That’s a better description of what is annoying! What I am referring to perhaps I didn’t describe it well, is when somebody drives up in the shoulder to try to get around everybody and then tries to merge in
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I get annoyed by bikers riding 2 abreast on country roads where the lack of sight distance means I cannot safely cross into the oncoming lane to pass. I had to crawl along at 12 mph this morning for some time. If they had temporarily ridden single file I could have passed them.
I also get very annoyed when people do not say “hello” back to me after I greet them. A not for profit has a table at the farmer’s market, where we greet people and tell them about our work. (We also are selling raffle tickets). I do not mind people not stopping, or not wanting to engage, but I think it is very rude to ignore someone who’s given you a friendly greeting. I will say I then pointedly, and more loudly, say “HELL-O!” until they respond. They owe me that courtesy.
(It’s usually due to a clash of cultures – small town friendliness vs big city closed-off-ness. But they are in my small town, so should respect the local culture)
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When it comes to zipper merging I approach it like Dalton in the original Roadhouse. I’m nice…until it’s time to not be nice. If I’m the car merging, and someone decides to disrupt the zipper, I’ll “convince” them to comply. If I’m letting someone merge in front of me and the car behind theirs tries to force the issue they’ll be put in check as well.
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More like non-cooperative driving behavior that causes someone to have to stop at the merge point, rippling the stop back through traffic. Non-cooperative driving behavior means stuff like:
- Trying to get ahead of two other cars instead of just one.
- Not letting one car from the other lane in.
- Habitual tailgating, preventing the existence of a gap that allows a driver in the other lane to preposition themself at in preparation for the merge.
- When someone leaves a gap for the bus or tractor-trailer to merge into, someone else jumps into that gap.
However, even in perfectly cooperative merging, the reduction in road capacity can result in a slow down if the fewer lanes after the merge cannot handle the capacity of the larger number of lanes before the merge.
Firecrackers at 4 am- om July 6th!
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What makes me crazy are those who have the right of way, but inexplicably stop to wave someone on who is at a stop sign who clearly does NOT have the right of way. They think they are helping someone but are just causing indecision etc. They possibly could be rear-ended by someone not expecting such a maneuver, or passed on the right, only to be hit by the person being waved on. This occurs all the time at the end of my street, a T-intersection where I often pause at a stop sign before making a left—traffic coming on my right do this annoyance all the time!!!
Similarly, when I approach this corner, having the right of way taking a left onto my street, many waiting at the stop sign, as soon as they see my left turn signal, fly into the intersection, assuming I am going to give up my right of way to let them go–cannot count how many near-accidents I’ve been involved in.
I once spoke to a former colleague who runs a driving school as a side gig. I asked him about this. He shook his head in frustration and explained how, in our state, driver’s ed for teens requires parents to attend a meeting, and the first thing he talks about is “please, do NOT teach your kids to wave people on, if there is an accident the person you wave on will be at fault, and if kid is waved on and gets into an accident it will be THEIR fault”.
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This times 100! I thought it was only the old people in our area that does this. And the worst is when they come to an abrupt and complete stop on the 4 lane business highway to let someone coming in from the on-ramp on. And our roads are not busy at all! If they just maintain their speed they’d be gone by the time you were actually merging onto the highway!
But no they stop and smile and wave you on like they’re doing something good!
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I am annoyed by people that return gifts that were purchased from their bridal or baby registry. Why put the item on the list if you don’t want it?
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I’m guessing duplicates, not everyone buys off of the registry.
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And not everyone marks the item as purchased (when bought off the registry).
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I went to a bridal shower that said not to bring gifts, that they wouldn’t be opened. But suggested we “contribute” to their honeymoon fund. Which was just send money to their Venmo account.
I thought that was really tacky.
The wedding was similar. I don’t mind giving money for the wedding but why hold a shower that’s a cash grab?
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I went to a shower with no gifts, but the couple lived 4 hours away so folks just sent them to their home. I thought it was great. Weddings here are pretty much just money as gifts, registries are for the shower.
The invitations said that they didn’t want physical gifts, they wanted contributions to their honeymoon or house funds.
If you had to bring a physical gift, they wouldn’t open it anyways. But they didn’t want a physical gift and there weren’t any options on the registry except for experiences. Which when you tried to gift them, it was the brides Venmo account.
So you Venmo money to the bride. I’m not sure I was clear with my explanation.
It was very clear on the invitation that money was the option you were to make.
The bride was local to the shower.
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Oh I totally got your explanation, and that sounds like a money grab (showers are basically gift grabs, which is fine, but I do think actual gifts should be involved in some way).
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S and DIL declined my sister’s offer to have bridal shower. She insisted that each of her D’s had one for their wedding as well as each baby. My nephew and his wife declined having a shower as well (though her side may have thrown her a shower or two). Neither couple lived in HI and both had set up households so no need for “stuff” anyway.
We gifted both couples checks for their weddings. More recently, when we visited S & DIL in their place in NYC, we gifted them several framed prints from their wedding as they had none on display.
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I just want to point out that this is things that annoy me.
I’m happy to discuss wedding showers in the wedding thread.
I was discussing something I found personally annoying. That happened with a bridal shower invite.
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Things that annoy me today:
- The kitchen trash can. I’m gonna replace it. I hate it.
- Fruit flies in the house
- When spouse hasn’t used a kitchen gadget in over 5 yr yet doesn’t want to part with it. What are we keeping it for? “just in case.” Guess what? It’s going to Goodwill today. If you need an instapot in 10 yr, we will buy one then.
- Spouse wanting to hang onto the jack hammer we bought 6.5 yr ago to dig holes for tree planting in the backyard. I last used it 5.5 yr ago. The garden in chock full of trees and there’s no more need to dig huge holes with a jack hammer through clay and caliche soil. What are we keeping it for? “Just in case.” Guess what? That’s going to Goodwill today, too.
- The neighbors who set off fire works for 2.5 hr straight on 7/4. Dude…even Disneyland and WDW have it at 30 min max. Get a grip.
- Monster trucks who ride your butt super close to your bumper and then gun it to get past you.
- Hot weather
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I am not sure I am annoyed or this is funny. I love using Siri while driving, as my car has Apple CarPlay. The kids, their spouse and I chat often, so it is nice to be able to hear my messages, and reply without touching my phone and not having to wait until I am no longer in the car to read the messages and reply.
My Siri voice is a British male and has been for a long time. At times lately, when I say “Hey Siri” and he responses with Uh-Huh, he says it as if annoyed, the reply a bit drawn out. I definitely can hear a different in his tone. Is he telling me he is tired of me making him work; what is his deal? 
I may have to change to a female voice and see if she is nicer to me!
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What annoys one person may not annoy another - and vice versa. Absolutely!
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You know what annoys me- that stupid “uh huh”!! Why is that even necessary! I feel like it’s interrupting me!