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?

Aplieo thank you!

That is vv interesting reading.

Chicago Pronounced exactly the way it's spelt. There's no 'r' there

What, you pronounce "Chi-CAG-o" rather than "Chi-car-go"? there may be no 'r' in it but the English language doesn't pronounce everything phonetically

Apparently you have to have visited the city to be able to pronounce it properly, Gunpowder

@MissConductUS that video is him pronouncing it "Chi-car-go" it Chi-ca-go.

I'm sure there's a comedy on TV where a joke is made of a character pronouncing it Chick-a-go.

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Chicago

Chi·ca·go | \ shə-ˈkä-(ˌ)gō

No "ar" sound. Here's a link to the audio:

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Chicago?pronunciation&lang=en_us&dir=gg&file=ggchic01

Lol @MsOliphant

Chicago does rhyme with Cargo. Certainly the way I say it does. North English accent

People (usually women) who make themselves appear stupid in a vain attempt to win a man's affection.

Pretending you can't count or know what county you're from isn't cute!

Oh my actual God, there’s no getting through 😂

FYI, the link Apilieo posted is pretty informative and might help you out, MissConduct.

Not a link, but google it.

I'm sure it's Beryl in Gimme Gimme Gimme who pronounces it Chick-a-go

People who spell my (not that difficult) name wrong in an email. MY EMAIL ADDRESS HAS MY FUCKING NAME IN IT. Just copy it FGS. Don't change it to a technically possible but really weird variation of it

I'm also baffled by the whole Chicago thing

Rhotic accents predominate in the US, with the notable exception of Boston, but you're pronouncing an r that's not present in the word. It's possible that to someone with a British accent the natural way to pronounce Chicago is to rhyme it with "cargo", but that's not something an American born English speaker would do. You might be saying it correctly for a Brit, but Mirriam-Webster and I are pronouncing it correctly for an American "shə-ˈkä-(ˌ)gō", and it is an American city

I'm also baffled by the whole Chicago thing

Don't be bothered about it. It's a lovely city by Lake Michigan with great shopping, dining and a world class university. Well worth the trip if you're in the Midwest.

DH doesn't add salt to his cooking. Wtaf.
Colleague is a low talker.
Yes to titsilana's comment about the yoof not using phones properly. I don't care and I'm not impressed.

And....
Why am I still ten pounds overweight?

Am I on the right thread? Chicago?

My SIL.

She’s very petty and she’s very annoying.

Drivers who won't let you in from the filter lane and stare determindly ahead and tailgate the car in front to make sure you can't get in. No you morons it's not a supermarket queue and lm not trying to push in. It's called using the lanes correctly.

I would sound like a right twat if I said Chi-cagg-o. I don’t mind if Americans say Birming-Ham, or if French people say Lon-don instead of Lun-dun.

At work, when people come and interrupt you when you’re really busy to come and talk about signing a birthday card. I think they’ll cope without having my name inside.

Tap dancing.

Billywig I try very hard to make DS 7, with suspected ADHD, sit still in cafés, so far, threatening to strap him back into the disabled child trolley works for a limited time.

I realise that not all parents have that excuse.

I'm sure there's a comedy on TV where a joke is made of a character pronouncing it Chick-a-go

It's peter Kay standup, he's talking about the musical.

Those flippin' I AM NOT A ROBOT pics you have to tick to access a website!!...grrrr

Oooh yes, and having to "accept cookies" for every website even though I don't know what they are.

People sitting so closely to me on bus, that our thighs are touching each other

People who decide to have social gatherings in silly places - ie, shop door way, corner of narrow street, etc.

People who charge through doorways without any thought to stepping back, to avoid a human log jam.

People who don't say thank you / insert basic politeness here.

And I could go on...

People who travel (mainly by train) with large wheely suitcases and block everyone else because they've forgotten they'll have to lift them on and off.
People who block the gatelines at stations rumagiing in their bags for tickets - have it out ready.
People who call me m'darling. I'm not yours, and definitely don't know you. I know this is a regional dialect but it gives me the RAGE!