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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:
OldieButBaddie · 05/12/2025 13:32

idrinkandiknowthings · 05/12/2025 13:23

Baby flies (I can't even type the word)
Being too hot
Summer (because of the above)
Drivers who don't indicate
Warm public toilet seats
Warm glasses in pubs
Most mainstream music
Pretzels and olives - both fashioned by the Devil's own cloven hooves
Mrs Brown's Boys - deeply unfunny
Reform - also deeply unfunny
Racists / homophobes and anyone who discriminates in any form
People who say "should of" instead of "should have"

That'll do for now 😆

Never go to Japan if you hate warm toilet seats 😁

MrsBeltane · 05/12/2025 13:31

Christmas
Cold Play
Eggs
Washing my hair
Hoovering

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.

SheIsLostForWords · 05/12/2025 13:29

Door slamming! I work from home and live in a terraced house. Next door neighbours don’t know how to close their doors quietly and slam the front and back door with full force every 10 minutes.

OttersMayHaveShifted · 05/12/2025 13:25

Spiders. Trying to keep on top of the laundry. Making and attending medical and dental appointments. Any complicated multi-step admin tasks. Driving somewhere unfamiliar.

idrinkandiknowthings · 05/12/2025 13:23

Baby flies (I can't even type the word)
Being too hot
Summer (because of the above)
Drivers who don't indicate
Warm public toilet seats
Warm glasses in pubs
Most mainstream music
Pretzels and olives - both fashioned by the Devil's own cloven hooves
Mrs Brown's Boys - deeply unfunny
Reform - also deeply unfunny
Racists / homophobes and anyone who discriminates in any form
People who say "should of" instead of "should have"

That'll do for now 😆

ArabellaSaurus · 05/12/2025 13:23

Flu/viruses. Cleaning. Arseholes. The relentless fucking hamster wheel of daily life. Laundry. Computers. The sound of people eating. The sound of people breathing. Liars. Phones. Reading glasses, glasses generally - how is it in 2025 we have these awkward fucking foldy poky things to stick on our faces like two shite magnifying glasses? Why isnt it invented better? Toasters. Emails. The cold. The heat. Talking. Also bras.

I'll stop now and come back later, there will be more.

Newyearawaits · 05/12/2025 13:18

Christmas, I hate it but have to paint a smile on my face for relevant people.
In reality, it's a cover up for all the horrible things that are going on. Happy family scenarios everywhere which don't reflect reality and epitomises what has gone badly wrong

deadpantrashcan · 05/12/2025 13:17

Ketzele · 05/12/2025 12:39

New Years Eve. Spiders and slugs. Dogs without snouts. Bar stools. Smear tests. Populism. Standing in pubs. Illogical thinkers. Mobs. Shellfish. Terracotta paint. Putin-Trump-Farage. Left wing antisemites. Right wing Islamophobes. Bifold doors. The smell of bacon. Small print books. Primary colours. The lack of vocational career paths. Perfumed pantyliner. Posters who say Eww that's grim on MN threads about personal hygiene or housework. Framed prints of Kate Moss/Marilyn Monroe/Audrey Hepburn. Air freshener.

I could go on forever. I have so much hate it's exhausting.

You are right up my street

Plinketyplonks · 05/12/2025 13:16

Washing yoghurt pots etc out so they can go in the recycling

and today, my stupid bra straps which keep sliding off my shoulders. I need to unrobe and tighten them but I have about four layers on and just can’t bear to:

Turnitoffnonagain · 05/12/2025 13:16

Oh, yes! Feeling all tired and sleepy on the couch. Get upstairs and into bed. Wide awake. For ages. I've had that a lot lately.

BillieWiper · 05/12/2025 13:14

I hate cutting my nails.
Washing my hair.
Dusting.
Hanging up laundry.
Pedestrians that won't give way to me and move to my right when I'm walking towards my front door on the left.
Margarine.
People trying to teach me how to play chess.
Not being able to sleep properly at night but falling asleep in the middle of social gatherings. (At someone's house, not a restaurant. I'm not that bad!)

YouOKHun · 05/12/2025 13:13

Yep, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. And January. Also snobs. Thinking of meals day after day, sorting and putting laundry away. Going to the supermarket, especially right now. Actually, all forms of housework because it is never done, takes ages and is undone very quickly. Show offs (on and off social media). Synthetic scented anything (those awful candles in glass jars for example), pineapple.

lumpslumpsandmorelumps · 05/12/2025 13:12

Happyhousehappyheart · 05/12/2025 12:40

White Teslas and Range Rovers
Chav central

Black ones are as bad

Turnitoffnonagain · 05/12/2025 13:12

I'll sing Happy Birthday if it means I get a slice of Birthday cake. 🎂😜

I know they are for my own good, but.......
Mammograms and dental hygienist.

Winterwonderwhy · 05/12/2025 13:12

Hate outdoorsy goody goody people whose idea of fun is doing a hike or something similar

Winterwonderwhy · 05/12/2025 13:10

Slow stupid people. Don’t get to the front of the queue with a complex query and hold up the queue. Had this at the post office and JL this week.

HeadyLamarr · 05/12/2025 13:09

TangoWhiskeyAlphaTango123 · 05/12/2025 13:06

You sound like me but I reigned my list in a bit!

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

WhatWhoNoShe · 05/12/2025 13:07

mumofoneAloneandwell · 05/12/2025 12:52

You didnt sing happy birthday 😄

Did you just sit there with a straight face?

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.)

TangoWhiskeyAlphaTango123 · 05/12/2025 13:06

Ketzele · 05/12/2025 12:39

New Years Eve. Spiders and slugs. Dogs without snouts. Bar stools. Smear tests. Populism. Standing in pubs. Illogical thinkers. Mobs. Shellfish. Terracotta paint. Putin-Trump-Farage. Left wing antisemites. Right wing Islamophobes. Bifold doors. The smell of bacon. Small print books. Primary colours. The lack of vocational career paths. Perfumed pantyliner. Posters who say Eww that's grim on MN threads about personal hygiene or housework. Framed prints of Kate Moss/Marilyn Monroe/Audrey Hepburn. Air freshener.

I could go on forever. I have so much hate it's exhausting.

You sound like me but I reigned my list in a bit!

Dappy777 · 05/12/2025 13:06

Noise, stress, crowds, traffic, housing estates. I especially hate noisy cars. I mean those f-ing idiots who modify their exhaust so it screeches and bangs.

Above all I just wish there weren't so many people. In 1960 there were three billion of us, today there are eight billion and we're heading for ten billion. My local woods have been hacked down to make room for two new housing estates, and now we've been told the fields in the middle of the village are going to be built on as well. The countryside is being destroyed around me.

TangoWhiskeyAlphaTango123 · 05/12/2025 13:03

Food shopping - I avoid it at all costs and get it delivered but every now and again I have to go in one. The people milling around, hogging the lanes, taking 10 minutes to deliberate over the apples whilst a queue forms makes me want to scream!

Work - Hate it and am counting the 10 years down until I retire. Sick if the NHS bullshit that will never change and sick of the demands that never get any better.

The Government - Any political party really, hate the same bullshit empty promises that things will change when they rarely do.

Christmas - Whilst I don't hate it, I hate having to work it - see above!

Gribouille · 05/12/2025 13:01

HalfWayAroundTheLoop · 05/12/2025 12:21

Fucking everyone 😃

Well stop doing it then!

😂

HelenaWaiting · 05/12/2025 12:59

New Year's Eve. It ruins Auld Lang Syne for me.

Waitingfordoggo · 05/12/2025 12:59

Brushing teeth I don’t mind too much but interdental brushing and flossing- urgh- such a fucking bore and so awkward. I’ve got four different size brushes for the different size gaps which means I have to actually think about what I’m doing and I don’t want to- I just want to get into bed. 😡