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What's one everyday thing that makes you cringe?

The one that gets me, thanks to working in a fairly old building that has fewer lavatories than modern regulations stipulate, is when I sit down and discover the seat is body temperature - an unpleasant reminder that some unknown cheeks were occupying the same position only a few minutes before my own. 🤧

Jnei 8 Apr 6
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Not at work, but in the world, seeing intelligence getting mocked. Like watching Idiocracy in real time now that we have a tv show star as POTUS

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I cringe when people imply they are proud of their bad grammar!

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Lol. On a cold day, though, I'm glad someone warmed it up for me! 😛

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When people come to the pharmacy counter to pick up meds and won't get off their phone. I refuse to counsel them until they're done and then they give me this "are you seriously interrupting my conversation?" look.

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The car in front of you is going 40 mph on the entrance ramp of the interstate highway.

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I feel the same. But it is strange - in some of our older public (private in US) schools, it used to be one of the jobs of the youngest boys to sit on the lavatories and warm them up in the winter ready for the older boys to use.

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Women who hoover over toilet seats and hit the seat and leave it. Even wiping it off isn't enough to take away that knowledge. Ewwwww

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Bad janitors. Realizing the giant toilet paper roll thing is empty, but after the deed.

jeffy Level 7 Apr 7, 2018
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Smokers- Holding my breath, I rush away quickly. Three in 10 cancer deaths were due to cigarette smoking in the United States from 2009-2013.

Littering - Infuriates me. I always pick up litter, especially when hiking.

Men who loudly say "f-ck!" repeatedly in public. This is crass and offensive.

I pick up rubbish every day on the creek walk but also swear often at work [ carpenter] . oh well

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People who place their dogs' wet buttholes inside grocery carts.

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Might that be a bonus on a cold day?

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Getting daily group texts from my manager letting them know what to do the next day and he types likes a 14 year old So-Cal girl.

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My fingers sometimes get rough, the dry spots catch on things like shoelaces or socks drives me to a dark place.

YES!!!That makes me itch too!?

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Ketchup. Can't be anywhere near it or think about it...... cringe.

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People asking ‘Where are you AT?’

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Willful stupidity. I see it in every class that I have.

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Sports. People watching sports, yelling at the television when something they believe is exciting happens, then yelling louder at the replay, because obviously the players didn't listen the first time.

@SACatWalker I had a neighbour a few years back, really nice guy, great young family. When a football grand final is on, he places a big screen TV in his kitchen window, then goes out into the yard where he and his mates have chairs lined up and they yell through the whole game, especially in the instant replays. I have sonce moved, and 3 years later he also moved and is now about 10 houses away. not a problem, he really is a nice guy. But I now have a neighbour across the road who sits in his driveway of an afternoon, drinks red wine and does the same thing.

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Mouth noises
Litterbugs
Animals chained up
People fighting
Adults yelling at children

Agreed on all five points.

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My business partner makes me cringe. Thank goodness the partnership is coming to an end on April 15th.

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Our President! If grammer and toilet seats are the things making you folks cringe, you are living pretty charmed lives.

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I have a real gentleman Chinese boarder, but why does he continually " HOIK ? " it is worse than a dog continually barking. It sounds like he is trying to bring up his stomach contents, Yuk !

What is this "HOIK" of which you speak?

I wondered about that Emme, is it a common term, ? it is a loud horrible sound of ridding your throat of rubbish from the nose and throat, horrable !

You stole mine. I didn't know there was a word for it but that sound of sniffing snot back into your throat makes me ill.

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In addition to some of the things already listed below:
"It is what it is".....sooo tired of that saying, every single day!

And: people using "whenever" when they should be using "when". Has anyone else noticed this?

Incorrect grammar in general....it's epidemic where I live. It's like they all played hooky from 8th grade.

I NEVER heard whenever in place of when until I moved to Louisiana. Drives me bonkers!

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Smokers.

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Whatever the Dumpster did since yesterday. Honestly, most news that is "above the fold" ssince June 2016 is cringe worthy.

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Sports

I know loving sports is silly, but it's harmless tribalism in a world full of harmful tribalism.

@Akfishlady That "harmless tribalism" also effects attitudes towards real concerns, regarding school funding for instance, often contrary to any rational thinking.

@Akfishlady True, I was thinking mainly of Basketball which isn't that bad. I truly do think that sports take the edge off of some of our dangerous natural tendencies. It distracts us and gives us an outlet for our frustrations.

As divided as we are right now, imagine if there were more angry people around full of anger and fear with no way to release it.

@Coalperson Wouldn't violent video games take up the slack? 🙂

@ailurophile I think sports appeal to our tribalism/mob instincts. Video games appeal more to our desire to compete/ achieve.

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