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Small things that annoy you light hearted

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NimbleHiker · 19/01/2026 12:49

People who just grunt at me instead of giving me a straight answer to a simple question. It is not hard to say yes please or no thank you if i ask you if you want a drink.

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NimbleHiker · 19/01/2026 15:48

People who constantly sniff. Just blow your nose. People who cough all over me. It is not hard to cover your mouth when coughing.

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shouldofgotamortage · 19/01/2026 15:47

Right now it’s the 10 layers of gloss on my stairs banister spent two days sanding it down, got annoyed and took a blow torch to it. 😂

ArcticBells · 19/01/2026 15:46

When someone is first or second to reply to a post on here and they quote the whole first post

DoneAdulting · 19/01/2026 15:45

Niche perhaps but when people talk about Disneyland when they mean Walt Disney World

DoneAdulting · 19/01/2026 15:44

Thepeopleversuswork · 19/01/2026 15:39

People playing music or watching reels on a mobile phone without headphones on a bus or train.

I was going to say people who allow their children to watch tablets and phones without headphones in public places!

Thepeopleversuswork · 19/01/2026 15:39

People playing music or watching reels on a mobile phone without headphones on a bus or train.

xSnowFairyx · 19/01/2026 15:38

Unhappyitis · 19/01/2026 15:35

Don't stand near me after walking up a big hill then. 🤣🤣🤣😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

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Hill walk and exercise is fine! It’s the people who are sitting down (usually at work) mouth breathing so heavily, it makes my skin crawl.

Unhappyitis · 19/01/2026 15:35

xSnowFairyx · 19/01/2026 15:09

People breathing heavily.

People who just suddenly stop at the bottom/top of an escalator when they get off. JUST MOVE.

People walking side by side who refuse to walk single file if you need to pass so you end up walking into the road/a bush/a wall.

(At work) when a colleague sends me a Teams message with just “Hi 😁”. JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED.

Don't stand near me after walking up a big hill then. 🤣🤣🤣😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

xSnowFairyx · 19/01/2026 15:09

People breathing heavily.

People who just suddenly stop at the bottom/top of an escalator when they get off. JUST MOVE.

People walking side by side who refuse to walk single file if you need to pass so you end up walking into the road/a bush/a wall.

(At work) when a colleague sends me a Teams message with just “Hi 😁”. JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED.

DollopOfFun · 19/01/2026 15:02

TV shows where someone gets a text, so they show the message displayed on the tiny phone screen, from the character's arms length away, and you're supposed to be able to read the what the words say.

Mate, I need my own font size to be set at 168, with maximum brightness, and the screen 3cm from my nose. Just put the message up in a bubble on the screen PLEASE.

WatchingWongFilms · 19/01/2026 14:32

Unhappyitis · 19/01/2026 14:21

Excuse me? That actually hurt my brain.

Someone in the higher ups at my work cannot say think, they Ffffink. Send help.

Also addresses everyone as guysss. Help please.

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Samwidge is quite a common way of pronouncing sandwich in my area of the northwest, and when I lived in Scotland, it wasn't unusual to hear people call it a sangwidge. I hate both pronunciations, but I'd take them over sarnie or buttie.

manicpixieschemegirl · 19/01/2026 14:31

Oh also people who over pronounce the g in words that end ing so thinking becomes thinking-guh, etc.

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NimbleHiker · 19/01/2026 14:31

People who get offended when i don't answer the phone or respond to texts immediately. I wasn't ignoring you. I was in the shower.

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NimbleHiker · 19/01/2026 14:26

Accidentally clicking on an advert.

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Unhappyitis · 19/01/2026 14:21

manicpixieschemegirl · 19/01/2026 13:11

People who pronounce sandwich as samwidge.

Excuse me? That actually hurt my brain.

Someone in the higher ups at my work cannot say think, they Ffffink. Send help.

Also addresses everyone as guysss. Help please.

Mydogisagentleman · 19/01/2026 14:20

People who are surprised that they need to pay after packing their shopping away.
Or, today's favourite, People who need to sit and check their petrol receipt before pulling away from the pump

Pinkertoner · 19/01/2026 14:17

People who drive but can’t be arsed to indicate.

The police need to stop them, take their keys off them, crush their car and chop their licence up into a billion tiny little bits.

Limth · 19/01/2026 14:15

When DP asks me a question about the dog but through the dog:

DP to the dog: "Are you okay? Is this lump getting bigger? Should we take you to the vet?"

Similarly, when DP gives me instructions through the dog:

DP to the dog: "Do you need a wee? Should mommy take you out for a wee now?"

😤

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NimbleHiker · 19/01/2026 14:14

People who put their coat and bag on a train seat. People who want to get on a train before people have got off.

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Sunloungerhogger · 19/01/2026 14:08

Oooo so many things, the below are probably my top irritations though.

our new neighbour who constantly parks one of his (massive flashy) cars in the visitor bay outside his house instead of in his massive car port out of sheer laziness/selfish entitlement;
people taking calls on speaker in public / playing any sound through your phone in public without headphones;
people who sit in the middle or outside lane overtaking precisely no one;
manspreading.

I could go on…..

Soonenough · 19/01/2026 14:08

That nobody in this house puts a new toilet roll in the holder . Just leaves the new one on the cistern. And the empty toilet roll.

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NimbleHiker · 19/01/2026 14:04

looselegs · 19/01/2026 13:36

People who stop in shop doorways ( Mum!)
People who aren't ready to go when the traffic lights turn green!

When people stop in shop doorways they always look gormless when i politely say excuse me.

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FlowerFlour · 19/01/2026 13:41

ShortColdandGrey · 19/01/2026 13:01

People who fill up the sink with dishes and hot water. then they leave it for hours. My husband does it and so does the cleaner in my work. Just wash the fucking dishes or leave them alone.

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This boils my piss so much.

Not only are they not washing the dishes, they're actually adding an extra job (drain mucky tepid water out of the sink and rewash). It's worse than doing nothing and completely inefficient. I will fight to the death about this.

looselegs · 19/01/2026 13:36

People who stop in shop doorways ( Mum!)
People who aren't ready to go when the traffic lights turn green!

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NimbleHiker · 19/01/2026 13:34

manicpixieschemegirl · 19/01/2026 13:11

People who pronounce sandwich as samwidge.

My mum always says sarnie. It sounds disgusting.

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