Annoying Public Habits

Many of us notice the annoying public habits of others while being oblivious to our own. Here is a list of the top 10 annoying public habits.

1. Being Loud:

They come in late at night blasting the radio, hitting the car horn, waking everyone in the neighborhood. Or those who get up at the crack of dawn, yelling at the kids, shouting into the cell phone at six o'clock in the morning, clattering garbage cans, slamming car doors.

And then there's the one who is just plain loud everywhere they go. They can be heard coming from a distance because they can't speak in a normal tone, but have to yell. The only thing more annoying than a loud person, is a loud person with a loud friend!

2. Traffic:

You're in the turning lane waiting for the green arrow. You're late for work and count the cars in front of you, believing you can make the arrow. The arrow turns green and the cars move on, except one. He/she is reading the newspaper. You tap the horn, but it's too late.

You're on a four-lane road and two slow-moving cars, traveling side by side, prevent others from passing. They stay side by side all the way to the end, causing a deadlock traffic backup.

You're on a two-lane road when someone pulls out in front of you, forcing you to hit the brakes. Glancing at your rearview mirror, there's not a soul behind you, yet they couldn't wait for you to pass.

And there's the woman with one hand on the wheel, speeding by with her eyes on the rear view mirror applying makeup. Or the man who pulls alongside you at a red light with a big dog hanging out the window barking furiously at you. Of course, we can't forget the kid with the booming base music that sends your heart into a state of panic.

3. Cell Phones:

You're in a booth at a quiet restaurant, trying to unwind and enjoy your meal when the person in the booth behind you gets a call on their cell phone. Your quiet meal is interrupted by the one-sided conversation while the person chats away as if they were the only one there, not realizing how loud their conversation is in a quiet place.

You are at work and the customer you're waiting on answers their cell phone. You pause, expecting them to say they'll call back later but instead, they engage in conversation. That's when you shout, "NEXT!"

You are in the checkout line and the person in front of you is taking things out of their cart, putting them on the belt at a reasonable pace, until their cell phone rings. Suddenly, they slow to a crawl because they only have one hand as the other is holding the phone.

You're at a red light and the person in front of you fails to notice when it turns green because they're engrossed in conversation on their cell phone. You tap the horn, get a nasty look from their rear view mirror before the finger out the window as they speed away.

4. Slothfulness:

You have put as many groceries on the line as you can fit and still have a cart full, waiting for the cashier to check them. But she is waiting for the person at the register who's taking their own sweet time meticulously placing their groceries into the cart as if each bag contained nitroglycerin. And just when you think they're finished, they take out a huge stack of coupons and a check book.

5. Unsupervised Children:

The produce department displays four different types of apples in four separate bins. A little boy takes a handful, throwing them back into the bins, bruising them and those they hit, while his mother stands a few feet away examining the lettuce. His little sister is at the other end of the produce department, pulling the banana bunches apart.

A man and woman enter a fast-food restaurant, sending their two kids to the dining area while they order the food. The kids run laughing and shouting, jumping from one booth to another around people who are trying to eat. Finally choosing a booth, they proceed to empty the salt shaker on the table and seats before moving to another booth.

You are having a garage sale. Your items are placed neatly atop folding tables set up in front of your garage. A man and woman get out of their car, followed by three boisterous children, who handle and move every carefully placed item around on your tables. The parents browse, paying no attention to the actions of the children. Then the kids run around the tables into your garage, plundering the shelves, opening your dryer and going through your laundry!

6. Inappropriate Language:

Two grown men enter a busy mall, walking side by side, engaged in a conversation riddled with profanity, passing women and children as they spit out ugly words without a second thought.

A group of teenagers stroll noisily through the mall shouting, laughing, showing off, and every other word is the "f" word.

Sitting at a red light, two people in separate cars are engaged in road-rage. Children stare out their windows as the two of them exchange intense profanity and vulgar gestures.

7. Path Blocking:

The sidewalk is busy and the two people in front of you saunter ever so slowly, side by side, and no one can get around them.

The supermarket is crowded, and in every other isle there is someone with their cart parked right in the middle as they browse through the shelves. And no matter how politely you ask them to move aside, you get a huff and a eye roll.

You are ready to back out of your parking space but you can't because there's a car parked behind you waiting for the person down the way to load their packages. Your car is running, it's in reverse, foot on the brake, and the person just SITS there.

8. Public Urination:

You're on the interstate taking the kids to school when you pass a man leaning against a pickup alongside the road, urinating on the shoulder in broad daylight.

Walking through a busy flea market parking lot, you hear a woman tell her little boy to go between the cars and pee. As you pass by, you raise a brow, seeing the little boy urinate all over the side of someone's car.

9. Discourteous:

You have a handful of packages and someone enters through the door you are approaching. The person looks right at you and you assume they will hold the door, but they let it close and pass right on by.

Upon entering the shopping mall, you're only a few steps from the door when you notice a woman carrying a bag in one hand and a child in the other. You quickly step back to the door, holding it for her. She passes right through without a word.

10. Littering:

You're in a drive-thru line when the guy in the car ahead of you tosses an empty soda bottle and candy wrappers into the bushes.

Putting your packages into the trunk of your car, you see a woman leaning over the backseat of her car, changing her baby's diaper. By the time you get your packages loaded, the woman strolls her baby passed you towards the store. Closing your trunk, you glance at the woman's car and see the dirty diaper lying in the parking lot, along with tape strips, soiled baby-wipes, and empty juice cans.

You're at a red light when the person next to you opens their door and empties a full ashtray on the road.

A man leaves the store with a soda and a pack of chips. Passing the garbage can out front, he takes the gum out of his mouth and tosses it, missing the garbage can, but continues on, leaving it there for some unsuspecting person to step on.

The list of annoying public habits could go on forever, and in case you haven't noticed, it's getting worse every day.

"And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved." (Matt. 12-13)

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