Nate
Life is full of little annoyances—the kind that make you sigh, shake your head, and question everything. Impossible-to-open packaging, absurdly long receipts, and the person microwaving fish at work all qualify. Some things are just designed to test your patience.
If you’ve ever stared at something so mildly infuriating that it ruined your whole mood for a solid five minutes, this one’s for you. Here are some mildly infuriating moments that had people sighing in solidarity this week.
1. “I clean a few houses on the side. Found this under a rug, pls don’t tell me they’re not pulling the ‘if they don’t bring the money to you, they didn’t clean under the rug. if the money is gone, they stole from you’ test”
2. “Instead of a jungle gym, McDonald’s Play Place is just two screens…”
“I didn’t take this photo but I found it online and it pissed me off.
Children don’t do physical activity anymore but instead are fixated on screens.
The next generation is truly an IPad generation smh…”
3. “My teacher marked me wrong because Africa is now a country”
4. “The yellow squares shouldn’t be yellow”
5. “I was scrolling TikTok and saw this. Whyyyy would they do that”
6. “My 4 year old measuring cup vs my grandmother’s 30+ year old measuring cup”
“Mine is half useless at this point, while grandmas is still going strong”
7. “Owners of expensive SUV asking for free drinks.”
8. “I’m allergic to my new face cleanser… on photo day”
9. “Despite seeing multiple docs, my eye watered excessively for 7 years until I took this picture”
“If people could see only my right eye, they would often think I’m crying.”
10. “Italian Espresso Packed Under Pressure”
11. “How every single ‘this weekday meal only takes 15 minutes to make!’ video starts.”
12. “never met an e-scooter owner I’ve liked”
“there isn’t room for my granny cart :(“
13. “Virtual reality enables students to go on a field trip without leaving their school”
14. “I glued this coin to the ground when i was a kid. 10 years later i tried to pick it up and fooled myself”
15. “My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined”
“I found cookies in a cookie tin!”
16. “One of my roommates ruined the wok my mom bought for me”
“Moved to a new place a year ago. When I settled, my parents visited me and since I had nothing mine yet, my mom went to the supermarket and bought me a wok. It’s not very expensive, but it was a gift.
I came back two days ago after being away for a couple of months. Today, I wanted to cook something and that is how I found my wok.
Nobody told me anything, nor apologized. Nothing. How do you even ruin it that bad in just two months?
And as a side note, they never clean after themself when they’re done cooking, there’s food on the bench. I’m tired.”
17. “I said I wanted a half inch on the top and a high skin fade”
“Guess which word the stylist claims she didn’t hear.
At least they made sure it was all even and didn’t charge anything.
It could be a lot worse, but it still sucks.”
18. “This question in my student’s textbook.”
19. “The ‘I’ll only have soup, I really don’t want fries’ hand”
20. “2 Men Arrested After Allegedly Destroying Beloved Paddington Statue in Author’s Hometown”
21. “It was 50 degrees and raining when I went to bed”
22. “Apparently parking at your assigned spot with the Tesla charger coming out of your garage was too hard”
“The owners spot is right next to mine but decided today to block me off and have me be late for work.
Normally I’d contact the management office first, but they don’t open for a few hours so, here I am going on 1 hour of waiting for a tow.”
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24. “Literally 1 minute before my job interview on Zoom”
“I have only myself to blame”
25. “Bra self destructed on my body – twice”
“Red one was first about a month ago – I’ve been saving it to figure out if I want to fix it.
Tan one was today. They appear to be the same design so I won’t repurchase.”
26. “My dad waited for almost two years for his pineapple to grow. He found this.”
27. “My house was built on a landfill”
28. “Missed my bus because everyone was trying to film a fight in front of the exit”
“They made the buses leave like 5 minutes early and had to wait until I could get another ride”
29. “My brothers TV settings”
“Doctor house is f-ing red”
30. “Just checked in to my hotel for the night and it looks like someone left their sock.”
31. “Bought these candies for my boyfriend cause he said they were his favourite, opened them up and they all look like this.”
“These are almond roca. They appear to be covered in an oily silver substance.
Any ideas on why this happened? Best before date is indicating good till next year.”
32. “what is the point of putting the illusion of pockets instead of just putting pockets”
“these are my WORK pants the pants i use for my JOB what is the point of not having pockets on my WORK PANTS. give me my pockets PLEASE”
33. “Well what is this world even”
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35. “I just wanted some tenders, man”
“I usually get my Bojangles Supremes fully cooked, but I guess they’re switching things up at my local restaurant.
Unfortunately, I ate one that wasn’t as bad as these. I went to have a second one but decided to open it since I thought it felt dense bc of a tendon or something. Nope.”
36. “Why is this cup designed for baby fingers”
“You have to hold it with your fingers without proper grip so the weight isn’t distributed evenly. Slightly annoying.”
37. “Pi day not being celebrated on 3.14”
38. “My co workers tea cup, he refuses to wash it because ‘it’s perfectly seasoned’ (we drink tea with milk in my country!!)”
39. “Our employee appreciation gift”
40. “I didn’t want to use the sidewalk anyway”
h/t: Reddit