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What are some bad habits people may have that make you get irrationally angry or super judgemental?

For me, it's littering, ESPECIALLY at the neighborhood playgrounds or parks.

I also seriously judge parents who smoke cigarettes around small children, doubly so if they're doing it in a car with small children.

Not using blinkers and not using a four way the proper way. DON'T BE POLITE! BE PREDICTABLE. Especially annoying when I am out walking.

oh god I need the midwestern states to all do "don't be polite, be predictable" PSA campaigns. we've had a huge upsurge in people thinking that slamming on their brakes in the middle of traffic if they even glimpse a bike or pedestrian approaching a sidewalk is polite, when it's both illegal (in this state) and hugely dangerous. all the bike paths have stop signs for the bikes to obey, they have to wait to cross like any car, but cars will just stop dead to be "polite." I've stopped biking inside the city because of this, it's just not safe.

at the same time I've almost been hit crossing using a blinking pedestrian crossing alert because drivers don't even notice flashing signs, so damned if I do, damned if I don't.

I dunno if I'd count that second one as irrational since it's proven to be harmful to the child.

Chewing with their mouth open. It's not harmful but I can't stand it.

I need the caveat the hell out of this one, because I can see people getting very upset.

I'm not talking about kids with neurodivergency issues.

Serious emotional, developmental, or behavioral issues.

I'm talking about kids who are perfect capable of being taught to behave in public, self-soothe and self-entertained and always have a tablet or phone stuck in their face.

Kids who can't go a single second of the day without holding onto a game or device, and the parents who enable them, who end up screwing over their kids' maturity and honestly? Ability to succeed in school.

Perfectly*

All my friends do this with their kids and it drives me insane. And it always has to be at high volume too. I work with kids and it's really easy to tell which ones are the iPad kids.

I was at one of my nieces recitals with my mom, who was babysitting my youngest niece. She gave my youngest niece her phone to play games on with the volume almost maxed out. At a RECITAL. She then got snippy at me when I took the phone and muted it before giving it back.

There are a lot of people where I genuinely wonder why they even had kids in the first place because it doesn't seem like they enjoy having them at all. Like, why have kids if you're just going to stick them in front of a screen and never interact with them?

Most of the people who do this are addicted to screens themselves (at home) and if the kid is busy then they don't feel guilty about their own activity.

I've seen this in my family I was visiting for the holidays. Four people in the house looking at loud Tiktoks EVERY DAY for hours. I had to make excuses to go out and do random things to escape.

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(Anonymous) - 2025-01-02 21:33 (UTC) - Expand

But how often do you know the reason the kid in public who you see holding a device has it? Does it bother you in the sense that know it happens, or do you actually get mad every time you see a random kid in public glued to their phone?

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(Anonymous) - 2025-01-02 03:07 (UTC) - Expand

This one gets me, as well. Mostly, it makes me sad.

And, you know, it's something kids notice themselves, as well. We limit my son's screentime, and we don't bring devices along when we're out and about. He has a couple of neighborhood friends whose parents haven't set any limits, and he's commented to us about it. They'll often choose their devices over play. I can't imagine that's good for their development.

My niece and nephew (6 and 10 respectively) are about the only kids I ever see without a phone or tablet in front of them when we're out.

Coughing or sneezing without covering your mouth. Although it's not entirely irrational. But sure, maybe you know you're not sick, but I don't.

People who repeatedly suck back their snot. It just makes me want to rage. I know some folks can't help it but at LEAST have tissue handy some of the time.

People who block aisles in stores just to chat with a buddy.

People who fly through parking lots and don't stop for pedestrians. Like, seriously? Fuck you, people are crossing. Use a different route if you want to speed.

that snot thing is so loud.

Nothing gets on my nerves faster than anyone - kids, adults, babies, doesn't matter - playing games or watching Tiktoks on their devices, without headphones, at max volume. I don't want to hear cartoons (or incendiary political nonsense) from 7 tables away with my headphones in while I'm trying to do work at this cafe! Much less while I'm grocery shopping or just trying to do literally anything in a public space.

+1 on the littering, we need to bring back Woodsy Owl and the other 80s-90s environmental campaigns.

For me generally it's anything that boils down to selfishness, putting your own main character self above literally everyone else. Littering qualifies, but also terrible driving habits (I have been passed on the right in a 25 zone residential area by people too impatient to, you know, not be a piece of shit), leaving a grocery cart in the middle of an aisle to walk into the next one, walking two or three abreast on a sidewalk and not making room for passing, etc. It's mostly the bad driving where you see it, people have no regard for other human beings. If you can't be arsed to hang out behind a car going 5 over because you think you're the only important person who should be going 50 flat out in a school zone, I judge you hard and I'm sure you wouldn't help humans, animals, or your own family if they were on fire.

People who don't pick up after themselves in a theater, stadium, or cafe. JFC, you usually have to walk past trash cans on your way out, it's not that hard to take your shit and toss it as you're walking.

I know it stems from this attitude that it's the job of the employees to pick shit up, and yeah, that's technically true. But it's lazy and selfish as hell to purposely add to their workload.

Irresponsible dog owners who let their dogs run freely off the leash in public areas that aren't designated off the leash areas. They're always idiots who think they're being great pet parents and that everyone must love dogs because they love dogs, so as long as their dog (probably) won't bite, it must be okay to let them dash around with zero recall.

I'm more bothered by the ones who bring barely-disciplined dogs into stores or other such places. The only ones worse are the ones who get fake assistance animal insignia for them.

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(Anonymous) - 2025-01-03 11:44 (UTC) - Expand

Oh god, same. Like, sure, maybe your dog is well-behaved? That doesn't make them well-behaved around everyone, and it doesn't mean every other dog will get along with yours. Not to mention the history of any human who's had less than ideal experiences with dogs... or your dog's breed in particular.

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My dog is always leashed in the city unless we’re at a dog park, and even then, he’s been trained for a fast recall. If we call him, he breaks off and returns to us EVERY TIME.

When we’re hiking, he’s not leashed on the trail, but again, he recalls well.

People who don’t train their dog to quickly recall are dangerous dog owners, and believe me, I’m not shy about telling them so. It’s for exactly the reasons laid out in this thread. If you can’t use voice commands to control your dog, they should be leashed at all times.

Parents who over caffeinate their children.

I think the worst case I saw was a mom giving her 2 year old child a 20 ounce coffee drink. That is if they were even 2 at the time, they might have been one and a half years old.

No, not a good idea, lady.

I once saw a mother give her pram-bound, barely a year old baby Coca-Cola in their milk bottle.

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