" People listen to their telephone set in public places without headphones . "
Recently,u/ViciousSemicircleaskedR/AskReddit: “What’s a seemingly small, trivial thing that makes you instantly burn with the rage of a white-hot sun?” So we thought we’d share some of the best responses.
Here are 24 everyday things that make people see red:
1.“When someone is standing too close to me in line so I inch away andthey fucking follow me.”
– u / Not_a_werecat
" I usually do an over - hyperbolise hair pitch so it collide with them in the face or ' rearrange ' my purse / bag so it hit them and say ' oh sorry , I did n’t recognise you were so secretive ' . "
– uranium / BritFin
2.“A big group of people walking really slowly in the middle of the sidewalk that look confused when you go into the road to walk around them.”
– u / peculiar - pirate
3.“Stopping at end of an escalator! Dangerous.”
– uranium / TGIIR
4.“When my clothes get stuck on a handle/protruding object as I’m walking and I get yanked backwards without warning. Perhaps the most provoking thing I’ve ever experienced.”
– u / Wollers - eye
5.“When your headphones lead gets caught and your headphones come out. Instant rage.”
– u / Leipopo_Stonnett
6.“When opening anything always requires scissors or a knife. Those innocent ‘peel here’ tabs on food bags never f*cking work and always require a pair of scissors to get them open. Ditto for packs of batteries and other items which are encased in NASA-grade plastic. But how are eggs, which actually are fragile, packaged? Thin, thin cardboard.”
– atomic number 92 / Linux4ever_Leo
7.“Blindingly bright headlights at night.”
– u / SexyAndLiterateO
8.“Someone asking/ordering me to do something while I’m either in the process of doing it or about to do it. I’m not someone who gets annoyed/angry easily but for some reason that has always gotten under my skin.”
– uranium / Agreeable_Pizza93
9.“Let’s have a meeting to talk about the project, eating into the only hour of the day I have devoted to work on the project, is a related pet peeve.”
" So where are we on this ? Well , I have an time of day today that I ’m not in meetings to influence on it and you booked a meeting during that time of day so it is n’t going to be done today . "
– u / wvtarheel
10.“Me: bends down to pick up the dog’s poop. Random dude in a car driving by: ‘PICK UP AFTER YOUR DOG!’ — like WTF did you think I was doing?! This was years ago and I’m still angry about it.”
– u / Hopeless_Ramentic
11.“People who cut you off then drive slower than you. Or people that just hang out in the left lane with a line of cars behind them that want to pass but can’t.”
" It ’s the principle of it . The lack of vexation for other hoi polloi . The obliviousness and selfishness it must take . "
– u / DennisPikePhoto
12.“People listening to their phones in public places without headphones.”
– u / sheglows76
13.“People coughing or sneezing without covering their mouth. Disgusting.”
– u / vivrelavie
14.“People not using their turn signals.”
– u / herbertcluas
15.“Having to click accept/deny for cookies every time I visit a website. Can’t you just store a cookie that remembers my preference? That' what they were made for. Not for the ad tracking.”
– u / nslenders
16.“When people throw litter out their car window.”
– u / bigkat5000
17.“Standing in line at a gas station behind someone who’s buying lottery tickets.”
– uracil / BabylonSuperiority
18.“Empty toilet paper roll left on the floor of the toilet.”
– u / Antique - Wind-5229
19.“Clicking on a recipe and having to scroll through someone’s life story or explanation of why they made this dish… I don’t give a flying fuck, just give me the recipe please.”
– uranium / bammers03
20.“When individuals stand up on a plane the second the plane lands.”
– u / Tobin678
21.“Trying to pick something up that I dropped, and then dropping it a few more times as I attempt to not explode into a boiling rage.”
– uranium / yoyosdedadventures
22.“People being rude to retail staff/waiters.”
– u / Cedar_Willow16
23.“When you’re reading a book at home and everyone thinks that means you aren’t doing anything and constantly interrupt you to chat.”
– uranium / Qooirkles
24.“Dirty dishes anywhere but the kitchen.”
– u / RoseWould
H/T tou/ViciousSemicircleandR/AskRedditfor having this discussion.
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