My 9 Favorite Most Annoying Things in the World
Irritation can be a good source of learning
We live in a world of stress. Nothing goes as planned, and everything is annoying once we get out of our cozy home nest. Curved balls come at us from every direction. On the street, at work, and depending on our mood, anything can be annoying. My list is about deep psychological irritations. Everyone has one thing or another that pushes their button. I hope you enjoy these annoying things I carefully selected.
#9 PEOPLE CROSSING THE STREETS WHILE TEXTING
People walking and texting and looking at their phone is already very irritating. But crossing the streets and texting is the next level. This one irritates me because I feel the pedestrian is ignoring me. This behavior, to me, is a perfect illustration of the level of stupidity humanity has reached. I feel like I’m responsible for this idiot while he is the one putting himself in danger. Good job, dumb dumb.
#8 THE BACKGROUND SOUND OF FAMILY FEUD
If there were ever a contest for the most annoying, irritating, and distracting background sound — the Family Feud Show would win with flying colors. There is an intermittent loud bell that could sound at any time, a loud buzzer, the audience applause, and the most annoying music ever composed for game shows. If you ever have to work trying to concentrate and hear this background sound, you’ll know the degree of annoyance I’m talking about.
#7 PEOPLE THAT TAKE YOUR PEN AND NEVER BRING IT BACK
Someone will borrow it if you leave your pen antedated for even 5 seconds at work. They say to you, “I’ll bring it right back,” but we all know that never happens. At best, they forget it and leave it in an obscure spot in a magical place where a small back hole appears and sucks your pen right out of this universe. The other lost pair of socks goes to the same place. Either they forgot to bring it back, or they had a deliberate plan of stealing the pen from you. The result of both hypotheses is that you’ll never see your pen again.
#6 STEPPING ON A LITTLE TOY AT NIGHT
You know you are a father or mother when you wake up in the middle of the night to tend to your crying baby and step barefoot on a hard plastic toy. I will never forget the night I stepped on Batman’s head, and his complex plastic nose almost pierced my naked foot. I realized my life would never be the same again at that instant. This is a kind of existential irritation. But nonetheless, an irritation.
#5 A TEENAGE DAUGHTER ASKING YOU FOR A RIDE
You raised your little kids, and now you think you’re done. But as your teenage daughter, who doesn’t drive, asks you to take her somewhere, you’re reminded that you’re not done yet. And there are many years more of taking her somewhere.
#4 PEOPLE WHO TAKE TWO PARKING SPACES
This is an interesting and strange one. This is obviously a favorite in many lists but there is a catch. We are mad at somebody who we think of as a conniver and ill-intended person. “Check out this guy; he just doesn’t care about anybody; how selfish is he?” But in reality, it might not be true at all. Sometimes is not the person’s fault. For example, you parked just right only using one space, but when the car in front or back leaves, it might create larger spaces making you look bad. But we love to have these imaginary annoying individuals. It is kind of delicious to be annoyed.
#3 STARE TOO MUCH IN THE EYE
Every time you talk to them is like having a job interview. Some people speak to you, and they want you to look in their eyes the entire time. They think somehow, if you don’t, you are not telling the truth. I happen not to like to look in someone’s eyes the whole time. I find it unpleasant and distracting because I want to concentrate on hearing what they have to say. Not that I can’t stare, I find I don’t need to do that all the time.
#2 EATING BUBBLE GUM MAKING LOUD SOUNDS
There is not too much to explain here. This is simply one of the most annoying things in the world and only loses to the number one item below.
# 1 DONALD TRUMP
This man personifies irritation. All bullies, lairs, aggressive and intolerant persons out there is a reflection of Donald Trump. It is like he represents all the annoying people in the world. He is the president of irritation. He has an uncanny ability to irritate everyone. His annoying personality is one of a genius. Everything he says and does is irritating. He is irritating to the planet, the young, and the old. His irritational level is off the charts. He can cause not only psychological irritation but it can physical irritation. Trump rashes.
How can we use our irritations for self-reflection
What irritates me? The “me” part is essential because irritations don’t exist by themselves. They do have any evil intention or premeditated purpose to annoy you. They irritate you because it is a reaction created in yourself.
Whatever irritates you is a gold mine of exploration. So instead of avoiding your irritations, you should stay with them for some time and savor them. By doing that you’ll have a chance to change how you feel about your irritation and discover why it pushes your buttons.
The world is not perfect and chances are, we adapt to it. The world is certainly not adapting to us
Notice when you are in a good mood, fewer things irritate you because you simply don’t let them irritate you. The more out of it you are the more irritated you become. This, in turn, lets us know that is not the world but the irritations are all within ourselves. Change yourself and all irritations will disappear.
What is your favorite annoying thing?
