Who Is The Most Annoying Person You Know?

My neighbor down the hall from me. He talks so loud in his apartment I can hear every word he is saying, on the phone or just watching television. If he knocks on your door he pounds on it loudly and scares my bunny. If you talk to him he only wants to tell you all about himself, his family or complain about others in the building or management. He calls our numbers when we play bingo and sometimes I don't go because I just can't stand his loudness. When he calls out certain numbers he will say five oh instead of 50. It confuses some of the players due to brain issues they have. If it wasn't for these issues, he would be a nice person.
 

The most annoying would be pretty hard to identify. Currently, there are no people in my life that annoy me, and the most annoying people in my past are dead. Come to think of it, most of the people in my past are dead. That's kind of creepy.
 
My younger sister's former husband who has since passed on, I used to nickname "Freddie the Freeloader". My elder sister has been over the years, the most annoying person in my family. I don't enjoy saying this, but over the years, she has pissed off so many people in my family.
 

The most annoying are Daughters of Discord who live on the hill with their mother. They, as a unit, call to tell me to watch out for prowlers who are carpeting the neighborhood. Yes there are so many that you would trip over one stepping
outside at night. They see things like skeletons walking around, people offing cats, and UFOs. They know everyone and read me a transcript of what these people say. They ask me if I heard or have seen anything. I say no, because I don't care what people do and don't spend the night looking out windows. I am glad they don't live next door.
 
feywon said:
i grew up with 'catty corner' too. Thinking it may be a regional difference like 'soda' vs. 'pop'.
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I grew up hearing both kitty- and catta-. Google said:

“Definition - askew, awry, kitty-corner. Cattywampus is a variant of catawampus, another example of grand 19th century American slang. In addition to “askew” catawampus may refer to “an imaginary fierce wild animal,” or may mean “savage, destructive.””

But to answer the question I find it hard to choose between Elon Musk, Trump and Facebook’s founder.
 
Paladin1950 said:
My younger sister's former husband who has since passed on, I used to nickname "Freddie the Freeloader". My elder sister has been over the years, the most annoying person in my family. I don't enjoy saying this, but over the years, she has pissed off so many people in my family.
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i so get this. Most every mutual friend my sister and i had over the years when we lived in same town at some point when it was just us sheepishly, apologetically said to me "I love your sister, BUT....." and complain about either the ways she tried to stage manage their lives or how embarrassed they were to be present at one of her unhinged rants about/at someone.

And that was another annoying thing she never acknowledged those adult tantrums. And if someone actually argued with her when she read them the riot act she was one of those "Sorry we fought" people who never acknowledged she often said hurtful and/or incendiary things to people she claimed to love.

But on the plus side as i got older and stood up to her more (usually about my children and childrearing practices) i had a number of satisfying moments when after i laid out my position on whatever to her she would go quiet and then say "I never thought of that." Which was also her response when i suggested or executed a fix to something she'd been struggling with.

One of our most satisfying moments was when my then 14 month old daughter shut my sister up. Sis and i were talking at my house, boys at school, daughter playing with one of those 'creative playthings' balls that had indentations making it easier for small hands to grasp. We were standing up because my sister was always 'overbooked' and having to get somewhere else (yet she'd continue to talk to whomever she was with for 20 minutes after saying she had to go.

Then daughter says 'Ball?' we look at her she's standing in middle of living area looking around. Remembering where i last saw her with the ball i told her to look behind or under the ottoman. Well her Auntie launches into a speech about how 14 month-olds don't understand prepositions---citing the 'experts' on child development. Meanwhile my kiddo is looking behind then under the ottoman. We hear a triumphant giggly "Ball!" and look at her holding it up to show us. Sis stopped talking mid-sentence, blessed silence for a few seconds then she started babbling about how amazing that was.
 
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None, really. Through the years I've weeded out the people who annoy me.

Yes, my circle is small.

As far as neighbors, I am very lucky. To the right is a gay couple that are quiet and keep to themselves. They're friendly enough. They'll wave and say hi.

To the left is a young couple just starting out life, and since moving in have had a little girl. She's two now and helps her daddy in the yard.

Across the street is a couple who have just retired and are enjoying travelling. We get their mail for them when they're gone.
 
Pepper said:
I'm an annoyance to myself right now.
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I'm there

Couldn't remember how to load my gas powered Echo weed eater with new line
My excuse is it takes about a year between reloads
Fiddled with it for an hour
A flurry of #!@#*&%?! adjectives
I was mad enough to eat the weeds myself

Finally went to YouTube
Got madder watching some wordy ol' coot talk for 15 minutes about how simple it is
Only he didn't make it simple

Finally found a good demonstrator
He made it ......simple

Then got mad at myself for getting mad
 
The most annoying person I know is my cousin. We grew up together. She lived with my elderly mother for a couple of years before she moved to assisted living (they were close) and I paid her expenses. We have kept in touch even after my mother passed away.

She talks incessantly and doesn't let others talk. When she sends a text it is at least 2 or 3 texts. We are at complete opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to politics but she still proudly shares her views and I just keep quiet so as not to take the conversation to a bad place. She just doesn't have the Emotional Intelligence to read the room and it frustrates me.

Don't ask me why I still keep in touch. Maybe I owe her a debt of gratitude for taking care of my mother for a while. She is the only cousin I am still close to and I just overlook the negatives.
 
Gary O' said:
I'm there

Couldn't remember how to load my gas powered Echo weed eater with new line
My excuse is it takes about a year between reloads
Fiddled with it for an hour
A flurry of #!@#*&%?! adjectives
I was mad enough to eat the weeds myself

Finally went to YouTube
Got madder watching some wordy ol' coot talk for 15 minutes about how simple it is
Only he didn't make it simple

Finally found a good demonstrator
He made it ......simple

Then got mad at myself for getting mad
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I also use YT, but when the person is giving the demonstration, why can’t they get to the soul of the mechanics involved, instead of going through how to remove the packaging, etc. I just want to know how to put it together or how it works and not all of the pre labor chatter that means nothing to me.
 
Naturally said:
The guy across the street that lives in a storage shed behind the house
... with his wife and two young sons ... in a freakin' storage shed.
Must be annoying to the wife's mother too. She won't let them live in the house.
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You do know tiny homes are all the rage now, right? Instead of finding the guy annoying you should admire him as a trend setter! (yes, I'm being sarcastic)
 
Find it interesting that many if not most of us have learned to either let go of what annoys us about someone or distance ourselves from the annoying person. We identified neighbors too physically close to avoid as much as we like, relatives and ourselves.

Is our annoyance increased by not being able to limit, control our exposure to the annoying behavior? I know it is for me. I'm certainly more able to be understanding of my sister now that i'm not having nearly daily phone calls and weekly visits from her.

My annoyance with myself is mild compared to the criticism and harsh judgement i aimed at myself when younger. And it usually is related to effects of aging i have limited control over: Changing strength/stamina/health issues, some memory glitches tho i've developed strategies for dealing with the memory issues that make them temporary and thus less annoying.
 

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