"...by things fighting one. "
That has a technical term... "The innate perversity of inanimate objects." ...
.,,.
I daresay, Don; but somehow I feel that I should find gently requesting

"I beg you not to be so innately perverse, if you would be so good, dear kind inanimate object"

somewhat less satisfying than shrieking multidecibly

"Stop fighting me!"