Stupid things that annoy you

The off centre number plate on a Land Rover Discovery - I can’t afford one but wouldn’t buy it anyway purely due to the number plate irritating me.

‘We are currently experiencing high levels of calls at this time” … no, you don’t employ enough staff to deal with demand

I think the simple driving concept in 3) is don't drive so close that someone else's unexpected move makes you do an emergency stop. Other drivers may have all sorts of reasons for suddenly swerving/slowing down. If you leave enough distance and are aware of your surroundings and anticipate, you shouldn't need to do an emergency stop. (Obviously doesn't apply if a child runs out into the road, for example.)

If there is a baby on board, it would be evident because of the car seat. And what happens if there's an accident when the baby isn't actually on board? I think the sign is pointless.

Shops that have their doors open in cold weather - especially charity shops. What a waste of heat and money.

Influencers.

People who have loud conversations on speakerphone on public transport/have their music or TikTok brain rot on without headphones, or let their kids do it.

People who run into you/kids/dogs/other people on the street because they're looking down at their phone.

Parkrunners with massive buggies who have no sense of the space they take up and won't run to the side/keep clipping the heels of people in front of them.

People who don't know the difference between "neurodiverse" and "neurodivergent". I know it's pedantic, but I don't care.

Inconsiderate dog owners who give the responsible ones a bad name. Pick up your dog shit and keep your dog on a lead in public if it doesn't have perfect recall, it's not hard.

Parents who let their kids run up to random dogs and get in their faces and then either get offended when the owner tells them to do one, or freak out if the dog gets excited and jumps up wanting to play. You can't bloody win. If want my dogs to be controlled, you also need to control your damn kids and don't let them barrel over shouting "doggie" and waving their arms like a human bloody windmill.

No, and no

Taps that are too high and splash everywhere
The layout of Sainsburys
‘wake up’when used by people making a fairly standard political point
Dusting
Algebra

When supermarkets change their layouts and you can't find anything!

Also terrible for blind people.

That’s for emergency services or indeed anybody , in case of an accident, not to make a state about procreation abilities of the other people in the car.

Apostrophe misuse. Including the ubiquitous I'm in my 40's. Or back in the 80's. FFS, it's not hard.

People who dawdle then the moment you try to overtake them,speed up.

People who let their little kids run wild in any public place. I’ve almost been floored a few times.
The creeping Americanisation of our language. I hate it.
The state of UK politics over the last 10 or so years. Dire. Seeing politicians trying to take metaphorical chunks out of each other in the Commons is absolutely maddening.

My minor one at the moment is the seemingly sudden overuse of 'both' I first got annoyed by it on Lingo. The host annoys me anyway, but this has not helped!

when did you both meet?

why? Just why?

when did you both get married? (To a married couple)

arghhh

their surroundings

Sorry!! I had to!😂

And holding a drink at the same time!

Was that in their Range Rover?

some bloke near me did this. He apparently took a wrong turn? Attempted ti drive through the food (that looked more like the Thames!
needed the police & fire service to rescue him. 🙄🙄. I'd love to see his insurers reply to his claim!!

yes it's annoying having hi the long way around to get into the village & yes. Maybe he took a strong turn & found himself at the Ford, but FFS why would you drive your £80,000 Range Rover into it? Dickhead.

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People. Myself included. We are such an entitled species and we are so very short-sighted.

People who chain smoke weed for hours on end and then go directly out in public with the smell still clinging to their clothes and hair so that anyone who gets within six feet of them can smell it.

Jars that are tightly sealed with foil or plastic over the top, but it's a perfect circle exactly the size of the rim with no pull tab, and the material's too thick to poke through with your finger.

So many things! Dog owners who are lazy and irresponsible are my biggest one at the moment as it seems to be a more widespread problem compared to 5 years ago.

My local garden centre has done the brave thing of banning dogs inside their store despite the fact they have a dog grooming service (located outside). They will inevitably lose customers, but their argument was that as well as the high cost of damaged items, they were fed up of their employees having to clean up regularly after incontinent dogs.

Recently, in a cafe, a huge German Shepherd jumped up at a nearby toddler and started licking the child's face everywhere. The dog owner just laughed and said something like 'he's a friendly one!' 😕

@LuckyManifestations , you have no interest in the news at all? Do you vote in elections?

Thats me but not because I find it depressing, it just doesn't interest me.🤷

Posters who boast about their qualifications.

Especially scissors. I bought some new kitchen scissors the other day to replace the ones that I had mysteriously lost and I needed scissors to liberate them from their packaging! Luckily i keep a pair upstairs for cutting labels off new clothes and opening sachets in the bathroom.

My Grandma had a hearing aid that she always complained was useless. My Mum had to point out to her it’s because she kept it in the sideboard… 🧐