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

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gettingolderandgrumpier · 08/03/2023 18:59

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.

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Sally090807 · 09/03/2023 09:01

Things that irritate me.
People who park about two inches from your car door in a car park so you have to try and slide yourself in your car seat or climb in from the passenger side even though the car park is not full.
People who chew their nails loudly and continuously
When you’re sitting quietly on public transport and someone is having a loud telephone conversation, even worse if it’s on speaker.

TragicMuse · 09/03/2023 09:01

Worse than 'meal' is 'my meal' or 'our meal'. I hate it so much.

People (my husband) who drive past 10+ parking spaces in a car park before selecting a space with no more significance than the rejected ones. It's not to go to the back, or to a regular favourite area. I don't know why he does it. Frankly, it's weird and annoying.

Faffing. If I want to leave at 8, I mean 8. That's not the cue for you to find shoes, get your coat, have a wee, make a drink and so on. It means leaving the house. Just that. Be ready, that's all I ask.

DanceMonster · 09/03/2023 09:02

bussteward · 09/03/2023 08:53

Yes! DP stands up and announces he’s off somewhere but then just stands there staring at his phone, hovering. So you can’t start anything – TV, a book, a task – because he’s lurking and in the way, but will also interrupt 5-10 minutes in to announce he’s off somewhere again. Makes me want to shout GO AWAY. Which to be fair sometimes I do.

But in terms of things that have no effect on me whatsoever but still annoy me: the builders upstairs who are installing the loo but keep calling it the toilet. Will it get installed in the same timeframe? Sure. Is it like nails on a blackboard? Yes, I’m hissing like an angry goose down here.

Also people who sit down to put their shoes on, like fucking imbeciles.

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I might be making an absolute fool of myself here… but what is the difference between a loo and a toilet?! 🙈

Icantakemyselfdancing · 09/03/2023 09:04

Have had many a client leap off couch during a relaxing treatment ti answer a phone. It’s amazing to see 🤷‍♀️

Girlking · 09/03/2023 09:04

People who call all desserts pudding 😬

Going4bronze · 09/03/2023 09:05

When everyone they talk about is ‘beautiful, inside and out’ and they’re just being ‘open and honest’ about everything. Shut the fucking fuck up!!

WoofWoofBeachLife · 09/03/2023 09:05

I annoy myself by putting the loo seat down due to paranoia about floating shit particles, then sit on it in a daydream, knickers down needing a pee. Every single day lol. Just done it

SnowfallSnowball · 09/03/2023 09:08

People who write PM when writing the time using the 24 hour clock, so instead of writing 3.45pm they write 15.45PM, drives me nuts!

Women who get lip fillers, absolutely fuck all to do with me but some really look awful and probably highly unnecessary.

People who take pictures or selfies all the time, just enjoy and live in the moment.

People who post thirst traps on social media.

When posting on Instagram use the grid thing to post 10 pictures at once instead of posting pictures one after the other. I should probably just mute them!

Passthechocolatesplease · 09/03/2023 09:08

People who park right next to me in an empty car park.
People who deliberately have a filthy number plate.
People who bag their dog poo and then just chuck it in the hedge.

Verbena17 · 09/03/2023 09:08

People who call me ‘hun’.
I know this is said by tons of people but it drives me insane!

That being said, I call people ‘poppet’ or ‘sweetie’ and they probably hate that so😂

Passthechocolatesplease · 09/03/2023 09:10

Oh yes, people who call me ‘hun’ too.

TheFormidableMrsC · 09/03/2023 09:11

LindorDoubleChoc · 08/03/2023 19:09

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).

What a strange thing to get annoyed about. I wear make up and keep a clean house. Minimum personal standards for me. I have no idea why that would irritate you.

DanceMonster · 09/03/2023 09:11

TheFormidableMrsC · 09/03/2023 09:11

What a strange thing to get annoyed about. I wear make up and keep a clean house. Minimum personal standards for me. I have no idea why that would irritate you.

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That’s kind of the premise of the thread.

Justmeandthedog1 · 09/03/2023 09:12

Friend in her 50s who refers to her parents as mummy and daddy. Seems so weird.

TheFormidableMrsC · 09/03/2023 09:13

@DanceMonster I know!

JumbleSailor · 09/03/2023 09:14

When people unassumedly walk in front of the thing you're trying to see, particularly when they're moving at the same pace as the thing you're trying to see & it lasts some some seconds. They've done nothing wrong, but in my head I'm shouting GET YOUR BIG HEAD OUT OF THE WAY.

louise5754 · 09/03/2023 09:15

I hate the word lunch.

People who say dinner instead of tea. Snobs.

Jimmyneutronsforehead · 09/03/2023 09:15

People who stand in doorways to talk to you. Feels like I'm being trapped into a dialogue neither of us actually want to participate in, except I can't get away cos the bastard door is blocked.

Ireallycantthinkofagoodone · 09/03/2023 09:16

ScottBakula · 08/03/2023 20:20

Oh I know someone that says 'I / they / he / she ' turned around a d said '

I always think why the hell were you not facing the person you were talking to or why have you just turned your back on them and continued to talk .
And they say it so often I think why are you not dizzy ? !

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Cardamoney · 09/03/2023 09:16

IglesiasPiggl · 09/03/2023 00:32

The phrase "reach out" to mean contact. It makes me think of desperate arms trying to escape some awful situation.

Agree 100%. My absolute pet hate. Why not not just say “I tried to contact them”?!

notacooldad · 09/03/2023 09:18

People who leave cones outside their house to save a parking space e when there's no restrictions in place.
It doesn't affect me as I have my own drive for 3 spaces but when I see these people blocking the roads it dies annoy me.

louise5754 · 09/03/2023 09:20

Every time my pre teens tell me a story about there say "so basically...."

flutterbyebaby · 09/03/2023 09:21

People annoy me in general, apart from the odd few and even then in small doses. I'm sure they are all perfectly normal , but alas I'm really not a people person. Though if I saw someone in trouble I'd do my best to help in anyway I could.

louise5754 · 09/03/2023 09:21

My husband doesn't pronounce his H's..

Ungry
Orror
Ospital
Urry
Urting
Appy
Iccups

Hellybelly84 · 09/03/2023 09:24

People who tell you all about a programme they have watched which you haven’t ever seen or heard off. If I say ‘have you seen xxx’ and someone says no, I would just say ‘its great you should watch it’, but some people insist on telling you the entire story!

Also, people who tell you their dreams ‘I had a really wierd dream last night, let me tell you what happened’ 🙈

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