What random things make you irrationally angry?
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March 17th, 2009
This is prompted from my irrational anger over this house I pass every time I drive to work.
It’s a nice house, nothing out of the ordinary…but the door is this obnoxious purple color. This just angers me so much. Why would someone do such a thing? Do they think it’s cute? Do they like looking at their purple door every single day? I would love to know what was going through their mind when they picked it out.
Things that my husband gets irrationally angry at: whenever there are cocktail forks in the sink, he thinks I eat with them, but I let our son eat with them. He freaked on me, and asked me why on earth do I use such tiny forks. I could not stop laughing.
My son irrationally hates hoods. Not sure why. He just does.
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Walking along the street, and you pass a sewer grate on the corner, and there is this awful miasmic smell that accompanies you for fifteen feet—or longer, if you cross the street, and there’s another storm drain. What is with that, anyway?
cigarettes prompt the same reaction in me, but that’s not irrational
Using 20 forks for a family of 5 instead of just washing one and reusing it. xD
Any loud, irritating noises NOT made by me.
People who drive stupidly annoy me
Drivers on cell phones.
Those women that wear baseball caps with the ponytail pulled thru the opening in the back.
Packages lying on the floor at the shopping center.
Shopping carts anywhere but in the cart corral at the shopping centers.
Truck drivers that do not shut their truck off at my job, then speak softly, and make it so I have to shout above the roar of their diesel.
People who intentionally defy me when I am right about something.
People who think that I want to hear their loud ‘boomdity boom’ music at the stoplight.
That should do it for now. :-)
When someone in my family goes to the bathroom and leaves the roll of toilet paper on the holder, with about 2 squares of tp left…and it’s those two papers that are stuck on the roll, so they come off in shreds. Instead of getting a new roll out of the drawer, they are too damn lazy to change the roll of tp. That just really sends me flying!
Not recycling every possible thing that is recyclable!
<—-definitely someone whose behavior would make aviona irrationally angry.
People who let the water running when brushing their teeth, people who leave the lights on when theyre not using them, people who leave food half eaten, people who leave dishes all around, people who have a mess in their room…bugs the hell out of me.
People who do manage at least to put their dishes in the sink, but put them in the previously empty half so there is no place to wash dirty dishes, and leave food still in them that smells and attracts the cats who then manage to knock something over onto the tile floor where it breaks and leaves a sticky mess (which they don’t clean up!).
People (namely my son) who drop socks wherever, including the front yard, and then complain when there are no clean ones. And then ask where all their socks are!
People who leave the refrigerator door open so everything is warm and possibly spoiled.
People like my son who drink directly out of the milk carton.
People who yell to me when I am working upstairs that the dogs got into the trash can in the kitchen again but who do absolutely nothing about it. (But mom, I got stuff to do!)
Racist comments.
People who can’t swallow their pride, FOR ANYTHING.
Oh and people who are just forget or would rather not use common sense.
@aviona,...awww I remember the first time I cared…
When people wash all their clothes mixed together. Jeans do not belong in the washer with white socks!
Those big inflateable lawn decorations at Christmas time. I hate those. So tacky.
BTW there’s a house with a purple door a few streets down from me. I love it. It’s not obnoxious purple.
@Darwin
About your son’s socks: I just learned that that’s just guys way of marking their territory, with pieces of clothing that has a strong smell… My boyfriend does the same thing (except from in the garden…):P
As for what irrational things that make me angry?
– People that NEVER smile
– People that to something they KNOW annoys me, and just look at me and say ‘sorry’ in that snooty way…
– Snobs (but they are kind of funny as well, depends on the situation)
– Hypocrits! (sp?)
That’s some of the things that make me MAD, but really, I’m a smiling, positive and happy person :D
People who drive slowly in the left lane of the highway. Bonus: Those who drive slowly in the left lane of the highway while trying to tend to their baby/child.
When people misspell Gandhi. It’s GANDHI, not Ghandi or whatever other way you want to spell it.
When people keep hinting at something but refuse to tell you what it is. For example:
Person: I had a horrible day today.
Me: Why?
Person: Mmmm I don’t want to talk about it.
Me: Ok.
Person: Man it was such a horrible day. I don’t know how I will ever get back on my feet from this.
Me: ....
Example 2:
Person: I have great news!!!
Me: What?
Person: I can’t tell you…but it’s great.
Me: Ok….
5 min later…
Person: This news is practically making my day. I can’t stop smiling.
Me: STFU.
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When people waste more dishes than needed, when you can just reuse something or quickly rinse/wash something. I believe others have mentioned this above.
Hmmm my biggest would be:
People who email you telling you to call them.
Even worse… People who emailed you telling you to call them who answer the phone when you call and tell you they will have to call you back.
Honestly, if you want to talk to me CALL ME (you have fingers too – I know this because you emailed me) and if you can’t talk DON’T ANSWER YOUR PHONE.
@PnL…I hate those people because they…oh nevermind
@Blondesjon – Ha. I was waiting for someone to crack that joke. Saw it coming :P
People with subwoofers in their car. It makes my dishes rattle.
People who place trash on the kitchen counter right by the trash can.
People who pour a drink, make a sandwich, etc., all while leaving the refrigerator door open.
People.
@Pnl…cool…i heard that it burns when it gets in your eye…
When technology doesn’t work. If my phone or the internet cuts out I get enraged.
I hope this doesn’t mean I’m going to be a harsh taskmasker to the robots and incite a rebellion
When people who are in my way won’t get out of my way… on the road, in the grocery store, wherever.
Recorded telephone calls.
Spam.
@cak TP for me, as well as the TISSUE box. We all have allergies, yet…
*Someone always uses the LAST tissue and doesn’t put out a new box.
*Someone also leaves a full garbage bag in the trash can.
*Someone uses everything but a half a squeeze of ketchup in the bottle on the fridge door.
*Someone…..................UGH! I wish “someone” would listen when I talk!!!
A lot of answers so far are completely understandable and NOT irrational!
A few of mine:
– the combination of purple and green
– Bob Dylan’s voice
– “brussel sprouts” instead of “Brussels sprouts”
– the word “box” in French
People who doesn’t look for their small change or coupons until the cashier finished bagging their stuff in the supermarket line.
People walk slowly side by side blocking the whole sidewalk.
My UPS guy won’t come inside my building or come up one flight of stairs.
Bad customer service. I work hard for my customer loyalty and I expect others to earn my loyalty as well.
What if purple was their favorite color, and they did enjoy seeing it every day?
The only thing that I get angry over which I have no control over (which fits my definition of irrational) is people in traffic not playing by the rules, speeding through yellow-reds, swerving in and out, etc. And this is why I have the local police number on speed dial, they love catching these twerps and I love reporting them.
People smoking in cars with or around children, that makes me borderline psycho.
People who randomly toss their food onto the conveyor at the grocery, with no rhyme or reason (hots & colds, softs & hards) – I can’t explain it…it makes me angry. I want to shove them aside and do it properly, for bagging & preservation purposes.
People with poorly maintained feet who wear flip-flops (makes me more nauseous than angry).
Bad table manners.
@evelyns_pet_zebra: The ponytail/hat thing; I do it at least once or twice a week. My apologies!
People who leave their laundry in my building’s laundry room dryers for over a half an hour after it finishes drying, then come down and ADD MORE TIME!
@Mr_M: why don’t you very kindly take it out of the dryer for them, saving them much toil and trouble?
I know what you mean. I hate doing that for some reason. A lot of people hate doing that for some reason. Nevertheless, I do it if I have to. Just the same, I wait at least 30 minutes (which means I waste 30 minutes). Then they come down and add coins! You’d be surprised how some people say it was only ten minutes.
People who put two D’s in the word “Drown” ie. “drownding”. this is how I imagine the situation would go:
Me (in boat, with life preserver): “What’s going on?”
Them (in water): “I’m drownding! Throw me the life preserver!”
Me: “I’m sorry – I’m not familiar with that term.”
Them: “I’m drowndi..glg, glg, glg”.
Me: “Oh, you were drowning. Well, that’s a different matter.”
Same thing with “Can I ax you a question?”
@bythebay don’t worry about it, it’s an irrational thing. Sort of like when I see someone with an eyebrow piercing. I don’t get angry, but I get an undeniable urge to grab hold and YANK that damn thing out! If it wasn’t for getting someone’s icky blood all over me, I probably would, too.
@EP – oh how I hate chewing noises. It’s just gross. Lurve to you! I was beginning to think I was the only one on the planet that hates that sound.
@SpatzieLover – I’m with you on your list too. Especially the trash. It couldn’t be any easier in our house. Open the door to the garage, it right next to the stairs. Done. grrr!
People who have the police on speed dial to report their road rage.
My roommate leaving the door to our apartment open all the time, regardless of whether someone is home or not.
When my roommate leaves her shit all over the goddamn apartment, to the point where I actually start wondering if we still have a kitchen table or not.
When people are in a bad mood and expect you to be in the same mood.
When people blame things on me without me having anything to do with the problem.
When my design professor asks me to spend EVEN MORE MONEY on the design project that I’ve already spent a good deal of money on.
When people idolize Beyonce.
When I have 7 GA’s that I have received no lurve for because they are all from people who have maxed out their lurve for me.
@TitsMcGhee – Who idolizes Beyonce anyway? I used to tolerate her and then she came out with “All the Single Ladies.” Now I cannot stand her.
@Darwin: There’s a guy in my school (I’m at Parsons, mind you) who listens to that song upwards of 35 times a day, everyday. He lives on the floor below me. I hear it OVER AND OVER. I’m surprised I haven’t killed myself.
@Darwin: I’ve definitely thought about it and come pretty close….
@SpatzieLover: That’s my main problem with her. She’s so friggin obsessed with herself. Destiny’s Child ended because there wasn’t room for her, her ego, and two other members.
Rumor has it Beyonce will soon be a neighbor of mine! She and her husband bought a mansion in Bronxville, the next town over! I might see her at Stop and Shop some day!.
@Mr_M – And you consider this a good thing?
@Mr_M: Will you give her a swift kick to the babymaker for me?
If she SHOWS me her babymaker, I might consider it (unless I show her MINE!).
I have a new one – When people misspell Barack Obama as Barrack.
People who drive 1 mph over the speed limit in the fast lane with no one in front of them and cruise parallel with the car next to them so no one can get past. UGHHHHHHH!
@Judi, that’s when the thought of having 50 caliber machine guns under your front bumper seems like a GREAT idea.
For some reason when I hear someone talk with a speech impediment, I get really angry! It’s true.
I reeeeally make myself mad when I can finally drive around ole slowpoke – in either lane – only to hit the next stoplight with them right behind me! grrrr
This one is irrational and might make people mad at me but I can’t help it.
Pregnant Women! Anyone else get mad at them? They’re such delicate flowers who are sooo special because they bring precious life into the world and everyone smiles sweetly at them and lets them go ahead in line and on and on and on ad nauseum…..LOL I have to laugh at how silly it is.
@casheroo Think a door is bad? I have a whole dang purple house several blocks away!
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