Page 9 | Lighthearted- What petty thing(s) bother you?

AllaMova · 2026-03-26T14:03:17+00:00

I have quite a specific example. I have a family member who saves photos from my social media page, saves them and then posts them onto her own page. (Without permission.) It has been driving me nuts, even though it’s so petty! What about you?

Auburngal · 26/03/2026 18:55

See people who get a trolley at a supermarket. Finds a shopping list, bag from bakery, cabbage leaf. They sling into the next trolley when there’s a bin by the trolley bay

Auburngal · 26/03/2026 18:50

PearlSpam · 26/03/2026 14:51

Anything claiming to be salted caramel flavour that isn’t actually salty.

I have the same thing with things that say hot n spicy. But not. Even my late DGM could have eaten it

TigerRag · 26/03/2026 18:48

ClippyMuldoon · 26/03/2026 18:11

When you ask a question in a group app ir Facebook e.g. does anyone have a drill I could borrow and someone replies with No I don't. Or similar - you ask for a recommendation of a Greek restaurant in a specific place e.g. London and some twerp tells you all about a great Japanese place in Birmingham. Fools.

I had a Facebook friend who would comment on everything I posted. Even to tell me she had no idea what I was talking about

And yes in part it's why we're not friends anymore

shouldicontactthisperson · 26/03/2026 18:46

Certain phrases people use on Facebook:
”oh my!”
”so this just happened….”
”6 years of Teagan-Leigh” (instead of just writing that Teagan-Leigh turned 6 today)

Personalised number plates that use numbers To substitute for letters eg G4RY - it just looks like he couldn’t afford a better one.

Cat weirdos. There was a thread last week with people comparing “hilarious” stories about their cats masturbating 🤢. I clicked on it by accident as it was in active threads.

When you bend over backwards to help someone and then they say “thanks anyway.”

changedusernameforthis1 · 26/03/2026 18:45

People who walk right behind you, talking loudly. They make no effort to move around you.
I've started stopping so that they have to go past, as it drives me insane.

Adverts on prime - I already pay for my subscription, why should I pay more to not have ads?

Quokka2 · 26/03/2026 18:43

NotAnotherScarf · 26/03/2026 14:17

People who wear odd socks.
People who don't wait their turn in a pub.
The change in pronouncing proven, from Pru ven to pro ven it really really gets my goat.

Scottish people say proh-ven. "Not proven" is a Scottish legal concept and that is how it is pronounced (even when said by e.g. English people on the news)

Philandbill · 26/03/2026 18:43

Ect. It's etc. from etcetera. It's not difficult to put three letters in the correct order.

largeprintagathachristie · 26/03/2026 18:27

At work we have packs of antiseptic wipes left out around and about the office - probably a hangover from Covid and many people now hot desk.

Colleagues DON’T CLOSE THE PACKAGING ON THE WIPES, so they dry out and are useless and are thrown away then the cycle begins again with new packs.

Unused product + plastic + chemicals isn’t great for the environment.

Home is a wipe-free zone, in contrast.

Satarn · 26/03/2026 18:24

The double standards on mumsnet.

pollydollydoodlealltheway · 26/03/2026 18:19

Use of the word “youse” or “use” as in “youse have been very helpful”
and a wet dish cloth in the sink.

Alphabet1spaghetti2 · 26/03/2026 18:16

ClippyMuldoon · 26/03/2026 18:11

When you ask a question in a group app ir Facebook e.g. does anyone have a drill I could borrow and someone replies with No I don't. Or similar - you ask for a recommendation of a Greek restaurant in a specific place e.g. London and some twerp tells you all about a great Japanese place in Birmingham. Fools.

Posted in Swadlincote Facebook hun!

🤣

Sometimessmiling · 26/03/2026 18:16

DancingFerret · 26/03/2026 15:10

People who knock the door even though our Ring doorbell is clearly visible.

People who start a sentence with "myself".

Anyone who parks nose in.

Anyone who parks nose in at an angle and takes up two spaces.

I like going nose in but never take up more than one space. But on the point of parking empty car park in supermarket and why do you come back to a car with side of you when there are a million other spaces. Makes my teeth on edge

Imtornanddontknowwhattodo · 26/03/2026 18:16

Supermarkets that have loads of people stacking shelves but no or hardly any checkouts open.

lemonraspberry · 26/03/2026 18:15

Bells on bikes. Specifically the men who feel the need to ring them incessantly to let you know they are coming past even though they know you have seen them and they have ample room to just go past politely & quietly.

does my head in when you are trying to go for a quiet & relaxing walk.

Thepeopleversuswork · 26/03/2026 18:11

ImWearingPantaloons · 26/03/2026 18:09

People who walk around in public having conversations on the phones on speaker phone.

I do NOT want to hear it.

Totally agree and where I live in London its absolutely endemic. How have people been brought up to think this is acceptable?

ClippyMuldoon · 26/03/2026 18:11

When you ask a question in a group app ir Facebook e.g. does anyone have a drill I could borrow and someone replies with No I don't. Or similar - you ask for a recommendation of a Greek restaurant in a specific place e.g. London and some twerp tells you all about a great Japanese place in Birmingham. Fools.

ImWearingPantaloons · 26/03/2026 18:09

People who walk around in public having conversations on the phones on speaker phone.

I do NOT want to hear it.

Sartre · 26/03/2026 18:08

People eating McDonald’s on the train. I just cannot stand the smell at all and some days I’m so tired and grumpy I want to grab it and throw it out of the window. It lingers for so long.

Mochudubh · 26/03/2026 18:06

LoveheartBear · 26/03/2026 14:46

honeylulu · Today 14:39
Opening a pack of tablets and getting the leaflet end every time

The leaflet is at the end where the expiry date/batch code is, so just make sure you open it the other end ☺️.

Edited

Not necessarily true. I read that on here a little while back and thought "Ahaaah, never again will I be caught out by the leaflet". It was true the first couple of times then third time I opened a pack of tablets the leaflet was at the "top" non-stamped end. I suppose if it's true 66% of the time, it's still a win.

NotAnotherScarf · 26/03/2026 18:05

Enrichetta · 26/03/2026 15:03

The change in pronouncing proven, from Pru ven to pro ven it really really gets my goat.

What? Where?

Surely not 😱

Definitely started on radio 4 and it does my nut in.

NotAnotherScarf · 26/03/2026 18:02

Imisscoffee2021 · 26/03/2026 14:53

Oh god is this a thing? I've yet to hear that pronunciation and pray I never do.

I hate hearing "on accident" and "I could care less", can't be chewed with being that person who corrects them but die inside whenever I hear it.

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Radio 4 it's changed within the last 5 years.

So many modern phrases get me too for example 'be like' as in looks like

DoubleDoubleDown · 26/03/2026 17:56

zigazigahhhh · 26/03/2026 14:41

When a lane is closed and everyone moves over as soon as they see the signs rather than use both lanes until the end!!! Fills me with rage every morning

This 1000%. The highway on my way to work has had construction for over a yr. Everyone just lines up in the left lane(.we drive on the right) so the outside lane it stretches back for miles. If you try to drive to the end of the right lane and merge the bastards bunch up and won't let you in. You think Canadians are friendly? Try a zipper merge, it drives them crazy 🤣

MyGhastIsFlabbered · 26/03/2026 17:53

When I look at my watch and 2 seconds later have completely forgotten what it said

Musicmummy63 · 26/03/2026 17:46

People who keep saying "at the end of the day"
People who when answering a question say yeah, immediately followed by no.
Phone zombies, always head straight towards you.
Adverts, they go on forever, and every 10 minutes.

TheKateColumbo · 26/03/2026 17:43

ThePlatypusAlwaysTriumphs · 26/03/2026 17:00

People who quote the whole, often lengthy, OP in responses. We've all read the OP! We know what you are commenting on! Especially when multiple posters do it in the same thread! Can they not just say "in response to the OP" if they think there is doubt?

Oh yes, this is another one. Especially if they just answer with YABU or something equally short.