#990 The seconds between connecting to the internet and it actually working

We're all familiar with this, but you may not realize that this actually does slightly annoy you. You turn on your Mac's airport or turn on your inferior PC's internet port. You immediately go to any website (facebook) to see if it's working and this, or something similar to this, is the all-too-familiar screen that appears.

Ugh. No need to panic, not that you ever do; you've been here a million times. You're just not connected to the internet yet. You know the drill. Refresh. Nothing. Refresh. Nothing. Refresh, refresh, refresh, nothing. Refresh, nothing. Refresh, bingo, connected. Some of you will go with the bookmark strategy, where you just click different easily accessible bookmarks until one works, signifying a succesful connection to the internet. Others will go with the repetition strategy, which consists of leaving your cursor in the url bar up top, and going through the click-enter repetition. All are different, acceptable strategies of refreshing the internet for the seconds between connecting to the internet and it actually working.

It's amazing how many times you can refresh a page in less than 10 seconds. But you know what? Those 10 seconds are 10 seconds of your life that you'll never get back. Come on internet gods, you're better than that.

It's just slightly annoying.

#991 Slow drivers in the left lane

If you're guilty of this, it's okay, it's not your fault that you're from New Jersey (and thus a terrible driver) or 70+ years of age. For the rest of us traffic-rule-savy drivers, we're just slightly annoyed at your driving antics. Those "slower traffic keep right" signs are there for a reason.

The only reason that this isn't on the "1000 unbelievably annoying things" list is because you can pass these ignorant fools on the right. It goes almost without saying what you do when you finally manage to pass these drivers on the right, but for the sake of the list, it should be said. As you pass these stubborn drivers who wouldn't move to the right lane under any circumstance (i.e. backing traffic up half a mile or dealing with someone riding on their bumper), you and your car full of people give them the "are you kidding me right now?" stare.

Standard protocol for this stare should be followed: make sure everyone in the car is staring (including the driver), make sure it's not a casual stare (they need to know they did something wrong, so staring into their soul would suffice), and make sure you continue the stare in your mirror (for a few moments) after you get in front of them in the left lane. This should satisfy your confidence and ego without causing any real damage to anyone. Use your own judgment when deciding if you want to throw any expletives or gestures in their direction, but keep in mind, as said before, they may be from New Jersey or may be too old to be on the road.

It's just slightly annoying.

#992 Getting stuck with a Q at the end of a scrabble game

10 points is a whole lot of points in Scrabble. And can you imagine getting it on a triple letter? Crazy! Q-words are some valuable commodities on the scrabble board, that's for sure. Quit, quilt, quick, quiet, quite, all winners. The Q letter should always be sought after in the beginning and middle of the game; getting a good Q word is a winning strategy, as long as you obtain the letter when all four U's are still out and about waiting to be paired with their long lost Q mate.

What's slightly annoying is when you finally do get the sought after Q and notice all 4 U's are out on the board. Okay, okay, not the end of the world, just trade it for a mystery letter in the bag and let someone else deal with it.....what do you mean there's no letters left? Uh oh.

So you're stuck in a slightly annoying situation. The U's are all out or in other player's racks, and it's already come down to the two letter moves of "it, an, of" and the other classic last-round Scrabble moves. Let's face it, you're gonna either have to take the 10 point hit on that Q or you're gonna have to break out the illegal google-search for weird words like QI (which, by the way, is a vital force in Chinese thought according to the online scrabble dictionary).

Who's stupid idea was it to make a letter that required another letter next to it anyway?

It's just slightly annoying.

#993 When hangers get tangled in each other

This really shouldn't be a bothersome, but we all know that this is at least slightly annoying. When two hangers get tangled up, it becomes more complicated than trying to figure out the point of cleaning up before the cleaning lady comes. 


You know who I bet doesn't have this problem? Those magicians that connect two metal rings and then disconnect them...with magic.

Am I the only one that considers throwing the hangers out when they're tangled up?

It's just slightly annoying.

#994 When you have to leave as your favorite part of a movie is coming on

It's 9:45 and you're sitting on the couch or lying in bed, well aware that you need to leave at 10:00. You peruse through the televisions channels, looking for literally anything that will fill the 15 minute void.

Well, well, well. Look what you stumbled upon. It's the final fight of Gladiator. It's the Catalina wine mixer in Step Brothers. It's the Titanic's first strike against the iceberg. It just happens to be the favorite part of one of your favorite movies. You're briefly excited for a moment, but glancing at the clock, excitement becomes replaced by slight annoyance. It's 9:58. Sorry buddy, that twist at the end of Usual Suspects will have to wait until next time. Hours later, you may realize that you feel annoyed for no reason whatsoever. Well, maybe if you had caught Heath Ledger serenading Julia Stiles in 10 Things I Hate About You, you'd feel a little better tempered.

Heath Ledger Singing "cant Take My Eyes off You" - Funny bloopers are a click away

It's just slightly annoying.