Petty things that annoy you inordinately

[IntermittentParps]

Mine is when I pour a mug of water for tea and the teabag tag gets dragged into the mug. SO tiny but SO irritating.

Having the person in the car behind me toot because the car in front of me didn’t pull away fast enough to their liking when the lights changed!

The person in front thinks it was me that tooted and flips me the bird!

@BleuJay

Having the person in the car behind me toot because the car in front of me didn’t pull away fast enough to their liking when the lights changed!

The person in front thinks it was me that tooted and flips me the bird!

Gaaah!

When in Strictly Come Dancing, Tess and Claudia say ‘THERRR JUDGES’ like that. It makes me cringe every time.

When you're opening a packet (crisps/biscuits/sweets) and it tears down the edge and rips.

Shoppers not putting supermarket trolleys back in the trolley park correctly i.e. trying to shove a large one into a small one or vice versa - WHY WHY WHY - its not rocket science??

Dont get me started on the lazy fuckers who dont even put the trolleys in the park area ……

Making a cup of tea and the tea bag rips or has a hole in. And you have to start again. I had some lovely Lakeland/Cumbria tea. And they always did this.

@Inthedarkofthenight

When you're opening a packet (crisps/biscuits/sweets) and it tears down the edge and rips.

YES

Anyone calling squash “juice”. Or using the word “juice” without a description of what type it is.

My clothes getting caught on door handles. Only ever happens when I’m annoyed and trying to flounce, but can’t because I have to untangle myself!

I'm menopausal so everything annoys me at the moment.
Recent highlights have been:
Timetable displayed at bus stop 2 years out of date.
Menus with no proper prices, just numbers (e.g., "Beans on toast, 3"
Stupid grammar errors - breath for breathe, women for woman, mash potato for mashed potato, where for were...
People letting their dogs chase squirrels and laughing when they nearly catch them
People who say to their children that they will take them to the park when they are in the park but heading for the playground
Bicycles ridden on the pavement - particularly when they zoom up behind you and don't ring the bell (usuall don't have one)
People walking three abreast on footpaths when others are needing to pass
People telling young children to "look at the doggy" or "horsey"
People telling young children they're "going on a choo-choo" when it's an electric train
Things falling off the draining board when I try to stack them up

Everyone and everything, essentially.

Watching 3 of my colleagues hold their forks incorrectly .

Curtains that are drawn open unevenly.
People parking so close that I can’t open my door properly to get in.
That one sick that sticks out of the top of the drawer so it doesn’t shut.
Sorting docks and trying to pair them up after washing them.

Grown ass people who say they have an idear....wtf is that? It's an idea!!!! 🤬
Also people who can't pronounce "Th" and say fousand and fursday 🤯

Less instead of fewer
When push doors have a pull handle on them (like in commercial developments) instead of a handle one dude and a push plate the other so you end up trying to pull a push door

• sock not sick

Auto correct! Auto correct is p*sing me right off today!

All of these things are intensely annoying and not petty in the slightest!

Mine is the Sylvanian Families jingle. Why on earth is there a glottal stop between 'Sylvanian' and 'Families' and how did they fail to realise that extending the second syllable of the word 'Sylvanian' would have been a far better option?

'Sylvaaanian Families' rather than 'Sylvanian [glottal stop] Families'.

Ridiculous!!

The zillions of repetitive trailers that the BBC shows between programmes. I have no idea who Nova Jones is and nor do I wish to. And anyone who doesn't know Strictly is currently on must have their head in a soundproof sack. And as for Peaky Blinders - at the bottom in very small letters it says 'coming in 2022'. WTAF? If you like Peaky Blinders you'll watch it anyway and if you don't knowing that it'll be here again next year won't change your mind will it?

My (newish) car displaying the speed limit on the dash board.

It's like driving with my mother sitting on one shoulder!

Everything and anything my dh does or doesn't do

@mumofsennimaul - do you mean in writing? Because in spoken English I can't hear a difference between those spellings? If in writing you ADNBU.

Mine is people who drive right up behind you intimidatingly and stay there because you dare to go at the speed limit. Sometimes they flash their lights, although this is less effective than they might think because THEY ARE SO CLOSE I CAN'T SEE THEIR HEADLIGHTS. Gah.

That bloody tv advert with a young couple dancing around the moon surface in evening dress. They're "on each other's team"

@Icantbelieveitsnotnutter that’s Marion Cotillard! And a french ballet dancer. They look great but they are not young at 46

It’s an annoying advert though for sure.

@FetchezLaVache

All of these things are intensely annoying and not petty in the slightest!

Mine is the Sylvanian Families jingle. Why on earth is there a glottal stop between 'Sylvanian' and 'Families' and how did they fail to realise that extending the second syllable of the word 'Sylvanian' would have been a far better option?

'Sylvaaanian Families' rather than 'Sylvanian [glottal stop] Families'.

Ridiculous!!

This is SO obscure. I love it

@PurpleDaisies

Anyone calling squash “juice”. Or using the word “juice” without a description of what type it is.

TBF in Scotland (Glasgow anyway) squash and fizzy soft drinks are called juice.