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Which inanimate objects do you have an irrational hatred of?

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ThePinkCushion · 04/07/2019 20:30

It's acoustic guitars for me. If I see someone with one in public you can pretty much guarantee that its owner is going to start playing the bloody thing even though no one asked.

Shower cubicles are another. Why are they so bloody hard to clean? Between the glass and the little crevices. I hate them.

I need time to think of others though I'm sure it's a long list. What objects drive you crazy?

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Sissy79 · 04/07/2019 20:44

Knives and forks that have cheap plastic handles.

Pandora pieces of tin.

Personalised number plates.

Pigletthedog · 04/07/2019 20:44

Fucking coat hangers. Always get tangled up in each other, or clothes slip off them or they just randomly slip out of the opening basket and clatter everywhere.

Pigletthedog · 04/07/2019 20:44

Ironing basketHmm

Soola · 04/07/2019 20:44

String bags.

I don’t want anyone seeing what I’ve bought, thanks.

BadgertheBodger · 04/07/2019 20:44

Fucking bloody bastard car seats. I get it, the child is safe, brilliant but WHY do they have to be such fucking tricksy arseholes? I swear my one needs the seatbelt in a different way every time. It twists it’s own straps for no reason. I’ve actually removed one of the seat pads because it just kept inserting itself between the buckle thing and stopping it closing. It is a proper arsehole. I hate it.

BadgertheBodger · 04/07/2019 20:46

OH and I hate the hosepipe on it’s silly bloody reel thinger. Why does it need to be so difficult to wind? Why does it twist and kink and dribble a bit of water on your shoes like it’s wee’d on you? Absolute wanker.

Iamthewombat · 04/07/2019 20:47

I have a violent dislike of pouffes (or ottomans, as we are now supposed to call them)

Mac47 · 04/07/2019 20:47

Those bloody awful fluffy flip flop things women wear.
The million wires behind the tv that collect dust.
Shoe racks.

Iamthewombat · 04/07/2019 20:48

And kitchen containers with ‘tea’, ‘coffee’ and ‘sugar’ written on them. What is wrong with me?

ImTakingTheEssence · 04/07/2019 20:48

Pizza cutters.

Iamthewombat · 04/07/2019 20:49

What is a fluffy flip flop? I agree that they sound distasteful. Do you mean those terrible marabou ‘walk around in a negligee’ shoes?

HopeClearwater · 04/07/2019 20:51

Headbands on babies

Dust

Amber teething necklaces

Those stupid earring things that make large holes in earlobes

Shelvesoutofbooks · 04/07/2019 20:53

Glass tables. I just can't stand them. They drive me crazy.

Iamthewombat · 04/07/2019 20:54

Google ‘noddy holder’ and ‘glass table’. That will really put you off them.

PetitsGateaux · 04/07/2019 20:54

@Pigletthedog, I was going to say coat hangers, too! Hate how they get tangled and especially the absolute racket they make when they fall down...

themartinipolice · 04/07/2019 20:56

Cling film. Especially when it doesn't cling.

rachbower1989 · 04/07/2019 20:57

Dummy’s like someone else has mentioned. I see lots of 3 and 4 yr olds with them, they go once the nappies and the buggy goes. If they are walking and aren’t wearing nappies then they aren’t required IMO

Jozen · 04/07/2019 20:57

Leaf blowers.
Pointless and noisy.

Sunbeam18 · 04/07/2019 20:58

Powered by Fairydust car stickers

Lobsterquadrille2 · 04/07/2019 20:58

T shirts for babies with "cute" messages about Mummy's little darling etc.

Heelies

ExtraFox19 · 04/07/2019 20:59

Buggies- all
Types

Fake grass.

Cotton wool.

ExtraFox19 · 04/07/2019 21:00

Sweatshirts that say:

Amore

Winging it

Mama

Etc etc

WarmSausageTea · 04/07/2019 21:01

And kitchen containers with ‘tea’, ‘coffee’ and ‘sugar’ written on them. What is wrong with me?

Can I add plates with ‘nibble, bite, chomp...’ on them? I don’t know why they irritate me so much.

Oh, and dog bowls with ‘dog’ written on them - the dog can’t read, and no other bugger is going to drink from it.

Polystyrene, you atrocious squeaky bastard.

ChaChaDeGregorio · 04/07/2019 21:02

Washing up bowls with greasy cold water in them that people insist on putting dirty dishes into, knowing that someone is going to have to put their hand into the cold scummy water to get the dishes and put in the dishwasher anyway.

I have been known to take the washing up bowl outside and throw it down the back yard.

rachbower1989 · 04/07/2019 21:03

Signs about the beach when you live in the middle of the country hours away from the beach.

This one is going to cause problems but hay ho. REUSABLE NAPPIES. They are so confusing and need so many bits and cause unnecessary washing and yeh they are awful.

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