The Top 14 Ways To Annoy A Friendly East Texan Today

East Texans are a proud people with proud traditions. There's pretty much a right way and a wrong way to do everything -- and if you're wrong we usually aren't very shy about letting you know it.

Most of the time we are a fairly laid back people, but there are without a doubt a few ways to get us fired up. Here are The Top 14 Ways To Annoy a Friendly East Texan Today.

Calling a "coke" a "soda pop," or "pop." There's only two ways to refer to that sugary drink you're enjoying with your lunch, it's either "iced tea" or "a coke." Of course you can pick which coke you want, I prefer Dr Pepper.

Double dipping. While this is something that would annoy any civilized person, regardless of which region they grew up in always bears repeating.

When you're driving down the loop in Longview or Tyler, or any backroad in between there's one way to quickly anger any East Texan: changing lanes without signaling. Use your flippin' turn signal, folks.

And while were on the subject, another sure fire way to grind an East Texan's gears: just a crusin' in that left lane on I20 all the way to Dallas. You stay in the right lane except to pass, it's not hard to remember. There's nothing more annoying than having to pass someone using the right lane.

Not having a healthy George Strait obsession.

Not appreciating Texas & Red Dirt music. What are you even listening to on Saturday nights. Click here, then call me bus driver cause I'm taking you to school.

It's true a lot of East Texas Walmarts are now 100% self-checkout, which is super annoying if you're getting any amount of groceries (but that's another story), but if you go to the express lane at Brookshire's and you have more items than allowed, as soon as you're done wasting my time, you better move your butt back to to Austin, ya hippie.

Here's a quick lesson: On the left is the flag of Chile, the country. The right is Texas' glorious One Star flag. A good way to know when you're referring to The Lone Star State via text whether you're using the correct emoji or not is: you're not. So far there is no Texas flag emoji.

Tell us we don't need a Texas flag emoji. 'Sup Apple, let's fix this one.

In East Texas we love college football, and it is acceptable to root for several Texas Universities. From Longhorns to Aggies and Texas Tech Red Raiders, we can be civil when it comes to many of our prestigious schools. But let one of us catch you saying "Roll Tide." Go'n say it.

Oh that reminds me. The contraction for "You all" is written "y'all." The apostrophe holds the place of the "ou" in "you." It's not just randomly hanging out between the "a" and first "l". An easy to remember is "OU" sucks.

While we're on the subject of sports, you don't have to love the Dallas Cowboys, but just keep that to yourself. We don't care why you think Eli Manning should be in the Hall of Fame.

A blinker in a parking lot means something here in East Texas. It means that spot is spoken for. Don't take it.

We're flattered you invited us to your BBQ, we love ribs, hot dogs, and beer. But if you put beans in that chili you may wind up with bean soup on your head. Don't believe me? Did you know that that the original chili, “was made with meat of horses or deer, chile peppers, and cornmeal from ears of stalks that grew only to the knee, No beans.” ... Tolbert, author of the classic A Bowl of Red—agree that chili likely originated in Texas.

Especially since the pandemic we are using drive-thrus more then ever. But if you're ordering for your entire office through the Whataburger drive-thru, YOU'RE FIRED.

Speaking of office annoyances, use that "reply all" button sparingly. Chances are you do not need it right now.