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.

Talking of treating yourself i hate when people say im having a cheeky glass wine or a cheeky nandoes-its just a wine bloody drink it

No, it being “cheeky” makes it more fun

Or a cheeky kiss 😅 Why is it cheeky?

@PumpkinTruffles yes! Trimmings. I think of ruffles, bows and ric-rac. Annoyingly I can't pinpoint an acceptable alternative. Sides or extras maybe.

This is my top pet hate, drives me bonkers.

I also have a friend who constantly repeats every word anyone says to her, weired, it's like having a feedback on a microphone.

People who talk eeerily quiet via commercial voiceovers

I just laughed with you not at you. Truly, WHOOAHN or One are both 🤐☺️

How about when people say preggers?

How about when people say preggers?How about when people say preggers?

Ho yes! And any use of language that talks about a single pregnant woman in the plural "we are pregnant" "we are trying to get pregnant"

No. There is only one person in this set up who is pregant and that is you. One person. A woman.

👍 Precisely

Another voice one. That croaky drawl that The Young, especially posh young, adopt to affect mid-Atlantic indifference. Also used by Liz Truss at the end of 'prime ministEAR'.

@herbaceous

It's called vocal fry. And here is some comedy chunky vocal fry:

This remind me of Alfie

Like some other posters I can’t stand vocal fry. It’s so affected and makes the speaker sound insincere and self-indulgent.
But up-speaking is even worse. Drives me insane. I cannot focus on what they are saying because I find all the aural question marks so distracting. The speaker sounds lacking in confidence and unsure of the veracity of their statements WHEN THERE IS NO NEED. Simply answer the question! Don’t come back with simple sentences with a bloody question mark at the end of each one.

The use of the word ‘chill’ as an adjective. ‘I’m much more chill than I used to be’. Ugh can’t stand it for some reason. Just seen it on another thread and remembered how much it annoys me.

I agree with pretty much everything else on here so I’m obviously very easily irritated. Mine are….

People turning right when driving (so much easier if everyone just turned left).
People driving too close behind me when I’m going the speed limit.
People not indicating at roundabouts, meaning I have to wait because I may need to give way.
Mouth breathers, especially in bed.
Yoghurt tops (hate them, always end up dropping them face down)
People blowing their noses in napkins (I hate hearing people blowing their noses at all really).
People not blowing their nose when they need to and leaving it. (just go and do it somewhere quiet).
Young kids covered in snot or food (just wipe their face ffs).
People standing too close to me in queues.
Slow walkers who don’t move aside. (Most do to be fair).
People who sit right next to me on transport etc when there are other seats available, ditto the beach.
Attention seeking Facebook Posts, eg implying something is wrong without saying it or over the top declarations of love.
Bad table manners, including getting up and walking round in the middle of eating.
MIL who says on-velope instead of en-velope.
People who pretend to wretch or be sick when talking about food they don’t like.
People who park badly right next to school, blocking the road for others and making it dangerous for those of us walking, because they don’t want to walk for 5 mins to drop off their kids.

People who only seem to have the vocabulary of a 10 year old and say 'like' every two seconds. Small minded individuals. Makes them sound thick as shit

Trimmings. I think of ruffles, bows and ric-rac.

What, like those funny little frilly cuffs they used to put on lamb chops in posh eateries in about 1974? 😂

Ditto to people on buses who spend ages hunting for their passes.
Brits saying ‘math’ instead of ‘maths’, and ‘pissed’ to mean hacked off, when they mean pissed OFF.
On this side of the pond, pissed means drunk.

People who say "t'is" and "t'was" - only on here. Why? What impression do they think it gives?

I used to work with a woman who said "t'was ever thus" and it made me want to slap her (don't worry, I didn't actually do it).

It's the lack of the -ed that grates. You wouldn't say 'I'm much more relax these days'. It would be 'relaxed'.

Falls into the same category as text vs texted, IMO.

People who write big long gushy Facebook posts to their DH/DW on Valentine’s/anniversary/birthday etc. 🤮🤮🤮

Write it in a card or turn to them on the sofa and say it!

It's like something a GOT character would say.

Does anyone say "Greetings" in real life?

Fathers taking their young daughters out and calling it 'date night '
Absolutely gives me the ick!