it out to him. He doesn't open the reminders or ignores them until the bailiff comes. He's my brother and I love him... but a part of me wants to kick him out.
