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Tiny things you find really irritating

32 replies

listsandbudgets · 24/03/2023 17:22

Clear lids on milk bottles.. why? No longer can I instruct kids to pick up the green top and I keep trying to pour milk with lid still on

Heinz cans .. why don't they stack neatly like nearly all the others do? They're ruining the look of my tin shelf

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PuttingDownRoots · 24/03/2023 17:25

Milk lids is to do with recycling.

coodawoodashooda · 24/03/2023 17:26

Colleagues who comment on your lunch.

ThrowAwayOne · 24/03/2023 17:46

DH pronouncing the odd word wrong. It's not as if it's a constant thing but when he does it it gives me the rage.

RaraRachael · 24/03/2023 18:14

Adverts where the narrator speeds up what they're saying towards the end - half the time I can't work out what they're saying!

Monstermunchmum · 24/03/2023 18:15

My fil saying micro-wave. Seriously does my head in.

Ihateboris · 24/03/2023 18:16

Whistling

FindingMeno · 24/03/2023 18:17

Oh the Heinz cans INFURIATE me too!!!!

Tags in knickers by your bum crack to tickle you.
Put them in the seam.

AudTheDeepMinded · 24/03/2023 18:18

Slices of bread that don't fit in the pissing toaster slot.
Drivers that hesitate and fanny about when you are trying to be kind and give way to them.

StandingOvulation · 24/03/2023 18:19

When people don't leave a little bit of loo roll dangling!

It's not too bad on a domestic roll, but in a public loo when you've got to firk and manipulate your hand into practically a beer barrel size container to find an end bit to grab, it's rage inducing 😡

Letsnotargue · 24/03/2023 18:21

PuttingDownRoots · 24/03/2023 17:25

Milk lids is to do with recycling.

Yes, coloured plastic can’t be recycled into food grade plastic, but the clear bottles can. The caps were messing up all the recycling batches and it couldn’t be used as the most valuable raw material. Now it can all go in together and makes the recycling process more efficient.

I agree about non-stacking cans. It’s infuriating.

AudTheDeepMinded · 24/03/2023 18:21

When the ring pull on the bean tin comes off before the lid. Grrrr.
Then the tin opener does a lap of honour opening every other cm it passes so the lid won't lift off.

outwiththeoldinwiththenewish · 24/03/2023 18:35

When food packaging doesn't open as directed (and never will).

stargirl1701 · 24/03/2023 18:47

DH not shutting internal doors in the house.

DidyouNO · 24/03/2023 18:53

People sniffing through an entire conversation. Ffs!!

Also why I never buy Heinz tins. Just make them stackable!!

BlackboardMonitorVimes · 24/03/2023 19:16

AudTheDeepMinded · 24/03/2023 18:18

Slices of bread that don't fit in the pissing toaster slot.
Drivers that hesitate and fanny about when you are trying to be kind and give way to them.

Drivers that give you way but don't consider your driving conditions (eg low sun in your eyes) who them get arsey with you for not jumping into the space they gave you.

illiterato · 24/03/2023 19:20

People using the word “poorly” instead of ill. I know it’s irrational but I cannot stand the word.

HotMessMama · 24/03/2023 19:25

When someone breaks up the stack of popadoms Angry just take a whole one, FGS!

halfsiesonapotnoodle · 24/03/2023 19:26

People who say anythink instead of anything.

gettingoldisshit · 24/03/2023 19:32

Friends who are persistently late for meet ups. Only 5-15 mins but it really really annoys me!

Wallabyone · 24/03/2023 19:33

I spent ages looking for the milk lid the other day, only to finally realise it was already on the milk bottle 😭

Kranke · 24/03/2023 19:35

My husband leaving his shoes in the kitchen when he has to walk past the shoe rack to leave them there. I never notice when my shoes are in the kitchen though 😂

RaraRachael · 24/03/2023 19:36

Why are there stupid little keys on tins of corned beef - and they invariably break off mid-use

Frozendaquiri · 24/03/2023 19:38

People who use 'like' as every other word when explaining something.

blondieminx · 24/03/2023 19:39

Tailgating - you should have left earlier, stop being an aggressive twat on the road.

people who say “Pacifically” instead of specifically

Emmamoo89 · 24/03/2023 19:39

Because I breastfeed I snack a lot. Always get "you're eating again" 🙄 getting to the point I don't want to eat.