Consumer Reports recently surveyed over 1,000 people around the country to find out what annoyed them the most on a daily basis:  They gave people a list of 21 annoying things, and then had people rate them on a scale from 1 to 10.

Here are the top ten most annoying things and how they scored:
 

#10)  SPAM.  Email spam rated 7.5 on the annoyance scale. 

#9.)  WAITING FOR REPAIR PEOPLE.  It also got a 7.5.

#8.)  DISCOURTEOUS CELL-PHONE USE:  7.6.

#7.)  UNRELIABLE INTERNET SERVICE:  7.6.

#6.)  DOG POOP:  7.6.

#5.)  BILLS THAT ARE HARD TO UNDERSTAND:  7.8.

#4.)  PEOPLE WHO USE THEIR CELL PHONES WHILE DRIVING:  8.0.

#3.)  TAILGATING:  8.3.

#2.)  GETTING A RECORDING WHEN YOU CALL CUSTOMER SERVICE:  8.6.

And the most-annoying thing we experience on a daily basis is . . .

#1.)  DEALING WITH HIDDEN FEES.  According to the study, the average annoyance rate for hidden fees on a scale from 1 to 10 was . . . 8.9. 

And here’s some other stuff the study revealed:
#1.)  MEN AND WOMEN WERE ANNOYED BY DIFFERENT THINGS.  Women were significantly more irritated by 11 of the 21 things, including SPEEDING and having to remember their PIN NUMBERS.
#2.)  PEOPLE OVER 50 WERE ANNOYED BY:  Discourteous cell-phone use, email spam, and people who talk on the phone while they’re driving.
#3.)  DEMOCRATS DON’T LIKE PEOPLE WHO YELL:  And Democrats were more annoyed than Republicans by TV and radio shows where people SHOUT their opinions.

(For the full list and how they rated, click HERE.)