What annoying things do you do?
6Just sort of curious what habits, actions, quirks, etc. you have that are annoying to either you or others. For example, I’m one of those people who will leave a bit of ice cream, cereal, crackers, what have you in the container so I don’t have to deal with disposing of the container.
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Nothing. I annoy no one.
And falsehoods are foreign to me. I never lie.
@lisaviolet altfact.
@lisaviolet
I find that I repeat myself when I’m talking to someone. And I say the same things more than once.
@djslack
I have a great wife. I think I’ve repeated some stories to her about 100 times. She just pretends that she’s interested and pretends she hasn’t heard it 99 times previous.
@hems79 My mom did that with the four or five jokes my dad told over the decades. My sister and I were not as tolerant.
I’m always right…
@somf69
I thought you were left. Do you have a mirror doppelgänger I’m confusing with you?
I cant sit still, which I know bothers some people. I also get in moods where I want to rearrange things in the house which annoys my boyfriend because he doesn’t know where anything is anymore.
@ninjaemilee I can teach a class in sitting still. To the point where people in the room with me sometimes check for signs of life.
I interrupt conversations because I’m afraid I’ll forget what I was going to say if I don’t blurt it out right then and there.
@heartny
Yeah I do that sometimes. I apologize, but I should really just stop doing it.
@heartny I found I do that with my husband, a lot. And he does it to me. You know, when you’ve been with someone for a while, you know when they have something to say.
We’ve both gotten to the point that when we’re speaking and we see that look on the other face, the “I have something to say” look, a lot of times the speaker says “just wait, I’m not done”.
The amusing thing here is when I tell him to let me finish and I finish my thought, he’s all dejected.
“That’s what I was gonna say.”
Well, maybe not that amusing, but it is kinda amusing.
I’ve been told that I say “you know” a lot in the middle of sentences. I can’t hear it, but I see daggers from my Wife fairly often when we’re talking so - maybe?
@MrHappypants ALSO those people that say “Um” and “Ah” a zillion times in their sentences…kinda like O’Bama used to do.
I interrupt a lot. I grew up in a big busy household where it was the way we communicated and I’ve never really learned not to do it. Of course I don’t mind at all if you interrupt me.
My most annoying trait is over-analyzing my annoying traits (Meh’ta, huh?!)
I think I am too honest at work. I have no issue telling people how I feel, regardless of their position. Luckily, no one has been too offended.
@conandlibrarian At least no one has expressed their profound offense.
I leave long, involved comments in comment sections. All the damn time.
I finish people’s sentences way too often.
@Thumperchick I accidentally drag people into disputes they never wanted to be part of in the first place.
@Thumperchick
Your sentence should have ended “when I’m impatient or enthusiastic”.
But I fixed it for you.
@Thumperchick I had a friend who was what they call a “simultaneous echo”. She’d finish your sentence with you, even when it was something she couldn’t know. It was weird, seemed psychic, but from what I’ve read people that do this are just a heartbeat behind you repeating what you’ve just said.
@moondrake Did you ever throat punch her?
@moondrake
Brains can be tuned in amazing ways.
I have one friend who I do finish sentences for, and I kinda feel ok about doing that with him. Because he takes forever to say things on some topics and it drives me batty. On other topics he’s fast and fluid.
He doesn’t seem to mind me doing that - and he’s not shy about telling people (me included) when he doesn’t like stuff they do.
@f00l
You’ve met my husband!!!
@lisaviolet
Perhaps I met his “less cute” twin.
@lisaviolet No, it was fascinating. I’d change topics halfway through a sentence just to see if she could keep up. She always did.
USED TO ‘clean’ the Clinic areas so it sparkled, making the others who didn’t clean at all, look bad. Their excuse was: “Not my job” - YET, if you work in Medical, it is ALWAYS your “job” to keep it clean !
When watching TV crime/detective dramas, I often announce who the perp is about 1/3 of the way though. This really isn’t all that difficult, since most lazy writers follow a similar pattern: the investigator crosses paths with the real culprit early in the show, but dismisses them or has no reason to suspect them. They then pursue one or more false leads for a while before circling back to the villain introduced earlier.
@macromeh
Hi, Columbo. Glad you’re here. Take a look at this body over here.
/giphy Columbo
@macromeh Oh, yes! This one! Husband does this, too! First new face in the show. “He’s bad.” “She’s bad.”
STAAAAAHHHHPPPP!!!
@lisaviolet
@macromeh
Duck Tape.
Mouth.
Those people should write it down.
(Sometimes I do this too. Often I am full of shit.)
I’ve gotten better about it post-marriage, but my kitchen used to regularly exist with every cabinet door wide open. I open a cabinet door out of necessity, take what I need, and then my interaction with the cabinet is over and I move on without closing it.
@Moose
Remove the doors?
@Moose Hitting your head on them a couple of times helps remind you to close them.
@Moose some of the folks in my arts class are that way, I am forever closing cabinets behind them.
@lisaviolet good idea, I’ll start banging my head against my cabinets
@Moose That should work. I know it did for me.
@Moose
You’ll become New and Improved!
@Moose I have a tendency to leave others’ (mostly my parents, since I don’t typically open cabinets at other people’s house) cabinet doors open.
I blame it on having soft close at my house. I’ve gotten into the habit of closing them just to the point where they catch and close themselves. So I tend to do that on all cabinets now, even if they don’t have the feature. I’m sure that’s somewhat annoying to them.
@Moose That’s how my kids act with their clothes: when they’re done wearing something, they drop it & move on. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE
You’re welcome. I’m glad that your marriage/spouse is improving your behavior (a little)
@Moose Open Cabinet as a design is pretty popular right now. You could fix your problem and be trendy.
I have a tendency to throw (recycle, donate) stuff in the house when I’m cleaning if it has been there too long without being used. It makes my family mad but I can’t stand the clutter.
I’ve been called out on this one a lot: I have this thing where I really don’t like having people behind me. It apparently also extends to “directly next to” when walking, so I always end up walking like a half step behind people. It really annoys them when they’re trying to have a conversation with me while walking.
I also don’t like making eye contact, so I’ll often be talking to people and deliberately looking away. I know I shouldn’t, but I do. Not sure if it annoys me or them more.
@Mehsturbator
That could be some really mild something something something out of the spectrum of autism-related disorders.
@f00l @Mehsturbator This is one place where behavior therapy can really affect constructive change
@compunaut
Do you or did you have something like that going on in your family? In that case, how did it work out?
The conduct @Mehsturbator is describing sounds pretty minor. If that was all that was “wrong” with someone in my life, I’d prob barely notice it. If it did bother me, I’d prob be vocal about it, if I knew the person really well and we voluntarily spent a lot of time together.
@f00l One of the boys goes to a therapy group once or twice a week. It’s all about the spectrum kids (there are a couple of girls, too) discussing, recognizing & practicing behavior issues that they often struggle with.
The list would be much shorter if I told you things I do that aren’t annoying. I mean I’m talking really fucking short. Just my breathing annoys people.
Some times when I’m driving with my kids or buds in the car (never, ever with my wife!), I will surreptitiously lock the window controls and then fart. My big brother used to do this to me and I’m just carrying on the tradition.
i get easily distracted and stop listening.
@meh Sorry, what was that? I missed the last part.
I seem to spend a lot of time at the office.
What? It really annoys ME
Creating mayhem on threads and then sneaking out the back entrance.
I might be a procrastinator. But haven’t decided yet. So many aspects to consider and it’s tiring to think through all the factors. I’ll relax and post in the Meh forums while I try to decide.
I watch alarming amounts of soccer. Which annoys people. I don’t get why, I don’t force them to watch but they all seem to want to yell at me about it.