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I generally like to think I'm a fairly patient person, however I've noticed over the last few days there are several things that make me see red!

These include:

My neighbour whistling tunelessly. All day. And night.
Dp asking me to put the kettle on. When he's literally just finished the last gulp of tea. And I've not even picked mine up yet.
The postman making inane statements.
Customers at work asking stupid questions that they would know the answer to if they only looked.
The fact my washing machine is outside, so I get soaked myself fetching it in to dry.

So what seemingly small things really irritate you?

My do putting the towels back wrong.
Students, just their very existence (I am one).
My neighbour spitting on the pavement outside his house.

another one of mine is not pairing socks up when the washing comes out of the machine and them not going on the airer in pairs

Dick head inconsiderate parking.

Nob head twatty driving.

Lateness

My phone. Almost everything about it!

Cling film makes me angry.

I can't find the end. I can't tear it. It doesn't cling where I want it to.

I went to see Olly Murs the other night in Brighton (he was brilliant) but I was getting really pissed off at the amount of people that went out of the arena while he was singing!
Also the nob heads that left before the end too, wtf is that all about?

I went to see Olly Murs the other night in Brighton (he was brilliant) but I was getting really pissed off at the amount of people that went out of the arena while he was singing!
Also the nob heads that left before the end too, wtf is that all about?

have you got an iphone Mintyy?

When the remote control goes missing. It's like a red rag to a bull!

People who hold up their phones to record the gig they're at. Fucking hell, watch the fucking gig you sad fucks. And get your arms out of my view. {kill emotion}

Those coats with sleeves made out of a different material - especially the one from Zara with the studs on the sleeves

When work colleagues use my special mug. BUY YOUR OWN. And breathe

Good thread. The whistling would have me quietly seething too.

- People who spit in the street. I want to kill them.
- The way DH slurps tea
- The perfectly polite guy who's staying with us, who manages to be perfectly nice and polite but won't flush the loo after his morning wee. Despite gentle reminders that we really don't mind not economizing on the water bills.
- DH wrapping up minute amounts of food, filling the fridge/worktops with numerous small covered bowls, and then assuming I want to eat it because he doesn't.
- The person on my facebook, who is an old friend, who shared an 'I was smacked and it never did me any harm, ho ho' status. She knows damn well I was more than smacked and that it did (she's forgotten, it's not malicious, but it's been annoying me on and off since yesterday evening).
- The narrator on Great British Menu.

Ahhhh ... that feels better.

Sticky labels on things like vases, dvds, etc, you know like large price stickers, that you can't peel off without making a mess, and it all sticks to your nails. Proper gives me the rage.

And tangled things, like wires.

People who spit in the street are repulsive filthy gits.

Automated phone services. Orange is the worst it is near impossible to actually manage to get through to An Actual Person. The only way to do it, is no matter what the query always press the number for "Pay Your Bill" no problems then, they can't wait to speak to you. I have cried actual tears of rage trying to get through to them before now.

My other half not wiping the side down in the kitchen when he makes a cuppa and spills it everywhere.

People who can't drive.

People who talk like their "safe innit" when they are clearly not.

Advert breaks on tv programmes when it's only been on 10 minutes.

People in work who ask me stupid questions because they cant be bothered to engage their own brain.

I could go on.

But the biggest thing that makes me see red is cruelty to animals, and people who purely breed animals for money purposes.

DP leaving a teabag on the draining board instead of taking two steps to the bin

Losing stuff (purse/keys/phone)

Most irrational rage I get though is when I get my hair caught under the strap on my handbag! ARGH!

People or animals (yes ancient cat, I am looking at YOU) stealing my food.

It really trips a switch. I don't know why.

Also people who don't bother to indicate on roundabouts causing me to have near misses several times a day. You know, you think they're going off on the road before yours but they keep going, or you think they're coming round in front of you but they turn off - so you sit there like a fool, waiting.

The MN app.

The stupid hmm face that looks all sad

Crumbs on my clean work top

I mean I sometimes think they expect roundabouts to be used by ONE CAR at a time, and it's THEIR turn and you'll just have to wait till they have decided where they want to go and stuff you till they do.

Nothing makes me irrationally angry. All my rage is absolutely and completely rational.

RooneyMara, the roundabout thing also makes me Very Cross.

Just indicate, it's not difficult, you selfish knobbers!

dh putting used teabags in the sink.
crumbs on the kitchen benches.
the cat having a poo in her clean litter tray.
people driving too slowly or hesitatingly.
one of my colleagues - most of the stuff she does tbh
the dcs asking for a specific food that I haven't got in then acting all hard done by as if I never feed them