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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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#1

30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group People hurting animals

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Deborah Harris2
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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!

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30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group People abusing children is number one on my list.

dkschrute79 , Emran Kassim Report

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Hill Branda
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group People who let their kids run wild in Supermarkets.

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30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group 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.

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#5

30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group 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.

xailar , Iain Watson Report

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zak
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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#6

30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group 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.

Actuaryba , Rob and Stephanie Levy Report

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Duesvolent90
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Happened this morning! Oh good I've have time to sleep more...Alarm clock: "SURPRISE M**********R!"

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#7

30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group People

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Deborah Harris2
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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!!!🥺

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#8

30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group People not using turn signals properly.

atlienk , Hani Arif Report

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Hill Branda
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group 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.

CerealsAlex , Attila Toth Report

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30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group 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.

RamenNoodles620 , Chris Report

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T.Milly
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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#11

30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group Slow walking people in the middle of the pavement lol

AumentIO , TeaMeister Report

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Squirrelly Panda
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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#12

30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group When people fake diseases and disorders for attention. No Sarah, you aren’t autistic and dreamsexual. It’s personality you lack, not chromosomes

TheOneAndIcy , Alan Levine Report

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Blitzø
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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?

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#13

30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group When I'm Cut off in a Conversation.

When People Talk down to me.

And when people dont listen to me.

AceMckickass7 , Judith Jackson Report

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Kathryn Baylis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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#14

30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group Someone assuming my opinion or intentions before asking me directly.

sevencoves , Pedro Ribeiro Simões Report

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Carrie Cain
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And especially when they misunderstand what I mean or said but refuse to let me explain and instead throw a screaming fit.

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30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group 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

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30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group 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.

YouCanMakeNewAccts , Adeel Quadri Report

#17

30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group 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.

BW_Bird , Paolo Gamba Report

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Libstak
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group Loud eaters are the worst.

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#19

30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group People cursing at their children, child neglect.

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Ba-Na-Na
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And then when the child grows up-the parents wonder why their child disrespects and neglects them!

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30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group 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

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Julie Schulz
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group 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

yParticle , Michael Coghlan Follow Report

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TheEndIsNigh🇨🇦and🇬🇧in🇺🇲
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.🙄

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30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group 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.

anon , Emma Jane Report

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Dorey Bell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Accidental abuse does not exist. Being kind,courteous, and thoughtful toward others are basic human traits- that everyone should practice

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#24

30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group 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!

aphrodesa , Maryland GovPics Report

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Deborah Harris2
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had this done to me so many times, that in the end I stopped being the incentive one

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30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group People who drive slow in the right lane but speed up as soon as you try to pass them in the left lane.

el_monstruo , Daniel R. Blume Report

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that girl
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

Frank Hassler
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

that girl
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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!!

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Julie Schulz
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or drive slow in the left lane. After you pass them in the right lane they decide to move over. *facepalm*

James Arvidson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

Phil Green
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

Billy Harrelson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

DJR
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm assuming this is from a drive on the left country.

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#27

30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group Repeating something after I already said it.

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Julie Schulz
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or having the same discussion over and over again yet never resolving anything.

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#28

30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group Being lied to/ignored.

antisocialdrunk , Garry Knight Report

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Dorey Bell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Moral character is not a grey area. You either have integrity, or you don't.

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#29

When i’ve just finished cleaning and someone makes a huge mess

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Lene
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group Arrogance.

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Alexandria Z
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm right, Your wrong, end of story. Unless I decide I'm mistaken and then your still wrong.

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#31

30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group People with no self awareness

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Julie Schulz
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This so much. The lack of common sense and self awareness these days is truly scary.

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30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group People weaving in and out of traffic at high speeds for no reason.

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Philly Bob Squires
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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#33

30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group Technology not working as expected. And slow internet.

Slovakian_Stallion , Domas Mituzas Report

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Eat Dirt Crow
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group 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!!

spiffyga , Coffee Channel Report

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30 Things That Immediately Make People Angry Because They Are So Annoying, As Shared In This Online Group 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

yeetgodmcnechass , dead cat Report

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Sarah SH
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is why I love that phones now keep text exchanges for months. When my husband claims I never told him about some thing I can always scroll back and show him the evidence.

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#36

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

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Julie Schulz
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One of my favorite memes says: "I get road rage in line at the supermarket." I felt that so much.

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