First World Problems: Share the Silliest Things That Bug You!

[Danger]

Smartass :D

Thank you. And that's only my secondary brain.
You should try having breakfast at my niece's house some time. She's an excellent cook (makes the best bannock that I've ever tasted), but she's blind and has no idea as to how many chunks of eggshell are in her fried or scrambled eggs. What the hell... it's just a calcium supplement.

 

[Danger]

My work provides us with "safe" heaters to run under our desks. They're so small, they will heat either your right foot or your left foot. Not both.

So get three of them and have a party...

 

[Monique]

Prices stickers that you can't peel off without leaving a bunch of glue on the thing you bought.

Yes, so annoying! And slow WiFi, major first world problems.

Another one of mine is only taking hand luggage on a trip, leisurely waiting for everyone to enter the airplane (we all leave at the same time anyway), then finding out there is no space in the overhead compartment or under the seat anymore. The next trip you'll feel forced to be first to enter the airplane, like all the other passengers.

 

[leroyjenkens]

I hate it when I go to the online dictionary, type in a word, and it says that what I typed isn't a word, and then offers me another word that could have been what I intended, and then I click on that word, thinking that may have been it, and the dictionary tells me that's not a word either.

 

[lisab]

The vaccination I got today hurts a little bit. I just peeled the band-aid off, and that hurt a little bit, too.

 

[Evo]

The vaccination I got today hurts a little bit. I just peeled the band-aid off, and that hurt a little bit, too.

Flu vaccine? Yes, this year's hurt a bit at first. Not as bad as last year's.

 

[davenn]

some first world problems ...

 

[davenn]

The vaccination I got today hurts a little bit. I just peeled the band-aid off, and that hurt a little bit, too.

awww :(

something to make you feel better :)

Dave

 

[lisab]

Flu vaccine? Yes, this year's hurt a bit at first. Not as bad as last year's.

Yes, it was a flu vaccine. The nurse said it was subcutaneous instead of the usual intramuscular type. I agree it wasn't as bad as last year's.

 

[Evo]

Funny a few years ago I told the nurse that subcutaneous vaccines were coming out and she laughed at me and told me that couldn't happen as it had to be intramuscular. She doesn't work there anymore.

 

[Danger]

The vaccination I got today hurts a little bit. I just peeled the band-aid off, and that hurt a little bit, too.

Where did you get it? oo) And can I see it?

some first world problems ...

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That looks suspiciously like one of my best friends! What is that vile substance that someone is attempting to drown him in?

She doesn't work there anymore.

Poetic justice...

 

[jtbell]

Cheap dental floss. It frays, tangles up between your teeth and then breaks. You feel worse than you did with just the wedged-in flake of oatmeal that made you reach for the floss in the first place.

 

[leroyjenkens]

I hate flossing, because every time I do, I end up with a mouthful of blood. I brush my teeth very thoroughly though, so I've never had any tooth problems.

And as for the cookie and milk picture, you just got to break the cookie in half. Sometimes there's an outer coating on some desserts that prevents the penetration of milk into its interior anyway, so you must break it in half.

 

[Medicol]

That's hard to believe you don't have any dental issue without using dental floss. No matter how hard you brush your teeth, you won't be able to get all the food remains away from tiny slots between your teeth especially those staying near the wise ones. But the stronger you brush you teeth, the more your teeth enamel layer gets worn out, which later induces tooth decays more easily. However, it may be that your daily food intake might contain good ingredients to make up for your loss, so they look healthy to you.

 

[leroyjenkens]

I hate when people don't let you rant. Ranting is cathartic, and some people don't seem to understand that. Even if it's something ridiculous that they're ranting about, just let them get it out of their system. Rationalize with them later. But some people seem to have absolutely no ability to empathize.
I can't think of any specific examples so I'll make one up. Let's say you hit you foot on the bed frame and hurt it really bad and you get upset and you want to rant to someone about how stupid bed frame designs are. Then the person you rant to immediately takes the side of the bed frame designers and explains how there's nothing wrong with bed frames and how it's the consumer's fault for positioning it in a place where it can be kicked.
Some people even tend to hop on the opposing side automatically, even if it's a valid rant. I don't get that.

That's hard to believe you don't have any dental issue without using dental floss. No matter how hard you brush your teeth, you won't be able to get all the food remains away from tiny slots between your teeth especially those staying near the wise ones. But the stronger you brush you teeth, the more your teeth enamel layer gets worn out, which later induces tooth decays more easily. However, it may be that your daily food intake might contain good ingredients to make up for your loss, so they look healthy to you.

I've never had any tooth pain or any cavities. And by thorough teeth brushing, I don't mean scrubbing them hard. I mean getting every square millimeter of tooth surface area cleaned. I guess except for the tiny portion that only floss could reach. But I use mouth wash all the time, and rinse my mouth with water every time I eat anything.
Want me to take a picture of the inside of my mouth so you can see?

 

[Monique]

Now that's a rant! :)

 

[TheDemx27]

When someone doesn't squeeze their toothpaste from the bottom of the tube.

 

[WWGD]

The continuous "upgrades" of Windows so that computer layout and organization are completely changed, almost as if you had bought a new computer. Where are my picture files now? Where is my Math Software? How do I even look for files?

 

[Danger]

I hate flossing, because every time I do, I end up with a mouthful of blood.

Likewise, and that was with a little "Hummingbird" electric flosser because my fingers can't fit into my mouth. I don't bother any more. I don't even bother brushing. A twice daily rinse with nitric acid seems to do the job just fine (although my tastebuds seem to have diminished somewhat in their effectiveness.)

 

[Danger]

These are both linguistic in nature, but I figure that they're eligible for this thread since they're products of the times.
First, one that grits my gears to the point that I seriously contemplate violence: people who insist upon adding the syllables "ohol" or "ihol" or "[any vowel]hol" into a word that refers to an addiction. Is a workaholic really addicted to workahol, or is he really just a workic? And how many people are really addicted to chocahol? As an alcoholic, and a writer, I'm seriously offended by this blatant stupidity.
By the same token (although I suspect that this might be a Yank-specific problem that just spills across our borders), the addition of the word "gate" to anything of a scandalous nature. Simply because some inept criminals under the direction of an inept President of the USA got caught with their pants down in a hotel the name of which ends in "gate", all of a sudden everything is "steroid-gate " or "ebola-gate" or whatever other inanity the news media dreams up. (And yes, Fox news is the main culprit; my best guess is that they fantasize their stories between doing lines in the bathroom).

edit: Hmmm, now that I think of it... since I'm both an alcoholic and something of a pervert, maybe the term "sexaholic" would be a reasonable compound word to describe me...

 

[WWGD]

I think I may have the most ridiculous one: you are typing, and you want to write .i.e. , but, if you are not
careful, the spell-corrector will capitalize the first I into I.e , since there is a period before the I , and the software seems to believe you are starting a new sentence. Isn't it a tragedy I must suffer through this? When does my suffering end? I need a support group to get me through it.

 

[DrClaude]

I think I may have the most ridiculous one: you are typing, and you want to write .i.e. , but, if you are not
careful, the spell-corrector will capitalize the first I into I.e , since there is a period before the I , and the software seems to believe you are starting a new sentence. Isn't it a tragedy I must suffer through this? When does my suffering end? I need a support group to get me through it.

Why would you write i.e. with a leading period?

 

[WWGD]

Why would you write i.e. with a leading period?

I hadn't noticed it did not have a leading period up till now. Still, a related "problem",if you see the quoted message, is that the i in i.e., was switched into an I.

 

[Danger]

the i in i.e., was switched into an I.

The simple solution to that is "Computer, meet Axe", but I don't suppose that you're quite that adamant about it.

 

[WWGD]

And how about all those cases of finding pieces of fingers in your food? I had to chew on one I found for more than 25 minutes to get it to go down.

 

[leroyjenkens]

For me, if food is anywhere but in my mouth or on a plate, it's gross. Like if I get some on my arm or clothes, I want to get it off immediately because it's disgusting somehow. Or if it's on the plate, but hanging on the edge or somehow on the bottom or side of a bowl, it might as well be a cockroach.

 

[SteamKing]

I think the mouse found in the cup of McDonald's coffee is pretty amazing:

http://metro.co.uk/2014/10/15/dead-mouse-found-in-mcdonalds-coffee-4907386/

You'd think they would strain this stuff a little better before serving. I'm still trying to figure out how a whole mouse got thru the plumbing and nozzles on the coffee maker.

 

[edward]

Prices stickers that you can't peel off without leaving a bunch of glue on the thing you bought.

There also are bar codes which always seem to be on the glass, brass, or chrome plated surfaces of hardware items. To make things worse a lot of fruit sold in grocery stores have nasty hard to peel off identity stickers on them. They won't peel off they have to be cut off with a sharp knife. Try to peel one off with a table knife and it will gouge a hole in your apple big enough for a bird to fly through. (OK so maybe just a bumble bee.)

 

[dlgoff]

Prices stickers that you can't peel off without leaving a bunch of glue on the thing you bought.

If you're like me, you have acetone on hand.

 

[wukunlin]

Oh that reminds me of that god forsaken sticker that left a bunch of glue of my MSc certificate. Why the hell do they have to glue my seat number onto my certificate?