Top Ten Things That Are Annoying for Left-Handers

Yes, these are terrible. They hurt your hand to write on, so you have to twist your hand around to avoid the spiral ring, making it very uncomfortable to write for long periods. I usually just tear out the paper from the notebook to make it easier to write on if possible.

Agreed, fellow left-hander! Being a writer is tough when I do it on a spiral notebook.

This is extremely annoying. Every time I have to write more than a couple of sentences, I get ink or pencil lead all over the side of my hand. Then you get asked why you have ink smeared all over your hand, which is quite annoying to answer multiple times.

And my handwriting has always been bad - really bad. Only one person complimented it, who, on the next day, compared my handwriting with the most indecipherable handwriting she had ever seen and said, "See, it's worse than yours."

I keep losing points on school projects because the ink smudges all over the poster board, or paper, or whatever.

Right-handed scissors are an extreme pain to use. This is also exactly why I bring left-handed scissors to school, so I can avoid most of the troubles of right-handed scissors.

I just use these with my right hand to avoid problems.

People have said this to me too many times to count. It is very annoying. I'd just like to tell them, "Yeah, I'm left-handed, so just get over it," because it really shouldn't be a big deal. I don't walk up to every right-hander I see and say, "Wait, you're right-handed?!" But I'm usually decently nice about it and try not to get too annoyed. But really, it's not like I'm some rare species or something so that when you see it, you have to question it to make sure it's real. Does it really matter that much what hand I use to do most things with?

Seriously, what are schools teaching kids these days if this still exists as a reason to pick on someone? People can't help having certain genes that affect what hand they're most skilled with.

This is so stupid. Why would someone think I'm evil just because I'm left-handed? I thought that was over after the Middle Ages!

I've had to use these torture devices a few times in the past. You have to be in such a twisted and painful position just to manage to write anything.

It was worse in Chinese school when there wasn't a left-handed desk at the end of the row... because there weren't left-handed desks at all. The struggle.

I hate these. I try to switch my hands so I can turn the sharpener with my left hand and hold the pencil with my right, but it's too much of a struggle. I attempt to use my right hand, but it still feels really awkward. That is why I usually keep my own pencil sharpener in my backpack to use.

These are similar to spiral notebooks. The rings get in the way when you write with your left hand. You have to either twist your hand around over the rings or try to write between the rings, which is also quite uncomfortable. And since papers aren't hole-punched on the right side, you can't just put the papers in where the rings would be on the right side.

This is 100% worse than the spiral notebook.

Guitar lessons in music class were the worst. I had to sit in the front with the other left-handers.

I know I may sound obsessive, but this really bothers me for some reason.

I've only met a couple of people who believe this, but knowing that there are still people who think this way is nonsensical. Just because I'm left-handed, it doesn't mean I am from the devil or worship him.