Can you give me an example of a button you push repeatedly even though one push is sufficient?

“even though one push is sufficient?”
I’m aware of this mechanism; I push once.

I see people pushing pedestrian traffic lights continuously, as if it will turn green faster if they do so.

Elevator call buttons. I feel I will get better results if I forcefully poke them with a series of short, angry, bursts.

@rebbel: I’m personally convinced that the light will turn green faster if I do that. And it’s more socially acceptable than yelling “CHANGE you fucker, CHANGE!!”

Elevator buttons. I push several times, someone standing beside me sees me pushing the button but has to push the button also. Multiple times. So someone does end up yelling “OPEN you fucker, OPEN!!”

Damn, @chyna, if I’d recognized you we could have gone for coffee!!!

Esc, F8, F11, del.

Load, you fucker, load already! Don’t just keep spinning maniacally.

I push the buttons of certain jellykins, purely by accident rather than design of course ;-}

@rebbel Great example I am very guilty of doing! I am THAT guy that pushes the crossing button after you did and lots of times. Admit it you crossed the street sooner because of my hard work.

@canidmajor @chyna You both sound like me yelling at my snowblower to start in the winter. Start you M*****R F****R!
@ragingloli Same buttons I push when ordering take out!
@janbb I probably should have added what do you mutter while pushing the button over and over!

@ucme haha!

It often takes up to four nose beeps before my sister explodes.

I only push once. Multiple times doesn’t do squat to hurry things up.

One button I wish some people would push more often, if not more than once, is the horn button on their car. Some people blow their horns too often, and some don’t blow it enough or at all. Like my sister when a dog or cat comes into the road.

That’s illegal in some countries, @kritiper.
One may only use the horn in emergencies, or to prevent from a dangerous situation.

It’s not illegal here! If it was illegal, it would be illegal to have a horn on the car.
I remember the horns on my old 56 Pontiac. They were AWESOME!!!

I’ve been to the States; I already got the impression that it wasn’t illegal there :-)
Here you can get a penalty if you use it unnecessarily (don’t think they ever get written though).

@KNOWITALL Cheeky monkey’s attract that kind of attention :D

Fire and Attack buttons in games.

Lots of buttons on touch-sensitive devices, because I don’t know if the touch has been sensed yet or not.

To lock my car door. Except for my 2007 Porsche. In 2007 some Porsche engineers (I blame this and stereotype German men for this) decided their key fob should have just one button that kicked and unlocked the car doors. If you push it twice your doors are unlocked again. Drives me crazy. I complained about it when we bought the car and I was dismissed by the Porsche men working at the dealer, although the service guy did say, “women always complain about the.” I guess that is just as dismissive as a shrug. The women won, because Porsche changed it back to two buttons.

I’m glad men get to focus on just one thing at a time and can do things so perfectly and remember everything.~

I usually give my car horn a double tap. I rarely use it. I use it when I’m supposed to, to help someone else realize they are making a road mistake. Not to punish them, I mean to alert them.

@JLeslie Hahaha! I hit my “unlock” button a bunch of times because I haven’t figured out how close I have to be to have it “take”. I always lock at the car, but I wander through the parking lot blinking and blinking my lights. :-)

@canidmajor See, the Porsche would drive you crazy. I can’t tell if it’s locked or unlocked by looking at it or hearing a horn either. Nothing. It’s ridiculous.

Ah, when the vending machine won’t vend!!

@Dutchess_III
There are tools for that

My daughter’s.

She’s an overly sensitive, self-rituous, argumentative teenager and I just can’t resist sometimes.

@rebbel I never use my horn to excess, only when needed to warn/alert and/or possibly educate for safety.

My tummy button.
It has been with me a long time and never says a word.
Maybe if I poke it enough it will tell me to knock it off.

The crosswalk button. I’m not hurting anybody, so leave off me about it. It is the closest I get to a chance of playing whack a mole. And I never miss, so perfect score every time.

The mouse keys when the computer is frozen up again.