When people don't pick up their feet to walk and you hear the scuff... scuff... scuff. It drives me crazy.
--Anonymous , Ft. Lauderdale, FL (submitted on Jan. 14, 2008)

Lack of table manners! It is distracting and unsettling to be near someone who does not know how to chew with their mouth closed!
--Nicole Minor, Havana, IL (submitted on Jan. 14, 2008)

I'm a school teacher. What really bugs me are parents who interrupt my class, asking for work for their child who's home sick. I've even expressed my view that if the child is too sick to come to school, he/she might not feel like doing the work, but they insist. Then, when the child comes back to school, I'm told the child was too sick to do the work. And so it goes...
--Jerome Bush, Jonesboro, LA (submitted on Jan. 14, 2008)

I can't stand people who whistle — not catcalls by construction workers — I mean zipadee-do-da whistlers. I understand they are happy, but it just makes my ears bleed.
--Anonymous , Glendale, AZ (submitted on Jan. 14, 2008)

A man who spits! They spit on ground and then you step in it. Please, this is gross!
--Lynn Swanton, Locust Grove, VA (submitted on Jan. 14, 2008)

I absolutely can't stand it when people wait for parking spots, just so they can be close. Especially at the gym! You're there to work out — what's a couple of more steps going to hurt? It's when I get stuck behind someone waiting for a car to pull out that bugs me so much. I could've already parked in the back and walked to the front by the time some people just park.
--Merritt Grimsley, ROUND ROCK, TX (submitted on Jan. 14, 2008)

When the toilet paper is put in position so that it rolls under as opposed to over. I take it upon myself to change it when at friends or relatives homes.
--Anonymous , Stamford, CT (submitted on Jan. 14, 2008)

It absolutely drives me nuts when people rub their fingers on balloons. The noise that a balloon makes just drives me insane.
--Brittany 09 Williams, Greenville, TX (submitted on Jan. 14, 2008)

I am totally annoyed by people who answer "uh-huh" or "mm-hmm" when you say "thank you" to them. Why not just say "you're yelcome"? I try very hard to use good manners as an example to my kids, and this drives me CRAZY because I feel responding with an "uh-huh" is a half-hearted attempt at being polite.
--Anonymous , Omaha, NE (submitted on Jan. 14, 2008)

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