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What do you get irrationally annoyed about?

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ghosty · 28/02/2007 04:38

I have been smiling to myself at 'am I being unreasonable to want to go to the BBC HQ and bite someone' and 'am I being unreasonable to be Homicidal with Rage about ...' threads

I am generally a chilled person ... I can't get myself worked up about parent and toddler car parking threads for example ...
And laughed till I cried over the 'grapes' thread years ago on Mumsnet ...

BUT: When I help my children do a jigsaw puzzle and find at the end that there is a piece missing I get soooooooooooooo irrationally angry that I want to chuck a chair out of the window ....
Obviously I don't ... as I am a 'nice mummy' and I would scare my children. But inside I am screaming "Where is that faaaaaarrrrrking jigsaw piece????????"
I have to go and take deep breaths and calm down or have a gin
I am the same with lost shoes.
And if someone parks their car on the pavement on the way to school and I have to push the buggy out onto the road to get past I have to suppress an urge to run my keys down the side of that car

So, what silly thing do you get irrationally cross about????

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danceswithnewboots · 28/02/2007 07:28

We sometimes get children who are a bit smelly at school...not BO (they are too young) but just generally unwashed and not well cared for. Maybe they grow up to be the adults with BO? I think you may be being a teency bit judgemental there ghosty, it's also a medical problem for some people.

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ghosty · 28/02/2007 07:25

If I am in a shop and I smell BO ... like real, unwashed BO ...
I want to march up to that person and clonk them on the head with a bottle of deodorant ... there is just NO excuse for BO IMHO ...
Even if you are anti spraying yourself with anything 'nasty' you can get crystal mineral thingies can't you? And you can wear clean clothes can't you????

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danceswithnewboots · 28/02/2007 07:17

catbabymummy - stop mnetting and go and prepare, that sounds scary!

danceswithnewboots · 28/02/2007 07:16

When people park right opposite the school gates on the lines because they are too farking lazy to park further down the road and walk. You then have to poke yourself and your buggy out from behind the car (ie into the middle of the road) to see if it's safe to cross
YOU LAZY SH*TES

Catbabymummy · 28/02/2007 07:10

My minions at work, when they use the last of something and then don't tell me. Then next thing you know it's, can you order some more of such-and-such, there's none left.
I mean ffs, it can take several days to get things depending what I need to order? And what if my supplier is out of stock?????
That really winds me up.
Oh, and my boss sending me an email at 4.55 telling me, oh btw need you to give a presentation to the board tomorrow. Which he did yesterday. It's bloody stock day tomorrow and I have to prepare!!!!! Agghhhhh!!!!

earlgrey · 28/02/2007 07:06

Cyclists cycling down pedestrianised streets.

When I had my double buggy, all the mums from the local private primary who parked their 4x4s half on the road and half on the pavement, which meant taking double buggy into the road.

I'll think of some more, I'm sure!

Earlybird · 28/02/2007 07:02

Dog poo/litter on the streets (esp if I see people dropping the litter)
Being crowded from behind - both walking and driving
Phone ringing when we're eating
People who eat smelly food on tubes/buses
People who push past on the streets or don't acknowledge a courtesy - as when you've held a door open/stepped aside for them to pass by, etc.

ImaWurzel · 28/02/2007 06:58

Ooh yeah talking during Doc Who. Black eyes may be dished out.
Or phoning. Especially if it's just a sales call. We had one last night at 8.55! Why, do they have nothing better to do? At the beginning of most haunted they tell you all the history of the building and i get really peeved if anyone talks/visits/phones. (i am sad)We have no lo's yet so i suppose i should get used to interupptions.(sp?)

boredwithwaitingforminiMOSSY · 28/02/2007 06:51

Buses that go so bleedin' fast you can't see what number they are until they've practically gone past you.

Quad bikes on the waste ground where I walk the dogs.

Apostrophes in the wrong places.

People talking while I'm watching Doctor Who!

RainbowWalker · 28/02/2007 05:29

No I find the entire sock thing VERY foot-stampingly wildly irritating (especially after midnight on a sunday and I've left it til the last minute to have four school uniforms ready and there's nothing that matches for the morning because the sock monster got everything!)

Actually the footstampy thing is probably nothing to do with the sock monster...DH tells me I'm most annoyed at myself for leaving it that late.... what makes me seeth actually is that he's right but I WON'T admit it!

Lego underfoot as I step across the landmine of a bedroom - that's another one for me

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ghosty · 28/02/2007 05:23

See, odd socks, mildly irritating but not foot stampingly, screamingly annoying ...

Lost dice to boardgames however

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RainbowWalker · 28/02/2007 05:18

May I join in this discussion and have a rant about odd socks please??!!?

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ghosty · 28/02/2007 05:14

What is a washing maiden?

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meowmix · 28/02/2007 05:11

the washing maiden. It has this quirk that means it'll sometimes fold itself up just as I approach with wet laundry. This is guaranteed to make me see red, even though I KNOW it'll do it and its really no problem. Shamingly I booted it across the kitchen yesterday.. ooops.

o(its really unbelievably annoying tho)