People Confess The Minor Annoyances That Can Completely Ruin Their Day
No one likes to be inconvenienced, but we learn how to handle it.
After all, if there's a car accident along the side of the road and emergency vehicles have narrowed the road down to one lane, there's not much you can do. Just sit, wait, let them do their jobs, then keep driving.
Yet, somehow the smaller inconveniences, the minute ones that shouldn't affect your day, typically make things much worse.
Reddit user, ConsiderationOk5905, wanted to know what gets under your skin, no matter the size, when they asked:
"Whats something small that just completely ruins your day?"
Technology is hard, isn't it? Like, all of it.
Even something as simple as flicking a switch can make people suddenly forget how everything is supposed to work, and isn't that just the worst feeling?
A Real World Scenario Leading To A Nightmare
"waking up and realizing your phone didnt charge overnight"
sabrrs
"You mean waking up AT NOON and realizing the phone with your ALARM CLOCK didn’t charge overnight, right? Cause that’s what I’d mean- it’s one of my biggest fears."
49thPercentile
Learn. To. Signal.
"People who don’t use their turning signals while driving… especially when they’re turning left "
lankyb-tch3000
"its worse when they’re turning right and you’re across from them turning left. Like thanks bud I could’ve gone but since you didn’t have your blinker on I thought you were going straight ._."
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Remember The Good, Ol' Days Of Blowing In The Cartridge?
"sitting down to play a game and it has a 50GB update"
imsorryisuck
"im a csual gamer and everytime i try to play modern warfare it happens. i try it like once every month and i always let it update hoping next time it will be ready."
"i haven't play for months."
imsorryisuck
What is it about the tiny moments that offset your entire day? Is it that they are such a minor inconvenience but the follow-up can feel like it's going to take a long time?
Buying new socks, for example.
Burn The Sock
"Hole in the toe of your sock, or a sock that's lost its elasticity and slides down your foot all day."
Dot_Threedot4
"On the sock topic, walking on a wet spot on the floor after putting on socks in the morning."
Pwaite2
The Whole Meal Is Ruined
"Planning to make a meal only to find out one of your main ingredients has expired ;("
purplealchemist
"Or you forgot to take the meat out of the freezer, which happened to me today"
DifferentAd154
Nothing Is Set Up For You As Intended
"Getting to work and seeing which member of the crew before us I'm taking over. Just seeing the outline of certain folks and knowing your days gonna be f-cked as nothing will be set up for you and in one case a guy we have that will tamper with sh-t to f-ck you over"
thorpie88
Even Dead Asleep, Cat Owners Can Hear This
"Waking up and stepping in hours old cat barf barefoot"
soda_cookie
"Or being woken up at 4am by That Sound of "gag... gag... gag" knowing you have approximately 4 seconds to locate the source and maximize damage control before the kraken is released"
frontal_robotomy
I Wasn't Prepared To Talk This Long...
"Basically any unexpected substantive conversation. I like a warning email before being forced to commit to any particular thoughts or feelings that will matter after the conversation ends"
49thPercentile
And then there's these, horrifically tiny moments in the day that shouldn't have the outstanding effect on the rest of your day.
But they do, don't they?
How Rapid Our Perception Shifts
"Feeling good with my outfit and then looking at a mirror and suddenly become self-conscious"
DawnDaylight
"Worse when you leave the house and see your reflection in a store window and get hit with the self consciousness"
dislocatedshoelac3
Just GOOO
"When my dog just refuses to take a sh-t in the morning… it’s like I have to deal with a live bomb all day"
idkmybffjill78705
"I have a ten pound dog with next to no hair. In the winter, he HATES going outside. I gave up trying and set up an indoor potty for him just so I wouldn't have to have an argument every morning."
Lexi_Banner
Nothing Else To Do
"Waking up an hour before you need to and then not being able to get back to sleep."
Fats33
"Did that this morning but woke up 3hrs before needing to wake up. Ended up going work super early."
Ahmadmc1
There's Nothing Clean For The Day
"Having a sink full of dishes, and open the dishwasher to discover it’s 70% full and dirty."
ThisAWeakAssMeme
"Forgetting to turn the dishwasher on the night before is brutal. Do you try to overstuff dishwasher? Hand wash everything and then let it dry? Damnit, George is getting upset!"
1711onlymovinmot
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People Divulge The Petty Annoyance They Wish They Could Inflict On Their Worst Enemy
For some of us, there is that one person who is the antithesis of all that is good.
"What minor inconvenience do you wish upon your worst enemy?"
Minor bodily discomforts can be a splendid idea.
Invasion Of The Crack
"Long loose hairs in their underwear and that cringey feeling when it gets in their butt."
– AzureTerrace
Evil Crumbs
"After every meal, you get something stuck in your teeth, and you don’t have any way of getting it out."
– -PlugUgly
When they just can't seem to catch a break, it's like a little present.
Incomplete Meal
"May the Chik-fil-a employee forget to give you Chik-fil-a sauce with your meal (you REALLY wanted it) and may you only realize this after having driven 20 minutes away."
– Uruk-HiThere
No Spot For You
"That every 'available' parking spot at the packed mall/grocery store has a mini car in it."
– Auslan02
A Spider's Journey
"That feeling when you're out walking and inexplicably walk face first into some strands of a spider's web even though you're in a relatively open space."
"You wipe at your face but now you've got the eternal feeling of web strands behind your ear, in your hair, on the nape of your neck."
"You open hand wipe again, chicken claw it, try to trace the line with a single digit. None of it is any good."
"Maybe the spider came away with the bit of web when you walked into it? It could be in your hair right now. Maybe it's laying eggs at this very moment. Maybe one day a distant civilisation will find your perfectly preserved head encased in centuries old gossamer web."
"There it is again. Behind your ear. You don't even raise your hand this time. It's all over. This is your life now."
– HumphreyGo-Kart
Bad tech can do your evil bidding.
STOP
"I hope that every traffic light turns red for them right as they reach it."
– Nintendevotion
No Snooze For The Wicked
"Waking up 30 mins before their alarm clock every morning."
– Ccaster0620
"I'm your worst enemy? This happens to me every day."
– Slight-Ad-1744
Bad Insertion
"Their USB cable is the right way around after 5 tries."
– furstimus
Inaccessible Tune
"Every time they get in their car, their favorite song is going off, they are always in a safe place but their cellphone service won’t work so they can’t play it in their car."
"And if they have the cd, the scratch is only on that song and skips to the very end."
– ParticularWatermelon
A little bit of pain is punishment enough.
Just a little.
Tiny Daggers
"Tiny Invisible splinter between two toes."
– AlgaeWafers
So Full Of It
"Anus inflammation so he can't sh*t and then finds out how full of sh*t he is."
– ddelGuy
Redditors here are definitely highly imaginative, and the forms of punishments were pure evil.
I, however, don't have it in me to come up with such creative tactics to get back at a nemesis.
But how awesome would it be if someone who truly irked me went to Panda Express, and every time they ordered their favorite, Orange Chicken, it's sold out?
Yeah, pretty awesome. Mwa-hahaha (twiddles fingers menacingly).
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People Explain Which Minor Inconveniences Drive Them Absolutely Insane
Ask me what little thing pisses me off and... I wouldn't know where to begin. What does that say about me? Yikes.
You see, there's no shortage of things out there that annoy the hell out of us. There's a recent viral meme that I love because it proudly declares, "I hate going out in public because the people be there." It speaks to me.
But there's more out there to get on our nerves than just people, as we were reminded once Redditor mysteriouslycryptic asked the online community,
"What minor inconvenience drives you f**king insane?"
"It's a scam..."
"Ads about $350 dollar surveys on Instagram. It's a scam and it's annoying as hell."
DutchDude69
The WORST. And they're everywhere. Probably a major reason why I don't waste my time on Instagram.
"YouTube..."
"YouTube turning your whole recommendation page into a topic you've watched two videos of."
Quantum_Cucumber408
The YouTube algorithm is horrible. There, I said it.
"Buffering."
"Buffering."
"I work so hard and pay so much for good internet. Having 100/100 speeds and being plugged into the router should never have issues."
Allisvoid
Thankfully I have amazing internet... but when this happens, it enrages me. There are so many places in this country that lack it.
"People that stick gum..."
"People that stick gum underneath the underside of tables or litter literally anywhere."
Pineapple_Code
This is so nasty. Why are people like this?!
"A lot of people call you..."
"Not even telemarketers, but the scam callers. A lot of people call you like fake Apple call centers asking you to login because of 'security reasons' or whatever."
Adrenaline_Junkie
I don't even answer my phone. If it's that important, you'll leave a message.
"Thankfully..."
"Scientologists. Especially the ones recruiting where my doctor's office is. It's a couple of blocks from the HQ in LA. Thankfully they wear outfits that make them look like ushers at a movie theater back in the 50s and are easy to spot."
heathersfield
I have dealt with a few and this description is spot on.
"When it takes 15 seconds..."
"When it takes 15 seconds for a company to put a fraudulent or unwanted charge on my account but takes 5-10 business days to get it back."
ficey54943
I felt this in my soul. Why is this so true???
"Can't it just start realizing..."
"The human body's need to save EVERY GODDAMN CALORIE it can get hold of. Can't it just start realizing when enough is enough and pass the rest on?"
Liagala
Ain't that the truth! Curses!
"I was ice fishing..."
"Seeing people leave trash out in nature."
"I was ice fishing this winter and I saw these guys just dump their trash in the hole drilled in the ice. My blood was just boiling at the total disrespect given to nature."
jetodic829
Just don't litter.
Don't do it.
It's the quickest way to teach others that you're an ass.
"We've all been there."
"Poorly synchronized stop lights. We’ve all been there. Stuck at a red light, go a block, hit another red. Go another block, hit another red."
"Seems like with the technology today this should be extremely easy and cheap to fix."
Blastoplast
You would think, and yet I see this all the time! So annoying.
Okay, if reading any of these sent your RAGE-O-METER spiking in advance, sorry, dude. I'm just the messenger.
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The internet can be funny sometimes, lest we forget.
Today is that day.
Ever wonder what would happen if "inconvenience stores" were a thing? What would they possibly sell?
Reddit user, DANKKrish, wanted to get an insight into your mind when they asked:
"You just opened your brand new inconvenience store, what are you selling?"
What if the items they sold were the most inconvenient pieces of tech you could imagine? That would certainly make your life rather difficult, wouldn't it?
Even something as simple as walking up to the counter would be a challenge.
Nothing Is Easy To Open
"Everything is sold [in] clamshell packaging. The kind that requires a knife to open."
NoAlternative2913
Your Job Is To Find Your Way Out
"You will have to navigate a maze to get anything."
KomrkAden
"Would You Like To Repeat The Options?"
"I would sell the The Sequoia of phone trees. The usual "Press 1" is for amateurs."
"My inconvenience store is loaded with systems to make phone trees more complex and impenetrable. Five-step, multi-digit and # options that will keep customers in an infinite holding pattern…with a few special tricks to instill false hope to keep em' waiting."
"AT&T, you know you're my target customer"
ModerateExtremism
What could be worse is not so much the layout or the procedures of the store, but the things they sell. What if buying something there leads to an entire day's worth of struggle?
Just Hold It Into The Wall Like So...
"Charging cables that only work when you're actively holding them into the thing that needs charging juuust right."
The_awful_falafel
Good Luck Getting It All Home
"Everything a convenience store does but it's all in bulk"
Acting_Up
"We have Pepsi AND Coke products...in 2.5 gallon boxes of fountain syrup!"
jizz_bismarck
Increasing The Time For People Behind You
"'Quarters only' at checkout. Can only pay with quarters."
CultofHappy
"As a cashier this hurts me"
Acting_Up
It Could Be Cereal Or Dishwasher Soap
"All items are boxed in the exact same, indistinctive packaging, and in order to figure out what it is you have to read the fine print on the back."
Potato_times_potato
Hey-oh!
"American healthcare"
glaceto
Sometimes, people on the internet are monsters.
Build It All Yourself
- Ingredients for bread that you have to put together and bake yourself."
- "Access to Dairy Cow udders that you have to milk yourself (you have to bring your own containers since they won't be sold in store)."
- "Tobacco for cigarettes. Rolling paper sold separately with delivery delayed a week."
Such A Massive Toilet Inconvenience
"Individually wrapped pieces of toilet paper."
ELUMAGNOTTI
"Like each square is wrapped?"
mseopswife
"Yes, like bars of soap on in a hotel."
ELUMAGNOTTI
"Calm down Satan"
PapaTwoToes
Who Would Ever...?
"Dead batteries, empty lighters, burned out bulbs, the like."
HighFlyerJ
"And when you get to the counter and they give you a bag for your stuff it's already full of junk"
Acting_Up
A Truly Horrendous Shopping List
"Watches that lose and gain time randomly, iPads just in a language you can't read, coffee in flimsy cups that dribble down the sides, shoes where you have to buy the left and right foot separately and they never seem to have the exact same style or size in the 'other foot', pens with barely any ink in them, train tickets a few cents short of the journey you need to take, noise cancelling headphones that only work in one ear..."
Rockgirl768
Maybe the internet is filled with bad people with awful ideas.
Hilariously awful, inconvenient ideas.
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Everywhere you look, people are dieting, juice cleansing, intermittent fasting, and dumping their 401k into monthly fitness app subscription fees.
All that hubbub tends to leave us thinking that the holy grail of life on earth is to be skinny.
And it's hardly a surprise. An overwhelming majority of clothing advertisements and Hollywood films features beautiful, thin people.
So it's usually quite annoying when a thin person complains about their shape and size. After all, haven't they achieved the supreme goal?
A recent Reddit thread challenged that assumption with some fresh perspectives. Anonymous skinny folks dropped in to share their biggest complaints about the bean pole life.
Mad_Chemist asked, "What are some skinny people problems?"
PSA: Do Not Go to the Gas Station for Medical Advice
"My personal favorite: 'You can't be diabetic, you're skinny!'"
"Oh, thanks random man at the gas pumps! I'll let my pancreas know immediately."
Sandwiched Again
"always having to sit in the middle seat of the car" -- autumnfaithd
"Ugh. I'm average height, but slim. My legs have nowhere to go and the assumption is that I take up no space, so I can't even wrangle my feet into the spaces on either side of that middle bump without hassling the people to give me room."
"If you get into a head on crash and your feet are up on that bump, your knees will smash into your face."
"It also doesn't really 'make room', it just makes the larger people safer." -- AptCasaNova
A Kite in a Head Wind
"I have no momentum" -- TheFlamingLemon
"But we can accelerate faster." -- vizthex
"When you try to push a door quickly (you know those which can swing back and forth) but the door says 'nope'" -- thedarkem03
"Thats the weirdest thing about being one of the bigger college students. I have to be really careful when walking around campus because if a skinny boi/girl came around a corner too quick, the odds of them being able to stop me were low." -- Krosyss
Always Swimming
"If you don't like baggy clothes good luck finding something that will fit you" -- Felis-Catus_
"All the shirts that look good on the mannequin turns out to have pins in the back." -- yaolilylu
"And the shirt on the mannequin is the last/only small size they have in stock , leaving none for you to even try on." -- RedQueenWhiteQueen
The Subtleties of Bony Life
"being bony and sharp when being hugged" -- gamers_gamers
"It hurts to sit too long." -- oldandjaded1
"Pinching a nerve in my butt because of my boney a** sitting down all day" -- DreamsOfCleanTeeth
"If I hit my hip on a table or something as I'm walking by it hurts a lot and leaves a bad bruise. My ass hurts after sitting for too long. That's about it." -- Kraphtuos968
"Can't sleep on my side because my boney knees touch each other and it hurts too much. To sleep on my side as have to wear thick, thick sweatpants or put a cushion between my knees." -- nava08al
An Impressive Title
"My grandmother calling me the Ambassador of World Hunger." -- Seasergeant
"Damn, Grandma! That's cold." -- teamcilantro
"That's hilarious. My grandma would bribe me to eat more food. She was convinced I was wasting away to nothing." -- stdgy
Lacking Blubber
"I used to be fat as f***. Now I'm skinny and the most apparent difference is I get cold MUCH faster. Doesn't matter how I layer up." -- Whiskey-Weather
"PLEASE tell me this is true bc I've been sweating to death my whole f*cking life even in winter. I just started my journey and down like 22 pounds so far. I'm losing 100 pounds and will be trim. Please tell me I'll actually be comfortable in my cute sweaters, scarves and hats."
"Or I'm shaving my head." -- pumpkinpatch6
Demoralizing Middle School Behavior
"People making a circle with their fingers around your wrists" -- randomrocketsfan
"Nothing in elementary or middle school made me feel more self-conscious than that sh**." -- DimAllord
"I can do it around my own ankles. It profoundly worries me." -- thisnamesnottaken617
Tug Boat Logic
"I'm a skinny guy in the trades. I'm not heavy enough to do a lot of stuff :(" -- mychickenscreams
"Yes but when someone has to crawl into a crawlspace or attic, then you become the hero!" -- PhysicsDude55
"Bro for the longest time I wouldn't activate the passenger side airbag lmao" -- MuchachoMunch
Life as a Cardboard Cutout
"Friends lifting you to show how easy it is to do so." -- veniato
"I was walking through the mall once and this dude I only kinda knew (shorter, but a lot a muscle) just picked me up and carried me half way to the other end of the mall."
"I laughed it off but it really made me uncomfortable. I'm a dude, btw." -- OgelEtarip
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