My annoyances on all topics. Annoyances on cars, cell phones, computers, drivers, games, moving, people, shopping, socks, taxes, travel, winter, and hundreds of other annoyances.
Friday, January 30, 2009
This place is not that great
Taking a vacation to someplace new and finding out that it is not such a great place to vacation at.
Labels:
Vacations
No pretty person here
The pretty person going on the plane never sits next to the seat that you are seated in.
Labels:
Air Travel
Just missing the green light
Missing the green light by a few seconds all the time when you are driving.
Labels:
Travel
Stop talking
Sitting next to someone on a plane who has to talk to you the entire way.
Labels:
Air Travel,
People
Shareholders getting the shaft
A stock you own goes bankrupt. The shareholders claim losses for years on their tax returns while the CEOs walk away with millions.
Labels:
Stocks
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Ladder is too short
The trim on the outside of the house has to be painted, but the ladder never reaches up that high to do the job.
Labels:
House
Aging windows
Having to replace old windows in the house and finding out that it cost thousands of dollars.
Big kids on Halloween
I thought Halloween was for kids? Why do near 16 year olds sometimes try to come around for candy?
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Look before you open door
Some people in parking lots never look to see if their car door will hit your car before they open it.
Labels:
Parking
Friday, January 16, 2009
Cheap price but shipping cost
Buying something on TV that is cheap, but when you read closer the item cost near $10 to ship.
Labels:
Money
Microwave cooking times
The food always takes longer in the microwave oven than they say it takes on the box.
Labels:
Appliances
Shut the turn signal
Drivers who leave the turn signal on forever even after they make the turn. Doesn't the turn signal make a noise?
Labels:
Drivers
Lower case i
Some people online always use the lower case "i". Every "I" is always a capital letter.
Labels:
Internet
Wrong way on bikes
People who ride bikes going against the traffic. You are supposed to ride WITH the traffic.
Labels:
People
They don't believe we landed
People who don't believe we went to the Moon. They usually doubt many other things also that have already been proven.
Labels:
People
One way street
Driver who drive the wrong way down a one way street ignoring the signs.
Labels:
Drivers
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Clap for others
Why does the crowd clap on game shows when someone wins a lot of money? I would be annoyed it is not ME winning the money.
Labels:
Game Shows
Sleepers in airports
People in the airport who use the seats as a bed to sleep on while waiting for their flight.
Labels:
Airports
Stop for red lights on school bus
Drivers who don't stop on the road when the red lights are on a school bus.
Labels:
Drivers
Deli not open on time
You get in when the deli opens but they do not get in until 15 minutes later.
Labels:
Food Shopping
No 3 way bulbs
The supermarkets never seem to have the 3 way bulbs you need for your lamp.
Labels:
Food Shopping
Ice on food in freezer
Sometimes ice forms on the food in the freezer. It makes the food take longer to cook.
Labels:
Appliances
CAPS in everything they write
Some people online seem to love writing in all CAPS. This is shouting and it also makes the text hard to read.
Labels:
Internet
They need the last word
Some people you talk to are so annoying and always have to have the last word. Why is the last word so important to them?
Labels:
People
Male or female name
Not knowing if someone is male or female, since their name can mean either sex.
Labels:
People
People who don't recycle
I thought everyone had to recycle? How come some people throw cans in the regular trash?
Labels:
People
Salad before meal
Why do you have to have salad before a meal when you eat out now? Years ago nobody even ate salad at home, let alone in a restaurant.
Labels:
Eating Out
Button loose on clothes
Buttons loose on clothes. This happens on pajamas and shirts a lot and you can't button them before you go to bed.
Labels:
Clothing
Strings on clothes
How come a loose string is always on clothing? Pulling it does not work. You have to use a scissors.
Labels:
Clothing
Button worn on remote control
Having just one button wear out on the remote control making the entire remote control useless.
Labels:
Remote Controls
Too many remotes
Remote controls are a great idea, but now every product has one and you have a few of them in every room.
Labels:
Remote Controls
Phones in commercials
Why do they have to annoy you with phones ringing in commercials? You never know if it is your phone in the house.
Labels:
Commercials
I can't open it
Some of the DVD movies are so hard to open because of that wrapper that they come in.
Labels:
DVD
Animals in bed
People who sleep with their animals in their bed and wind up smelling like them.
Labels:
Animals
On the phone and Internet
Some people use the instant messenger and the phone at the same time making it impossible to hold a normal conversation with them.
Labels:
Phones
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Move over a little
When you are driving on the road and the car on the other side refuses to move over; they rather you move over.
Labels:
Drivers
Back out already
People staying in the parking stall talking in their car while you are waiting for them to back out so you can park there.
Labels:
Parking
No rude people
On game shows nobody is ever rude, but in life this is not the case.
Labels:
Game Shows
Talking in parking stalls
People who stand in an empty stall and have a conversation with someone and don't move, forcing you to park someplace else.
Labels:
Parking
Parking lines are worn out
Some parking lots have the white lines worn out for the stalls. You don't know where to park.
Labels:
Parking
Speed bumps in parking lots
How high do they have to make these? Some of them it is like driving up a mountain.
Labels:
Parking
Dent and leave
People who dent your car in a parking lot and just leave as if nothing happened.
Labels:
Parking
School bus in parking lots
A giant school bus in parking lots taking up a few stalls at once.
Labels:
Parking
Change the commercial
A company showing an annoying commercial and running it for years without changing it.
Labels:
Commercials
Wrong web site
You type in the wrong address of a website and you get a page full of ads and pop-ups.
Labels:
Internet
Back out and don't look
People who back out of a parking stall and don't look to see who is coming behind them.
Labels:
Parking
Wood in parking stall
It always seems the stall you want to park in has a piece of wood or other object in it that you don't want to drive over.
Labels:
Parking
Speeding in parking lots
People who speed through the parking lots even though people are backing up and walking all over the place.
Labels:
Parking
Parking close to the store
People who park close to the store all the time and you can't get a close parking stall.
Labels:
Parking
Bottles in parking lots
Can someone pick them up so you can park your car without getting a flat tire?
Labels:
Parking
Parking in two stalls
The car that always parks in two parking stalls so you can't even fit into one of them.
Labels:
Parking
Big truck parks next to you
It always seems a big truck parks right next to you car even when most of the parking lot is empty.
Labels:
Parking
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Too many style clothes
So which one of the million styles of clothes in the stores is the one that is IN this year?
Labels:
Clothing
Powder on mirror
The powder always seems to collect on the mirror in the bathroom. After awhile you can't see anything clear enough in it.
Labels:
Bathroom
Crowded but nobody is there
They say they are busy and have no open appointments, but when you walk in for your appointment you are the only one there.
Labels:
Appointments
The fridge sweats
In the summer the refrigerator always gets moisture on the inside.
Labels:
Appliances
A better new model
How can the new model appliances always be better? What were last years models then?
Labels:
Appliances
Not that weird
Strange people are on some talk shows, but in real life you never know anyone quite so strange.
Labels:
People,
Talk Shows
Tune in to weird people
Why watch talk shows with weird people on? You just have to go on the Internet for that.
Labels:
People,
Talk Shows
Everyone dreses nice
On the game shows everyone has good clothes on. In real life though people wear rags.
Labels:
Game Shows
Tune in next time
It is annoying when you have to tune in to the next show before the contestant gets to the big question.
Labels:
Game Shows
Get on with it
Sometimes the host talks so much on game shows without getting on to the next question.
Labels:
Game Shows
Too smart
Some game shows seem to have smart people on, but in real life you never meet anyone this smart.
Labels:
Game Shows
Excited people
Why do some people get so excited on the game shows? The chance you are going to take home anything is slim.
Labels:
Game Shows
How long are you flying
Not knowing how long someone has been flying the plane. I rather have someone with more experience.
Labels:
Air Travel
Flight delays
The flight you are on is the one that is always delayed. But if you took the flight before yours, you would be OK.
Labels:
Airports
Loud talkers in airports
The group that always seems to talk loud in airports. Why not just talk quietly?
Labels:
Airports
Private eating
It is nice to have a place to eat in airports if so many people were not around you watching you eat. How about private areas to eat?
Labels:
Airports
Happy to be home
When people greet someone coming off the plane and block your way.
Labels:
Airports
Not him
The person that you hope would not get on your flight is the one that always seems to go on your flight.
Labels:
Air Travel
Too many in bathroom
I like a bathroom where people don't come in and out of every second. How about a private bathroom for one?
Labels:
Airports
Big air cleaners
Why do they make the air cleaners so big when most rooms are small?
Labels:
Air Cleaners
Not all hi-def
How come some channels still are not in hi-def? They should all broadcast in hi-def by now.
Labels:
Cable TV
Crushed boxes
The boxes for food in the frozen aisles always seems to be crushed.
Labels:
Food Shopping
No low acid orange juice
Supermarkets sometimes don't have the low acid orange juice.
Labels:
Food Shopping
Which aisle
Going to the supermarket and trying to find which aisle something is in. Some things are more easier to find than others.
Labels:
Food Shopping
Monday, January 12, 2009
Wagon in front of you
People reading about a product in the aisle and parking their wagon right in front of you so you can move yours.
Labels:
Food Shopping
No Merry Christmas
Stores not greeting you by saying "Merry Christmas". I thought Christmas was a federal holiday?
Driving out of airport
One airport I was in was so big I didn't know how to actually get out of it with the car. Too many different roads and exits.
Labels:
Airports
Too many people at airports
The amount of people are some airports is just amazing. Walking through the crowds is like trying to exit a maze.
Labels:
Airports
Huge size of some airports
Some airports are so big you wonder how anybody knows where they are going.
Labels:
Airports
Cheap vacations
Deciding you want to travel far away on your vacation, but after you see the cost it would be, you wind up staying local.
Not much time for bills
Getting bills in the mail and seeing the due date for it is only a week and a half away.
Labels:
Mail
Famous people in commercials
Why do a lot of famous people do commercials? Don't they have enough money from TV shows and movies?
Labels:
Commercials
Dramatic commercials
Dramatic commercials that look like mini-movies. Why not make movies if they can make a great commercial?
Labels:
Commercials
Switched channels
It is hard enough to remember where over 100 channels are. Why do they keep switching the channels around all the time to a different number?
Labels:
Cable TV
Birds pecking on your roof
They wake you up on the morning and some peck on your roof and make annoying tapping noises.
Loud air cleaners
Why do they have the medium and high speed on these? If you use some of them on those settings, you can't hear anything in the room.
Labels:
Air Cleaners
Filter is too expensive
Having to vacuum out the air cleaner filter again because the new ones cost over $25 each to buy.
Labels:
Air Cleaners,
Money
Air cleaner filter filled
The air cleaner filter always seems filled up with dust once again.
Labels:
Air Cleaners,
Dust
Endless dust in the air
Where does all this dust come from? Even with the air cleaners on you still have to dust.
Labels:
Air Cleaners,
Dust
Cell phone features
Some of the features on cell phones are so hard to learn how to use. How did everyone learn how to use cell phones?
Labels:
Cell Phones
Only one super video input
Most of the older TV sets have only one super video input even though you have two or more electronic items to plug in.
Labels:
TV Sets
Power on light is too bright
On some electronics the led power on light is so bright you have to put tape over it. Why do they make it so bright?
Labels:
Electronics
Remote control is lost
The remote control always seems missing after someone uses it. It usually takes a few minutes to find it.
Labels:
Remote Controls
Tape left in VCR
Someone always leaves a tape in the VCR when they are done watching it. You try to put your tape in and you can't.
Labels:
VCR
Video tape ran out
Recording your favorite show on the timer and having the tape run out before the show is finished.
Labels:
VCR
Lint on clothes
Certain clothes seem to attract lint a lot more than others. Getting it off is not easy.
Labels:
Clothing
Toenail hurts in sock
Forgetting to cut your toenail and having the sock feel tight in the front. Sometimes the toenail goes through the sock.
Labels:
Socks
New socks are tight
When you buy a new pair of socks, they are always so tight at first and hard to get on until they stretch.
Labels:
Socks
No over the calf socks
It is annoying when the stores never have over the calf socks. The little ones that don't come up high don't keep you warm in winter.
Labels:
Socks
Apartment just as good
Why do some people look down on someone if they live in an apartment? What if they want to save money?
Labels:
Apartments
Loud talkers in restaurant
Why do people talk loud in the booth next to you in a restaurant when they know most people in other booths will be bothered by it?
Labels:
Eating Out,
People
Eggs burnt
Why do eggs seem to get burnt a lot of the time when you eat out when they are a simple food to make?
Labels:
Eating Out
Raising taxes don't work
Why do people keep raising taxes all the time to solve the budget problems when it never works?
Labels:
Taxes
High cable rates
It seems you need a separate job just for the cable bill since the rates go up too fast to keep track.
Hi-def channels not clear
It is nice to have hi-def channels. Now if they only came in as clear as they should be so we can watch them.
Labels:
Cable TV
Let them talk
Inviting a guest on a talk show and then attacking them and not letting them get a word in. Why invite them on?
Labels:
People,
Talk Shows
Toothpaste in sink
Someone that always spills some toothpaste and leaves it in the sink all the time.
Too much toothpaste
Everyone wants a different brand and kind of toothpaste making for a few different ones laying all over the bathroom.
Labels:
Bathroom
Sink counter all wet
Someone that washes their hands and splashes the entire sink counter with water.
No batteries for remote
Having to replace the dead batteries in the remote control and realizing that you don't have any of that size in the house.
Labels:
Remote Controls
Salesmen ringing away
People trying to sell you something that knock hard on your door or ring the bell a few times until you answer.
Labels:
Salesmen
Weather is on all at same time
Trying to listen to a few channels weatherman on the news, but they all put the weather on at the exact same minute so you can hear only one weather report.
Labels:
News
Raise don't help
Getting more money on your job and realizing that it still does little to get you richer.
Labels:
Money
Blowing leaves
Leaves blowing from the other persons house right in front of your house because they didn't rake them up.
Labels:
Autumn
No thank you
Getting someone at your door that never says thank you after you give them the candy.
Labels:
Halloween
No part for exercise machine
Keeping a good old exercise machine and having it break. Then you find out they don't make parts for it anymore.
Labels:
Exercise
Wrong fabric clothing
Forgetting and buying the fabric on clothes that itches your skin.
Labels:
Clothing
Cutting grass when damp
Cutting the lawn and finding out that it was too wet to cut. The grass does not bag as well and you have to go over it again.
Labels:
Cutting Grass
Don't step in it
Cutting the grass and stepping in dog crap that you never saw on your lawn.
Labels:
Cutting Grass
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Too much free time on vacation
Happy you have two weeks off from work but find out that you have nothing to do and want to go back.
Labels:
Vacations
How much turkey to buy
You never know for Thanksgiving how big of a turkey to buy. Sometimes too much turkey is leftover.
Labels:
Thanksgiving
Scratches on coins
Why can't they make coins that don't get nicked and get all scratches over the front and back?
Labels:
Money
Too many computer models
How many different computer models do we need to select from? I just want something that can go online.
Labels:
Computers
Mole tunnels on lawn
The moles that like to to tunnel under your grass leaving a lawn with all bumps on it.
Labels:
Animals
Dead animals on road
It always seems the road you travel on has the dead animal that nobody will pick up.
Labels:
Travel
Reporting bad news and not sad
How can it be that people can report bad news all the time on TV without being sad?
Labels:
News
People who whisper
People who whisper to their friend about you while you are all out together rather then just saying it in front of you.
Labels:
People
Toast crumbs in mayonnaise
It is so annoying when someone puts the knife in the mayonnaise jar and winds up leaving all toast crumbs in it because they are having toast.
Labels:
People
Clothes not in your color
Some clothes for some reason do not come in the color you want even though the color is popular.
Labels:
Clothing
Tags in shirts
Some of the tags in shirts where the size is written on always bother your back. The tags inside shirts should be made smaller.
Labels:
Clothing
Not many Christmas lights on block
Living on a block where not many people decorate for Christmas.
Labels:
Christmas
Straight grass cutting
Trying to cut the grass straight and finding out that you cut it totally crooked.
Labels:
Cutting Grass
People on the floor above
Hearing the people walking on the floor above you. No wonder why people like the highest floor to live on.
Labels:
Apartments
Finding a cheap apartment
Trying to find a good and cheap apartment in an age where there is no such thing as cheap.
Labels:
Apartments
Sloppy people all over
Your apartment is clean, but you find out you have sloppy neighbors on all four sides of you.
Labels:
Apartments
Only one candy counter open
Sometimes early on only one counter is open and it takes about 10 minutes before you can get the candy and are sitting.
Labels:
Movie Theaters
Rising movie ticket prices
Rising ticket prices make it that now even in the daytime it cost a lot to go.
Labels:
Money,
Movie Theaters
Too many versions of movies
Some movies on DVD have, extended cut, directors cut, international version... . Which version are you supposed to buy?
Labels:
DVD
Small cell phone buttons
Some of the cell phone buttons they make now are so small it is hard to press just one button with your finger.
Labels:
Cell Phones
Soap on show curtains
Someone getting soap on the inside of the shower curtains all the time. The soap is hard to get off.
Labels:
Bathroom
No low fat in some foods
Not having a low fat version of your favorite food. The regular fat version has too much fat and calories.
Labels:
Food
Paint never spills on TV
Watching a home show on painting your rooms never seeing any paint spill on their clothes or anything. When you paint your room, the paint gets over everything.
Labels:
Painting
Stock price went up
Thinking you will get a stock at the price today, but tomorrow the stock goes up and you wind up paying more for each share.
Labels:
Stocks
Stock commissions
Buying stocks and finding out that the commission is near $20 per order.
Labels:
Stocks
Saturday, January 10, 2009
No tax refund
Expecting a tax refund and then finding out that you owe tax at the end of the year.
Labels:
Taxes
No bench seats on cars
The cars today no longer have front bench seats it seems. These are more comfortable than bucket seats are. You have to buy an 80s car just to get a bench seat in the front.
Labels:
Cars
Beach water
Deciding to go near the water but finding out that it is not as clean as you thought it was.
Labels:
Beaches
Long load DVD times
On some DVD players, the player takes a long time to load the disc before the movie actually starts.
Labels:
DVD
VCR tracking
Having to adjust the tracking on the video tape, but it still does not work because it was taped on someone elses VCR.
Labels:
VCR
Remote controls are too big or too small
Some remote controls are just too big to hold for long. Other remotes are too small. How come they can't get the size right after over 20 years?
Labels:
Remote Controls
Four way stop signs
Four way stop signs near a school take as long as a light before you can go sometimes.
Labels:
Road Signs
Expressway signs with letters
Do we really need to have 24a, 24b, 24c, for the expressway exits? Why can't we make a new number?
Labels:
Road Signs
Bent street signs
People who like to bend a street sign so you can't read the sign without getting out of your car.
Labels:
Road Signs
Missing road signs
Someone taking the sign out of the ground and you don't what exit to get off at.
Labels:
Road Signs
No lights above the sign
It is annoying when they put a sign on the side of a road with no lights near or above the sign and you can't read it well at night.
Labels:
Road Signs
Graffiti on signs
Graffiti on road signs where the graffiti is on the number you need to see to get off at the exit.
Labels:
Road Signs
Broken road signs
Road signs that are bent over or broken and not fixed for years.
Labels:
Road Signs
Bigger selection of eyeglasses
It would be nice to have a bigger selection of eyeglasses when buying a new pair. Many styles look exactly the same.
Labels:
Eyeglasses
Exercising after a meal
Exercising after you eat and finding out that you can't move as well after a heavy meal.
Labels:
Exercise
Sit ups and six packs
Doing sit ups for years and you still don't get those six pack abs they always show you.
Labels:
Exercise
Little cent stamps
Having to use many of those little stamps worth a few cents to make up for the increase in the new priced stamps.
Labels:
Mail
Too many mail advertisements
Getting all advertisements in the mail instead of getting a check for once.
Labels:
Mail
Mail in wrong box
Your private mail getting delivered to another house instead of your own.
Labels:
Mail
Snow then sleet
Worrying about a snow storm coming, but then it turns to sleet and makes the roads even worse to travel on.
Labels:
Winter
Using car as a sled
People driving down the street fast when snow is on the ground just so they can spin their car around, at the same time coming close to your car in the street.
Labels:
Drivers