My cat has a few habits that give me the rage but the most annoying one is when she uses her litter tray - after she has 'been', she will spend ages just mindlessly scratching the surrounding areas with her paw. This includes the walls behind her tray (it's massive corner one because she is so messy), the edges of the tray and occasionally the actual litter in the tray. I am then subjected to listening to the extremely irritating sound she makes, which goes on and on and on..!! 
When she eventually stops, I'll start to relax, only for her to then go back and start all over again!! To make matters worse, she never actually covers up what she has done, which is what this behaviour is supposed to be for. In the end I have to go in and interrupt her and she just gives me a look which says 
Anyone else have a cat that partakes in bizarre, mindless behaviour that gives you the rage?! 
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What does your cat do that instantly gives you the rage?
IAmANightOwl · 30/06/2014 12:40
Our old cat God rest his soul used to like licking plastic carrier bags
and if you ever made the mistake of , say, leaving one lying around in the bedroom, he'd wake you up licking the bag at about. 3am. Very noisily. He did it with guests too. Daft cat .
One of mine has a horror of being shut in the house so she'll go out for a wee first thing then come back for breakfast (or come in if she's stayed out) but won't tolerate the kitchen door being shut. She dithers about just inside, won't eat if we try to close the door, faffs about for bloody ages, in & out, messing about.
It's probably to do with not wanting to be shut in the utility room, grabbed, plonked in the travelling box & taken somewhere she doesn't want to go. She is transported in the basket approximately three times a year. The faffing happens every single day & is infuriating when we're trying to get out for work 
Pudding cat is on a diet 
and not happy. She meows and runs to the food bowl EVERY time I go into the dining room, where her food is. I can't get to the kitchen except through the dining room, so this is a number of times every day and it's really grinding me down. She used to go upstairs for long sleeps in the day but now is permanently camped out in the dining room.
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