‘What insignificant thing winds you up more than it should?’ – 22 people who can’t help sweating the small stuff

Wise people love to say that you shouldn’t let minor difficulties drive you crazy. Which is all well and good, but if you’re also dealing with major difficulties then it’s usually the small, day-to-day ones that tip you over the edge.

Over on the AskUK subreddit, user Secure_Front_7766 shared the things that break the camel’s back for them:

‘What insignificant thing, that has no effect in your life, winds you up more than it should?’

And they kicked things off like this.

‘One of mine is how every McDonalds has an ice cream machine but they’re always ‘broken’. May as well not even have them… and don’t get me started on how 95% of the self service machines don’t print a receipt and make you have to remember your code.

‘Or that the hand dryers in public loos that have a timer on them! I’ll be the judge of how dry my hands are, you passive aggressive little box!

‘Let me know yours!’

And it turns out that little quibbles have an overly large effect on other people too, like these…

1.

‘Automatic doors that open r-e-a-l-l-y s-l-o-o-o-w-l-y. Life is short! I don’t want to waste it standing around waiting for doors to open!’
–ACharredCell

2.

‘The fucking Domino’s advert.’
–ProofLegitimate9990

3.

‘People who stink of weed on the bus. How hard is it to change clothes or spray a bit of Febreeze before leaving the hot box.’
–pompombum

4.

‘People who go round the supermarket on the phone to the other half asking if they want this or that or this?’
–Ok_Introduction_1882

5.

‘2-step verification on fucking everything. I know it’s for my security, but it doesn’t prevent it from getting on my nerves every time I have to wait for a text or an email to verify absolutely everything I’m trying to log into. Then there’s the ones that absolutely don’t need that level of security. I’ve given up trying to log into my Boots account online because they simply won’t accept that I am who I say I am.’
–ChelseaMourning

6.

‘When I ask more than one question in an email, but only get either the first one, or the easiest one, answered. Even if I title the email ‘Some Questions’ and write Hi – I have a few questions. I don’t know where I’m going wrong, and I don’t know why it enrages me so much.’
–Adventurous-Read-765

7.

‘Mine is people walking in the road for absolutely no reason at all. The pavement is empty and it’s literally right there!’
–Sorry_Information749

8.

‘As a contrast, I hate it when cars park way too much on the pavement, to the point pedestrians have to walk on the road.’
–Superb-Orange-8161

9.

‘Other people wearing coats on a hot day, also other people wearing shorts on a cold day.

Stop it.’
–Moppo_

10.

‘People walking slow in front of me and blocking the pavement, even if I’m not in a rush it really annoys me. I think I’m incapable of walking slowly.’
–simont410

11.

‘The direction doors swing on public toilets. Yes, I’ve just washed my hands, but now to leave the toilet I need to grab onto that filthy door handle (that is no doubt dripping with piss, considering how few people wash their hands). Just give me a door I can push with my elbow to get out of.’
–Lampshadevictory

12.

‘People and their use of language. When people write “loose” instead of “lose” or “slither” instead of “sliver” I become irrationally angry.’
–yellowsubmarine45