Petty things that annoy you about other people

[GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat]

I have a few I want to get off my chest, feel free to add yours!

1. my SIL always messages just ‘hi’ when she wants to start a text conversation. She won’t just get on and ask or say what she needs to, she waits for you to reply ‘hi’ or whatever back and then we have 3/4 messages of inane how are you?’ before she spits out the favour she wants orbquestion she has.

2. people asking for the kids Christmas lists last week. It was fucking September!

3. drivers who leave massive fuck off gaps when parking along the road outside school in particular.

4. arseholes who never let me out of my driveway even when they’re say in traffic literally going nowhere, they’d rather block me in

5. my next door neighbour. Every single thing she does pisses me off.

Care to add?

My kids who leave bottles and other bits for the recycling by the sink to be washed by someone else rather than rinsing them and putting them in the recycling bins.

Breathing, basically

Other than that, people who walk slowly but don’t allow room for you to get past. People who noisily chew gum. People who conduct noisy phone conversations in public. People who are sitting in your reserved seats on the train and get arsey about moving.

People who kick or trip over your (perfectly where they should be, not out in the aisle) shoes as they move down a tube carriage.

People who don’t move that little divider along to you on a supermarket conveyabelt.

My flatmate who won’t allow me a moment’s peace and thinks I’m ‘depressed’ because I want to have some nice, quiet decompression time without listening to her rabbiting on when I get in in the evening.

I could go on. But mostly, just breathing.

People who don't pick up dog poo

People who park on pavements

The bugger of a management company running my building who haven't fixed a boiler issues for TWO WEEKS, meaning no hot water or heating (not in UK otherwise I'd feel more confident about tenants rights). It's going to be 4 degrees tonight. I've been heading to a friend's house to shower and wash hair, and I'm booked in for another visit tomorrow evening!

dailymail I don’t think any of those are petty!

When asking people their name and/or address they say "my name/address?" I'd love to say "no my address" and see how long it takes them

People who don't say Excuse Me but just stand there silently until you notice them and nice, and then get annoyed because you didn't notice them.

Move not nice!

Good point OP, I just really fancied a moan tbh! Sitting here in my thick jammies with my little fan heater on... Maybe I'll send them my electricity bill.

I'll try again for petty - people who don't remove the stickers from the bottom of their shoes before wearing them out. I can't explain it - sets my teeth on edge and I get an unbearable urge to run after them and tell them!

People heavy-breathing through their mouth on public transport - BLEUUUURRRGGGHHHH! Noisy and smelly to boot.

Yes to people parking on pavements. Who made you so fucking special? Ditto to the selfish wankers that speed through our village. Please let there be a police van up the road.

People who tell me what I think. No love you're not clever enough to be in my head so don't think you are

People who go to unbelievable physical contortions in shops and similar just to avoid saying "excuse me please" to someone else.

Ditto people who will walk in the gutter to pass when you would have gladly nudged over if they'd used their words.

People who press the button to cross, THEN look and see the road is clear, cross and leave the lights to change after they are long gone.

Another one saying "breathing". Gets right on my pip.

drivers who leave massive fuck off gaps when parking along the road outside school in particular

I've borrowed yours, except I'll change it to outside my house. It winds me up every fucking day.

But to answer the title: other people simply existing pretty much sums it up. I'm fond of some, but the others can fuck right off frankly.

People who moan about the weather constantly. Hot and sunny? Too hot, makes me feel sick. Dry? When will it ever rain, the garden is parched. Wet? Bloody rain, when will it ever be dry. By "people" I may mean my ILs ...

People who specify whether an email address is upper or lower case.

People who use "myself" in a dismal attempt to sound fancy.

People who quote phone numbers outside the recognised format, e.g 0789 1234 567 for a mobile.

My mother telling me ridiculously convoluted stories about people I either don't know or don't care about.

People who still cannot use "literally" correctly.

People who moan about rush hour traffic that they are part of!

People who use my driveway to execute a 3 point turn.

People who feel compelled to add extra posts to MN threads to correct easily recognisable typos (eg teh/the) and also add the face like they committed some mortal sin.

@shotsfired I think we would make excellent friends :)

GOOD LORRRRRRRD how did I miss out the "literally" thing?

"I literally died". No you fucking didn't!

People who think that it's absolutely fine to criticise you or your appearance apropos of nothing ... fuck OFF. I get this a lot...people have me down as nice and polite and think they can say whatever they like. I don't think I look particularly remarkable?

Companies who advertise a special offer and have really crap "codes" you have to "quote" that make it a joke.

Like say it's an Easter sale, the "code" is "Easter". I want Bletchley Park levels of codes, not this Amateur Hour rubbish!

@QuestionableMouse does she also start by saying "last week, now was it Monday or Tuesday? It can't of been Monday because that's when I saw beryl but Tuesday was when we took the cat to the vet... maybe it was Wednesday..." it doesn't ducking matter which day, what happened?!!!? (Continues into random non event that happened to someone I have never met but she's the butcher's sister in law's cousin so obviously I'm going to give a shit.)

People who specify whether an email address is upper or lower case.
Yes!! And then get shitty when you say it makes no difference. It never made any difference. Why do people think it makes a difference?

The way my MIL makes a cup of tea and then leaves the teabag on the kitchen surface, or in another mug by the kettle, instead of putting it in the bin. In my house.

Have not of - sorry. I'm tired and stroking a cat while faffing on mn