This is a pet peeve of mine when there is a news story, opinion piece, case study where they spend like several paragraphs (or much more) telling story like it was a novel when in reality you it about maybe one or two paragraphs explaining what happened to a particular person/couple/family etc. and then get into the facts.

It is a massive turn off for me and I just simply close the window if I find they don't get start getting to the point.

I am much more forgiving if the meandering intro is done by someone that is clearly just someone writing up their own work.