Little things people do that are irritating....

Yeah, that one sounds very ableist and, by extension, ageist too. Quite unpleasant.

What difference does it make to you if a person with very limited mobility finds a trolley more suited to their needs and preferences than a walking frame?

People who don't bother listening when you're giving them information and then ask again, not realising they're asking the same person and blame their inattention on you.
"The pool and gym are just through those double doors" on way to room.
5 minutes later call from room "How do I get to the gym & pool? The lady that checked us in didn't tell us"
I am the lady that checked you in and I fucking did tell you so don't try and make out I'm incompetent because you couldn't be arsed to listen!
Or you know, give directions through gritted teeth.

This is my dad. He's one of those people who somehow always occupy a space far bigger than their mere physical dimensions.

People that use a shopping trolley as a mobility aid, hunch over it and shuffle along

@CJ0374 So how do you expect people who have problems walking to do their shopping then? You can't push a trolley and use a walking stick at the same time, so you have to use the trolley as a mobility aid.

Ooh, I hate it when people try to pretend they're being flexible and easy-going, when they're just forcing you to make a decision for them that they can't be bothered with.

Especially the ones who make out that they're happy to leave it entirely up to you, but then look crestfallen when your guess on their behalf happens not to be their preference that they refused to share with you.

Genuinely easy-going would be something like "I quite fancy X or Y meals, but what do you feel like?" or "Coffee if it's no trouble, please, but if you're making a pot of tea, that's great too."

This is so selfish - and potentially dangerous. Exactly where do they expect the people behind them to go? Serves them right if they end up on the floor with all the people who were behind them on top of them in a big pile.

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.

I was generously assuming irony to be involved.

Traveling to Dr's/Hospital appointments in packs! Drives me insane

Can I give you, from my late OH, if I said What do you fancy for dinner? He would usually reply I 'm easy. Drove me mad!

I live very close to a primary school. The disregard of the parents blocking the pavement every morning with their pre/ after drop off chats or after pick up chats/ ignore the fact that their kids/ scooters/ conversations are annoying pretty much everyone who isn't them is insanely annoying,

I have teens so I don't need to be actively involved in the pick up: drop off thing anymore - but when I was, I was always mindful of not doing this as it's so fucking annoying

DP has a habit of standing in a doorway I want to use, or in front of a drawer or cupboard I want to open, and it drives me mad!

In that situation I once drove round then reversed up to the front pump, the dawdlng driver was furious because he now has to wait for me as a large van was on the opposite pump stopping him getting by me. I took my time a bit.

Or the other end of the escalator, especially on the Tube when a group with suitcases just congregate right at the bottom because they don't whether to turn left, right or just go forward.

People men who expect me to move out of their way all the time. It’s unthinkable for them to move around me for some reason.

Or the same group having a meeting in the aisle, blocking access especially now shops have those annoying glass cabinets, I take great delight in getting them to move so I can open the pesky doors. Most big shops have a cafe, go there to chat.

People who stop at the top of escalators

Dumping a wet towel on the bed after a shower and just leaving it there.

When people ask what I consider to be stupid questions.

I work in a community café where customers put milk and sugar in their drinks themselves. There are teaspoons, jars of brown and white sugar and a bowl for used teabags.

It's not uncommon for people to point at the white sugar and ask "is this sugar? Or salt?"

I really want to say "it's sugar for fuck's sake! What kind of arseholes do you think we are?"

People who stop dead in the street as though there couldn’t possibly be anybody walking behind them.

I quite often see that fast walkers are “statistically more sad”. This is true in my case, slow dawdles do indeed make me sad! Before the above is jumped on, I don’t mean anyone with mobility or sight issues which will naturally impede walking speed.

The hapless husband that doesn't go supermarket shopping often following wife around, getting in my way at every bloody turn.

Your post was full of bad grammar!

This is me, I think. Such a narrow build, with stupidly football sized boobs. I despise them and really should get measured again so they can be tamed into submission.

Dawdling

Another hot drink one: you ask someone if they'd like a tea or a coffee.

Them: yes please
Me: ... which would you prefer?
Them: oooh, whichever's easiest for you, dear
Me: it would be easiest if you just told me what you fecking want

I like this thread

Oh and another one: people in offices who hold the door open for you when you're miles away from the door, forcing you to break into a trot so as not to keep them standing there too long... and then you have to thank them for doing it.

Yes, I do know I'm a grouch. 😄