Little things people do that are irritating....

People who comment on media stories a hit TV shows with “It’s not real you know, lol”. No, really? You mean my television isn’t a window into the lives of people in a working class Manchester suburb who are mysteriously never around on a Tuesday or Thursday night?! How will I cope in the light of this revelation?!

Bringing water to the boil in a pot rather than shortcutting with a kettle, even after multiple explanations of heat waste. 😡

I was watching Dinosaur at the weekend. The main character is autistic and was stressed out for various reasons and had to get a bus somewhere. Whilst on the bus there was a woman sat near her who kept saying pacifically and the main character kept saying specifically under her breath until it got too much she shouted it's specifically! and getting off the bus I suspect a few stops early.

People who need to get past you in a busy place (like a supermarket) and instead of saying excuse me they just huff and tutt.

Bad table manners.

Defend myself for what? For finding stealth spag pedants annoying?

I sympathise. To be honest, I occasionally post then find I have to defend myself 6 or 8 times 😊

When there are long tailbacks in every lane and everyone is crawling slowly along, but the driver in front leaves a huge gap, so everyone from the other lane nips in front of them, delaying me the enraged drivers behind even more.

You might be happy for fifty cars to pile in in front of you but the rest of us are trying to make some progress! 😡

I think it's because they worry their card will slip out or someone will pickpocket them and steal it. It's the only explanation I can come up with.

I would add the people who stand at the till in front of me, then decide that they are going to pay with cash - "which is in here somewhere". Dig around in their purse trying to come up with the exact money in coins, spend ages counting it all out, realise they are 10p short and give me a £20 note.

Or kids (and it's usually children of around the age of 10) who throw an entire pocket of change down and expect me to count out the 57 pence that they need to pay for their lolly or chewing gum or whatever. People, I know we are largely a cashless society, but if you give your child cash to pay for things, please teach them how cash works and how to count it.

Road closures where FA is done. There is a road near me which I sometimes use. Closed for 3 days. Colleague who lives in the road said nothing was done.

Also coning off lanes when no work has started. Only cone off lanes/parts of roads when work has started.

Oh, yes! I just looked up how long it would take to get to a community centre I visit. It's thirty minutes by car. It would take eight hours by bus and train.

Sigh. Yes, I know the multiple commas were a joke, but I don't think it was all intentional.

Lol! This is hilarious. The post was a joke.

Yes, I agree with all of these.
And… whilst queuing at the checkout I put my card in my pocket. Easy. Why can’t everyone do that? 🤷‍♀️

Game show contestants who bore on and on before giving their answer: "It can't be A because ... bore, bore, it can't be B because ... yawn, yawn, yawn, so it must be C". Just give the answer, Trevor.

Also game show contestants who start every sentence with "So" (especially looking at you, Pointless).

People (always men) who just stand in the doorway of a room, gawping, and not sitting down.

People who constantly say "obviously" when there is nothing obvious about it. Bit similar to the "like I said" ones.

People standing and yacking on the pavement with their backs to you, taking up all the space. And can't or won't hear you when you say "excuse me", forcing you onto the road.

But I don't get the ones about not having your purse / card ready at the checkout. Usually the first chance to get it out is when you have packed. Too busy up to that point.

Before I had a car, I had a job interview and said it’s city centre based. Nope! I don’t call 2 miles from the city centre the city centre. Plus the bus from city to where this place was were hourly and 15 min walk.

People who drive and tell me as a non driver it doesn't take long to get somewhere. It takes longer on public transport even without delay

Special points if this one comes from a recruitment agency who can’t see past their commission saying “But town X can’t be more than 45 minutes from you!” and refusing to acknowledge that you actually have to trek across London to Waterloo in order to get further away from said town and then take a 50-minute train there, before even considering that they’re on an industrial estate 20 minutes from the station.

How rubbish some people's reading comprehension is

People who drive and tell me as a non driver it doesn't take long to get somewhere. It takes longer on public transport even without delay

Applescruffle · 28/04/2024 23:11

People who massively over-react when a bee or a wasp comes near them

I'm severely allergic to wasp stings and always have to get up and move, if one comes near me. I can't help it, I'm terrified of the bastards, my heart rate goes up and I start breathing heavily. I'm sorry, it's not something I can control.

Bees, on the other hand, don't bother me in the slightest, nor other insects.

Or when they do the same thing having got to the top of the escalator.

I’m currently on holiday transfer bus to the airport, so right now:

the person singing along to the radio
the person listening to TikTok videos without headphones

It’s not 8am yet 😫

Customers who claim that we keep moving the eggs.

I’ve worked there for 17 years and they have only been moved…….once and that was 12 years ago!

@bakewellbride Oh god do I hate mothers handing their toddlers their phones or tablets and play or watch. E-babysitting shouldn’t exist.

Aswell

Alot

abit

just incase

That radio 2 doctor. Moist mouth Jarvis