Things people do that irritate the hell out of you....that you do too! 😬

[Takemebacktothenorth]

So I'll obviously start first...

I say "like". A lot. Not to a Love Island degree, but I hear myself doing it and can't seem to stop. I suppose it's a bit like saying "erm". A gap filler? I really try to phase it out, but I sound really stilted and just weird. I hate hearing other people do it, so why can't I stop?!

Over to you.

That "authoritative" voice people use when they're presenting. Bugs the hell out of me but I do it too

(I also use "like" as a filler but am learning to train myself to just pause instead)

Oh and I just remembered another one! I love a farm shop and know I'm being utterly ripped off, but I just love them!

@CaribouCarafe how are you managing that?

I did also go through a phase of making everything sound like a question, but managed to snap myself out of that, as luckily I hadn't been doing it for long before I saw/hear the error of my ways. I blame my 15 year old. There's no turning back for her 😂

*heard

I hate it when people apologise constantly. 'Sorry, but are you free...sorry, but have you seen...sorry, but could you excuse me...'

I say sorry for everything! For literally breathing!! So annoying.

Oh dear god, yes!

Uptalking.

It's that thing you hear in reality shows from women who - no matter what they are saying - sound like they are asking a question. All the time. The tone goes up at the end of every sentence.
It sounds like they are asking a question, but they're not.

I hate it. But I catch myself doing it 😬

When asked a yes/no question, I always say 'yes' to begin with, but will quite happily - and immediately - say 'no' afterwards if the answer is a negative. E.g. 'Would you like a cup of tea, Moonboots?' 'yea- no. No thanks.'

Used to drive my dad mad.

I'm Canadian and it's been bred into us to say sorry. If I don't start off saying sorry, I feel I'm being rude!

I hate up talking where every sentence sounds like a question. A new colleague uptalked all the time and, after a short while, most everyone in the office was doing it. Drove me mad!

Finish off other people's crosswords !.

I don't know whether this makes me sound a bit mental, but I can "hear" what I'm about to say before my mouth says it. So when I hear myself think "like" I just pause and then continue with my sentence. But the compulsion is definitely still there! Saying "like" comes from the same place as saying "umm" but makes me feel like I'm in a Little Britain skit ("yeah but no but"), I hate it!

I can’t stand waffley, long-winded communication that veers off in different directions. (Though, only because I can’t stay focused to pick out the important messages.) But I do it sometimes myself. 🙈

I can blame it on my ADHD though because I need clear communication for the message to hit me but I can’t always rein in my own thoughts!

I caught myself saying "literally .. (example of something literal)". I've sought help and it's no longer an issue but still, grrr.

I hate it when people bite their nails. I bite my nails 😬
Ditto farting.

I've got one! When my toddlers do something I don't like (like chew something i dont want them to chew, or destroy one of their books) I ineffectually tell them I really don't want them to do it but then I let them do it anyway because stopping them will make them scream. Before I had kids if I overhear that kind of thing I would have to stop myself shouting, "FFS, either actually stop them doing it, or just live with it!"

I also do like and literally. The literally thing I just find amusing. E.g. "he literally lives on another planet!" 😂Am I easily entertained?

@AIBAnxious haha yes, to all that!

People that witter on and on about themselves and their experiences and what everything means to their lives without ever asking anything about YOU.

Then whenever I go for a dog walk with a friend or relative I realise after an hour that I've barely drawn breath for rabbiting. 😳

Play on their phone at work
Interrupt
Talk about themselves all the time

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People who nick my pens from my desk every time they come in my office. At the end of the day I seem to have 'acquired' about 3 pens that are not mine so maybe people are just taking back what I've inadvertently pinched from them in the first place!

Actually I think I would really fucking annoy myself if I wasn't me already. 😂

I have a weird relationship with the 'sorry' thing.
I read in a book many years ago that women over-use sorry, especially at work, which is hugely self-undermining and completely devalues the term for when we do actually want to offer apologies. So I totally trained myself out of it.

But in my boxing class, I'm always dropping 'sorry' all over the place. I have no idea why. I know I'm doing it and I hate it but I can't stop. I apologised to the instructor the other day when he corrected my pad position. He grabbed my wrists and held my arms down by his waist and gave me a right good seeing to about saying 'sorry'. I managed not to apologise for it

Talking to. Not seeing to.

Jesus Christ, he's a 21-year old personal trainer who does a wee bit of modelling on the side. I can only dream of a good seeing to 😅

@SexyTimeNotGenderTime hmm Freudian slip?....

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I am guilty of always saying sorry. If someone bumps into me it is me who says sorry. I hate myself for it.