Stupid things that annoy you

Tbf, I felt like that in the 80s.

The new generation of newly pregnant woman, who think they are the only ones to be having a baby and then the new mothers who think they are the only ones to have had a baby !!! Get on with it like woman have for years !

People who talk about Trump like he gives a shit what you think about him

People who talk about the royal family in the same way

People who live through the news instead of real life

People who think they know things they don't know, refuse to learn, and argue to maintain their ignorant stance

People who are jealous of the material possessions of others and do nothing about their own situation

People who...oh, ffs, just people, I think

Since I’ve just seen it on here, an eternity ring referred to as a ‘band’. Ditto wedding ‘bands’. Since when did they stop being rings?

Where I live the path is quite narrow when divided and the cycle lane is nearer the road which means the pedestrian part gets all the bushes and weeds overgrowing the path. There are bits where the usable part of the pedestrian part is so narrow you have to walk in single file and can still get caught by the nettles. It leads to a primary school and I feel sorry for the parents with buggies and young children trying to get to the school. Not sure what the answer is.

It’s usually safer for pedestrians because the other way around means pedestrians having to walk over the cycle lane to cross over the road or approach a bus stop / get off the bus. There’s a stretch of my cycle route to work where the cycle path is on the outer half of the pavement which can be a bit dicey as people waiting for the bus will stand or sit on the wall at the far side of the pavement and then often dart forward into the cycle lane without looking for bicycles when they see their bus approaching.

Probably, but I instinctively want to walk to the inside of the pavement, away from the traffic and in practice I do but it means that I'm walking in the cycle lane. I do try to walk as close to the side as possible so bikes can still pass me. The cycle lane is about 5 feet wide.

I suspect that the difference in exposure to traffic fumes if the cycle path is between you and the cars and the opposite arrangement is minimal, if at all, @Mochudubh. I honestly wouldn't worry.

Wide pavements with both a cycle path and a footpath where the footpath is nearer the road than the cycle path.

As a pedestrian I'm obviously moving at a slower speed than cyclists so in proximity to traffic fumes for longer and want to be as far away from traffic as possible but the layout means I should be walking in between the traffic and the bikes.

People saying stepping foot when it's setting foot.

My husband wouldn't have one, he said they were targets for psychopaths.

Easy opening packages that are anything but.
Sliced ham,rashers nope you need a knife to open them things.
Then nearly k7ll yourself in the process.

I'm glad you're able to do that & feel in control of the situation now, but they're still vile ! You shouldn't have to 💕

Thanks and you're completely correct with your last sentence.
But I've worked out that the best revenge I can have on them is to ignore them and actually look through them as though they're not there, when they try to force eye contact.
Originally I was distraught and even my GP was disgusted when I told her and it was her who advised me to get a cease and desist letter from my solicitor (as they were harrassing me daily at that point) but speaking loudly about it within their earshot was enough to get them to stop.
Now I make sure to be smiling when I go outside or near the window (even if I don't feel like it) as it really bugs them and I concentrate on new things in my life now x

The spelling remark was a joke. It wasn't aimed at you or even addressed at you. It was a joke at my own expense. You have no idea who I am or what disabilities I might have and yet you have been consistently aggressive and now abusive. Just stop.

We have limited on street parking and it INFURIATES me when this happens. I’m at the stage where if I see someone park and leave a big gap from the end but just not enough to fit a car I’ll be saying something.

You need to stop being so ableist, 'spelling disabled' 🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♀️

& telling someone disabled they just need to grow a thicker skin, really ? Maybe twats need to stop being twats ? Just a thought.

Not mocking at all. I was making a light-hearted comment to the person who made a similarly light-hearted comment about a spelling. You need to grow a thicker skin and stop thinking everything is about you.

I'm sorry about you health situations & very sorry you have such vile neighbours! It's the last thing you need when your life is turned upside down & your future changed beyond recognition! 🤗

Mocking now as well, you really are a charmer.

How do you know she's not talking about me?

Maybe they do/maybe they don't? How does she decide eho is or who isn't?

The two sets of busybodies on my street - they're next door neighbours to each other and have lived on this Close longer than any of the rest of us and they really think they're superior.

In one house you have the woman who is the actual dictionary definition of a hag, she scowls at absolutely everyone and believes that only she knows the truth about people on the street (for example I'm in remission for blood cancer and I didn't have chemo as that wasn't the correct treatment for me - instead I had to go for regular infusions and also full blood transfusions, so she told everyone else that I didn't have cancer and had lied about it (now I'd have sort of understood it more if I was doing a GoFundMe or something, but I had never asked anyone for ANYTHING, not even help)
Her husband is a vile little man who is at the window as soon as any vehicle or person enters the street and he'll rush out with his little bobbing bald head and his busybody march and he'll "garden" or "wash the windows" but really everyone knows he's eavesdropping and nosying - they even have two cameras on the front of their house.
I have a secondary illness (spinal stenosis) which came on very slowly and has changed me from working full-time, going out and having an active life etc to being housebound and needing walking aides whenever I step outside and sometimes indoors too and I've had to give up driving, all of my interests and working which was emotionally really hard - I had to go through a long process to get some of the support I needed and passed the criteria to have a disabled bay - Vinegar Face and Puffing Percy (the neighbours mentioned above) BOTH came out as the contractors were here and physically tried to stop them from painting the disabled bay because "we don't believe she's disabled".

Their next door neighbour literally treats me as her own reality TV show - every time I glance out, she's at her window watching - especially when I'm struggling to do the bins (which really aggravates my intense chronic pain) but she never offers to help.

I think she's hardwired to hear a gnat fart and she'll be up at the window!

Oooh OP, that turned into quite the rant and I feel better for it.

I agree, @FrozenFebruary.

And is it ‘uncouth’ to be knackered and need a bit extra support on one particular occasion? I don’t think so.

But she's not talking about you @FrozenFebruary .
Not everyone hanging out of the trolley had a disability.