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Things you hate.

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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:
meatyryvita · 05/12/2025 14:02

unisex toilets! We have them at work and dear lord, some people are utterly disgusting. We had a ‘pot luck’ lunch the other day where everyone brought something in that they’d made, I avoided it because I know how little hygiene some of these people have.

There’s a bar/restaurant in our little town that had a nice vibe and good food. I refuse to go there anymore because they have unisex toilets and I invariably have to clean up the spray of some stupid fecking man before I can use the loo.

SunnySideDeepDown · 05/12/2025 13:59

Twats who big themselves up on LinkedIn, glorifying normal training and achievement like they’re the next Steve Jobs.

People who talk about themselves constantly - ask questions people!

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.

EuclidianGeometryFan · 05/12/2025 13:58

JudgeBread · 05/12/2025 12:17

People who congregate in shop doorways or the middle of shop aisles to have a chat.

Fuck off out the way you weapons, go to a cafe or something to have a catch up, not the middle of the fecking veg aisle.

OMG this - blocking shop door ways. Even if you are alone.

I found myself doing it the other day - walked out of a shop, and stopped about 2 feet from the door while I recalled which way I wanted to go next.
I had to have a stern word with myself as soon as I realised.

DuchessofStaffordshire · 05/12/2025 13:58

LadyMacbethssweetArabianhand · 05/12/2025 13:55

Cyclists in packs! They block the road by cycling five abreast across the road. They come into the cafe in their clackity special shoes and their puffed up arses and take aaaaages to order a latte without milk and egg white omelette.
I don't hate individual cyclists but those who go out in groups drive me wild!
And slugs and snails.

Oh yes, those cyclists! They're also the sort who'll shave as much excess weight off their bikes by disposing of their bells etc whilst simultaneously being 20KG overweight because it'll give them the edge.

Sewciopath · 05/12/2025 13:57

Slow walkers
The sound of people breathing - Yes mouth breathers I'm talking about you
The woman in the office who pebble dashes the toilet bowl daily and doesnt clean up after herself
People who leave coffee in the sugar canister (just use a different spoon!)

TangoWhiskeyAlphaTango123 · 05/12/2025 13:56

HeadyLamarr · 05/12/2025 13:09

I used to have lists that long until I got HRT. Marvellous how that little patch stops me living in a ball of rage.

I am on it and sadly it hasn't that much difference to my rage 😂Think I have always been a bit of a miserable git anyways so peri menopause was always going to exacerbate it!

Catinabeanbag · 05/12/2025 13:56

Coriander
Parsnips
People who don't move down to stand in the middle of the carriage on trains when they're full, because god forbid you might be 'stuck' on the train when we get to the station and you can't say 'excuse me' or move just before your stop.
People who put their feet / bags on seats on the train contributing to the above, because people don't want to ask them to shift their stuff.
'Twixtmas' - both the name and the time itself.
People who walk slowly, or randomly stop, or amble about changing direction with no awareness of people around / behind them who are either in a hurry or just walk faster.
Having to decide what's for dinner, cook it, wash up.... every bloody night. Being single sucks sometimes.

LadyMacbethssweetArabianhand · 05/12/2025 13:55

Cyclists in packs! They block the road by cycling five abreast across the road. They come into the cafe in their clackity special shoes and their puffed up arses and take aaaaages to order a latte without milk and egg white omelette.
I don't hate individual cyclists but those who go out in groups drive me wild!
And slugs and snails.

UtterlyOtterly · 05/12/2025 13:54

The assumption I am going to like a dog or want it near me.
Dogs in cafes and shops.
Tattoos.
Unkempt gardens.
Artificial grass in ordinary gardens.
Custard creams.
Virtually everything about Christmas.

AgnesMcDoo · 05/12/2025 13:48

Drivers who don’t indicate

The Woke

People who I don’t know / hardly know who insist on kissing my cheeks 2-3
times as a greeting (or air kissing just as bad)

Manspreading on public transport especially on airplanes

mushrooms, fish, aubergines and courgettes

meatyryvita · 05/12/2025 13:47

People who put food from packaging into fancy jars and that type of shit (not out of necessity but because it's visually appealing/for the 'gram).
Trad wives
Those stupid men who arrogantly list what they want in a partner and the short version is 'big t8ts but lobotomised'.
Trump
Farage
Vance
Putin
People who walk along looking down at their phone
People who walk along looking down at their phone and suddenly stop
People who try to push on to the train when you're still trying to get off
People who don't put the motherpupping laundry into the motherpupping laundry basket
People who think feminism is 'man hating'
Reform and all those who fall for their bullshit
Brexiters

AgentPidge · 05/12/2025 13:47

ArabellaSaurus · 05/12/2025 13:32

'Your password should be 12 characters long, a mix of upper and lower case, contain a number, a super special special symbol, some Assyrian poetry, two parkour moves, and your most shameful secret.

But I won't reveal all of these crucial stipulations until you fail to include them, one by one. '

And then, "Sorry, that password is not available".

MarcusRashvest · 05/12/2025 13:44

When a website asks you to enter your email address and it flashes up with an angry red message telling you it’s not a valid email address after only typing the first letter

AgentPidge · 05/12/2025 13:43

deadpantrashcan · 05/12/2025 13:17

You are right up my street

Same here. I do like prawns though.

divorcinganabsolutewanker · 05/12/2025 13:41

WhatWhoNoShe · 05/12/2025 13:07

The OP is probably too Busy and Important to sing Happy Birthday.

(I mean, I'm not unsympathetic, as it's the most godawful dirge and unpleasantly reminiscent of 'God Save the Queen/King'), but I'm also not that keen on workplace grumps who sit looking sourly superior while everyone else sings said dirge.)

I'm in a different office and too busy.

I'm just back from annual leave and trying to get through month end.

I don't feel one bit awful for not going.

One of the men is a bit of a perve so fuck him.

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DuchessofStaffordshire · 05/12/2025 13:41

Cyclists (when I'm a driver).
Drivers (when I'm cycling or running).
Pedestrians (particularly those glued to their phones and lacking situational awareness) when I'm cycling, running or driving.
Dogs on extendable leads.
Noisy exhaust pipes.
Cruises.
Strictly.
Reality TV.
Non-indicators.
Plain boiled or mashed spuds.
Men in charge of trolleys in supermarkets.
People who treat visits to the supermarket as a family day out or excuse for a social catch-up.
Illogical decision makers.
White cars.
The person who can't be bothered to install a new loo roll.
Learned helplessness, professional victimhood and people who don't take any responsibility for themselves, their kids or their pets etc.
See through or skin coloured leggings.
Fly tippers.
Middle lane hoggers.

Gentlydoesit2 · 05/12/2025 13:39

Most people hate being sung happy birthday to aswel right?? It should be banned

I hate -

Grocery shopping and unpacking
Boys/men that keep leaving wee all over my toilets
Smoking outside school gates
Deciding what to cook everyday
The patriarchy
Delivery drivers waking the baby
Kale

divorcinganabsolutewanker · 05/12/2025 13:39

mumofoneAloneandwell · 05/12/2025 12:52

You didnt sing happy birthday 😄

Did you just sit there with a straight face?

They 2 people were in a different office.

Thanks fuck.

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Newyearawaits · 05/12/2025 13:38

People who make loud crunchy noises when they eat and appear to have no understanding of personal space whilst doing so!

ArabellaSaurus · 05/12/2025 13:37

the80sweregreat · 05/12/2025 13:29

Arabellasauras
I couldn’t wear them, but have you tried contact lenses? At least we have moved on from monoclonals I suppose ! ( not sure about the spelling there )
I also loath cleaning and never ending washing. Getting it dry is a faff and I should buy a heated airer.
Family finances and dealing with insurance renewals get me down too.

I've only just worked up to outrage at glasses, contacts would be advanced level fury, I think. I only need them for reading and you cant do that in bed because pillow/glasses interface creates havoc.

zurigo · 05/12/2025 13:37
  • Filling the car up on cold days when freezing drips of condensation are showering down from the metal roof over the fuel pumps (I decided today that when I change my car I'm definitely getting an electric!)
  • Cleaning the cat litter and the cat's water fountain.
  • Putting the bins out - particularly when it's freezing like it was last night.
  • Attending routine appointments - so boring and time-consuming.
ArcticGrass · 05/12/2025 13:32

Drying myself when I get out of the shower or the bath, obviously I do, but I'd love a giant handryer...or a drying bag like the dog has got.

Off road motorbikes. Nasty noisy things that you can hear but don't know quite where they are going to pop up out from on your quiet relaxing Sunday walk in the countryside and so have to pop the dog back on a lead... Gits tearing up the greenways and mountain sides.

ArabellaSaurus · 05/12/2025 13:32

'Your password should be 12 characters long, a mix of upper and lower case, contain a number, a super special special symbol, some Assyrian poetry, two parkour moves, and your most shameful secret.

But I won't reveal all of these crucial stipulations until you fail to include them, one by one. '

NimbleHiker · 05/12/2025 13:32

I hate listening to my mum's endless monologues. If i ended up in icu she would be more bothered about her toothache. I once broke my arm but her broken nail was far more important. I hate people who listen to music on public transport without wearing headphones. Don't get me started on the loud phone conversations. I hate football.

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