Really, really, really petty things that annoy you

[BuzzShitbagBobbly]

(and which have zero impact on your life!)

My list includes:

• Companies which have the owner's initials as the business name. I have no problem at all with (say) "Clare King Picture Framers", but "CK Picture Framers" winds the shit out of me.

• Similarly, businesses which merge two names to create one made up word as the name. For example, Clare goes into business with Jenny and they call it "Clajen Picture Framers" Grrrrr!

• People who use lame examples as brilliant suggestions. E.g. say someone (not me, I assure you!) wanted to organise a really original/unusual theme for a party. The Lamer would say "how about tarts and vicars". Nasty AND boring!

I'm sure I have a million more...

-When someone wipes the black/white board but leaves traces of writing on it. Wipe it all off! All of it! Same with using the eraser on paper. Just rub properly you asshole!
-When people prepare food but throw a lot of it away. For example carving up a roast chicken but leaving so much meat on the bones that it could feed another person, but the bastard chucks it in the bin. Or cutting up fruit but half of it lands in the bin in the process. Roasting baby potatoes, then taking them out of the tray but leaving a couple of pieces behind. Idiots!
-Chucking laundry in the washing machine without methodically putting it in piece by piece and putting in socks rolled up in a tight ball.

-Not putting the top of the glue-stick back on after using it. Bloody kids!

"Delete if not aloud"

"Baring in mind". Petty because it's probably due to autocorrect rather than the person not knowing which word to use.

Seeing someone lick the back of their spoon with a flourish. I don't want to see your tonsils!

In films when someone is eating out. They order coffee and a big slice of something delicious looking like apple pie. Then they get engrossed or upset by a conversation they are having and push the pie away uneaten after just one bite, pay and leave. I can't imagine doing this and I have never seen anyone do it IRL.

The noise DH when he bites his nails. He gets a death stare when he does it.

When women on Facebook don't use the specific feature expressly designed to display a maiden name alongside a married name, i.e.

"Katy Green
(Katy Black)"

Instead their Facebook name is "Mary Bloggs Was Jones"

And people who write "ect" instead of "etc"

I had to force my autocorrect to take the former, so god knows how these idiots do it all the time!

DH re making the bed but putting the throw on the wrong way round so I end up with the bit that was on his side of the bed. I mean we share a duvet but I can’t have his side of the throw suddenly on top of my side of the duvet. It’s just wrong.

Haven’t rtft
But when people say put your PIN number In please
Do people not know what PIN means

When people put their kids ages in months past 2 years.

People who scrape and scrape the yogurt pot at the bottom as though they are digging for gold.
It's frigging 20p yogurt, leave it!

When people write panini’s (that was painful). It’s one panino or two panini. No apostrophe and no s, it’s already plural. See also paparazzo/paparazzi. I understand that it’s a different language but when you’re a chain of Italian restaurants then it’s pretty damn shoddy to have an incorrect spelling all over your sodding windows.

Also people who stand at the bus stop for 10 minutes and then faff around for their purse/bus pass when the bus arrives. Did you not realise this was a bus stop? Did you just stand here in the pissing rain for shits and giggles and then think “oh I fancy a bus ride” when it turned up?

People refusing to accept the outer London boroughs e.g. Kingston, Bromley, are not really part of London. They have been since 1965!!!!!

Meh I don’t think Kingston is London
I don’t care what anyone says! Kingston is basically a crap town on the outskirts of London

When people say ‘brought’ instead of bought. Like ‘I brought a jumper at the shop’. I just want to scream ‘it’s bought’!!!

The youtube voice. My guilty pleasure is watching vlogs and all sorts of show off videos on YouTube from a huge range of people because, well, I'm nosey and love me a house tour or DITL vlog. But what grates my ears is this voice that every single youtuber has like a lazy car salesman because they're selling you a look into their lives for views. You get that sigh and an upturn of pitch towards the end of a sentence like they get bored of talking and it just annoys me they can't just talk normally. Doesnt matter where they're from they all have that drone.

@Lifeisconfusing

Do people still do that?

Always reminds me of what old people did back in the day....

Just remembered another one, people referring to coronavirus as Rona

You'd hate it in Australia at the moment, people have started saying sanny for hand sanitiser, "don't forget to use sanny!" - argh.

@RocksOfStone yeah I work in a call centre and slot of the older generation still do it’s so weird 🤪

Some of the customers at work call us darling. It always seems to be (some) men of certain ethnicities so I think it's down to difference in languages, but it makes my skin crawl and really irritates me. It often tends to be in quite a slimy way, accompanied by a creepy smile as if they know they are patronising you.

So petty of me, I know, but I have to vent....

people using the word LOOSE when they mean to use the word LOSE (‘I need to loose weight’). I see it so often, and it’s winds me up! Please know, I’m not perfect with grammar/spelling etc, but still.....!

People who pronounce 'H' as 'haitch'

Using hazard lights to signal a manoeuvre instead of the actual indicators. I'm not a mind reader.

I moved to a new area last year and part of the local dialect seems to be to use 'obviously' in a sentence when what they're saying is anything but obvious. For example, someone calling and saying 'Obviously I'm calling about...' It's not obvious, I've no idea who you are or what you're calling about!

When someone you know calls your mobile and leaves a pointless voicemail 'Hi, just called, call me back when you can!' I know you called, I see your missed call and your name but I've just had to dial VM to hear you tell me you called. At least give me useful info if you're going to leave a VM!

People who insist on using full names. I have a name that is easily shortened- think 'Victoria' but I'm known as 'Vicky' but usually Vix. My MIL will call me Victoria everytime and my husband by his full name too - think Richard when everyone says Rich which he prefers. I've asked her to call me Vix or Vicky but nooooo.

Gosh I'm grumpy. Could go on all night!

This sounds mean and I mean no offence it’s just personal preference - but it’s double barrelled first names rather than a middle name like ‘Lisa-Jane’, ‘Elsie-May’, ‘Indy-Rose’ I just find it so tacky!

Cars with shit names. I'd never buy a Duster, a Mokka or a Yaris on principle.

I also detest overly managerial, pointless emails. Someone at work told their team off in a group email last week. They underlined 'I will take disciplinary action if this continues', then signed off with 'have a great weekend' and a smiley face. Just talk to your team instead of throwing your weight around you twat.

Also anyone who posts pictures of themselves crying, pictures of themself looking tired after work/wearing PPE, or pouty selfies.

Anyone who posts right wing memes on Facebook.

I could be here grumbling all night.

@Furrybutts Plus children riding bikes on the pavement and most of the stuff above too.

Huh? My 5yr old is NOT riding her bike on the road!!

@PerpendicularVincent My late Dad used to say the Toyota Yaris looked like a pregnant Rollerskate