What tiny things make you irrationally annoyed?

Mine sneezes eight times. I am not saying bless you! You have a set time of numbers of sneezes you do apparently, mine is 2.

This has no effect on me personally but irritates the hell out of me. Nearby neighbours have all their curtains drawn all day but when they turn the lights on at night (in all the rooms, including upstairs, as soon as it gets dusk) they open all the curtains. They must close them when they go to bed because they are closed in the morning. Why? I can sort of understand curtains during the day if you are worried about privacy but then everyone can see them moving around after dark. I just don't get it.

@IwanttoWFH if people who weren't in my team (or maybe not in my wider, sort of second-tier team) cold-called me on Teams I would expect there to be a national emergency (that only I could solve) AT THE VERY LEAST.

Multiple people walking together in a horizontal line and then looking baffled at you when you, a single person, do not move, is INFURIATING!!

Ooh this thread is cathartic.

Oh God that's because they're full of customers who have seemingly never been in a café before interacting with people who have seemingly never worked in hospitality before, but have already managed to run out of fucking jacket potatoes.

People saying "Oh, just online" when you ask where they bought something

People using recipes as a metaphor, e.g. "all we need is a sprinkle of love, a teaspoon of patience"

People saying "It's just one of them, innit", as a general catch-all for when they can't be arsed to explain something properly (or don't explain it)

Instagram accounts for dogs (I do love dogs though)

People on MN using a sort of interrogative negative, e.g. "You understand basic economics, no?"

Dry robes in a context other than open water sports

People thinking cats are mysterious and superior

Every single woman over the age of 40 telling you that they're on the edge of perimenopause (yes, we all are really, what of it)

Lidl not having self-service checkouts alongside the normal ones

Byeretail

Congratulations on the move!! Hoping to change jobs this year- I want weekends and Christmas Eve back!!

1. Re the catching things on door handles; I'm always catching my earphone leads on drawer handles and door handles. I know I can solve this by using wireless earphones.

2. Having to charge wireless earphones

Static. My house is full of it at the moment, I’ve no idea why and and it’s driving me bonkers. When I’m home my clothes are all sticking to me and my hair stands on end, and god forbid you touch another human or something metal, I immediately discharge 1000volts of lightning and it bloody hurts. DS has learnt some new words lately.

Yes this! They do it all stupid.

I try to be reasonable about this…’but as you know, Ted, I’m quite the cynic’.

Grown men in jogging suits, when not jogging. Eg round shops etc. You look like an overgrown toddler.

People who seem to spend ages doing stuff. Eg buying a train ticket, going through station barriers, ordering a cup of coffee, getting cash out of the ATM, at the post office.

Pronouns in signature eg Barry (he/him) and Fiona (she/her). Well yes I guessed that I’ve never met a female Barry or a male Fiona.

People who put their bags on seats on a busy train and almost as annoying the drips who stand and scowl at them instead of telling them to move them.

Coat hangers - unmanageable

Temperamental printers

trying to log into websites and accounts and being sent round and round in endless circles of hell with two step verification codes and emails and still not getting in

I don’t think she was saying you can’t shop, but don’t go at busy times and complain it’s busy!

Genius idea for those constantly clattering falling walking sticks to have suckers

So true! That's another small annoying thing: the use of diagnostic categories to describe bog standard behaviour/ emotions: "I'm paranoid about X" for "I'm slightly uncomfortable/ worried about X"; "he's OCD" for someone who's above averagely tidy, etc.

Admittedly I was being facetious.

Yes, I agree - it has a specific meaning and a history. But it’s only recently that it’s entered common usage - which is what I intended to imply.

Now it’s one of those words that has both a vernacular and a specific meaning. Like ‘paranoid’.

”Oh God, don’t tell Mum you took an Uber. She’s paranoid about them.”

People in front of me at the automated checkouts in Sainsbury's who don't answer "Would you like a receipt?" so when I get to the checkout I have to press No and then wait while it resets for the next customer.

Just press No as you leave please.

Well, it has existed since at least 1962 when J. L. Austin wrote his linguistic treatise about it.

But I agree that the example about Maureen is pretty meaningless and unhelpful (and not what the word was intended to describe).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Do_Things_with_Words

Getting ads for things I was looking for and THEN BOUGHT bloody ages ago. No I don't want a new dining table, I've had one these last six weeks.

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Yes! And the vinegar runs off the chips, through the holes and goes all over the fake newspaper!

Your anger is not irrational!