People who ride bikes in rural areas on main roads who think they are in the “countryside” Don’t you realize people still need to get to work and you are NOT a car. Don’t block the road. The side of the road is for bikes. And if you swerve in front of me, I might hit you. Not on purpose but due to your own negligence.
I just buy a bag (nickel) if I don’t have enough reusable ones.
I’m annoyed by people who “leak out” after announcing that they’re leaving. If you’re leaving, I understand a few minutes of chit-chat, of thank you so much, of next time at our place!, but I don’t understand why that has to take 15 or 20 minutes. My sister is a terrible offender. She alleges that leaving right away would be rude. We disagree.
Most of my little irritants have to do with people not respecting other people. Like driving slowly in the fast lane, letting a door close right in front of the person behind him or her, leaving one’s cart in the middle of the aisle while looking at products so no one else can get by, people stopping to chat right in front of or outside of a door so that people can’t get by, people talking loudly unnecessarily in any public place, a restaurant, etc. (I’ll apologize in advance for the fragment to those who are bothered by incorrect grammar!)
The other thing I find irritating, which seemed to happen quite a bit this holiday season when the kids were in town, was the ability of my dh (who I love dearly so will put up with this one) to completely tune out until he heard a word or phrase of interest. Then he’d engage by saying, “What? Who did xyz? What’s up with X?” and the person would have to repeat their whole story. This happened way too many times. Either engage from the beginning (the polite thing to do) or recognize you’re going to miss things and accept it!
If your kids would never think to try to climb out of the cart, this would work. I was never blessed with such kids. Mine did climb, so I had to put them in the car while I unloaded the groceries. And they would also have total meltdowns if they couldn’t see me – an unfortunate side effect of putting them in the car. Getting kids in that state back into the cart, over to the corral, and then back to the car safely was beyond me, especially when it involved two kids, one of whom was a hysterical, terrified 3 or 4 year old who couldn’t be trusted to walk safely.
Sadly, I am in the too many to mention crowd but a few:
People who are too loud in restaurants. If you want to have a loud gathering, have it at home.
Cigar smoke. Cigarettes are bad enough, cigars put me over the edge - possibly because I live next to a man who smokes cigars on his deck and the smoke blows my way.
People who constantly sniff or won’t use a Kleenex. Why is that?
And I agree with being annoyed by chewing noises, utensil scraping on plates bowls, etc.
All of which makes me intolerant which I suppose annoys other people. I think I suffer in silence but my daughter points out that I give people the “stink eye”
It never occured to me that grocery stores don’t always offer drive up service. Everyone here does except Aldi’s. One doesn’t even allow carts to go outside because they’re on a hill and the carts would run into traffic. I always return carts if I took it outside (like at Walmart). It’s not too hard to park next to or near a cart corral. And I had three kids under 4 so I get juggling kids and cart.
I’m also super annoyed by eating sounds. The most annoying part of it is when my husband snacks at night, the only way I can stay in the room with him if if I snack to drown out his snack sound, which is why I weigh more now than in the past. It’s that or do laundry until he’s done, he can’t eat quietly. Funny thing is, I don’t remember being annoyed until the past few years and we’ve been together almost 25. Eating out doesn’t bother me at all because of the ambient noise.
Biggest peev is passing someone in a store or restaurant that has been marinading in their cigarette smoke. :-&
Shopping websites that return to the top of the list instead of back to where you were after you click on an item to look at it closer - requiring you to scroll endlessly or open each item in a new page/window.
How about voice mail menus where the thing YOU want is number 20 on the list of things being read!
Colleges that change their policy and tell you that you can self-report standardized test scores AFTER you’ve already paid to send them.
- People who have inside pets (who are everywhere) who continue to want to have a pot luck lunch at work. No, lets just order in from a nice fur-free commercial kitchen.
- Eating out with overly picky people.
- In laws who say they are coming and don’t bother to cancel. Just let me know either way, I don’t need double the food, etc.
– I apologize for the decorative towels I have used, before I saw the paper stack. If you don’t want them used, I suggest tying a big ribbon around the middle like they do in model homes, maybe adding a flower spray. I completely understand wanting to have nice things.
Fake “emotional support” animals and the people who bring them along to the store or on the plane.
Are all of you who are so annoyed by others’ chewing under the impression that your own chewing is silent?
Stopping in the middle of the running/walking/biking path to have a group conversation. Move off the path, people!
Pets (usually dogs) brought to crowded outdoor events. This is made worse when the dogs are on retractable leashes that are extended.
I’m a very picky eater. I know I’ve frustrated my husband while eating out, but what annoys me is not getting my food prepared the way I asked for it.
I have some strange sensitivities to textures and smells and I just can’t eat some things. I really can’t. I guess it’s like the chewing and crunching thing - that’s the way I am, and I can’t help it. I don’t even like sitting next to people that are eating some of the foods I don’t like. And washing dishes? Especially back in the days when people didn’t have dishwashers and dishes were washed in a sink full of water - oh my goodness how that grossed me out. I can manage rinsing off dishes to put into the dishwasher, but just barely sometimes.
So if I ask for sauce on the side, or no mustard or ketchup on my burger, I will return my food if those requests aren’t followed. And it’s annoying how often that happens.
My daughter has a mannerism that has become a habit and I hate it. It was cute the first couple of times she did it (6 months ago), but when she can’t have a conversation without doing that “thing” three or four times, it’s not cute anymore.
“Are all of you who are so annoyed by others’ chewing under the impression that your own chewing is silent?”
I only get disgusted by folks chewing with their mouths open… crunches and sounds inherent in the foods eaten do not bug me. So… because I chew with my mouth closed, the answer to your question is a big “yes”! 
@LeastComplicated …now I’m curious as to what the thing is your daughter does.
@zoosermom I m confused about the rebagging too. If the person in front of you runs out of reusable bags, then they just move to plastic/paper or purchase more reusables which are sold by most registers. Why would they have to rebag anything?
@conmama She’s a kind of hyperactive girl and I usually enjoy her exuberance. But the “thing” is that when she’s saying something funny, she’ll do a little shoulder shimmy. Like I said, it was cute a couple of times, but it’s just not anymore. I have no idea where this came from - if she saw someone do it and copied it or what. But she does it so much that I fear she’ll go through life being known as “the shimmy” woman.
I feel bad for how much this bugs me - I feel it’s kind of like being annoyed by the way someone laughs. You should never feel annoyed at someone’s happiness or good mood, right?
Drive home made me think of two more pet peeves:
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When I leave you lots of space to turn into my lane and YOU. WON’T. GO. I don’t have time to engrave and invitation. What are you waiting on? I have made eye contact, nodded to you, waved you in … and there you sit. Good Lord, just go.
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When people hold up traffic to get in a turn lane when traffic signs show that you can turn from the lane they already are in.