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.

Oh I have another one (LOL!)

People who are sitting in the same room as you - and on the computer or smartphone for example - who go ''hmmmmm' and 'oh dear...' or laugh out loud!!! They WANT you to say 'oh what IS it, what are you looking at, what are you laughing at, what is the matter???'

So attention seeking and annoying. Fuck off. 😆

Don’t know why you’ve just said this! Haven’t you been following the thread? Directly related to something posted near the beginning!!

Oh yes! Other examples along similar lines we’ve had a lot of recently are ‘not gonna lie’ (just say what you want to say, I’ll assume you’re not lying!), and ‘I swear’.

Next time someone says ‘Oh you’re making a round, are you…’ simply answer ‘Ok’ then completely ignore them.
Go back to your desk and if anyone says:
‘I thought you were making a drink’ say ‘Did you?’
’You said you were making a drink’ - ‘Did I?’
’Where’s my/our drink?’ - ‘In the kitchen area’ or ‘The kettle has just boiled’
There will probably be silence and exchanged glances but I bet they stop doing it.

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ASMR videos aren't relaxing as they make me want to attack

I had to ask my son what these were, having watched a few i find them extremely irritating!

People who answer a question with "absolutely" when "yes'" would suffice. I don't know why but it drives me bonkers!

People who ask to "borrow us a fiver/pen/stapler" instead of "can you lend me....".

On the subject of making drinks in the office, we had one guy who would drink LOTS of tea and offer to make everyone one at the same time. I don't drink caffeine after my morning coffee so I said to him you don't need to ask me, I don't drink tea. He would still ask me. Every. Fucking. Time

I love this thread! It got me through a sleepless night and gave me lots of laughs. I am a grumpy old cow with little patience so my list is long. A few examples:

• people who stand in doorways and get in everyone’s way. Why don’t they MOVE?
• leaving bread on TOP of the bread bin. Why doesn’t DH put it back in the bastard bin!
• people who do not have card/ cash ready to pay at checkout then spend ages bloody rummaging (I put my card in my coat pocket while in the queue- because I am perfect of course 🤣)
• people who lack basic manners like please/thank you. ‘Cheers’ and ‘ta’ acceptable.
• people who don’t wash their hands after the loo. Dirty sods!
• couples shopping together who take up space in front of shelves and freezers by standing side by side plus their big trolley is parallel to the displays. I hate them.
• people who loudly tell a friend a story and look round to see if other people are amused or interested. Idiots.
• drivers blasting out music with the windows down. It’s never Mozart, is it?
• loud conversations in restaurants.. it’s never interesting. Empty vessels…

Being a bit thick and unaware explains a lot of annoying behaviour.

I know this one is probably unreasonable, as a lot of people find it comforting - but I can’t bear being told that someone has “passed away” or, worse, simply “passed”. It feels like trying too hard to soften the news, or to make death feel like just a tiny part of one great journey; like a Little Book of Calm quote, or one people share on Facebook with rainbows and purple flowers in the background.

I would just before the honesty of saying someone has died.

Another one…. Those parents who take great delight in loudly replying to their child’s question in a patient and what they think is a very clear, perfectly explained and child friendly way so that everyone can hear them and think what a wonderful parent they are. I know someone who does this. I have to silent scream into my coat sleeve when they do!

Also my DSS cannot reply a simple yes. He will either say “yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh yeh” (always nine yehs!”) or he’ll say “that would be a yes”.
Just “yes” would be fine. I want to grate my ears off.

Does he suffer with anxiety? My brother used to do this but he had anxiety issues and felt it calmed him down.

I though that was just me. 😀 Once they've finished their boring wheeze, most of them take a peek to see if anybody was watching them. Very strange indeed.

People (old and young) that seem shocked when they have to pay for their groceries and start fumbling around in their wallets/purses to find their card of cash. I have no idea why they don't already have it ready to make everyones life a little bit easier in a supermarket.

I get 'sure' from my DSS instead of 'yes.' You are not American 😡

I don’t mind the OCCASIONAL sure. Though all the time would be bloody infuriating! 😩

ChilledBeez do you mean my DSS? Does he suffer anxiety? Sorry not sure who you’re talking to in your post. I don’t think he does have anxiety. I do think he might be ASD. He comes across as very formal or bombastic. Which I know isn’t his fault. Doesn’t make it any less irritating though!

There is one person (school mum, local village) that feels the need to be involved with everything, even if it is nothing to do with her either! Comments when it’s snowing on the local WhatsApp. Yes we know, we live here. Takes screenshots of the email from the school and posts it on the parents group - yes, we know, we all got the same email. Same with screenshots of village Facebook. Forgivable for seventy year old, but she’s not 😆 Makes her feel important I suppose, but it just annoys me!

I saw this happening today:

People who talk on their phone on speaker whilst walking around outside. Every other pedestrian does not want to hear your conversation, and it's harder to hear each other due to background noise. Just hold it to your ear, like it's designed to be used, or use earbuds. Ugh.

I’ll join you in your unreasonableness then! I can’t stand ‘passed’ either.

I’ve been fuming on many occasion by being the one who’s brewing up . I don’t mind offering a colleague a drink but when it’s only ever you and the person who always accepts never makes one makes my blood boil .I’ve also on purpose gone all day to see if would make a drink and no when normally they would happily accept 5-6 drinks off people.
now I’m much more blunt I’ll say oh so we aren’t doing drinks rounds that’s fine I’ll get my own and you can get yours when your ready . Works well I find . but make sure you never offer again as some people are far too important and busy to return the favour.

Same! The bloody registrar of DEATHS kept saying “passed” in our appointment while we kept saying “died” and it was upsetting as well as annoying. I’d come to register a death, not a passing, bloody say it!

Agree totally. "Passed" is what happens to gallstones and plops.

I had this most memorably when I was struggling with a heavy suitcase. The two women who stepped off and stood there were furious with me for colliding with them, even though I did my utmost to avoid it/ minimise impact!

Or worse, ’Send the email to John and myself.’ Self-important as well as grammatically incorrect.