You Irk Me Things That Irk or Annoy Us

What really irks me is the last minute person. Why does everything need to happen right this minute, and be done without the proper time and planning? When you try to complete a project last minute; things don’t turn out correctly, problems arise, there is stress, and people are scurrying to get the job done. When all you need to do was start the project maybe even a week prior and things would have run a lot smoother than they are at that current moment. All you needed to do was plan properly and the project would have been completed in a time efficient manner.

When you try to do things last minute problems arise; people are only human and they make mistakes so when they are trying to multitask and take on way too many projects all at the same time things start to get mixed up. Such as booking wrong dates for non-refundable flights, trying to mail out a letter that should have an information sheet and not including the information sheet, booking last minute flights and hotels so they end up costing entirely too much money. The item at hand whether it is spending time with a person or a project when it comes to the last minute person it needs to be right this minute or not at all. Why is that? Last Minute Person you irk me! Learn how to plan better!

This is again inspired by my dad. When you are sitting in a room silently or on the train and want to just keep to yourself and someone keeps clearing their throat you wonder what is wrong with them. Do they have a medical condition and need to clear their throat every 30 seconds? If you do then I am sorry but if you do not have anything medically wrong that is causing you to clear your throat then drink some water, suck a piece of candy or do something to get the tickle out of your throat. I guess I am one to talk though but I actually have something medically wrong that is causing me to cough every few minutes but if I could control it by drinking or doing something I would.


The throat clearing sound sometimes gets so annoying that I would like to get up and give them a piece of … candy. No I was not going to say piece of my mind. I just wish they would realize that if someone is trying to concentrate on something then the throat clearing is very distracting. If you have a habit of continually clearing your throat then try to stop. You may be irritating your throat more by clearing it. Try to be courteous of people when they are working on something and control the clearing.

Hello? Hello? Can you hear me? Marie I’m on the train so I’ll have to talk low. All this is said while this woman is yelling into her phone at 8AM! Really; it is not a tin can and wire, you do not need to scream into the phone for the person on the other end to hear you. It is a mobile device it is specifically made for carrying your conversation from one place to another and it does this without you having to scream into it. So now her conversation begins and I need to hear about little Johnny and Susie the whole way into work.

I am just trying to get some sleep along with everyone else on the train; however all we can hear is this woman’s whole conversation loud and clear! While this is taking place she is receiving dirty looks and funny stares, you think this might give her the hint; hey I am being way too loud on my cell phone. Alas she doesn’t care because she wants to talk that loud and doesn’t care who she bothers. This is what really irks me; they have signs, pamphlets, and they make loud speaker announcements on the train specifically so why is it that you feel the need to yell into your cell phone?

I once saw a woman get so annoyed on the train she got up and threw a pamphlet at a woman who was yelling into her cell phone. It’s not just the train that this is done either! Stop irking me and the rest of the world! Speak softly while on your cell phone I promise you that the person on the other end can hear you we have come a long way since a tin can and wire.

Ok so this one is inspired by my father who has been a salesman for many years walking the streets traveling office to office encountering a lot of people walking down the road with him. When you are walking down a city block or anywhere for that matter you should try to pay attention to where you are walking, especially when you are texting someone on your Blackberry, iPhone or any cell phone. This is not only for the safety of others but for your safety. It irks me when people who are walking at you and are not paying attention because the next thing you know they are going to walk right into you. You are texting someone about your plans for later, your head is down and you are not paying attention to the people walking at you and you trip into them, over them or they try to avoid you and they cause some more tripping. Please pay attention to where you are going it is already against the law to text and drive already because you can cause accidents. But it is not against the law to text and walk but what if you are walking across the street and are not paying attention to a car coming down the road. It is important to try to stay safe and pay attention to your surroundings while you are texting so you do not cause an accident with someone or something.

Nothing irks someone more than when you are in the store going to the front to pay and the person in front of you decides to pay with change and does not have it ready. They are buying a cup of coffee and the cashier says the total is $1.17 or something like that and they take out all the change on the bottom of their pocket or the bottom of their pocket book. Then they start going one, two, three. Ok come on now. Have it ready and if you do not have it ready then let the person behind you go so that they do not have to wait for 20 minutes while you count out $1.17 in pennies, nickels and dimes because you did not have $2 or $1.25 to pay. In this day and age people are always in a rush and you should have your money somewhat ready when you are going up to pay for something. So please everyone who wants to pay with change have it out and ready before you get to the cashier and start counting at the counter and hold up the line.

We have all seen this happen and this is something that used to really irk me when I was waitressing. I still see it all the time; I call them kid appeasers. Instead of parenting their child they appease their child, and they are appeasing their child for bad behavior just to make them quiet! This irks me to no end; you need to parent your kids! You don’t need to give them the beating of their life for throwing a temper tantrum. You also don’t need to let them have the salt shaker to throw across the room at their server walking in; just because they were yelling that they want the salt shaker that you took out of their hands.

The child is not in charge you are in charge. Just because your child is yelling at the top of their lungs and crying does not mean you give them what they are throwing a fit over. This only makes them see the pattern that they yell and scream and you give them what they are yelling about to appease them. How does this teach your child? It doesn’t it appeases them and the next time they will do the same thing.

You need to be the parent when your child yells even though it stinks for you to have to get up from the table you need to. You need to get up and pull your child away from the table to parent them, talk to them, and let them know that this is not ok behavior for the restaurant. Instead of what most people do by giving their child the object they want to use as a throwing device.

You know when you are on an escalator and the person in front of you doesn’t seem to realize that they need to move away when they get to the destination floor they want. In order to be safe you should move away from the top or bottom when you get off right? Well it just irks me when people who decide to use the escalator and they seem to be in dream land then when they reach their destination they just stop. No movement nothing. Are they trying to determine where they are or where they want to go maybe jewelry or women’s clothing? If this is the case then move away because guess what you are going to cause an accident. The people behind you on the escalator cannot stop. The escalator itself is not going to wait until you are done deciding where you want to go in the department store. The next person behind you is going to end up right on top of you and so is the person after them.

I use to work at a Sears Department Store in the New York area and this used to happen all the time. The funny thing is there were only two floors so they should have known where they were. It was not that hard to figure out. So all of you who need to figure out where you are or where you are going after you step off an escalator please step aside so that you don't cause a pile up.

The Left Lane is for passing! Have you ever heard of this expression? Well it is true and also the law however daily I encounter people who are aimlessly going no where fast in the left lane, the supposed fast and passing lane. Why is this? Why is it that you feel the need to ride in the left hand lane especially with another car beside you so that you make it impossible for me to get around you?

So you know when you are talking to someone and they seem to not understand that even if you step back a foot that you can still hear them. They feel the need to invade your personal space. If you aren't telling someone a secret there is no reason why they need to stand so close. When someone starts to step back away from you shouldn't move forward. This body language you are seeing suggests you are too close and you are invading my space. Now what makes it even worse and irks me even more is if their breath stinks. You know that stale foul smelling breath. You want to quickly grab a Listerine strip and give it to them but oops you forgot you just ran out. I am definitely not deaf and if you don't mind I would like to keep my sense of smell intact. I do not need to know what you had for lunch because whatever it is it smells like something crawled up into your mouth and died.


People should pay attention to how close they stand to people and try to carry around some mint gum or Listerine strips or something. I know I have breath spray and mouth wash in my desk at work so before I go to a meeting I can make sure I don't have stinky breath.

This happens at least once a week and sometimes the person is really out of control about it. I am allowed to drive in the HOV lane when I have myself and my daughter in the car even though she is in a car seat. Just because I have one of those sun shades on her window doesn't mean there isn't someone in the seat. It really irks me when people feel that they have to drive up next to me while I am in the HOV lane and gesture that there needs to be two people in the car. They are not gesturing with their middle finger they are holding up two fingers getting mad at me that I am using the HOV lane. Then they come into the HOV lane and then roll their window down to continue to gesture with two fingers and then motioning me to get out of the HOV lane. I am not driving too slow I was following behind a line of cars so they are not gesturing me with their middle finger.

It just irks me that people don't think that someone sitting in a car seat counts as a person. I went so far as to check and it is allowed so they can just stop being so annoying. It is even worse when a police car comes out and seems to be pulling next to me to check. I start to get nervous that I am doing something wrong and then they look over at me and see my daughter in the carseat and keep moving. My heart skips when this happens because I don't want to get pulled over.

Have you ever encountered a person who has a staring problem? It feels as if they are going to stare right through you. You try to look away from them hoping it will deter them from burning a hole though your head; but alas this is no use you turn back around and they are still staring at you. You really feel like asking them to take a picture because it will last them longer. The thing that really irks me is when someone who is not alone does this. They are with someone and clearly they are staring you down; why is this?? Can you not stare at the person you are with? Don’t look at me in amazement and awe we don’t know each other, we don’t speak to one another, and we will never know each other so stop staring! You know the saying keep your hands to yourself well keep your eyes to yourself too. There is no reason for you to be staring me down, unless of course there is something on my face… Is there?? Nope there isn’t… Here wait I think I have my camera I’ll snap you a photo!

Ok so this really irks me. Have you ever been driving behind someone and they have their directional on and it has been on for miles? I would like to know if leaving it on makes them happy or is it because they like to annoy the person behind them. There are many times which they can turn and redeem themselves but they don’t.

Are they going to make that right hand turn or not? Should I go around them? Can’t they see the directional flashing on their dashboard? Can’t they hear it? Have they ever taken driver training? They really need to pay attention to important defensive driving techniques because it means you are going to turn if your directional is on! It seems they are in their own little world. Are they going to turn or not…. Oh maybe not. Now are they going to turn or not….This is especially annoying when driving in a multi-lane highway. If I want to move to another lane I am worried that they might finally want to turn and cause me to get in an accident. So please everyone turn your directional off if you are not going to turn or change lanes.