[andrewcooke]

i think the problem here is "hate" and "mildly unpleasant" sit oddly together...

[lambda]

People use "hate" to mean "mildly unpleasant" all the time. "I hate it when i just barely miss the bus" or "I hate it when the package is so hard to open I spill most of the sauce in the process of opening the package" or the like.