What are a few of the things that rattles your nerves more than anything?

It makes me nervous to see a gun or to be where two people look like they are about to have a fight. I’ve only seen a fight in public one time and it unnerved me.

The noise the puppy I’m looking after makes when he wants my dog to play and my dog won’t. It must be near glass breaking. I also really hate sitcom canned laughter. I’m with you on people who think they’re better than others because of money.

Wigs.

Intolerance.

I hate surprising, loud noises. I’m easily startled.

I’ll share your #1. People that make fun of others for fun. That’s a good one, and a good way to infuriate me pretty quickly.
The ice cream truck. Yep. One of these days he is going to go driving down my street for the umpteenth time that day, playing that obnoxious song at max volume.. and I’m going to lose my cool and do something drastic. Just saying.
Those are things that really drive me nuts.
I always thought “rattle your nerves” was indicative of something that scares you or makes you uneasy, and that list could be insanely long, so I’ll spare you.

In general a lot of the things listed above but on a daily basis…

1.] Impatient drivers. Those folks in their cars who are in such a hurry, honking, whipping in and out of lanes. This is while I’m in traffic, while we’re all in traffic. Terrible traffic, and I know that what you have to do is very important but we’re all here, and there’s really no way for any of us to get “there” any faster.
2.] Close talkers, space invaders. Those adults who have to get all up ons to convey a message.

Oh I forgot: this is a tie for my #1 – People who pretend to be a true friend then talks behind everybody’s back.

@ANef_is_Enuf On the show ‘Bones’ the FBI agent, Booth, shot the clown head that was blasting out music on the ice cream truck. Yaay!!

Your three points plus ubersiren’s intolerance. I would add racism, bullying and injustice. If I feel someone is being treated unfairly or bullied, I can’t watch, I have to speak up. I don’t particularly like conflict, but I can’t bear to watch such things and do nothing.

@faye Bones is the only show on TV that I watch regularly… and I actually jumped off of my sofa and cheered for that episode.

@Mz_Lizzy reminded me of another one. I can’t stand a 2 against 1 situation, like when one man holds a man for the other to punch. I’d have to haul my crickety ass in there with a hammer to the balls of one of them.

Extra lurve to the “Bones” lovers!

Gross generalizations irk me beyond all reason.

This is off subject but Bones is one of the greatest shows ever!
Oh but that is another annoyance: when someone is talking while I am watching good tv.
@Mz_Lizzy GREAT answers

Lying polititians
Rude people hogging the grocery aisle
Tailgating drivers
Rude sales clerks

Children screaming while they are playing.
Whiners.
Crows, blue-jays and woodpeckers making lots of noise when I’m trying to sleep.
Loud bass in cars driving around.
Sticky fingers.

Oh, yes, the screaming children!. Being paralyzed from the neck down.

Attention whores
Trend whores
Star fuckers
People who worship the rich
Superficial people

Sorry, the being paralyzed belongs on the afraid thread! I should take a break!

Are we talking about things that make us mad, that we are afraid of, hate, or things that pluck our nerves? Sticking with the nerve-plucking thing, parents who let their kids scream at the top of their lungs while playing or shopping or whatever. The parents make me mad, the kids’ screams pluck my nerves!

Barking dogs at night

Tailgaters

The sound of my cats claws peeling out across my persian rug. lol

Loud music, loud talking!
People that dominate the conversation.
little aches and pains that i have every day.

Having to bite my tongue whenever my DIL is around. Sometimes I just have to leave the room.

Crying babies
Leaf blowers
Barking dogs
Gum snappers
People dragging their feet or letting their shoes slap the ground as they walk
People not using turn signals when driving
Kids over 5 years old who eat at a table like barbarians

@YARNLADY DIL?

People who try to start drama
Parents who think their children do no wrong
People who belittle others

I kind of like to hear kids screaming while they play as long as it is at a park, playground or other similar area. They’re alive, they’re outside, they’re with friends, they’re playing, they’re having a super fantastic time! That wild abandon only lasts for a few years.

@ladymia69 I think it means daughter-in-law.

Ahhhh, thanks @Supacase

And @Supacase I am so right there with you on all those fronts.

Child molesters that get nothing but a slap on the hand , gossip , dogs barking when I’m sleeping , people who smack when eating , know-it-all’s that are loud and annoying .

My 91 yr old Mom moved in and she is a perfectionist to the extreme. She cleaned the book my dogsitter left. rewashes white socks that dont match in whiteness.
Puts everything in boxes or on something…God forbid something would be on the naked table.
She brough in junk food boxes to keep crap in….tacky….
she took out my corn plant because she didnt like it.
she blocked the window so my dog cant look out…........
I have no nerves left…and just a few valium. send help.

@jazmina88 poor thing! Oh, why do family do such things to their own?

@jazmina88 Wow I hope I have that much energy when I am 91, hell i wish I had that kind of energy now! I can see why you would need valium.:)

Breed Specific Legislation (the banning of so called “dangerous” dog breed)
Self righteous attitudes
Drivers that sit on my arse when I am driving at a speed no lower than the speed limit.
People that play the victim card.
Young girls (children) wearing the Playboy logo (I saw a girl that must have been no older than 8 years old wearing Playboy sweatpants the other day)
Groups of people that stand and chat in corridors or close to doors etc so that other people can’t get past.

I’m quite easily annoyed and that in itself gets on my nerves!

-parents ignoring screaming kids in a store while they chat away on a cellphone (the parents, not the kids)
-people who drive distracted in the left lane while traffic piles up behind them
-the dentist’s drill
-gangsta rap & excessive bass in any music (I use that term loosely)
-people who won’t leave MY shit alone @jazmina88 I feel your pain, girl!
-injustice, intolerance, bigotry, racism, bullying
-Toddlers and Tiaras and anything to do with dressing little girls up like hookers

@hopscotchy Your 2 really upset me too.

I can’t stand to listen to someone constantly hocking up stuff in their throat. It makes my skin crawl.

Commercials that are way louder than the TV shows.

The sound of leaf blowers, especially when they get turned on and off, on and off, on and off.

Clerks that are indifferent or rude towards shoppers and shoppers that are indifferent or rude to clerks (this also applies to waiters, phone operators, maintenance workers and most other service persons etc.) I often want to scream at them and say, “You know there is a human being right in front of you!”

Children, pre-teens, girls, young ladies and grown women wearing slogans on their butts like “juicy” or “pink.” And young girls dressing like sexed-up adult women, and their parents thinking it’s cute or it’s just the current trend.

Boys and men wearing their pants down below their underwear and constantly tugging on their pants and putting their hand over their crotch and giving it a little grab. And those same people constantly saying, “Nome Sane?”

The loud sound that the screech of air brakes make (usually on the trash trucks or UPS trucks). It’s very startling.

People talking loudly on those phones that are hidden in their ears (that I can’t see) and when I answer them, because I’m assuming that they’re talking to me, they get angry and give me a dirty look. If I see some woman coming right at me, and then she shouts something like, “Whatchoo think you doing bitch!” and I don’t see a phone in her hands, how am I supposed to react to that?

@Kardamom Love your answer! especially about the people on thier hidden phones, I’ve been there.

The Bluetooth wireless earpieces. I have one, but I’ve only used it a couple of times. The first time I saw someone using one, it was a businessman and I thought he was losing his mind right there on 6th Avenue. Hahahaha!