What minor and unreasonable things have been irritating you lately?

Just everything

Companies putting artificial sweeteners in all soft drinks, so I can no longer have a nice drink while we are out and about. I had a tea with my meal deal today, as everything single cold drink had sweetener at the animal park we went to.

I caught the last five minutes of Bargain Hunt on Friday whilst waiting for the News at One and was unbelievably irritated by the behaviour of the red team who were screaming - literally screaming at the top of their voices because their items were doing well at auction. I think that it's because of how I was brought up that I have such a strong reaction to people screaming unless they are in pain or it's an emergency. There's no need to scream red team - just stop!

If you have a huge trolley load of stuff to unload, and someone starts loading their stuff behind yours before you’ve finished, there isn’t enough room! It’s so bloody irritating. I now say to people, can you please stop until I’ve finished? Or just passive aggressively push the divider, and their shopping, backwards so theirs falls off the end. Serves them right.

the divider is to separate people’s shopping but it doesn’t miraculously mean there’s enough space.

Overpaying for crappy restaurant food

Having to do an insane security/it questionnaire at work for a client. Mindless.

People who eat crisps loudly on the train
Ditto people who sniffle copiously

My husband coughing. I gave him the cold.

People that don't go to work during the week deciding to cut the grass or jet wash at weekends so that people who do go to work during the week have to listen to the noise whilst having a lie in. Go away.

Dust 😅 I dust down the house and a few days later it appears again. I know it will, I know it's enivitable, I know I'll do it iver and over again, but god it annoys me. 😅🤣

Husband and kids putting empty packets back in the fridge/cupboards instead of the bin.

Vogue Williams saying ‘cold’ on that Fairy advert.

People using the outer seat on busy trains for their bags. Just rude.

It's been reasonably sunny today but windy.

I had the back door open to let some fresh air into the house and so the dog could potter in and out at her leisure.

And all the paperwork I had attached by fridge magnets to the fridge has blown off and half of it has gone behind the freezer.

Very minor but very unreasonable of the weather. And I'm cross.

People who pay music in the park. I know there isn’t a law against it but green spaces are supposed to be places of relaxation. I can’t read a book when there’s music on as I can’t concentrate. Why can’t people just be quiet? Why do people always have to have some kind of noise with them?

Nothing unreasonably. Very reasonably:

Rachel Reeves
My local Residents' Association Councillors.

My Henry hoover hose keeps unscrewing which drives me up the wall.

I can't find a (certainly jackpot winning) lottery ticket and think I've put it through the wash.

I'm back to work tomorrow 😭

People who slump over their supermarket trolley (excluding those who are older or have disabilities) and then have to walk really slowly because they can't control the direction and can't see where they are going.

People like this are so annoying aren't they. Happens so often on my local train line too. And they get on with small kids. There aren't reservations so they're not being allocated seats in the quiet carriage - they just see the sign and decide to sit there with noisy squealy kid anyway.

I thought of another one - not so much for me because I was up and about but my neighbour started using a noisy power tool about 9am this morning. I think that's too early for a Sunday.

A local path is being upgraded. But the path next to it is partly closed because of the upgrade (I am not sure why). It's only a short section but they don't warn you in advance and they don't post a diversion but leave you to work it out for yourself.

People who moan about middle lane sitting on motorways. I get it, it's annoying. But it's about 251st on the list of driving annoyances!

Twice now got the train and booked into the quiet carriage. Twice having to listen to a woman having a really loud conversation several seats down. One even commented on the announcement "oh this is the quiet carriage " and carried on her loud conversation. DD will not let me say anything to them.

It's been for a while, but that normal, non specialist, deodorants no longer have alcohol in them so aren't as "drying".

Today:

Massive potholes in the road when I’m cycling.

The salt and chilli tofu from the Chinese takeaway isn’t a patch on the one I used to get from the nearer one which closed down because the owner retired.

Today Henry the hoover dropping his pipe on my foot when I m wearing slippers. And he hits me on the stairs with his hose. And he grins like a maniac the whole time.

My younger cat has been outside most of the afternoon with plenty of garden things to scratch but has decided to file his nails on the leather sofa (again).

Neighbours outside having a bloody tea party for her 60th. Complete with screaming grandchildren. I m 60 in 2 years. I said to my adult ds I will never ever want a bloody tea party nor get excited and squealy about a cup of tea. He gets it.

Off to shop for bottle of prosecco. The shop is in walking distance but I m annoying myself because I don't want to walk

I’m not following the thing about loading stuff on to the conveyer belt at the checkout before the previous person has finished unloading? What am I missing ?

Why do the supermarkets provide separators , to delineate the next persons shopping if the belt is dedicated to one person at a time.

Bus drivers who just grunt when i say thank you. Car drivers who drive like they are at Silverstone.

Google lens for your pants 😀

Driving Irritations

1. Car drivers (obviously not learners) doing about 55 mph on a busy two-lane motorway at peak times - forcing everyone else to overtake them and causing a bottleneck in the outside lane.
2. Vehicles driving without lights in poor visibility. The 'auto' setting on newer cars doesn't always illuminate the rear lights.
3. Tailgating
4. Hogging the centre lane.
5. Drivers not giving way when they DON'T have priority - particularly not waiting behind a parked car with traffic coming the other way.