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Things that cause you instant rage!

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Qpobb · 29/11/2020 20:01

A safe space to vent upon the things that cause you to burn with rage at the mere mention of them.

Mine:

  1. MLM schemes (especially people trying to "recruit" 16 year olds asking about work on Facebook).
  2. The 11+/grammar test system. So many things wrong about it and makes me so angry on behalf of the kids.
  3. Nose hanging out of mask (I'm looking at you, man in my local Sainsbury's!).

Happy ranting. I feel better already! Grin

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WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 29/11/2020 23:41

Thick people

I can abide thick people, but not those who somehow think they're so much smarter than everybody else.

One of the best examples ever: it must have been 15-20 years or so ago, now, but I still remember and cringe at the time when some former Big Brother inmate was on a 'celebrity' version of The Weakest Link. Anne asked the not-very-difficult-to-guess question "In which English Midlands city is there a famous clock tower known informally as Big Brum?" The contestant instantly replied, as if Anne was a complete imbecile "No!! It's Big BEN and it's in London!!"

Ouch.

iklboogeymum · 29/11/2020 23:45

People stopping at the top / bottom of escalators to gawp around.

'Designer dogs' - they're mongrels. Cross breeds at best.

ShrimpSymphony · 29/11/2020 23:47

When people say draws instead of drawers. And there should be a special circle in hell for people who say Chester Draws

Neolara · 29/11/2020 23:48

People who talk at me instead of with me.

LarsErickssong · 29/11/2020 23:54

Middle lane hoggers and people in front of you on the slip road joining the motorway at 40mph.

QueenPaws · 29/11/2020 23:57

People eating down the phone (I work taking phone calls)
"Oh sorry I'm just eating some muesli"
YES I CAN HEAR YOU. Honestly the rage, it makes me want to stab something. I have a bit of misophonia

slightlysnippy · 30/11/2020 00:00

People who make the statement ' I hate cyclists' what ALL cyclists!!!!' If that's true, ahh you must be the people I meet who have so little respect for me when I am on my bike your happy to put my life in danger when you pass too close or cut me up on the road.

Sorry not light hearted, but fuck it pisses me off. And a couple of poster said it above.

dubyalass · 30/11/2020 00:04

People who don’t wipe surfaces down after they’ve used them.
People who don’t use a loo brush to clean their skid marks off the bowl.
People who don’t put the old loo roll tube in the bin but instead leave it on the side for the fucking loo roll fairy.

farawayplanet · 30/11/2020 00:05

People who drive too slowly, like 20mph under the speed limit when road and light conditions are fine.

PerpendicularVincent · 30/11/2020 00:06

Yellow, I missed Sheeple Shock

Sheeple is on my shitlist too Grin

hagsrus0 · 30/11/2020 00:07

Setting a password without the requirements being shown - so try one and be told must include an upper case character. OK, no, must include a number. OK, no, must include a special character. OK, no, too long...

hagsrus0 · 30/11/2020 00:09

Perhaps just a quirk of my own, but the phrase "one of the only" - I edit it mentally to "one of the few".

Bluewavescrashing · 30/11/2020 00:10

Emptying the dishwasher to find gritty residue all over everything 😡

PerpendicularVincent · 30/11/2020 00:11

And cars that trundle along doing 40 in a 60 with no sense of urgency.

Our local supermarket has a really small car park, so whenever there's a delivery there's generally a huge lorry blocking the entrance. This makes me unreasonably annoyed.

I also detest anyone that claims to be a pupil at the School of Hard Knocks or the University of Life.

headcandygrl · 30/11/2020 00:16
  1. Ppl who use the words like bullying, anxiety, panic attack for things that ARE NOT those. Seems every second person is being bullied and has anxiety these days!!Hmm
  2. Ppl who just won't wear a bloody mask!!! No I don't care what your reason is...just put it on and do whatever needs to be done and go home.
3.vegetarians who expect a veggie meal cooked for them but won't cook meat for you!Confused
Userzzz · 30/11/2020 00:18

Lots of things but currently :
Children wearing masks.
The word “ safe “

Saoirse7 · 30/11/2020 00:21

People who bleat on about shopping local, but in reality they have bought a lot of cheap crap from China and are selling at 5 times the price.

Tropic Ambassadors plaguing my social media.

People with no manners

People who block the aisle two trollies deep to talk in the supermarket.

Strictlysilly · 30/11/2020 00:21

People without children or non elderly/disabled parking in the parent and child spots. I now shout telling them they have left their child in the car Angry

Furrybutts · 30/11/2020 00:23

People who allow children to interrupt them when they are speaking. What does that teach your child?

People who insist on directing you from the street when you are parking or reversing out of somewhere.
I know you think are only being helpful, but you really aren't, as the rage I feel when this happens overrides any help!

GlummyMcGlummerson · 30/11/2020 00:36

When shop assistants put a note in your hand first and then the change on top, and I have to play a game of Let's Try Not To Spill The Coins Everywhere as I put it into my purse

GlummyMcGlummerson · 30/11/2020 00:37

People who allow children to interrupt them when they are speaking. What does that teach your child

In a similar vein my friend lets her children whisper in her ear in front of others and it drives me insane. So rude!

Pinnacular · 30/11/2020 00:38

People who ask questions in this supercilious manner, no?

iklboogeymum · 30/11/2020 00:38

When people say draws instead of drawers. And there should be a special circle in hell for people who say Chester Draws

Say draws or write draws? Otherwise it can be regional accent based. I don't say 'draw-ers' but would write it correctly.

GlummyMcGlummerson · 30/11/2020 00:38

@Userzzz

Lots of things but currently : Children wearing masks. The word “ safe “
You'd hate being in Scotland then
TwoZeroTwoZero · 30/11/2020 00:42

People who ask me to repeat myself when I haven't finished speaking.

Catching my pockets on the kitchen drawer handles.

The microwave beeping continuously when I'm in the middle of something more important.

When my dc whine at me instead of talking.

People talking over the top of me.

Getting caught behind a member of the 40 mph club and not being able to overtake them.

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