What do strangers do that most annoys you?

[amandacarnet]

I mean everyday things, not things like genocide.
For me it is standing blocking doorways as they chat away. It is the total lack of awareness of other people that really annoys me.

If all of us are all saying these things, then who are the strangers doing them?!

Surely they have loved ones to say "oi Elaine, don't litter/sniff/stand so close" etc?

If all of us are all saying these things, then who are the strangers doing them?!

People complain about others doing it and then do it themselves because they're so self-absorbed.

Passive aggressive parents to other adults.

Tell off my almost two year old.

He’s very tall and probably looks older but the fact is he’s not yet two. I know he’s wild. He’s the definition of your high needs toddler, and was the same as a baby. He runs away, throws things, makes lots of noise. But it’s not like I don’t stop him (repeatedly), explain to him (loudly) why he shouldn’t do these things. I’m not just ignoring him and letting him wreak havoc. It’s humiliating when people decide to step in and scold him when I’m pretty obviously scunnered and doing my best.

Whistling
Walking across you so you end up clipping their heels
Stinking
Stopping at the bottom/top of an escalator
Take ages to bag all their shopping up and leave the till (obviously in some cases this cant be helped)
Pushing the button on a pedestrian crossing aggressively to make it change despite the fact ive already pressed it. Just fucking wait

Tuneless whistling
Walking whilst looking at a phone screen
Sniffing
Randomly stopping

Getting to the top of and escalator and just stopping before deciding which way to go.

Live next door to me👿

Expecting me to be pleased when their dog jumps up on me.

Letting their children chase pigeons and other birds.

Saying "Can I get..." in coffee shops and takeaways.

Driving right up close behind me, when I'm already driving at the speed limit and overtaking someone else.

Driving a huge car then straddling 2 parking places.
Walking about slurping coffee on the go.
Dawdling.
Pigeon chasing for me too.

Mine’s strangers and people in general who I may know. When people get ‘me’ and ‘I’ mixed up. She’ll say ‘Can you send XXX and I the minutes from....’ I’m seething inside 😤

Getting in my personal space. I can just about cope with people I know and love being that close but strangers in close proximity make me want to scream. Tbh I hated being pregnant and having random strangers want to touch my bump.

Oh and asking if they can go in front in the supermarket queue as they only have 2 items. It’s just so fucking entitled. Yes I have a whole trolley but i’ve Queued up fair and square and why is their time more important than mine!

whistling on a 15 hour flight

Chew loud... take up too much room on bus/ train seats. Talk too loud on phone.

Whistle!!

I manage a retail store(small one in a big branch). Today, a woman LICKED her fingers and touched all the garments, after every 5 or so, licked her fingers again shudders

Walk towards me on the pavement coughing or sneezing without covering their mouth so I walk through a cloud of their germs. Disgusting.

Keep pressing the 'open' button for train doors before it lights up.

Let their crotch droppings listen to fucking mind numbing nursery rhymes on public transport at full volume.

Sit on the outside seat on public transport. You will have to move if I get on and can't find a seat.

Come into my place of work and act like it's my fault that I don't speak Polish/Punjabi/Romanian/Russian etc 🙄

Giggle inanely and say 'it must be free' when an item doesn't scan. JUST STOP IT you cockwombling little arseholes.

Whistling

Leaving the keyboard noises on their phones so it beeps as they type. Drives me INSANE.

Pronounce my name wrong. It's like being called Anne and it being pronounced Arne

I hate that too struggling and don't understand why people do it.

I have quite an unusual last name, but it's quite short and the same as quite a well known place, that people know how to pronounce, so I don't understand why people do it asall the fucking time.

Say my name was Smythe, pronounced smithe not Smith, I always introduce myself (I visit lots of companies for work) as hello, I'm Barbara Smythe, that's s m y t h e, here to see Mr bloggs.

Receptionist then rings Mr bloggs and says Barbara Smith is here to see you and proceeds to write me a name badge with Barbara Smith on it. This happens well over half the time I do this as if I didn't speak my name or spell it out to them 30 seconds earlier.

Years ago I met a woman with the same last name and she did the same thing so it would appear that the entire population is incapable of hearing our name and remembering it or spelling it.

Smoke. It gives DD an asthma attack.

People who stand in the way of the lift door like your supposed to magic yourself out of the lift!!
When they randomly start talking to you in a shop (find it awkward)
Not giving personal space in queues so their basically stood on you

People who walk behind me so closely that they stand on the back of my shoes and people pushing prams who don't pay attention and clip my heels! I'm not particularly slow and pay attention to my surroundings but still I get stood on.

Stand still in the middle of the path!. The amount of times I’ve flattered into the back of someone because they stood still to reply to a text. It infuriated me, just move the the bloody side!