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Room 101

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ooherrmissus14 · 04/03/2023 19:20

I'm guessing this has been done before but can't find an obvious thread so thought I'd start one!
What would you put in room 101? For me, it would be perfume ads, especially the one with Natalie Portman and people who are turning right at a junction but don't get far enough river to the middle of the road which stops people behind them from being able to turn left. Drives me mad every time that happens!! I'm sure there are others but I they're my main two at the moment!

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Soproudoflionesses · 04/03/2023 19:31

People talking on facetime loudly whilst walking along - we don't all need to hear your conversation

TheChippendenSpook · 04/03/2023 20:24

Everything! But I'm just about to start my second ever night shift and I'm a bit tired!

RedDoughnut · 04/03/2023 20:27

Grey.

Grey garden fences particularly, followed by grey window frames and grey doors.

Northernsouloldies · 04/03/2023 20:41

One word that many have to insert into a conversation, LIKE. Aaaaaaargh

MyOtherUsernameIsDave · 04/03/2023 21:16

@ooherrmissus14 That drives me mad! Especially when there’s a little right hand turn box and they sit across it rather than in it, so all the traffic behind can’t get past. 🙄

whiteroseredrose · 04/03/2023 21:23

Anyone cruel to animals

Newuser82 · 04/03/2023 21:24

Housework!!

MilkTwoSugarsThanks · 04/03/2023 21:30

You don't put anything in Room 101. It contains your biggest fear which the authorities already know.

HollyFern1110 · 04/03/2023 21:31

People who sit in their parked cars having a phone conversation on hands free/speakerphone. Don't they know how loud that is? Literally everyone around can hear their conversation loud & clear.

UtterlyUnimaginativeUsername · 04/03/2023 21:34

Humans. Not you lot, obviously, or my DH and kids, but the rest of them. They can all climb in there together and irritate each other instead of me.

jumpinsback · 04/03/2023 21:36

I'm not sure people know how Room 101 works?! It's not stuff that everyone would hate it's stuff that others would argue are brilliant but you don't like. People speaking loudly on their phone is something everyone thinks is annoying, therefore not something for Room 101Confused

GlassBunion · 04/03/2023 21:39

Cyclists.

Furrybutts · 04/03/2023 21:51

People go daily on Fb just to moan

People who are too lazy to walk their dogs

A friend of mine who thinks everyone has an ulterior motives, for every bloody thing.

Car washes that miss bits

Calistan · 04/03/2023 21:54

It's a shame they got rid of the original 101 and turned it into a gameshow. If I had to choose one, it would be corporate or educational icebreakers, it doesn't effect me at the moment, but it's a menace that is always lurking.

Maybe you take up a hobby or join any group and it could be there, waiting to horrify you.

PuppyMonkey · 04/03/2023 21:55

Gravy.

pictoosh · 04/03/2023 22:03

Football
Grey interiors
Gin
Musicals

cassiatwenty · 04/03/2023 22:07

YouTube comments and Gemma Collins

FrangipaniBlue · 04/03/2023 22:18

Love Island

ThreeRingCircus · 04/03/2023 22:23

Also agree with Love Island. I like loads of trash TV but disagree with Love Island giving vapid morons with no moral fibre a platform.

BrigitteBond · 04/03/2023 22:26

Electric scooters and those illegal electric bikes that go faster than mopeds but almost silently.

I saw police pulling over a scooter rider today for the first time. Maybe things are improving.

SwordToFlamethrower · 04/03/2023 22:31

Fake eyebrows, eye lashes and lips. Absolutely cannot stand the sight of them. They look fake and naff and totally unappealing.

BrigitteBond · 04/03/2023 22:32

jumpinsback · 04/03/2023 21:36

I'm not sure people know how Room 101 works?! It's not stuff that everyone would hate it's stuff that others would argue are brilliant but you don't like. People speaking loudly on their phone is something everyone thinks is annoying, therefore not something for Room 101Confused

I'm not sure you understand either what 'Room 101' is referencing or what the TV show is about. But feel free to criticise other people for not sharing your misunderstandings.

Mañanarama · 04/03/2023 22:43

Today I’d put “customers and staff who chat away in shops when there is a queue” into room 101.

I had to go to four places - post office, vets, bakery and newsagent. Twenty minute job took over an HOUR because of people chatting drivel with staff, with others waiting behind them. If I was queen I’d make it illegal.

BrigitteBond · 04/03/2023 22:46

Mañanarama · 04/03/2023 22:43

Today I’d put “customers and staff who chat away in shops when there is a queue” into room 101.

I had to go to four places - post office, vets, bakery and newsagent. Twenty minute job took over an HOUR because of people chatting drivel with staff, with others waiting behind them. If I was queen I’d make it illegal.

God yes, I always seem to be stuck behind a 'chatter' in Tesco. Recently though I've started to realise that for some of these people a 2 minute chat with the person on the checkout maybe their only social interaction that day, or even week.

Still annoying though.

Beautifulsunflowers · 04/03/2023 22:51

Hotel toasters that go sooooo slowly that the rest of your breakfast gets cold, then the toast falls out only for it not to be even toasted so you have to put it in again for a second time and wait………grrrrrrrrrr