I think you're the odd one; I've had this problem and witnessed others having it, on most computers I've encountered with the feature. I have tap-to-click disabled on my laptop for precisely that reason.

He's not the odd one. I did not experience any issues whatsoever with tapping on my trackpad. Not even with two-finger tapping for right clicks.

Then again, I'm using a Macbook Air, which has a highly-rated trackpad.

I am not referring to a single bad experience with a single laptop. I am talking about every laptop I have ever used, regardless of settings, that had this feature enabled.