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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:
SchrodingersParrot · 05/12/2025 12:58

Horse racing. I just don't see the point of it.

SchrodingersParrot · 05/12/2025 12:57

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

HeadyLamarr · 05/12/2025 12:54

Getting out of the swimming pool in winter. Not only do you feel all heavy, it's freezing.

Cleaning the kitchen. It's neverending.

Undercooked, squeaky aubergine.

mumofoneAloneandwell · 05/12/2025 12:52

You didnt sing happy birthday 😄

Did you just sit there with a straight face?

BoredZelda · 05/12/2025 12:49

ResusciAnnie · 05/12/2025 12:37

Hate having to get in and out of the shower. Getting cold and naked and taking everything off and getting dry and dressed Ugh. I do it every day obviously but it’s the worst part of my day. (I do appreciate it when I’m in it, but getting in an out isn’t good).

Yes! In the shower is fine. The bit before and the bit after is horrendous. I don’t do it every day, for that very reason!

I also agree with @Oneearringlost, teeth cleaning gives me the boak. I do that twice a day but really wish I didn’t have to.

Emptying the dishwasher. I have declared myself the filler of things and I’m happy to do that, but if someone hasn’t emptied the dishwasher I refuse to fill it.

Getting my daughter’s wheelchair in and out of the car. I see parents with kids just getting in and out of cars, I’m hugely envious of that. I can deal with all the other bits that go with parenting a disabled child but I HATE having to faff about with the chair in the boot.

Putting away washing. Happy to sort it, wash it, dry it, but can someone else do the putting away.

The beginning of the day. All the stuff you have to do to get started, getting out of bed, getting dressed, coffee, breakfast, tidying up. I watch things like Downton Abbey and someone comes in, opens the curtains, brings you breakfast, dresses you, does your hair. I want that!

Happyjoe · 05/12/2025 12:49

I hate entitled people, first and foremost. You know the sort and seems to be more and more of them as time goes by.

I hate my next door neighbours, their screaming child, their noise that has completely ruined my own home and the fact they seem to have an issue with rubbish, ie, they can't tidy it up. Rotting food, shit, everything rotting in shared area.

I hate Reform and all they stand for.

HRTQueen · 05/12/2025 12:45

HelenaWaiting · 05/12/2025 12:27

Well, don't fuck them, then.

😆

for me its:

washing my hair and drying it

forced fun

being out after 1030pm

Pineapplewaves · 05/12/2025 12:45

People who eat while they’re walking down the road.
People who walk out of shops then stand in the doorway discussing where to go next so nobody else can get out or in.
Women who call everyone “love” or “lovely”.
People who refuse to queue and just march up to the front when they can see everyone else was there before them and is waiting their turn.
The supermarket delivery person standing right on your doorstep, twiddling their fingers, looking very impatient - go and stand by your van, check your email, text your partner and I’ll hand you the baskets when I’m done!

LlynTegid · 05/12/2025 12:44

Lateness.

thetallfairy · 05/12/2025 12:43

Idiots who have loud conversations on trains and buses

Idiots with their phone volume up high and no headphones

Passive aggressive assholes

I used to have to visit a clinic once a week and the lady in charge treated me like a piece of shit ( I was usually there 9 to 3pm as part of my job description)

She came running after me if I tried to get a cup of tea
She marched me out of the kitchen once Into a meeting she had set up and not told me about

She started to demand I go in at 7am rather than 9am

People like that are utter shits

So in short I hate rodents who walk over people who are trying their best

FishPie2 · 05/12/2025 12:43

People who get on the bus then fiddle about for what seems 5 minutes looking for pass or money then want to chat to driver about why they can't find it. How long have you been stood at the bus stop waiting for the bus. 😒
4 people walking abreast on the pavement then give me such a look when I ask to get past them. Shift.

ImWearingPantaloons · 05/12/2025 12:40

Talky bits in songs.

People who can’t read / follow simple instructions.

People who don’t squish up when in a queue of traffic.

Reform.

People who defend Reform / Trump / JD Vance

Im sure I’ll think of more given time.

Happyhousehappyheart · 05/12/2025 12:40

White Teslas and Range Rovers
Chav central

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.

Stompythedinosaur · 05/12/2025 12:39

Going to the supermarket.
Work nights out.
Matching socks.

I think I'm becoming more intolerant as I get older!

Zempy · 05/12/2025 12:38

Definitely brushing my teeth. Again and again and again…

Nigel Farage and Reform

Other racists

Cyclists (irrational)

ResusciAnnie · 05/12/2025 12:37

Hate having to get in and out of the shower. Getting cold and naked and taking everything off and getting dry and dressed Ugh. I do it every day obviously but it’s the worst part of my day. (I do appreciate it when I’m in it, but getting in an out isn’t good).

MrsSkylerWhite · 05/12/2025 12:34

santasbaubles · 05/12/2025 12:30

Motherfucking crumbs in the motherfucking Lurpak.

Sometimes when I open that tub it contains more bread than butter Envy

Ah, one of those billionaires I’ve heard about 😁

Oneearringlost · 05/12/2025 12:34

Brushing my teeth.

x2boys · 05/12/2025 12:34

People who unload a massive trolley full of stuff and only then realise they have to pay for it and start looking in bags and pockets for their purse

Lottapianos · 05/12/2025 12:31

I'm with you about singing Happy Birthday. Lovely for children, absolute cringe for adults

I hate most Christmas stuff as well. It's the most over hyped thing ever and it's the same old bollocks every year. A meeting at work yesterday (4 December) started with the chair excitedly asking everyone if they were 'ready for Christmas' 🙄🙄🙄 even my Christmas loving colleague thought it was way too much

There's about a million other things on my list and at least half of them refer to people and their mobile phones, but I'll stop there 😁

santasbaubles · 05/12/2025 12:30

Motherfucking crumbs in the motherfucking Lurpak.

Sometimes when I open that tub it contains more bread than butter Envy

YorkshireGoldDrinker · 05/12/2025 12:30

I think that's probably a case of waking up on the wrong side of the bed, honestly.

I get it, though. Christmas is commercialised to the point of being performative cringe.

Birthday celebrations can also be a bit full-on, and you're labelled anti-social for not wanting to join in:

"Yes, yes, well done for making it another revolution around the sun." or "One year older and another year closer to kacking it." Been there. I'm the resident office grump. "Don't mind her, she's been here too long."

ohyesido · 05/12/2025 12:30

People who faff about at the supermarket kiosk or the post office counter while a queue builds up.

people who walk 3 abreast on a narrow pavement.

people who have a go at a bus driver for being late.

hurry up, move up SIT DOWN