What annoys you about someone that has no effect on you whatsoever but still irritates the hell out of you.

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a colleague will not put her phone on silent ( in case of emergency) but will leave in her bag and every times it rings and it’s often a cold call she will leap in the air in panic to turn the phone off .
I’ve said leave it on vibrate , leave it on your desk so you can turn it off quicker but no . She never answers it and grumbles that it’s cold calls .
I’m not bothered about the phone ringing but this leaping up in panic and a mad scramble for her phone makes me want to hit her with her daft phone .
why not leave on your desk or stop panicking every time it rings I don’t get it .
i know it has no effect on my life but I’m worried she may have a panic induced heart attack ( I’m joking ) .
share with me lighthearted irritations that you have.

I think maybe you work with my mum 😂

People who refer to their daughter as their 'princess' just give me the ick. Sorry.

People who stand for ages at the bus stop doing nothing but stare into their phones, then hold up the whole bus looking for their pass in their bag, often needing to empty out the whole contents, when it does come.

I have a friend whose mum works in our business, and she ALWAYS says ‘mum says ABC’ instead of ‘MY mum says ABC’ and it drives me insane. To be fair I have lost my mum so maybe it’s that

I've got a friend who does something similar when we meet up for coffee in a local coffee shop popular with school parents.

Anytime she wants to fill us in on anything about anyone else who might be in there or knows someone who might be in there she does this massive over exaggerated full head twist over each shoulder and manages to use both her arms at the same time - making it really bloody obvious she is talking about someone. Then proceeds to use her normal tone of voice - why she can't just just carry on the conversation without this theatrical element I don't know, but it really annoys me for no real reason!

I’d say maybe but she doesn’t have any dc that I’m aware of anyway . 😂

I have 3 daughters but I don't refer to any of them as "princess"...however my girl cat is definitely mummys little princess 😻

Women who wear a ton of make up every day. I just think you are wasting hours of your life on this meaningless pursuit which actually many people find laughable/a bit ick.

Same re women who spend hours cleaning every day.

(Indirectly these DO affect my life though because as a non make up wearing houework avoider I do get judged by the standard of what it is to be an acceptable woman).

@LindorDoubleChoc I like nice make up and a spotless house (most of the time ). It's not meaningless if it makes me happy, surely?

More than acceptable 😍

People who get up to go and leave then hang around for ages particularly colleagues if you are needing a bit of a breather from them

People on the Chase who run out of time pressing the button. Boils my blood for absolutely no reason !

im also in the camp of being infuriated when people get on the bus searching for money or bus pass …… please put a ticket on your phone 😒…..ffs ….

I work with someone who talks about herself on the third person.
So, Betty needs her coffee, Betty is starving, Betty said to him..
It's madness.

Someone who has a narrow field of experience and is not hugely skilled who emanates the impression that they are vastly experienced with a highly successful set of skills. They also whisper until others walk into a room, talk over others who do possess the aptitude. It's insufferable being exposed to this on a daily basis. I just can't understand if others see through the veneer too or are just scared of being bullied. Am I alone?!

Currently my cat I've just cleaned all the litter trays and he is using it if this smells im going to have to go out in the snow again arnt I 🥶

Personalised numberplate where the letters have been purposefully placed to read out a word & aren't using the 'correct' & legal placing.

ie KE11IEE rather than KE11 IEE.

Not my business but it really gets on my nerves!

The man next door pulls his car off his drive every morning, and puts it back on in the evening. Someday he doesn't go anywhere other than this on / off saga.
I don't know why but it drives me mad!

He doesn’t even go anywhere he just moves it ? Argh that would annoy me .

That’s quite funny actually but i can see it being irritating after a while .

My partner's constant humming. And I mean constant.

When you speak to them about anything their reply is to start a new subject with a sentence starting with "I ...".

Colleague who used to cover her mouth during phone conversations so no-one in the room could hear. I felt like leaning over and telling her that we weren't as interested in her as she appeared to think we were.

The woman I had a conversation with earlier who said, "Yep" after every single thing I said.
What we need to do (yep) is speak to (yep) Jim (yep) about the training (yep) and if he'd like to (yep) hold it virtually (yep, yep) or in person (yep).
I was a ball of fucking irritation by the time we'd finished.

People who put their hand in front of their mouth when eating, so you can't see them chew.

My stepdad does this! Someone blocked his car in ONCE about 20 years ago, and he’s never got over it. He’s out there pulling his car onto the front by about 830am, everyday without fail (then grumbles like hell when it gets to 8pm and he’s forgotten to move it back).