30 Mildly Infuriating Times Life Got On People’s Nerves This Month
There’s a difference between something that ruins your day and something that just slightly bothers you for no good reason.
Like a tile that’s one shade off from the rest of the floor. Or a sticker that won’t peel clean. Nothing’s wrong, technically. Everything functions. But something in your brain won’t let it go.
The Mildly Infuriating subreddit is basically a support group for people who notice stuff like this and need the world to know about it.
1. “I have been writing a fun fact every week on an unused whiteboard at the office. Someone clearly doesn’t like it.”
2. “Amazon said it was delivered 2 weeks ago. Couldn’t find it, snow finally melted a bit. (1/2 mile away from house)”
3. “It’s 3am. There are no lights on in my house. My neighbour has installed a floodlight that lights up my house (including my bedroom) from 7pm to 7am every night.”
4. “How my boyfriend packed up a moving box with kitchen stuff while I was at work”
5. “For first grade math… stressed my son out lol literally impossible”
6. “My co-worker’s handwriting.”
7. “$21.65 extra per $20 ticket + $5.50 on top”
8. “While my family with young kids were staying at this airbnb, a old man walked into the backyard and started draining the pool.”
9. “Less than 24 hours after spending $400 to replace my car window it is broken into again.”
10. “People who just leave their stuff on a workout machine and disappear for 15min! I only needed 10min I could have been done already.”
11. “Old Navy thinks this is enough to cover a 3x crotch”
12. “This bloke putting his filthy shoes on the train seat, blasting netflix at full volume and vaping.”
13. “Puppy Finds This in Duffle Night Before Travelling Abroad”
14. “Netflix’s new anti-password sharing rules have taken effect”
15. “My ex accidentally used my bank account to pay her mortgage and I got this response when I asked her to pay me back”
16. “Customer service suggested I ‘Smash it with a hammer’. This is the 3rd time this month.”
17. “The break room at my job”
18. “My wife never finishes water bottles. Just always grabs a new one! Hours ago I just cleaned up a ton of her left over ones.”
19. “Eggo Waffles now look and taste like plain white flour. So many companies have changed to cheaper ingredients but jacked up prices at the same time.”
20. “Public restroom stalls with… viewing windows? Why?”
21. “Brought a book to read on the bus. All of the pages are out of order.”
22. “My microwave noodles came in a bowl that is not microwave safe.”
23. “Back started hurting after tennis in my new shoes”
24. “Spilled red candle wax on my white bed sheets”
25. “We’ve been sitting in the movie theater waiting for it to start for over 30 minutes now”
26. “This is why I hate letting people borrow stuff “
27. “Just caught a neighbour ‘walking their dog’ by car.”
28. “Boss is trying to prevent me (casual employee) from calling in sick”
29. “Trying not to order out so I got some quick frozen foods for my pregnancy cravings. Wasn’t expecting much but the minimum would’ve been nice, like say the mac and cheese.”
30. “Amazon putting [speaking Japanese] over the text showing the literal words”
