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divorcinganabsolutewanker · 05/12/2025 12:16

We've had 2 birthdays in work today and I didn't join in with the singing of happy birthday. I hate it. Have a great day and all that but I don't feel the need to go and join in.

I also hate Christmas, it's a waste of money. Love the time with family but the rest of it can fuck off.

I also hate going for a wee and stopping for diesel.

What do you hate?

OP posts:
the80sweregreat · 05/12/2025 14:37

People can get me down , especially certain relatives.
I wish I could tell them some home truths , but it’s too late now. Have to grit my teeth instead.

the80sweregreat · 05/12/2025 14:36

Changing the beds ! Such a chore.

DuchessofStaffordshire · 05/12/2025 14:36

maddiemookins16mum · 05/12/2025 14:27

People who eat stuff in Supermarkets before paying. That goes for kids too, they won’t starve or faint away from malnutrition in 45 minutes. I had a colleague who’d eat a sandwich and chug down a bottle of Vimto as we picked up some bits the odd lunchtime, she’dvthen dump the empty bottle/wrapper on the belt to be scanned. She was 45 fgs. So uncouth. Oh and kids on the radio, they all seem to put on a baby voice despite being 9. It’s normally a pushy Mother saying ‘oh little Harry wants to say Hi’.

Edited

I'm usually quite well known for my couthness but I must admit there have been a few occasions where I've nipped into the supermarket to grab a few bits after a long run and had to chuck something inside me before I've totally bonked. Sorry.

Timebudda · 05/12/2025 14:35

HalfWayAroundTheLoop · 05/12/2025 12:21

Fucking everyone 😃

Me too.

Mummyto3ginismyfriend · 05/12/2025 14:34

The word Holibobs
The school run
Shaving my legs
Emptying the cat litter
People that send voice notes (just type it like a normal person)
Working out what to eat every single day.
Putting laundry away

MrsLJH · 05/12/2025 14:32

Golf brollies when you are trying to get by them

Argonometra · 05/12/2025 14:31

Is singing the birthday song even legal? I think it's still copyrighted.

PrancerandDancer · 05/12/2025 14:30

Both of these....

I will also add:

This current cold I have... immune system give me a break

People who don't indicate

Loud and busy (peopley) places

Cyclists

Sweetcorn

Making phone calls ... just let me send you an email (I appreciate this is a me problem)

The word hubby

Reform/Trump ect

How blooming expensive everything is

The behaviour of a fellow leader at a uniformed weekly children's activity. They are more hard work that the 20 children in my care put together. I can't fire them as it's voluntary and not my place and if we bring it up we get the guilt trip and water works 😒

I'm sure there are plenty more but this has been very cathartic, thank you OP

PrancerandDancer · 05/12/2025 14:30

WestwardHo1 · 05/12/2025 14:23

Phone ins on the radio. I have to turn over. The general public are mainly awful.

Both of these....

I will also add:

This current cold I have... immune system give me a break

People who don't indicate

Loud and busy (peopley) places

Cyclists

Sweetcorn

Making phone calls ... just let me send you an email (I appreciate this is a me problem)

The word hubby

Reform/Trump ect

How blooming expensive everything is

The behaviour of a fellow leader at a uniformed weekly children's activity. They are more hard work that the 20 children in my care put together. I can't fire them as it's voluntary and not my place and if we bring it up we get the guilt trip and water works 😒

I'm sure there are plenty more but this has been very cathartic, thank you OP

Mymanyellow · 05/12/2025 14:29

Oh and my fucking door wreath is going to get frisbee’d over the church steeple next time I open the door to see who’s knocking and it’s that poxy thing blowing in the wind.

Lottapianos · 05/12/2025 14:28

'Elf on the Shelf, the most boring and inane trend I’ve ever laid eyes on.'

Even worse than that - parents who do Elf on the sodding Shelf but come into work and bore me to death by moaning about it. You decided to do it, get yourself organised and crack on! Performative martyrdom is so tedious

Mymanyellow · 05/12/2025 14:27

I like Christmas, that is the day itself lots to eat and drink. See my family, slump in the chair watching tv. It’s all the faffing you have to do beforehand. I’ve had the bright idea not to do stockings this year. Instead I’ve bought baskets that I’m going to lovingly fill and tie up with cellophane and ribbon. Ffs

maddiemookins16mum · 05/12/2025 14:27

People who eat stuff in Supermarkets before paying. That goes for kids too, they won’t starve or faint away from malnutrition in 45 minutes. I had a colleague who’d eat a sandwich and chug down a bottle of Vimto as we picked up some bits the odd lunchtime, she’dvthen dump the empty bottle/wrapper on the belt to be scanned. She was 45 fgs. So uncouth. Oh and kids on the radio, they all seem to put on a baby voice despite being 9. It’s normally a pushy Mother saying ‘oh little Harry wants to say Hi’.

IHateEmptyPockets · 05/12/2025 14:26

JudgeBread · 05/12/2025 12:29

Ugh this, they need to invent a stair-capable Roomba already!

Bit like a Slinky with a Roomba on both ends? Grin

Peripain · 05/12/2025 14:26

Having to visit in-laws for them to see DC, only for those in-laws to sit on their phones the entire time they aren’t watching football. So glad we drive across the country to sit there watching you look at your phone or try to keep DC silent while you watch the football. Apparently us going and doing anything is rude. I have a DH problem.

WestwardHo1 · 05/12/2025 14:23

Phone ins on the radio. I have to turn over. The general public are mainly awful.

LeaderBee · 05/12/2025 14:21

TheThingsYouDoForLurve · 05/12/2025 12:30

Aubergines
Christmas
Getting out of bed for a wee
Nigel Farage and Reform
Non working train WiFi

Have you considered getting catheterised?

the80sweregreat · 05/12/2025 14:21

Having to greet people ( who aren’t close relatives) with a kiss! I actually cringe or try to get out of doing it.
Its awkward as anything and should be banned ( Covid times was great as nobody could be too close. About the only good thing about any of that awful time )

80smonster · 05/12/2025 14:14

People who can’t locate their payment cards, despite being at the front of the fucking queue.

Private school vat, we would raise more money by charging those who use state schools a very small service charge fee.

Elf on the Shelf, the most boring and inane trend I’ve ever laid eyes on.

ArabellaSaurus · 05/12/2025 14:13

I love snails, but I hate how they hide in silence in the dark on the path so you stand on them and crush them.

Loopylalalou · 05/12/2025 14:09

Today. Sodding bloody Christmas presents. Looking. Buying, waiting for delivery, trying to remember what you’d ordered, then wrapping the things. Grrrr.

SemperIdem · 05/12/2025 14:09
  • Loud eaters
  • people who chew with their mouth open
  • mouth breathers
  • people who can’t use cutlery properly
  • people who walk around in public as though it is their first day on earth
  • the wilfully ignorant
  • people who lie and say they enjoy matcha and hot honey
  • having to bring cake to the office on my own birthday

It’s a non exhaustive list but those are the more lighthearted ones.

KoalaBlue1 · 05/12/2025 14:06

I hate
My own birthday
Nicola Walker talking to herself in Annika
Christmas - well the ridiculous present buying stuff
People who state the obvious
People who hang around for hours, don’t know when it’s time to go home
Being the only one to decide what to cook

SquashPenguin · 05/12/2025 14:04

People who let their much bigger and older kids smash around inside the baby and toddler section of soft play. Winds me up the fucking wall.

Catinabeanbag · 05/12/2025 14:03

SisterMaryImmaculate · 05/12/2025 13:58

Faffers and fanniers.

Folk who only start rummaging for their money or card when the cashier tells them the amount.
People who make an absolute pantomime of sorting themselves out in a cafe or at the petrol station.

But equally machines and systems that force you to fanny about. The parking meters that need to know your name, car registration and inside leg measurement before you can park.

Zero tolerance for buggering about.

Oh lord, yes to those who start rummaging for their money only when they get to cashier or self serivce checkout. It makes me want to shout 'You've been standing in the queue for the last few minutes! Exactly what about paying is a surprise to you?!'

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