#925 Miniature golf courses that don't have the "19th hole"

Anyone that knows anything knows that the real winner of a mini golf outing is the person who can win the free game at the 19th hole.

Simple? Yes.
The most important hole? Yes.

The 19th hole is that hole that usually requires a very straight shot to travel up a very narrow ramp and land into a hole surrounded by obstacles. Sometimes, its a hole that requires accurate aim to hit a moving target. Other times, it's a hole involving ramps and moving obstacles. Whatever the hole may be, it's where the real challenge of mini golf lies. It wipes the slate clean. What would you rather say, that you had the lowest score at the end of 18 holes or that you were the only one to win a free game on the 19th hole? Winner of this hole not only gets a free game and an ego boost, accompanied by gratification of flashing lights and crazy sounds, but also gets bragging rights until the next time you play mini golf.

It's completely understandable to choose your miniature golf course based on their 19th hole. Guess what non-19th-hole-offerers? We're not choosing you.

It's just slightly annoying.

#926 When the refrigerator beeps while you're still looking through it

Not only do refrigerators beep at us,
they also stare at us,

Hey refrigerator, I'm going to take as much time as I want when deciding what I want out of you, so keep your big mouth quiet. I don't beep at you when you're taking too long to make ice, do I?

Either refrigerators are getting paged on their beepers at all the wrong times or this is one impatient appliance.

It's just slightly annoying.

#927 Switching radio stations and hearing the same song

Shouldn't it be someone's job to make sure their top 40 radio station isn't playing the same song as another top 40 station? There's only about forty songs on a top 40 radio station.  Forty. That's not a lot of songs. Obviously there's a good chance one station is overlapping with another station. If someone if flipping to your radio station, they probably didn't want to hear what was on the other station. Pretty complicated logic, I know.

Hey radio stations, hire some free interns and have them get on that.

It's just slightly annoying.

#928 The size of free cups of water

Contrary to this photograph, Starbucks is
 not guilty of this slight annoyance.
You get the picture though.

We need water to survive. Water comprises 60% of our bodies. This earth is almost entirely covered in water. Everyone likes water. Literally, everyone.

Regardless of how much we love water, when we order a cup of water at most restaurants and food establishments, we are given an undersized cup of water. This water cup is smaller than its soda-filled counterparts and unfulfilling over the course of the meal. This inadequately sized cup leads to a lot of waiting time for refills and an unhappy food experience altogether.

It's just slightly annoying.

#929 Having to wait even when you got in the 10 items or less line

I feel like I'm doing some sort of service by keeping my shopping list below 10 items. It's a service to the cashier, the grocery store and the world. I always think "oh, the cashier will be so happy that they only have to check out my 10 items or less and not some shopping cart full of stuff."

Judging by the pictures on this express lane,
this seems like a fun place to shop.

By purposely limiting the grocery list, simply not needing a lot of groceries, or even having few items by chance, there should be some sort of gratification you receive in return. That gratification should come in the form of an extremely brief waiting time. Waiting in line isn't something you'd expect to do in the 10 items or less line. If everyone actually does have 10 items or less, there shouldn't be a long line, if any at all. This is the express line, let's keep it express.

It's just slightly annoying.

#930 The noise of a motorcycle at an inappropriate time

Nothing ruins a nice, relaxing time like the noise of a motorcycle ripping through the air. Forget conversing over a quiet dinner, forget lying around in the park and forget sitting down to read a book on the porch. Just when you hit that point of relaxation, your ears will be bombarded with the slightly annoying cacophony that motorcyclists love oh so much.

I wonder if having the most disruptive vehicle in town is a point of pride.

It's just slightly annoying.

#931 Black licorice

I don't care what country you hail from, what ethnicity you are, what you believe in or anything of that sort...everyone knows that black licorice, and black licorice flavored things, is the worst kind of candy out there. It has a taste that can't quite be put into words, but if I had to try, it would be something like "bleeghh." How could such a licorice be sold in stores? My theory is that it's not sold at all; black licorice is just red licorice gone bad. Instead of taking it off the shelves, candyshop owners just leave it there and get lucky when the few people in the world that eat black licorice decide to buy some.

Maybe you need to be 65 years old or older to enjoy black licorice, because it seems like a lot of older generations don't seem to mind. Any 65 year old readers out there care to comment? Back in their day though, you had to walk 15 miles, uphill, in the blizzarding snow if you wanted to go to the candy store; any candy was probably worth it.

It's just slightly annoying.

#932 The crusty build-up of toothpaste on your toothpaste tube

This is one of those things where you say, "eh, I'll clean it tomorrow," and then tomorrow rolls around and you find yourself saying the same thing. The same routine will follow for days, and then weeks.

Eventually, you'll hit the breaking point. This breaking point usually occurs when you're squeezing the toothpaste and there's barely anything coming out because it can't get through the dried, crusty, old toothpaste that has accumulated around the opening of the tube. The only solution to this is to use your fingers to pick apart the crust and clean the opening. It feels disgusting and it's slightly annoying, sure, but can you really be angry when you could have prevented this by just rubbing off the specks of drying toothpaste on day one? Yet another slight annoyance is caused by procrastination.

It's just slightly annoying.

#933 Morning breath

Why is it that when we wake up, our breath smells like we've been chewing on roadkill that's been puked on? Am I the only one that makes a considerable effort not to breathe on anyone when I wake up?

It's just slightly annoying.

#934 That one room in everyone's house that's off limits

A rare peak into an off-limits
room.

Thinking about throw pillows leads one to think about all of the unnecessary things in a house. Of all of these unnecessary things, the biggest one has got to be "that room."

Most houses have a room that is apparently more special than the others. It's usually where out of the ordinary events are held, like Thanksgiving dinner or fancy brunches. Occasions like these are the only times you're allowed to set foot in that room. There are too many fancy trinkets, fragile ornaments, frilly throw pillows and over-the-top decorations in this room to be able to utilize it for any practical purpose. You've got to be careful before stepping foot into that room (which probably has carpet that your feet are not worthy of) or you'll get a (stupid and unnecessary) yelling that you won't (take seriously and that you'll) soon forget. That room isn't for being inside of, you idiot. It's for looking at and admiring from afar. Enjoy using it less than 3 times out of the 365 days of the year.

It's just slightly annoying.

I'm sure throw pillows and off-limits rooms aren't the only slightly annoying things to be found in our homes. Let us know what you think by posting here, tweeting here, or commenting on this post.

#935 Throw pillows

12+ pillows on one bed, really? That means 11+ pillows
soon to be on the ground and all over the room.

Flopping down on your bed after an exhausting day is one of the best feelings in the world. Why would you want to have to do the work of removing several pillows before doing the satisfying bed-flop, every time? Who cares if they're decorative? They're in my spot.

It's just slightly annoying.

#936 Getting in and out of a hammock

This picture must have been taken after
the 20 minute struggle.

A hammock is a great way to relax. Gently rocking on a hammock in the nice breeze on a warm day takes your mind to states of relaxation that nothing else can.

For some reason, when we see a hammock, our mind goes to that sense of perfect relaxation. We forget one important roadblock to relaxation. That roadblock is the struggle we encounter when trying to get into the hammock. Chances are likely that the hammock will flip and toss us onto the ground, hurting us both physically and emotionally as we are embarrassed by an inanimate object.

A more realistic picture of where you
will end up.

Do you sit down and then flip your legs over? Do you grip it with your hands and try to jump onto it? Do you tag team the whole process with a buddy? There's many ways to attempt to get in the hammock, but first-time success rates are definitely low. It may just be a mind over matter thing. Don't take no for an answer; that hammock must be conquered and relaxation much be achieved. Regardless of how you do it, get yourself on that hammock and show that thing who's boss.

You can be assured that the hard work will pay off...until you attempt to gracefully leave the hammock.

It's just slightly annoying.

#937 The touchdown-commercial-kickoff-commercial combination

For as great as watching football on television is, it doesn't come without its slightly annoying tendencies. This phenomenon really puts a damper on any celebrating that follows a score.

You scored, yay! Now you get to sit through a terrible Geico or Jared Diamonds commercial in addition to a few others before you get back to football.

Kickoff to get things going again, yay! Sit through another terrible Geico or Jared commercial and a few other repeats.

Can't the TV gods find a better filler for after touchdowns and kickoffs? What would be wrong with switching to highlights, other games, or watching the cheerleaders? Oh, right, nothing.

It's just slightly annoying.

#938 Gray leftover snow

Ah, there's nothing like waking up to see a new, fresh coat of powdery snow on the ground. But time is cruel. As days go by, the snow begins to lose its glamour and color. While there may be nothing like a fresh coat of snow, there's also nothing like the piles of dirty, gray, disgusting snow that accumulate on the sides of streets, in parking lots and on the sides of your driveway. These piles of snow aren't fun to play with, look at, or even be in the presence of. They're just...there.

Talk about the eyesore of the season.

It's just slightly annoying.

#939 The discrepancy between the temperature and what if "feels" like

If you're not aware of this discrepancy, you should stop reading this post immediately and head over to weather.com. Once there, type in your zipcode and find the current weather. Here, you'll find two numbers. One number is the actual temperature and the other number is what it really "feels like." The discrepancy between these numbers can be pretty significant, enough that you might even reconsider your wardrobe.

This discrepancy begs an obvious question. Why is there any difference between the temperature and the real feel? This difference seems stupid. If the temperature is 43 degrees, why does it feel like 37 degrees? Does the thermometer not feel what we feel? That thermometer must be feeling just as cold or just as hot as we are. So why even say it's 37 degrees when it's really 43 degrees?

It's just slightly annoying.

#940 Hearing songs that have sirens in them while you're driving

Check the mirrors and look over your shoulder as much as you want. If you're listening to music, there's a good chance that there won't be any red and blue lights flashing behind you.

One of these days, a song that has a siren in it will cause an accident. Some unsuspecting listener will be checking mirrors and hit something before he or she realizes it was a false alarm. This accident will lead to a movement toward banning siren-containing songs on the radio.

Okay, maybe that's a bit radical, but let's at least acknowledge the slight annoyance that these songs cause before any type of incident does occur. These songs are the cause of so many unnecessary mirror checks, over-the-shoulder glances and skipped heartbeats. If it's your music that you're listening to, then you listen at your own risk, but would anyone really mind if police sirens weren't ever played over the radio?

It's just slightly annoying.

#941 True/false test questions that state "if false, make true"

The slight indication of a smirk
tells us that this student was
living in a blissful 50-50
true/false era.

Once upon a time, we lived in a world where you could take a test, guess on a true-false question and have a 50-50 chance at getting the question correct.

And then things took a turn for the worse. Some teacher, somewhere, wisened up to our favorable test-taking scenario . This teacher decided to eliminate the 50-50 question and add a nice little curveball to it. This curveball, the addition of the "if false, make true" statement, would ensure that students would continue to be miserable all the way through the test, instead of just part of it. It's like teachers expect students to know all of the material or something, it's weird.

It's just slightly annoying.

#942 Drinking and walking

The culprit of many mishaps.

This is one of the most difficult combinations of actions, given two conditions. You aren't using a straw and you are drinking out of something with a wide opening. The most common example would probably be attempting to drink out of a Nalgene bottle while walking.

The feeling of apprehension right before the water reaches the lip of the bottle is terrifying. You hear the sloshing of water as ferocious rapids start to form in the water as it rushes toward your mouth. It doesn't matter how gingerly you tip that bottle, because when it's all said and done, there is a 100% chance that  you will end up with water all over your face and shirt.

Completely stopping in your tracks to take a sip is your only chance of a remaining dry, but then you run the risk of someone not expecting the sudden stop and bumping into you. This bump will also result in water all over your face and shirt, and now you've ended up with the same result.

Judging by how satisfied he looks,
he's clearly not drinking and walking.

What have we learned? Don't drink and walk and don't stop and drink. Your best two options are pulling off to the side of people-traffic and sipping, or finding a straw (making sure it's not broken) and utilizing that great invention.

It's just slightly annoying.

#943 Texting with gloves on

Are cold fingers worth the
ability to text?

'Tis the season for cold weather and glove wearing. That also means that 'tis the season for jumbled texts and frustrated texters. Mentally prepare yourself to be hitting four buttons instead of one every time you attempt to type a letter. A mental preparation will help you keep your cool in times where you simply can't type what you're trying to say. But don't worry parents and older generations, the younger generation could never understand your texts anyway.

It's just slightly annoying.

#944 When girls wear absurdly large sunglasses

The world is totally glad that this "fashion" trend caught on. It's SO attractive. Eventually, girls will realize how dumb they've looked throughout all of these years and the world will return back to normal, with people wearing things that aren't sized for the Yeti.

Is this cool? Are girls evolving into insects?

It's just slightly annoying.

#945 NFL teams that play in a dome

Hey NFL dome teams, here are some
drinks for your fans' tailgates.

Hey Cardinals, Falcons, Cowboys, Lions, Colts, Vikings, Saints and Rams...man up. If teams like the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears can fight it out during the winter, I think that you guys can toughen up a bit. Some of your fans may argue that you have a retractable roof, not a dome. You'd be lucky if die hard fans even gave you the time of day to laugh at you upon hearing that argument.

Sorry about your luck fans of dome-teams. It may be out of your hands (unless you're out there reading this Jerry Jones), but you just won't ever be able to say you braved the brutal weather to show your unrelenting support for your team. What can you possibly have on any fan that has done that? You have the same thing the Dallas Cowboys have to show for this season....nothing.

It's just slightly annoying.

#946 The funny bone

There's nothing funny about hitting your funny bone. Whoever named it the funny bone had a pretty sick sense of humor. How did it get such a midleading name? To find out, we turn to the source that has helped write our school papers since 3rd grade. Wikipedia tells us: 

This name is thought to be a pun, based on the sound resemblance between the name of the bone of the upper arm, the "humerus" and the word "humourous." Alternatively, according to the OED it may refer to "the peculiar sensation experienced when it is struck."

The funny bone isn't as funny
as this girl's face is.

So, there you have it. It's a pun. Neat. You know what else it is? Painful. When you hit your funny bone, I bet you're not immediately commenting on the irony or the pun. A hit to the funny bone is more likely to be followed by some, uh, colorful words. Wikipedia also tells us that the funny bone isn't a bone at all, it's a nerve! More reasons to be angry when the pain strikes. Thankfully, the pain (accompanied by that weird tingly feeling) is short lived and life moves on. 

It's just slightly annoying.

#947 Being unable to untie a knot that you tied

On second thought, maybe you shouldn't have tied that shoelace so tight. Hopefully no one will know that you're the one that got yourself into this predicament. Way to go Einstein.

It's just slightly annoying.

#948 When a lemon seed falls to the bottom of your drink

When a lemon seeds falls to the bottom of your drink, it's not only slightly annoying, but it's also slightly dangerous. We have to sip our drink in the constant fear that the lemon seed is going to zip up through the straw, get lodged in our throat and kill us. Don't act like that's not crossing your mind when you see that seed falling gracefully and slowly to the bottom of your glass. I, for one, would rather not sip my drink in constant fear.

Luckily, there's a solution to this problem. A solution that requires physics and actual skill. This solution consists of jabbing the seed with your straw, so it's stuck across the submerged end of the straw. Once you have it cornered, you can begin the extraction. To extract said lemon seed, pucker up and suck that straw fairly hard, forcing the seed to be stuck to the end of your straw, allowing you to do the suck-and-lift technique to bring it to the top. Don't get lazy as you lift up, because there's still the challenge of getting past the ice and then holding the seed there out in open air. Once you've successfully extracted the lemon seed, high fives are in order. Congratulations, you cheated death.

It's just slightly annoying.

#949 Picking up the ball while playing ping pong

Ping pong, the sport that you could play for hours on end if it weren't for having to chase or find or pick up the ball every twenty seconds. Bending over and over again to pick up the ball really takes a toll on you. Why do you think there are now ball boys at tennis matches? They clearly got fed up with the ball retrieval aspect of the sport and took action. Nicely done tennis people of the world. Now how do the rest of us simpletons go about getting a ball boy of our own for our lowly exhibition matches in our basement?

It's just slightly annoying.

#950 Cold toilet seats

Nothing wakes you up faster than
a cold toilet.

We know when the toilet seat is going to be cold. It's a a terrible apprehension for the feeling of discomfort about to come.

The cold toilet seat is the reason for the good ol' seat hover. Yeah, you know the one. It's the move where your pants are already down and you hover your naked butt a couple inches above the seat, mentally preparing. Slowly, you lower yourself with a hilarious look of discomfort on your face, and boom, we have touch down. Hang in there. Luckily, we must have some really warm bodies, and the seat is warmed up in a matter of seconds. Go human bodies, woo. The cold toilet seat must be the toilet's revenge of having us sit on it all of the time.

Touche toilet seat, touche.

It's just slightly annoying.

 ...on an unrelated note, happy thanksgiving to all of the readers celebrating tonight!

#951 Cicadas

I will admit that the sounds of these insects on a warm summer night is quite relaxing sometimes. But sometimes, all we want is the comforting noise of silence. Complete and utter silence. In this world, finding complete silence is such a rarity; when we do find complete silence though, there's truly something special about it.

Cicadas are not cool with silence, making noise at all times, in all places. For that, we cannot be cool with cicadas. What are they saying to each other for 8 hours straight through the night anyway? Hey cicada, we don't yell to our friends right outside of our houses, so why are you always doing it to us?

It's just slightly annoying.

#952 Drying off with a towel that's already wet

Of course there are many scenarios where this slight annoyance occurs, but as much as we don't want to admit it, the most common of all towel mishaps is our own fault.

Sharing towels at the beach or by the pool seems like a good idea at first. Everything is great for the lucky one to get to use the towel first. But then it's your turn. As you take the towel from your buddy, you will most likely be letting out a defeating sigh of disappointment when you realize that the towel is damp all over. Not only is it wet, but it's also cold. It's far from what you're looking for in the dry-off experience. What's that saying? Sharing is caring? Clearly, that's not always the case.

It's just slightly annoying.

#953 Getting pants off while wearing shoes

Taking off your pants (or someone else's pants) is usually a pretty simple, pretty easy and pretty awesome activity. Go ahead, take off your pants right now. Doesn't that feel good?

One man simply does
not have the time to deal
with pants shenanigans.

The answer is yes, that feels great. For those of you who have your shoes on however, you will probably find yourself in disagreement. Keeping the shoes on during the pants removal process is a guaranteed way to add a slightly annoying 3+ minutes to the process. Everything will be going so well as you slide down your pants when all of the sudden, bam, you hit your ankles, where your shoes say to your pants "no, this is as far as you go." You'll fight through the awkward stage of pulling your pants legs around shoes, one a time, thinking to yourself how stupid you were for not taking off your shoes. And that's just the best case scenario. Worst case scenario? This pants-off maneuver leads to the embarrassment of falling on your face, and let me tell you, your face is not a fan of falling on itself.
 

No pants problems here.

Snap pants should be socially acceptable for all ages and environments. I wouldn't mind seeing some snap pants around the office, or seeing the groom walk down the aisle in a solid pair of snaps.

It's just slightly annoying.

#954 When people forget their turn signal is on

Don't you people hear that ticking noise? Don't you see the blinking signal?

To those people in the left lane with their left turn signal on, or in the right lane with their right turn signal on. Oh, really? You're turning left now, off the road, into the median? Go for it.

It's just slightly annoying.

#955 Having a hole in your straw

This child would simply not have the
strength required to drink through
a broken straw.

Drinking through a straw is great. Drinking through a straw that has a hole/slit in it, not so much. The drinking experience is just not the same. Prepare to pucker those cheeks extra hard to get your delicious drink out of that cup because you're gonna work for this drink.

Sure, the solution is obvious, get a new straw. But that requires energy that you and I both know we don't want to use, especially after just using so much of it trying to suck up that drink through a damaged straw. What are we, made of energy? I think not.

It's just slightly annoying.

#956 Lines

We live in a world of instant gratification. We live in a world where you can usually get what you want fairly quickly. But somehow, we also live in a world of lines. What's up with that? 

When you get to the front of the line, you should be making an effort to move the line along. Have exact change ready, don't write checks, know what you want, don't rob the place, stay off the phone and move about your business quickly. If we avoid these time consuming ordeals, we can become a better world, like a world without lines or a world where the Dallas Cowboys have an embarrassing season, every season. Get your act together slowpokes, you're holding the world back. And no, I don't actually know what the word "slowpoke" means either.

It's just slightly annoying.

...except when this happens!

#957 Floaters

Floaters, in this context, will be defined as the leftover drinks you find after a night of partying. By the time you discover these half-empty solo cups, the beer is warm, flat and probably doesn't smell quite right. There's also more than likely a fly or two in there, getting completely hammered.

As is the same solution to most of life's problems, the best solution is to just drink. 

It's just slightly annoying.

#958 When people say "cha cha cha" while singing Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to you, cha cha cha.

Happy birthday to you, cha cha cha.

Happy birthday Dear Friend

Happy birthday to you, cha cha cha.

When Patty Hill and her sister Mildred Hill wrote this song, there was no inclusion of any slightly annoying "cha cha cha" anywhere in the lyrics. Come on man, look around, no body's laughing or even smiling when you shout the blurb "cha" three times after the real words. I wonder if Cuban musicians hate when you take the name of their most famous form of dance and music, and throw it around like it's some interchangeable interjection.

The person that is guilty of cha cha cha'ing, regardless of gender, will be known as "that guy," a title worthy of only the most awkward person in the room. Don't be that guy.

It's just slightly annoying, cha cha cha.

#959 Having a runny nose

Take that rhinorrhoea!

It's an open faucet in your nose that doesn't end. It's the source of the sniffles in a quiet room. It's the reason everyone is staring at you, slightly annoyed at the noises you've been emitting.

Although its hilarious that the scientific name of a runny nose is rhinorrhoea (citation needed), there is really nothing hilarious about it. No matter the location, situation or circumstances, rhinorrhoea is always a slight annoyance. Thank god our fingers, hands and sleeves can be used never ending tissues.

It's just slightly annoying.

#960 ATM fees

It's already bad news when you're withdrawing money from an ATM. In the perfect world, you would just wake up, find twenty dollars in your pocket, and head out to start the day...every single morning. Once you spend your pocket twenty, you'll check your other pocket and would you look at that? Another twenty!

 Until the pocket-moneymaker is created, there will always be the hassle of dealing with the withdrawal of money from ATMs. This hassle becomes a slightly annoying hassle when you get slammed with an ATM fee. After punching in your pin (to the sound of deafening beeps and boops to alert the neighborhood that you're using an ATM), you will choose the desired amount of cash, and if you're unfortunate enough to be using an ATM that doesn't belong to your bank, you'll be greeted with everyone's favorite screen. This screen prompts you with a message that goes something along the lines of:

The service provider of this terminal will charge an additional fee of $2.00 for a cash withdrawal. Are you sure you want to continue?
  
What do you think the answer is to that Mr. ATM? Yes, I'm completely okay with you stabbing me in the back after I shoot myself in the foot by agreeing to use you. That deduction should be optional. At restaurants, you get charged a certain amount, and the tip is optional. Why can't the same be true for ATMs? If an ATM refilled my drinks on a regular basis, treated me nicely, and deserved the two dollars, I would gladly give it the two bucks. I bet ATMs are laughing at us stupid humans, paying more money to lose the money we're taking out. Well guess what ATMs of the world? You're just a machine. I have opposable thumbs. Take that. And my two dollars.

It's just slightly annoying.

#961 Hitting a red light when you're already late

A red light, clearly mocking our time management skills.

Red lights suck to begin with, but that's a whole new can of worms that will be opened soon.

Hitting a red light when you're already running behind? Now that's just adding insult to injury.

It's just slightly annoying.

#962 Butt dials

A phone, clearly conniving.

Ah, the old butt dial. We get it and we give it, and either way, it's just slightly annoying. It is especially slightly annoying if one butt ends up leaving an unimportant voicemail, the double whammy that could push a slight annoyance to be a regular annoyance. Let's clear things up on the definition of butt-dialing. To do so, let's turn to the most reliable, accurate dictionary there is: the urban dictionary. Below is an abbreviated excerpt:

BUTT DIALING
When you accidentally sit on your cell phone and dial someone up and don't realize it. 

Synonyms: roll over calling, booty calling, baby-got-back calling

Urban dictionary also informs us that there is the crotch dial, the breast dial, and of course, the diaper dial. You can imagine what these definitions entail.

If only our butts can talk, then it wouldn't be slightly annoying when someone's phone happens to dial your number while in someones pocket. Butts probably hate it when you answer a butt dial because your two butts may just have wanted to have a great conversation between themselves. Quit being a conversation ruiner.

It's just slightly annoying.

#963 Unimportant voicemails

This is perhaps one of the biggest differences between older generations and younger generations. Anybody who is anybody of the younger generation knows that if you don't have something important to say when you call, there's no need to leave a voicemail. Obviously, the intended recipient of your phone call will see that they have a missed call. They will see that it's from you, what time you called and how many times you called. The missed call obviously implies that someone wanted to reach you, and you just call them back. Easy. Standard procedure.

Typical reaction after
getting a voicemail.

It's slightly annoying when someone deviates from the standard procedure.  9 out of 10 times, that deviation is a call from an older person, most likely a parent. Well, it must be urgent if they're leaving you a voicemail. Slightly annoyed, you'll dial up your voicemail, listen to the "please enter your password, then press pound" message that you've heard nine million times, punch in your password and listen to the important voicemail.

"Hey there, it's dad. It's 9:30 on Monday, just calling to see what's up. Call me back."

Great, how very important.


What's also slightly annoying is that even if you delay the inevitable of listening to that voicemail, you'll have to live with the little "new voicemail" icon on your cell phone's homescreen until you deal with it.

It's just slightly annoying.

#964 Pouring cereal into a bowl and realizing there's no milk

Worst start to a day ever.

There's nothing like a nice bowl of cereal to fulfill your hunger. There's also nothing like the let down you feel when you come to the realization that there's no milk in the fridge. If you don't want to man up and go for the ol' OJ and cereal maneuver or eat dry carbohydratey cereal, there's always the simple solution of putting the bowl of cereal back into the box. Unfortunately, the simplest solution is also the messiest solution.

Enjoying picking your Cheerios up from all over the floor, especially after you step on a few by accident.

It's just slightly annoying.

#965 Bra hooks

How many hands does it take to master the bra hook?

Sorry women of the world, you might sympathize a little less here. I don't think anyone in the world would hate the idea of women not wearing any bra at all wearing the simplest of straps. For some men, figuring out a bra hook is as impossible as figuring out where in the world Carmen San Diego is. For others, it just takes a while, more like finding Waldo. And of course, there are plenty of men who have it all figured out and there's no fumbling, stumbling and/or ripping and pulling. All in all, when it comes down to it, men have your evil devices figured out ladies.

So the bra hook has been conquered. But hear this, men (and women)! Imagine hearing the satisfying sound of velcro coming apart during your bra crusade. Let's magnetize some straps up in here. Imagine having a clap-on (or off, get it?) bra. This is the future, let's make things voice activated! Okay, okay, okay, things aren't going to go in that direction but still...

It's just slightly annoying.

#966 Static electricity shocks

All seems well as you get out of bed in the morning to start your day. You shuffle across the room, grab your door handle and ZAP. Thanks to static electricity, you are now starting your day off with a bang.

Static electricity shocks don't hurt enough to be really annoying or to be something deemed as "painful," but it's certainly something we take into account when making decisions throughout everyday life. Static shocks are intimidating enough for us to slow down considerably before touching something, to live in a constant mild fear, and to occasionally avoid contact with people. In some cases, static shocks are even intimidating enough to take innocent childrens' lunch money.

There's always that one fearless jerk who knows that when you slide out of your car, gathering static, you will be trying to avoid contact with anything and anyone at all costs. To steal this jerk's thunder, I reccomend that you go the kamikaze way and shock yourself.

To explain what static electricity is and how it is discharged, we go to Bill Nye, everyone's favorite science hero, to watch him laugh in the face of static electricity.


Still not sinking in? Jam out to The Stinky Socks in their smash hit, Static Electricity.



Sure, these videos are fun. But a static electricity shock?

It's just slightly annoying.

#967 Loud construction workers in the morning

Everyone has responsibilities. If you've got a job, you are responsible for your occupational duties. So, who assigns the duties to the construction workers that go right outside your window, turn the jackhammer on at six thirty in the morning and maintain communication with their coworkers by yelling over the already unbelievably loud, incessant cacophony?

Not pictured: you, trying to sleep in your bed, located 5 yards away.

Why can't construction workers go by the normal nine to five schedule?

It's just slightly annoying.

#968 Losing an hour of sleep during Daylight Saving Time

It's so awesome when you get to sleep a full hour more because time is turned back an hour overnight. It's so not awesome when time jumps forward and you lose a full hour of quality sleep. Is gaining that hour of sleep in the Fall worth losing that hour in the Spring? You may think differently, but I say nay. Let's take a minute to think about how stupid the invention of Daylight Saving Time is.

(This is space that should be used for thinking.)

If we never had invented this, it would just be accepted that it gets darker at a different time. Instead, time switches on us overnight and we wake up slightly annoyed on the (randomly) selected day in Spring. How can things be any more annoying? Oh wait, here's an idea. Let's make sure it's not standardized across the globe and even within countries. Check out this map, courtesy of wikipedia (which, by the way, has an unbelievably extensive page here on Daylight Saving Time, or as you kids call it, "DST").

     DST observed      DST no longer observed      DST never observed 

You stay strong orange and red.

It's just slightly annoying.