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?

People who don't supervise their kids on trains. This woman and her two children got on and she started out the window while they ran up and down, bumping into people, screaming at the top of their lungs etc. When they did sit they kicked me, accidentally, but she couldn't give a shit what they were doing. Goodness know what they will be like when they get older.

Trains/Buses.... People who leave greasy head/hair marks on train/bus windows.
Sure, you may not be able to help the grease, but you can sure as shit clean up after yourself.

This is extremely petty of me but here goes. Woman beside me on the bus yesterday evening, she had a newspaper, but instead of reading it, she just kept turning pages and giving a slap to each page. Hard to describe, annoying but petty! Put the darn thing away or read it!

People who let their dc run around in cafes and restaurants. Was in one recently at a country park 2 woman, 4 under 5, one in a pram the other 3 literrelly running up and down the cafe round people's tables shouting and singing and chasing each other. The mothers totally oblivious to the pissed off faces of everyone else in the cafe. Even my dc noticed and said "well one of them is going to have an accident" .

Adults who ask if they can ‘just try a bit’ of whatever you are eating. Even when it is something like a shortbread biscuit or a crisp - you know what it tastes like. You don’t need to try a bit. Stop being greedy.

When I’m waiting by the train doors to get off the train and someone comes up behind me from the carriage and says ‘excuse me, I’m getting off here’ and wants to stand in front of me by the doors. I am also getting off here you idiot.

@thatstheendofmytether I was in Costa recently and a little boy was running around all the tables yelling and singing at the top of his voice. He was standing on chairs too. He then came and sat at my table and was asking me things like “what’s that?”, “what are you eating?” “What’s your name?”, “how old are you?” It carried on for over 10 mins before his mum told him to stop it and sit back at the table with her.
I’d been having a very stressful day and wasn’t feeling well and wanted to be left in peace to have my lunch. I was kind to him but the mum shouldn’t have allowed it to go on as long as it did

Saying 'sorry' instead of 'excuse me'.

Cyclists who cycle on the road when there is perfectly adequate cycle lane next to them which was put in for their safety and because the road is too narrow to overtake a cyclist safety if cars are coming the other way.

Some cycle lanes meant weeks of holdups to put in place and some are costly to do so. So bloody use them!

@FrankiesKnuckle People with a complete lack of spatial awareness. Every time I am in a queue, the person behind me is so fucking close they may as well be wearing my clothes too! I've taken to standing in a kind of side astride/fend off position, elbows poised - yes, I look a bit odd but it keeps me almost sane.

You're almost there FrankiesKnuckle. I full on turn round and face the queue behind me. They don't get in your space then.

People who don't want something but have to have some of yours

A: Do you want a packet of crisps?
B: No
A sits down, opens packet and starts to eat
B: I might have one
Large hand dives in and grabs half the bloody packet!
A: You said you didn't want any crisps!
B: I only had a one or two
A: You took half the packet!

@Frosty66611

I don't think I would have been as kind. I would have taken him back to his mum and said "did you misplace someone". Talk about bringing up entitled children. People need to realise other people don't love their kids as much as they do 😂

People who seemingly randomly stop walking in the middle of the pavement. Also just as bad as people who stop directly blocking doorways to faff about. And those kind of people that walk in the middle of the pavement and refuse to move over so you end up either in the road or scraping past a wall.

Litter droppers and people who spit in the street (not petty it’s just gross)

Lack of spatial/self awareness and people who just generally faff and dawdle about.

Parents who let their kids run wild in restaurants.

Oh and I forgot my favourite: people who don’t know how to drive on a motorway, especially those who sit in the middle lane.. just thinking about it is making me annoyed 😂

2 train ones :

People who rush and push to get on train during busy times but once on, stop and start casually looking around thinking about where to move to, completely forgetting all about the people.behind still trying to get on.

Also when train is approaching station and person sitting on window seat feels the need to move into corridor even though train is crpded and jerky because it's slowing down. Just wait until it stops!!!! Obviously if train not busy you may have to get into position earlier but in that case it's fine as train isn't over crowded and it's less difficult and dangerous to move around while train is still moving

I don't get the Chicago thing either. I thought it was pronounced Shicargo and have never heard it pronounced any other way. Still not sure what the right pronounciation is - Shicawgo? A friend is there this weekend to run the marathon so I will ask him when he's back.

And I also thought Sade was pronounced Sharday.

I can't' find it now but there was a post yesterday about being in a traffic queue where people leave a gap in front of them and then move up, making it look like you left the gap. I read this thread yesterday, went out to collect my husband from the railway station and exactly that happened to me!

People who stop at roundabouts when there is nothing coming or at mini roundabouts perform sort of mexican standoff where nobody moves onto the roundabout at all.

Also people who get in the outside lane of a local dual carriageway 1/2 a mile before the road splits and do 50mph hogging the outside lane just because they are going straight on at the end where it becomes single carriageway again and the lanes are marked further up in plenty of time for you to get in the right lane and then they wonder why people 'undertake' them

I live in a rural area where I think most people never go further than the nearest town in their cars.

People who give me their opinion on something in my life even though I haven't asked for it and end the sentence with 'just saying', as if that somehow justifies it.

People walking anywhere whilst texting on their phone and not looking where they are going. I've started shouting 'Boo!' at them. It makes them look up.

My dustmen who EVERY week put the recycling boxes back in the trolley holder the wrong way round, forcing them down and breaking the handles. Oh, and the council who refuse to replace them because they are broken.

Jobsworth people working at airports who won't let you into the long line waiting to get through passport control until they have seen your passport. This causes lots of people to be rummaging around their bags at the entrance of the queue and causing a hold-up whereas in actual fact, once we are in the queue we have plenty of time to retrieve our passports from our pockets/handbags etc. This happened to me last week, grrrrr. Think the power has gone to some people's heads.

People playing music or films on public transport and laughing or singing along. I do NOT want to listen to what you're listening to. Buy some headphones!!

I could go on.................

People that say Spag bowl instead of Spag bol.

People who post heavily filtered photos of their kids on Facebook. My friend has a light brown haired baby but yet he appears platinum blonde on fb and looks to have had botox.

A new one yesterday.

In the queue at the sorting office to pick up a signed for parcel. Queue was out the door and we waited about 20 mins. Woman in front (who had parked in the staff only bit, when every other mug had parked outside the gates) waited until she was served and spent ages rooting around in her bag for ID. The collective tut and "fucks sake" in almost unison was priceless

Satsuma. I've said that we pronounce our Rs. So my sister was prancing around singing Sharrrrrrrday songs. Like a pirate. Is that clearer?

Oh, I also get annoyed with people using the term "jobsworth". It's just so sneery and superior.

Me: Would you like a cup of tea?
Friend: No thanks am off tea
Me: Would you like a cup of coffee, milk, orange/apple juice, hot chocolate, Bovril, Ribena, glass of lemonade perhaps?
Friend: No thanks I'll just stick with the cup of tea please!

Sometimes I could scream!

Also dislike the use of the word spag bol, whats wrong with spaghetti bolognaise.

My MIL on Facebook who posts underneath something someone has said or a photo but THEN PUTS HER NAME!!!

Like "Great photo, hope to see you soon. Love Doris xxx" (not her name)

We KNOW it's you, you total noggin - it's got your fecking NAME and your PHOTO next to the comment! That's how FB works!

Or my Mum, who sends random FB messages into the ether, without tagging the person they are for. Just puts it on her timeline "Lovely to see you the other day, Love to Jenny." Who are you saying that to Mum???

Both really, really, really annoy me.

People who eat with there mouth open....the noise rangles my nerves

@AmIthatbloodycold are you saying that you have a rhotic accent, and therefore pronounce a slight /r/ sound after long vowels, hence why you would say Chi-car-go?