Name something you do out of habit that annoys others....

[Woody]

Last night we had some friends over and I mentioned how my wife and daughter walk past the dishwasher and throw dishes into the sink.

I was quickly reminded how I leave a small amount of coffee or tea in my mug and leave it on the counter so that when somebody else goes to put it in the dishwasher the coffee or tea gets thrown all over the place.

I could only respond as "Guilty".

I leave the last sip of beer in the bottle and can as well which annoys others when cleaning up.


You?

[janedoe]

When I make a point in a conversation and no one responds or acknowledges it, I repeat it. This has everything to do with living with someone who is hard of hearing and must acknowledge so that I know he's heard it but that has to be so annoying for others. My grandmother used to repeat everything then say, "mm-hmm, mm-hmm". My grandfather was hard of hearing so I get that but then my mother started doing it with everyone, presumably because she picked it up off her mother. It became nearly impossible to have a conversation with her.

This is a good thread! I have to rethink my verbal communication style.

[barry581]

Growing a beard every winter annoys the hell out of my wife!

[smartrock]

Maybe I blow my nose too loudly- just at home though. Let me think, I'm sure there are others.

Someone (not me) gets things out of kitchen cabinets and leaves the cabinet doors standing open. every. time. This person also leaves the long sleeves of his work shirts pulled inside out when he throws them into the dirty clothes pile. You know, for the sleeve fairy to pull out. And annoyingly, sometimes I leave them like that.

[janedoe]

Someone (not me) gets things out of kitchen cabinets and leaves the cabinet doors standing open. every. time.

Yes! This is supposed to conserve energy so you don't have to open the door the next time! It stopped where I live when someone hit his head on an open door and blamed me. Um. No.

[zd262]

I'll go by the things that annoy my fiance the most since I'm sure I do lots of stuff I'm not even aware of! Top two are that I leave all the lights on and then same as Woody I never finish my coffee and then leave it on the coffee table, in my office, basically anywhere.

[JC001]

When I make a point in a conversation and no one responds or acknowledges it, I repeat it. This has everything to do with living with someone who is hard of hearing and must acknowledge so that I know he's heard it but that has to be so annoying for others. My grandmother used to repeat everything then say, "mm-hmm, mm-hmm". My grandfather was hard of hearing so I get that but then my mother started doing it with everyone, presumably because she picked it up off her mother. It became nearly impossible to have a conversation with her.

This is a good thread! I have to rethink my verbal communication style.

Reminds me of when I was admonished by a woman for how I spoke to my mother while we were shopping. My mom was hard of hearing and if her back was to me I had to change the tone of my voice and raise it more to get her attention. My mom also had dementia so I let her shop independently by monitoring her from a distance. What that lady didn't hear was the previous attempts to get my mom's attention in my normal voice when I could tell she was starting to get disoriented. I was not yelling "at" my mom, I was yelling "to" her. To this day, I wished I responded that things are not always what they seem, but I had to get to my mother. My mom never thought I was yelling "at" her because once I got her attention, I would go back to my normal tone and a lower volume.

[Mr Kleb]

Nothing. And that's what annoys people.

I have been accused of over-thinking things. For example, over-thinking answers to questions from border guards. One time I was intensely mentally preparing responses to any number of obscure, very unlikely to be asked questions. As a result I was caught speechless when asked 'Where do you live?'

Duh.