Which inanimate objects do you have an irrational hatred of?

[ThePinkCushion]

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?

Polystyrene, balloons, any Hoover, toilet brushes, dummies in children, people who won't move to let my wheelchair on the bus/complain that I ran them over when they won't move their feet, stupid motivational sayings anywhere, Nick nacks on every flat surface, pens that don't work (and that I have already thrown in the bin twice) ...I could go on!

A few people saying baby on board signs, admittedly myself a few years ago used to eye roll at them before learning that the whole purpose of them is so if you're in a wreck the police, or bystanders, paramedics etc are aware to look for a baby that may be more easily hidden in the wreckage. Now I will never, ever not have one.

Umbrellas. My late DDad was right when he said they were 'the invention of the devil'. I hate the damn things. I also dislike coat hangers. There's no way to store unused ones without hanging them up,and therefore taking up space better used by hangers with clothes on. I've tried laying them in an empty suitcase,but while my back is turned,they get tangled up with each other. Bastards.

so if you're in a wreck the police, or bystanders, paramedics etc are aware to look for a baby

Except it is a rare parent who actually bothers to remove them when the baby is travelling in a different vehicle or at home etc.

(See screenshot)

That's a myth, NobHobs. In the event of a crash paramedics/firefighters will check whether or not there's a sticker, otherwise there'd be advertising campaigns for al parents to have them, and the emergency services have more sense than that . Also if a car is so badly damaged you're more likely to see a baby/child in the wreckage or a car seat than a 4 inch sticker attached to a surface that's designed to shatter into tiny pieces in the event of a considerable impact.

I used to work in a place that deal with damaged cars for insurance companies and there's not a chance in hell you'd see a sticker or sign in any impact so severe that emergency services can't see the occupants. Even in a less serious crash you'd be very unlikely to see it because of the crumpled metal and the rear screen shattering.

Besides if that was their purpose they should be taken out whenever the baby/child wasn't in the car and I doubt that happens.

Those 'sweeping LED indicator lights' on new Audis.

Gives me the rage.

COAT HANGERS

Tangled hangers
'Humourous' rear window car stickers
Four bloody remote controls to put the telly on

Those 'sweeping LED indicator lights' on new Audis.

Ooh, I love those though!

The children's coat hooks in primary schools absolutely terrify me. I (completely irrationally) imagine falling and losing an eye...

You need one of these for coat hangers. I have one and it's genius.

www.amazon.co.uk/Hanger-Store-Stacker-Clothes-Organiser/dp/B07JJQLMCR?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

I nominate the Argos Web site. Its horrible. I've just spent an hour trying to order a hand mixer and I've given up and ordered one from amazon. I kept getting logged out then it wouldn't accept my password (which hasn't changed all day!)

I have a personalised number plate. It came with the car and I keep meaning to get it switched back.

Yoghurt, something quite scary about it. I may have just outed myself.

Cotton wool. Can't touch the stuff. Blergh.
And I'm pregnant with my first child, so I really need to get over this!

QuestionableMouse Does that hanger holder only take wooden ones? My hangers are a random bunch of plastic, wire, velvet covered, ex-dry cleaners etc.

iTunes.

I can remember 4 or 5 different bank logins and passwords, plus social media and non-sensitive accounts no problem

But iTunes? Just will not stick in my head and I have to get it reset every single time and even then it's such a bastard it never works how I expect it to and I end up feeling violent

Haven't read all of this, but I'm sure someone MUST have mentioned printers?

My supposedly 'easy to use wifi printer/scanner/copier' thingummyjig is going to be launched out of the window imminently.

Printer: do you want colour or black and white?
Me: Black and white.
Printer: Sorry I'm low (not completely out of, but low) on "cyan", whatever the fuck that is.
Me: sobbing but I only want black and white! Is one of them cyan?? I've got black, and the paper is white - why do I need cyan?

Printer: Print or scan?
Me: Scan (fucking massively urgent document that needs to be emailed in the next 5 minutes or my world will end.)
Printer: Ooh look - do you want to sign up for ink to be delivered to you every month (so you don't run out of cyan when trying to print in black and white)?
Me: No, just do the scanny thing please.
Printer: Tell us your postcode.
Me: For the love of all that's holy, just SCAN!!!
Printer: Unable to locate driver
Me: What?
Printer: Do you want to download latest driver?
Me: Err... OK
Printer: Latest driver already installed. See our help section.
Me: Clicks on help section
Printer: Ah, I thought you'd do that ... choose printer model
Me: HP456789/AB/427/UK
Printer: Here's the pdf of the instruction manual
Me: Reads manual to find I need to install an app that I didn't need last week when I scanned something.
Printer: App downloaded (but it's hidden somewhere extremely hard to find in the inner workings of your laptop. Good luck!
Me: Just tell me what to do you bastard! Ah, here it is.
Printer: Scanning.... here's a preview, do you want a jpeg or pdf?
ME: I don't care! I don't know the difference!
Printer: There you go - do you want to email document?
Me: so relieved Yes! Yes! I do - thank you!
Printer: Image size too large for email. Must be below 47 mega-wank-cubits.
Me: Aaaaarrrggggghhhhh!!!!!!

Ooh - that was long, sorry. I should have just said "printers".

1p & 2p coins.

Thousands of tons of useless, valueless metal cluttering up people’s homes, purses and pockets or circulating in the economy which need to be counted, weighed, reconciled, transported, stored etc etc. A completely unproductive waste of everybody’s time which should have been abolished years ago. Ditto American pennies.

MrsMiggens
I had similar trying to send a pic of the children's passports somewhere. Took the pic on the ipad, it saved it as a jpeg, company needed it as jpg. Took it on the iphone, it saved as jpg. Great, i thought. Tried to send it...file too big. Went round in a huge circle, sending it to myself via email as sometimes that lets you resize the pic. Didn't work.
Phoned company and had a little sob to them. Man agreed that he couldn't do it on his i-equipment, but if i emailed it to myself, opened the mail on a laptop, saved it (in the bowels of the laptop), if i could ever find them again, they would be the right .3letters and the right size.
T'was such a fun way to spend half an hour.

Bagpipes. The noise!

I was just coming to say 'bagpipes' but thought its actually not that irrational

1p & 2p coins.

DH pours them all into a big plastic tub. Its now so heavy I cannot lift it. We have rows about the tub of copper sitting in the home office, bending the shelf.

Does anyone know if I can pour them all into one of them star machines I see at Morrisons? He's going away for a week shortly.

You can but they'll take a cut of the total.