What irritates you about other people?

People who say “can I take?” are as bad (if not worse) then can I get.

I don’t know why it annoys me so much but it really does. I noticed a lot of my friends say it who speak English as a second language and I always correct them then feel like a twat for doing it.

People who have their phone on speaker or watch videos with no headphones should be rounded up together and locked in a windowless room and all forced to listen to each other’s phones blaring!

In particular videos of other people's children

😱😱😱

Just their general existence really

Everything

I don’t believe it!

Usually them breathing does it these days 🙈😂

Just being around me really. Drives me nuts.

People who deny your experience.

Definitely this. I hate it.

People who deny your experience.

"Are you coming skiing this weekend?"

"I'm sorry, I can't, my left leg's hanging off"

"Nooo, don't be silly, you're fine, you have to come, it'll be fun"

"No, really I can't. I can't ski with only one functioning leg"

"But it's really fine, you need to come! My neighbour went skiing and they had no legs"

"FFS!!!"

What irrates me?

Bloody everything.

This has made me chuckle because it is verbatim every conversation I have with my DM 🤣 I’ve now taken to saying one (or all) of the following; “you can ask me as many times as you like, I still don’t know” “why don’t you ask X as it’s about them” “who gives a shit!” “You asked me that yesterday and I still don’t know” and very occasionally “ffs, I’m not the bloody oracle!”
I feel your pain 🤣

The sort of people who feel the need to tell you all about the latest conspiracy theory they’ve become obsessed by. I don’t bloody care, I’m fortunate enough to have the gift of discernment and am able to spot deluded, swivel-eyed, paranoid nonsense at a thousand paces. Just fuck the fuck off.

Yes! I know the pension is great but I don't want to translate at work!

This is the worst! I think people's brains have fallen out.

Today I had someone approach me needing an explanation of a very short work plan with 4 numbered bullet points that were clear as mud.

She is senior to me!

Professional standards everywhere have dropped to an all time low IMHO.

I am sorry to say it, because I sound like a GOW, but have people been affected by phones to the extent that common sense has gone?

So for example, those who have never read a map, just followed an arrow on google maps - are we seeing the results of this in lack of ability to do the most basic things?

I recently had the misfortune of being in a car with a colleague who panicked when his sat nav failed. I knew the route but he seemed never to have had to navigate without it.

I was recently told it was "unusual" to have an A- Z in the car. It's useful though!

Oh yes I hate this as well. Everyday on my way to work, I see the same woman with 2 children walking towards me, all holding hands. I'm sure the children are about 8+ not tiny toddlers who are likely to run off but I've literally never seen them move into single file or let go of hands, I generally have to walk on a muddy verge or in the road to pass them.

People who ask stupid questions.

People who just faff or are slow.

People who don’t, won’t or can’t simply say what they mean & mean what they say.

Perhaps it’s the Northerner in me, but I much prefer straightforward plain speaking and calling a spade a spade to faffing about with incomprehensible euphemisms & jargon. Drives me bonkers. It’s one of the reasons why I couldn’t work in the public sector. Nobody actually speaks in plain English. Everything is expressed in language which disguises the truth and has to be decoded.

People what stand still in the middle of the supermarket aisle with nothing in their trolley, blocking everybody else trying to get passed or the two old dears holding a conversation oblivious to the rest of the planet that have decided to go shopping at the same fucking time you just want to get in and out. And then the automatic checkout machine triggers a "till roll check " and you have to try and attract the attention of the disinterested girl who takes a millennium to check bloody 5 items. And when you get home you realise that you forgot the one thing you went in there for so you pour yourself a class of wine only for husband to chip in with " starting early then !!! ". Followed by, " what's for tea Nigella ?". " " Fucking cunt that's what's for tea, and no , not the sort you're thinking about "

People who listen to music or other crap at top volume on headphones....so it defeats the point of wearing headphones when I can hear that annoying tinny sound from about 4 rows away on the train.
I dread to think what it's doing to their ear drums but sympathy is limited if they are too inconsiderate/stupid to find the volume button.

I fear my transformation into a grumpy old woman is nearing completion....😬

My DH is king of "don't know", lol. I'm like, you have to know, I'm not even asking you a factual question, just an opinion' Haha.

So mine is people saying don't know when what they really mean is 'shut up, I don't care about what you are talking about' lol.

I guess I don't like people shouting and yelling in public, but most folks don't really do that. Some random posh fella barged into me today, knocking my drink onto my jacket. Nearly sent me flying. So yeah that annoys me big time too.

People with very small minds or close horizons, who can only relate to anything in terms of their own experience. It happens a lot on here - someone posts an OP about a big or medium-sized issue and, within the hour, the thread's dominated by a handful of people banging on about how it doesn't affect them or isn't like that for them. Or they'd never go to London because they've heard it's busy 😕

I'm ever so patient with people like this in real life but, inside, I'm silently screaming "FOR GOD'S SAKE GROW A BRAIN!"

And while I'm on a roll ...
Totally self-centred people. I'm sure there are more than there used to be!
Sexists and racists.
Arrogance (crosses over with the above) and hubris.
Ignoring a conversation in favour of your phone. If you're that bored, fuck off.
Telling people you prefer animals to people. Sorry for being the wrong species, and what a pity you are as well!
Telling humans you think the human race should all die, or certain sectors of it should. Always shocks me, and it's irritating that they never see what a psychopathic statement they've made.
And lecturing vegans 😆

People who send texts saying ‘how are you?’ - this is not a fucking conversation starter, now piss off! Same goes for people who text me and then don’t reply to my response. Chronic waste of my time.

Conspiracy theorists - no, I do not believe Wayfair are harbouring a secret child trafficking catalogue via their firniture bar codes. Or whatever this week’s weird internet conspiracy is. Usually pedalled by some middle aged bloke I used to go to school with. Such a turn off.

Everyone annoys me really, but here goes:

cyclists
drivers who don’t fucking indicate
couples walking hand in hand on a narrow pavement. No, I am not going to step out into the road.
Other people’s children. Yes, all of them.
People who talk through films/plays.
Men. Pretty much all of them.

That feels better