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What irrationally annoys you?

135 replies

palooka47 · 05/12/2018 21:22

That you know shouldn't or is unreasonable to be annoyed by?

For me It's

-Seeing people reading menus. Haven't a clue why.
-Seeing people sitting around in their house in their coats.

OP posts:
homegrownmumma · 07/12/2018 11:39

Having to give shops your email address for them to spell it wrong Anyway just to receive your receipt .

Bread crumbs on the kitchen floor where my husband has swept them off the counter

Coffee granules on the work surface and then getting wet

mimibunz · 07/12/2018 11:40

Sneezing
Children with snotty noses
People who laugh when they say something that isn’t funny
Men wearing sandals
Mouth breathers
Kate Silverton in glasses

woollyheart · 07/12/2018 11:47

Dark sitting rooms so you can't read or knit, especially when people expect you to watch their choice on tv while they doze.

People who walk through a narrow space and immediately stop so nobody else can get through.

LordPickle · 07/12/2018 12:04

When a group of people are walking towards me on the pavement and they are spread out and take up the entire pavement then NONE of them move so I can walk past. Sorry but I'm not getting in the road so you can continue your conversation. This happens to me all the time in my village and it's usually teens but it still gives me the rage. It's just so rude.

LordPickle · 07/12/2018 12:05

Oh and when people say "brought" instead of "bought". It sounds ridiculous.

Merrychristmasyoufilthyanimals · 07/12/2018 12:09

People attempting to eat food thats far too hot to be consumed yet - ie. a pasty and they make that Soss soss soss noise and have to eat with their mouths open. My mum has to have her food so hot that she struggles to enjoy it??

People blowing on their food for ages.

#constant sniffing.
#people talking with food in their mouths full or while on the phone to me.
#if I'm jogging and people walking side by side, see me coming towards them but make no effort to move or walk single file so i have to run in the middle of the road.
#pots being left on the side for me to wash up
#the cardboard loo roll just left on the side.
#the hand towel being put back like this - see pic

What irrationally annoys you?
user1andonly · 07/12/2018 12:34

Visitors sat in my favourite spot on the settee. Bonus points if that means I end up in the middle.

A houseful of visitors on my settee waiting for me to finish clearing up after a meal. I then walk in and ask if anyone wants a brew (as I want one myself) and everyone goes "ooohhh" and puts their order in as if they've only just realised they are thirsty and haven't been sat there hoping someone is going to offer!

user1andonly · 07/12/2018 12:38

Also, people eating whilst walking along the street (biting into their sausage roll when they're barely out of the shop doorway, for example.). Find somewhere to sit down or at least stand out of the way!

Best example of this was the young man forking Chinese noodles into his mouth while running for a train. Kudos for multi tasking I suppose!

user1andonly · 07/12/2018 12:42

lordpickle a group of four did that to me on a canal path. There was literally nowhere to go so I just stopped. Then one of them bumped my shoulder hard as they went past. Well excuse me for being here!!

missmouse101 · 07/12/2018 16:06

People saying draw instead of drawer. FFS. You draw a picture and keep cutlery in a drawer.

IwantedtobeEmmaPeel · 07/12/2018 16:17

People who sniff constantly, makes me want to murder them.
Leaving toilet doors open especially when they have just done a smelly poo, shut the fucking toilet door, nobody wants to smell your excrement.
People leaving their bloody green/black/brown bins on the pavement when they've got a side return and back garden, but are just too bloody lazy to put the bins round the back - it makes my residential street look horrible and means the blind lady who walks home everynight has to navigate her way round all these horrible dirty bins which litter the pavement. Fucking chavs.
Thank you Op, I feel better now Grin

MorrisZapp · 07/12/2018 16:19

People who don't know what irrational means.

spidey66 · 07/12/2018 16:25

A woman in my Zumba class, who will start off in the back, then half way through the class will move to the front. It just annoys me and I don't know why!!!

YouCantTourniquetTheTaint · 07/12/2018 16:40

Everything, I have Misophonia (a neurological condition which means that certain sounds trigger the fight or flight response) and normal everyday sounds give me the rage. Especially whistling Xmas Angry and gum chewing Xmas Angry its awful.

runoutofgasagain · 07/12/2018 16:43

People saying pacific instead of specific 😡

The80sweregreat · 07/12/2018 17:03

People that are incredibly narrow minded.
( most people I work with)
The way Dh slurps his tea.
Slow queues.
No manners ; please and thank you cost nothing.

MaureenMLove · 07/12/2018 17:10

Today, the letter that was sent out to 1400 parents/carers about school changes.

The School was referred to within the letter as 'the school'. No initial capitals. The new head teacher's name was split across two lines. So for example, it read Mr
Smith will be taking over after Christmas.

Thankfully, one of the changes is the departing head teacher's PA who is also going. She types the letters! Grin

handslikecowstits · 07/12/2018 17:37

Cats
People who don't clear their throats when they have a frog in them. (I'm more tolerant if they have a cold etc.)
Abbreviations
People who don't close doors properly so they click open again. SHUT THE FUCKING DOOR!!
Whispering
Whistling
My appearance

The80sweregreat · 07/12/2018 20:33

Women who talk in ' baby ' voices. Why?

starkid · 07/12/2018 21:44

@handslikecowstits "People who don't close doors properly so they click open again. SHUT THE FUCKING DOOR!!"

OMG yes this! Drives me mad, especially when it lets in a draft Angry

Mummabear2212 · 07/12/2018 21:47

Dressing gowns. I hate them. Walking through any clothes shop at Christmas is an enforced test of patience for me!

Kemer2018 · 07/12/2018 21:49

I park furthest from the shop.
So why, oh why, does someone always park next to me? 100s of free, close spaces......yet they park next to me. Arrrggh!

groundcontroltomontydon · 07/12/2018 22:07

Things with inspirational messages on. We're all going to die - there is no escape. Stick that on yer heart-shaped bit of driftwood.

WhoTookTheChristmasCookie · 07/12/2018 22:31

People starting sentences with 'so'.
'So, basically I was at the shops...'

The Postcode Lottery advert

'Can I get'

Hipster wankery - the beards, the clothes, the 'I'm such a quirk' attitude
(See also; artisanal)

WhoTookTheChristmasCookie · 07/12/2018 22:43

I have more.

The word 'Mom'
People acting as if the world owes them.
People who always have to one up you
Pity parties
Telephone voices
Performance parenting
Text speak and abbreviations

I could go on and on