• loud chewers, dripping taps: coping with what drives us bananas This week in Sunday Life I make peace with annoyances I’m a very annoy-able person.  A lot of things annoy me. Here’s a small sample: sniffing, loud chewing (the type Americans do in sitcoms when in heated discussions at diners), mid-90s ozonic perfumes, when the person sitting next to me on the plane keeps brushing more