99 Things I Hate
99 Things I Hate… OK, hate is a strong word. Let’s say these are 99 things that annoy me or drive me up the wall or make me red-in-the-face or plain raving mad!
I had done a post on 99 Things I Love, some years ago and absolutely enjoyed writing it. Inspired by that post, I thought of jotting down things that get my goat. No, all these 99 irritating things are not at the same level. They bring out negative emotions me in varying degrees.
So, here I go with my list of petty little 99 Things I Hate…
1. People calling dear to all and sundry
2. Selectively replying of comments on blogs
3. I-Me-Myself syndrome
4. Painfully (and ridiculously) obvious pieces of advice
5. The selfie kings and queens on Facebook
6. Holier-than-thou attitude
7. Talking loudly in public spaces
8. Unhygienic food joints
9. Writer’s block
10. Selectively replying to birthday wishes on Facebook
11. Arguments and wars on Facebook and Twitter
12. Arm chair activists
13. Books with poor editing
14. Books with crappy ending
15. People who don’t return my books back
16. Loud burps
17. Ironing of clothes
18. Messy bathrooms
19. Everything on FM radios except music
20. Reality shows on TV
21. Saas Bahu sagas on TV
22. Being taken for granted
23. The ‘Others’ Folder on Facebook
24. Creeps and perverts
25. My sweet tooth
26. My aversion to exercise regularly
27. Drama in real life
28. Crappy internet
29. Hotels with no (free) wi-fi
30. Noisy eaters
31. Driving. I have learnt it thrice and still can’t drive.
32. When people force me to dance and that is when I can’t even dance to save myself
33. Out of control WhatsApp group chats
34. PDA
35. Doctors who don’t listen
36. People who decide to respond to texts whenever it’s convenient for them
37. Non-stop hiccups
38. Disinterested shopkeepers
39. Poor customer service
40. Washing clothes in the washing machine with a tissue paper in some pocket
41. Washing things and damaging them in process
42. Screaming kids
43. Telemarketers
44. Attention seekers
45. Feeling anxious for no reason
46. Paying for haircuts that I don’t like
47. Getting up in the middle of the night and then not able to sleep
48. Non-removable stickers or price tags on crockery and utensils
49. Higher shipping charges on online shopping portals
50. Heartache
51. Mushy bananas
52. People hating what I like
53. People liking what I hate
54. SMS lingo
55. Bad hair days
56. Being clumsy
57. Jealousy
58. ‘Friends’ who never pay
59. Recycled and thoughtless gifts
60. Finding other people’s nose in my business
61. Grammar Jews
62. ‘This page can’t be loaded’ message especially when I am posting a comment on a blog and I have not copied the comment as back-up
63. People behaving differently in a group
64. Wasted parking space
65. Seeing kids display bad manners and their parents ignoring it
66. Embarrassing moments that play on loop in my head
67. Drama queens / kings
68. Deciding what to cook
69. Facebook pokes
70. People who don’t respect their commitments
71. Procrastination
72. People who don’t value my time and efforts
73. Pigeons and their menace
74. Skin tight leggings
75. Unrealistic love stories in books
76. Dog ears in my books
77. Plastic people
78. Break-ups
79. People who talk loudly on their mobile phones
80. Pushy sales people
81. Unreasonably expensive things
82. Smug people
83. When I find that I have nothing to wear
84. Teleshopping advertisements
85. Politics
86. People dying way too young
87. Foot in mouth syndrome
88. Seeing people pick their noses
89. Mind games that people play
90. Emotional blackmail
91. Frequent software updates on my laptop and phone
92. Hypocrites
93. Autocorrect mishaps
94. Poor attention span
95. Over dependence on technology
96. ‘Share if you agree’, ‘How many likes for this…’ kind of posts on Facebook
97. Herd mentality
98. Twisted captcha on websites
99. Forgetting passwords
Phew! This is finally done. Can you believe that this post was a work-in-progress for over 3 months. I remember writing 99 Things I Love in a jiffy. But listing down things I hate was not easy. Is it because love is stronger than hate?
Which things annoy you truly, madly, deeply? Do share in the comments box.
November 9, 2016 1:39 pm|
I can relate to most of it..leggings I love but it should be worn properly. Picking noses is high on my list.
November 12, 2016 7:47 pm|
Yeah, they certainly need to be worn properly! Glad that we are on the same page for quite a few things, Lata!
November 9, 2016 3:16 pm|
WOW! That seems a long list. But most of your pet peeves resonate with me. Perhaps I too will write a post about a100 things that get my goat.
November 12, 2016 7:54 pm|
You must write your list too, Sunita! Looking forward to know about the things that get your goat! Thanks for dropping by and taking the time to read!
November 9, 2016 3:35 pm|
Haha! Great post. I too hate ironing my clothes but I must admit to putting ‘dog-ears’ in my books – I hate bookmarks
November 12, 2016 7:55 pm|
You hate bookmarks, Andy!! But why?? 😀
Thanks for dropping by and taking the time to read!
November 9, 2016 7:46 pm|
Thank you so much for the idea Shilpa. Just returned home and did not have the energy (mood rather :P) to think of anything else today. 🙂 Will do the 99 things I love part. 🙂
November 12, 2016 7:57 pm|
Loved reading your list of 99 things you love and it’s wonderful to note that we have quite a few similarities. Glad that you took this prompt 🙂
November 9, 2016 10:39 pm|
Wow!! 99 is a big number!! I don’t think I can come up with 99 things I love either! Btw! Hi five on 31 and 32. Ditto here! 🙂
November 12, 2016 7:59 pm|
Aah! Glad to know that I am not alone 😀
Oh, you can do it, just give it a shot, Suman. Looking forward to read your list of things you love and hate! 🙂
November 9, 2016 11:31 pm|
Nice list! I guess whether we find it easy to write about things we love or hate depends on our overall outlook on life 😉
November 12, 2016 8:00 pm|
I liked the perspective you shared, Anusuya 🙂
November 10, 2016 7:54 am|
Oh my! Thats5long to read – 3 months huh??
I too wonder about the selective replying…he he 🙂
November 12, 2016 8:06 pm|
Yeah, I could write the first 50 easily but coming up with the remaining 49 was tough, so I’d note them down on phone or paper as and when I remembered something. And finally did it. Phew!! Selective replying, seriously… I have seen selective replying of birthday wishes on FB too. I mean how much does it take to say a thank you, when a person has wished you the best. And in case, you wouldnt even want to accept the good wishes from that person, why did you send the friend request or why dont you unfriend them!! 🙄
November 10, 2016 10:15 am|
Totally guilty of 36.
And totally with you on everything about FB…
That thing about This page cannot be loaded after typing a comment…grrrrrr!
November 12, 2016 8:13 pm|
Aah! You do that? But why milady!! 😀
Oh, I usually copy the comment, but sometimes when I forget, the pain of writing the comment again is way too much!
November 14, 2016 12:14 am|
Here’s why, m’lady!
https://alphabetworld.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/the-mobile-phone-and-me/
In 5 years, I haven’t changed 😛
November 15, 2016 10:17 am|
Aah! I understand your view point! Hope we do talk when we meet though 😀
November 10, 2016 12:41 pm|
100th one is compulsory cleaning habit?
November 12, 2016 8:13 pm|
LOL 😀 You know me so well! 😛
November 10, 2016 3:56 pm|
I can relate to most of it. Phew! Picking nose and burping, I loathe!!!!!!
November 12, 2016 8:13 pm|
Same here!! U cant stand these!
November 10, 2016 4:03 pm|
If i had to write one, i think i can easily copy paste this by knocking at the most maybe 3 points only that too with great difficulty (may knock off even 1) ….Glad i know somebody similar to me…especially that selective commenting,hypocrites, calling all and sundry dear, love etc…
November 12, 2016 8:15 pm|
I am convinced that we are soul sisters, Asha! ♥
November 10, 2016 4:25 pm|
It is a list I can relate to.Most of them are pain points for everybody.
November 12, 2016 8:15 pm|
Glad that you find these irritating too, Subha!
November 11, 2016 1:06 am|
That was quite a post. Plastic people, those irritating shopkeepers and so much more in common.
I’m going to do 99 thing I love & hate. But when.. that’s the issue. 😀
November 12, 2016 8:16 pm|
Well, NOW is the good time to write the 99 things you love and hate, Sheethal! Would love to see your list!
November 11, 2016 10:23 am|
ha ha what a post… most of the things I can relate to …
November 12, 2016 8:16 pm|
Glad to know that I am not alone 🙂
November 11, 2016 7:34 pm|
ha ha! that was funny. you are too cute i say. I agree that list of things we don’t like would be hard to put together.
November 12, 2016 8:17 pm|
Glad you think so too, Parul. Thanks!
November 12, 2016 1:12 am|
Hahahahaha! Superb idea ya! Hats off to your patience to jot down 99 things!
Messy bathroom, ironing clothes, twisted capcha, share if you agree nonsense, oh so many more that I nodded my head to.
November 12, 2016 8:18 pm|
Yeah, it took some time but am glad that I finally finished listing down my pet peeves. Glad that we have similar dislikes, Deepti 😀
November 15, 2016 9:28 pm|
Shilpa dear I quite agree ;-). Jokes apart, you’ve mentioned many of my per peeves. Auto correct, badly edited books, disinterested shopkeepers … so annoying!
August 22, 2018 9:48 pm|
Compiling such a long list really needs a lot of patience! But when I went through each of the listed items, I nodded in affirmation for most of them.
There is only one and very prominent entry in my list of things that bring highest repulsion from within and it is the negative people, people who have very pessimistic outlook towards anything and everything in life.
And forgetting passwords is a major hurdle now a days that send me punching the beans bag.
August 23, 2018 10:10 am|
Hey ! I thought you were an easy going person. It looks like there are a lot of things that annoy you . Most of them annoy me too so I suppose I shouldn’t judge you ….. but I have some pet peeves . Perhaps I’ll note them down too . May just exceed yours by 100 ?
August 23, 2018 10:50 am|
As long as it may look, but I identify with most of the list. Some effort you’ve made to write your mind out
August 23, 2018 11:37 am|
I so enjoyed your article. Scrolling down I could identify with most. Forgetting passwords is my specialty just as never finding my keys. I hate it but now I need to self-improve on them so that they never get on my list. Number 1 is my no.1 too just like people wishing spouses on Facebook features in the things I hate.
Great post! Loved it!
August 23, 2018 3:05 pm|
I could relate to most of the listed items because they annoy me equally. The reality shows are the biggest circus of all times. I am tempted to follow you and come up with my list now.
August 23, 2018 3:50 pm|
Good list Shilpa, #62 is also one of my pet peeves.
August 23, 2018 4:03 pm|
It is a long list!
August 23, 2018 4:56 pm|
That’s a lot of hate, but you had me smiling on several of them, does that constitute a hate crime by me to you?
August 23, 2018 7:00 pm|
How on earth did you think of so many things? Btw, I nodded my head at everything… This would have made to my list too!! and I have been guilty of no.36 🙁
August 23, 2018 7:07 pm|
#30 and #79 from your list probably tops my list. Noisy people are so detrimental to creativity and imagination. We need to listen more. Not just speak , shout and scream hysterically. Great list by the way.
August 23, 2018 8:52 pm|
#1 all along..
babe and dear – I hate and I loathe. I feel there is no dearness remaining in dear and babe is like ‘hey’.
Gosh I am with you on so so many of these items that I can’t even start naming. High five, Shilpa! 🙂
August 24, 2018 8:47 am|
I too hate many stuffs on the list specially the mundane works like folding clothes, making bed etc. It’s time I do a i-hate list too
August 24, 2018 10:46 am|
That’s a long list and I did find myself nodding a yes to most of them. I would add birthday wishes hoardings to the list!
August 24, 2018 1:23 pm|
Wow, Shilpa, that is a huge list of things you don’t like. I can relate to many but would never be able to jot down so clearly.
There are all sorts of people and we need to refrain from them and move on.
August 24, 2018 3:41 pm|
99! Its really great to discover such things inside you. I also hate noise eater, I hate I syndrome and now I am feeling that I can also have a good list. I will do a things I love list too.
August 24, 2018 5:00 pm|
Hahaha! That was superb, Shilpa! And, you know what? The very first one-people calling all and sundry “dear” is something that gets on my nerves, too! Call your dear friends ‘dear’, na! Apart from this one, there are so many on the list that are the very things I hate, too! People picking their noses in public (what is the bathroom meant for?) 😛 And, skin tight leggings (I will suffocate and die in those! I don’t have a single legging! ) And yes, ‘Share if you agree” and all that nonsense that plays with our fear!
So many, in fact! Let’s do one thing, for sure. When we meet, let’s add to this list and I am sure between the two of us, there will be some more things we jointly hate! 😛
August 24, 2018 8:12 pm|
Hats off to you Shilpa for completing this 99 things list, It is ‘me too’ for almost all the mentions from this list.
Too much Gyan and I know it all attitude is my first buzz killer. I don’t fret too much over grammar as not sure about mine too 😉 This is one fun read post.
August 25, 2018 7:17 am|
Now this is something I would call out of the box and not 10 or 30 but 99. Glad you could bring them on paper and kudos for completing all 99. Earnestly, for myself I won’t be able to jot even ten.
August 25, 2018 9:59 pm|
Hate is definitely a very strong word but like I told you earlier, totally agree with you on the first one and many more. I am sure my pet peeves would resonate with you too; people constantly complaining about being tired or sleepy at work. People who try to be offensive to hide their mistakes or shortcomings. Seeing chocolate, cheese, potatoes and rice treated so badly by dieticians.
I am so tempted to make my own list, it is so liberating.
August 26, 2018 2:12 pm|
Bang on, Shilpa!
Almost 80% of the things on your list annoy me too. Grammar Jews cracked me up. And forgetting passwords is mine as well. But all thanks to the OTP regime & E-mail redirects! So far, I’ve sailed through. Phew.
August 27, 2018 6:50 pm|
Whoa! That was intense. I agree to most of the points including loud burps, calling dear, selective replying to comments and wishes and so many many more. We actually think alike, Shilpa.
August 27, 2018 9:46 pm|
Enjoyed reading your compilation of hate list 🙂 Shilpa. I too agree on most of them. However, top in my list are Politics, Plastic People and Procrastination.
August 28, 2018 11:31 am|
Clever, clever post, Shilpa. I’ve nodded through most of what you’ve written. Only I haven’t figured out what Grammar Jews are. The opposite of Grammar Nazis?
August 28, 2018 12:34 pm|
Thats an extensive list and i dont know whether I should be or not but I am so happy to see so many of them even I hate 😛
August 29, 2018 11:33 am|
That’s a lot of hate, is the thought at the outset, but going through the list I realize that am full of it too! 😀
August 31, 2018 1:46 pm|
I was smiling away as I went through the list shilpa and agree to most of them. I am adding power cuts, getting wet in a saree, children beaten, neighbors quarrel, bad roads, traffic jams, long Q’s 🙂 need to think more… enjoyed reading and commenting tool
August 31, 2018 5:36 pm|
Hii, Nice post such a valuable information thanks for that such valuable information keep up the good word.
September 5, 2018 5:30 am|
If I copy paste this list and publish as my 99 things I hate, it would be justified, except for the plagiarism! You have immense patience, Shilpa! I think mine would have a couple more including people forcing me to dress up and wear jewelry and “color coding ” me or anyone else.
November 18, 2018 5:22 pm|
Great list Shilpa…..at times hilarious and funny, some of them are :)……..personally I try to stay away from people who wears masks all the times and opens and wears them conveniently a hundred times a day………:) I also hate people walking in late in movies when it has actually started, and then taking their seats by disturbing everyone else, they merrily check whatsapp messages on the phones when the movie is on……….maybe I will have to do a list someday ..:):)