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Things that make you ask why? WHY?

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PolaDeVeboise · 31/03/2019 10:29

Mine is people who select the 'receipt' option at a cashpoint and then walk away leaving it hanging out of the machine. Why? WHY?

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Winterfellismyhome · 31/03/2019 10:33

People what drive right up you arse. Its not going to get you there any quicker! WHYYY?!

Palominoo · 31/03/2019 10:43

Why?

Things that make you ask why? WHY?
fourquenelles · 31/03/2019 11:18

Ah Palominoo I can answer that one.

My pink crocs bought many. many years ago from the aisles of randomness at Aldi were the most comfortable footwear I have ever owned. Unfortunately I wore them so much that the soles wore away so became treacherous on smooth surfaces. For the past 18 months I have been trying to find footwear that is as comfortable and I am failing miserably.

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PolaDeVeboise · 31/03/2019 11:22

Have to agree with Fourquenelles , I LOVED mine. Bought then when pregnant with DS1 after I broke my toe and practically lived in them until after the birth of DS2, 2 years later. I only gave them up as I was sick of the ribbing from my mates.

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Solongtoshort · 31/03/2019 11:24

When using the Mersey tunnel and there are people stopping tunnel lanes to try and move faster

ARGH!!!!!

SeventhWave · 31/03/2019 11:29

The Democratic Unionists.

Why, oh why do you have the word 'Democratic' in your name when your actions suggest otherwise?

HaveACupOfCoffee · 31/03/2019 11:33

People that chat to cashiers for 5 minutes after they’ve paid for and bagged their shopping.

People that put eyelashes on their car headlights.

People that buy the Joules yellow Mac (85% of my town by the looks of it)

Aimily · 31/03/2019 11:51

People who enjoy a "good" argument. I've never encountered one of those. Why can't you just talk?

Redyoyo · 31/03/2019 12:17

Cricket jumpers give me the rage, what kind of sport requires a jumper!

crosser62 · 31/03/2019 12:22

If you drink too much fluid...you piss it out, so then WHY if I eat too much food can I not poo it out and stay slim and healthy, why?

crosser62 · 31/03/2019 12:23

Also, why does every single person on this island say “hi, how are you?” When they couldn’t give a fiddlers fart at the answer to this question, why ask it, why?

wildbhoysmama · 31/03/2019 12:30

crosser62 brilliant!
Why, oh why are people passive aggressive, just say why you're pissed off/ annoyed. Works for me. PA just means you're a bitch.

Echobelly · 31/03/2019 12:32

Why do some people over the age of 16 believe 'good' relationships should be full of drama and arguments?

Worried2019 · 31/03/2019 13:28

Why does society look down on single mothers? As though we woke up one day and thought, "Hmm yes! I'll become solely responsible for a dependant child and put my life on hold for 16+ years! That sounds like a great idea!!!"

Why don't people realise that in some (most???) cases we once were a typical family!
Sometimes partners pass away/get scared or as in my case, run off with a Nurse and never get back in touch.

Why should I then be treated with contempt & judgement called a scrounger by at least 60% of society? (Disclaimer: That percentage is a wild guess and not necessarily an accurate figure!!)

OhLookMarch · 31/03/2019 13:36

People who walk down the road in their dressing gown and slippers.

Fucking tramps!

Singlenotsingle · 31/03/2019 13:39

crosser and the answer to that is "good" Angry. God that makes me rage!

amusedbush · 31/03/2019 14:24

Clothes that look nice from across the shop but when you get closer it has holes in it/studs/frills/knotted bits/cropped front. Just give me a simple blouse Sad

00100001 · 31/03/2019 14:59

People who suddenly stop in supermarket aisles for no discernible reason... WHY?

People who pull out at the last moment right front of you at a junction on an otherwise empty road. if you;d waited all of 5 seconds you would have had a clear road.... WHY?

Pengrin · 31/03/2019 15:00

LED headlights. Why are you trying to blind and kill me?

mooadoodlebaa · 31/03/2019 15:05

People who wander around with no fecking idea of what’s around them (see supermarket aisles comment). Same with the ones who stop dead as soon as they’ve crossed the threshold of supermarket door to gaze around in wonderment. Or chat with friends at door or crossroads. I think supermarkets in general just piss me off if other people are using them at same time as me Wink

SimonJT · 31/03/2019 15:09

People who refuse to move out of the way on the pavement, yesterday I saw a woman who refused to alter her path for an elderly man pushing presumably his wife in a wheelchair. Scumbags in general make me want to scream.

TSSDNCOP · 31/03/2019 15:13

Why do M&S put a button half way up a short sleeve with a fabric tie to roll the sleeve up?

If you want the sleeve down you have a random mid-arm button, and who just roll up a sleeve should they prefer?

Science9 · 31/03/2019 15:13

When I purposely choose the completely empty end of the car park so I have enough space to get the car seat out and put it on the pram easily ... return to the car park 15 mins later and the end I've parked in is still empty, apart from one car that has decided to park in the space next to me and so close that I can barely open the door.... WHY?!

TSSDNCOP · 31/03/2019 15:16

On a roll. Why, in big very busy department stores do people step of the escalator and stop still to work out where they’re going next?

It’s not like you’re indefinitely committed, if you take few steps in the wrong direction, to forever looping the store to the right rather than the left.

But look behind you st all the people that have to hurl themselves out of the way or career in your back with another bunch of people crashing into theirs.

thenightsky · 31/03/2019 15:20

Cricket jumpers give me the rage

No, no. Cricket jumpers have the ability to make cricketers look very sexy IMHO. I love a man in a Cricket jumper [drool]