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 say “less” when the correct word is “fewer”.

People who say haitch instead of aitch.

People who say diploDOcus instead of diPLODocus.

Another one: people who say 'I text her but she didn't reply' or something, using text rather than texted.

Nom nom.

Agree about talky, matey packaging. So patronising.

The many children at school who ask to ‘go toilet’.
At my school they always ask "can I have a toilet?"

Bristol is a city and a county. It has been this way since the beginning of 1996 but everyone still uses Avon. It's most annoying when you have to choose from a drop down menu and Bristol isn't even an option on there. Did the powers that be not tell anyone about the change?

The khaki things why do people pronounce bath as barth, grass as grarss etc, then?

Just beamed in? Regional accents, my dear. You know, how you can usually have a fair idea of what part of the UK they're from by the way they pronounce certain words.

Oh, and bath is pronounced bahth not baff.

@TheDogsMother I do the cupboard thing, used to drive my parents mad when I was younger. I really hate loud noises so I didn't want them to bang

@Shinygoldbauble we have a shelf for "grown up" mugs and a shelf for kids/comedy mugs. I get really irritated when someone puts a mug on the wrong shelf.

I hate mispronunciations, like "chimley" instead of chimney.

When I open a letter and 'faithfully' or 'sincerely' are used incorrectly.

It's sincerely if you are addressing an individual you know E.g. 'Dear Sam' and faithfully if you are writing to someone you don't know 'dear sir or madam'.

Years of working at a law firm and having it drummed into me. Gives me the rage.

I’m weeping with relief at the opportunity to vent my spleen here..

“ We do have”... on every effing plane and train announcement..eg “ we do have a selection of hot drinks”
“ Esculator” instead of escalator
All the frigging pop ups on websites...honestly they could be offering me free gold and I’d just click delete
Being called “ guys”..
“ Are you OK there?”in shops I mentioned this years ago and got vilified but I still say it is condescending..
Less instead of fewer
DHs complete inability to cut and cover cheese properly so we throw away huge chunks of hard soap-like cheese every week
MIL saying “ pantomine “ and “zorbet” which happens more regularly than you would think!

When DH puts boxes of seeds on the coffee table and then announced that WE have to find a new home for them. Put them back in the shed where you got them from!

Oh yes. Just been reminded of this one. People on the fb DIY groups all copying every single trend each other does so all their houses are full of fabloned kitchen worktops, frog taped living room walls and stencilled paving slabs in their gardens.

People who say ‘ I done it ‘ argghhh . No , you did it not done it .

When I say to my DH he can have the last of something (usually food related, the rest of the potatoes, for example) and he goes "are you sure?". Yes - like I've told you a million times if I wanted it I'd have it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

When the waiting staff come and ask you if everything is okay. They always ask when I have a mouth full of food and I have to do that stupid nodding and smiling act. Or I am in the middle of a conversation. I will find you if I have a complaint. So annoying.

The fact that my new jeans don't have front pockets. They DON'T HAVE FRONT POCKETS!! I raaaaaaaage every time I try and put my fingers in my non-existent front pockets!

Mail that looks like someone hand write your address but it's really a font to trick you. And it's some bullshit advertisement

Hand write*

Oh for fuck's sake autocorrect wrote is a fucking word!!!!

My DH (I've realised most of my pettiness will involve him, bloody lockdown ) says 'sshed-dewl' instead of 'sked-ule' - which is apparently the correct way to pronounce 'schedule' in British English - but it drives me nuts. I've had to put up with a lot of other 'work speak' in the house since the lockdown.

@gumball37 lol

I’m probably going to get slated for this but people who say they’re going to ‘meet’ a new baby 😕

When someone says, "Can I get...?"

NOOOOOOOOOO. You can't get it, you can have it.

Hot drink slurpers. I don’t get it, why does a horrible noise need to be made with every sip? Just let it cool down and fucking drink it normally. I share an office with slurpers, get it from all directions every morning. Even worse when the drink has been there 20 minutes and stone cold but they still feel the need to slurp every time. I find slurpers are also noisy eaters, I have to leave the office at lunch time!

DHs weird cleaning habits. He's current scrubbing one of the wooden chopping boards that lives on the work surface because he's noticed it's dirty, but I'd bet my last tangfastic he doesn't wipe the surface down where it been.

I also have no idea why he occasionally washes single things like this by hand when the dishwasher would do a perfectly good job. He also won't empty/fill the dishwasher while he's at it, or wash any other things that are currently waiting for the dishwasher to be emptied and refilled.

He puts DDs and my things 'away' in the living room before we've finished using them, but the spare wooden flooring left over from the living/dining room is still in the dining room months later.

My chauvinist boss who never directly says he has a problem with people speaking/thinking/breathing but will become very angry and shout “CAN WE NOT ASK ...” or “CAN WE HAVE LESS ...” every.fucking.week.

I love the bejam thing. Don't forget asda came from associated dairies.