Really, really, really petty things that annoy you

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(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...

People who hum tunelessly to themselves but within my earshot
People who don't signal before they turn off a roundabout
People in my house who treat me like a walking Ask Jeeves because they cannot be bothered to look for something first, check the kitchen calendar
People who use up stuff in the house without putting it on the shopping list
People in the house who take things and don't put them back where they belong.
People in the house whose washing up dishes leaves more gunk in the sink than they removed from the plates.

I just saw a couple of people say that they don't like people pronouncing "sixth" as "sickth/sickth" - and I can't work out how you should pronounce it then? Someone help!

I'm sure I've said "sickth" my whole life?! I pronounce six as "sicks" so isn't sixth "sickth"??

Dougal I wholeheartedly agree with his assessment

'The Scottish Borders'

'Scottish Borders Council'

Scotland has precisely ONE fucking BORDER

I personally hate cyclists on the road the ones that don’t like cycle paths!!! Pisses me off every flaming time

When DH says ‘can I get......’ in coffee shops. He was born in Manchester, not America. Something inside me dies every time he says it.

@XDownwiththissortofthingX

'The Scottish Borders'

'Scottish Borders Council'

Scotland has precisely ONE fucking BORDER

Scottish Borders is a specific area. The name is correct.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Borders

www.scotborders.gov.uk

People who say “haitch” instead of aitch.

People who say “please may you”.

I feel furious just writing this.

@WagathaChristieDoesItAgain

I am one of those people who don’t understand why people say “sickth”!!

So to me, it should be said “sicksth” as in the way it is spelled - sixth.

But I’m Australian and I understand from my English in laws that saying it “sickth” is a perfectly normal way of saying it.

Anyhoo anywho or however the frig you spell it. It's not a word!

We hates it precious

People who give the finger to say 'piss off'. This makes me die a bit inside. If it's on a selfie I can't even look at that person the same again!

For some reason 2 fingers isn't as bad?

Being asked to someone's house for dinner, then the hosts saying 'Are you actually that hungry?' Do you just want a chesse board instead?' What?!

No, I'm fucking starved and I want a dinner. And NOT at 9pm at night, much to your surprise.

People who get 'to' and 'too' mixed up. I have a family member who posted a facebook status recently saying something like ''went too my mums today too have a catch up'' - shes in her late 30s and I am amazed she doesn't understand the difference by now. I had to unfollow her!

^

Now you're talking!

This one is so petty as it doesn't even affect me in any way but it's annoying. My DH wearing a jumper on a hot day. He puts on a jumper every day for his walk to work. In winter it makes sense. Spring and autumn ok maybe. In summer - just why? And how - we are in Aus, it is usually 35-40 degrees C here!

We had family photos taken once, on a beach on a lovely warm day. Me and the dc wore tshirts and shorts, he wore a puffer jacket

Public thanks in work emails.
Just thank the person yourself.
Why do need lots of witnesses to your thanks?

[quote Lifeisconfusing]@beelola I think that’s a sign of having a tick[/quote]
It's a sign of being an arsehole that wants to make unnecessary conversation!

When you lift the ringing phone at work, and the caller says: "I'll tell you what it is..."

Yes! Please do! Otherwise, I would have just put the phone down! Thank goodness you said that!

Bellends.

*this may be a purely NI thing. Please let me know.

PA Testing

Maybe this would be a useful feature on some MN threads.

HTH

This is really petty but it really winds me up when people say 'ive just been to Tescos'...aaargghh why can they not just say 'Tesco'.....its also done constantly with 'Asdas....'Aldis'.....'Lidls'.....i cant abide it and the absolute worst.....someone on fb this week said that they'd been to 'Icelands'.....wtf !!!!

Empty washing lines left up with the pegs on
Couples replying to each other on FB when you know they are in the same house at the time
Anyone who says hubby is instantly deleted

Yes to the 0208 XXX XXXX instead of 020 8XXX XXXX admit should be as mentioned on first page. That really annoys me.

Mine is counties being included in postal addresses. They aren't part of official addresses, haven't been for decades. Even worse is where a website insists on a county field being mandatory for an address. If it's free text I put N/a. If it's a drop down I choose Kent and scowl at the screen.

Also when you are entering a password and accidentally click out of the box then it goes red and shouts at you that your password is incomplete. Give me a chance! It should only do that if I've tried to click enter/submit etc.

Que...It's fucking queue people!
I've seen it so many times over the past couple of weeks my head might explode.

While I'm at it, curated, everything is fucking curated these days.

My computer has a message that says "Initializing" every time I switch it on. I do not live in America and the computer was not made there. It irritates me every day.

DH and everyone in his immediate family say no twice, every time, with a small break in between. So I'll ask a question, and their response will be no...no. Each and every one of them and it really annoys me. Dreading g the day the DC say that.

Also, if offered a cup of tea or coffee, the recipient says "whichever is easier" or "whatever you're making". Well not making either would be easier and I'm making whichever one you want as I do t drink hot drinks. Just bloody give me a response.