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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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cassiatwenty · 10/03/2023 01:28

Now when people on Love Island are all aware they're being watched, Hawthorne Effect, really makes the show a shadow of its former self

Not to mention how utterly draining Love Island Australia is 🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️

cassiatwenty · 10/03/2023 01:28

People who say "Give us a cheeky kiss"

cassiatwenty · 10/03/2023 01:30

Zoella and Alfie, why not divorce already and have a sash of toxic YouTube bickering, Alfie saying I AM NOT A TORY 🙀

cassiatwenty · 10/03/2023 01:31

MrNorrell · 09/03/2023 15:22

People at the gym (and it's overwhelmingly young women) who use the treadmill just for walking. Not even speed walking, just walking at a regular pace and staring at their phones. I'd get it if it was part of gearing up to actually running or jogging but they don't, they just walk!

I can only guess that they prefer using the treadmill rather than just walking somewhere because there's no chance of them bumping into something while their eyes are glued to their phone. I'm only 26 and I find myself grumbling about young people (quite a few of whom are older than me) and phones far too often.

🧐😅

cassiatwenty · 10/03/2023 01:33

clairelip · 09/03/2023 14:54

Neighbors son comes to visit regularly, nice man generally but I feel murderous towards him as he drives away. The car horn tooting and endless shouts of bye, bye, bye really wind me up. You'd think he was leaving for a round the world tour not just going home about a mile away

Yorkshire Dave us at it again 🚗

Makingamess4212 · 10/03/2023 01:39

So she said he was like really weird, but like I just couldn't see it like. She was all like "you have no idea like", and I was like "eeee yah honestly cannit tell like". She said "like if you want to go to the shop, you have to like take him". And I was like "noo way that's exhausting that like".

Just stab me in both ears and have done with it 🙄

IneedcoffeeinanIV · 10/03/2023 01:42

BigLittleOwl · 08/03/2023 19:02

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

This always gets on my nerves, no idea why though! Sorry for your loss ❤️

Makingamess4212 · 10/03/2023 01:42

gettingolderandgrumpier · 08/03/2023 21:38

Oh yes or babies when they are 3-6 years old .
for example I’ve got to pick the babies up from school ffs they are not babies.

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My SIL has always referred to her 3 year old as "baby". But now there have been new births in the family it gets really confusing! I actually pulled her the other day cause she text saying (not verbatim) "your dad's gonna pick the baby up on Tuesday because of etc etc", errr which baby? There are 5 of them now 🤦🏻‍♀️ so annoying

IneedcoffeeinanIV · 10/03/2023 01:46

Fake voices. Not telephone voices but when people talk in a different pitch or manner in front of certain people. I have a friend who does it whenever a male is around and it makes me want to scream. Also when people say 'expresso' instead of 'espresso'. Also hearing people do DIY next door or near me, constant faint hammering or drilling makes me sit and seeth. People that insist on hugging. I love to hug my kids and I'll hug my Mum and dad and partner but anyone else can remote themselves from me immediately. I'm actually a very cheerful person (despite the no hugging rule) so I try to keep all these hatred's secrets so thank you for starting this thread.

IneedcoffeeinanIV · 10/03/2023 01:48

Also Jamie Oliver. And slow walkers who are aware you're behind them but pretend they haven't noticed.

Bristoluser · 10/03/2023 01:49

People who are 'triggered' by everything. People who think they're 'eco friendly' but drink endless starbucks and wear new outfits everyday.

People who loud and gossipy on teams meetings in shared offices.

cassiatwenty · 10/03/2023 01:50

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley being Statham's wife. Rosie, do you have to have it all? Leave a thing or two so us mere mirtals can have some joy.

Bristoluser · 10/03/2023 01:50

Yes, Jamie Oliver too

Bristoluser · 10/03/2023 01:52

Giggly girls really irritate me. Men who spread their legs on public transport- one day I'm going to punch one

cassiatwenty · 10/03/2023 01:53

Partyandbullshit · 09/03/2023 15:37

SO many things about my MIL. Most recent is that she's taken to pronouncing the word "sweet" as "swit" always - ALWAYS - accompanied by a wince. She's mildly diabetic and my GOD don't we know it. She can't eat mangoes: too swit. Can't eat grapes: too swit. Can't have plain yogurt ffs: too swit. Bakes with no more than a third of the sugar the recipe calls for and then complains whatever she's made is too swit (never mind that it tastes fucking rank). Everything in her fridge is low fat and diet - and still too swit. My DC refuse to eat at her house now, which is terrible but I can't really blame them. God she drives me mad with this swit shit.

For balance: my DM drives me mental with her hyperbole. Nothing is every mildly irritating or annoying or just bad. No. Everything is "horrific" or "horrendous". Had to wait 3 mins on hold for the GP's surgery: absolutely "horrendous" wasting her time like this (she's retired and basically does fuck all all day). Bit nippy today? Horrific weather at this time of year. Temporary traffic lights prolonging her 7 minute drive to Tescos to 13 minutes? Horrendous delays, horrific traffic.

I feel your pain, you have no idea 🤣

Jodielou5972 · 10/03/2023 01:53

SchoolTripDrama · 09/03/2023 18:47

Those people who CONSTANTLY, repeatedly lick their bottom lip. Why?! Why do you need your bottom lip to be permanently wet?!?!

My wife does this all the time 😭 sitting next to me on the sofa and all I can hear is the constant tongue slurp, and to add insult to injury she smacks her lips after every lick 😭 drives me batty

cassiatwenty · 10/03/2023 01:55

Bristoluser · 10/03/2023 01:52

Giggly girls really irritate me. Men who spread their legs on public transport- one day I'm going to punch one

Gosh, make room for him. He might be a very gentle and caring on the inside 🤭

cassiatwenty · 10/03/2023 01:56

Jodielou5972 · 10/03/2023 01:53

My wife does this all the time 😭 sitting next to me on the sofa and all I can hear is the constant tongue slurp, and to add insult to injury she smacks her lips after every lick 😭 drives me batty

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LTB!!

IneedcoffeeinanIV · 10/03/2023 01:59

Ooo also another (I have insomnia currently so this is passing the time splendidly). I know a few people who are 'woke' and like to go on tangents about social media being corrupt ect ect. Completely fine to have that opinion but posting it on Instagram just makes you sound ridiculous and fuels my hate fire

bluejelly · 10/03/2023 03:21

People who fly to Dubai for the weekend.

EnterChasedByAMemory · 10/03/2023 04:34

CarrieMoonbeams · 09/03/2023 08:25

These are fantastic!

I have 2 so far:

  1. My FIL, when he's been on the phone to my nephew, then has to tell us the whole thing using a kind of child voice for my nephew's side of the conversation.

So it goes:
"I said "how are you today pal?", he said "good fanks gan-gad", I said "how's the weather there?" he said "brrr cold gan-gad"" and so on and so on. My nephew is 31, married with a child, works in a bank and does actually speak like a fully functioning adult, so God knows why FIL still tries to make him sound like he's about 4. Bizarre.

  1. I used to work with a woman who loved to complete the end of everyone's sentences, just a beat behind. So if someone was talking about going Christmas shopping, she'd chime in at the end "......ping", someone talking about training for a marathon got ".....thon". Once I noticed it, I realised that it was harder for her to do it with one syllable words, so I took great delight in trying to end every sentence like that. It worked for a wee while, until I had to develop a fake coughing fit one day to cover up my laughter when I'd said that I'd taken my dogs out for a pee, and she went ".....ee" 😂😂. Bless her, she was absolutely lovely, so I let her live.

And I, of course, am practically perfect in every way 😇

I’ve been chuckling away whilst reading most of the posts. @CarrieMoonbeams For a second I thought the grandson was 4. And I’m curious if your colleague did it subconsciously? Has she left?

EnterChasedByAMemory · 10/03/2023 04:53

SchoolTripDrama · 09/03/2023 18:56

I do that if I need to speak with a mouthful of food. It's so the other person doesn't need to see the contents of my mouth Confused I HATE when people casually chat with a mouthful of food and you get an eyeful 🤢

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@SchoolTripDrama Agreed. I try to avoid speaking with my mouthful but if I do have to, I always put my hands in front of my mouth.

I don’t like seeing people chew food with their mouths open or when they’re just chewing gum quite aggressively also with their mouths open 😂 It not only makes me feel sick, but I also can’t help but feel anxious and think they might choke.

I like watching ASMR cooking videos but I don’t like the recent trend in YouTube Shorts where someone tries the food and makes loud slurping noises or crunching noises when they eat. I’m not sure why that part is necessary and it just irritates me that I stop watching the video and all other videos by that person because I just don’t want to hear their loud eating. But I’m ok with the ASMR prep work and cooking aspect of it 🤷‍♀️.

Monkeyrules · 10/03/2023 06:08

People who stand at a crossing right next to the button but don't press the button. The green man doesn't appear so we all stand waiting for ages.

Monkeyrules · 10/03/2023 06:09

Whoops that does affect me so doesn't count!

CarrieMoonbeams · 10/03/2023 08:27

@EnterChasedByAMemory She definitely wasn't aware that she did it, and I would never have mentioned it to her because she would have been really self-conscious then. We were made redundant at the same time and lost touch over the years.

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