Little things people do that are irritating....

Saying things that are obviously not true ,like ‘your hair looks nice’ when it clearly needs washing or ‘ the tulips look great’ when they’ve gone over.

People who who are really easily irritated by minor things. And complain about other people doing minor things. Nothing more irritating!

Ha, timing - I forgot something at Aldi today, looked at the queue and decided to get it at the other store near me.

I never do that, but will say "this is the place to be" when the weather is either stinking hot or cold. It's meant to be a nice comment, but would you find it annoying or repetitive? I don't have any friends in retail, I'm genuinely asking, because I don't want to be one of the annoying customers!

When you indicate for the bus to stop and everyone pushes in front of you and then they realise they need to pay / get their bus pass out

Likewise people who remember they forgot something when they are at the checkout and decide to go off and hunt for it with absolutely no rush at all !

One of my pet hates! If you forget something, other people shouldn't have to suffer. It's incredibly selfish. A woman kept us waiting for ages last week. She came back all flustered apologies. DP said 'Awk don't worry, it's easily done'. I channeled Paddington with a hard stare. You can tell who stands in most of the queues🤣🤣 I suppose at least she apologised. Plenty just brazen it out.

Likewise people who remember they forgot something when they are at the checkout and decide to go off and hunt for it with absolutely no rush at all !

I work in a shop and when it's a lovely day I get "ooh it's a nice day outside shame you're inside" yes it is and you pointing it out doesn't actually help.

When you cook the evening meal and shout DH and DC's that it's ready and they take so much time coming to get the HOT meal you've prepared. I sit there watching it go cold and seethe. I am not sure why it irritates me so much but I get the rage every time.

Would love to know if the wife even gets a look in or if it's spent on a new train set for the loft

My DP does this and it drives me batty, especially since he’s the tidy one! Every single time I go to the toilet, the toilet roll is on the side out of reach rather than on the toilet roll holder.

-Talking with a mouth full of food. I don't want to see the food mushed up in your mouth, nor have bits spat out me at when you continue to talk
-Referring to 'The CoviT'
-The term 'like I said or as I said' when they never said it beforehand!
MIL, I'm looking at you for all these. 🙄

I have assistance booked. They've sometimes had to tell people to wait

Saying 'I'm a poet and I didn't know it' after inadvertently saying something that rhymes.
Yes ! and when someone has a hole in their top/sock and quips 'I'm so holy now !!'
Also -
-Loud people (looking at you man on train I had the misfortune to sit near)
-When people (usually men with Very Important jobs 🙄do that thing where they're saying goodbye to someone and walk backwards into a crowded area without looking and then crash into you, then act like its your fault! sooo annoying! I had a 6 year old kid at school drop off and two stupid men do that to me in one day. The kid was the only one who apologised! (and the only one I wouldn't have expected to - they're only a kid fgs) but the men . . .grrr . ..

Don't you just wish the police would appear beside all the phoning-while-driving idiots?

Slightly niche, I'll grant you, but I would add contestants on gameshows who are about to begin an important round of questions or big finale - those who, when the host asks "Are you ready?" answer "As ready as I'll ever be!!!!", as if they thought up something amazingly witty and original to say, rather than a massively irritating cliche.

Or when the host asks a male contestant what he’ll do with the money and he replies, “Oh, I’m sure my wife will have some plans for it!” with a hearty laugh. Why do these trivia geniuses marry these financially abusive harpies?!

I had to exit the train at Newcastle during rush hour 3x a week for a year. Somehow almost every trip, the same large businessesman tried to shove in through the door before I could get off. (I was by the door ready for first off as on double crutches as otherwise I literally could not get off). I try not to swear on public but eventually I decided to barrel off INTO him each time saying 'Fing MOVE'. It took 3 times (3rd time I was cheered by other passengers too).

SO many. Noisy eaters and breathers. Sitting or standing too close to me. Give me some space! Leaving crumbs and splashes around, like I'm the only one who can pick up a sponge. Carelessness (being heavy handed and damaging things), wet towels being dried by hanging them up on a hook rather than spreading them out so that they will actually dry.

It feels good to let this out.

That sounds like one of those things that would have driven me insane anout my mum even though it’s actually totally adorable, I loved your post!

Catsmere · Today 10:21

Twits who just sit at the lights when they've turned green...

I had one of those yesterday, when I was cycling. I said, "It's in green!" as I went past and he at least had the good grace to look embarrassed, as he looked up from his phone.

People who turn the DC's swimming lesson into a family outing. Our pool has very limited seating poolside (two benches and a couple of plastic chairs), yet every week there are at least one or two families who turn up en masse with loads of hangers on and hog all the seating. Two parents, one or two siblings and yesterday they turned up with two grandparents in tow to watch Little Jimmy have his lesson. Anyone would think he was racing in the Olympics or something rather than practicing for his 5m badge

Bradley Walsh really gets on my tits when somebody gives a correct answer to a reasonably difficult question on The Chase and he says " Good answer!" I shout "It's not a good answer, it's the correct answer!"

Oh yes, and people who post their crappy old furniture with "Come and get it today otherwise it's going to the tip". As if we should feel guilty about it.

People who are outraged that you don't want their sticky toddlers all over you on public transport.

The parents who amble back down the path after dropping the kids at school. There is no room to overtake and when you're trying to get to work, but are stuck behind a slow group it is so frustrating.